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Western Powder Company

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: 1939
Call number: mssJanney
Creator: Janney, John (1877-1967)(Opens in new tab)
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Great Western Electro-Chemical Company, Graybar Electric Company, and General Electric Company

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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Pioche Union Mines Company correspondence: The Prest-O-Lite Company, The Denver Rock Drill Manufacturing Company, Western Machinery Company, Colorado Iron Works Company, and other equipment companies

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mssJanney

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E. H Stroud and Company. Installation of Class O Pulverizer. (2) With Detail of Storage Bins for Powdered Coal and plan No. 1080

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mssJanney

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Western Machinery Company: Itemized Statement of Pioche Mines Company. Account, invoices, Equipment lists, shipping statements, ten TLS from Western Machinery Co., ten retained carbons from Pioche Mines Company and one telegram

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mssJanney

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Western Union

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mssJanney

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Eleven TLS, six telegrams, and nine retained carbons, letters to and from supply companies about pulleys. American Machinery Company, Western Machinery Company, Stephens-Adamson Mfg. Co., and Galigher Machinery Co

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mssJanney

Western Powder Company

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Pioche Union Mines Company correspondence: The Prest-O-Lite Company, The Denver Rock Drill Manufacturing Company, Western Machinery Company, Colorado Iron Works Company, and other equipment companies

E. H Stroud and Company. Installation of Class O Pulverizer. (2) With Detail of Storage Bins for Powdered Coal and plan No. 1080

Western Machinery Company: Itemized Statement of Pioche Mines Company. Account, invoices, Equipment lists, shipping statements, ten TLS from Western Machinery Co., ten retained carbons from Pioche Mines Company and one telegram

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Eleven TLS, six telegrams, and nine retained carbons, letters to and from supply companies about pulleys. American Machinery Company, Western Machinery Company, Stephens-Adamson Mfg. Co., and Galigher Machinery Co