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Correspondence, Levi Syphus to Sadie George

Date
1925-02 to 1925-03
Description
This folder is from the "Correspondence" file of the Sadie and Hampton George Papers (MS-00434)

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Photograph of Eldorado Empire Mining Company cabin, Nelson (Nev.), 1910-1913

Date
1910 to 1913
Description
Handwritten inscription on back of photo: "Eldorado Empire Mining Company, first cabin (about 1910). I visited here on May 20, 1913. Bertha Heinrich Gresh, Nelson, Nevada."

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Photograph of a square set stope in Mohawk Mine at Goldfield (Nev.), 1907

Date
1907
Description
Square set stope, Mohawk Mine, Goldfield, Nevada, 1907. There is an inscription on the back of the image "Rich Ore is being hand sorted and shipped. The deputy is watching for highgrading." There is date stamp July 1978.

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Minutes of the regular monthly meeting of the Board of Directors of Goldfield Belmont Extension Mining Company, August 12, 1912

Date
1912-08-12
Description
Minutes of the regular monthly meeting of the Board of Directors of Goldfield Belmont Extension Mining Company, August 12, 1912

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View of Gold Reed: photographic print

Date
1905 (year approximate)
Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VII. Other areas in Nye County -- Subseries VII.H. Reed Family (Kawich Mountains, Nevada). Gold Reed, Kawich Mountains, Nye County, Nevada, probably about 1905. It was with a mine in Gold Reed that O.K. Reed made the money to purchase the ranch at Hawes Canyon. The ore at the mine was so rich that a person could stand off 50 or 60 feet and see the gold in the original outcropping; some of the ore sold for $1,000 a ton. Reed was partners in the mine with Jack May and a Mr.Wardle, Tonopah resident Austin Wardle’s father. Jack May and Reed were married to sisters, Mabel and Maude Hanley. 

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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 a mine shaft, Delamar (Nev.), 1900-1925

Date
1900 to 1925
Description
Carts filled with ore are being pulled out of a mine shaft in Delamar, Nevada. Written on the bittom of the frame is, "Al. Smith. De Lamar, Nev." Al. Smith was most likely the photographer.

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Correspondence, William H. King to Levi Syphus

Date
1903-02-27
Description
This folder is from the "Correspondence" file of the Sadie and Hampton George Papers (MS-00434)

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Correspondence, Page, McCutchen, Harding and Knight, Attorneys, to H.E. George

Date
1902-01-13
Description
This folder is from the "Correspondence" file of the Sadie and Hampton George Papers (MS-00434)

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Correspondence, F.R. McNamee to H.E. George

Date
1902-07-09
Description
This folder is from the "Correspondence" file of the Sadie and Hampton George Papers (MS-00434)

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