Mines and mineral resources -- Nevada

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 171 Collections and/or Records:

Comstock Lode Mines Records

 Collection
Identifier: NC985
Abstract

The Comstock Lode is a lode of silver ore located under the eastern slope of Mount Davidson, a peak in the Virginia Range in Virginia City, Nevada (then western Utah Territory), which was the first major discovery of silver ore in the United States and named after American miner Henry Comstock. The collection includes ledgers containing "ore to mill" assay reports, account ledgers for goods furnished to mines, records of gold bought, and other unidentified records between 1868-1916.

Dates: 1868-1916

Comstock Lode (Nev.) cipher books

 Collection
Identifier: NC188
Abstract

Code books used to write and translate coded messages so that details of the Comstock Lode mining operations could be sent but not understood by unauthorized parties.,Included are code words and translations.

Dates: undated

Comstock Monte Christo Mining Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: NC198
Abstract

Includes articles of incorporation, 1912; list of visitors or stockholders, 1930; cancelled stock certificate; and minutes, 1913-1914.

Dates: 1912-1930

Comstock-Quartz Mining Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: NC195
Abstract

Included are a prospectus and reports to the president and board of directors on the status of mine operations. The collection contains material from 1904-1912 created by the Comstock-Quartz Mining Company.

Dates: 1904-1912

Consolidated Cortez Silver Mines Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: NC254
Abstract

Included is a prospectus with an extensive history of the Cortez properties, biographical sketch of Wenben, photos, and reports, circa 1923; accounts payable ledger, 1923; and ore sample stub book, undated.

Dates: 1923

Consolidated Dorado Mining Company prospectus

 Collection
Identifier: NC199
Abstract

Prospectus describes the company's mining claims, recent purchase of equipment from the Sutro Tunnel Company, stock offered for sale, and names of trustees. The collection contains material from 1878 created by the Consolidated Dorado Mining Company.

Dates: [1878]

Consolidated Silver Mining Company Stock Certificates

 Collection
Identifier: NC709
Abstract

The Consolidated Silver Mining Company was located in the Reese River Mining District in Lander County, Nevada. The collection contains blank certificates and stubs recording sale of stocks.

Dates: 1863-1865

Consolidated Virginia Mining Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: NC99
Abstract The Consolidated Virginia Mining Company (Con Virginia) in Virginia City, Nevada, was once the richest source of ore in the Comstock Lode. Mine operation records including reports, assay reports, ore and bullion statements, mill records, annual reports, bylaws, equipment specification books, legal records, resolutions, and account registers. Also included are records of the adjacent California Mining Company, the Consolidated California and Virginia Mining Company, and the C & C Shaft...
Dates: 1859-1935

Cortez Mines, Ltd. Summary of Stores and Material Account

 Collection
Identifier: NC164
Abstract

The Cortez Mines, Ltd. was a mine on the southwest slope of Mt. Tenabo on the border of Lander and Eureka Counties, Nevada. The collection contains inventories of supplies, 1899-1907, for goods used at the mine such as wood, soda, salt, fuel and explosives, and the amount of each used at the mine or mill.

Dates: 1899-1907; 1955

Crackerjack Mines Company Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: 91-55
Abstract

The Crackerjack Mines Company was a mine in Goldfield, Nevada. Contains correspondence to M.A. Williams, company assistant secretary, concerns the purchase, sale, or exchange of the company's stock in 1908.

Dates: 1908