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Allison Bowers Papers

 Collection
Identifier: NC238
Abstract

Primarily legal records concerning the Virginia City, Nevada estate of L. S. Bowers. Included are deeds to the Atchison Silver Mining Company; court documents concerning Eilley's suits with the Mexican Gold and Silver Mining Company and others, and a financial statement for the estate.

Dates: 1863-1876
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department

Chartz Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: NC101
Abstract Alfred Jean Chartz was born February 9, 1851 in La Baye du Febvre, Quebec, Canada and became a Nevada journalist, businessman, and lawyer expert in mining and water litigation. He had two sons, John and Carl. Collection contains business and legal records of Alfred, John and Carl Chartz. The collection includes legal cases in which Alfred participated, miscellaneous political campaign materials, records of various businesses in which family members were involved, and records of the Knights...
Dates: 1880-1942
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department

Complaint

 Collection
Identifier: NC212
Abstract

Complaint in the case of Allison (Eilley Orrum) Bowers, executrix of the last will of L. S. (Sandy) Bowers vs the Mexican Gold and Silver Mining Company and the Union Consolidated Silver Mining Company, alleging that the defendants infringed on her mining claim in Virginia City.

Dates: February 21, 1876
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department

Exploration opportunities of the north end of the Comstock Lode, report and maps

 Collection
Identifier: 91-46
Abstract

This report includes an historical sketch of the Comstock Lode at Virginia City, Nevada; production history of the Consolidated Virginia Mine; geology; previous exploration; and opportunities for exploration. Created by graduate engineer student, Robert Eli Kendall, between 1950-1952; 1968.

Dates: 1950-1952; 1968
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department

Mexican Gold and Silver Mining Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: NC59
Abstract

The Mexican Gold and Silver Mining Company was part of the North End Mines of the Comstock Lode. The initial claim of 100 feet was staked in 1859. Collection includes business records of the company's mining operations, including reports (weekly and annual), letters, accounts of expenditures and proceeds, and legal materials, 1876-1923.

Dates: 1876-1923
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department

North End Mines Records

 Collection
Identifier: NC178
Abstract The North End Mines of the Comstock Lode, Nevada, consisted of the California Mining Company, Consolidated Virginia Mining Company (Con Virginia), Mexican Gold and Silver Mining Company, Ophir Silver Mining Company, Sierra Nevada Silver Mining Company, and the Union Consolidated Silver Mining Company. The collection includes a Mexican Milling Company cash journal (1916-1920) and mill book (1915-1920), a Con Virginia, Ophir, Mexican, Union, and Sierra Nevada mines survey book (1920), and a...
Dates: 1914-1920
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department

Sutro Tunnel Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: NC07
Abstract The Sutro Tunnel Company was organized by Adolph Sutro for the purpose of constructing a drainage tunnel under the Comstock Lode in Virginia City, Nevada. Records related to organizing, publicizing, funding and constructing the Sutro Tunnel.,Included are transcripts of a court case; correspondence, which consist of letters and construction reports from company secretary Pelham W. Ames to Sutro; deeds; superintendents' reports; speeches; prospectus; certificate of incorporation and by-laws;...
Dates: 1861-1935
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department

Whitman Symmes records

 Collection
Identifier: NC942
Abstract Whitman Symmes was a mine engineer, superintendent of several of the larger Nevada Comstock Lode mines in the early 1900s, and known on the Pacific coast for his continuous opposition to stockbrokers' methods of controlling the Comstock mines. Included are deeds, agreements, financial statements, reports, correspondence, payrolls, articles of incorporation, and assay reports for 118 mines, mills, shafts and pumping associations, primarily in Nevada but also in California, Utah, Arizona, and...
Dates: 1859-1938
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department

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