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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
Jay Arnold Carpenter Papers
Collection
Identifier: NC800
Abstract
Jay Arnold Carpenter (1883-1965) was a Nevada professor of mining engineering; chair of the Department of Mackay School of Mines, 1926-1951; director of the Nevada State Bureau of Mines, 1939-1951; consultant, Metal Research Company, 1942-1944; and member of the Nevada State Planning Board, 1940-1951. The collection contains research material on Nevada mines (metals of all types) and mining companies, including the Comstock Lode; engineering field notebooks, correspondence, maps, class notes...
Dates:
1875-1964
Consolidated Virginia Mining Company Records
Collection
Identifier: NC99
Abstract
The Consolidated Virginia Mining Company (Con Virginia) in Virginia City, Nevada, was once the richest source of ore in the Comstock Lode. Mine operation records including reports, assay reports, ore and bullion statements, mill records, annual reports, bylaws, equipment specification books, legal records, resolutions, and account registers. Also included are records of the adjacent California Mining Company, the Consolidated California and Virginia Mining Company, and the C & C Shaft...
Dates:
1859-1935
Crown Point Gold and Silver Mining Company Records
Collection
Identifier: NC85
Abstract
Crown Point Gold and Silver Mining Company was one of the richest mines of the Comsotck Lode. Collection contains records including Board of Directors' minutes, 1861-1874; by-laws; agreements; deeds; reports of mining operations, 1887-1894; and letters, 1875-1877.
Dates:
1861-1909
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
Noble Hamilton Getchell Papers
Collection
Identifier: NC395
Abstract
Nobel Hamilton Getchell (1875-1960) was a mining developer with interests in many western states. The collection includes correspondence for various mining claims in which Getchell had an interest; mines and mining prospects, principally with the development of the Betty O'Neal Mines at Betty O'Neal, Nevada, and the Gold Circle Consolidated Mines at Midas, Nevada; the Dan Tucker Mine at Frenchman's Station, Nevada; the Security Mining Company at Betty O'Neal; the Skykomish Copper Company at...
Dates:
1918-1936
Groom Mining District Records
Collection
Identifier: 2007-16
Abstract
Groom Mining District is located in Lincoln County, Nevada and produced lead and silver from the early 1870s to 1916, then again after World War II to 1950. Collection primarily consists of correspondence and includes deeds and other legal documents. Materials between 1873-1903.
Dates:
1873-1903
Groom Mining District Records
Collection
Identifier: 99-19
Abstract
Includes records of the Groom Nevada Lead Mining Company and the Groom Southend Mining Company: incorporation documents, correspondence, land records, maps, financial records, and photographs. Activities of T. J. (Thomas J.) Osborne and J. B. Osborne are documented as are those of several leasers.
Dates:
1871-1930; Majority of material found within 1900-1920
Walter S. Hunsaker Records
Collection
Identifier: 94-43
Abstract
The Hunsaker collection consists of some of Hunsaker's personal papers and those of his wife but a major part of the collection contains the Las Vegas business records of Leigh Hunt and his family. This collection is important because it documents the twentieth century development of Las Vegas as a resort town and illustrates the long-term impact of the construction of Hoover Dam. It also serves to illustrate the formation of a multi-business, family-held corporate structure. Dates range...
Dates:
1884-1988; Majority of material found within 1924-1980
Juniata Consolidated Silver Mining Company Records
Collection
Identifier: NC230
Abstract
The Juanita Consolidated Silver Mining Company, incorporated in 1872, was located in Aurora, Esmeralda County, Nevada. The collection contains correspondence, financial statements, and maps.
Dates:
1874-1881
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- Osborne, J. B., 1831-1913 2
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- Big Ledge Copper Company 1
- Bonner, Charles S. 1
- Boyle, Emmet Derby, 1879-1926 1
- C & C Shaft Company 1
- California Mining Company (Virginia City, Nev.) 1
- Carpenter, Jay A., 1883-1965 1
- Colorado River Exploration Company 1
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- Consolidated California and Virginia Mining Company 1
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- Fair, James Graham, 1831-1894 1
- Flood, James Clair, 1826-1888 1
- Forbes, John (Miner) 1
- Ford, G. F. (George F.) 1
- Fraternal Order of Eagles 1
- Fulton, John Allen, 1878-1939 1
- Getchell, Noble Hamilton, 1875-1960 1
- Gold Circle Consolidated Mines 1
- Gordon, Louis D. 1
- Hale and Norcross Mining Company 1
- Hunsaker, Martha Morrison, -1982 1
- Hunsaker, Walter S., 1906- 1
- Hunt, Henry L. (Henry Leigh), 1886-1972 1
- Hunt, Jessie N. 1
- Hunt, Leigh S. J., 1855-1933 1
- Huntco (Firm : Las Vegas, Nev.) 1
- Industrial Workers of the World 1
- Jacket-Crown Point-Belcher Mines Company 1
- James, S. E. (Miner) 1
- Johnson, Ellis Stanley, 1898-1975 1
- Juniata Consolidated Silver Mining Company 1
- Kempvane, J. C. 1
- Kennecott Copper Corporation 1
- Lapanta Consolidated Mining Company 1
- Mackay School of Mines 1
- Mackay, Clarence H. (Clarence Hungerford), 1874-1938 1
- Mackay, John William, 1831-1902 1
- McDonald Mines Company 1
- McKay family 1
- Mitchell, William, 1879-1936 1
- National White Portland Cement Company 1
- Nevada Consolidated Copper Company 1
- Nevada Industrial Commission 1
- Nevada Mining Association 1
- Nevada Silver Centennial Committee 1
- New York and Las Vegas Investment Company 1
- New, W. R. 1
- O'Brien, William Shoney 1
- Ophir Silver Mining Company (Virginia City, Nev.) 1
- Overman Silver Mining Company 1
- Overton Syndicate 1
- Pamlico Mining Company 1
- Pittman, Key, 1872-1940 1
- Potts Syndicate 1
- Reconstruction Finance Corporation 1
- Ridgeview Estates 1
- Rives, Helen Hunt 1
- Rives, Henry Macon, 1883-1952 1
- Roberts, C. N. 1
- Rose, Warren (Miner) 1
- Round Mountain Gold Dredging Corporation 1
- Savage Mining Company (Virginia City, Nev.) 1
- Scott, Andrew H., -1967 1
- Security Mining Company 1
- Sheahan, Patrick 1
- Skykomish Copper Company 1
- Union Consolidated Silver Mining Company 1
- United Comstock Pumping Association 1
- United Western Miners 1
- Ward Shaft Association 1
- Watkins, Minnie Pearl, -1973 1
- Wheatly, William 1
- Yellow Jacket Silver Mining Company 1
- Yerington, J. A. (James Albert), 1864-1929 1 ∧ less
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