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Mines and Mining-Southern-Esmeralda, Lincoln, Mineral, Nye, 1909-1970

Level of Description

File

Archival Collection

Las Vegas Library Regional History Files Collection
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Collection Number: MS-00809
Collection Name: Las Vegas Library Regional History Files Collection
Box/Folder: Box 16

Archival Component

Photograph of mine at Round Mountain (Nev.), early 1900s

Date

1900 to 1925

Description

Photograph of mine at Round Mountain (Nev.), early 1900s

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Charles S. Sprague and Benjamin Gill Papers on Nevada Mining

Identifier

MS-00570

Abstract

The Charles S. Sprague and Benjamin Gill Papers on Nevada Mining (1904-1925) are comprised of various records from the mining companies owned and operated by businessmen Charles S. Sprague and Benjamin Gill who were active in the central Nevada boomtowns of Goldfield and Tonopah in the early twentieth century. Documents include correspondence, receipts and invoices, detailed records and copies of government legislative bills relating to the mining industry, and other business correspondence. Sprague's collection consists of his mining business correspondence dating from 1906 to 1925. Gill's papers are comprised of his business correspondence from 1916 to 1922.

Archival Collection

Photograph of Montana Tonopah Mine and North Star Mine at Mt. Oddie, Tonopah (Nev.), early 1900s

Date

Unknown year in the decade of the 1900s

Description

Photograph of Montana Tonopah Mine and North Star Mine at Mt. Oddie, Tonopah (Nev.), early 1900s

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Photograph of mines, Pioche (Nev.), early 1900s

Date

1900 to 1920

Description

Panorama of mines in Pioche. Two electric poles can be seen in the distance.

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Photograph of Goldfield town and mines (Nev.), early 1900s

Description

Caption: Bird's-eye view of mines and Goldfield, Nev.

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Photograph of mining equipment, Tonopah, early 1900s

Date

1900 to 1909

Description

People standing near shaft and head works for mining at Tonopah, Nevada.

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Photograph of Keane Wonder Mine (Calif.), circa 1925

Date

1924 to 1926

Description

A view of Keane Wonder Mine in California.

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