Gold mines and mining -- Nevada

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 29 Collections and/or Records:

Oregon Mill and Mining Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: NC38
Abstract

The Oregon Mill and Mining Company was a gold mining and milling company located in Austin, Nevada. The collection contains financial records including cash books, 1864-1866; day book, 1865-1866, including records of the Jack Pot Mine, Austin; stock ledger, 1864, and journal, 1865-1870.

Dates: 1864-1911

Original Extension Mining Company Prospectus

 Collection
Identifier: 89-34
Abstract

Includes a map, description of the location, prospects, officers, and capitalization of the mine in the Bullfrog Mining District, Nye County, Nevada. The collection contains material from 1905 created by the Original Extension Mining Company.

Dates: 1905

Stock certificate and reports of the Round Mountain Mining Company

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Identifier: NC643
Abstract

Correspondence to James Scrugham, owner, detailing gold yields from various pits at the mine; letter to Metals Exploration Company regarding Scrugham's lease at Round Mountain and providing details on the mines' geology; and a speech [by Scrugham?] about placer operations at Round Mountain. Also cancelled stock certificate issued to John E. Fryer, 1916.

Dates: 1916, 1924

Reports on Ruby Hill Development Company

 Collection
Identifier: 95-32
Abstract

Ruby Hill Development Company was a development and mining company in Eureka, Nevada. Included are engineers' reports for the Ruby Hill mining property two miles west of Eureka, Nevada, providing a history of the mine between 1919-1936, and maps and evaluation of future prospects; correspondence and notes about the Richmond-Eureka Mining Company and the U.S. Smelting and Refining Company.

Dates: 1919-1936

Sierra Nevada Silver Mining Company Records

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Identifier: NC58
Abstract

Part of the "North End" mines of the Comstock Lode, the Sierra Nevada Silver Mine was staked in 1859, was 3550 feet long, and was mined for substantial amounts of gold as well as silver. The majority of the records, 1861-1926, are regarding the annual reports made by the company. Also included are correspondence in the form of letterpress copy books, and cash books, which record accounts for the company.

Dates: 1861-1926

Sunrise heyday sunset at Goldfield, Nevada

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Identifier: NC1217
Abstract

George Harris was a Nevada author, originally from Pennsylvania. Collection contains autobiographical manuscript about Harris' life in Nevada, mining, and stories of people and events in Goldfield, Nevada, ca 1900-1912.

Dates: 1960

Whitman Symmes records

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Identifier: NC942
Abstract Whitman Symmes was a mine engineer, superintendent of several of the larger Nevada Comstock Lode mines in the early 1900s, and known on the Pacific coast for his continuous opposition to stockbrokers' methods of controlling the Comstock mines. Included are deeds, agreements, financial statements, reports, correspondence, payrolls, articles of incorporation, and assay reports for 118 mines, mills, shafts and pumping associations, primarily in Nevada but also in California, Utah, Arizona, and...
Dates: 1859-1938

Tonopah Mining Company of Nevada Records

 Collection
Identifier: NC1206
Abstract

The Tonopah Mining Company was a gold and silver mining company located in Tonopah, Nevada. The collection includes monthly reports, receipts, financial claims, time checks, insurance policies, and drawing of an idler bearing for a conveyor belt between 1906-1915.

Dates: 1906-1915

Reports on the Unionville Mine

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Identifier: NC695
Abstract

Detailed report by M. Allison Wheeler and supplemental report by Neil Carmichael describe the authors' trips to the mine, mine workings, geology, Mill City, assay reports, and the mill's location and construction.

Dates: 1888-1896