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Smelter foundation at Candelaria Mine, Nevada: photographic print

Date
1967-06
Description
From the Nan Doughty Photograph Collection (PH-00240)

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Postcard of Goldfield Consolidated Mill, Goldfield, Nevada, circa July 21, 1911

Date
1911-07-21
Description
A postcard of Goldfield Consolidated Mill in Goldfield, Nevada. The postcard is postmarked July 21, 1911, and is addressed to Mrs. Helen J. Stewart in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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William Hillman Shockley Photograph Collection

Identifier
PH-00241
Abstract

The William Hillman Shockley Photograph Collection (1875-1925, 1951) contains black-and-white photographs documenting mining operations at the Mount Diablo Mine and Millworks in Candelaria, Nevada. It also includes photographs of nearby operations including the Northern Belle Mine and the Princess Mill. The collection contains photographs of Shockley, his son, William Bradford Shockley, as an infant, as well as images of Shockley’s brothers, Walter A. Shockley and George Shockley.

Archival Collection

Slide of a gold mine, Virginia City, Nevada, circa 1960s

Date
1960 to 1969
Description
A picture of a gold mining building near Virginia City.

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Photograph of Yellow Pine train, Nevada, circa 1915-1930

Date
1915 to 1930
Description
Yellow Pine train at mine with ore cars/Shay engine and what appears to be homemade water car between Shay and ore cars.

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Entrance to Pickhandle Gulch mine dump, Nevada: photographic print

Date
1967-06
Description
From the Nan Doughty Photograph Collection (PH-00240)

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Photograph of the Union Pacific Line, Arden, Nevada, 1907-1930

Date
1907 to 1930
Description
A picture of an underground tank on the right of Union Pacific Line. The Union Pacific Section House and Station House are visible in the distance.

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Postcard of Hale Norcross Mine, Virginia City, Nevada, circa 1920s-1930s

Date
1920 to 1939
Description
An exterior view of Hale & Norcross Mine in Virginia City, Nevada. Description typed onto the front of the card: "Hale & Norcross Mine, Comstock Lode, Virginia City. Production $11,486,000."

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Surface structures at the Crowell fluorspar mine, located in the Care Mountains, Nevada: photographic print

Date
1939 to 1940
Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series III. Beatty, Nevada -- Subseries III.D. Crowell Family. The Crowell fluorspar mine is one of the oldest, if not the oldest, continuously operated mines in Nevada. The dump and surface structures belie the mine's extensive underground workings and its long record of production.

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Photograph of Kennecott Copper Corporation's skip hoist system, McGill, Nevada, 1960-1961

Date
1960 to 1961
Description
Kennecott Copper Corporation at McGill, Nevada. Scene shows skip hoist system which greatly speeds the removal of ore from the Liberty Pit.

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