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Photograph of Arden, Nevada, 1907-1930

Date
1907 to 1930
Description
A southwest view of Arden, Nevada.

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UNLV Libraries Collection of Nevada Mining Maps

Identifier
MS-01032
Abstract

The UNLV Libraries Collection of Nevada Mining Maps (approximately 1860-1950) consists of various maps depicting mines, shafts, and mining claims primarily in Southern Nevada.

Archival Collection

Mines at Milltown, Nevada: photographic print

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

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Postcard of machinery, Goldfield, Nevada, 1882

Date
1882
Description
Description provided with image: "Pump machinery at New Yellow Jacket Shaft - Gold Hill, Storey County, Nevada - Photo 1882."

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Letter from John M. Bunker, St. Thomas, Nevada to Mary Etta Syphus, Panaca, Nevada

Date
1894-11-19
Description

From the Syphus-Bunker Papers (MS-00169). The folder contains an original handwritten letter, a typed transcription of the same letter, and a copy of original letter attached. 

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University of Nevada, Las Vegas Department of Anthropology and Ethnic Studies Records

Identifier
UA-00013
Abstract

The collection is comprised of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) Department of Anthropology and Ethnic Studies administrative records, memoranda, and correspondence dating from 1966 to 2006. The collection includes information about UNLV's department of Anthropology and Ethnic Studies from its inception at Nevada Southern University, its transition to UNLV, and research initiatives the department has undertaken.

Archival Collection

Film transparency of Potosi Mine, Nevada, 1917

Date
1917
Description
Black and white image of workers at Potosi Mine, located 30 miles southeast of Las Vegas, Nevada. Nevada--Goodsprings Mining District

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Slide of Carlin Mine, Nevada, circa 1960s

Date
1960 to 1969
Description
Carlin open pit gold mine in Nevada.

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Postcard showing Searchlight, Nevada, circa 1930s

Date
1930 to 1939
Description
The view of the small town of Searchlight, Nevada. Formed in 1897, Searchlight is an old boomtown that was made popular when George Frederick Colton discovered gold at the location where the town is now built. Unnamed buildings cluster together in the center of the postcard while rocky terrain decorated with small shrubs and mines surround the city's outskirts. Transcribed onto the bottom of the postcard: "Searchlight, Nevada; Duplex Mine In Foreground." The Frasher's Foto logo is also printed onto the bottom right corner.

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Photograph of the Nevada-Goldfield Mill operations, Goldfield (Nev.), 1900-1920

Date
1900 to 1920
Description
Caption: Nevada-Goldfield Reduction Co.

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