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Postcard showing Searchlight, Nevada, circa 1930s

Date
1930 to 1939
Description
The view of Duplex Mine in Searchlight, Nevada. Founded in 1897, Searchlight is an old boomtown that was made popular when George Frederick Colton discovered gold at the location where the town is now built. At the Duplex mine discovered in 1898, a windowed building lies to to left of some machinery used for mining. Transcribed across the bottom of the image: "Duplex Mine, Searchlight, Nev. Original Discovery 1898." The Frasher's Foto logo is printed on the bottom right corner.

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John Janney Photograph Collection on Pioche, Nevada

Identifier
PH-00135
Abstract

The John Janney Photograph Collection on Pioche, Nevada contains photographs of mining operations and townspeople in Pioche, Nevada from 1908 to 1934. The photographs are primarily panoramic views of the town, mines, and landscape around Pioche, where Janney was president of Pioche Mines Consolidated until his death in 1967. The photographs also depict the baseball field in Pioche, a train crossing the desert in Lincoln County, and the Lee Family.

Archival Collection

Southern Nevada Historical Society Photograph Collection on Basic Magnesium, Inc.

Identifier
PH-00230
Abstract

The Southern Nevada Historical Society Photograph Collection on Basic Magnesium, Inc. contains photographs of the construction of Basic Magnesium Inc.'s plants and buildings from 1941 to 1942. The photographs primarily depict aerial views of the plant site and various buildings, including the administration building, tent camp, chlorination buildings, electrolysis facilities, electrical distribution systems, and warehouses. The photographs also depict Lake Mead and the early buildings in Henderson, Nevada.

Archival Collection

Art Rader Photograph Collection on Nevada Railroads

Identifier
PH-00177
Abstract

The Art Rader Photograph Collection on Nevada Railroads depicts railroads, mills, and depots in Nevada and Southern California from 1905 to approximately 1975. The photographs primarily depict the remnants of the Tonopah & Tidewater Railroad, the Pacific Coast Borax Company, and obsolete tracks, buildings, mills, and boxcars from the early-twentieth century. The photographs also depict depots and railroad intersections in Death Valley Junction, California and Crucere, California, and the photographs include the Union Pacific Railroad's tracks that were once part of the Salt Lake Railroad.

Archival Collection

San Francisco Call - Nevada Edition: newspaper issue

Date
1905-05-23
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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Victor Mine and surface facilities, Tonopah, Nevada: photographic print

Date
1926
Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series V. Smoky Valley, Nevada and Round Mountain, Nevada -- Subseries V.C. Lofthouse-Berg Families (Round Mountain)

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Photograph of mining site, Eureka, Nevada, circa early 1900s

Date
1900 to 1910
Description
Eureka, Nevada mining site.

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Slide of open pit, Weed Heights, Nevada, May 1966

Date
1966-05
Description
An open pit at Weed Heights, Nevada.

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Photograph of Potosi Mine, Nevada, circa early to mid 1900s

Date
1900 to 1959
Description
An exterior view of Potosi Mine in Nevada.

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Cross-section maps of Combination and Florence Mines, Goldfield, Nevada, circa 1902-1908

Date
1902 to 1908
Description
Maps of Combination and Florence Mines, Goldfield, Nevada.

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