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Photograph of a miner holding a baby burro, Las Vegas (Nev.), early 1900s
Date
1905 to 1910
Description
Unidentified miner holding a baby burro.
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Photograph of miners and burros, Las Vegas (Nev.), 1910s
Date
1910 to 1919
Description
Black and white photograph a miner in a covered wagon pulled by burros. Sunrise Mountain can be seen in the background.
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Photograph of a mining rig, Lincoln County (Nev.), circa 1916
Date
1915 to 1917
Description
Two men man a mining rig while another two men stand next to a railroad cart. The desert landscape surrounds them with mountains in the background.
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Photograph of miner over Colorado River, May 9, 1933
Date
1933-05-09
Description
Man riding cable hook to Colorado River basin, above No. 3 and 4 tunnels. May 9, 1933. Note on back: ""Man riding on the cable hook was a violation of mining laws. - W. A. Davis.""
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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 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 dam workers and miners, Tonopah (Nev.), circa 1933
Date
1932 to 1934
Description
Conflicting descriptions of this image. One reads: "Men outside tents they lived in while waiting for jobs on the Dam." Another by W. A. Davis reads "Three miners out near Tonopah on road to Pioche... Man on the left named 'Jim'."
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Photograph of mine site, Sheep Mountain Range, October 25, 1931
Date
1931-10-25
Description
Miners sit along the side of a mountain near a mine site in Nevada. Conflicting descriptions believe this to be Meyers Mine near Hoover Dam or the foothills of the Sheep Mountains next to a salt mine.
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Photograph of miner with quartz deposits, (Nev.), October 27, 1931
Date
1931-10-27
Description
Individual crouches down in mined area and points to mineral deposits. Inscriptions with image read: "Boles mine showing vein of quartz. Oct. 27, 1931. Investor inside salted mine. Sold his restaurant in Ohio to buy this [mine]." - W. A. Davis, 04/1992
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Photograph of miner using equipment, Sheep Mountain Range, 1931
Date
1931
Description
Miner uses equipment to collect mineral deposits inside a mine shaft in the Sheep Mountains.
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