Fair, James Graham, 1831-1894

 Person

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

J. M. Baldwin and L. B. Abernathie vs J. G. Fair and the Consolidated Virginia Mining Company

 Collection
Identifier: 90-77
Abstract

Complaint in which the plaintiffs alleged that the defendants unlawfully and by force occupied part of the mining claim of Baldwin and Abernathie and mined six million dollars worth of silver ore. The collection contains material from February 9, 1878 created by the United States Circuit Court.

Dates: February 9, 1878

Consolidated Virginia Mining Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: NC99
Abstract The Consolidated Virginia Mining Company (Con Virginia) in Virginia City, Nevada, was once the richest source of ore in the Comstock Lode. Mine operation records including reports, assay reports, ore and bullion statements, mill records, annual reports, bylaws, equipment specification books, legal records, resolutions, and account registers. Also included are records of the adjacent California Mining Company, the Consolidated California and Virginia Mining Company, and the C & C Shaft...
Dates: 1859-1935

Dan De Quille Papers

 Collection
Identifier: NC55
Abstract Journalist Dan De Quille (pen name for William Wright) came to the west coast of the United States from Iowa and Ohio in 1859. Between the years 1859-1862, he and his brother, Hank, moved frequently around the gold mines and cities of northern California, the eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains, and western Nevada Territory. Included is a draft of De Quille's story Tom Collette's bath, a genealogical history of the Wright and Markley families, and letters sent to De Quille by James G. Fair, Amos...
Dates: 1877-1887

Matthew Gillighan Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: 90-61
Abstract

Gilligan's letter to Knight & Heggerty (attorneys) offered evidence against the claim of Nettie Craven who falsely alleged to be Fair's wife and stated that Fair's penciled will was false.

Dates: 1896

Gould & Curry Silver Mining Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: NC78
Abstract Gould & Curry Silver Mining Company was part of the Middle Mines of the Comstock Lode, Nevada, located in 1859, incorporated and in operation in 1860. The collection is chiefly letterpress books of weekly reports to the company officers in San Francisco from mine superintendents Louis Janin, Isaac Requa, James G. Fair, F. G. Osbiston, and Darin Bowie (1865-1885). Also included are reports of operations (June 1888-July 1889); a payroll list (February 1912); an agreement for consolidation...
Dates: 1863-1933

History of the Comstock Lode

 Collection
Identifier: NC229
Abstract Included are research notes, correspondence, production tables, and clippings either about Smith's Comstock book or used by Smith to write his book.,Subjects researched include John W. Mackay, James G. Fair, business as well as technical aspects of mining in the Comstock Lode, details about individual mines, lists of production figures for the mines, data on the cost of production figures for the mines, data on the cost of living, and information on wood and water companies; typescripts of...
Dates: 1943

Mackay, Fair and Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: NC95
Abstract

Mackay, Fair and Company was one of the largest silver producing companies in the Comstock Lode, Nevada, owned by John W. Mackay and James G. Fair. Collection contains letterpress copybooks of outgoing correspondence and one volume of quicksilver cash receipts and disbursements, from 1871-1887.

Dates: 1869-1887

Pacific Mill and Mining Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: NC80
Abstract The Pacific Mill and Mining Company was incorporated in August 1877 with W. S. O’Brien, J. G. Flood, James G. Fair, John Mackay, and Edward Barron as trustees. The company owned a number of other mills in the Comstock area including the Bacon Mill, Brunswick Mill, California Mill, California Pan Mill, Consolidated Mill, Mariposa Mill, Morgan Mill, Occidental Mill, Omega Mill, Rhode Island Mill, Trench Mill, and the Woodworth Mill/Ditch. The collection contains items from the many subsidiary...
Dates: 1872-1886

Pacific Wood, Lumber and Flume Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: NC90
Abstract

The Pacific Wood, Lumber and Flume Company was incorporated in January 1875 for the purpose of cutting timber and manufacturing lumber as well as developing flumes in northern Nevada. The collection contains records of operation, including titles of real estate and water rights, correspondence between trustees, a time book, account ledgers, articles of incorporation, and agreements with other companies.

Dates: 1869-1904

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Comstock Lode (Nev.) 5
Mines and mineral resources -- Nevada 3
Account books 2
Business correspondence 2
Silver mines and mining -- Nevada 2