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Photograph of movie filming in Tonopah (Nev.), October 27, 1931
Date
1931-10-27
Description
Movie crew filming off Tonopah Road near the base of Sheep Mountain in October of 1931. Note with photo says: "Taking a break during filming. Man seated at table is actor John Boles." W. A .Davis. See pho023271, Image 0123 0171 for another photo.
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Photograph of miner's monument, Kingman Wash (Ariz.), circa 1932
Date
1931 to 1933
Description
Miner's monument for Joseph Herber Richards at Kingman Wash. He died June 18, 1917 and had previously owned the mine at Sheep Mountain. Note reads: "He died in Kingman Wash, 300 yards from Colorado River. His miners pick is imbedded in the cement." - W. A. Davis, April 1992.
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Photograph of workers moving mining machines, (Mex.), May 1911
Date
1911-05
Description
Workers use cattle, horses, and covered wagons to haul mining machinery to the mines. Taken by Henry M. Corliss.
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Photograph of Matt Kusick in Johnnie Mine Town (Nev.), 1950s
Date
1950 to 1959
Description
Matt Kusick, a local of Johnnie Mine Town, sits in front of the original Real Estate Office. Handwritten inscription with photo: "Taken at our house(?) orig. real estate office (crumbled, crossed out). [Kusick born] 1893 from Yogoslavio tough (?) (?) Now living (?) at Johnnie." [Identified by Dorothy Dorothy 11-1-84]
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Photograph of Dorothy Dorothy and Matt Kusic in Johnnie (Nev.), 1950s
Date
1950 to 1959
Description
Dorothy Dorothy and her friend Matt Kusic at his house in Johnnie. His home was located just above the Dorothy Pahrump Ranch. ""D.D. and Matt Kusick by one of the old ruins at Congress Mine nearby Johnnie. Matt begged for the hospital at Tonopah to let him come home and die (year: 195-) of cancer." [Identified by Dorothy Dorothy 11-1-84]
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Group of miners gold panning: photographic print
Date
1870 (year approximate) to 1979 (year approximate)
Description
From the KLVX Steamboats on the Colorado Photograph Collection (PH-00156)
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Flores Mine Tunnel: photographic print
Date
1870 (year approximate) to 1979 (year approximate)
Description
From the KLVX Steamboats on the Colorado Photograph Collection (PH-00156)
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Three Kids Manganese Mine: photographic print
Date
Unknown year in the decade of the 1950s (year approximate)
Description
Three Kids Manganese Mine, ca. 1950's.
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Photograph of miners for movie production, Tonopah (Nev.), October 27, 1931
Date
1931-10-27
Description
Miners' camp at base of Sheep Mountain where move crew is taking a lunch break during filming. (Oct. 27, 1931) Note with image reads "The five men on the left were miners, and next to them is Charlie Mason (movie producer), his wife, John Boles on right holding pick, and another woman. John Boles was a popular leading man in the 1930s and 1940s."
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Photograph of gold bullion bars, Goldfield (Nev.), 1900-1920
Date
1900 to 1920
Description
Nineteen gold bullion bars are stacked atop one another for a photo. Inscription below reads: "Nineteen gold bullion bars having a value of more than $450,000 and taken from one of the Goldfield mines in its boom days are enough to excite anyone. These were the genuine article. Even to Goldfielders they created a sensation. It is every prospector's dream."
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