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Letter from W. E. Smith to C. McLeod, June 11 [1913]

Date

1913-06-11

Description

Letter concerns arranging a meeting with Mahoney, and shipment of feed or barley. Letter sent from Potosi Mine.

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Photograph of a small town, (Nev.), 1900-1920

Date

1900 to 1920

Description

Oversized image of an unidentified town nestled in a mountain valley in Nevada. Several buildings are situated next to one another and what looks like a mining structure is in the center of the valley.

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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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Correspondence, Levi Syphus to Sadie George

Date

1917-04-28

Archival Collection

Description

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

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Bullfrog mining district: photographic print

Date

1905 (year approximate)

Description

Map of Bullfrog Mining District in Nye County, Nevada. The information was compiled from official surveys by Bradford, Strange, and Collier and drawn by May Bradford circa 1905.

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Mining Advertisment for Diamondfield Triangle Mining Co.: photographic print

Date

1905 (year approximate)

Description

Advertisement for Diamondfield Triangle Mining Co., Diamondfield, Nevada. The news clipping includes photo of "Diamondfield Jack" Davis, founder and locator of the mining district circa 1905.

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Postcard of Goldfield Consolidated Mill, Goldfield (Nev.), 1911

Date

1911

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

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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Correspondence, Levi Syphus to Sadie George

Date

1925-02 to 1925-03

Archival Collection

Description

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

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View of Gold Reed: photographic print

Date

1905 (year approximate)

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.H. Reed Family (Kawich Mountains, Nevada). Gold Reed, Kawich Mountains, Nye County, Nevada, probably about 1905. It was with a mine in Gold Reed that O.K. Reed made the money to purchase the ranch at Hawes Canyon. The ore at the mine was so rich that a person could stand off 50 or 60 feet and see the gold in the original outcropping; some of the ore sold for $1,000 a ton. Reed was partners in the mine with Jack May and a Mr.Wardle, Tonopah resident Austin Wardle’s father. Jack May and Reed were married to sisters, Mabel and Maude Hanley. 

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