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Letter from C. A. Earle Rinker to his mother June 7, 1907

Date

1907-06-07

Archival Collection

Description

Letter to his mother. In the last portion of his letter he listed the various companies and mines that he has stock in within Nevada.

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Letter from C. A. Earle Rinker to his mother July 8, 1907

Date

1907-06-08

Archival Collection

Description

Letter to his mother. There is a list of photographs by number with a description of each. He briefly addressed the festivities of July 4th, including the fact that there were no fireworks because of the high risk of fires.

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Letter from C. A. Earle Rinker to his mother, August 12, 1907

Date

1907-08-12

Archival Collection

Description

Letter to his mother. It described a prize fight and wrestling match that he watched . Also, goes on to describe how he went down into a mine shaft, includes several small drawings of the shafts.

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Letter from C. A. Earle Rinker to his family, September 10, 1907

Date

1907-09-10

Archival Collection

Description

Letter to his parents. He told his parents about a tour of the mines that he gave where his friends we scared, goes into detail on the length and physical appearance of the mine. He also wrote about dinner at the new French caf he went to in the Red Light District.

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Letter from C. A. Earle Rinker to his mother, November 23, 1907

Date

1907-11-23

Archival Collection

Description

Letter to his mother. He told his mother that he is worried that the banks will not reopen because they hold to much dead stock in mines that closed. He also touched on food, renting houses, and electricity in town.

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Letter from C. A. Earle Rinker to his mother, December 24, 1907

Date

1907-12-24

Archival Collection

Description

Letter to his mother. Letter discusses family, how different this Christmas season was from the last, and the soldiers that are in town who are at every gambling hall gambling because they never had a chance to before.

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Letter from C. A. Earle Rinker to his mother, February 15, 1908

Date

1908-02-15

Archival Collection

Description

Letter to his mother. The letter discussed how they get drinking water from the store and how they use the snow and melt it down to get water.

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Letter from C. A. Earle Rinker to his family, October 31, 1906

Date

1905-10-31

Archival Collection

Description

Letter home from Earle. The letter discussed a shooting that occurred, his work hours, eating schedules/breaks in the office, a pneumonia outbreak, and a break post statement on rain and the water supply.

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Letter from C. A. Earle Rinker to his mother, November 17, 1906

Date

1906-11-17

Archival Collection

Description

Letter to his mother. He wrote about the Goldfield Hotel burning down. He wrote about casualties, the length of time it took to get the fire out.

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Letter from C. A. Earle Rinker to his mother, November 21, 1906

Date

1907-11-21

Archival Collection

Description

Letter to his mother. The last half of his letter discussed ordinances that passed because of the hotel fire including the use of oil stoves, which he uses in his room to keep warm. Also, there is an interesting comment on how people do not question authorities when they told them to leave town.

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