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Virginia City Foundation Trust certificates of trust receipt books

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    J. Steward receipt

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    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

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    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

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    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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    Southern Pacific Railroad receipt book

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    A receipt book for Southern Pacific Railroad shipping of agricultural products from California throughout the United States; the receipt book was used mainly by agent J. P. Onstott at the Yuba City and Marysville, California, stations. The book is made up of 3-part, tri-color, duplicate shipping receipts; only the first portion is completed with shipments from 1900 September to 1908 October. The volume lists shipments of raisins, grapes, and currants to San Francisco and Sacramento, California; Omaha, Nebraska; Denver, Colorado; Chicago, Illinois; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Portland, Oregon; and Seattle, Washington. The receipt book also provides shipping prices during the time when the Southern Pacific Railroad dictated shipping rates because of its monopoly of railroad shipping in California. The volume has a rough weave, stained, cloth binding, with "So. Pacific R. R. Co." stamped in black on the front cover; the name "J. P. Onstott / Yuba City, Ca." is written in pencil. The spine is damaged with loss at the top and bottom, but the pages are still tightly bound; the inside front cover has the name "A. Simi / Roma winery" written in pencil.

    mssHM 84118

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

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    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

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    Consolidated Virginia Mining Company Records

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    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