Aurora (Nev.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Bodie State Historic Park Maps and Drawings

 Collection
Identifier: 93-68
Abstract The town of Bodie, Mono County, California was the site of a discovery of gold in 1859 by William Bodey. The collection contains microfilmed maps and engineering drawings of mines, tunnels, power houses, surveys, portions of townships and ranges, and mining equipment at Aurora, Nevada and Bodie, Green Creek (Mono County), Mono Lake, and Mammoth Lakes, California. Mines, mining companies, and power plants include Aurora Consolidated Mines Company, Bodie Consolidated Mining Company, Bodie...
Dates: 1879-1934
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / Bodie State Historic Park Maps and Drawings

William W. Hoyt Papers

 Collection
Identifier: NC1044
Abstract William W. Hoyt (1842-?) was a rancher in El Dorado Springs, El Dorado County, California and a miner in Aurora, Nevada Territory from 1863-1864. He served as the superintendent for the California State Department of Engineering in 1913. The collection includes correspondence, 1873-1926; deeds and agreements, 1863-1907; financial statements, 1856-1905; depositions; diaries from Aurora, Nevada Territory, 1863-1864; account books, 1864-1913; photographs; and township plats and manuscript maps...
Dates: 1856-1926
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / William W. Hoyt Papers

Juniata Consolidated Silver Mining Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: NC230
Abstract

The Juanita Consolidated Silver Mining Company, incorporated in 1872, was located in Aurora, Esmeralda County, Nevada. The collection contains correspondence, financial statements, and maps.

Dates: 1874-1881
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / Juniata Consolidated Silver Mining Company Records

Nevada Imprints Microfilm Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 89-54
Abstract Miscellaneous items about Nevada subjects include Sutro Tunnel agreement mining laws of Reese River, Marysville, Mt. Airy, Peavine, White Pine, and Spruce Mountain mining districts theater playbills from Carson City paper on the Shoshone Indian dialect Nevada-California boundary messages and reports from state officials constitutions and bylaws of the Gold Hill Fire Department, Carson City Knights of Pythias, Gold Hill Miners' Union, and Washoe Typographical Union no. 65 and a 1885...
Dates: 1860-1889
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / Nevada Imprints Microfilm Collection

Real del Monte Mining Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: 88-06
Abstract

Letterpress copybook of correspondence from H. M. Yerington to George A. Daly, Andrew Baird and others regarding mining operations of the Real and the neighboring Juanita Mining Company. The collection contains material from 1878-1888 created by the Real del Monte Mining Company.

Dates: 1878-1888
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / Real del Monte Mining Company Records

A thousand miles of desert and mountains: a prospecting trip across Nevada and over the Sierras

 Collection
Identifier: 91-48
Abstract

Josephine C. Scott was married to miner and prospector, George R. Scott. She wrote about mining and construction in Nevada. Collection contains three volumes (of the original 4 volumes) depict the Scott's prospecting journey through southern Nevada, Death Valley, eastern California/western Nevada along the Walker River, and through Bridgeport over Sonora Pass. Created between March 14-September 9, 1914.

Dates: March 14-September 9, 1914
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / A thousand miles of desert and mountains: a prospecting trip across Nevada and over the Sierras

Wedertz Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: NC1145
Abstract Ludowig (Louis) Edmund Wedertz (1824-1881) operated a stage station at Sulpher Springs on the Carson-Aurora road from about 1862-1866 when he moved his family to Aurora for two years. By 1874 they were living in Sulpher Springs again where Clarence R. and Frank Lewis were born. In 1881, Wedertz opened a store in Bridgeport, California, which his widow Niklamine ran after his death in December 1881. The family continued to live in Bridgeport and Smith Valley. The collection primarily contains...
Dates: circa 1860-1930s
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / Wedertz Family Papers