Mines and mineral resources -- Nevada

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 171 Collections and/or Records:

California-Bullfrog Mining Company Letter and Stock Report

 Collection
Identifier: NC1226
Abstract

The California-Bullfrog Mining Company was a mine in Bullfrog Mining District, Nye County, Nevada. The collection includes correspondence from W. C. Rice (manager) and report to stockholders about activity at the mine and in the district from 1906.

Dates: 1906
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / California-Bullfrog Mining Company Letter and Stock Report

Jay Arnold Carpenter Papers

 Collection
Identifier: NC800
Abstract Jay Arnold Carpenter (1883-1965) was a Nevada professor of mining engineering; chair of the Department of Mackay School of Mines, 1926-1951; director of the Nevada State Bureau of Mines, 1939-1951; consultant, Metal Research Company, 1942-1944; and member of the Nevada State Planning Board, 1940-1951. The collection contains research material on Nevada mines (metals of all types) and mining companies, including the Comstock Lode; engineering field notebooks, correspondence, maps, class notes...
Dates: 1875-1964
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / Jay Arnold Carpenter Papers

Certificates of Sale

 Collection
Identifier: 89-111
Abstract

Certificates of sale at foreclosures list assets sold, price received, and names of buyers, for the Gold Mountain Mining and Development Company in Nye County, Nevada.

Dates: 1916
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / Certificates of Sale

H. H. Chandler Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: NC140
Abstract H. H. Chandler was a bookkeeper from Boston, Massachusetts who traveled from Boston to Virginia City, Nevada via Cape Horn on the steamer Champion in 1864. Collection contains first letter to "Sister Jane" [Newton], June 19, 1864, tells of Chandler's journey; his visits with Jane's husband, a mine superintendent and mining stock holder; fluctuations in mining stock prices; and descriptions of Virginia City. The second letter to Jane of Sept. 7, 1868 from Clan Alpine, Churchill County,...
Dates: 1864-1868
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / H. H. Chandler Correspondence

Chartz Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: NC101
Abstract Alfred Jean Chartz was born February 9, 1851 in La Baye du Febvre, Quebec, Canada and became a Nevada journalist, businessman, and lawyer expert in mining and water litigation. He had two sons, John and Carl. Collection contains business and legal records of Alfred, John and Carl Chartz. The collection includes legal cases in which Alfred participated, miscellaneous political campaign materials, records of various businesses in which family members were involved, and records of the Knights...
Dates: 1880-1942
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / Chartz Family Papers

Deed of Title for the Chollar Mine Claim

 Collection
Identifier: 84-15
Abstract

Transfer of land deed title for the Chollar mine claim from William Chollar to William B. Fox in 1860.

Dates: 1860
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / Deed of Title for the Chollar Mine Claim

Reports on the Chollar-Savage Mine

 Collection
Identifier: NC1165
Abstract

AChollar-Savage Mining Company was a silver mine in Virginia City, Nevada. Contains assay reports done by the Nevada Mill and Mining Company including two undated reports for the Chollar Mine. Also included is a report of a trial of an electric transmission plant at the mill (1890).

Dates: 1894-1895
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / Reports on the Chollar-Savage Mine

Complaint

 Collection
Identifier: NC212
Abstract

Complaint in the case of Allison (Eilley Orrum) Bowers, executrix of the last will of L. S. (Sandy) Bowers vs the Mexican Gold and Silver Mining Company and the Union Consolidated Silver Mining Company, alleging that the defendants infringed on her mining claim in Virginia City.

Dates: February 21, 1876
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / Complaint

Complaints

 Collection
Identifier: 89-110
Abstract

Complaints filed against the company by attorneys S. P. Seaniker and E. B. Stonehill, and the Justice Mining Company, for breach of contract.

Dates: 1873; 1877
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / Complaints

Deed transferring ownership in the Comstock, Colowell, and Grass Valley quartz leads

 Collection
Identifier: 84-16
Abstract

Deed transferring ownership in the Comstock, Colowell, and Grass Valley quartz leads in Virginia City, Nevada. Created by George Hearst in 1860.

Dates: 1860
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / Deed transferring ownership in the Comstock, Colowell, and Grass Valley quartz leads