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Caption: Hurry & Jefferson in same mine

Mack and Will Foster, uncles of George Byron Foster. Handwritten description provided on a separate piece of paper: "Figures identified in reverse. Should be Mack and Will. Lived at Berlin not far from my home in Tonopah. Brothers very close all their lives. Lived into their 80s. Died within months of each other. Mack the eldest. Both small men. When Mack was in his late sixties or early seventies he went to visit Toxine's (sp?), a house of prostitution, when Tonopah still had a red light district, ca 1952. Mack carried brass knuckles and a sawed off revolver. He was a rough character. Died about 1962. Both miners. Had brother, George, and a sister." Also hand written: (Photographer *A Allen ___*, Goldfield, Nev.)

Caption: Black. Buttes Goldfield 45

Caption: Tonopah Mine - 69 -

A picture of a prospector and his burro in front of the First State Bank.

People standing near shaft and head works for mining at Tonopah, Nevada.

A photograph of two unidentified young gentlemen posing.