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William W. Bliss Manuscript Maps and Drawings
Collection
Identifier: 97-24
Abstract
The Bliss family, of whom William W. Bliss is the successor, developed lumber, tourism, and transportation businesses at Lake Tahoe, especially at Tahoe City, California, and Glenbrook, Nevada, between the late 1860s and the mid 1900s. Manuscript maps and drawings document land and water rights acquired, owned, developed, controlled, and sold by the Bliss family on the north and east shores of Lake Tahoe, California, and Nevada, including Bijou, Glenbrook, Tahoe City, Spooner Summit, and the...
Dates:
1861-1955
Ophir Silver Mining Company Records
Collection
Identifier: NC56
Abstract
The first discovery of precious minerals in the Comstock Mining District, Virginia City, Nevada, was made on what was to become the Ophir Silver Mining claim. Collection contains daily, weekly, and annual reports, 1879-1920; letters, 1874-1913; payroll, 1879-1884; cash books, 1882-1911 abstract of title of the company's real estate and miscellaneous other business records, 1878-1906.
Dates:
1860-1935; Majority of material found within 1877-1900
The great central wagon road route to Washoe, Alpine, Esmeralda, and Reese River
Collection
Identifier: 98-19
Abstract
Map showing roads to Washoe County, Esmeralda County, and the Reese River region of Nevada; and Alpine County, California. Created on April 20, 1865.
Dates:
April 20, 1865
Tonopah, Nevada, mining claims
Collection
Identifier: 98-21
Abstract
Map of mining claims in Tonopah, Nevada. Shown prominently are claims for Tonopah Extension Mining Company, Tonopah Midway Mining Company, Montana-Tonopah Mining Company, Golden Crown Mining Company and many others.
Dates:
19-
Utica Bullion Mining Company Records
Collection
Identifier: 98-32
Abstract
Utica Bullion Mining Company was a gold mining and milling company located in Humboldt County, Nevada. The Company's manager was Samuel Campbell of Oneida County, New York; the Nevada agent was Walter Schmidt. Schmidt also managed the corporation's Desert Crystal Salt Company operations at White Plains, Churchill County, Nevada. The collection includes extensive correspondence between Walter Schmidt and Samuel Campbell, providing reports of mining and milling operations at the Utica Bullion...
Dates:
1864-1911
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- Schmidt, Walter, 1841- 1
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