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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 Clayton

Date

1939-09-17

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 the Pioneer Mine and a man on the hillside, Pioneer (Nev.), 1910

Date

1910

Description

Annotated: Pioneer Mine July-1910; E. Davis [center]
Caption: Pioneer Mine, Pioneer, Nevada. 1910.

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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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Photograph of a group of people at the Florence Mine, Goldfield (Nev.), 1904

Date

1904

Description

Inscription on back reads; "Florence Mine at Goldfield Nevada-owned by Tom Lockhart the father of his infatuated daughter 1904."

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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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Sadie and Hampton George Papers

Identifier

MS-00434

Abstract

The Sadie and Hampton George Papers (1874-1948) consist primarily of the incoming and outgoing correspondence of Sadie Kiel George and her husband, Hampton George, regarding proposed land and mineral rights sales. The collection also includes some personal correspondence, and two of the most significant letters in the collection deal with the deaths of brothers William and Edward Kiel, Sadie's uncles, who were found dead at the Kiel Ranch in October 1900. Also included in the collection are receipts, cancelled checks, tax notices, mining claims, and land deeds.

Archival Collection

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 Tonopah Extension Mine buildings and headframe (Nev.), 1901-1905

Date

1901 to 1905

Description

A black and white photograph of the Tonopah Extension Mine in Tonopah, Nevada.
Caption: Tonopah Extension, E.W.Smith Photo.

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Abandoned mill and equipment in Esmeralda County: photographic print

Date

1900 (year approximate) to 1905 (year approximate)

Description

Black and white image of an abandoned mill & cyanide plant in Divide District, Esmeralda County, Nevada circa early 1900s.

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