Manuscripts

MS Mill reports, approximately forty requisitions for supplies, and one TLS

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: 1924
Call number: mssJanney
Creator: Janney, John (1877-1967)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Serendipity Books, July 1999.
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Forty-eight TLS, two MS, twenty-two telegrams, and retained carbons of fifty-seven letters to and from various supply companies, and several supplies requisition forms, and brochures from several companies

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.

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Fifty-one TLS, three MS, thirty-two telegrams, and retained carbons of forty-two business letters to supply companies, mainly lumber companies, and invoices

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Thirty-one weekly reports of the Mechanical Department from Charlie Wilson. Two requisitions for supplies. Five TLS to Janney, and Bill For The Encouragement of Mineral Development and Conservation

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Twenty-five TLS, six MS, and retained carbons of fifteen business letters, many from John Janney as General Manager of Ely Valley Mines, 1947, and one requisition for supplies

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Thirty-two pages of MS notes on different mine shafts, and requisition for supplies forms

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One TLS and six MS, personal letters to Janney

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mssJanney

MS Mill reports, approximately forty requisitions for supplies, and one TLS

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Forty-eight TLS, two MS, twenty-two telegrams, and retained carbons of fifty-seven letters to and from various supply companies, and several supplies requisition forms, and brochures from several companies

Fifty-one TLS, three MS, thirty-two telegrams, and retained carbons of forty-two business letters to supply companies, mainly lumber companies, and invoices

Thirty-one weekly reports of the Mechanical Department from Charlie Wilson. Two requisitions for supplies. Five TLS to Janney, and Bill For The Encouragement of Mineral Development and Conservation

Twenty-five TLS, six MS, and retained carbons of fifteen business letters, many from John Janney as General Manager of Ely Valley Mines, 1947, and one requisition for supplies

Thirty-two pages of MS notes on different mine shafts, and requisition for supplies forms

One TLS and six MS, personal letters to Janney