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Alta Mine (Nev.)

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Middle Mines Operations Reports

 Collection
Identifier: NC176
Abstract

The Middle Mines (combination shaft) covered a central section of the Comstock Lode in Virginia City, Nevada, and included the following mining company properties: Best and Belcher, Bullion, Savage, Gould and Curry, Exchequer, Caledonia, Chollar, Potosi, Hale and Norcross, Lady Washington, and Alta. The collection consists of one letterpress copy book of weekly reports of activities submitted by mine superintendent Whitman Symmes.

Dates: 1917 May 4-November 23
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department

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