Collection: Silver Hill Mining Company Records | University Libraries Special Collection Guides

Scope and Contents

Letterpress copybooks of outgoing correspondence and statements and letter from the company's head office in San Francisco, California, to superintendent A.C. Hamilton regarding a decision by the California Supreme Court, December 30, 1891, making mining company directors liable for a willful failure to have regular superintendent's reports made.

Dates

1887-1904

Creator

Silver Hill 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

Silver mine adjacent to the Comstock Lode at Virginia City, Nevada.

Extent

0.01 Cubic Feet (2 volumes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Silver Hill Mining Company was a silver mine adjacent to the Comstock Lode at Virginia City, Nevada. Collection contains letterpress copybooks of outgoing correspondence and statements and letter from the company's head office in San Francisco, California, to superintendent A.C. Hamilton regarding a decision by the California Supreme Court, December 30, 1891, making mining company directors liable for a willful failure to have regular superintendent's reports made.