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John Quincy Adams Papers
Collection
Identifier: NC983
Abstract
John Quincy Adams was born in Illinois, and learned the bricklayer trade from his father. He moved to Utah with his family in 1850; and then relocated to Carson Valley, Nevada 1853. Together with his brother Rufus he ran farming and stock-raising businesses and kept a hotel. He manufactured the brick used in construction of U. S. Mint in Carson City and court house in Genoa, Nevada. The collection contains chiefly receipts and bills concerning John and Rufus Adams' ranching, stockraising,...
Dates:
1862-1897
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
Bliss Family Records
Collection
Identifier: 96-53
Abstract
Records of the Bliss family businesses which centered around Lake Tahoe, California and Nevada, include those of the Carson and Tahoe Lumber and Fluming Company, Lake Tahoe Transportation Company, Lake Tahoe Railway and Transportation Company, Sierra Realty Company, Truckee Lumber Company, Lake Tahoe and San Francisco Water Works, and Glenbrook Improvement Company. Topics include the lumber industry; Lake Tahoe development; Lake Tahoe tourism industry; Tahoe Tavern at Tahoe City; railroads...
Dates:
1869-1949
Carson and Tahoe Lumber and Fluming Company Records
Collection
Identifier: NC72
Abstract
The Carson and Tahoe Lumber and Fluming Company was organized in 1873 with Duane L. Bliss as president and general manger and H. M. Yerington, D. O. Mills and J. A. Rigby as stockholders. It was probably the largest and most extensive lumber operation serving the mines of the Comstock. Collection includes correspondence, company papers, land related documents, financial accounts, lumber statistics and maps from 1858-1946.
Dates:
1858-1946
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
El Dorado Wood and Flume Company Records
Collection
Identifier: NC76
Abstract
The El Dorado Wood and Flume Company was incorporated in Nevada in 1875 with H. M. Yerington, J. W. Haynie and A. J. Ralston as trustees; H. M. Yerington was the president when the company incorporated. Its major areas of operation were in Lake Valley, El Dorado County, California and in Hope Valley, Alpine County, and California. The company also held land in Ormsby, Douglas, and Washoe counties, Nevada. Collection contains correspondence, land related documents, financial accounts, legal...
Dates:
1850-1941
Eureka-Nevada Railway Company Records
Collection
Identifier: NC02
Abstract
The Eureka and Palisade Railroad Company was formed in 1873 to serve the mines in the Eureka Mining District in central Nevada. The collection consists of the records of the Eureka and Palisade Railroad Company, 1873-1902; the Eureka and Palisade Railway Company, 1901-1911; and the Eureka-Nevada Railway Company, 1912-1945. Collection includes articles of association, minutes of meetings, correspondence, legal documents, financial accounts, operational records, maps, and printed material.
Dates:
1873-1945
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
J. W. Haynie Papers
Collection
Identifier: NC999
Abstract
The J. W. Haynie and Company records contain documents clearly pertaining to the company and cover the period from 1860-1884. Material is original, hand written and also typed and copied. The contents reflect the operations of the company including land documents, financial documents, and a plat map. Personal papers include mining claims in Mono County, California; correspondence to H. M. Yerington about them; tax statements; and military documents. The collection includes land transfer...
Dates:
1860-1884
Henley Family Collection of Comstock Mining Records
Collection
Identifier: 86-05
Abstract
William James Henley, Sr. became Justice of the Peace, a position in which he remained until his death in 1909. Benjamin John Henley was the assistant counsel for the Goldfield Consolidated Mines Company. William James Henley, Jr. became an executive with the Isbell Construction Company later in his life. Collection contains mining company information mainly concerning Comstock Lode companies with some from Inyo, Sierra and Nevada Counties, California. Includes reports, deeds, insurance,...
Dates:
1855-1937
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- Railroads -- Tahoe, Lake (Calif. and Nev.) 1
- Receipts (Acknowledgments) 1
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- Sierra County (Calif.) -- History 1
- Silver mines and mining -- Nevada -- Lincoln County 1
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- Yerington, Henry M. 6
- Bliss, Duane L. 3
- Carson and Tahoe Lumber and Fluming Company 3
- Haynie, John W., 1836?-1897 3
- Bliss, W. S. (William Seth), 1865-1941 2
- Brunswick Exploration Company 2
- El Dorado Wood and Flume Company 2
- Mills, Darius O. (Darius Ogden), 1825-1910 2
- Adams, Eva Bertrand, 1908-1991 1
- Adams, John Quincy, 1832-1910 1
- Adams, Rufus, 1828-1876 1
- Ames, Pelham W. (Pelham Warren), 1839- 1
- Anker, Peter, 1852-1922 1
- Annie (Steamboat) 1
- Antelope (Ship) 1
- Arentz, Samuel Shaw, 1879-1934 1
- Balzar, Fredrick Bennett, 1880-1934 1
- Bender, D. A. (David Almon) 1
- Best and Belcher Mining Company (Virginia City, Nev.) 1
- Bible, Alan, 1909-1988 1
- Bliss family 1
- Bliss, Duane L., Jr., 1874-1938 1
- Bliss, Walter D., 1872-1956 1
- Bliss, William W. (William Walter), 1924- 1
- Brockliss family 1
- C & C Shaft Company 1
- California Mining Company (Virginia City, Nev.) 1
- California and Oregon United States Mail Line 1
- Campbell, Samuel 1
- Catalina (Steamboat) 1
- Central Pacific Railroad Company 1
- Coffin, Trenmor, 1848-1904 1
- Comstock Merger Mines 1
- Consolidated California and Virginia Mining Company 1
- Consolidated Virginia Mining Company 1
- Continental Association of Funeral and Memorial Societies 1
- Cooke, Thomas A., 1941- 1
- Desert Crystal Salt Company 1
- Downing, Bernice 1
- Eureka and Palisade Railroad 1
- Eureka and Palisade Railway 1
- Eureka-Nevada Railway 1
- Fair, James Graham, 1831-1894 1
- Fettic family 1
- Figprune Cereal Company 1
- Flood, James Clair, 1826-1888 1
- Freemasons 1
- Fulton Foundry 1
- Glenbrook Hotel (Glenbrook, Nev.) 1
- Glenbrook Improvement Company 1
- Golden, Francis Bernard, 1862-1911 1
- Grace Methodist Church (Lovelock, Nev.) 1
- Groom Nevada Lead Mines Company 1
- Groom Southend Mining Company 1
- H.H. Bancroft and Company 1
- Hale and Norcross Mining Company 1
- Harrah's Lake Tahoe (Stateline, Nev.) 1
- Harvey's Lake Tahoe Hotel and Casino (Stateline, Nev.) 1
- Henley family 1
- Henley, William James, Sr. 1
- Hood, A. J. 1
- Inyo Development Company 1
- J.W. Haynie and Company 1
- Jones, Beatrice Fettic, 1909- 1
- Kinkead, Elizabeth 1
- Lake Tahoe Ry. & Trans. Co. 1
- Lake Tahoe Transportation Company 1
- Lake Tahoe and San Francisco Water Works 1
- Mackay, John William, 1831-1902 1
- Markleeville Flume Company 1
- McCalmont Brothers & Co. 1
- McCarran, Pat, 1876-1954 1
- McDonnell, Gladys M. (Gladys Morris) 1
- McDonnell, Joseph T., 1908-1985 1
- Memorial Society of Western Nevada 1
- Merrill, Mary 1
- Merritt, Emma Sutro 1
- Meteor (Steamship) 1
- Mexican Gold and Silver Mining Company 1
- Mighels, Ella Sterling, 1853-1934 1
- Mooney School (Harriman, Tenn.) 1
- Morris, James, 1826?-1900 1
- Morris, Jessie Williams 1
- Morris, Richard L. (Richard Lewis), 1805-1880 1
- Mott family 1
- National Association of Postmasters of the United States 1
- Nevada Mine Operators Association 1
- O'Brien, William Shoney 1
- Oddie, Tasker L. (Tasker Lowndes), 1870-1950 1
- Oliver, I. 1
- Olympic Club (San Francisco, Calif.) 1
- Ophir Silver Mining Company (Virginia City, Nev.) 1
- Osborne, J. B., 1831-1913 1
- Osborne, T. J., 1860-1918 1
- Patchell, James J. 1
- Phi Beta Kappa (Vanderbilt University) 1
- Postmasters' Association of California 1
- Priest, Charles, 1884-1964 1
- Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribal Council 1
- Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of the Pyramid Lake Reservation, Nevada 1 ∧ less
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