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Liddle, Samuel
Samuel Liddle owned and operated a general store in Leadville, Nevada during 1887. Born in England around 1841, Samuel traveled to the western United States to reach mining areas where his occupation as a mining engineer and machinist kept him employed.
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Photograph of Tonopah (Nev.), 1901
Date
1901-05
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Tonopah, Nevada, May 1901. There is an inscription on the back of the image: "Tonopah's rich silver ledges were discovered in May of 1900 by Jim Butler." By 1910 Tonopah had become the largest city in Nevada. Its mines produced over $ 150,000,000 in silver and gold. Tonopah is a Shoshone Indian word meaning "Water Brush." There is a date stamp: Christmas 1979.
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Letter from C. A. Earle Rinker to his family, March 21, 1907
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1907-03-21
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Letter from C. A. Earle Rinker to his family, March 21, 1907
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Letter from C. A. Earle Rinker to his mother, July 26, 1907
Date
1907-07-26
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Letter from C. A. Earle Rinker to his mother, July 26, 1907
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Letter from C. A. Earle Rinker to his mother August 21, 1907
Date
1907-08-21
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Letter from C. A. Earle Rinker to his mother August 21, 1907
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Letter from Frank Crampton to C. A. Earle Rinker, February 28, 1957
Date
1957-02-28
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Crampton describes episodes from his time working in Goldfield.
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Letter from Frank R. McNamee to A. S. Halsted, July 2, 1922
Date
1922-07-02
Description
Letter gives a report of an assault on a railroad employee by strikers. McNamee suggests railroad guards and officers should be armed.
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