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Virginia & Truckee Railroad papers

Description

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).

Type
Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date
1865-1906
Call number
mssVTR
Creator
Virginia & Truckee Railroad(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Gift of Jerome Schwimmer, May 10, 1968.
Associated people
Yerington, Henry M.,
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