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Photograph of abandoned buildings at Johnnie Mine, Pahrump (Nev.), 1940s
Date
1940 to 1949
Archival Collection
Description
Abandoned buildings, mining head frame, and decayed structures at Johnnie Mine. Desert shrubbery scatters the ground while the dark buildings loom in the background of the image.
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Photograph of pulley machine in Johnnie Mine, Pahrump (Nev.), 1940s
Date
1940 to 1949
Archival Collection
Description
Close up image of rope-pulley machinery inside Johnnie Mine.
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Photograph of ruins from original General Store in Johnnie (Nev.), 1950s
Date
1950 to 1959
Archival Collection
Description
Ruins of building in Johnnie. Handwritten inscription with photo reads: "Original General Store at Johnnie. Crubmled Scene of many early day gunfights. Johnnietown near Congress Mine."
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Photograph of Pioche (Nev.), 1890-1910
Date
1890 to 1910
Archival Collection
Description
View of town and mines. Original description: "No. 5 hoist house and mine upper right, approx. location Meadow Valley street. Lloyd house mid left, still there. Yuba mine on left. House behind Burke Tunnel is still standing, owned by Amalgamated, painted green."
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Photograph of a group of men after gold strike, 1927
Date
1927
Archival Collection
Description
Group of well-dressed men gather and pose to take a picture after finding gold, calling it the "Waupa Strike."
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Photograph of men at mine entry, Goldfield (Nev.), 1932
Date
1932
Archival Collection
Description
Three men (Marko Dobro on the far right) stand at a mine's entrance behind the Goldfield Hotel.
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Photograph of Beckleys and miners, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1913
Date
1913
Archival Collection
Description
Beckleys stand with unidentified miners in the desert of Las Vegas near a gold mine. Identified from left to right: "1) Miner, 2) Miner's Wife, 3) Will Beckley, 4) Leva Beckley, 5) Watelet (Engineer), 6) Jake Beckley."
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Photograph of desert landscape and people, Goldfield (Nev.), December 1903.
Date
1903-12
Archival Collection
Description
First picture taken in Goldfield, December, 1903. Harrie Taylor (discoverer). Lew Finnegan and John Y. McKane on the Jumbo, from which was taken $100,000 in 47 feet surface, the strike that caused the first rush.
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Photograph of men in the desert, Chloride, Arizona, circa 1910
Date
1910
Archival Collection
Description
Men gather around a table in the mountains in Chloride, Arizona.
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Photograph of miner using equipment, Sheep Mountain Range, 1931
Date
1931
Archival Collection
Description
Miner uses equipment to collect mineral deposits inside a mine shaft in the Sheep Mountains.
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