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Mining Advertisment for Diamondfield Triangle Mining Co.: photographic print

Date

1905 (year approximate)

Description

Advertisement for Diamondfield Triangle Mining Co., Diamondfield, Nevada. The news clipping includes photo of "Diamondfield Jack" Davis, founder and locator of the mining district circa 1905.

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Postcard of Goldfield Consolidated Mill, Goldfield (Nev.), 1911

Date

1911

Description

New Consolidated Mill atop the hill in Goldfield, Nevada. Goldfield mining boomed after 1897 and the town's mining and overall size increased for some time afterwards.

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Photograph of mine shaft, Tonopah (Nev.), 1930s

Date

1930 to 1939

Description

Miners stand near large mine shaft in Tonopah, Nevada. Cars are parked in the dirt near a building next to the mining entrance at the surface, and mountains are visible in the background.

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Correspondence, Levi Syphus to Sadie George

Date

1925-02 to 1925-03

Archival Collection

Description

This folder is from the "Correspondence" file of the Sadie and Hampton George Papers (MS-00434)

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View of Gold Reed: photographic print

Date

1905 (year approximate)

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.H. Reed Family (Kawich Mountains, Nevada). Gold Reed, Kawich Mountains, Nye County, Nevada, probably about 1905. It was with a mine in Gold Reed that O.K. Reed made the money to purchase the ranch at Hawes Canyon. The ore at the mine was so rich that a person could stand off 50 or 60 feet and see the gold in the original outcropping; some of the ore sold for $1,000 a ton. Reed was partners in the mine with Jack May and a Mr.Wardle, Tonopah resident Austin Wardle’s father. Jack May and Reed were married to sisters, Mabel and Maude Hanley. 

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Photograph of a square set stope in Mohawk Mine at Goldfield (Nev.), 1907

Date

1907

Description

Square set stope, Mohawk Mine, Goldfield, Nevada, 1907. There is an inscription on the back of the image "Rich Ore is being hand sorted and shipped. The deputy is watching for highgrading." There is date stamp July 1978.

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Photograph of Eldorado Empire Mining Company cabin, Nelson (Nev.), 1910-1913

Date

1910 to 1913

Archival Collection

Description

Handwritten inscription on back of photo: "Eldorado Empire Mining Company, first cabin (about 1910). I visited here on May 20, 1913. Bertha Heinrich Gresh, Nelson, Nevada."

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Photograph of mine site, Sheep Mountain Range, October 25, 1931

Date

1931-10-25

Description

Miners sit along the side of a mountain near a mine site in Nevada. Conflicting descriptions believe this to be Meyers Mine near Hoover Dam or the foothills of the Sheep Mountains next to a salt mine.

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Photograph of a mine shaft, Delamar (Nev.), 1900-1925

Date

1900 to 1925

Description

Carts filled with ore are being pulled out of a mine shaft in Delamar, Nevada. Written on the bittom of the frame is, "Al. Smith. De Lamar, Nev." Al. Smith was most likely the photographer.

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Correspondence, William H. King to Levi Syphus

Date

1903-02-27

Archival Collection

Description

This folder is from the "Correspondence" file of the Sadie and Hampton George Papers (MS-00434)

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