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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 miner and mine owner, Sheep Mountain Range, 1931
Date
1931
Description
Miner and the mine owner stand next to machinery and the mine's entrance at the Sheep Mountain Range in Nevada.
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Photograph of mine entrance, Sheep Mountain, 1931
Date
1931
Description
Entrance to mine on the Sheep Mountain Range in Nevada. For more mine images at the Sheep Range, see 0123 0178-0180.
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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 C. N. Cross' mining claim, Las Vegas (Nev.), January 26, 1929
Date
1929-01-26
Description
C. N. Cross' mining claim of Solitary Mine in Clark County Nevada on January 26, 1929. Notes with photo read, "Claim on butte that now is an island in the lake. Wint has the claim papers. Called Solitary Mine - Clark County, Nev, 24th Jan., 1929. Wint, Emory's son, Ayers daughter, and others would ride burros up to this location and cook hot dogs and then return by moonlight."
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Postcard of mining boom on Main Street, Goldfield (Nev.), 1904
Date
1904
Description
Stagecoaches and miners hustle down MainStreet in booming Goldfield, Nevada in front of the Hotel Esmeralda. Type at the bottom says: "When Goldfield was envy of mining world." Inscription on the back reads: "Goldfield, Nev., about 1904, looking north on Main St., with Columbia Mt. looming in the background. Peak boom population was 30,000, with fabulous gold strikes yielding $120,000,000." Print from Edwin Scofield Giles' collection
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Postcard of Goldfield Consolidated Mill, Goldfield (Nev.), 1911
Date
1911
Description
New Consolidated Mill atop the hill in Goldfield, Nevada. Goldfield mining boomed after 1897 and the town's mining and overall size increased for some time afterwards.
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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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Photograph of workers outside mill, Palmarito (Mex.), 1900-1930
Date
1900 to 1930
Description
Miners and workmen stand together outside of a mill in Palmarito, Sinaloa, Mexico. They are all wearing hats.
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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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