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Map of the properties of the Tonopah Extension, Pittsburg Tonopah, Golden Anchor, and Red Rock Consolidated Mining Companies : Tonopah Mining District, Nye County (Nev.), 1901

Date

1901

Description

Scale [ca. 1:2,400] 1 in. to 200 feet ; 1 map ; 75 x 102 cm; Includes locations of mines and their main shafts and drawings of the hoists of the Tonopah Extension, Golden Anchor and the Red Rock Consolidated ; Photocopy. [United States : s.n., 198-?]

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Map of the Tonopah Mining District, Tonopah (Nev.), 1903

Date

1903

Description

Rev. ed. ; Scale [ca. 1:10,800]. 1 inch to 900 feet ; 1 map : col. ; 76 x 102 cm., folded in cover to 21 x 11 cm ; Relief shown by hachures ; Cover title: Map of Tonopah, Gold Mountain and other adjacent mining districts, Nye and Esmeralda Counties ; Insets: Ray Mining District, vicinity map of Tonopah Mining District, Utopia Mining District, Tokop Mining District, Weepah Mining District, East Klondike Mining District, Gold Mountain, Tonopah Mining District and Red Mountain ; "Photo-lith. Britton & Rey, S.F." ; Includes advertisements

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Captain Fagin, prospector in Esmeralda County, image 002: photographic print

Date

1891

Description

"A prospector: 'Capt.' Fagin. Taken in Esmeralda County, Nevada, 1891. Image shows a "two room Dugout."

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Sadie and Hampton George Papers

Identifier

MS-00434

Abstract

The Sadie and Hampton George Papers (1874-1948) consist primarily of the incoming and outgoing correspondence of Sadie Kiel George and her husband, Hampton George, regarding proposed land and mineral rights sales. The collection also includes some personal correspondence, and two of the most significant letters in the collection deal with the deaths of brothers William and Edward Kiel, Sadie's uncles, who were found dead at the Kiel Ranch in October 1900. Also included in the collection are receipts, cancelled checks, tax notices, mining claims, and land deeds.

Archival Collection

Photograph of a person in a mine, early 1900s

Date

1920 to 1940

Description

An individual poses in front of a mine in a desert. This photograph wad most likely taken somewhere in Nevada.

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South Gold Hill above Eden Creek in the Kawich Mountains: photographic print

Date

1920 to 1930

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VI. Tonopah, Nevada -- Subseries VI.D. Terrell Family. High-grade gold ore was found just below the top of the hill and a shaft was sunk. Note the windlass hoist, cranked by hand, and the pipe going down to the shaft to draw air into the hole for ventilation.

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Photograph of mine entrance, Sheep Mountain, 1931

Date

1931

Description

Entrance to mine on the Sheep Mountain Range in Nevada. For more mine images at the Sheep Range, see 0123 0178-0180.

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Photograph of mine, Goldfield (Nev.), 1905

Date

1905

Description

Combination Mine sits in the deserts of Goldfield, Nevada. Three unidentified people walk along a dirt road in front of the mining area.

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Goldfield News: newspaper issue

Date

1907-06-29

Archival Collection

Description

From the C. A. Earle Rinker Papers (MS-00514) -- Series III: Maps, newspapers, souvenirs, and ephemera -- Newspapers from Goldfield, Nevada and various locations.

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Correspondence, Levi Syphus to Sadie George

Date

1923-05-22

Archival Collection

Description

This folder is from the "Correspondence" file of the Sadie and Hampton George Papers (MS-00434)

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