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Photograph of a man on a large structure, circa early 1900s

Date

1900 to 1930

Description

An unidentified man standing on a beam of a large piece of mining equipment in the southwest, possibly Nevada or Arizona.

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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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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

Date

1911-03 to 1911-04

Archival Collection

Description

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

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Captain Fagin, prospector in Esmeralda County, image 002: photographic print

Date

1891

Description

"A prospector: 'Capt.' Fagin. Taken in Esmeralda County, Nevada, 1891. Image shows a "two room Dugout."

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Photograph of a person in a mine, early 1900s

Date

1920 to 1940

Description

An individual poses in front of a mine in a desert. This photograph wad most likely taken somewhere in Nevada.

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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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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, 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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Correspondence, Levi Syphus to Sadie George

Date

1925-01

Archival Collection

Description

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

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