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Subject: Scene of old gold mining camp. Several thousand people formerly lived
here in 1850-1860's. Ione was the site of the first county seat of Nye County - from thence it was moved to Belmont in
1861. The mercantile store, in front which is a gas pump, has been in continuous operation since 1860.
- Oct. 1st, 1944 - C.E.B.
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Subject: In the Distance is another of the brick 100 ft. stacks built in Belmont in 1874 -- remains of a mill and roaster;
tailings at left. Land marks of an era and development because of the silver strike in 1867 in Belmont & "petering out" by
1900 when Jim Butler a rancher near Belmont made his bonanza strike at Tonopah. Silver was "poor" between 1880 and 1900
because of poor prices but Belmont was active because it was the center of good ranches, outfitting center and good mines.
- May 13th, 1944 - C.E.B.
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Subject: Belmont Courthouse, built in 1874 (County Seat moved from Ione there in 1867) built in brick
abandoned when county seat was moved to Tonopah in 1904. Only lee Brotherton, J. H. Cornell & Jim Hughes are now living on
the old town site of Belmont. - May 13th, 1944 - C.E.B.
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Subject: An old landmark -- remains of a mill and roaster or furnace built of brick hauled by ox team
freight wagons operated by Warren Averill in 1874 in the heyday of the silver mining boom in Belmont. this brick stack
is 100 ft. high. Remains of the mill are to the left of the picture. There were four mills built in Belmont. The town was
a center of a prosperous agricultural region and was a good outfitting center up to 1900 when Jim Butler made the Tonopah
"strike". - May 13th, 1944 - C.E.B.
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Subject: By 1906 Rhyolite was a beautiful town, well located, with lawns, trees, gardens, etc., watered by the underground
Amargosa River. (note: not on the card - water was piped in from nearby springs - not the Amargosa River.) Nearby quarries
furnished beautiful stone for its fine buildings. - Charles Schwab, a Pennsylvania Steel Operator, acquired interests in
the Montgomery Shoshone Mine. - William M. Stewart, after retiring from the U. S. Senate in 1905, set up law offices in
Rhyolite..
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Subject: William A. Clark, from Montana, helped finance the railroad from Las Vegas, 1905 - 1906, to Rhyolite and north to Goldfield. -
Wes Moreland operates this beautiful railroad station as a Casino and resort spot now.
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Subject: Rhyolite - These miners belonged to Industrial Workers Union (I. W. W.) but no serious strikes
took place. The ore soon played out and the population left as rapidly as it came from the strike at "Bullfrog," near the
Beatty Ranch.
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Subject: Rhyolite - Bottle House - no description on the back of card.
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Subject: Points of Interest - Twin charcoal kilns in Branch Canyon, made of brick, in lower Tybo
Canyon from Fish Lake Valley side. turn right off Fish Lake road near McIntyre Summit, thence northeast up Tybo Canyon,
3 miles. (18 miles north of five-mile up fish Lake road to turn-off) Many cords of wood were put in these kilns, then
lighted and allowed to burn slowly (bottom and top closed.) Charcoal was used to smelter lead, silver and zinc ores at
Tybo mines. Kilns are 30 ft. high and 20 ft. in diameter and used pinyon pine only in charges. - July 1, 1944 - C.E. Byrd
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Subject: Interesting Mining Landmarks - Showing conical shaped, brick, charcoal kiln used for making
charcoal for the smelter at the Tybo Mines. many layers of brick (some made on the ground - other brought in via Austin
via ox team) were used in these large early day kilns. Vandalism in removing bricks from these kilns is destroying such
interesting landmarks. From 1868-90 is the period in which undaunted miners forged this substitute for coal for their
smelters out of the facilities at hand. - July 1, 1944 - C.E. Byrd
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Subject: Mountainous sand dunes 120 miles south of Tonopah along the Las Vegas highway,
to the right of the road going south.
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Subject: Charles Keough Ranch - Peavine - Manhattan - Unusually fine fruit, free from disease, was raised
by the Keough Peavine Ranch this year. this Wolfe river variety apple was a perfect specimen and weighed exactly one
pound. - Sept. 30, 1944 - C.E.B.
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Subject: Charles Keough Ranch - Peavine - Manhattan - Fine display of cooking or winter apples of Wolfe
River variety. The center apple weighs one pound. The pears were raised on the Keough Peavine Ranch also. Gweeneth Byrd
showing delicious Nevada raised fruit. - Sept. 30, 1944 - C.E.B.
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Subject: Patton-Seaburg Ranch - Beatty - Modern ranch home and some of the buildings on the lower "El
Rancho Marguerita" a few miles north of Beatty. In the background is the ranch home, at left foreground is a newly
constructed stone guest house, in the right foreground is a newly built 2 car garage (45 x 25) and workshop. Water tanks
are in left foreground. Bunkhouse being built at left not shown. - December 11, 1944 - C.E.B.
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Subject: Patton-Seaburg Ranch - Beatty - New barn, 100 feet x 28 feet x 16 feet, with concrete floor - stalls and storage
space for feeds -- about to be completed on the above ranch. Corrals are to be built at left of barn. -
December 11, 1944 - C.E.B.
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Subject: Patton-Seaburg Ranch - Beatty - New barn, 100 feet x 28 feet x 16 feet, with concrete floor - stalls and storage
space for feeds -- about to be completed on the above ranch. Corrals are to be built at left of barn. -
December 11, 1944 - C.E.B.
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Subject: Patton-Seaburg Ranch - Beatty - Lower ranch buildings on Seaburg Ranch 1 1/2 miles east of Las Vegas Highway and
about 8 miles from Beatty. The upper ranch is about 3 miles east of the lower ranch. Both ranches are operated as one unit
for cattle raising with the Amargosa River as source of water. Mr. & Mrs. Theodore Patton operate the ranch. -
Sept. 10th, 1944 - C.E.B.
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Subject: Patton-Seaburg Ranch - Beatty - Dr. A. A. Anderson, State Veterinary of Ely, Nevada administering calcium
gluconate to cow after calving. - Jan. 28, 1945 C.E.B.
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Subject: Reese River Side of Arc Dome Country - Looking southeast at beautiful Arc Dome Peak. This is a big country and
covered with snow much of the year. We are coming out of Sheep Canyon which runs northwest to southeast. Great snow slides
have swept large pine trees and brush from the canyons in their paths. This is the land of big trees and the waters from
Sheep, Little Jett, Peavine, Wrango and scores of other canyons empty into Reese River. On the south side of the divide of
Toiyabe Mts. are formed Peavine, Jett, Twin Rivers and other streams leading into Smokey Valley. - Oct. 3, 1944 - C.E.B.
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Subject: Ione, Nye County, Nevada (Reese River) - Scene of old gold mining camp. Several thousand people formerly lived
here in 1850-1860's. Ione was the site of the first county seat of Nye County - from thence it was moved to Belmont in
1861. The mercantile store, in front which is a gas pump, has been in continuous operation since 1860. - Oct. 1st, 1944 -
C.E.B.
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Subject: Manse Ranch - Dr. Cornell, Owner - Charles Sawday, Operator, Liquid Gold. Artisian well flowing from 14 inch pipe.
Well drilled in 1917. Came in with 1 1/2 c.f. per second-highest pressure in the world. Water used for irrigation. -
June 30th, 1944 - C.E.B.
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Subject: Manse Ranch - Dr. Cornell, Owner - Charles Sawday, Operator, Liquid Gold. Artisian well flowing from 14 inch pipe.
Well drilled in 1917. Came in with 1 1/2 c.f. per second-highest pressure in the world. Water used for irrigation. -
June 30th, 1944 - C.E.B.
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Subject: Manse Ranch - Dr. Cornell, Owner - Charles Sawday, Operator, Modern Ranch House on the Manse Ranch - 190 miles
south of Tonopah, Nevada at Pahrump. June 30th, 1944 - C.E.B.
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Subject: Agricultural Extension Service Office - Tonopah, Nevada - Range study: Grazing service plot established several
years ago to study range conditions. Plot is 550 ft. x 350 ft. and primary foliage is Indian Rice Grass, un-grazed. Outside
a plot of foliage has been grazed to the roots. it will take years to bring this range back to normal animal unit grazing
service. From S.E. corner past - looking west. - Feb. 2, 1945 - C.E.B.
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Subject: Air view of Tonopah - looking West toward Lone Mountain - Oct. 31, 1944
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Subject: Air view of Tonopah looking west toward dry lake at Millers, Nevada - Oct. 31, 1944
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Subject: Air view of Tonopah looking northwest - Oct. 31, 1944
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Subject: Air view of Tonopah - straight down - Oct. 31, 1944
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Subject: Range Studies - Agricultural Extension Office, Tonopah, Nevada - Clarence E. Byrd, Extension Service, Tonopah,
Nevada making a study of a fine specimen of Desert Holly, a plant of the Saltbush family, found in almost pure stands over
hundreds of square miles of territory in the Ash Meadows and Pahrump, southern Nye County, Nevada region - Dec. 12, 1944 -
C.E.B.
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Subject: Leo Funk, ACA supervisor for Nye County, showing a prize specimen Desert Holly in the Ash Meadows and Pahrump
region. - Dec. 12, 1944 - C.E.B.
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Subject: Salsbury Wash Range - 25 miles northeast of Tonopah - Range Study: Showing good to average crop of
prime winter feed; Indian Rice Grass or Sand Grass clumps dominate feed in this area; some shadscale, small black sagebrush,
tarweek and horse bush serve as cattle and sheep feed at times. - Nov. 2, 1944 - C.E.B.
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Subject: McKinney Tanks - 12 miles northwest of Tonopah on Ely Highway - Beautiful White Sage or Winterfat in bloom growing
along highway in sandy soil. Harldy a leaf will be observed on this plant - all are in the "fuzzy" or bloom. - Oct. 29, 1944 - C.E.B.
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Subject: Bombing Range Flat, 9 miles northeast of Tonopah on Ely Highway - Showing range plants on typical
area of average Nye County open range. Range cattle and sheep will feed principally upon the Indian Rice Grass in right
foreground and on White Sage or Winterfat (in bloom in background at right - almost white). They will do some feeding on
the Shadcale in left foreground, Saltbush; and on small Black Sage. - Oct. 29, 1944 - C.E.B.
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Subject: Nye County Extension Service Agricultural Office - showing part of the interior and looking toward the OPA side.
From left: soldier, Fred Inman (applying for gas), Milka Beko (chief clerk), Sheldon lamb (Slick) and Wes Blair (Nye Co.
rancher), and Catherine (McHugh) Wilson, clerk in OPA. - July 3, 1944 - C.E.B.
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Subject: Cotton Wood Creek (Bud Gale place) - San Antone Country, Nye Co., Nevada - Clarence Byrd with 5 pointer killed
Oct. 31, 1943.
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Subject: Cotton Wood Creek Country (Bud Gale place) San Antone Country. Nye Co., Nevada - Clarence Byrd and his first buck; a
5 pointer, killed Oct. 31, 1943 - Roy Pemberton in background.
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Subject: Bud Gale's abandoned Ranch - Nye Co., Nevada - Now owned by Chas. Keough, West of Peavine country. - Walter Bowler,
Justice of Peace, Tonopah, Nevada holding up frozen deer, shot by Clarence Byrd from Agricultural Extension Service Office,
Tonopah. Oct. 30, 1943 - 5 pointer on each side - a perfect head. - Oct. 31, 1943 C.E.B.
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