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Photograph of Arden, Nevada, 1907-1930

Date

1907 to 1930

Archival Collection

Description

A southwest view of Arden, Nevada.

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UNLV Libraries Collection of Nevada Mining Maps

Identifier

MS-01032

Abstract

The UNLV Libraries Collection of Nevada Mining Maps consists of five flat files and one box containing maps depicting mines, shafts, and mining claims primarily in Southern Nevada from approximately 1860 to 1950.

Archival Collection

Mines at Milltown, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1905

Description

From the Frank Benham Photograph Collection on Goldfield, Nevada (PH-00288).

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Postcard of machinery, Goldfield, Nevada, 1882

Date

1882

Description

Description provided with image: "Pump machinery at New Yellow Jacket Shaft - Gold Hill, Storey County, Nevada - Photo 1882."

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Letter from John M. Bunker, St. Thomas, Nevada to Mary Etta Syphus, Panaca, Nevada

Date

1894-11-19

Archival Collection

Description

From the Syphus-Bunker Papers (MS-00169). The folder contains an original handwritten letter, a typed transcription of the same letter, and a copy of original letter attached. 

Text

Film transparency of Potosi Mine, Nevada, 1917

Date

1917

Description

Black and white image of workers at Potosi Mine, located 30 miles southeast of Las Vegas, Nevada. Nevada--Goodsprings Mining District

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University of Nevada, Las Vegas Department of Anthropology and Ethnic Studies Records

Identifier

UA-00013

Abstract

The collection is comprised of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) Department of Anthropology and Ethnic Studies administrative records, memoranda, and correspondence dating from 1966 to 2006. The collection includes information about UNLV's department of Anthropology and Ethnic Studies from its inception at Nevada Southern University, its transition to UNLV, and research initiatives the department has undertaken.

Archival Collection

Slide of Carlin Mine, Nevada, circa 1960s

Date

1960 to 1969

Description

Carlin open pit gold mine in Nevada.

Image

Postcard showing Searchlight, Nevada, circa 1930s

Date

1930 to 1939

Archival Collection

Description

The view of the small town of Searchlight, Nevada. Formed in 1897, Searchlight is an old boomtown that was made popular when George Frederick Colton discovered gold at the location where the town is now built. Unnamed buildings cluster together in the center of the postcard while rocky terrain decorated with small shrubs and mines surround the city's outskirts. Transcribed onto the bottom of the postcard: "Searchlight, Nevada; Duplex Mine In Foreground." The Frasher's Foto logo is also printed onto the bottom right corner.

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Photograph of the Nevada-Goldfield Mill operations, Goldfield (Nev.), 1900-1920

Date

1900 to 1920

Description

Caption: Nevada-Goldfield Reduction Co.

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