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Mines and mineral resources -- Nevada

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Aurora, Esmeralda County, Nevada collection

 Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-1327
Abstract:

The records document the first decade of Aurora's existence. The collection contains tax receipts for local businesses and citizens, trader's licenses, abstracts of mine titles, stock documents, and papers of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Esmeralda Lodge No. 6. A few records relate to the Kimbal & Canfield company's business in El Dorado County.

Dates: 1852-1927

R. E. Blair collection of Western oil and mining investment prospectuses

 Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-2611
Abstract:

The collection consists of promotional material, including form letters, maps, reprints of newspaper articles, and publications, that describe oil and mining investment opportunities in various Western states, including Texas, Colorado, Arizona, Nevada, and New Mexico, during the time period of the Great Depression. The materials were sent to R. E. Blair as a prospective investor in oil and mining ventures.

Dates: 1928-1941

Joshua E. Clayton papers

 Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-1355
Abstract:

The collection consists primarily of Clayton's reports on mines and mining districts in California, Colorado, Montana, Nevada, and Utah. There are also a variety of papers, including correspondence, documenting mining in Montana, Nevada, and Utah.

Dates: 1864-1892

Dan De Quille papers

 Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-2667
Abstract:

This collection consists chiefly of papers created and collected by Dan De Quille that document a portion of his writing career, circa 1860-1898, as well as a small quantity of material accumulated by his family from 1936 to circa 1956. The papers consist of correspondence, writings, photographs, and ephemera, as well as newspaper clippings collected by De Quille on a variety of subjects.

Dates: circa 1860-circa 1956, bulk 1885-1898

Adolph Knopf papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1253
Abstract:

The major part of the papers consists of reports and maps on the holdings of the Rochester Mines Company in Humboldt County, Nevada (1916-1917). During this period Knopf was on the staff of the U.S. Geological Survey. Also a small amount of professional correspondence and lecture notes, chiefly relating to his career as a professor of geology at Yale University. Eleven of the letters are from Charles Schuchert, a colleague in the department.

Dates: 1916-1942, bulk 1916-1919