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Photograph of large building in Johnnie (Nev.), 1950s

Date

1950 to 1959

Description

Large building, possibly for mining, in Johnnie, Nevada. The building appears to be abandoned.

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Automobile parked by a tent in the desert: photographic print

Date

1900 (year uncertain) to 1939 (year uncertain)

Description

An automobile is parked by a tent in an unidientified desert, likely at a mining camp sometime in the early 1900s.

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Frederickson Family Papers

Identifier

MS-00448

Abstract

The Frederickson Family Papers (1904-1917) contain documents and photographs related to Goodsprings, Nevada settlers John C. and Elizabeth Frederickson. Materials include bank statements, mining statements, personal correspondence, and college notes.

Archival Collection

View of Gold Reed: photographic print

Date

1905 (year approximate)

Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.H. Reed Family (Kawich Mountains, Nevada). Gold Reed, Kawich Mountains, Nye County, Nevada, probably about 1905. It was with a mine in Gold Reed that O.K. Reed made the money to purchase the ranch at Hawes Canyon. The ore at the mine was so rich that a person could stand off 50 or 60 feet and see the gold in the original outcropping; some of the ore sold for $1,000 a ton. Reed was partners in the mine with Jack May and a Mr.Wardle, Tonopah resident Austin Wardle’s father. Jack May and Reed were married to sisters, Mabel and Maude Hanley. 

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