Records of the Alta Silver Mining Company
Scope and Contents
Weekly reports for the Alta and the Benton Consolidated Mining Company by Superintendent E.D. Boyle (father of the Nevada governor) include distance drilled, total length of drift, and number of men employed, 1880-1889.,Also included is an Alta stock certificate purchased by G. E. Arrowsmith, trustee, 1924 and four lists of officers (1881, 1887, 1892, 1918).
Dates
- 1880-1892; 1918; 1924
Creator
- Alta Silver Mining 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
Alta Silver Mining Company was a silver mine in the Comstock Lode region of Nevada.
Extent
0.2 Cubic Feet (1 volume)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Weekly reports for the Alta and the Benton Consolidated Mining Company by Superintendent E.D. Boyle (father of the Nevada governor) include distance drilled, total length of drift, and number of men employed, 1880-1889.,Also included is an Alta stock certificate purchased by G. E. Arrowsmith, trustee, 1924 and four lists of officers (1881, 1887, 1892, 1918).
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transferred and purchased from Mackay School of Mines and A. McLane, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada; 05/--/86.
Creator
- Alta Silver Mining Company (Organization)
- Title
- A Guide to the Records of the Alta Silver Mining Company
- 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
Mathewson-IGT Knowledge Center
1664 N. Virginia St.
Reno Nevada 89557-0322 USA
775-682-5665
775-682-5724 (Fax)
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