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Black and white image of workers at Potosi Mine, located 30 miles southeast of Las Vegas, Nevada. Nevada--Goodsprings Mining District

Carlin open pit gold mine in Nevada.

From the E. W. Smith Glass Plate Negatives (PH-00460).

The view of the small town of Searchlight, Nevada. Formed 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. Unnamed buildings cluster together in the center of the postcard while rocky terrain decorated with small shrubs and mines surround the city's outskirts. Transcribed onto the bottom of the postcard: "Searchlight, Nevada; Duplex Mine In Foreground." The Frasher's Foto logo is also printed onto the bottom right corner.

From the UNLV Libraries Single Item Accession Photograph Collection (PH-00171). Yellow pine Mine.

Black and white image of three people in front of Potosi Mine, located 30 miles southeast of Las Vegas, Nevada. Nevada--Goodsprings Mining District.

Black and white photograph of Bluestone mine taken by Steve.