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Mines at Milltown, Nevada: photographic print

Date
1905
Description
From the Frank Benham Photograph Collection on Goldfield, Nevada (PH-00288).

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Entrance to the "Denver Vein," Bullfrog Mine: photographic print

Date
1905
Description
The prospect entrance of the "Denver vein" within the Bullfrog Mine in Rhyolite, Nevada.

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Transcript of interview with Joe Lappin by Gordon Brusso, March 4, 1976

Date
1976-03-04
Description

On March 4, 1976, Gordon Brusso interviewed former miner, Joe Lappin (born November 14th, 1914 in Santa Paula, California) about his life in Boulder City, Nevada. The two discuss his early occupational history and his work for the Bureau of Mines. He then goes on to explain the different housing systems that developed in Boulder City during World War Two.

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Postcard of Klondyke (Nev.), 1963

Date
1963
Description
Located 10 miles southeast of Tonopah, the camp was settled in the late 1890s when silver and gold was discovered in the area. In May, 1900, when Jim Butler picked up his first samples at the site that would become Tonopah, he was en route to Klondyke. He offered the local assayer, Frank Higgs, an interest in the find for an assay, but Higgs declared the samples worthless and threw them out. Fortunately, Butler retrieved more samples on this return trip to Belmont. The building on the right with the large smoke-stack was the assay office. None of the structures remain today.

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Fred and Maurine Wilson Photograph Collection

Identifier
PH-00014
Abstract

The Fred and Maurine Wilson Photograph Collection depicts the Wilson Family, events, and locations in Las Vegas, Nevada and the Southwestern United States from approximately 1860 to 1990. The photographs primarily depict early Las Vegas, including the Mormon Fort and Kiel Ranch; mines, towns, and railroads in Southern Nevada; the construction and planning of the Hoover (Boulder) Dam on the Colorado River; and the Wilson Family. The photographs also include prominent Las Vegas families such as the Park Family, aerial photographs of the city, landmarks on Fremont Street and downtown Las Vegas, and desert landscapes.

Archival Collection

Postcard of the Harmill silver-lead mine, Montezuma (Nev.), 1929

Date
1929
Description
The Harmill was being operated by Gerald B. Hartley, Sr. and was worked through the 1930s. (Gerald B. Hartley, Jr. Collection) There was an inscription on the image. "The Montezuma district was laid out after the discovery of ore in the area on May 24, 1867 by Thomas Nagle, Mat Plunkett, and a Mr. Carlyle. The district was active through the 1880s after which mining came to a standstill. Montezuma experienced a revival in the early 1900s on the heels of the Goldfield boom. Mining continued through the 1930s from operations such as the Harmill. Ore was chiefly silver accompanied by lead with some gold. Recorded production from the district was over $500,000."

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David Walker "Deke" Lowe, Jr. and others at Noonday Mine: photographic print

Date
1936 to 1937
Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.F. Lowe Family. Dr. Lincoln. D. Godshall, the mine's owner (Manager), is on the left, David Walker "Deke" Lowe, Jr., is in the middle and a man known only as Uncle Billy, the watchman at the mine for many years, is on the right.

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Correspondence, Levi Syphus to Sadie George

Date
1928-07
Description
This folder is from the "Correspondence" file of the Sadie and Hampton George Papers (MS-00434)

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Report from U.S. Geological Survey on pottery

Date
1912
Description
This folder is from "Maps and Assorted Documents" file of the Sadie and Hampton George Papers (MS-00434)

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Correspondence, Levi Syphus to Hampton George

Date
1902-06-23
Description
This folder is from the "Correspondence" file of the Sadie and Hampton George Papers (MS-00434)

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