Comstock Lode Mining District (Nev.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

American Flat Development Company correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: NC346
Abstract

Two letters from L.F.J. Wrinkle and James A. Yerington outline the location of veins of silver ore to be developed and the purposes of the company.,Also included is a list of company officers.

Dates: 1897; 1906
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / American Flat Development Company correspondence

Francis G. Newlands Business Records

 Collection
Identifier: 2011-25
Abstract Francis Griffith Newlands (1848-1917) was a businessman and served as a Nevada Representative from 1893-1902 and a Senator from 1902-1917. The collection contains many legal documents directly related to the acquisition of mills along the Carson River, including the Ogden Mill, Eureka Mill, and the Morgan Mill.y. The legal work was done by Newlands who was William Sharon's attorney. It also documents the formation of the Union Mill and Mining Company by William Sharon, D. O. Mills, John D....
Dates: 1862-1910
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / Francis G. Newlands Business Records

William C. Miller Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 87-06
Abstract

Includes material related to Miller's career and interests, particularly the history of Nevada Territory and the theater. Included are correspondence, Miller's thesis and dissertation, scripts of plays performed by the Reno Little Theater and Reno Dramatic Club, sheet music, a minute book/account ledger of stock holders of the Silver Star Mining District (Comstock Lode), and a poster for Topliffe's Theatre (earliest known Nevada imprint, 1862). Material between 1860-1976.

Dates: 1860-1976; 1860-1976
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / William C. Miller Papers

Savage Mining Company Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: 2011-23
Abstract

The Savage Mining Company was a silver mine located in Virginia City, Nevada. Charles S. Bonner was a superintendent for the Company. The collection contains incoming correspondence mainly from the 1860s for the Savage Mining Company and is addressed to superintendent Charles S. Bonner.

Dates: 1866-1876; Majority of material found within 1867-1868
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / Savage Mining Company Correspondence

Field notebooks of the Wheeler Survey

 Collection
Identifier: NC319
Abstract Astronomical, meteorological, and topographical observations made by the "Wheeler Survey." Most of the notebooks contain observations made in Nevada, but there are also notes for Arizona, California, Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oregon, and Utah.,Among the Nevada sites observed are American Flat, Austin, Battle Mountain, Camp Halleck, Carlin, Carson City, Como, Eastgate, Lake Tahoe, Pioche, Ragtown, Stillwater, Sutro, Wadsworth, Winnemucca, and many others. Included are two additional...
Dates: 1869-1878
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / Field notebooks of the Wheeler Survey