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Photograph of mining area (Nev.), 1920s

Date

1920 to 1929

Description

Mining area at an unidentified location in Nevada.

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Standard Slag Mine and Mile above Tecopa, California: photographic print

Date

1890 (year approximate) to 1980 (year approximate)

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series I. Amargosa Valley, Nevada -- Subseries I.B. Records Family. 

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Photograph of unidentified mine, circa 1890s-1910s

Date

1890 to 1919

Archival Collection

Description

An unidentified mine possibly located in Nevada.

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Photograph of unidentified mine, circa 1890s-1910s

Date

1890 to 1919

Archival Collection

Description

An unidentified mine possibly located in Nevada.

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Photograph of mining operation (Nev.), 1920s

Date

1920 to 1929

Description

Mining operation at an unknown location in Nevada.

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Transcript of interview with Joe Lappin by Gordon Brusso, March 4, 1976

Date

1976-03-04

Archival Collection

Description

On March 4, 1976, Gordon Brusso interviewed former miner, Joe Lappin (born November 14th, 1914 in Santa Paula, California) about his life in Boulder City, Nevada. The two discuss his early occupational history and his work for the Bureau of Mines. He then goes on to explain the different housing systems that developed in Boulder City during World War Two.

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Mining operations: photographic print

Date

1930 (year uncertain) to 1933 (year uncertain)

Description

Mining operations near Nelson, Nevada.

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Laura Stebbins Darrough: photographic print

Date

1947 (year approximate)

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series V. Smoky Valley, Nevada and Round Mountain, Nevada -- Subseries V.A. Carver, Carver-Duhme, and Carver-Book Families (Smoky Valley). Laura Stebbins Darrough, said to have discovered the gold deposit at Round Mountain, Nevada, while searching for an escaped milk cow. Man with back to the camera is unidentified.

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Photograph of mining equipment, circa early 1900s

Date

1900 to 1930

Description

Mining equipment in the southwest, possibly Nevada or Arizona.

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Mary Griffith Toleno Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00021

Abstract

The Mary Griffith Toleno Photograph Collection contains photographs of Nevada from approximately 1875 to 1964. The materials include photographs of Fort Churchill, the Virginia and Truckee Railroad, the New York Mine in Silver City, Virginia City, buildings in Lovelock, Nevada, and locations in Carson City, Nevada and Reno, Nevada. The materials also include photographs of the Griffith family and friends.

Archival Collection