James G. Fair Papers, 1871-1874.

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James G. Fair Papers, 1871-1874.

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This collection consists of four Bank of California checks to different payees, signed by James G. Fair; two are Occidental Mill, one Trench Mill, and one Bacon Mill, all in Virginia, Nevada.

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University of the Pacific, William Knox Holt Memorial Library

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University of the Pacific, William Knox Holt Memorial Library

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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...