Flumes

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The Carson and Tahoe Lumber and Fluming Company was organized in 1873 with Duane L. Bliss as president and general manger and H. M. Yerington, D. O. Mills and J. A. Rigby as stockholders. It was probably the largest and most extensive lumber operation serving the mines of the Comstock. Collection includes correspondence, company papers, land related documents, financial accounts, lumber statistics and maps from 1858-1946.

Abstract The El Dorado Wood and Flume Company was incorporated in Nevada in 1875 with H. M. Yerington, J. W. Haynie and A. J. Ralston as trustees; H. M. Yerington was the president when the company incorporated. Its major areas of operation were in Lake Valley, El Dorado County, California and in Hope Valley, Alpine County, and California. The company also held land in Ormsby, Douglas, and Washoe counties, Nevada. Collection contains correspondence, land related documents, financial accounts, legal...

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The Genoa Flue Company was a company which operated a water flume near the town of Genoa, Douglas County, Nevada. Included in this collection are tax statements, insurance document, list of land wanted, and township plat maps from 1874-1897.

Abstract The J. W. Haynie and Company records contain documents clearly pertaining to the company and cover the period from 1860-1884. Material is original, hand written and also typed and copied. The contents reflect the operations of the company including land documents, financial documents, and a plat map. Personal papers include mining claims in Mono County, California; correspondence to H. M. Yerington about them; tax statements; and military documents. The collection includes land transfer...

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P. N. Marker was owner of a flume which transported lumber from Mt. Rose to Washoe City and Pleasant Valley, Nevada. Included is a location notice filed by Marker and Christian Bastian for the Marker and Bastian's Lower Extension Flume from Mt. Rose to Washoe City and Pleasant Valley, with plat map of the extension flume and its connections with Galena Creek and the Brown and Eagen Flume; and bill of sale for food and sundries by Marker to Robert Pitchur, between 1875-1876.

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The Markleeville Flume Company was incorporated in Nevada in 1873, with J. R. Johnson, George Spratt, and H. M. Yerington as trustees and Yerington also serving as president. The company was engaged in cutting and fluming wood on land in Alpine County, California. Collection includes company papers, correspondence, deeds and financial accounts between 1872-1875.

Abstract Nevada Flume Company operated in western Nevada and supplied wood to the Virginia and Truckee Railroad and to the Comstock mining region; possibly a subsidiary of that railroad company. Includes maps, deeds, agreements, receipts for wood, and accounts of wood, chiefly dealing with a wood drive to Empire and Dayton, Nevada, in 1876. Most of the documents were signed by H. M. Yerington. The participating companies were Nevada Flume Company, El Dorado Flume Company, Virginia and Truckee...

Abstract The Pacific Wood, Lumber and Flume Company was a lumber company incorporated in 1875 for purposes of cutting, fluming, and manufacturing lumber and wood in eastern California and western Nevada as well as to buy and sell real estate. In 1907 the company forfeited rights to transact business in California and was subsequently purchased in 1972 by Robert Leland. The collection contains correspondence, deeds, minutes, agreements, appraisal reports, land patents, and maps related to Leland's...

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The Pacific Wood, Lumber and Flume Company was incorporated in January 1875 for the purpose of cutting timber and manufacturing lumber as well as developing flumes in northern Nevada. The collection contains records of operation, including titles of real estate and water rights, correspondence between trustees, a time book, account ledgers, articles of incorporation, and agreements with other companies.

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Parker and Tobey Firm was a business in Carson City, Nevada. The collection includes invoices, bank books, cancelled checks, payrolls, time sheets, and a contract with Hobart and Marlett to assist in fluming lumber to Franktown, south of Reno, Nevada.