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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
Archival Collection
Description
Yellow Pine Shay No. 2 with loaded ore cars in Goodsprings.
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William J. Moore Jr. Mining and Real Estate Papers
Identifier
MS-00224
Abstract
The William J. Moore Jr. papers (1925-1974) consist of mining publications, maps of mine locations, production reports, agreements, sales contracts of various ores, property claims, and correspondence. Also included are housing plans, maps, agreements, and financial papers for Westchester Gardens housing tract in Las Vegas, Nevada, estimates and analysis for a 500 room Las Vegas resort hotel.
Archival Collection
Aerial photograph of Kennecott's reduction plant, McGill, Nevada, 1960-1961
Date
1960 to 1961
Archival Collection
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
Archival Collection
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
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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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 a mining town, Delamar (Nev.), 1890s
Date
1890 to 1900
Archival Collection
Description
Panoramic view of hillside mine and town, probably Delamar, Nevada, in the late 19th century.
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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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