Mackay, Fair, Flood, and O'Brien records, 1862-1890.

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Mackay, Fair, Flood, and O'Brien records, 1862-1890.

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Business records, legal documents, and correspondence including operational records, payrolls, and insurance policies from the Gould & Curry Silver Mining Company, Best and Belcher Mining Company, Ophir Silver Mining Company, Mexican Gold and Silver Mining Company, Consolidated Virginia Mining Company, Consolidated California and Virginia Mining Company, Hale and Norcross Consolidated Mines Company, and Pacific Mill and Mining company and the various ore mills it operated.

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Nevada State Historical Society

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Nevada State Historical Society

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Gould &Curry Silver Mining Company

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Comstock Lode mining company; mining and milling operations in Virginia City, Nev.; inc. 1860. From the description of Gould & Curry Silver Mining Company records, 1862-1921 bulk 1862-1898. (Nevada State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 154690478 ...

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...

Ophir Silver Mining Company (Virginia City, Nev.)

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Mining company of Virginia City, Nev. From the description of Ophir Silver Mining Company records, 1875-1919. (Nevada State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 71130582 ...

Mackay, John William, 1831-1902

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Mexican Gold and Silver Mining Company

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Flood, James Clair, 1826-1888

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Hale and Norcross Consolidated Mines Company

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Mining company, of Virginia City, Nev.; started in 1926 as the Alta, Exchequer and Hale and Norcross Consolidated Mines Company; sold to Arizona Comstock Corporation. From the description of Hale and Norcross Consolidated Mines Company minutes, 1926-1934. (Nevada State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 154690899 ...

Mackay, Fair, Flood, and O'Brien

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Also known as the "Bonanza Firm"; business partnership of John W. Mackay (1831-1902), James G. Fair (1831-1894), James C. Flood (1826-1889), and William S. O'Brien (1826-1878), which owned the most important mines and mills and supporting business enterprises, on Nevada's Comstock Lode during the 1870s and 1880s. From the description of Mackay, Fair, Flood, and O'Brien records, 1862-1890. (Nevada State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 166428947 ...

Pacific Mill and Mining Company

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

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Best and Belcher Mining Company (Virginia City, Nev.)

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Consolidated California and Virginia 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. ...