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Kemple, Clifford, 1909-1985
Clifford Kemple was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. He came to Southern Nevada in 1912 when his father found a job as a mining forman at Yellow Pine Mining Company in Goodsprings, Nevada.
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Ciliax, Betty, 1919-
Betty Ciliax was born in Bisbee, Arizona. She moved to the Las Vegas area in 1932 when her father found work in Goodsprings, Nevada. Ciliax graduated from Las Vegas High School in 1938.
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Fisk, O. J. (Oliver James), 1873-1960
Oliver James (O. J.) Fisk started his career working in mines in California and Nevada. He later became an engineer on the Lake Arrowhead Dam project in California, and went on to be the general manager of the Boss Gold Mining Company in Goodsprings, Nevada until resigning in 1917. He remained a director of the company, and operated the Singer Mine near Goodsprings from 1916 to 1918 with S. E. Yount.
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Fleming, Edmund L., 1915-
Edmund L. Fleming was born October 18, 1915 in Virginia, Minnesota. His parents were born in Ireland. Fleming came to Nevada in the 1930s and worked on a ranch in Pahrump, Nevada. He also worked as a miner, teacher, ranger, and farmer. He lived in Goodsprings, Nevada and Nelson, Nevada. Fleming eventually settled in Las Vegas, Nevada and continued to work in education. He was married in 1941.
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Thomas, Charles W., 1860-1937
Charles William Thomas was born July 29, 1860 in what would soon become Nevada. He and his family are known as early settlers in Nevada, and lived in various locations around Nevada including Beatty, Pioneer (near Goodsprings), and Searchlight, where he operated a merchantile store. Thomas became the postmaster of Pioneer, Nevada in October 1911. He died on August 16, 1937.
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