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

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

William W. Hoyt Papers

 Collection
Identifier: NC1044
Abstract William W. Hoyt (1842-?) was a rancher in El Dorado Springs, El Dorado County, California and a miner in Aurora, Nevada Territory from 1863-1864. He served as the superintendent for the California State Department of Engineering in 1913. The collection includes correspondence, 1873-1926; deeds and agreements, 1863-1907; financial statements, 1856-1905; depositions; diaries from Aurora, Nevada Territory, 1863-1864; account books, 1864-1913; photographs; and township plats and manuscript maps...
Dates: 1856-1926
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department

Overman Silver Mining Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: NC86
Abstract

The Overman Silver Mining Company was a mine on the main Comstock Lode located in Gold Hill, Nevada. The collection includes bylaws; minutes, 1860-1865; correspondence, 1875-1882; daily and annual reports, 1880-1903; accounts, 1862; time book, 1874-1901; and deeds, 1861-1863 and 1890.

Dates: 1860-1903
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department

Union Consolidated Silver Mining Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: NC87
Abstract The Union Mine was Part of the North End Mines of the Comstock Lode, the Union was an 1859 stake of 302 feet between the Mexican and Sierra Nevada Mines. Later, 270 additional feet were acquired from the North Ophir claim. Work began in 1860; although the Union had one of the deepest works (at 3350 feet), it was one of the least profitable of the Comstock; by the late 1870s it was producing no ore. Collection contains operational records, including weekly and annual reports of operations...
Dates: 1863-1918
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department

United Comstock Mining Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: 83-07
Abstract The United Comstock Mining Company was a Nevada corporation organized in 1920 as a subsidiary of the Metals Exploration Company that bought up and worked nine Virginia City, Nevada, mines including the Challenge, Challenge-Jacket-Imperial, Confidence, Crown Point, Imperial Consolidated, Imperial Empire, Jacket-Crown Point-Belcher, Overman, and Yellow Jacket mines. The collection contains copies of weekly progress reports that discuss length of tunnels, yields of ore, presence of various...
Dates: 1865-1923
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department

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