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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

Buckhorn Mines Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: 89-80
Abstract

Included are letters from the Nevada Tax Commission and yearly reports detailing expenses and assets. The collection contains material from 1912-1914 created by the Buckhorn Mines Company.

Dates: 1912-1914

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

W. E. F. Deal Papers

 Collection
Identifier: NC1130
Abstract

W. E. F. Deal moved to Virginia City, Nevada in May 1863. He was a prominent attorney, an active member of the Democratic Party, and active in Nevada politics. The collection primarily contains correspondence from family and clients, with some materials dealing with mining.

Dates: 1879-1904

Peter Fox Papers

 Collection
Identifier: NC1058
Abstract

Peter Fox was a miner in the Tonopah, Nevada area who founded the Arrowhead Development Company. The collection contains papers related to the Arrowhead Development Company of Tonopah, Nevada, including shares and a prospectus; photographs of Fox; correspondence about company shares; and newspapers about Nevada mining.

Dates: 1920-1935

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

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Maps 3
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Aurora (Nev.) 2
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Groom Mining District (Nev.) 2
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Silver question -- Nevada 2
American newspapers -- Nevada -- History 1
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Bullfrog Mining District (Nev.) 1
By-laws 1
Cadastral maps 1
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Clark County (Nev.) 1
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Yerington, Henry M. 3
Brunswick Exploration Company 2
Groom Nevada Lead Mines Company 2
Groom Southend Mining Company 2
Nevada Tax Commission 2
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Oddie, Tasker L. (Tasker Lowndes), 1870-1950 2
Osborne, J. B., 1831-1913 2
Osborne, T. J., 1860-1918 2
United Comstock Mines Company 2
American Federation of Labor 1
American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers 1
American Legion 1
Arrowhead Development Company 1
Atomic Power Utilization Committee 1
Balzar, Fredrick Bennett, 1880-1934 1
Bank of Battle Mountain 1
Belcher Mining Company 1
Best and Belcher Mining Company (Virginia City, Nev.) 1
Betty O'Neal Mines 1
Big Ledge Copper Company 1
Bonner, Charles S. 1
Boyle, Emmet Derby, 1879-1926 1
Buckhorn Mines Company 1
C & C Shaft Company 1
California Mining Company (Virginia City, Nev.) 1
Carpenter, Jay A., 1883-1965 1
Clemens, Earle R., 1877-1943 1
Clemens, Elizabeth (Of Rhyolite, Nev.) 1
Colorado River Commission 1
Colorado River Exploration Company 1
Comstock Merger Mines 1
Comstock Pumping Association 1
Consolidated California and Virginia Mining Company 1
Consolidated Virginia Mining Company 1
Crown Point Gold and Silver Mining Company 1
Deal, W. E. F., 1840- 1
Fair, James Graham, 1831-1894 1
Flood, James Clair, 1826-1888 1
Forbes, John (Miner) 1
Ford, G. F. (George F.) 1
Fox, Peter (President of Arrowhead Development Company) 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
Hensher, Alan 1
Hoyt, William W. 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
Jefferson Gold and Silver Mining Company 1
Johnson, Ellis Stanley, 1898-1975 1
Juniata Consolidated Silver Mining Company 1
Kanrohat, C. J. (Charles John), 1849- 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
Malone, George W. (George Wilson), 1890-1961 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
Nevada Wonder Mining Company 1
New York and Las Vegas Investment Company 1
New, W. R. 1
Newlands, Francis G. (Francis Griffith), 1848-1917 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
Powell, Jo 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
S.H. Brady and Company 1
Savage Mining Company (Virginia City, Nev.) 1
Scott, Andrew H., -1967 1
Security Mining Company 1
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