Manhattan Silver Mining Company of Nevada papers, [1863-1887].

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Manhattan Silver Mining Company of Nevada papers, [1863-1887].

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Unbound papers consist of business letters received, variously addressed to the Company, Allen and Melville Curtis, John Huber, William H. and John M. Duncan, John E. Boyd, and others, located at Austin and Mineral Hill, Nevada. A few personal letters to Huber, Allen Curtis, and William H. Duncan are included; also financial and production records; some legal papers; and a few relating to Company C, Second Regiment, Nevada National Guard. Among the 14 bound volumes are two letter-press copy-books, one with some letters sent by Allen Curtis and John E. Boyd, but chiefly copies of statements of ore crushed, cash accounts, etc., 1865-1867, and a letterbook with letters sent by Allen A. and Melville Curtis, superintendents, October 18, 1878-May 5, 1880. Also five bound notebooks of time reports, 1878-1885; two books recording checks issued, 1865, 1870; a record of stock certificates issued, 1863-1865; miscellaneous engineering notes, 1880-1881; "Measurements," 1882-1883; accounts, 1878; and a daily record of production by individual miners (1878?).

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Manhattan Silver Mining Company of Nevada

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Austin, Lander County, Nevada was established in 1863 following the discovery of silver ore in the area. Lander County remained prosperous until the early 1880s, when mine production decreased and the United States government abandoned the silver standard. The Manhattan Silver Mining Company of Nevada was established in Austin in 1863 with H. Augustin Taylor as president and Allen A. Curtis as agent and superintendent. The company was associated with several other mining companies in the Austin ...