Comstock Limited Records

Collection

Identifier: 84-12

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Includes progress reports, assessment notices, and correspondence to stockholders of the Comstock Limited, Gould & Curry, Savage, and Chollar companies; a history of the Comstock Lode; and stockholder reports for the Silver Pick Consolidated Mines Company (Goldfield, Nevada) and Sunset Mining and Development Company. Some correspondence to Slosson regarding prospects of the Comstock Limited (1933) is also present.

Dates

1922-1938

Creator

Comstock Limited (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

Comstock Lode (Nevada) mining company incorporated 1931 with H. L. Slosson, Jr. president. Company acquired the claims of the Gould & Curry, Savage Gold & Silver, and Chollar Gold & Silver mining companies to work the Scorpion Croppings through the Union shaft.

Extent

0.4 Linear Feet (38 items)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Includes progress reports, assessment notices, and correspondence to stockholders of the Comstock Limited, Gould & Curry, Savage, and Chollar companies; a history of the Comstock Lode; and stockholder reports for the Silver Pick Consolidated Mines Company (Goldfield, Nevada) and Sunset Mining and Development Company between 1922-1938.

Arrangement

Arranged by company name and then chronologically.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Received as part of a trade with Fred Holabird in May 1984.

Separated Materials

Photographs have been transferred to the Special Collections Department photo archive as collection number UNRS-P1988-11

Subjects

Related Names

Creator

Comstock Limited (Organization)

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title: Guide to the Comstock Limited Records
Status: Completed
Description rules: Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description: Undetermined
Script of description: Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department Repository

https://library.unr.edu/SpeColl

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