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Photograph of Ramsey Street, Goldfield (Nev.), early 1900s

Description

This shows you one of our good buildings ___ pretty good for a town only 3 years old
Caption: Ramsey St. Goldfield, Nev

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Photograph of mining tower, Rhyolite (Nev.), circa 1925

Date

1924 to 1926

Description

The view of a mining tower between Mountain Ladd and Montgomery Mountain in Rhyolite, Nevada. Handwritten description provided on back of image: "between Mt. Ladd and Montgomery Mt. out in the middle of the alluvium. Tower documents attempt to reach bedrock. They went down 350 feet and didn't get to bedrock. See USGS Bulletin 407. - Ed Whipple, 12/19/78."

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Black-and-white photograph of woman on dirt path, Round Mountain (Nev.), early 1900s

Date

1900 to 1925

Description

Photograph of woman on dirt path, Round Mountain (Nev.), early 1900s

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Black-and-white photograph of woman on dirt path, Round Mountain (Nev.), early 1900s

Date

1900 to 1925

Description

Photograph of woman on dirt path, Round Mountain (Nev.), early 1900s

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Photograph of town, Tonopah (Nev.), circa 1900

Date

1899 to 1901

Description

This is a photograph of early Tonopah. This community came together and started this town in 1900 because of the discovery of silver-rich ore.

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Photograph of a family by their house, Alamo (Nev.), early 1900s

Date

1900 to 1925

Description

Joe Sharp and his family pictured outside of their home on the west side of Richardville, Nevada. Pictured from left to right; George Stowell, Mayme Stowell (Joe Sharp's daughter), Lawrence Sharp, Jewel Sharp Dimick, Mayme Catherine Richard Sharp, Keller (neighbor-boy), and Joseph Lewis Sharp, the son of Henry Sharp.

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Photograph of the dedication of Hermiston Memorial Baptist Church, Las Vegas, March 8, 1925

Date

1925-03-08

Description

Handwritten description provided on back of image: "Dedication of Hermiston Memorial Baptist Church, March 8, 1925." Site Name: Hermiston Memorial Baptist Church (Las Vegas, Nev.)

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Geological Significance of Isostasy and Gravity Measurement, 1925

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Archival Collection

Chester R. Longwell Professional Papers
To request this item in person:
Collection Number: MS-00017
Collection Name: Chester R. Longwell Professional Papers
Box/Folder: Box 09

Archival Component

Photograph of Mohawk Mine and surroundings, Goldfield (Nev.), early 1900s

Date

Unknown year in the decade of the 1990s

Description

Inscription on back reads: "The wagon in the middle foregroundshows a dray hauling one of our 50 HP motors to the "Frances Mohawk" lease which is shown on the extreme left. This lease and the one in the center (the "Hayes-Monnetta") are each taking out over $40,000 per day. The houses in the distance are lying between Goldfield and Columbia. The large white building to the right and back is the Nevada Goldfield Reduction Works. The R.R. station is to the rear and left."
Caption: Mohawk Mine Goldfield, Nev. early 1900s. Railroad station to the rear and left.

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