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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 a mining town, Delamar (Nev.), 1890s

Date
1890 to 1900
Description
Panoramic view of hillside mine and town, probably Delamar, Nevada, in the late 19th century.

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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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Correspondence, Levi Syphus to Sadie George Clayton

Date
1939-09-17
Description
This folder is from the "Correspondence" file of the Sadie and Hampton George Papers (MS-00434)

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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 the Pioneer Mine and a man on the hillside, Pioneer (Nev.), 1910

Date
1910
Description
Annotated: Pioneer Mine July-1910; E. Davis [center]
Caption: Pioneer Mine, Pioneer, Nevada. 1910.

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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.

Archival Collection

Photograph of a group of people at the Florence Mine, Goldfield (Nev.), 1904

Date
1904
Description
Inscription on back reads; "Florence Mine at Goldfield Nevada-owned by Tom Lockhart the father of his infatuated daughter 1904."

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