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Photograph of mine entrance, Sheep Mountain, 1931
Date
1931
Archival Collection
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
Archival Collection
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
1923-05-22
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 Edwin Giles and others, Weepah (Nev.), 1920s
Date
1920 to 1929
Archival Collection
Description
Edwin Giles, Ida Giles, Dorothy Giles, and an unidentified man stand together next to their automobiles at a mining site in Weepah, Nevada during the "boom."
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Correspondence, Levi Syphus to Sadie George
Date
1929-07-12
Archival Collection
Description
This folder is from the "Correspondence" file of the Sadie and Hampton George Papers (MS-00434)
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Postcard of Goldfield Consolidated Mill, Goldfield (Nev.), 1911
Date
1911
Archival Collection
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
Archival Collection
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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Photograph of a square set stope in Mohawk Mine at Goldfield (Nev.), 1907
Date
1907
Archival Collection
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
Archival Collection
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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