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Photograph of men mining in the Bare Mountain Range, Nevada, circa early 1900s

Date

1900 to 1920

Description

Men gather around mining equipment in the Bare Mountain Range in Nevada.

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Photograph of Harold and Geraldine Stocker with others, Overton (Nev.), approximately 1900-1950

Date

1900 to 1950

Description

Group poses outdoors on dirt path at the "Silica mine" in Overton. Identified from left to right: "Harold, Geraldine, mother, with two unidentified persons."

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Photograph of Transfer Hill ruins, Death Valley Junction (Calif.), early 1900s

Date

1900 to 1920

Description

Ruins of mining area with ore deposits, known as Transfer Hill, at Death Valley Junction.

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Postcard of a miner inside the Baby Florence Mine, Goldfield, Nevada, circa 1900s-1910s

Date

1900 to 1919

Description

An unidentified miner with hand tools inside the Baby Florence Mine, Goldfield, Nevada. Hand printed on back: "Walt in Baby Flo." Handwritten on front: "Flash light [illegible]."

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Photograph of Ed Carbary at Potosi Mine, Nevada, circa late 1800s to early 1900s

Date

1870 to 1939

Description

Ed Carbary standing at the entrance to Potosi Mine in Nevada.

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Panoramic photograph of the Sexton Mine, near Manhattan Gulch in Nye County, Nevada, circa 1900s

Date

1900 to 1909

Description

Panoramic view of a the Sexton Mine located near Manhattan Gulch, forty-five miles north of Tonopah, Nevada.

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Photograph of Ed Von Tobel, Sr. exploring a mining claim, Las Vegas Region, circa 1900s

Date

1900 to 1909

Description

Ed Von Tobel, Sr. and (possibly) Tony Felix on an exploring trip for mining claims in mountains surrounding Las Vegas. Physical object has an insert containing additional biographical information.

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Film transparency of Roy Mosback and Henry Lotts at Lucky Strike mine, Clark County, Nevada, circa early 1900s

Date

1900 to 1939

Description

Black and white image of Roy Mosback and Henry Lotts at the "Lucky Strike" mine near Mount Charleston, per the handwritten description at the bottom of the image. Note: Image is from a family photo album that was loaned to UNLV Libraries Special Collections and returned to the family on July 17, 1984.

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William Hillman Shockley Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00241

Abstract

The William Hillman Shockley Photograph Collection (1875-1925, 1951) contains black-and-white photographs documenting mining operations at the Mount Diablo Mine and Millworks in Candelaria, Nevada. It also includes photographs of nearby operations including the Northern Belle Mine and the Princess Mill. The collection contains photographs of Shockley, his son, William Bradford Shockley, as an infant, as well as images of Shockley’s brothers, Walter A. Shockley and George Shockley.

Archival Collection

Elmer J. Chute's map of U.S. patent and location surveys in the Goldfield Mining District, Esmeralda and Nye Counties (Nev.), 1907

Date

1907

Description

Scale [ca. 1:22,800. 1 in. to approx. 1900 feet] ; 1 map : col. ; 66 x 82 cm., folded to 18 x 9 cm ; Includes index Includes township and range grid ;

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