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Photograph of Edwin Giles at Montezuma Mine, Goldfield (Nev.), 1920-1930s

Date
1920 to 1939
Description
Edwin (right) and Ivan (left) stand together at Montezuma Mine in Goldfield, Nevada.

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Photograph of men at mining location, circa early 1900s

Date
1900 to 1939
Description
The view of men under a canvas structure eating at an unidentified mining location, possibly in Nevada.

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Photograph of C. D. Baker at a mining claim, 1920s-1930s

Date
1920 to 1939
Description
C.D. Baker standing at a mining claim. This photograph may have been taken in Nevada.

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Photograph of Mohawk Mine, Goldfield (Nev.), 1906

Date
1906
Description
Mohawk Mine during production in Goldfield, Nevada. Inscription below image reads: "General View of the Mohawk Mine, Goldfield, Nevada. The Greatest Gold Mine Known. First Sixy Days Operation, $6,000,000 Production. Copyright No. 4200 P. E. Larson Photos. Goldfield, Esmeralda County, Nevada. 1906." Listed underneath are the 19 different mine and lease sites that make up the Mohawk Mine area.

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Photograph of a man on a large structure, circa early 1900s

Date
1900 to 1930
Description
An unidentified man standing on a beam of a large piece of mining equipment in the southwest, possibly Nevada or Arizona.

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Photograph of miner and mine owner, Sheep Mountain Range, 1931

Date
1931
Description
Miner and the mine owner stand next to machinery and the mine's entrance at the Sheep Mountain Range in Nevada.

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Clyde Rufus Terrell at his mine above Eden Creek: photographic print

Date
1929 to 1930
Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VI. Tonopah, Nevada -- Subseries VI.D. Terrell Family. Probably taken at the South Gold Mine. Note the homemade wheelbarrow, little buckets for holding ore, and the mortar at the side of the wheelbarrow. 

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Photograph of a person in a mine, early 1900s

Date
1920 to 1940
Description
An individual poses in front of a mine in a desert. This photograph wad most likely taken somewhere in Nevada.

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Captain Fagin, prospector in Esmeralda County, image 002: photographic print

Date
1891
Description
"A prospector: 'Capt.' Fagin. Taken in Esmeralda County, Nevada, 1891. Image shows a "two room Dugout."

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Sadie and Hampton George Papers

Identifier
MS-00434
Abstract

The Sadie and Hampton George Papers (1874-1948) consist primarily of the incoming and outgoing correspondence of Sadie Kiel George and her husband, Hampton George, regarding proposed land and mineral rights sales. The collection also includes some personal correspondence, and two of the most significant letters in the collection deal with the deaths of brothers William and Edward Kiel, Sadie's uncles, who were found dead at the Kiel Ranch in October 1900. Also included in the collection are receipts, cancelled checks, tax notices, mining claims, and land deeds.

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