Diaries
Found in 23 Collections and/or Records:
Watson Van Etten Diaries
Watson Van Etten was a professional miner and prospector in California and Nevada in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Collection contains 24 diaries of experiences of a Watson Van Etten as a miner and prospector in California and Nevada from 1891-1920.
Yellow Jacket Silver Mining Company Records
The Yellow Jacket Mine, staked in 1859, was one of the deepest in the Comstock Lode. Operation records of the Yellow Jacket Mine include minutes of stockholders' and directors' meetings, by-laws, deeds, financial statements, stock transfer records, and letters, from 1861-1911.
James Albert Yerington Papers
James Albert Yerington, son of Henry Marvin Yerington, was the managing director of the Nevada State Exhibit, Midwinter Fair in 1895 and the owner of the Brunswick Mining Company. The collection includes a diary, 1908; incoming correspondence from friends and relatives, including his father; map of the Brunswick Mill site; tax statement; certificate of appointment as a delegate to the American Mining Congress, 1907; and a receipt.