Nye County History

	Subject: Don Finley, (in the hat) and his friend Jack Parsons, obtaining water for Joshua Irving Crowell's mine at Chloride Cliff in the funeral Mountains west of Beatty, Nevada. Water is being taken from a well in a canyon east of Chloride Cliff.
	Subject: Joshua Irving Crowell's mine at Chloride Cliff in the Funeral Mountains, located west of Beatty, Nevada, about 1914. Originally Crowell and his associates lived in dugout dwellings near the mine. The buildings in the foreground are apart of what they called "New Camp."
	Subject: Construction of the mill at Joshua Irving Crowell's mine at Chloride Cliff in the Funeral Mountains, west of Beatty, Nevada. Round machine near the base of the mill is a Lane Mill, which rotated and crushed the ore. All equipment and materials were moved to the building site using horses.
	Subject: Horses pulling part of either a compressor or an engine up the trail to Joshua Irving Crowell's mine at Chloride Cliff in the Funeral Mountains, west of Beatty, Nevada, probably about 1914. This photograph illustrates the difficulty in moving equipment in the early days in southern Nye County, Nevada.
	Subject: Road located near the Oasis Ranch in Fish Lake Valley, Nevada. The automobile is a 1914 Ford purchased by J. Irving Crowell, Jr. for $90. Photo probably taken between 1920 and 1922.
	Subject: Christmastime in the dugout dwelling occupied by Joshua Irving Crowell at his Chloride Cliff mine, located in the Funeral Mountains west of Beatty, Nevada. Picture taken around 1915, possibly earlier.
	Subject: - Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad as it crossed the Amargosa River about 8 to 10 miles from Tecopa, California, around 1915.
	Subject: Home of J. Irving Crowell, Jr., and Dorothy Crowell, Beatty, Nevada, 1919. At that time the home was occupied by Crowell's father Joshua Irving Crowell, who had moved to Beatty from his mine at Chloride Cliff in the Funeral Mountains.
	Subject: Surface structures at the Crowell fluorspar mine, located in the Bare Mountains east of Beatty, Nevada; photo taken in 1939 or 1940. The Crowell fluorspar mine is one of the oldest, if not the oldest, continuously operated mines in Nevada. The dump and surface structures belie the mine's extensive underground workings and its long record of production.
	Subject: Aftermath of a flood in Beatty, Nevada, showing flood damage and water levels on machinery inside the mill owned and operated by J. Irving Crowell, Jr. The mill is located on property adjoining Crowell's home on Second Street in Beatty. The mill was built to refine ore from the Crowell fluorspar mine. Photo was taken around 1923
	Subject: Rhyolite, Nevada. Date unknown.
	Subject: - Joshua Irving Crowell's mill near his mine at Chloride Cliff, located in the Funeral Mountains west of Beatty, Nevada. The mill was designed to amalgamate and cyanide gold ore. Photo taken around 1915.
	Subject: - Beatty, Nevada, looking to the northwest. Date unknown - - perhaps 1920's. The large building on the far right housed the Palmer Store. The white building with many windows is the California Hotel. The large white building left of the California Hotel is the Exchange Club.
	Subject: - Camp at the Crowell fluorspar mine locate at Bare Mountain, west of Beatty, Nevada. Photograph taken in the early 1940's.
	Subject: - View of Beatty, Nevada, taken from the top of the water tank at the Crowell home, ca. 1940
	Subject: - Don Finley at Joshua Irving Crowell's Chloride Cliff mine, Funeral Mountains, Beatty, Nevada, about 1915
	Subject: - Joshua Irving Crowell in his dugout dwelling at his Chloride Cliff mine, Funeral Mountains, Beatty, Nevada. Judging from the date on the calendar in the background, this photograph was taken October 12, 1915.
	Subject: - Joshua Irving Crowell and his teenage son, J. Irving Crowell, Jr., in a 1917 Buick at their new house at the Chloride Cliff mine in the Funeral Mountains west of Beatty, Nevada
	Subject: - Left to right, J. Irving Crowell, Jr., with Jerry, the Airedale, Elizabeth Crowell, Joshua Irving Crowell, Mary Crowell O'Connell, and Annie L. Crowell, mother of Joshua Irving Crowell, prior to 1920.
	Subject: - Main highway across Westgaard pass in Fish Lake Valley, probably between 1920 and 1922.
	Subject: - The Red Rooster Brothel, Beatty, Nevada, 1940's or early 1950's.
	Subject: - Candelaria, Nevada, 1902. The child is J. Irving Crowell; the other people are unidentified.
	Subject: - Panoramic Shots. These panoramic shots of Beatty, Nevada, dates unknown, were obtained from Jack and Maud-Katherin Crowell, Beatty, Nevada 1987
	Subject: - Panoramic Shots. These panoramic shots of Beatty, Nevada, dates unknown, were obtained from Jack and Maud-Katherin Crowell, Beatty, Nevada 1987
	Subject: - Panoramic Shots. These panoramic shots of Beatty, Nevada, dates unknown, were obtained from Jack and Maud-Katherin Crowell, Beatty, Nevada 1987
	Subject: - Panoramic Shots. These panoramic shots of Beatty, Nevada, dates unknown, were obtained from Jack and Maud-Katherin Crowell, Beatty, Nevada 1987
	Subject: - Panoramic Shots. These panoramic shots of Beatty, Nevada, dates unknown, were obtained from Jack and Maud-Katherin Crowell, Beatty, Nevada 1987
	Subject: - Panoramic Shots. These panoramic shots of Beatty, Nevada, dates unknown, were obtained from Jack and Maud-Katherin Crowell, Beatty, Nevada 1987

Crowell Collection

Collected during Oral History Interviews

Subject: Don Finley, (in the hat) and his friend Jack Parsons, obtaining water for Joshua Irving Crowell's mine at Chloride Cliff in the funeral Mountains west of Beatty, Nevada. Water is being taken from a well in a canyon east of Chloride Cliff.

Subject: Joshua Irving Crowell's mine at Chloride Cliff in the Funeral Mountains, located west of Beatty, Nevada, about 1914. Originally Crowell and his associates lived in dugout dwellings near the mine. The buildings in the foreground are apart of what they called "New Camp."

Subject: Construction of the mill at Joshua Irving Crowell's mine at Chloride Cliff in the Funeral Mountains, west of Beatty, Nevada. Round machine near the base of the mill is a Lane Mill, which rotated and crushed the ore. All equipment and materials were moved to the building site using horses.

Subject: Road located near the Oasis Ranch in Fish Lake Valley, Nevada. The automobile is a 1914 Ford purchased by J. Irving Crowell, Jr. for $90. Photo probably taken between 1920 and 1922.

Subject: Christmastime in the dugout dwelling occupied by Joshua Irving Crowell at his Chloride Cliff mine, located in the Funeral Mountains west of Beatty, Nevada. Picture taken around 1915, possibly earlier.

Subject: - Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad as it crossed the Amargosa River about 8 to 10 miles from Tecopa, California, around 1915.

Subject: Home of J. Irving Crowell, Jr., and Dorothy Crowell, Beatty, Nevada, 1919. At that time the home was occupied by Crowell's father Joshua Irving Crowell, who had moved to Beatty from his mine at Chloride Cliff in the Funeral Mountains.

Subject: Rhyolite, Nevada. Date unknown.

Subject: - Joshua Irving Crowell's mill near his mine at Chloride Cliff, located in the Funeral Mountains west of Beatty, Nevada. The mill was designed to amalgamate and cyanide gold ore. Photo taken around 1915.

Subject: - Beatty, Nevada, looking to the northwest. Date unknown - - perhaps 1920's. The large building on the far right housed the Palmer Store. The white building with many windows is the California Hotel. The large white building left of the California Hotel is the Exchange Club.

Subject: - Camp at the Crowell fluorspar mine locate at Bare Mountain, west of Beatty, Nevada. Photograph taken in the early 1940's.

Subject: - View of Beatty, Nevada, taken from the top of the water tank at the Crowell home, ca. 1940

Subject: - Don Finley at Joshua Irving Crowell's Chloride Cliff mine, Funeral Mountains, Beatty, Nevada, about 1915

Subject: - Joshua Irving Crowell in his dugout dwelling at his Chloride Cliff mine, Funeral Mountains, Beatty, Nevada. Judging from the date on the calendar in the background, this photograph was taken October 12, 1915.

Subject: - Joshua Irving Crowell and his teenage son, J. Irving Crowell, Jr., in a 1917 Buick at their new house at the Chloride Cliff mine in the Funeral Mountains west of Beatty, Nevada

Subject: - Left to right, J. Irving Crowell, Jr., with Jerry, the Airedale, Elizabeth Crowell, Joshua Irving Crowell, Mary Crowell O'Connell, and Annie L. Crowell, mother of Joshua Irving Crowell, prior to 1920.

Subject: - Main highway across Westgaard pass in Fish Lake Valley, probably between 1920 and 1922.

Subject: - The Red Rooster Brothel, Beatty, Nevada, 1940's or early 1950's.

Subject: - Candelaria, Nevada, 1902. The child is J. Irving Crowell; the other people are unidentified.

Subject: - Panoramic Shots. These panoramic shots of Beatty, Nevada, dates unknown, were obtained from Jack and Maud-Katherin Crowell, Beatty, Nevada 1987

Subject: - Panoramic Shots. These panoramic shots of Beatty, Nevada, dates unknown, were obtained from Jack and Maud-Katherin Crowell, Beatty, Nevada 1987

Subject: - Panoramic Shots. These panoramic shots of Beatty, Nevada, dates unknown, were obtained from Jack and Maud-Katherin Crowell, Beatty, Nevada 1987

Subject: - Panoramic Shots. These panoramic shots of Beatty, Nevada, dates unknown, were obtained from Jack and Maud-Katherin Crowell, Beatty, Nevada 1987

Subject: - Panoramic Shots. These panoramic shots of Beatty, Nevada, dates unknown, were obtained from Jack and Maud-Katherin Crowell, Beatty, Nevada 1987

Subject: - Panoramic Shots. These panoramic shots of Beatty, Nevada, dates unknown, were obtained from Jack and Maud-Katherin Crowell, Beatty, Nevada 1987