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Mining operation: photographic print
Date
1909 (year uncertain) to 1988 (year uncertain)
Archival Collection
Description
From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series V. Smoky Valley, Nevada and Round Mountain, Nevada -- Subseries V.C. Lofthouse-Berg Families (Round Mountain). View of a mining operation believed to be located somewhere in central Nevada, although the exact location and date are unknown. Possibly circa 1900s-1930s.
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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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Photograph of men standing at the Yellowjacket Mine entrance, Pioneer (Nev.), 1909
Date
1909
Archival Collection
Description
Caption: Yellowjacket Mine, Pioneer, Nevada. 1909. A.W.Eaton [left]. Sam. H. Bradbury [right].
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Photograph of the Pioneer Mine and a man on the hillside, Pioneer (Nev.), 1910
Date
1910
Archival Collection
Description
Annotated: Pioneer Mine July-1910; E. Davis [center]
Caption: Pioneer Mine, Pioneer, Nevada. 1910.
Caption: Pioneer Mine, Pioneer, Nevada. 1910.
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Photograph of a group of people at the Florence Mine, Goldfield (Nev.), 1904
Date
1904
Archival Collection
Description
Inscription on back reads; "Florence Mine at Goldfield Nevada-owned by Tom Lockhart the father of his infatuated daughter 1904."
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Photograph of Tonopah Extension Mine buildings and headframe (Nev.), 1901-1905
Date
1901 to 1905
Archival Collection
Description
A black and white photograph of the Tonopah Extension Mine in Tonopah, Nevada.
Caption: Tonopah Extension, E.W.Smith Photo.
Caption: Tonopah Extension, E.W.Smith Photo.
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Photograph of miners working inside the Sierra Blanca Mine tunnel, Pioneer (Nev.), 1911
Date
1911
Archival Collection
Description
Annotated: Bert Turner [bottom left] and Matt. Francis [bottom center]
Caption: Flashlight taken in Sierra Blanca Tunnel. Pioneer, Nevada. 1911.
Caption: Flashlight taken in Sierra Blanca Tunnel. Pioneer, Nevada. 1911.
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Photograph of miners standing near shaft and headworks, Tonopah (Nev.), late 1800s
Date
1890 to 1900
Archival Collection
Description
Photograph of miners standing near shaft and headworks, Tonopah (Nev.), late 1800s
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Poster of the cover of Sunset magazine, May 1903
Date
1903-05
Description
Poster of the cover of Sunset magazine, May 1903
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