Nellis AFB - Mining

Part of: Nellis Air Force Base Cultural Resources Archive

Site Name Keywords
Eden

Other Keywords
Arrowhead • Eden • Cuprite • Mining • Mining Districts • Hannapah • Longstreet • Archaeology • Cactus Range • Mining Camps

Material Types
Gold

Geographic Keywords
United States of America (Country) • Nevada (State / Territory) • North America (Continent) • Clark (County) • Nye (County) • USA (Country) • Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada • Las Vegas, Nevada • Eden • Great Basin

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An Archaeological Study of the Psychological Profiles of Two Cactus Range Miners Nevada Test and Training Range (2004)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Tracy Henderson.
The mining industry has been labeled as economically cyclical with a historic dynamic web of human interpersonal influences contrasted against socioeconomic trends. Historians and archaeologists study regional trends to describe the macro effects human-created systems have on the landscape. Studies of towns such as Goldfield and Tonopah highlight the fact that only a few people, such as Nixon and Wingfield, could persuade tens of thousands to create cities where there was not even enough...
Arrowhead District (1985)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Jim deVos
Arrowhead District information document.
Arrowhead Map (1921)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Jim deVos
Scan from a book.
Arrowhead Mine Site Forms (1985)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Jack Quade.
Arrowhead Mine Site Forms.
Arrowhead Mining Location (2006)
DOCUMENT Full-Text T. Henderson. Keith Myhrer. S. Hall. Allen Metscher.
Overview of the Arrowhead Mining location.
Arrowhead Site Visit (2006)
DOCUMENT Full-Text T. Henderson. Keith Myhrer. S. Hall. Allen Metscher.
Description of visit to the Arrowhead site.
Arrowhead Townsite Map (2020)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Jim deVos
Map of Arrowhead townsite.
Article: Hump Days - The West's Great Camel Experiment Sought to Bring Mother Nature's Irritable, Spitting, Cactus-Eating Off-Road Vehicle to the Mines and Mountains of Nevada (2013)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Mark Hall-Patton.
Article on the use of camels in mining in Nevada.
Chubey (1960)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Jim deVos
Documentation of Chubey.
Cuprite (2006)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Tracey Henderson. Keith Myhrer. S. Hall. Allen Metscher.
Site description of Cuprite.
Cuprite Communications (1915)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Jim deVos
Letters from 1915 about Cuprite Mining site.
Cuprite Photos (2020)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Jim deVos
Photographs of Cuprite mining operations.
Cuprite Site Descriptions (1931)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Jim deVos
Cuprite Site Descriptions
Eden Creek Map Revised (2020)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Jim deVos
Eden Creek Map revised.
Eden Photos (2020)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Jim deVos
Eden Mining site photographs.
Eden Site Forms (1978)
DOCUMENT Full-Text John R. Norberg. Henry R. Cornwall.
Site forms from Eden mining site.
Eden Site Visit (2006)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Tracey Henderson. Keith Myhrer. S. Hall. Allen Metscher.
Historical context of the Eden mining site.
Ethnohistoric Period Winter Camps In The South-Central Great Basin: An Archaeological Guide (2003)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Lynn Haarklau.
Inductive and deductive reasoning were used to identify the ethnohistoric period winter camp site type in the south-central Great Basin. Visits to some sites near springs, previously recorded as dwellings built by historic ranchers and miners, yielded visual anomalies in coursed stone structures suggesting that the most recent ancestors of regional Native Americans may have constructed the features. Extensive document research resulted in a compilation of data used to develop an ethnohistoric...
Great Basin Mining Camps: A Mid-level Overview (2007)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Tracey Henderson.
The study provides information to assist managers on planning how to best invest scarce time and money into mining archaeology.
Hannapah Mining Site Reports (1986)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Jim deVos
Site forms from Hannapah mining site.
Hannapah Photos (2020)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Jim deVos
Hannapah Photos
Hannapah Site Visit (2006)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Tracey Henderson. Keith Myhrer. S. Hall. Allen Metscher.
Historical context of the Hannapah mining site.
Historic Mining on the Nevada Test and Training Range Nellis Air Force Base (2007)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Keith Myhrer.
Cactus Range Mining Interpretive Brochure.
Historic Uses at Sulfide Well Nevada Test and Training Range Nellis Air Force Base (2003)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Keith Myhrer.
Sulfide Well, Nye County, is one of many mining sites on NTTR but is atypical in the fact that mining and ranching type activities occurred at the same site and that a mine shaft was converted into a well.
Land Lease (1966)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Jim deVos
Land Lease between County of Nye and United States of America.
Letter: Mining Cleanup (2004)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Mark R. Chatterton.
Letter of completion regarding an inspection of reclamation work at a material site located within Nellis Air Force Range. This reclamation work was in response to the December 3, 2003, Decision which directed the removal of equipment, contaminated soils, and trash.
Letter: Requesting Access to Groom Lake via Private Aircraft (1994)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Warren A. Bennett Jr.. Walter P. Christensen.
Letter requesting access to Groom Lake via private aircraft.
Letter: Shehan Groom Mine Access (1986)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Robert W. Smith. Daniel Robert Sheahan.
Correspondence related to Sheahan Family access to the Groom Mine.
Longstreet Mining Site Information (1947)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Jim deVos
Correspondence and photos from Longstreet Mining Site.
Longstreet Photos (2020)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Jim deVos
Longstreet Photos.
Longstreet Site Visit (2006)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Tracey Henderson. Keith Myhrer. S. Hall. Allen Metscher.
Historical context of the Longstreet mining site.
Memo: Mr. Joe Fallini's Request for Range Access, 8 Aug 94 (1994)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Bertrand W. Pridham.
Request to visit a mining claim within the Nellis Range near Bald Mountain.
Mineral Resources of the Nellis Air Force Base and the Nellis Bombing and Gunnery Range, Clark, Lincoln, and Nye Counties, Nevada (1978)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Henry R. Cornwall. John R. Norberg.
Mineral Resources of the Nellis Air Force Base and the Nellis Bombing and Gunnery Range, Clark, Lincoln, and Nye Counties, Nevada.
Mining and Archaeological Sites on the North Nevada Test and Training Range (2001)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Jim deVos
This is intended as an educational supplement for Range personnel to appreciate historic and prehistoric sites, and discusses only selected archaeological sites located along major Range roads. The data is for official use, restricted to veteran individuals who work on the north Range, known as the Nevada Test and Training Range. They must possess familiarity with the roads; directions are limited to Range managers. Entering mine sites is dangerous. Please limit calls to the Nellis Archaeologist...
Mining Districts of Nevada (1998)
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Information on the mining districts of Nevada. Information has been drawn from numerous historic and contemporary sources. District names and boundaries were determined using historical data tempered by current usage.
Mining in the Cactus Range, Nye County, Nevada (2020)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Joseph Tingley. Jack Quade.
Mining in the Cactus Range, Nye County, Nevada.
Nevada State Bureau of Mines Form (2020)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Victor E. Kral.
Nevada State Bureau of Mines Form.
NTTR Production Totals (2020)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Jim deVos
Production total for historic mines within the NTTR.
Nye County Land Lease (1952)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Jim deVos
Land Lease between County of Nye and United States of America.
Photographs of Arrowhead Mining (2020)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Jim deVos
Photographs of Arrowhead Mining.
Preliminary Report on Castle Property (1920)
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Preliminary mineral report on the Castle Property.
The Prospects Look Good: A View into 10 Ranching and Mining Sites on Nellis Air Force Range (1998)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Vikki P. Allen. Christopher L. Harper. Michael S. Kelly. Robin E. McMullen. Suzan F. Rose.
The Nellis Air Force Range contains numerous historic und prehistoric archaeological resources, many in an excellent state of preservation due to protection offered by Federal ownership and limited access. Ten of these historic sites, consisting of historic ranching and mining complexes, were selected for recordanon and photography to provide the Air Force with detailed information on current condition, data potential, and conservation and management needs, as well as to provide information on...
Roy Neighbors Oral History (1988)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Robert McCracken.
Transcripts of an interview with Roy Neighbors.
Secondary Mining Camps and the Boom-Bust Cycle: The Nevada Test and Training Range Mines (2007)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Keith Myhrer.
A report on boom and bust mining cycles in the NTTR.
Some 1966 Conclusions (1966)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Uploaded by: Jim deVos
Conclusions about Cuprote Sulfur.
Tingley's Mining Map (1998)
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Map of Tingley's Mining sites.