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Photograph of men loading sacks of ore at Florence Lease, Goldfield (Nev.), early 1900s
Archival Collection
Description
Caption: No. 22. Loading. Ore. At. Florence.
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County agent project progress report, Domestic water supply for Bunkerville and Mesquite, November 1, 1936
Date
1936-11-01
Archival Collection
Description
Having been unsuccessful in obtaining reliable domestic water, Bunkerville and Mesquite were beginning an all-out lobbying campaign on various agencies for help.
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Postcard of scenes from Reno, Nevada, circa 1870s-1927
Date
1870 to 1927
Archival Collection
Description
A picture postcard with photographs of a mule team hauling wagons of ore or lumber in Reno, Nevada in 1870; automobiles hauling ore in 1927; Main Street in Reno, Nevada, 1870; men playing roulette at the Palace Gambling House in Reno, Nevada in 1906; and a man standing next to tall saguaro cacti in the desert.
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Photograph of a building, Tonopah (Nev.), circa 1900
Date
1899 to 1901
Archival Collection
Description
Horses draw a cart outside of a stone building. A man appears to be dancing on top of the building. Written on the back of the photograph is, "Taken near present day Tonopah. The first man behind the horses is my great-grandfather John Peter Wright (1870-1903). My grandfather was in the process of dying from silicosis having worked in the Delamar mines. He was a freighter-because he could not do hard labor. W. I. Booth photographer. Wells Nevada."
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