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Map of the Rawhide Mining District, Rawhide (Nev.), 1900-1925

Description

Caption: Proven zone, Rawhide Mining District, Nevada

Image

Charles P. Squires Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00002

Abstract

The Squires Family Photographs document the Squires Family and the development of the Las Vegas Valley in Nevada from approximately 1860 to 1980, with a bulk of the photographs depicting people and events from 1900 to 1950. The photographs depict the Euro-American settlement and growth of Las Vegas, Nevada; traveling and exploration of Southern Nevada and the Southwestern United States; the Hoover (Boulder) Dam and the Colorado River; clubs and social groups; and the Squires Family, especially prominent newspaper editor and publisher Charles Pember (C. P. or “Pop”) Squires, Delphine “Mom” Anderson Squires, and their children.

Archival Collection

Chester Longwell Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00311

Abstract

The Chester Longwell Photograph Collection consists of 608 black-and-white photographic prints dating from approximately 1910 to 1930. The images primarily depict the Longwell family's excursions in the Southern Nevada region, primarily to Mount Charleston, Nevada. Also included are images of Southern Nevada mines and mining towns, as well as Pubelo Grande de Nevada, the Lost City. The remaining images depict geological formations and features, as well as forestry and nature scenes in Nevada and Arizona.

Archival Collection

Photograph of Roofed Hills and the road to the mines, Eldorado Canyon (Nev.), 1900-1925

Date

1900 to 1925

Description

Caption: El Dorado Canyon, looking approximately westward. (the Roofed Hills) (Road to the mines)

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Photograph of miners inside the Techatticup Mine (Nev.), 1900-1925

Date

1900 to 1925

Description

Caption: (John Hughes) In one of the S.W.M. Co. mines, probably the Techatecup

Image

Photograph of a mine dump, Eldorado Canyon (Nev.), 1900-1925

Date

1900 to 1925

Description

Caption: (probably) Leof M. Waterhouse left/ Wm S. Mills, right Mills N. Waterhouse, Mine Dump

Image

Photograph of a covered wagon on a dirt road, Eldorado Canyon (Nev.), 1900-1925

Date

1900 to 1925

Description

Caption: The rig grandpa used between the mines and the mill settlement.

Image

Map of the Pioche mines, Ely Mining District, Lincoln County (Nev.), 1909

Date

1909

Description

Scale unreadable ; 1 map ; 42 x 40 cm ; Photocopy. [United States ; s.n., 198-?] ; Includes township and range grid ; Includes wagon roads ;

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Map of Argentite: Red Mountain Mining District, Esmeralda County (Nev.),1908

Date

1908

Description

Scale [ca. 1:7,200]. 1 in. equals 600 feet ; 1 map : linen ; 46 x 39 cm

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Map of Searchlight Mining District, Clark County (Nev.), 1905

Date

1905

Description

Scale not given ; 1 map ; 61 x 42 cm ; Blueline print ; Shows mineral patents and water rights ;

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