Papers of Isaac Lawrence Requa, 1819-1935.

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Papers of Isaac Lawrence Requa, 1819-1935.

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The collection consists of letters, documents, manuscripts, one scrapbook, and 2 photographs related to the life, professional activities and family of Isaac L. Requa. There is personal correspondence between Isaac L. Requa and his family (1877-1901), and materials about mining in Virginia City, Nevada. The collection contains vouchers of the Chollar-Norcross-Savage Shaft Company and the Chollar Potosi Mining Company (1876-1879). There are also letters and a few manuscripts by Mark L. Requa, including his memoirs from January 10, 1918 to June 30, 1919 while director of the Oil Division of the United States Fuel Administration.

381 pieces.3 boxes.

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Chollar-Norcross-Savage Shaft Company.

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Requa, M. L. (Mark Lawrence), 1828-1905.

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United States. Fuel Administration

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American governmental wartime regulatory agency. From the description of Fuel Administration miscellaneous records, 1916-1919. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754869838 ...

Chollar Potosi Mining Company.

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Requa family.

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Requa, M. L. (Mark Lawrence), 1865-1937

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Virginia City, Nevada is the location of the Comstock Lode which yielded $400,000,000 in gold and silver between 1859 and 1880. Gold Hill was about a mile south of Virginia City. The author's father, Isaac L. Requa, was a mill superintendent in this area for many years in the 1860s and 1870s. From the description of Recollections of early days in Virginia City and Gold Hill : and a recount of the "Big Cravasse" : typescript, [undated]. (California Historical Society). WorldCat record...

Requa, Isaac Lawrence, 1828-1905.

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Isaac L. Requa, mining engineer, came to California in 1850 from Tarrytown, N.Y. He engaged in mining in California until 1860, when he moved to Virginia City, Nevada, and became superintendent of the Chollar-Potosi Mining Company, the Hale and Norcross Mines, and the Union Mill and Mining Company. Although his business interests were in Nevada, he built his family home in Oakland, CA, and became president of the Oakland Bank of Savings. His daughter, Amy, married General Oscar Fitzalan Long, an...