Virginia & Truckee Railroad Papers: Finding Aid

Finding aid prepared by Mitchell W. K. Toda, May 5, 2003.

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Overview of the Collection

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.

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item]. Virginia & Truckee Railroad Papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Provenance

Gift of Jerome Schwimmer, May 10, 1968.

Biographical Note

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)

Scope and Content

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).

Arrangement

This collection is arranged in one box with letters (correspondence) arranged in alphabetical order by author with other materials placed at the end.

Indexing: Subjects

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.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Huntington Library's Online Catalog.

Subjects

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.

Forms/Genres

Letters (correspondence) -- 19th century.

Additional Contributors

Yerington, Henry M., correspondent.

Box 1

mssHM 66142-66181

Boland, Thomas to Henry M. Yerington. 1898, Nov. 18. Keeler, Calif. HM 66142

Boland, Thomas to Henry M. Yerington. 1899, Mar. 21. Keeler, Calif. HM 66143

Boland, Thomas to Henry M. Yerington. 1900, July 16. Keeler, Calif. HM 66144

Boland, Thomas to Henry M. Yerington. 1904, Feb. 16. Keeler, Calif. HM 66145

Brown, L. H. to Henry M. Yerington. 1868, Jan, 16. HM 66146

Campbell, James to Henry M. Yerington. 1901, Feb. 18. Los Angeles, Calif. HM 66147

Carson and Colorado Railroad to Henry M. Yerington. 1897, May 25. Hawthorne, Nev. HM 66148

Carson and Colorado Railroad to Henry M. Yerington. 1897, Sept. 1. Hawthorne, Nev. HM 66149

Carson and Colorado Railroad to Henry M. Yerington. 1898, Jan. 17. Hawthorne, Nev. HM 66150

Carson and Colorado Railroad to Henry M. Yerington. 1899, Aug. 27. Hawthorne, Nev. HM 66151

Dexter, Henry, 1813-1910 to Henry M. Yerington. 1900, Apr. 23. New York, N.Y. HM 66152

E. H. Wilson & Co. to Henry M. Yerington. 1890, June 24. Philadelphia, Pa. HM 66153

Fulton, R. L. to Henry M. Yerington. 1895, Mar. 5. Reno, Nev. HM 66154

Gordon, C. H. to Henry M. Yerington. 1905, Jan. 31. San Francisco, Calif. HM 66155

The Great Western Ore Purchasing and Reduction Company to Henry M. Yerington. 1905, Apr. 22. Keeler, Calif. HM 66156

The Great Western Ore Purchasing and Reduction Company to Henry M. Yerington. 1906, Oct. 2. Keeler, Calif. HM 66157

Hampton Plains Exploration Company to Henry M. Yerington. 1901, Aug. 24. London, England HM 66158

Hampton Plains Exploration Company to Henry M. Yerington. 1901, Oct. 10. London, England HM 66159

Hampton Plains Exploration Company to Henry M. Yerington. 1901, Dec. 30. London, England HM 66160

[Jones, J. N.] to Henry M. Yerington. 1867, Jan. 28. San Francisco, Calif. HM 66161

Kimball manufacturing Company to Henry M. Yerington. 1874, May 24. San Francisco, Calif. HM 66162

Lawton, A. Y. to Henry M. Yerington. 1865, Mar. 13. San Francisco, Calif. HM 66163

Lawton, A. Y. to Henry M. Yerington. 1865, July 29. Boston, Mass. HM 66164

Martin, J. P. to E. B. Yerington. 1905, Nov. 8. San Francisco, Calif. HM 66165

Mills, Darius O. (Darius Ogden), 1825-1910 to D. A. Bender. 1901, Feb. 9. New York, N.Y. HM 66166

Mills, Darius O. (Darius Ogden), 1825-1910 to Henry M. Yerington. 1905, Nov. 25. New York, N.Y. HM 66167

Newman, Samuel to Henry M. Yerington. 1887, Oct. 10. San Francisco, Calif. HM 66168

Nicolls, William J. to Henry M. Yerington. 1876, May 19. Harrisburg, Pa. HM 66169

Ogden, R. L. to Henry M. Yerington. 1880, May 14. New York, N.Y. HM 66170

Pacific Lumber Company to Henry M. Yerington. 1901, Feb. 23. San Francisco, Calif. HM 66171

Rail, E. B. to Henry M. Yerington. 1872, July 15. Carson, Nev. HM 66172

Rail, E. B. to Henry M. Yerington. 1872, July 16. San Francisco, Calif. HM 66173

Rand, William W. to Henry M. Yerington. 1874, Aug. 31. Columbus, Nev. HM 66174

Smith, S. S. to Henry M. Yerington. 1880, Dec. 20. San Francisco, Calif. HM 66175

Taylor Iron Works to Henry M. Yerington. 1874, July 20. High Bridge, N.J. HM 66176

Union Pacific Railroad Company. General Freight Department to Darius O. (Darius Ogden) Mills, 1825-1910. 1876, Dec. 11. Omaha, Neb. HM 66177

Wheeler, McAllison to Henry M. Yerington. 1906, May 13. [Cerro Gordo, Calif.] HM 66178

Yerington, Henry M. to . 1879, Mar. 2. Carson, [Calif.] HM 66179

Chinese payroll. 1883, Sept. [Carson City, Nev.] HM 66180

Henry S. King & Co. Hand Book for Homeward- Bound Travellers from India, Australia, and the East. 1888, July 26-Sept. 20. HM 66181

Ephemera 1865-1875. 3 pieces