This group contains material related to mining activities in the White Pine Mining District, Nevada. Included are a handwritten memo of the costs of a proposed "Smelting and Mining Company" along with a list of shareholders, a memorandum of agreement signed by Jeremiah Wilbur and relating to his purchase of "St. Paul" silver mine in White Pine, and a variety of printed prospectuses from the Pinto Consolidated Silver Mining and Smelting Company, The Pinto Silver Mining Company, the Hamilton Mining and Smelting Company, and the Hamilton Smelting Company, all based in London, England. Mines mentioned in these documents include the Maryland Mine, the Buckeye and Champion Mines, the South Aurora Mine, the Eberhardt and Aurora Mines, the Silver Star Mine, the Massachusetts Mine, the Marion Mine, the Eureka Mine, the Ethan Allen Mine, and the Ebenezer Mine. Several blank applications for shares are also included.
