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Agreement between Clarence Buck, Hugh Jones, and the Dexter Gold Mining Company

 Collection
Identifier: 95-37
Abstract

Agreement dating March 14, 1898 between Clarence Buck, Hugh Jones, and the Dexter Gold Mining Company in which Buck and Jones agree to sell their Contention Mining Claim in the Tuscarora Mining District, Elko County, Nevada, to the Dexter Gold Mining Company of Utah.

Dates: March 14, 1898
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department

P. Walter Davidson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 90-23
Abstract P. Walter Davidson was a part owner and developer of the Rio Tinto Copper Company at Mountain City, Elko County, Nevada; the mine later was known as the Mountain City Copper Company. The collection includes correspondence to and from Davidson, his wife Sadie, and S. F. Hunt, President of the Rio Tinto; Sadie's manuscript history/biography of the Nelson Ranch and Estella Bish Nelson; a pamphlet, Elko County and its vast mineral wealth, 1907; and newspaper clippings about mining, Mountain...
Dates: 1907; 1931-1939; Majority of material found within 1931-1939
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department

In This Land: A History of the Lamoille Area of Elko County, Nevada, 1865-1965

 Collection
Identifier: NC357
Abstract

Edna Patterson was a Nevada rancher, historian, and author. The collection includes a study of what was originally Lamoille Precinct of Lander County, Nevada including Lamoille, Pleasant Valley, Fort Halleck, and Halleck Station. The author discusses the development of the Lamoille region, including the areas of business, medicine, mining, ranching, water problems on the Humboldt River, and fraternal and other organizations.

Dates: 1965
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department

Report on mining tunnel site

 Collection
Identifier: 95-39
Abstract

Report on a mining tunnel site in Willard Canyon, Elko County, Nevada, details locations, adjacent mining claims, water sources, transportation, and difficulties in developing the site. Created by Emerson E. Lee circa 18th century.

Dates: 19-
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department

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