Records of the Consolidated Virginia Mining Company, 1876-1955.

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Records of the Consolidated Virginia Mining Company, 1876-1955.

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The collection contains correspondence, business papers, 16 ledger books, maps and reports of the Consolidated Virginia Mining Company. 112 maps (1876-1947) in the collection document the early period, the general mining district, and other mines on the Comstock Lode such as the Ophir mines and the Mexican Gold and Silver Mining Company.

1,300 pieces.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6801979

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California Mining Company (Virginia City, Nev.)

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Ophir Hill Consolidated Mining Company.

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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. ...

Mexican Gold and Silver Mining Company

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