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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

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

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

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

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Slide of copper mine, Battle Mountain, Nevada, circa 1960s

Date
1960 to 1969
Description
Copper mine area at Battle Mountain in Nevada.

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Photograph of mining views at night, Goldfield, Nevada, circa 1903

Date
1903
Description
Stereoview of Goldfield, Nevada taken by Olaf P. Larson. The images are mining views taken at night.

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Photograph of Pickhandle Gulch, Candelaria, Nevada, 1885

Date
1885
Description
Black and white photograph of Pickhandle Gulch and Mount Diablo Mine at Candelaria.

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Postcard of the New Florence Mill, Goldfield, Nevada, circa 1909

Date
1909 to 1910
Description
Postcard postmaked November 10, 1909 showing buildings and headframes at the New Florence Mill in Goldfield, Nevada.

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Postcard of Combination Mine, Goldfield, Nevada, circa July 21, 1911

Date
1911-07-21
Description
A view of an ore dump at the Combination Mine in Goldfield, Nevada. The postcard is postmarked in Goldfield, Nevada July 21, 1911, and it is addressed to Mrs. Helen J. Stewart Las Vegas, Nevada.

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