From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series V. Smoky Valley, Nevada and Round Mountain, Nevada -- Subseries V.A. Carver, Carver-Duhme, and Carver-Book Families (Smoky Valley). Gerald Miller Carver, Dick Carver, Gary Carver, and Chi Hiedeman, who operated an electric shovel for the Yuba Dredging Company at Round Mountain, (identified from left to right).
From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series V. Smoky Valley, Nevada and Round Mountain, Nevada -- Subseries V.A. Carver, Carver-Duhme, and Carver-Book Families (Smoky Valley)
From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series V. Smoky Valley, Nevada and Round Mountain, Nevada -- Subseries V.A. Carver, Carver-Duhme, and Carver-Book Families (Smoky Valley)
From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series V. Smoky Valley, Nevada and Round Mountain, Nevada -- Subseries V.A. Carver, Carver-Duhme, and Carver-Book Families (Smoky Valley). In this photograph cement ditches from Twin River down to the R.O. Ranch are being installed by the Vawdrey Construction Company, about 1954. Looking to the northwest, Last Chance, Ophir, and Wisconsin canyons are visible in the Toiyabe Mountains, Nye County, Nevada.
From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series V. Smoky Valley, Nevada and Round Mountain, Nevada -- Subseries V.A. Carver, Carver-Duhme, and Carver-Book Families (Smoky Valley). Doby Doc Caudill lived in Carlin, Nevada, and had amassed a large collection of memorabilia of early Nevada history. He later sold his collection to the Last Frontier Casino in Las Vegas. One of the items in Doby Doc’s collection was this old steampowered locomotive, which was hauled to Las Vegas by way of Highway 50 and the Round Mountain turnoff out of Austin, then on to Tonopah and Las Vegas. The side of the train says "PAT McCARRAN SPECIAL".
Al and Alice Lofthouse are pictured riding burros that a miner had left at the Carver ranch. Note the burro on the right is missing part of its left ear. Carver Ranch, Smoky Valley, Nevada, circa 1944. From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series V. Smoky Valley, Nevada and Round Mountain, Nevada -- Subseries V.A. Carver, Carver-Duhme, and Carver-Book Families (Smoky Valley)
From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series V. Smoky Valley, Nevada and Round Mountain, Nevada -- Subseries V.A. Carver, Carver-Duhme, and Carver-Book Families (Smoky Valley).
From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series V. Smoky Valley, Nevada and Round Mountain, Nevada -- Subseries V.A. Carver, Carver-Duhme, and Carver-Book Families (Smoky Valley). Dick Carver and a boy remembered only as “Bobby”, riding the same burros as pictured in pho005671 on the Carver ranch, Smoky Valley, Nevada, about 1946 or 1947. This photo is taken at the approximate site where Carver’s Station is Presently (1990) located. Broad Canyon in the Toiyabe Mountains is visible upper left in the photo.
From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series V. Smoky Valley, Nevada and Round Mountain, Nevada -- Subseries V.A. Carver, Carver-Duhme, and Carver-Book Families (Smoky Valley). Roger Berg (1946-2011), pictured at the Wine Glass Ranch, Smoky Valley, Nevada, when it was owned by Pete and Mary Rogers.
From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series V. Smoky Valley, Nevada and Round Mountain, Nevada -- Subseries V.A. Carver, Carver-Duhme, and Carver-Book Families (Smoky Valley).