From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.D. Hanson Family (Gabbs, Nevada). A close up of two structures shown in pho005682 in Basic Magnesium’s camp.
The Basic Magnesium Inc. (BMI) Records and Photographs (1933-1965) document the planning, construction, and management of the BMI magnesium manufacturing plants near present-day Henderson in Clark County, Nevada and a magnesium mining operation in Gabbs, Nye County, Nevada. Materials include chronological reports, press releases, telegrams, budgets, building diagrams, maps, and black-and-white photographic prints. The records document employee housing and infrastructure projects, magnesium production statistics, and employee data. The photographic prints, which include many aerial images, provide a visual record of the construction of the plant, the mining operation, and the associated support facilities and employee housing.
From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.D. Hanson Family (Gabbs, Nevada). Upper left: dining room, kitchen, and cook’s quarters. Upper right: bunkhouse; at the lower left is the offices complex including Norman Hanson’s office.
Basic Magnesium’s camp in Gabbs, Nevada, in the winter of 1936-1937. From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.D. Hanson Family (Gabbs, Nevada)