Lapanta Consolidated Mining Company Records
Scope and Contents
The Lapanta Consolidated Mining Company Records contains operational records of the mine including correspondence written and received by the officers, payroll and expense records, memorandum of gold bullion deposited at the Carson City Mint, mining leases, and tax assessments.
Dates
- 1885-1903
Creator
- Lapanta Consolidated Mining Company (Creator, 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.
Administraitve History
One of the most important early mines of the Hawthorne, Nevada mining district, mined intermittently for gold by leasers into recent times. H. M. and J. A. Yerington and G. F. Ford were principal officers.
Extent
1 Linear Feet (2 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
One of the most important early mines of the Hawthorne, Nevada mining district, mined intermittently for gold by leasers into recent times. H. M. and J. A. Yerington and G. F. Ford were principal officers. Collection contains operational records of the mine including correspondence written and received by the officers, payroll and expense records, memorandum of gold bullion deposited at the Carson City Mint, mining leases, and tax assessments.
Arrangement
Arranged into the following series: 1) Correspondence; 2) Accounting; 3) Operations; 4) Land; 5) Miscellany
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Acquired from an unknown source circa 1965.
Creator
- Lapanta Consolidated Mining Company (Creator, Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Lapanta Consolidated Mining Company Records
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Staff
- 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
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