Manuscripts

Erwin Company mining claim notice

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Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1872 September 11.
Call number: mssHM 84163
Creator: Erwin Company(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from W.P. Hammon, July 1968.
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Description of mining claims for The Wiley Mining and Milling Company

Manuscripts

This collection is divided into two main parts, both arranged chronologically: Documents and Correspondence. Both series relate to the Wiley Gold Mining Company. James Thompson's name or signature appears on a majority of the documents. The documents include stock certificates, indentures, mining claim agreements, certificates of location and labor, company by-laws, warranty deeds, and receipts between various members of the company, and they are drawn in Lida, Nevada; Kansas City, Missouri; and Phoenix, Arizona. With documents that contain more than one date, the date of signature is used in cataloging. The correspondence includes business letters between employees of the company, as well as letters from officers of the company to potential investors. Several of the letters also include bills for supplies, expenses, and labor. The correspondence contains letters from Big Pine, California; Kansas City, Missouri; Lida, Nevada; and Phoenix, Arizona. There are also two folders of ephemera, one containing two printed sketch maps of Nevada and one containing various printed material such as newsletters and pamphlets related to the Wiley Gold Mining Company and to other mining companies in the area. The latter folder also contains a blank "Articles of Incorporation" form.

HM 72203

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Manuscript map of the mining claims of the Goldfield Merger Mines Company

Manuscripts

This collection consists of the business records of the Goldfield Merger Mines Company with articles of incorporation, minutes of meetings, mining claims, reports, and legal documents. Also in the collection is a manuscript map of the mining claims of the Goldfield Merger Mines Company.

HM 65060

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Claim, notice, of [Porcupine or Corporal] Iron Mine

Manuscripts

The collection consists of maps, field books, legal documents, business papers, and diaries related to the work of surveyors George Hansen, Alfred Solano, Sidney B. Reeve, and others. The maps and surveys in the collection are of the city of Los Angeles, Southern California ranchos, and subdivisions of the city of Los Angeles and neighboring towns. The collection contains over maps and sketch maps. Other subjects represented in the collection include: civil engineering, land subdivision, mines and mineral resources, and daily life in Los Angeles and Los Angeles County.

mssSolano

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Report on the Lower Comstock Mining Company's claims. : Location of mine, with United States patent, between the "Silver Hill" and "Dayton" mining companies

Rare Books

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One Notice of Desire to Hold Mining Claims, signed and notarized

Manuscripts

The John Janney collection contains correspondence and business records related to mining in the early 20th century American West. Included are files related to John Janney's several properties and interests, most of which were in Lincoln County, Nevada, including the Ely Valley Mines, Mountain View Hotel, Pioche Mines Company, Pioche Power and Light Company, and Tenabo Mining and Smelting Company. This collection exists as an extensive and rich documentation of Nevada mining, especially during the Great Depression and World War II.

mssJanney

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