Chauncey Belknap Land papers, 1863-1889.

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Chauncey Belknap Land papers, 1863-1889.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26863565

Include letter from James G. Fair, Feb. 25, 1875; stock certificates for mines in Nevada and California; photograph of family ore reduction mill in Virginia City, Nevada.

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Land, Chauncey Belknap, 1821-1877.

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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...