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Mining entrance in Searchlight (Nev.): photographic print
Date
1907
Description
A prospecting entrance for the Virginia Mine shaft in Searchlight, Nevada in 1907.
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Letter from C. A. Earle Rinker to his mother, July 26, 1907
Date
1907-07-26
Description
Letter from C. A. Earle Rinker to his mother, July 26, 1907
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Letter from C. A. Earle Rinker to his mother August 21, 1907
Date
1907-08-21
Description
Letter from C. A. Earle Rinker to his mother August 21, 1907
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Unidentified miner standing near a tent: photographic print
Date
1900 (year uncertain) to 1939 (year uncertain)
Description
An unidentified miner poses near his tent somewhere in Nevada, early 1900s.
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Photograph of miners at Badger Hole, circa early to mid 1900s
Date
1900 to 1959
Description
Three unidentified miners at Badger Hole, possibly at the Badger Lead Mine in Nevada.
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Photograph of mine shaft, Sheep Mountain Range, 1931
Date
1931
Description
Looking up inside the mine shaft previously pictured in the Sheep Mountains of Nevada.
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Photograph of Edwin Giles at Montezuma Mine, Goldfield (Nev.), 1920-1930s
Date
1920 to 1939
Description
Edwin (right) and Ivan (left) stand together at Montezuma Mine in Goldfield, Nevada.
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Photograph of men at mining location, circa early 1900s
Date
1900 to 1939
Description
The view of men under a canvas structure eating at an unidentified mining location, possibly in Nevada.
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Photograph of C. D. Baker at a mining claim, 1920s-1930s
Date
1920 to 1939
Description
C.D. Baker standing at a mining claim. This photograph may have been taken in Nevada.
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Photograph of ancient salt miners, early 1900s
Date
1900 to 1920
Description
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.
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