Midway Mine, an underground minerals site in Tonopah, Nevada, is the potential location for silver to be mined. Black smoke rises from the smokestack with the site sitting atop a dirt surface. Written lightly in the center of the photograph reads "Midway Mine, Tonopah Nev." Site Name: Tonopah Midway Mine

Miners stand near large mine shaft in Tonopah, Nevada. Cars are parked in the dirt near a building next to the mining entrance at the surface, and mountains are visible in the background.

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

Group of well-dressed men gather and pose to take a picture after finding gold, calling it the "Waupa Strike."

Beckleys stand with unidentified miners in the desert of Las Vegas near a gold mine. Identified from left to right: "1) Miner, 2) Miner's Wife, 3) Will Beckley, 4) Leva Beckley, 5) Watelet (Engineer), 6) Jake Beckley."

First picture taken in Goldfield, December, 1903. Harrie Taylor (discoverer). Lew Finnegan and John Y. McKane on the Jumbo, from which was taken $100,000 in 47 feet surface, the strike that caused the first rush.

Photograph of miners at mine site, Round Mountain (Nev.), early 1900s