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Mine Operators of Storey County agreement and letter

 Collection
Identifier: NC223
Abstract Agreement between the mine operators, Virginia City Miners' Union no. 46, and the Gold Hill Miners' Union no. 54 setting wages of miners at $5 per day during World War I (1918); and a letter from the mine operators to the unions rescinding the previous wage agreement, mentioning I. W. W. influence among agitators, and threatening to halt all mining if lower wages were not accepted (1919).
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department

Agreements of Miners' Unions of Storey and Lyon Counties

 Collection
Identifier: NC1159
Abstract Notice to the presidents of the miners' unions signed by F. F. Osbiston, Aug. 29, summarizing an agreement between the Committee of Comstock Superintendents and Miners' Unions regarding unionizing of mine workers; and letter of Sept. 5, 1877 from the Miners' Unions stating that the Gold Hill, Silver City, and Virginia [City] Miners' Unions had ratified that agreement.
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department

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