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Louis Janin, Virginia City Mine Supt. Check Collection

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Louis Janin, Virginia City Mine Supt. Check Collection
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Lot of 6 Virginia City, Nevada mining checks signed by Louis Janin, Jr. as superintendent for the Gould & Curry Mining Company. All have IR and Nevada adhesive revenue stamps. Issued 1866-67. Three different varieties. Janin was a prominent mining engineer who was educated at the Freiburg School of Mines. Before coming to the Comstock, he worked for the Enriquita Quicksilver Mine near San Jose, California. He began his work on the Comstock at the Mexican Mill and sought to increase silver extraction that was being lost in the slimes and tailings. Using a modified Freiberg barrel amalgamation process, he was successful in profitably re-working the tailings at the Gould & Curry Mill. He was put in charge of the Gould & Curry Mine in 1866, when it was struggling. (See: https://www.mininghistoryassociation.org/Journal/MHJ-v3-1996-Spence.pdf for a nice history of the Janin family and their many mining projects] Date: 1866-67 City: Virginia City State: Nevada HWAC# 68098