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Photograph of a group of men after gold strike, 1927

Date

1927

Archival Collection

Description

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

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Photograph of men at mine entry, Goldfield (Nev.), 1932

Date

1932

Archival Collection

Description

Three men (Marko Dobro on the far right) stand at a mine's entrance behind the Goldfield Hotel.

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Photograph of two men in the snow, Goldfield (Nev.), Feburary 15, 1933

Date

1933-02-15

Archival Collection

Description

Marko Dobro helps up an unidentified miner who has fallen in the snow.

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Photograph of men at a mine entrance, Goldfield (Nev.), 1925-1935

Date

1925 to 1935

Archival Collection

Description

Men in suits gather at a mine entrance behind the Goldfield Hotel.

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Photograph of Matt Kusick in Johnnie Mine Town (Nev.), 1950s

Date

1950 to 1959

Description

Matt Kusick, a local of Johnnie Mine Town, sits in front of the original Real Estate Office. Handwritten inscription with photo: "Taken at our house(?) orig. real estate office (crumbled, crossed out). [Kusick born] 1893 from Yogoslavio tough (?) (?) Now living (?) at Johnnie." [Identified by Dorothy Dorothy 11-1-84]

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Photograph of Dorothy Dorothy and Matt Kusic in Johnnie (Nev.), 1950s

Date

1950 to 1959

Description

Dorothy Dorothy and her friend Matt Kusic at his house in Johnnie. His home was located just above the Dorothy Pahrump Ranch. ""D.D. and Matt Kusick by one of the old ruins at Congress Mine nearby Johnnie. Matt begged for the hospital at Tonopah to let him come home and die (year: 195-) of cancer." [Identified by Dorothy Dorothy 11-1-84]

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Photograph of a square set stope in Mohawk Mine at Goldfield (Nev.), 1907

Date

1907

Description

Square set stope, Mohawk Mine, Goldfield, Nevada, 1907. There is an inscription on the back of the image "Rich Ore is being hand sorted and shipped. The deputy is watching for highgrading." There is date stamp July 1978.

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Photograph of a mining rig, Lincoln County (Nev.), circa 1916

Date

1915 to 1917

Description

Two men man a mining rig while another two men stand next to a railroad cart. The desert landscape surrounds them with mountains in the background.

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Photograph of mine, Goldfield (Nev.), 1905

Date

1905

Description

Combination Mine sits in the deserts of Goldfield, Nevada. Three unidentified people walk along a dirt road in front of the mining area.

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Photograph of Tonopah Midway Mine, Tonopah (Nev.), 1900-1920

Date

1900 to 1920

Description

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

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