B. B. Thayer and Company correspondence
Collection
Identifier: 95-30
Scope and Contents
Includes two letters and articles of agreement. A letter to Theodore Winter from W.A. Gaston describes a steam engine and its operation. Another letter to B. B. Thayer from Joseph Mosheimer discusses the use of "Thayer's Process" in Silver Hill, Nevada. In the articles of agreement, Benjamin B. Thayer, Theodore Winter, Lewis A. Garnett, and Henry P. Wakelee agree to manufacture Thayer's Process.
Dates
- 1860-1861
Creator
- B. B. Thayer and Company (Organization)
Restrictions
Collection is open for research. Materials must be used on-site; advance notice suggested. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
Administrative History
Benjamin B. Thayer's company was organized to develop a mining technology or chemical compound called Thayer's Process.
Extent
0.4 Linear Feet (3 items)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Benjamin B. Thayer's company was organized to develop a mining technology or chemical compound called Thayer's Process. This collection includes two letters between 1860-1861 and articles of agreement: a letter to Theodore Winter from W.A. Gaston describes a steam engine and its operation. Another letter to B. B. Thayer from Joseph Mosheimer discusses the use of "Thayer's Process" in Silver Hill, Nevada. In the articles of agreement, Benjamin B. Thayer, Theodore Winter, Lewis A. Garnett, and Henry P. Wakelee agree to manufacture Thayer's Process.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
- B. B. Thayer and Company
- Garnett, Lewis A. (Creator)
- Garnett, Lewis A.
- Gaston, W. A. -- Correspondence
- Gaston, W. A. (Creator)
- Mines and mineral resources -- Nevada -- Silver Hill
- Mining engineering -- Nevada -- Silver Hill
- Mosheimer, Joseph -- Correspondence
- Mosheimer, Joseph (Creator)
- Thayer's Process
- Thayer, Benjamin B. -- Correspondence
- Thayer, Benjamin B. (Creator)
- Wakelee, Henry P.
- Wakelee, Henry P. (Creator)
- Winter, Theodore (Creator)
- Winter, Theodore -- Correspondence
Creator
- B. B. Thayer and Company (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the B. B. Thayer and Company correspondence
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department Repository
Contact:
Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center
1664 N. Virginia St.
Reno Nevada 89557-0322 USA
775-682-5665
775-682-5724 (Fax)
specoll@unr.edu
Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center
1664 N. Virginia St.
Reno Nevada 89557-0322 USA
775-682-5665
775-682-5724 (Fax)
specoll@unr.edu