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Photograph of Kennecott Copper Corporation's skip hoist system, McGill, Nevada, 1960-1961
Date
1960 to 1961
Archival Collection
Description
Kennecott Copper Corporation at McGill, Nevada. Scene shows skip hoist system which greatly speeds the removal of ore from the Liberty Pit.
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Postcard of a miner inside the Baby Florence Mine, Goldfield, Nevada, circa 1900s-1910s
Date
1900 to 1919
Archival Collection
Description
An unidentified miner with hand tools inside the Baby Florence Mine, Goldfield, Nevada. Hand printed on back: "Walt in Baby Flo." Handwritten on front: "Flash light [illegible]."
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Photograph of Pioneer Mine buildings in hills, Pioneer (Nev.), early 1900s
Date
1900 to 1925
Archival Collection
Description
Caption: Pioneer Min, Pioneer, Nevada
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Panoramic photograph of the Sexton Mine, near Manhattan Gulch in Nye County, Nevada, circa 1900s
Date
1900 to 1909
Archival Collection
Description
Panoramic view of a the Sexton Mine located near Manhattan Gulch, forty-five miles north of Tonopah, Nevada.
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Photograph of Pershing Quicksilver Works interior, Rochester Mining District, Nevada, October 10, 1927
Date
1927-10-10
Archival Collection
Description
The interior of Pershing Quicksilver Works, Rochester Mining District, 20 miles north of Lovelock, Nevada. Taken during construction.
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Film transparency of an open-pit copper mine, Ruth, Nevada, August, 1937
Date
1937-08
Archival Collection
Description
An open-pit copper mine located in Ruth, Nevada. Surface mining is done by removing (stripping) surface vegetation, dirt, and, if necessary, layers of bedrock in order to reach buried ore deposits. Techniques of surface mining include: open-pit mining, which is the recovery of materials from an open pit in the ground, quarrying, identical to open-pit mining except that it refers to sand, stone and clay; strip mining, which consists of stripping surface layers off to reveal ore/seams underneath; and mountaintop removal, commonly associated with coal mining, which involves taking the top of a mountain off to reach ore deposits at depth. Most (but not all) placer deposits, because of their shallowly buried nature, are mined by surface methods. Finally, landfill mining involves sites where landfills are excavated and processed.
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Map of the fourth level of the Clermont Mine, elevation 5228.8 feet, Goldfield, Nevada, circa 1902-1908
Date
1902 to 1908
Description
'Clermont, 4th level, el. 5228.8.' Hand-drawn, hand-colored and annotated map showing the fouth level of the Clermont Mine.
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Postcard of the Consolidated Mines Co. New Mill, Goldfield, Nevada, 1908
Date
1908
Archival Collection
Description
A picture postcard of the Consolidated Mines Company, New Mill. An address is written on the back side.
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Postcard of a man at C & C Shaft, Virginia City, Nevada, April 20, 1930
Date
1930-04-20
Archival Collection
Description
Description given with photograph: "Cages at C & C Shaft, Virginia City."
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Film transparency showing Duplex mine in Searchlight, Nevada, circa 1930s
Date
1930 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
An image showing an exterior view of the Duplex gold mine.
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