Comstock Lode (Nev.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 70 Collections and/or Records:

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

Comstock Monte Christo Mining Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: NC198
Abstract

Includes articles of incorporation, 1912; list of visitors or stockholders, 1930; cancelled stock certificate; and minutes, 1913-1914.

Dates: 1912-1930

Comstock-Quartz Mining Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: NC195
Abstract

Included are a prospectus and reports to the president and board of directors on the status of mine operations. The collection contains material from 1904-1912 created by the Comstock-Quartz Mining Company.

Dates: 1904-1912

Comstock Tunnel and Drainage Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: NC93
Abstract

The Comstock Tunnel and Drainage Company was located in the Comstock Lode of Virginia, City Nevada. It was founded in the late 1890s to pump water from greater depths in the mines to revive the silver mining industry. The collection includes a letterpress copybook of outgoing correspondence.

Dates: 1910-1911

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

Thomas Cox papers

 Collection
Identifier: NC218
Abstract

Blueprint plans for mining structures and equipment in Nevada (including the Comstock Lode), Arizona, Alaska, Colorado, Missouri, Utah, Montana, Peru, and Mexico. Mines represented include the Nevada Consolidated Copper Co., Steptoe Valley (Nevada) Smelting and Mining Co., Cerro de Pasco (Peru), Missouri Cobalt Co., Belmont Milling Co., Goldfield Consolidated Mines Co., Tonopah Gold Mining Co., and numerous others.

Dates: 1901-1925

Croton Gold and Silver Mining Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: NC138
Abstract

The Croton Gold and Silver Mining Company was a mining company incorporated in New York and located in Virginia City, Nevada. The collection includes an abstract of claims and a map.

Dates: 1864-1878

Crown Point Gold and Silver Mining Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: NC85
Abstract

Crown Point Gold and Silver Mining Company was one of the richest mines of the Comsotck Lode. Collection contains records including Board of Directors' minutes, 1861-1874; by-laws; agreements; deeds; reports of mining operations, 1887-1894; and letters, 1875-1877.

Dates: 1861-1909

Affidavit and Map of Dardanelles Mining Company

 Collection
Identifier: NC186
Abstract

Affidavit submitted to the General Land Office in Washington, D. C. in the case of the Dardanelles' application for a patent contains statement of superintendent John B. Winter on the Comstock Lode mines. Also included is a map showing Dardanelles Mine, Overman Mine and the Crown Point Mine shaft.

Dates: 1873