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Topographic map of the southwestern quadrangle of the metropolitan Las Vegas, Nevada area, 1967
Date
1967
Description
Scale 1:24,000 ; polyconic proj. (W 115°1500--W 115°0730/N 36°0730--N 36°0000) ; 1 map : col. ; 58 x 47 cm ; 7.5 minute series (topographic) ; Relief shown by contours and spot heights ; Filing title: Las Vegas SW, Nev ; "AMS 2956 II SW--Series V896." ; Contour interval 10 feet ; "Topography by photogrammetric methods from aerial photographs taken 1965. Field checked 1967." ; Includes quadrangle location map ; Interior--Geological Survey
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Fairday Mine property map, May 25, 1916
Date
1916-05-25
Description
'Fairday Mine, Cactus Range, Nye Co., Nev. property map showing vein outcrops and underground surface, May 25, 1916.' Handwritten in lower left corner: 'Map property of A.H. Lee, care [of] Tonopah Club, Tonopah, Nev.' 'Scale 200' to the inch.' 'Silver oz. Gold value 1/9.'
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Longitudinal section map, Montana Tonopah Mine, circa 1900s-1910s
Date
1900 to 1919
Description
'Longitudinal Section, Montana Tonopah Mine showing workings projected on east-west vertical plane.' In lower right corner: 'E.D. North E.M.' 'Photo-litho. Britton & Rey, S.F.'
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Map showing railroads in Nevada, 1904
Date
1904
Description
Relief shown by hachures. Added title: Rand McNally's new business map of Nevada. Shows range and township grid. Shows railroads. Color used to show boundaries of counties. Includes index to cities. On verso: Indexes to counties, lakes, mountains, rivers, towns, etc. Published by Rand McNally & Co. Scale [ca. 1:1,710,720]. 1 in. equals 27 miles (W 120°--W 114°/N 42°--N 35°). Originally published as pages 263 and 264 of Rand-McNally indexed atlas.
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Map of Las Vegas Valley showing artesian wells, circa 1920
Date
1918 to 1922
Description
Scale not given ; 1 map ; 66 x 55 cm ; Blueline print ; Cadastral map ; Includes township and range grid ; Includes quotations McWilliams?
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Topographic map of the Las Vegas Valley and surrounding northern and western mountain ranges, 1943
Date
1943
Description
'Edition of Mar. 1908, reprinted 1943.' 'E.M. Douglas, Geographer in charge. Topography and triangulation by R.H. Chapman, B.D. Stewart, J.E. Blackburn and D.F.C. Moor. Surveyed in 1906-1907.' Scale 1:250,000 ; polyconic proj. (W 116°00´--W 115°00´/N 37°00´--N 36°00´). Relief shown by contours and spot heights. 'Contour interval 100 feet.' 'Datum is mean sea level.' Includes township and range lines. Text and illustrations from the Topographic maps of the United States series on verso. Series: The topograhic maps of the United States. Map includes the Desert Range; Sheep Range; Pintwater Range; Las Vegas Range; Spring Mountains; Indian Springs Valley; Spotted Range. United States, Dept. of the Interior, Geological Survey
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Topographic map of Lake Mead quadrangle, Nevada and Arizona, 1979
Date
1979
Description
'Edited and published by the Bureau of Land Management. Base map prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey.' 'Surface management status by BLM, 1981.Minerals management status by BLM, 1981.' Relief shown by contours and spot heights. Contour interval 50 meters. Compiled from USGS maps dated 1952-1970. Revised from aerial photographs taken 1972-73. Map edited 1979. Includes location map and index to 1:24,000 and 1:62,500-scale maps. Shows minerals owned by the federal government. 'N3600--W11400/30x60.' 'SE/4 Las Vegas (NJ 11-12) 1:250,000-scale map.' Scale 1:100,000universal transverse Mercator proj. (W 115°00'--W 114°00'/N 36°30'--N 36°00'). Series: Surface-minerals management status. United States. Bureau of Land Management. Surface-minerals management status. Filing title: Lake Mead, Nev.--Ariz., 1979. Shows township and range lines. Published by United States, Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Land ManagementDenver, Colo. : For sale by U.S. Geological Survey,
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Sketch of plan and profile of present and proposed pipes and tanks and reservoirs at Sloan, Erie and Jean, Nevada, circa 1910s-1920s
Date
1910 to 1929
Archival Collection
Description
'No scale. Approved E.M. Jessup, Engr. Maintenance. 7-R-463.'
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Blueprint map showing proposed water pipeline from Big Spring to Las Vegas, Nevada, January 24, 1911
Date
1911-01-24
Archival Collection
Description
'S.P.L.A.&S.L.R.R. Los Angeles Division. Map of pipe line from Big Spring. Las Vegas, Nev. Approved: Jan. 24, 1911. E.M. Jessup, E.M. of W.' In lower right corner: '4-U-323.' Scale [ca. 1:2,400] 1 in.=200 feet. Relief shown by contours. North is to upper right.
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Map of the Nevada Test Site and vicinity showing principal rock types and chemistry of ground water, 1964
Date
1964
Description
'Compiled by S.L. Schoff and J.E. Moore.' 'Geology generalized from geologic maps of the Nevada Test Site by Special Projects Branch, U.S. Geological Survey; of Lincoln County by Tschanz and Pampeyan (1961); and of Clark County by Bowyer, Pampeyan, and Longwell (1958).' United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey. Prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission.' 'TEI-838.' Scale 1:125,000 (W 116°00´--W 116°15´/N 37°15´--N 36°30´). Originally published as figure 1 in Chemistry and movement of ground water, Nevada Test Site / by Stuart L. Schoff and John E. Moore, published by the Geological Survey in 1964 as number 838 of the Trace elements investigations report.
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