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Hobart Mills / Overton Paychecks & Ephemera (Comstock Lumber Camp near Tahoe/Truckee)

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Hobart Mills / Overton Paychecks & Ephemera (Comstock Lumber Camp near Tahoe/Truckee)
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This item SOLD at 2017 Oct 22 @ 09:42UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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Sierra Nevada Wood & Lumber Company mini-archive. Lot of 9 includes: 1879 Virginia City, Nevada revenue imprinted check for the company signed by J.B. Overton, namesake for the town; 7 rare 1901 paystubs datelined Overton, CA; and a rare 1901 Daily Report of Logs (11.25" x 9"). The Sierra Nevada Wood & Lumber Co. was formed in 1878 by Hobart and Marlette on the east shore of Lake Tahoe. The company owned almost ten thousand acres of timber along the eastern shore of Lake Tahoe along with a mill at Incline. The project was overseen by J. B. Overton, who also served as Superintendent for the Virginia & Gold Hill Water Co. Lumber was transported using flumes, steamers and then the Virginia & Truckee Railroad. The decline of mining on the Comstock corresponded to a decreased demand for lumber. In 1894 the company sold the dam at Marlette lake to the Carson & Tahoe Lumber Company. The mill and railroad were disassembled and moved five miles north of Truckee alongside Prosser Creek at the site of the new town of Hobart Mills (Overton). City: Hobart Mills State: California Date: HWAC# 50958