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Postcard of the Consolidated Mines Co. New Mill, Goldfield, Nevada, 1908

Date

1908

Description

A picture postcard of the Consolidated Mines Company, New Mill. An address is written on the back side.

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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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Postcard of a man at C & C Shaft, Virginia City, Nevada, April 20, 1930

Date

1930-04-20

Description

Description given with photograph: "Cages at C & C Shaft, Virginia City."

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Mt. Diablo mining shaft at Pickhandle Gulch in Nevada: photographic print

Date

1971-03-09

Description

From the Nan Doughty Photograph Collection (PH-00240)

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Mt. Diablo Mine, burned hoisting works, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1971-03-09

Description

From the Nan Doughty Photograph Collection (PH-00240)

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Photograph of Yellow Pine Shay, Goodsprings, Nevada, circa 1915-1930

Date

1915 to 1930

Description

Yellow Pine Shay No. 2 with loaded ore cars in Goodsprings.

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Aerial photograph of Kennecott's reduction plant, McGill, Nevada, 1960-1961

Date

1960 to 1961

Description

Aerial photo of Kennecott's reduction plant also shows the town of McGill in right foreground. The crusher and concentrating facilities are located at upper right and the smelter is marked at left by the two huge smokestacks.

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Photograph of Kennecott Copper Corporation machinery, McGill, Nevada, 1960-1961

Date

1960 to 1961

Description

Black and white photograph of rotary car dumper that takes loaded ore cars and empties them.

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Film transparency of an open-pit copper mine, Ruth, Nevada, August, 1937

Date

1937-08

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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Photograph of Pershing Quicksilver Works interior, Rochester Mining District, Nevada, October 10, 1927

Date

1927-10-10

Description

The interior of Pershing Quicksilver Works, Rochester Mining District, 20 miles north of Lovelock, Nevada. Taken during construction.

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