Archive Record
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Metadata
Object ID |
1000.122.03 |
Title |
From the Comstock Lode to Chevy Chase |
Object Name |
Exhibit |
Date |
1998 |
Creator |
Eleanor Ford |
Description |
From the Comstock Lode to Chevy Chase (p. 3 of 7: see 1000.122.01-02 and 1000.122.04-07) May 20, 1998 For Ed Heller's slide lecture for Chevy Chase Historical Society Panel #3 Table III. Financial showing of Washoe Mining Companies whose stocks were dealt in at the San Francisco Boards at the close of the Census year June 30, 1880: of the 103 mining companies reported, 6 show an excess in amount of dividends over assessments, and 97 an excess in amount of assessments over dividends; 14 have paid dividends, and 102 have levied assessments; 1 has paid dividends and levied no assessments; 89 have levied assessments and paid no dividends; and 13 have paid dividends and levied assessments. [List] The Comstock Lode Mining Companies (Washoe Mining District) Only 6 of these 103 mines made any profit (multiply by 25 to approximate today's dollars) [Vertical section of the Comstock Lode] The Big Bonanza Mines, California and Consolidated Virginia yielded 55% silver; 45% gold [Chart of mine products] Information and illustrations from: Eliot Lord: Comstock Mining & Mines 1959 reprint of 1883 edition Nowell-North: Berkeley, Cal. Effie Mona Mack: William Morris Stewart 1827-1909 Nevada Historical Society Quarterly, Vol. VII, 1 & 2, 1964. Douglas McDonald: Virginia City & the Silver Region of the Comstock Lode Nevada Publications, Las Vegas, 1982. T.A. Rickard: A History of American Mining McGraw Hill: N.Y. 1932. John D. Wilburn: Gold & Silver Mines on the Comstock Lode Publications Press: Mesa, Arizona 1988. Frank Wright: The Comstock Nevada Historical Society 1985. Ted Worm and Harre Demoro: The Silver Short Line Trans Anglo Books: Glendale, Cal. 1983. |