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Clarence Stay, Jr. real estate documents

Date
1960 to 1969
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Clarence Stay, Jr. real estate documents

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Map of a part of southern Nevada showing ground-water conditions, 1914

Date
1914
Description
At bottom of map: 'Base compiled from plane-table sheets, topographic maps of U.S. Geological Survey, railroad alignments, and General Land Office data.' Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Shows township and range grid. Covers from southeast corner of White Pine County to Sloan and from Nye County border to Arizona-Utah border. Shows flowing wells, nonflowing wells, springs, flowing-well areas, dry holes and shore lines of ancient lakes. Scale 1:500,000 (W116°--W 114°/N 45°--N 36°). Series: Water-supply paper (Washington, D.C.), 365. Map is plate 1 from the U.S. Geological Survey water-supply paper 365.

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Photograph of Tonopah Belmont Development Company in Millers (Nev.), 1913

Date
1913
Description
Tonopah Belmont Development Company mill, Millers, Nevada, 1913. There is an inscription on the back of the image: "Built in 1907, the 60 stamp mill operated until late 1918. It was the smaller of two mills located at Millers. The largest, the Desert Mill of the Desert Power and Mill Company, was located a short distance to the east of the Belmont mill. During its lifetime, the mill processed 568,000 tons of Tonopah ore with a recovery of $12,000,000. The Tonopah Belmont Development Company also had a large 100 stamp mill near its Belmont mine in Tonopah. Millers was located 12 miles west of Tonopah on the Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad." There is a date stamp: 1983.

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Postcard of Candelaria (Nev.), ca 1887

Date
1887
Description
Candelaria was born as a result of silver mining in the area. Silver was discovered nearby in 1863 and large scale mining began in 1873. The town-site was laid out in 1876 and soon supported saloons, stores, a newspaper, schools, and a railroad, the Carson and Colorado, which reached town in 1882. Peak population was over 1,500, recorded in 1883. The mines most prosperous years were during the 1880s, although mining continued through the 1950s with a total production of over $21,000,000. Candelaria was virtually deserted by 1940 and had become a ghost town by 1950. Large scale open pit mining began in 1977 and continued through 1996.

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