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Middle Mines Report of Operations

 Collection
Identifier: NC176
Abstract

Letterpress copy book of weekly reports of activities submitted by mine superintendent Whitman Symmes. Reports give number of men employed by occupation, cost of wages, and a descriptive summary of work.

Dates: May 4-November 23, 1947

Account sheet for building materials

 Collection
Identifier: 2001-05
Abstract

Account sheet believed to be from the Virginia City, N.T. area, for Isaac G. Forbes in account with S.M. Blaisdell, for lumber products for four months during 1858. The items ordered include building materials such as boards, siding, roofing, and shingles.

Dates: May 9, 1858-June 22, 1858

Records of the Alta Silver Mining Company

 Collection
Identifier: NC177
Abstract

Weekly reports for the Alta and the Benton Consolidated Mining Company by Superintendent E.D. Boyle (father of the Nevada governor) include distance drilled, total length of drift, and number of men employed, 1880-1889.,Also included is an Alta stock certificate purchased by G. E. Arrowsmith, trustee, 1924 and four lists of officers (1881, 1887, 1892, 1918).

Dates: 1880-1892; 1918; 1924

Belcher Silver Mining Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: NC92
Abstract

In 1915 three mines combined into the Jacket-Crown Point-Belcher Mines Company which in turn became part of the United Comstock Mining company in 1920. Collection contains records of operation including weekly reports from the mine superintendent to H.D. Fry; and assay records for the Belcher and Crown Point mines; and the Santiago, Vivian, Mexican, and Eureka mills.

Dates: 1871-1899

Ellin Berlin Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 90-87
Abstract Materials relating to the research and preparation of Berlin's novel Silver Platter, about her grandmother Louise Mackay, the wife of one of the Comstock's Bonanza Kings, John Mackay. Berlin conducted her research from approximately 1947 through the publication of the book in 1957. Includes research notes and correspondence; early drafts and proofs of the novel; originals and copies of 19th and early 20th century newspapers, pamphlets and ephemera, mainly...
Dates: 1833-1973; Majority of material found within 1948-1957

Best and Belcher Mining Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: NC82
Abstract

Best and Belcher Mine, 540' long and part of the Middle Mines of the Comstock Lode, was staked in 1859. Records include letters, 1878-1880; a time book for 1907 (which also includes Hale and Norcross Mining Company times for 1916); a title abstract, 1863; an 1877 affidavit of work; list of company officers, 1890.

Dates: 1863-1916

Deeds transferring claims in the Birdsall Company

 Collection
Identifier: 87-28
Abstract

Deeds transferring claims in the Birdsall Company, a Virginia City, Nevada silver mining company located on the Montour Ledge. Some of the claims owners were women.

Dates: March-October 1862

Account book of Nelson Brobant

 Collection
Identifier: 2001-03
Abstract

Nelson Brobant is not listed in Nevada's 1860 Census, but is listed as a farmer in Nye County in the 1870 Census. The volume includes entries from November 14, 1859 to February 4, 1860 for daily transactions made to repair tools for Comstock Lode miners.

Dates: 1859-1860

Henry J. Brower Letter

 Collection
Identifier: 89-23
Abstract

Letter from Brower, Deputy Assessor for Storey County, Nevada, to "Friend Burnett" describing his job, the weather, and mining conditions in Virginia City, Nevada. The collection contains material from October 22, 1866 created by Henry J. Brower.

Dates: October 22, 1866

Caledonia Silver Mining Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: NC91
Abstract

The Caledonia Silver Mining Company was a silver mining company at Gold Hill, Nevada. The collection includes records of the company and date from 1871-1882.

Dates: 1871-1882

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Chollar Gold and Silver Mining Corporation 4
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Davis, Sam P. (Sam Post), 1850-1918 2
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Gold Hill Miners' Union no. 54 (Gold Hill, Nev.) 2
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Kendall, Robert Eli, 1923- 2
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