Best and Belcher Mining Company records, 1859-1928.

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Best and Belcher Mining Company records, 1859-1928.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/71130179

Correspondence, financial records, and other documents including a copybook containing letters (1874-1880), of company superintendents James G. Fair, Frank F. Osbiston, and Henry H. Penoyer; records and reports of daily operations; an employee timebook (1885-1891); and minutes of board of directors' meetings (1906, 1914-1928).

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Nevada State Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 8076707

Nevada State Historical Society

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

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Best and Belcher Mining Company (Gold Hill, Nev.)

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Precious metal mining company, of Virginia City, Nev. From the description of Best and Belcher Mining Company records, 1859-1928. (Nevada State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 71130179 ...

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...

Penoyer, Henry H.

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Osbiston, Frank F.

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