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Postcard of mining boom on Main Street, Goldfield (Nev.), 1904
Date
1904
Description
Stagecoaches and miners hustle down MainStreet in booming Goldfield, Nevada in front of the Hotel Esmeralda. Type at the bottom says: "When Goldfield was envy of mining world." Inscription on the back reads: "Goldfield, Nev., about 1904, looking north on Main St., with Columbia Mt. looming in the background. Peak boom population was 30,000, with fabulous gold strikes yielding $120,000,000." Print from Edwin Scofield Giles' collection
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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 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 a small town, (Nev.), 1900-1920
Date
1900 to 1920
Description
Oversized image of an unidentified town nestled in a mountain valley in Nevada. Several buildings are situated next to one another and what looks like a mining structure is in the center of the valley.
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Photograph of Mill, San Jose de Gracia (Mex.), 1900-1930
Date
1900 to 1930
Description
Mine mill and hacienda in San Jose de Gracia, Sinaloa, Mexico.
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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 Edwin Giles at a mine, (Nev.), 1940s
Date
1940 to 1949
Description
Edwin Giles stops work at a mining camp for a photo. He is carrying a small pick axe and stands next to a mining cart.
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Photograph of Edwin Giles at Montezuma Mine, Goldfield (Nev.), 1920-1930s
Date
1920 to 1939
Description
Edwin (right) and Ivan (left) stand together at Montezuma Mine in Goldfield, Nevada.
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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 an open-pit copper mine, Ruth (Nev.), 1970s
Date
1970 to 1979
Description
View from the rim of the copper pit. Ruth was a settlement built in 1903 for workers of the White Pine Copper Company.
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