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Raymond Brooks Papers on Mining
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Abstract
The Raymond Brooks Papers on Mining (approximately 1900-1955) document Brooks' time working in the mining and railroad industries in central and southern Nevada, as well as in Rhodesia (Zimbabwe). Brooks worked as a mining engineer and executive in many Nevada mining districts, including Goldfield, Tonopah, Bullfrog, Rawhide, Chloride, Beatty, Wonder, and Searchlight. The collection consists of photographs, photograph albums, ledgers and mining certificates, correspondence, and publications that all relate to mining. Notable figures mentioned in material throughout the collection include George Nixon, George Wingfield, William MacMaster, and James Butler.
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Quartette Mine: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Salt Mines and Mining, 1909-1968
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: Las Vegas Library Regional History Files Collection
Box/Folder: Box 19
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Mohawk Mine machinery: postcard
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Archival Collection
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Book B of the Mining Records of El Dorado Mining District, Lincoln Co., Nevada, opened January 1888
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Map of economical features of Southwest Colorado, San Juan mining region, circa 1877
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Mining, 1902 to 1998
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The mining series (1902-1998) documents the family’s mining interests and records. The series focuses on the family’s involvement in Nevada mines, such as the Yellow Pine Mining Company, the Root Zinc Mining Company, and the Columbia, St. Anthony, and St. Patrick mines, which include surveys, field notes, patents, journals, ledgers, maps of the mining sites, and correspondence. The series also contains similar documents for various mines and potential mining sites, as well as the family’s legal files.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Fayle Family Papers
Box/Folder: N/A
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Mining maps: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Mining diagrams: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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Photograph of Rand Mine (Nev.), 1920s
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Archival Collection
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