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First delivery of electric power to the booming mining camps of Tonopah and Goldfield was in October, 1905
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Tonopah and Goldfield, Nevada, Photograph Collection
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This collection contains 92 glass-plate negatives and corresponding copy prints depicting the mining towns of Tonopah, Goldfield, and Manhattan, Nevada, in the early 20th century. The photographs show: miners, mines and mining operations, street scenes, buildings (including some interiors), parades, and drilling contests. Many of the photographs have the imprint of photographer E.W. Smith of Tonopah. Item titles chiefly transcribed from handwritten captions on images; cataloger-supplied titles are in square brackets.
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California Electric Power Corp. - Southern Sierras Power Co. - Facilities and buildings
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California Electric Power Corp. - Southern Sierras Power Co. - Facilities and buildings in Tonopah, Rhyolite, Bishop, Big Pine, Lone Pine, Randsberg, Southern Sierras Power Co., Perris, San Jacinto, Corona, Goldfield, Elsinore, San Bernardino Steam Plant.
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Goldfield in 1903 at the start of its boom, still a tent city but growing fast
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Goldfield in 1903 at the start of its boom, still a tent city but growing fast. Pg. 69.
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California Electric Power Corp. - Bishop Creek Hydroelectric Power
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Construction of Bishop Creek hydroelectric Plant 2, 3, 4 5, and 6 as well as upper Bishop Creek watershed, No. 1 [Sabrina Dam] Reservoir, Hillside Reservoir [South Lake Dam], Intake 2 Reservoir in snow; Mines in Goldfield, Nevada (Combination, Merger, and Florence Mines); Nevada-California Power Company headquarters in Goldfield, stamp mill; Belmont Mine in Tonopah; Substations at: Goldfield, Tonopah, Millers, Lone Pine, Inyokern, Randsburg, Barstow, Victorville, San Bernardino, Corona, Elsinore, Perris, Coachella, and El Centro; Yellow Aster mine, St. Charles Hotel, Johannesburg, CA., Atolia Mine, Ice plant in Barstow, cement plants.
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California Electric Power Corp. - Bishop Creek Hydro
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California Electric Power Corp. - Bishop Creek Hydro - Plant 4 interior & exterior - Club House, wide shot of grounds, tail race, No. 5 Intake dam, Switch House, operators cottages; Plant 5 exterior & interior, upper Bishop Creek watershed, No. 1 [Sabrina Dam] Reservoir, Hillside Reservoir [South Lake Dam], Intake 2 Reservoir in snow, Plant 2 exterior & interior, Plant 3, woodstave flowline, transmission line, Plant 6 intake dam, Plant 6 exterior & interior, Control Station; Mines in Goldfield, NV (Combination, Merger, & Florence Mines); Nevada-California Power Company headquarters in Goldfield, stamp mill; Belmont Mine in Tonopah; Substations at: Goldfield, Tonopah, Millers, Lone Pine, Inyokern, Randsburg, Barstow, Victorville, San Bernardino, Corona, Elsinore, Perris, Coachella, and El Centro; Yellow Aster mine, St. Charles Hotel, Johannesburg, CA., Atolia Mine, Ice plant in Barstow, cement plants,
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