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Title: Virginia & Truckee Railroad Papers
Dates (inclusive): 1865-1906
Collection Number: mssHM 66142-66181
Creator: Virginia & Truckee Railroad.
Extent: 40 pieces in 1 box.
Repository:
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.
Manuscripts Department
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Phone: (626) 405-2129
Email: reference@huntington.org
URL: http://www.huntington.org
Abstract: This collection primarily consists of business correspondence addressed to Henry M. Yerington, vice president of the Virginia
& Truckee Railroad, dating from 1865-1906.
Subjects include mines and mineral resources in Nevada and Cerro Gordo, California; pumping machinery, and water rights in
Inyo County, California.
Language: English.
Open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services
Department. For more information, contact Reader Services.
The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to
quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such
activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is
one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.
[Identification of item]. Virginia & Truckee Railroad Papers, The Huntington
Library, San Marino, California.
Gift of Jerome Schwimmer, May 10, 1968.
The Virginia & Truckee Railroad was incorporated in Nevada on May 8, 1867, but
construction did not get fully underway until March 5, 1868. This standard gauge
railroad went from Minden, Nevada to Reno where it meets the Central Pacific
Railroad. It connected the mines of the Comstock Lode near Virginia City, Nevada
with quartz reduction mills along the Carson River and lumberyards near Carson City.
Related Materials in the Huntington Library
- Nevada Railroads Collection (Call number: mssNevada railroads)
This collection primarily consists of business correspondence addressed to Henry M. Yerington, vice president of the Virginia
& Truckee Railroad.
Subjects include mines and mineral resources in Nevada and Cerro Gordo, California; pumping machinery, and water rights in
Inyo County, California.
Of particular interest is a payroll sheet for Chinese laborers (HM 66180) at the Carson Dump, a large lumberyard a mile south
of Carson City, Nevada, and James A.
Yerington’s
Hand Book for Homeward- Bound Travellers from India, Australia, and the East, published by Henry S. King & Co., which contain his notes (HM 66181).
This collection is arranged in one box with letters (correspondence) arranged in alphabetical order by author with other materials
placed at the end.
Chinese – Labor – Nevada
- 1881, Sept., Chinese payroll. HM 66180.
Mines and mineral resources – Nevada
- 1897, May 25, Carson and Colorado Railroad, letter to Henry M. Yerington. HM 66148.
- 1897, Sept. 1, Carson and Colorado Railroad, letter to Henry M. Yerington. HM 66149.
Mines and mineral resources – California – Cerro Gordo
- 1904, Feb. 16, Thomas Boland, letter to Henry M. Yerington. HM 66145.
- 1901, Feb. 18. James Campbell, letter to Henry M. Yerington. HM 66147.
- 1905, Apr. 22, The Great Western Ore Purchasing and Reduction Company, letter to Henry M. Yerington. HM 66156.
- 1901, Feb. 23, Pacific Lumber Company, letter to Henry M. Yerington. HM 66171.
- 1906, May 13, McAllison Wheeler, letter to Henry M. Yerington. HM 66178.
Pumping machinery
- 1872, July 15, E. B. Rail, letter to Henry M. Yerington, HM 66172.
Water rights – California – Inyo County
- 1900, July 16, Thomas Boland, letter to Henry M. Yerington. HM 66144.
Voyages and travel – Guidebooks
- 1888, Henry S. King & Co., Hand Book for Homeward-Bound Travellers from India, Australia, and the East. HM 66181.
Voyages and travel – history – 19th century
- 1888, Henry S. King & Co., Hand Book for Homeward-Bound Travellers from India, Australia, and the East. HM 66181.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
Huntington Library's Online Catalog.
Mills, Darius O.
(Darius Ogden), 1825-1910.
Virginia & Truckee
Railroad.
Chinese -- Nevada -- History --
Sources.
Mines and mineral resources --
Nevada.
Mines and mineral resources --
California -- Cerro Gordo.
Pumping machinery.
Railroads -- Nevada -- History --
Sources.
Travel -- Guidebooks.
Voyages and travels -- History -- 19th
century.
Water rights -- California -- Inyo
County.
Working class -- Nevada -- History --
Sources.
Letters (correspondence) -- 19th
century.
Yerington, Henry M., correspondent.