Nevada railroads collection

The collection consists of materials related to railroads built in Nevada and eastern California in connection with the Comstock Lode in Virginia City, Nevada, and other mining booms in Nevada and California (mainly in the period from 1870-1890). Subjects in the collection include not only the railroad and mining industries but also the lumber industry. Although the collection chiefly includes papers concerning the Virginia and Truckee Railroad (correspondence, business papers, and operating statistics from 1862-1950), there are also materials related to the Carson and Colorado Railroad (letters and business papers, 1880-1900), the Carson and Tahoe Lumber and Fluming Company (1870-1910), and the lake Tahoe Railroad and Transportation Company (1907-1910).