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Photograph of Johnnie Mine head frame, Pahrump (Nev.), 1940s

Date

1940 to 1949

Description

Head frame of Johnnie Mine. The structure stands tall with cables attached to the top, trailing out of the image. Desert shrubbery scatters the landscape.

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Photograph of Johnnie Mine head frame, Pahrump (Nev.), 1940s

Date

1940 to 1949

Description

Front view of "head frame" at Johnnie Mine. Structure appears to be made of wood and connects to the rest of the mining building to the right.

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Photograph of abandoned buildings at Johnnie Mine, Pahrump (Nev.), 1940s

Date

1940 to 1949

Description

Abandoned buildings, mining head frame, and decayed structures at Johnnie Mine. Desert shrubbery scatters the ground while the dark buildings loom in the background of the image.

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Photograph of pulley machine in Johnnie Mine, Pahrump (Nev.), 1940s

Date

1940 to 1949

Description

Close up image of rope-pulley machinery inside Johnnie Mine.

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Photograph of ruins from original General Store in Johnnie (Nev.), 1950s

Date

1950 to 1959

Description

Ruins of building in Johnnie. Handwritten inscription with photo reads: "Original General Store at Johnnie. Crubmled Scene of many early day gunfights. Johnnietown near Congress Mine."

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Photograph of Pioche (Nev.), 1890-1910

Date

1890 to 1910

Description

View of town and mines. Original description: "No. 5 hoist house and mine upper right, approx. location Meadow Valley street. Lloyd house mid left, still there. Yuba mine on left. House behind Burke Tunnel is still standing, owned by Amalgamated, painted green."

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Photograph of a group of men after gold strike, 1927

Date

1927

Archival Collection

Description

Group of well-dressed men gather and pose to take a picture after finding gold, calling it the "Waupa Strike."

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Photograph of men at mine entry, Goldfield (Nev.), 1932

Date

1932

Archival Collection

Description

Three men (Marko Dobro on the far right) stand at a mine's entrance behind the Goldfield Hotel.

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Photograph of Beckleys and miners, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1913

Date

1913

Description

Beckleys stand with unidentified miners in the desert of Las Vegas near a gold mine. Identified from left to right: "1) Miner, 2) Miner's Wife, 3) Will Beckley, 4) Leva Beckley, 5) Watelet (Engineer), 6) Jake Beckley."

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Photograph of desert landscape and people, Goldfield (Nev.), December 1903.

Date

1903-12

Description

First picture taken in Goldfield, December, 1903. Harrie Taylor (discoverer). Lew Finnegan and John Y. McKane on the Jumbo, from which was taken $100,000 in 47 feet surface, the strike that caused the first rush.

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