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Postcard of mining, Belleville, Nevada, 1880s

Date

1880 to 1889

Description

Belleville, Nevada looking toward the main street from the ore mill. A typical scene of early mining activity in Nevada, where they hauled water as well as everything else on wagons and pack animals.

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Letter and envelope from John M. Bunker, Eldorado Canyon, Nevada to Mary Etta Syphus, Panaca, Nevada

Date

1891-06-27

Archival Collection

Description

From the Syphus-Bunker Papers (MS-00169). The folder contains an original handwritten letter, an envelope, a typed transcription of the same letter, and a copy of original letter attached.

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Th cotton gin process in Pahrump, Nevada: contact sheets

Date

1900 (year approximate) to 1999 (year approximate)

Description

From the UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection (PH-00171). The mill is no longer in existence.

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Photograph of Dexter Mill, Tuscarora, Nevada, 1911

Date

1911

Description

Two men standing beside a horse-drawn sagebrush wagon at Dexter Mill in Tuscarora, Nevada.

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Postcard of mule teams, Belleville, Nevada, 1880s

Date

1880 to 1889

Description

Packed mules assembled after unloading cordwood to be transferred to wagons and hauled to provide fuel to operate the ore mill at Belleville, Nevada.

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Sunnyside Mill in Round Mountain, Nevada: photographic print

Date

1905

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series V. Smoky Valley, Nevada and Round Mountain, Nevada -- Subseries V.C. Lofthouse-Berg Families (Round Mountain)

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Postcard of mule teams, Belleville, Nevada, 1880s

Date

1880 to 1889

Description

Mule teams and wagons loaded with cordwood on way to ore mill at Belleville, Nevada. Trees stumps show extent of cutting operation. The collected wood was used for fuel at the ore mill.

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Northumberland Mill, Nevada, image 004: photographic print

Date

1900 to 1940

Description

View of Northumberland Mill, Nevada.

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Postcard of mule teams, Belleville, Nevada, 1880s

Date

1880 to 1889

Description

Mule skinners (drivers) and pack mules loaded with cordwood where it will be transferred to wagons pulled by sixteen-mule (jerk-line) teams and hauled to ore mill at Belleville, Nevada. The ore was to be used for fuel.

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Photograph of a mill in Eldorado Canyon, Nevada, circa 1912

Date

1911 to 1915

Description

Photograph of a mill in Eldorado Canyon, Nevada.

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