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Photograph of men standing at entrance to mine shaft, Goldfield (Nev.), early 1900s

Description
Caption: Velvet Shaft No. 1, Goldfield

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Photograph of men working at the Red Top Mine, Goldfield (Nev.), early 1900s

Description
Caption: The new strike on the red top. Goldfield

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Photograph of gold bullion bars, Goldfield (Nev.), 1900-1920

Date
1900 to 1920
Description
Nineteen gold bullion bars are stacked atop one another for a photo. Inscription below reads: "Nineteen gold bullion bars having a value of more than $450,000 and taken from one of the Goldfield mines in its boom days are enough to excite anyone. These were the genuine article. Even to Goldfielders they created a sensation. It is every prospector's dream."

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Photograph of Tonopah Midway Mine, Tonopah (Nev.), 1900-1920

Date
1900 to 1920
Description
Midway Mine, an underground minerals site in Tonopah, Nevada, is the potential location for silver to be mined. Black smoke rises from the smokestack with the site sitting atop a dirt surface. Written lightly in the center of the photograph reads "Midway Mine, Tonopah Nev." Site Name: Tonopah Midway Mine

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Photograph album 1, Leon Rockwell Collection, circa 1900s-1910s

Date
1900 to 1910
1905 to 1919
Description
Photographs taken circa 1907-1914 in the Las Vegas, Nevada area, including Fort Callville, and during travels in California; Washington State; Idaho; Montana; and Oregon, with emphasis on Yosemite National Park and Yellowstone National Park. Album also features photographs taken at the 1911 Yakima (Washington) State Fair and in Salt Lake City, Utah, and Goodsprings, Nevada during the same period.

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