Legal documents : John H. Burke vs. James C. Flood et al., 1875-1880 (bulk 1878-1880).

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Legal documents : John H. Burke vs. James C. Flood et al., 1875-1880 (bulk 1878-1880).

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Complaints, subpoenas, motions, affidavits, notices, petitions, a few scattered letters, attorney's notes, newspaper clippings of testimony in one of the cases, and other legal documents and papers from six of the stockholder suits filed by John H. Burke, a San Francisco journalist, against Consolidated Virginia Mining Company, James C. Flood, John W. Mackay, James G. Fair, and Flood and James V. Coleman as executors of the estate of William Shoney O'Brien. The suits were filed for the return of profits allegedly misappropriated by the mining company and its trustees. Includes material relating to O'Brien's estate and legal papers for the related suit filed by Squire P. Dewey against Mackay, Fair, Flood, et al. Attorneys for Burk were Samuel W. Holladay and John Trehane.

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California historical society

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Consolidated Virginia Mining Company

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The Consolidated Virginia Mining Company, on the Comstock Lode at Virginia City, Nevada, was organized in 1867. After striking the "big bonanza" in 1873, the company produced over one hundred million dollars from 1873-1882 and dominated the Comstock from 1875 until its interests were sold to San Francisco stockbrokers in 1895. In the 1930s the Consolidated Virginia Mining Company was reactivated to mine and mill the remaining ore until 1942, when production continued sporadically thereafter. ...

Fair, James Graham, 1831-1894

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Fair was living in Chicago, Ill. when the news of the Calif. gold discovery reached that city. He immediately made plans to terminate his affairs and leave for Calif. His knowledge of placer and quartz mining made him a well-to-do mine and mill owner. In association with Flood, Mackay, and O'Brien, he became a developer of the silver deposits known as the Comstock Lode. Fair served in the U.S. Senate from 1881 to 1887. From the description of James Fair letters and miscellany : ALS a...

Dewey, S. P. (Squire Pierce), 1818-1889

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Trehane, John.

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Flood, James Clair, 1826-1888

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Mackay, John William, 1831-1902

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Coleman, James V.

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Burke, John H. (John Humphrey)

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Holladay, S. W. (Samuel W.), 1829-1895.

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Holladay was a lawyer, of San Francisco, Calif. From the description of Samuel W. Holladay legal papers, 1859-1890. (California Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 122583583 ...

O'Brien, William Shoney, 1825 or 1826-1878

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