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GeneralNevada’s Rich Mining History.
14th Apr 2019 16:24 UTCJon Aurich
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16th Apr 2019 17:04 UTCScott Rider
I used to work for a law firm back in the early 2000's and worked on a bankruptcy case of a large steel mill in Provo Utah. I recall the problem with bringing this company back to life was that they could never compete with the Chinese and India, whom were producing steel at records levels and a much lower cost. The sheer amount they produced literally killed our steel industry here in the states in a relatively short period of time.
I wonder what impact China has had on gold prices being that they can mine and produce so much more than we can these days... They had an enormous impact in steel prices just because they could mine the heck out of their lands (albeit Australia did provide a LOT of iron for them), use what was basically slave labor to produce the steel and not worry about environmentalists and human rights advocates... We couldn't compete... Not with the EPA, Unions/Labor organizations that protect the workers, and the sheer cost of labor in general and the bad PR you get just from mining...
16th Apr 2019 18:08 UTCJon Aurich
16th Apr 2019 18:58 UTCScott Rider
And guess what country was the buyer of the factory assets... China!!! I can't recall the name of the company, but they took the large smoke stacks (forgot how big but they were many stories tall) apart and shipped them to China!! It took 4-5 months, a ton of capital and manpower, a ton of road closures, and ingenuity... I can't imagine that was cheaper than building their own smoke stacks, but apparently it was a LOT cheaper...
I wonder what China's gold stockpile looks like... They seem to be very savvy with their money and I can picture many Ft Knox-like facilities all around China!!! I don't think they'd flood the market with gold as it'll depreciate the value and their investments.. Google has them as top producers (approx 13% as of the articles claims at 426 tonns). I bet they have enormous stockpiles! I may be wrong but its fun to picture a room full of gold!!!
16th Apr 2019 19:11 UTCScott Rider
I can't recall a name of the major mine they got their iron from, but I think it was Beuna Vista Mine, famous for its massive magnetite deposits. Its still has one of the largest reserves still today. Either way, Nevada played a big part of that steel firm, according to some of the documents I ran across!
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4th May 2019 13:01 UTCLarry Maltby Expert
I share your interest in history and thought that you would like to see this. I acquired the lamp at Tucson in the 70’s. The can of carbide and the hat was acquired at the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village where my wife worked as a historical interpreter guiding visitors through the facilities. The bottom of the can of carbide was badly bulged. Evidently moisture had gotten in. To avoid a hazard in the house, I removed the bottom of the can and poured the carbide into a bucket of water. It bubbled a long time before it neutralized.
The hat is interesting because of its small size. It sits on top of my head and I can’t begin to pull it over my brow. It is so small that it leads me to believe that it was manufactured for child labor which was outlawed by the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.
4th May 2019 15:45 UTCJon Aurich
4th May 2019 16:23 UTCTom Rosemeyer
Looking at the carbide lamp on the hat brings back memories when I was a student in the 1960's at Michigan College of Mining and Technology as it was called then. Most of the inclined shafts were open on the copper mines and only a barbed wire fence around them to keep people out. Two of us were going down the shafts to collect mineral specimens on some week nights and weekends. At first all we had were flashlights but then I save up enough money by selling extra copper specimens to buy a carbide lamp. This was one of the fancy Justrite ones where you wore the acetylene generator on your belt and a rubber hose went to the lamp on your hard hat. The carbide lamp was enclosed and had a vent on top and a bulls eye lens that really worked good underground and threw a good beam up a stope or down a drift. I recovered many good specimens using this lamp.
4th May 2019 18:57 UTCJon Aurich
4th May 2019 23:36 UTCWayne Corwin
You have to be careful with your carbide lamp when filling paper tubes with gunpowder for blasting.
4th May 2019 23:41 UTCWayne Corwin
Children working at the sorting table
This is from a little before the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, and they probably worked underground too.
5th May 2019 04:32 UTCAndrew Debnam 🌟
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8th May 2019 17:05 UTCTed Hadley
Thanks, Jon.
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13th May 2019 05:01 UTCKyle Bayliff
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/nevada-desert-castle
13th May 2019 16:05 UTCJon Aurich
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14th May 2019 01:01 UTCKyle Bayliff
I know others have said so, but you should really look into making an article, Jon (or even a book!)
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14th May 2019 02:20 UTCPaul Brandes 🌟 Manager
There is already an article in Mindat on Goldfield:
Goldfield - Short but Sweet!
What would be nice is if the author of the article and Jon could get together to add/update it with photos and such. As an aside; I still haven't gotten to photograph any of the specimens we collected back in March, Jon. Right now, Nat and I are in Hawaii. In fact, I'm currently overlooking Kilauea Crater as I write this....
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26th Aug 2019 20:43 UTCKyle Beucke 🌟
Hello John,
Looks like that might be a pan with the results of the ore being crushed (with octagon drill steel?) in the mortar and pestle in the previous photos.
Very cool photos, thanks for sharing!
Kyle
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16th Aug 2019 17:47 UTCJolyon Ralph Founder
16th Aug 2019 22:57 UTCScott Rider
I have a really short funny story about getting a dryer fixed. The repair person comes to me with a smirk. "Yep, it was the piece that is supposed to break that broke..." I asked for clarification, and he said it was a plastic piece that broke, which they used to have a metal piece instead. This way the plastic piece would degrade within a certain number of years (5 or so he said), in hopes that the person would just buy a new machine instead of paying a higher bill. It was because when that piece broke, it broke some other stuff, effectively being a domino effect. His repair bill was high so I ended up buying a new unit...
17th Aug 2019 02:50 UTCJon Aurich
17th Aug 2019 03:38 UTCPaul Brandes 🌟 Manager
Amazing photos and stories, Jon! Keep them coming.
Nathalie just said we definitely need to come back to Goldfield when I'm not sick.
Maybe next spring break.......
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28th Aug 2019 18:53 UTCRolf Luetcke Expert
Hope you don't mine my adding something that is not Nevada. I lived in Bisbee Arizona for 15 years and occasionally found the trade tokens also. Just took a couple of photos of one of my museums displays. Hope they fit even though they are not Nevada.
Loved the $5 gold piece you found, what a great find.
28th Aug 2019 19:47 UTCJon Aurich
29th Aug 2019 18:21 UTCRolf Luetcke Expert
Here are some of the hand made marbles I found while living in Bisbee.
29th Aug 2019 20:17 UTCJon Aurich
29th Aug 2019 18:23 UTCRolf Luetcke Expert
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29th Aug 2019 18:32 UTCRolf Luetcke Expert
Loved finding those pieces of history and thanks again Jon for saying I could post some here.
4th Sep 2019 17:38 UTCJon Aurich
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5th Sep 2019 19:06 UTCRolf Luetcke Expert
After looking at the video I saw you had played a bit of pool. This cue ball is from an old Bisbee establishment called Wallace's Pool Hall. It was a business long gone by the time I moved to Bisbee but I had heard was a popular hang out for the miners and they served drinks too.
I purchased the house formerly owned by the Wallace family for all of $3000 back in 1972. Under the house were all kinds of things the family had stored and had no interest in taking when they left. This ivory pool cue ball was under the house and unfortunately I have no idea just how old it is.
5th Sep 2019 19:08 UTCRolf Luetcke Expert
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5th Sep 2019 19:18 UTCRolf Luetcke Expert
It is also a door knob but in this case made from ceramic, I believe. Also found under the Wallace house.
5th Sep 2019 23:56 UTCJon Aurich
5th Sep 2019 23:19 UTCPaul Brandes 🌟 Manager
Interesting shells casings, Rolf.
Many of those appear like 45/70 which would have been a common cartridge at that time, likely fired out of a Springfield "trapdoor" model. You mentioned that some have no markings on the back. This isn't unusual from ammo manufacturers of the time, including Frankford Arsenal, especially when using a Benet primed copper case where the primer is on the inside of the case, similar to a modern rimfire cartridge.
And now you know another of my hobbies; military firearms......
6th Sep 2019 00:06 UTCRolf Luetcke Expert
Yes, you got it right on. I did some study at the time we built this small collection about 20 years ago. Since we live close to Fort Huachuca in the Sierra Vista area, the post was host to the Buffalo Soldiers and a lot of history in the area. Even as far back as Coronado, who came through our area much longer ago. We also have a block like the cartridge one of the old railroad date nails, that were used in the old ties to tell what date the ties were put in place.
Thanks Jon for not minding my additions.
6th Sep 2019 13:48 UTCRolf Luetcke Expert
This is a piece I found under that one house I had in Bisbee. It is certainly not from Bisbee but from a walrus tusk. It has a nearly completely faded writing on the bottom but no way for me to tell what it said. I still have no idea what it had been made to be used for. Assume it was an object the people who owned the house picked up on a trip to Alaska or somewhere on the coast. If anyone knows what it was meant to be used for it would be neat to hear. We have assumed a few things but won't say just what we thought.
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20th Sep 2019 06:02 UTCJon Aurich
4th Oct 2019 13:55 UTCRolf Luetcke Expert
Have a few more things I have picked up in SE Arizona to add and this one I am sure many in the mining field will recognize. I found it near St. David on an outing at an old homestead.
4th Oct 2019 13:57 UTCRolf Luetcke Expert
4th Oct 2019 14:00 UTCRolf Luetcke Expert
Hope Paul gets a look and may have some knowledge of a bullet like this.
4th Oct 2019 14:02 UTCRolf Luetcke Expert
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4th Oct 2019 14:09 UTCRolf Luetcke Expert
Hope you don't mind my adding a few more things to the thread.
4th Oct 2019 14:16 UTCRolf Luetcke Expert
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