Silver mines and mining -- Nevada
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 38 Collections and/or Records:
Belcher Silver Mining Company Records
Collection
Identifier: NC92
Abstract
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.
Best and Belcher Mining Company Records
Collection
Identifier: NC82
Abstract
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 affadavit of work; list of company officers, 1890.
Jay Arnold Carpenter Papers
Collection
Identifier: NC800
Abstract
Research material on Nevada mines (metals of all types) and mining companies, including the Comstock Lode; engineering field notebooks, correspondence, maps, class notes and papers, clippings, and photographs.
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.
The Comstock lode; or a crucible of militant unionism
Collection
Identifier: 82-14
Abstract
Paper on the Comstock Lode in Virginia City, Nevada and the development of labor unions for miners.
Consolidated Virginia Mining Company Records
Collection
Identifier: NC99
Abstract
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 (Consolidated and California) which was jointly operated by the Con Virginia and California mining companies.
Crown Point Gold and Silver Mining Company Records
Collection
Identifier: NC85
Abstract
Records include Board of Directors' minutes, 1861-1874; by-laws; agreements; deeds; reports of mining operations, 1887-1894; and letters, 1875-1877.
Dayton Consolidated Mines Reports
Collection
Identifier: 88-47
Abstract
Included are status reports to stockholders, reports on ore reserves, assay reports, and profit/loss statements.
Mahlon Fairchild Manuscript
Collection
Identifier: 2010-33
Overview
Mahlon Fairchild (1827-1913) was born in New York and immigrated to California during the 1849 gold rush. In May 1859, Fairchild relocated to Nevada, where he lived until his death. The collection contains a hardbound manuscript of reminiscences written by Fairchild between about 1910 and 1913 on his life, immigration west to California, details about Comstock mining, and his experiences in White Pine County.