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Belcher Silver Mining Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: NC92
Abstract

In 1915 three mines combined into the Jacket-Crown Point-Belcher Mines Company which in turn became part of the United Comstock Mining company in 1920. Collection contains records of operation including weekly reports from the mine superintendent to H.D. Fry; and assay records for the Belcher and Crown Point mines; and the Santiago, Vivian, Mexican, and Eureka mills.

Dates: 1871-1899

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

Henry J. Brower Letter

 Collection
Identifier: 89-23
Abstract

Letter from Brower, Deputy Assessor for Storey County, Nevada, to "Friend Burnett" describing his job, the weather, and mining conditions in Virginia City, Nevada. The collection contains material from October 22, 1866 created by Henry J. Brower.

Dates: October 22, 1866

Caledonia Silver Mining Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: NC91
Abstract

The Caledonia Silver Mining Company was a silver mining company at Gold Hill, Nevada. The collection includes records of the company and date from 1871-1882.

Dates: 1871-1882

Challenge Consolidated Mining Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: NC83
Abstract

The Challenge Consolidated Mining Company was a silver mine at Gold Hill, Nevada, dissolved in March 1922. The collection includes articles and certificate of incorporation, minutes, deeds and agreements.

Dates: 1873-1922

Chollar-Potosi Mining Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: NC81
Abstract

Chollar-Potosi Mining Company was a silver mine in the Comstock Lode, Virginia City, Nevada. The collection includes accounts for milling of ore and payroll.

Dates: 1869-1877

Comstock Limited Records

 Collection
Identifier: 84-12
Abstract

Includes progress reports, assessment notices, and correspondence to stockholders of the Comstock Limited, Gould & Curry, Savage, and Chollar companies; a history of the Comstock Lode; and stockholder reports for the Silver Pick Consolidated Mines Company (Goldfield, Nevada) and Sunset Mining and Development Company between 1922-1938.

Dates: 1922-1938

The Comstock Lode; or a Crucible of Militant Unionism

 Collection
Identifier: 82-14
Abstract

Anne Farrar Hyde was a student at Mt. Holyoke College who wrote a paper on the Comstock Lode, which is a lode of silver ore located under the eastern slope of Mount Davidson, a peak in the Virginia Range in Virginia City, Nevada. The collection includes a paper from 1982 on the Comstock Lode in Virginia City and the development of labor unions for miners by Hyde.

Dates: 1982

Consolidated Imperial Mining Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: NC84
Abstract

The Consolidated Imperial Mining Company was a silver mining company at Virginia City, Nevada. It was dissolved on March 16, 1922. The collection includes articles and certificate of incorporation, minutes and agreements.

Dates: 1876-1922

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

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Silver mines and mining -- Nevada 18
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Business correspondence 9
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United Comstock Mines Company 4
Belcher Mining Company 3
Brunswick Exploration Company 3
Crown Point Gold and Silver Mining Company 3
Fair, James Graham, 1831-1894 3
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Gould and Curry Mining Company 3
Jacket-Crown Point-Belcher Mines Company 3
Best and Belcher Mining Company (Virginia City, Nev.) 2
Caledonia Silver Mining Company 2
Chollar Gold and Silver Mining Corporation 2
Flood, James Clair, 1826-1888 2
Hale and Norcross Mining Company 2
Mackay, John William, 1831-1902 2
Mexican Gold and Silver Mining Company 2
O'Brien, William Shoney 2
Overman Silver Mining Company 2
Pacific Mill and Mining Company 2
Savage Mining Company (Virginia City, Nev.) 2
Sierra Nevada Silver Mining Company 2
United Comstock Pumping Association 2
Ward Shaft Association 2
Yellow Jacket Silver Mining Company 2
Birdsall Mining Company 1
Bowie, Darin 1
Brower, Henry J. 1
C & C Shaft Company 1
California Mining Company (Virginia City, Nev.) 1
Challenge Consolidated Mining Company 1
Chollar-Potosi Mining Company 1
Comstock Limited 1
Comstock Merger Mines 1
Comstock Pumping Association 1
Comstock Tunnel Company 1
Consolidated California and Virginia Mining Company 1
Consolidated Imperial Mining Company 1
Consolidated Virginia Mining Company 1
Eureka Mill 1
Forman Shaft Company 1
Fry, H. D. 1
Gould & Curry Silver Mining Company 1
Great Dome Oil Company 1
Hyde, Anne Farrar, 1960- 1
James, S. E. (Miner) 1
Janin, Louis, 1837-1914 1
Jewett family 1
Jewett, Alonzo, 1836-1902 1
Jewett, Eleazer, 1799-1876 1
Jewett, Oscar, 1837-1913 1
Luckhardt, C. A. 1
Mexican Mill 1
North Potosi Gold & Silver Mining Company 1
Obiston, F. G. 1
Ophir Silver Mining Company (Virginia City, Nev.) 1
Requa, Isaac L. 1
Santa Rita Mining Company 1
Santiago Mill 1
Savage Gold and Silver Mining Company (Virginia City, Nev.) 1
Segregated Belcher Mining Company 1
Silver Pick Consolidated Mines Company 1
Slosson, H. L. 1
Sunset Mining and Development Company 1
Symmes, Whitman 1
Union Consolidated Silver Mining Company 1
Utah Gold and Silver Mining Company 1
Vivian Mill 1
Western Federation of Miners 1
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