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Slide of Nevada Club, Ely, Nevada, 1986

Date
1986
Description
An image of the exterior of the Nevada Club and Hotel Nevada in Ely. Mounted onto the brick building and hanging over the club's entrance is a large sign of a miner with a pickaxe. Various neon signs read: "Welcome, 21 Slots & Food, Dancing;" "Hotel Nevada;" "Free Parking;" and "Nevada Club."

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Postcard of scenes of Goldfield, Nevada and Gold Hill, Nevada, circa 1910s

Date
1910 to 1919
Description
A picture postcards with photographs of Goldfield, Nevada, Gold Hill, Nevada, George Wingfield in 1906, a 20-mule team, miners eating bacon around a campfire, and a gambling hall where men are playing roulette, faro and craps.

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"Souvenir of Tonopah, Nevada" with photos from Goldfield, Tonopah, and Searchlight, Nevada: photograph album

Date
1900 to 1902
Description
From the Nevada Mining Photograph Collection (PH-00361).

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Film transparency of Potosi Mine, Nevada, 1917

Date
1917
Description
Black and white image of workers at Potosi Mine, located 30 miles southeast of Las Vegas, Nevada. Nevada--Goodsprings Mining District

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Letter and envelope from John M. Bunker, Eldorado Canyon, Nevada to Mary Etta Syphus, Panaca, Nevada

Date
1892-04-23
Description

From the Syphus-Bunker Papers (MS-00169). The folder contains an original handwritten letter, a typed transcription of the same letter, and the original envelope with the stamp removed, and a copy of the original letter.

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Panoramas: Goldfield and Tonopah, Nevada: photographic prints

Date
1900 (year approximate) to 1902 (year approximate)
Description
From the Nevada Mining Photograph Collection (PH-00361).

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Photograph of a group of miners, Nevada, circa 1900s

Date
1900 to 1909
Description
A group of men and boys posing outside of a mining building, probably in Nevada. "Grandpa J. H. Oates" is handwritten at the bottom.

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Photograph of a group of miners, Nevada, circa 1900s

Date
1900 to 1909
Description
A group of fifteen unidentified miners posing outside of a mining building, probably in Nevada. Most have supplies of candles and picket sticks. "Uncle Al Maunder" is written at the bottom of the photograph.

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Photograph of a group of miners, Nevada, circa 1900s

Date
1900 to 1909
Description
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.

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Placer operation in Round Mountain, Nevada: photographic print

Date
1937 to 1939
Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series V. Smoky Valley, Nevada and Round Mountain, Nevada -- Subseries V.C. Lofthouse-Berg Families (Round Mountain). The miners are unidentified.

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