Manuscripts

Seven MS letters and one telegram from Towson E. Smith, and one advertisement for a sluice

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: 1935
Call number: mssJanney
Creator: Janney, John (1877-1967)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance

Towson E. Smith correspondence, 1920-23. Four TLS, seventy-four MS, twenty-seven telegrams, and retained carbons of seventy-seven letters. One page from the Daily Record, and record of Towson E. Smith's account

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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