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Mine entrance with rock face, image 001 of 002: photographic film

Date

1878 to 1954

Description

Entrance to a mine, location unknown. A rock sits at the entrance that looks like the profile of a face on the left.

Image

View of Salt mine: photographic print

Date

1870 (year approximate) to 1979 (year approximate)

Description

From the KLVX Steamboats on the Colorado Photograph Collection (PH-00156). Written on photo sleeve: "Salt mine. (Colorado River area)." Handwritten on verso: "Courtesy Special Collections UNLV."

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Mims-Sutro Company Records

Identifier

MS-00222

Abstract

Collection contains the stock ledger from 1905 for the Mims-Sutro Company, a mining company based in Goldfield, Nevada.

Archival Collection

Probably Clara Bow (and Rex?) outside a mine shaft: photographic print

Date

1880 to 1979

Description

Bell Family Scrapbook scanning, Set 4, proofed 11.04.2010 Clara Bow and unidentified man at mining site

Possibly Rex Bell 

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Letter from C. A. Earle Rinker to his mother, September 6, 1908

Date

1908-09-06

Archival Collection

Description

Letter from C. A. Earle Rinker to his mother, September 6, 1908

Text

Bill Beam Papers

Identifier

MS-00531

Abstract

The Bill Beam Papers document the career of miner and poetry enthusiast Bill (William) Beam from 1955 to 2004. The papers contain mining materials, photographs, and poetry from mines Beam worked in around the Southwestern United States. Also included are two albums of photographs from the Nevada Test Site.

Archival Collection

Information on the composition of magnesite

Date

1874 to 1944

Archival Collection

Description

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

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Chester Longwell Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00311

Abstract

The Chester Longwell Photograph Collection consists of 608 black-and-white photographic prints dating from approximately 1910 to 1930. The images primarily depict the Longwell family's excursions in the Southern Nevada region, primarily to Mount Charleston, Nevada. Also included are images of Southern Nevada mines and mining towns, as well as Pubelo Grande de Nevada, the Lost City. The remaining images depict geological formations and features, as well as forestry and nature scenes in Nevada and Arizona.

Archival Collection

Notarized placer claim

Date

1901-04-29

Archival Collection

Description

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

Text

Correspondence, E.H. Syphus to H.E. George

Date

1902-01-26

Archival Collection

Description

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

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