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John A. Fulton Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 86-04
Abstract

John A. Fulton was a mining engineer and director of the Mackay School of Mines at the University of Nevada, Reno. The collection includes papers and speeches presented by Fulton, chiefly on mining in Nevada and Grass Valley, California; correspondence on mining matters; and microfilm of a scrapbook.

Dates: 1878-1936
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department

Vincent Paul Gianella Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 85-01
Abstract

Vincent Paul Gianella (1886-1983) was a professor in the Mackay School of Mines at the University of Nevada, Reno from 1915-1925 and again from 1935-1952. The collection contains correspondence, field notes, subject files, geologic reports, printed materials, maps, photographs related to Gianella's research in Nevada geology and earthquakes, his work at the Mackay School of Mines, and to routes of John C. Fremont and other early explorers of Nevada.

Dates: 1859-1982
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department

Rio Tinto Copper Company Prospectus and Speech

 Collection
Identifier: 2002-05
Abstract

S. F. Hunt was a mining engineer as well as promoter and part owner of the Rio Tinto Copper Company in Elko County, Nevada. Includes 1931 Rio Tinto Copper Company prospectus and a speech that S. F. Hunt gave 28 March 1935 to University of Nevada, Reno, faculty and members of the Crucible Club, a club for student mining engineers.

Dates: 1931, 1935
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department

Student Projects and Drawings from the Mackay School of Mines

 Collection
Identifier: 93-01
Abstract The collection includes student reports of their summer work on the Lamoille Irrigation Project south of Elko, Nevada; a technical report of Boulder Dam (now Hoover Dam); and a research report on construction of large tunnels for the Great Northern Railway, Ft. Peck Dam, Mono Craters (California), Yuerba Buena, and Hoover Dam. Oversize materials are technical drawings of the Galena Creek Bridge, a warehouse at Lake Tahoe, portions of the town of Springfield, Massachusetts, and Diesal Parts,...
Dates: 1912-1972
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department

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Frémont, John Charles 1
Fulton, John Allen, 1878-1939 1
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Hunt, S. F. (Samuel Franklyn) 1
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