Exchequer Mining Company Records
Scope and Contents
Includes agreements between the Exchequer Mining Company as part of the United Comstock Pumping Association and the Sutro Tunnel Company concerning the Sutro Tunnel; a list of papers on file with the Exchequer Company, compiled after 1912; an agreement with the Truckee River General Electric Company and the United Comstock Pumping Association to supply power to the mines of the Association; a resolution from the Exchequer directors to join other mining companies to form the Ward Shaft Association; and a deed transferring all properties of the Exchequer Mining Company to the Exchequer Gold and Silver Mining Company.
Dates
- 1891-1912
Creator
- Exchequer 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
Virginia City, Nevada, mining company incorporated in 1865 and later part of the United Comstock Pumping Association.
Extent
0.21 Linear Feet (6 items)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Exchequer Silver Mine is near Virginia City, Nevada. Historically the site has been part of the Comstock Lode-Gold Hill Mining District. This collection includes agreements from between the Exchequer Mining Company as part of the United Comstock Pumping Association and the Sutro Tunnel Company concerning the Sutro Tunnel; a list of papers on file with the Exchequer Company, compiled after 1912; an agreement with the Truckee River General Electric Company and the United Comstock Pumping Association to supply power to the mines of the Association; a resolution from the Exchequer directors to join other mining companies to form the Ward Shaft Association; and a deed transferring all properties of the Exchequer Mining Company to the Exchequer Gold and Silver Mining Company.
Arrangement
Arranged without hierarchy.
- Electric utilities -- Nevada
- Exchequer Gold and Silver Mining Company
- Exchequer Mining Company -- Records and correspondence
- Mines and mineral resources -- Electric equipment -- Nevada -- Virginia City
- Sutro Tunnel (Nev.)
- Sutro Tunnel Company
- Sutro Tunnel Company (Creator)
- Truckee River General Electric Company (Creator)
- Truckee River General Electric Company
- United Comstock Pumping Association
- United Comstock Pumping Association (Creator)
- Ward Shaft Association
Creator
- Exchequer Mining Company (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Exchequer Mining Company Records
- 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)
specoll@unr.edu