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Photograph of mining building and headframe, Kingman, Arizona circa 1940s-1950s
Date
1940 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
An image of a mining operation in Kingman.
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Photograph of mining buildings and headframe, Kingman, Arizona, circa 1940s-1950s
Date
1940 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
An image of a mining operation in Kingman.
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Mine entrance with rock face, image 001 of 002: photographic film
Date
1878 to 1954
Archival Collection
Description
Entrance to a mine, location unknown. A rock sits at the entrance that looks like the profile of a face on the left.
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Mining prospect hole: photographic print
Date
1994-05-07
Archival Collection
Description
Wahmonie, NV. Prospect hole. Typewritten on photo sleeve: "PROSPECT HOLE. The fortune-hunters left their mark on the Wahmonie Mining District. Here is one view from the inside of a miner's prospect hole. These Wahmonie photographs were taken by Dick Borden and first published in the NTS News in the 1960s. Borden gave us a valuable photographic history of the NTS." [Caption in N[evada] T[est] S[ite] News Bulletin August 21, 1981 p. 8]
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Photograph of "Old Dinah" Borax Smith Outfit, Death Valley (Calif.), 1920-1935
Date
1920 to 1935
Archival Collection
Description
A handwritten inscription on the front of the image reads: "'Old Dinah,' Borax Smith outfit at Furnace Creek Camp, Death Valley, California."
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Photograph of New Ruth, 1960-1961
Date
1960 to 1961
Archival Collection
Description
White Pine County's newest town, New Ruth, where most of the houses shown in this picture were moved by Kennecott Copper Corporation, a distance of over two miles to a new location to escape caving action which would have resulted from the Deep Ruth Mine operations. The homes are employee-owned.
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Photograph of workers moving mining machines, (Mex.), May 1911
Date
1911-05
Archival Collection
Description
Workers use cattle, horses, and covered wagons to haul mining machinery to the mines. Taken by Henry M. Corliss.
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Photograph of gold bullion bars, Goldfield (Nev.), 1900-1920
Date
1900 to 1920
Archival Collection
Description
Nineteen gold bullion bars are stacked atop one another for a photo. Inscription below reads: "Nineteen gold bullion bars having a value of more than $450,000 and taken from one of the Goldfield mines in its boom days are enough to excite anyone. These were the genuine article. Even to Goldfielders they created a sensation. It is every prospector's dream."
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Photograph of Ed Von Tobel, Sr. exploring a mining claim, Las Vegas Region, circa 1900s
Date
1900 to 1909
Archival Collection
Description
Ed Von Tobel, Sr. and (possibly) Tony Felix on an exploring trip for mining claims in mountains surrounding Las Vegas. Physical object has an insert containing additional biographical information.
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Photograph of miner's monument, Kingman Wash (Ariz.), circa 1932
Date
1931 to 1933
Archival Collection
Description
Miner's monument for Joseph Herber Richards at Kingman Wash. He died June 18, 1917 and had previously owned the mine at Sheep Mountain. Note reads: "He died in Kingman Wash, 300 yards from Colorado River. His miners pick is imbedded in the cement." - W. A. Davis, April 1992.
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