Mines and mineral resources -- Nevada
Found in 171 Collections and/or Records:
Lapanta Consolidated Mining Company Records
One of the most important early mines of the Hawthorne, Nevada mining district, mined intermittently for gold by leasers into recent times. H. M. and J. A. Yerington and G. F. Ford were principal officers. Collection contains operational records of the mine including correspondence written and received by the officers, payroll and expense records, memorandum of gold bullion deposited at the Carson City Mint, mining leases, and tax assessments.
Lease
Agreement whereby the company leased it's mining claims in the Arabia Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, to Henry C. Carr. The collection contains material from March 15, 1915 created by the Electric Mining and Reduction Company.
Ledger
Ledger used for two functions: account ledger of payments for goods and services, 1866-1869; and roll call, 1886.,Among payments itemized were those to Chinese and Indians for labor, and mining-related supplies.
C. W. Lightner Correspondence
Letter from Lightner in Virginia City to W. H. Duncan in Austin, Nevada, discussing a job offer in Mexico and his conditions for accepting employment in the Reese River Mining District near Austin. The collection contains material from June 12, 1865 created by C. W. Lightner.
Assay reports for Limerick Gold Mines
Assay reports for ore samples from Limerick Canyon include reports of ounces each of gold and silver content per ton and value per ton. The collection contains material from 1931 created by the Limerick Gold Mines.
Location notices
Certificates of location for Blue Jay No. 3 mining claim and amended notices of location in Jefferson Mining District, Nye County, Nevada.
Location notices
Location notices for the claims include names of locators, location, and description of each claim in Bell Mining District, Mineral County, Nevada
Location notices
Location notice and amended notices for the Daisy claims include a description of the location of the claim and names of locators in Jefferson Mining District, Nye County, Nevada.
Thomas J. Lynch Papers
Thomas J. Lynch was a prominent mining businessman in Tonopah, Nevada in the early 1900s. The collection contains a typescript of Lynch's memoirs intended for publication as Tonopah Memories: Mines, Desert Rats, & Burros.
Mackay, Fair and Company Records
Mackay, Fair and Company was one of the largest silver producing companies in the Comstock Lode, Nevada, owned by John W. Mackay and James G. Fair. Collection contains letterpress copybooks of outgoing correspondence and one volume of quicksilver cash receipts and disbursements, from 1871-1887.