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Photograph of Mohawk Mine, Goldfield (Nev.), 1906

Date
1906
Description
Mohawk Mine during production in Goldfield, Nevada. Inscription below image reads: "General View of the Mohawk Mine, Goldfield, Nevada. The Greatest Gold Mine Known. First Sixy Days Operation, $6,000,000 Production. Copyright No. 4200 P. E. Larson Photos. Goldfield, Esmeralda County, Nevada. 1906." Listed underneath are the 19 different mine and lease sites that make up the Mohawk Mine area.

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Photograph of miner and mine owner, Sheep Mountain Range, 1931

Date
1931
Description
Miner and the mine owner stand next to machinery and the mine's entrance at the Sheep Mountain Range in Nevada.

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Clyde Rufus Terrell at his mine above Eden Creek: photographic print

Date
1929 to 1930
Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VI. Tonopah, Nevada -- Subseries VI.D. Terrell Family. Probably taken at the South Gold Mine. Note the homemade wheelbarrow, little buckets for holding ore, and the mortar at the side of the wheelbarrow. 

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Photograph of mine entrance, Sheep Mountain, 1931

Date
1931
Description
Entrance to mine on the Sheep Mountain Range in Nevada. For more mine images at the Sheep Range, see 0123 0178-0180.

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Photograph of mine, Goldfield (Nev.), 1905

Date
1905
Description
Combination Mine sits in the deserts of Goldfield, Nevada. Three unidentified people walk along a dirt road in front of the mining area.

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South Gold Hill above Eden Creek in the Kawich Mountains: photographic print

Date
1920 to 1930
Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series VI. Tonopah, Nevada -- Subseries VI.D. Terrell Family. High-grade gold ore was found just below the top of the hill and a shaft was sunk. Note the windlass hoist, cranked by hand, and the pipe going down to the shaft to draw air into the hole for ventilation.

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Correspondence, Levi Syphus to Sadie George

Date
1923-05-22
Description
This folder is from the "Correspondence" file of the Sadie and Hampton George Papers (MS-00434)

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Photograph of Edwin Giles and others, Weepah (Nev.), 1920s

Date
1920 to 1929
Description
Edwin Giles, Ida Giles, Dorothy Giles, and an unidentified man stand together next to their automobiles at a mining site in Weepah, Nevada during the "boom."

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Postcard of Goldfield Consolidated Mill, Goldfield (Nev.), 1911

Date
1911
Description
New Consolidated Mill atop the hill in Goldfield, Nevada. Goldfield mining boomed after 1897 and the town's mining and overall size increased for some time afterwards.

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Photograph of mine shaft, Tonopah (Nev.), 1930s

Date
1930 to 1939
Description
Miners stand near large mine shaft in Tonopah, Nevada. Cars are parked in the dirt near a building next to the mining entrance at the surface, and mountains are visible in the background.

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