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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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Letter from C. A. Earle Rinker to his mother, March 16, 1908
Date
1908-03-16
Archival Collection
Description
Letter to his mother. Rinker told his mother not to worry about him working in the mines. He explains how above ground work is safe and below ground work is where it is dangerous.
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Photograph of workers piling sacks of ore from the Jumbo Mine, Goldfield (Nev.), early 1900s
Archival Collection
Description
Caption: Jumbo Ore
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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 plat map of principal Goldfield mines, Goldfield (Nev.), late 1800s
Date
1890 to 1900
Description
Caption: This plat shows the principal mines of Goldfield. The five groups in which the Goldfield-Majestic Mines Company is interested are marked in black.
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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 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 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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