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John Janney Photograph Collection on Pioche, Nevada

Identifier

PH-00135

Abstract

The John Janney Photograph Collection on Pioche, Nevada contains photographs of mining operations and townspeople in Pioche, Nevada from 1908 to 1934. The photographs are primarily panoramic views of the town, mines, and landscape around Pioche, where Janney was president of Pioche Mines Consolidated until his death in 1967. The photographs also depict the baseball field in Pioche, a train crossing the desert in Lincoln County, and the Lee Family.

Archival Collection

UNLV University Libraries Collection on Goldfield, Nevada

Identifier

MS-00010

Abstract

The UNLV University Libraries Collection on Goldfield, Nevada Collection dates from 1906 to 2009, with the bulk dating from 1906 to 1917 and documents the mining, business, and civic history of Goldfield, Nevada. Items in the collection include a program from the Nelson-Gans boxing match, a letter from H. M. Yerington describing the miners' strike, mine prospectuses, and minutes from the Goldfield Woman's Club.

Archival Collection

Tonopah, Nevada Promotional Film

Identifier

MS-01125

Abstract

The Tonopah, Nevada Promotional Film consists of a ten-minute promotional film of Tonopah, Nevada from approximately 1912 to 1918. The film shows a celebration that took place primarily in front of the Mizpah Hotel as well as shots of Tonopah and surrounding mining operations. The original nitrate film was found in the basement of the Mizpah Hotel when Frank E. Scott, Chairman of the Union Plaza Hotel, bought and renovated the Mizpah in 1980.

Archival Collection

Letter from R. T. Walker to A. E. Flint, March 22, 1918

Date

1918-03-22

Description

Letter advises Flint of an employment opening for an assayer.

Text

Letter from R. T. Walker to Pacific Audit & System Corp., March 20, 1918

Date

1918-03-20

Description

Letter describes vacant assayer position and asks if company can make a recommendation.

Text

Reconstructed mill house in Berlin (Nev.): photographic print

Date

1991

Description

Re-constructed mill house at the old mining town of Berlin, Nevada. Several other buildings have been restored, giving the old ghost town a look of the past. (photo by Don Walker, Sept. 1991)

Image

Margaret D. Colton oral history interview

Identifier

OH-02620

Abstract

Oral history interview with Margaret D. Colton conducted by John C. Isham II on October 03, 1973 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. Colton discusses her arrival to Las Vegas, Nevada and shares the story of how Searchlight, Nevada became a mining town after Colton’s husband's grandfather, George Frederick Colton, struck gold in the Superstitution Mountains. She also talks about the growth of mining in Searchlight. Throughout the interview, Margaret D. Colton is often referred to as Mrs. Gordon Colton.

Archival Collection

Notarized placer claim

Date

1901-04-29

Archival Collection

Description

This folder is from "Legal Records" file of the Sadie and Hampton George Papers (MS-00434)

Text

Letter from C. A. Earle Rinker to his mother, March 16, 1908

Date

1908-03-16

Archival Collection

Description

Letter to his mother. Rinker told his mother not to worry about him working in the mines. He explains how above ground work is safe and below ground work is where it is dangerous.

Text

Evan and Kathy Thompson Photograph Collection

Identifier

PH-00042

Abstract

The Evan and Kathy Thompson Photograph Collection depicts Beatty, Nevada, Rhyolite, Nevada, and Keane Wonder Mine, California around 1925. The photographs include the Rhyolite Bottle House, mining operations in Rhyolite and Keane Wonder Mine, and citizens of Rhyolite.

Archival Collection