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Photograph of construction at the Goldfield Consolidated Mining Company, Goldfield, Nevada, circa 1907-1908

Date

1907 to 1908

Description

The Goldfield Consolidated Mining Company under construction in Goldfield, Nevada. A Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad engine was converted into a crane to aid construction. The mining company was formed in 1907 and the mill was constructed late in the year and began processing ore in early 1908. The company was formed by George Nixon and George Wingfield. The mill continued running until 1918 when the company ceased operation.

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Photograph of mining area, Death Valley (Calif.), 1920-1930

Date

1920 to 1930

Description

A horse grazes while three men pose for a picture in a Death Valley mining area. Their automobile sits behind them. The image's right and left top corners have been ripped, resulting in the strange trapezoidal shape of the photo.

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Blue Diamond Mine employees, image 007 of 009: photographic print

Date

1960 (year approximate)

Description

Unidentified workers in front of a rock wall.

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Photograph of railroad ore cars on a trestle at Yellow Pine Mine, Goodsprings (Nev.), 1900-1925

Date

1900 to 1925

Archival Collection

Description

Photograph of railroad ore cars on a trestle at Yellow Pine Mine, Goodsprings (Nev.), 1900-1925

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Photograph of Belle Butler and Daisy Rendall at a mine in Tonopah, Nevada, circa 1901

Date

1900 to 1902

Description

Belle Butler (wife of Jim Butler, lower left), and Daisy Rendall (later married to Nevada Governor Tasker Oddie), pose outside of adits at a mine near Tonopah, Nevada where Jim Butler first discovered gold.

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Photograph of construction at the Goldfield Consolidated Mining Company, Goldfield, Nevada, circa 1907-1908

Date

1907 to 1908

Description

The Goldfield Consolidated Mining Company under construction in Goldfield, Nevada. A Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad engine (seen on the railroad tracks) was converted into a crane to aid construction. The mining company was formed in 1907 and the mill was constructed late in the year and began processing ore in early 1908. The company was formed by George Nixon and George Wingfield. The mill continued running until 1918 when the company ceased operation.

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