Manuscripts

Miscellaneous business letters and a January to November Operating Statement

Description: 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.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1937
Call number: mssJanney
Creator: Janney, John (1877-1967)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Serendipity Books, July 1999.
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Four TLS, one telegram, and retained carbons of twenty-four miscellaneous business letters. Also, two Reports Of Operation for December, 1942 and January 1943, a notice for a stockholders' meeting, financial sheets on stockholders, and drafts of a legal statement

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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