Manuscripts

Virginia City Foundation Trust certificates of trust receipt books

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Description: Receipt book for donations collected by the Virginia City Foundation Trust to preserve and restore Virginia City, Nevada.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1949.
Call number: mssVirginia
Creator: Virginia City Foundation Trust(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Provenance unknown. In library as of 2019.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
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J. Steward receipt

Manuscripts

Receipt for items sent to C.L. Strong, G. & C. Co., Virginia City, Nevada Territory.

mssHM 84313

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Virginia City and California history notebooks

Manuscripts

Five notebooks, by an unknown author, regarding historical resources for Virginia City, Nevada, and California history. Two notebooks includes sources from the newspaper Territorial Enterprise, which was founded by William Jernegan and Alfred James in December 1858 in Virginia City, Nevada.

mssVCV

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Virginia & Truckee Railroad papers

Manuscripts

This collection primarily consists of business correspondence addressed to Henry M. Yerington, vice president of the Virginia & Truckee Railroad. Subjects include mines and mineral resources in Nevada and Cerro Gordo, California; pumping machinery, and water rights in Inyo County, California. Of particular interest is a payroll sheet for Chinese laborers (HM 66180) at the Carson Dump, a large lumberyard a mile south of Carson City, Nevada, and James A. Yerington's Hand Book for Homeward- Bound Travellers from India, Australia, and the East, published by Henry S. King & Co., which contain his notes (HM 66181).

mssVTR

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Nevada: Virginia City, Goldfield, Dayton

Manuscripts

A collection which consists of approximately 12,500 items; it includes letters, documents, account books, and business records collected by Gerald John Kane related to the history of Nevada (1839-1952). The collection includes material about mining companies, business firms, land, railroads, stage lines, and politics, centering around Austin, Virginia City, Nye County, Ormsby County, Goldfield, Dayton, and Lander County, Nevada. Additionally, there is material about Adolph Sutro and the Sutro Tunnel Company; miscellaneous papers related to land and mining in California and Arizona; Army records of Archie W. Barrie and photographs from the Philippine Islands; and volumes related to taxation in Utah.

mssKane

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Consolidated Virginia Mining Company Records

Manuscripts

This collection contains correspondence, business papers, 16 ledger books, maps and reports of the Consolidated Virginia Mining Company of Virginia City, Nevada, dating from 1876-1955. The 112 rolled maps in collection, dating from 1876 to 1947 document the early period, the general mining district, and other mines and mining claims on the Comstock Lode such as the Ophir mines and the Mexican Gold and Silver Mining Company. One map is signed by Charles Frederick Hoffmann. The collection includes an account book and many letters of Zeb Kendall, president of the firm. Some notable items include: Hoffmann Charles Frederick. General Map of Comstock Mines [c. 1879]. Map 1 Osborne, W. L. Consolidated Virginia and Ophir Mines: Assay Plans (10 maps showing details of original level workings). 1933-1934. Map Roll 16 Consolidated Virginia Mining Co. Minutes of the Board of Directors. 1932-1935. Box 1 Con-Virginia Diamond Drill Logs and correspondence. 1950. Box 4

mssConsolidated Virginia Mining Company

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Receipt of J. H. Sturtevant for stock in the Sierra Nevada Silver Mining Company. 1863, May 31. Virginia City, Nev

Manuscripts

The collection consists of the business correspondence and papers of the Sierra Nevada Silver Mining Company. There are also documents related to the court case of the Sierra Nevada Silver Mining Company v. the American Mining Company (1862-1863). The Sierra Nevada Silver Mining Company was legally represented by William Morris Stewart, and there are seven documents in the collection related to him. Other subjects covered include mines and mineral resources in Virginia City, Nevada and the Comstock Lode, Nevada.

HM 64587

Virginia City Foundation Trust certificates of trust receipt books

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