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Correspondence, Levi Syphus to Sadie George
Date
1916-11 to 1916-12
Description
This folder is from the "Correspondence" file of the Sadie and Hampton George Papers (MS-00434)
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Photograph of Kennecott's Liberty Pit, 1960-1961
Date
1960 to 1961
Description
Kennecott's internationally famous Liberty Pit which has been in production since 1908.
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Photograph of miner's monument, Kingman Wash (Ariz.), circa 1932
Date
1931 to 1933
Description
Miner's monument for Joseph Herber Richards at Kingman Wash. He died June 18, 1917 and had previously owned the mine at Sheep Mountain. Note reads: "He died in Kingman Wash, 300 yards from Colorado River. His miners pick is imbedded in the cement." - W. A. Davis, April 1992.
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Photograph of workers moving mining machines, (Mex.), May 1911
Date
1911-05
Description
Workers use cattle, horses, and covered wagons to haul mining machinery to the mines. Taken by Henry M. Corliss.
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Photograph of "Old Dinah" Borax Smith Outfit, Death Valley (Calif.), 1920-1935
Date
1920 to 1935
Description
A handwritten inscription on the front of the image reads: "'Old Dinah,' Borax Smith outfit at Furnace Creek Camp, Death Valley, California."
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Photograph of Pioche (Nev.), 1890-1910
Date
1890 to 1910
Description
View of town and mines. Original description: "No. 5 hoist house and mine upper right, approx. location Meadow Valley street. Lloyd house mid left, still there. Yuba mine on left. House behind Burke Tunnel is still standing, owned by Amalgamated, painted green."
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Mining prospect hole: photographic print
Date
1994-05-07
Description
Wahmonie, NV. Prospect hole. Typewritten on photo sleeve: "PROSPECT HOLE. The fortune-hunters left their mark on the Wahmonie Mining District. Here is one view from the inside of a miner's prospect hole. These Wahmonie photographs were taken by Dick Borden and first published in the NTS News in the 1960s. Borden gave us a valuable photographic history of the NTS." [Caption in N[evada] T[est] S[ite] News Bulletin August 21, 1981 p. 8]
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Transcript of interview with Edith Giles Barcus by Tara L. Shepperson, March 17, 1977
Date
1977-03-17
Description
Tara L. Shepperson interviews local antique store owner Edith Giles Barcus in the living room of her home about Goldfield, mining, purple glass, thirst in the desert, her family history, and her birth in Colorado.
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Photograph of New Ruth, 1960-1961
Date
1960 to 1961
Description
White Pine County's newest town, New Ruth, where most of the houses shown in this picture were moved by Kennecott Copper Corporation, a distance of over two miles to a new location to escape caving action which would have resulted from the Deep Ruth Mine operations. The homes are employee-owned.
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Film transparency of postcard showing a boat transporting gold ore on Lake Mead, circa late 1930s
Date
1935 to 1939
Description
An image of a mining building and a boat on Lake Mead. Gold ore claims were made near the northern shores of Lake Mead in the late 1930s, after the completion of Hoover Dam. Shipments of ore were towed down Lake Mead by barge for railroad transport. Text on bottom of image reads: "First load of gold ore to be transported on Boulder Lake by barge." Note: Boulder Dam was officially renamed Hoover Dam in 1947.
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