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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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Photograph of Ward charcoal ovens, White Pine County, Nevada, 1960-1961
Date
1960 to 1961
Archival Collection
Description
The Ward charcoal ovens are one of many tourist attractions in White Pine County. These historic remnants of the old mining days in the West are located just outside of Ely.
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View of Cul-de-sac at Mt. Diablo Mine, Nevada: photographic print
Date
1967-06
Description
From the Nan Doughty Photograph Collection (PH-00240). Office and superintendent's house (collapsed), taken from top of tailings dump near ruins of hoisting works building.
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Photograph of blister copper being poured at Kennecott Copper Corporation, McGill, Nevada, 1960-1961
Date
1960 to 1961
Archival Collection
Description
The end product, blister copper, is being poured from holding furnace into conveyor belt molds. Each bar weighs approximately 400 pounds and contains 99.4 percent copper.
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Film transparency of Olive Lake, Herbert Squires, and Charles P. Squires, Mount Charleston, Nevada, 1912
Date
1912
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image of Olive Lake and two others, presumed to be Herbert Squires and his father, Charles P. Squires, at the Squires' mine at Mount Charleston near Las Vegas. Transcribed notes from Special Collections photo inventory: “Charleston 1912. Olive, Herbert, & Dad at his mine, 2 miles on up the Canyon.”
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Map of underground workings in Potosi and Central Lodes, May 1906
Date
1906-05
Description
'Scale 20 ft = 1 in.'
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Film transparency of Roy Mosback and Henry Lotts at Lucky Strike mine, Clark County, Nevada, circa early 1900s
Date
1900 to 1939
Archival Collection
Description
Black and white image of Roy Mosback and Henry Lotts at the "Lucky Strike" mine near Mount Charleston, per the handwritten description at the bottom of the image. Note: Image is from a family photo album that was loaned to UNLV Libraries Special Collections and returned to the family on July 17, 1984.
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Newspaper clipping, Rochester Hills Mining Company Advertisement, Rohester (Nev.), 1900-1925
Date
1900 to 1925
Description
Caption: Rochester, Nevada
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Map of the Rawhide Mining District, Rawhide (Nev.), 1900-1925
Description
Caption: Proven zone, Rawhide Mining District, Nevada
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Postcard of the Combination Mine and Mill, Goldfield (Nev.), 1900-1920
Date
1900 to 1920
Archival Collection
Description
Caption: Combination Mine & Mill, Goldfield, Nevada
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