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Photograph of Edwin Giles at Montezuma Mine, Goldfield (Nev.), 1920-1930s

Date

1920 to 1939

Description

Edwin (right) and Ivan (left) stand together at Montezuma Mine in Goldfield, Nevada.

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Photograph of mine shaft, Sheep Mountain Range, 1931

Date

1931

Description

Looking up inside the mine shaft previously pictured in the Sheep Mountains of Nevada.

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Photograph of Mohawk Mine, Goldfield (Nev.), 1906

Date

1906

Description

Mohawk Mine during production in Goldfield, Nevada. Inscription below image reads: "General View of the Mohawk Mine, Goldfield, Nevada. The Greatest Gold Mine Known. First Sixy Days Operation, $6,000,000 Production. Copyright No. 4200 P. E. Larson Photos. Goldfield, Esmeralda County, Nevada. 1906." Listed underneath are the 19 different mine and lease sites that make up the Mohawk Mine area.

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Photograph of C. D. Baker at a mining claim, 1920s-1930s

Date

1920 to 1939

Archival Collection

Description

C.D. Baker standing at a mining claim. This photograph may have been taken in Nevada.

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Clyde Rufus Terrell at his mine above Eden Creek: photographic print

Date

1929 to 1930

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VI. Tonopah, Nevada -- Subseries VI.D. Terrell Family. Probably taken at the South Gold Mine. Note the homemade wheelbarrow, little buckets for holding ore, and the mortar at the side of the wheelbarrow. 

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Correspondence, Levi Syphus to Sadie George Clayton

Date

1939-09-17

Archival Collection

Description

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

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Photograph of miner and mine owner, Sheep Mountain Range, 1931

Date

1931

Description

Miner and the mine owner stand next to machinery and the mine's entrance at the Sheep Mountain Range in Nevada.

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South Gold Hill above Eden Creek in the Kawich Mountains: photographic print

Date

1920 to 1930

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VI. Tonopah, Nevada -- Subseries VI.D. Terrell Family. High-grade gold ore was found just below the top of the hill and a shaft was sunk. Note the windlass hoist, cranked by hand, and the pipe going down to the shaft to draw air into the hole for ventilation.

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Photograph of mine entrance, Sheep Mountain, 1931

Date

1931

Description

Entrance to mine on the Sheep Mountain Range in Nevada. For more mine images at the Sheep Range, see 0123 0178-0180.

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Photograph of mine, Goldfield (Nev.), 1905

Date

1905

Description

Combination Mine sits in the deserts of Goldfield, Nevada. Three unidentified people walk along a dirt road in front of the mining area.

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