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Postcard of mining boom on Main Street, Goldfield (Nev.), 1904

Date
1904
Description
Stagecoaches and miners hustle down MainStreet in booming Goldfield, Nevada in front of the Hotel Esmeralda. Type at the bottom says: "When Goldfield was envy of mining world." Inscription on the back reads: "Goldfield, Nev., about 1904, looking north on Main St., with Columbia Mt. looming in the background. Peak boom population was 30,000, with fabulous gold strikes yielding $120,000,000." Print from Edwin Scofield Giles' collection

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Correspondence, Levi Syphus to Sadie George

Date
1917-05-20
Description
This folder is from the "Correspondence" file of the Sadie and Hampton George Papers (MS-00434)

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Sidney R. Whitmore Photograph Album

Identifier
PH-00219
Abstract

The Sidney R. Whitmore Photograph Album contains photographs dating from approximately 1920 that document the Colorado River and mining in El Dorado Canyon, Nevada.

Archival Collection

Correspondence, Levi Syphus to Sadie George

Date
1928-09-14
Description
This folder is from the "Correspondence" file of the Sadie and Hampton George Papers (MS-00434)

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Reed Phelps oral history interview

Identifier
OH-01478
Abstract

Oral history interview with Reed Phelps conducted by Kim Geary on November 02, 1978 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Phelps discusses his career working on the railroads in Nevada and California before moving to Blue Diamond, Nevada to work as a miner. Phelps describes life as a miner in Blue Diamond and the town's history. Phelps also discusses changes that occurred in the town after the Flintkote Company took over the mining operation.

Archival Collection

Robbins Family Photograph Collection

Identifier
PH-00132
Abstract

The Robbins Family Photograph Collection is comprised of eighteen black-and-white photographic reprints and five postcards that depict the Robbins family in Goodsprings and Searchlight, Nevada from approximately 1907 to 1977.

Archival Collection

Correspondence, Levi Syphus to Sadie B. Clayton

Date
1939-11-24
Description
This folder is from the "Correspondence" file of the Sadie and Hampton George Papers (MS-00434)

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Foote Mineral Company Annual Reports

Identifier
MS-00666
Abstract

The Foote Mineral Company Annual Reports contain annual reports and statements of earnings published by the Foote Mineral Company from 1966 to 1978. Material contains information on Foote's lithium carbonate plant in Silver Peak, Nevada.

Archival Collection

Correspondence, Levi Syphus to Dr. Wherry E. Neel

Date
1927-08
Description
This folder is from the "Correspondence" file of the Sadie and Hampton George Papers (MS-00434)

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Correspondence, Thomas Toland to F.A. Truett

Date
1917-05-15
Description
This folder is from the "Correspondence" file of the Sadie and Hampton George Papers (MS-00434)

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