Silver Hill Mining Company Records
Scope and Contents
The Silver Hill Mining Company Records includes 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)
Conditions Governing Access
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
The Silver Hill Mining Company was a silver mine adjacent to the Comstock Lode at Virginia City, Nevada.
Extent
0.25 Linear Feet (1 box (2 volumes))
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Silver Hill Mining Company was a silver mine adjacent to the Comstock Lode at Virginia City, Nevada. The 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.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Acquired from an unknown source circa 1965.
Creator
- Silver Hill Mining Company (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Silver Hill 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