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Receipt: Sadie George

Date

1908-05-20

Archival Collection

Description

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

Text

Laura Stebbins Darrough: photographic print

Date

1947 (year approximate)

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series V. Smoky Valley, Nevada and Round Mountain, Nevada -- Subseries V.A. Carver, Carver-Duhme, and Carver-Book Families (Smoky Valley). Laura Stebbins Darrough, said to have discovered the gold deposit at Round Mountain, Nevada, while searching for an escaped milk cow. Man with back to the camera is unidentified.

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Photograph of 1200 foot level, Belmont Mine in Tonopah (Nev.), 1911

Date

1911

Description

1200 ft. level, Belmont Mine, Tonopah, NV, 1911. There is an inscription on the back of the image: "The Tonopah Belmont Development Company was Tonopah's second most prosperous mining company, recording a production of $38,000,000. The Belmont mine was the company's principal working shaft and reached a depth of 1700 feet. The Belmont shaft was in use from 1909 until it was burned out by a fire of undetermined origin October 31, 1939." There is a date stamp: mid-year 1987.

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Mine entrance with rock face, image 002 of 002: photographic film

Date

1878 to 1954

Description

Entrance to a mine, location unknown. Close-up view of rock that looks like the profile of a face.

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Giles and miners holding pickaxes: photographic film

Date

1878 to 1954

Description

Edwin S. Giles stands with two unidentified miners. They hold pickaxes and what appears to be rocks or mineral deposits.

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Camp in Railroad Valley: photographic print

Date

1915 (year approximate)

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.E. Hawkins Family (Duckwater, Nevada).  A camp in Railroad Valley, Nye County, Nevada, in the vicinity of present-day (1990) oil fields where Isaac "Ike" Irwin drilled for potash. Seated in the wagon wearing a white shirt is Frank Roberts and beside him is Jess Hildebrandt, a resident of Duckwater, Nevada. This photograph is undated, but judging by Frank Robert’s age in the photo it appears to be circa 1915.

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Ferron and Bracken Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00001

Abstract

The Ferron and Bracken Photograph Collection depicts Southern and Central Nevada and other western states from 1890 to 1961. The photographs primarily depict the development and growth of early Las Vegas, Nevada; mines and mining operations in Southern and Central Nevada; towns and mines in Nevada; and the Hoover (Boulder) Dam and the Colorado River.

Archival Collection

Building or mine remains in Europe: photographic print

Date

1880 to 1979

Description

Bell Family Scrapbook scanning, Set 4, proofed 11.04.2010 Building or mine remains in Europe

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Mine entrance with rock face, image 001 of 002: photographic film

Date

1878 to 1954

Description

Entrance to a mine, location unknown. A rock sits at the entrance that looks like the profile of a face on the left.

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Photo Album

Date

1869 (year uncertain) to 1930 (year uncertain)

Archival Collection

Description

Photo Album

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