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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

Pamlico Mining Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: NC119
Abstract

The Pamlico Mine was located in the Pamlico Mining District, situated in the western Garfield Hills, ten miles southeast of Hawthorne, Nevada. The Pamlico Mining Company operated from Hawthorne, Nevada with John Forbes as president, H. M. Yerington, treasurer, and S. A. Knopp, mine superintendent. The district yielded nearly a million dollars-worth of gold between 1885 and 1900. Collection contains correspondence, financial statements and accounts.

Dates: 1888-1904

Savage Mining Company Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: 2011-23
Abstract

The Savage Mining Company was a silver mine located in Virginia City, Nevada. Charles S. Bonner was a superintendent for the Company. The collection contains incoming correspondence mainly from the 1860s for the Savage Mining Company and is addressed to superintendent Charles S. Bonner.

Dates: 1866-1876; Majority of material found within 1867-1868

Andrew H. Scott Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 89-33
Abstract

Andrew H. Scott (1888-?) was a Nevada mineral assayer from Rochester and Lovelock, Nevada. He also served in World War I, was a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, La Societe des 40 Hommes et 8 Chevaux, and Knights of Pythis. The collection includes Scott's business and personal papers which document his business, fraternal activities, and mining interests.

Dates: circa 1907-1979

Alfred Merritt Smith Papers

 Collection
Identifier: NC100
Abstract Alfred Merritt Smith (1876-1968), received both his Bachelors and Masters in Mining Engineering from the University of Nevada, Reno. He served as Nevada State Engineer from 1935-1952, was an administrative assistant to Senator George Malone (1952-1960), served on the Colorado River Commission, Atomic Power Utilization Committee (1952-1959), and served on various committees regarding water in Nevada and California. The majority of the papers are from his professional life and includes...
Dates: 1908-1961

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

United Comstock Pumping Association Records

 Collection
Identifier: NC89
Abstract

The Comstock Pumping Association was established in 1898 by 28 mine companies in Virginia City. Designed as a means to increase stock values, the purpose of the association was to pump water from the Comstock mines below the Sutro Tunnel level. Records of operation include daily and weekly reports (including Ward Shaft Association, 1910-1912), letters, cashbooks, financial ledgers, and a tunnel account book, 1905-1909.

Dates: 1898-1920

Yellow Jacket Silver Mining Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: NC61
Abstract

The Yellow Jacket Mine, staked in 1859, was one of the deepest in the Comstock Lode. Operation records of the Yellow Jacket Mine include minutes of stockholders' and directors' meetings, by-laws, deeds, financial statements, stock transfer records, and letters, from 1861-1911.

Dates: 1861-1911

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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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