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Abandoned mill and equipment in Esmeralda County: photographic print

Date
1900 (year approximate) to 1905 (year approximate)
Description
Black and white image of an abandoned mill & cyanide plant in Divide District, Esmeralda County, Nevada circa early 1900s.

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Photograph of mine, Goldfield (Nev.), 1905

Date
1905
Description
Combination Mine sits in the deserts of Goldfield, Nevada. Three unidentified people walk along a dirt road in front of the mining area.

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South Gold Hill above Eden Creek in the Kawich Mountains: photographic print

Date
1920 to 1930
Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VI. Tonopah, Nevada -- Subseries VI.D. Terrell Family. High-grade gold ore was found just below the top of the hill and a shaft was sunk. Note the windlass hoist, cranked by hand, and the pipe going down to the shaft to draw air into the hole for ventilation.

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Correspondence, Levi Syphus to Sadie George

Date
1923-05-22
Description
This folder is from the "Correspondence" file of the Sadie and Hampton George Papers (MS-00434)

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Goldfield News: newspaper issue

Date
1907-06-29
Description
From the C. A. Earle Rinker Papers (MS-00514) -- Series III: Maps, newspapers, souvenirs, and ephemera -- Newspapers from Goldfield, Nevada and various locations.

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Photograph of Edwin Giles and others, Weepah (Nev.), 1920s

Date
1920 to 1929
Description
Edwin Giles, Ida Giles, Dorothy Giles, and an unidentified man stand together next to their automobiles at a mining site in Weepah, Nevada during the "boom."

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Goldfield Review: newspaper issue

Date
1907-08-17
Description
From the C. A. Earle Rinker Papers (MS-00514) -- Series III: Maps, newspapers, souvenirs, and ephemera -- Newspapers from Goldfield, Nevada and various locations.

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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 mine shaft, Tonopah (Nev.), 1930s

Date
1930 to 1939
Description
Miners stand near large mine shaft in Tonopah, Nevada. Cars are parked in the dirt near a building next to the mining entrance at the surface, and mountains are visible in the background.

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Bullfrog mining district: photographic print

Date
1905 (year approximate)
Description
Map of Bullfrog Mining District in Nye County, Nevada. The information was compiled from official surveys by Bradford, Strange, and Collier and drawn by May Bradford circa 1905.

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