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Correspondence, Levi Syphus to Sadie George

Date

1925-07

Archival Collection

Description

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

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Bullfrog mining district: photographic print

Date

1905 (year approximate)

Description

Map of Bullfrog Mining District in Nye County, Nevada. The information was compiled from official surveys by Bradford, Strange, and Collier and drawn by May Bradford circa 1905.

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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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Correspondence, Levi Syphus to Sadie George

Date

1917-04-30

Archival Collection

Description

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

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Miners with and without Dust Arrester: postcard

Date

1900 (year approximate) to 1915 (year approximate)

Description

Postcard images showing miners working with and without the "Dust Arrester." Possibly an advertisement for product?

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Correspondence, Levi Syphus to Sadie George

Date

1924-07

Archival Collection

Description

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

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Photo Album

Date

1869 (year uncertain) to 1940 (year uncertain)

Archival Collection

Description

An album containing family photos. A mining claim belonging to Evaline Stay, dated June 25, 1933, is also included.

Mixed Content

Information on the composition of magnesite

Date

1874 to 1944

Archival Collection

Description

This folder is from "Maps and Assorted Documents" 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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Correspondence, Levi Syphus to Sadie B. Clayton

Date

1940-02-20

Archival Collection

Description

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

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