A group of men, mostly miners, posing outside of a mining building, probably in Nevada. Many of the men are wearing cloth miner's caps. "Grandpa Oates" is written and marked at the bottom right of the photograph.
A large group of men, probably miners, pose outside of a mining building. "Grandpa Oates" is written at the top of the photograph and marked with an X.
Eight men identified as miners pose with a dog outside of the Rawhide Consolidated Mines Company office, Rawhide, Nevada. Caption: "Original miners in Rawhide, Nevada."
An unidentified miner with hand tools inside the Baby Florence Mine, Goldfield, Nevada. Hand printed on back: "Walt in Baby Flo." Handwritten on front: "Flash light [illegible]."
Transcribed from photograph, "Southern Paiute - 3. Southern Nevada's ancient salt miners at work in Salt Cave. Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution, National Anthropological Archives, Bureau of American Ethnology Collection." The items pictured in the photo are labeled.