Mining Records 1930-1974

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Mining Records 1930-1974

Materials documenting fatal accident cases showing the name of the deceased, the company, county, date and cause of death; Nevada mine management personnel; Nevada mining companies reports; recommendations; hoisting engineers license papers, property inventory.

13 cubic feet

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SNAC Resource ID: 8271771

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Nevada Industrial Commission

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The Nevada Industrial Commission was created by the Nevada Legislature in 1913 to provide for the creation and disbursement of funds for the compensation and care of workmen injured in the course of employment or compensation to their dependents where such injuries result in death. From the description of Nevada Industrial Commission records, 1913-1914. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 54833860 The Nevada Industrial Commission was create...

Nevada State Mining Inspector

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The Office of the Inspector of Mines was created in 1909, the duties of which were "to visit each mining county in the state, examine all such mines...for the purpose to determining the condition of such mines as to safety, and to collect information andstatistics..., arrange and classify mineral and geological specimens..., and to establish a uniform code of signals to be applied in the industry. In 1911 the inspector's term of office due to expire in 1913, was extended...