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Nevada County Mining and Business Directory 108491

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Nevada County Mining and Business Directory  108491
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Quebedeaux 39: "First separate county directory since 1871; an important work on mining and business activity in Nevada County in the mid-1890s. Unique local history of mining camps. Rare." Purple/blue font and back boards. Nevada County Mining and Business Directory. 1895. "Comprising an Alphabetically Arranged List of Residents. A Classified List of All Trades, Professions and Pursuits. City and County Officials, Churches, Schools, Secret Societies, Etc. Historical Sketches of Nevada County. An Alphabetically Arranged List of Mines, with Engravings and Special Notices. Maps, General Information, Etc." By John Edmund Poingdestre. Pacific Press Publishing Co., Oakland, Cal. Index in beginning listing by categories and an index for the advertisers (for Nevada County, San Francisco, and Sacramento). Includes foldout geologic map of Nevada County and a map of Grass Valley and Nevada City. Great ads, like for the Union Hotel(advertising no Chinese employed) or S.F. businesses such as Selby Smelting. Condition: spine missing. Toning to pages. Some separating of binding starting. Missing first unpaginated advertisement page.Leather binding information torn from spine but torn off piece is inside front cover with spine lettering intact. 241 pages. Tri-fold Geological Map of Nevada County with Gold Quartz Mines, Silver and Lead, Copper Limestone Magnesite, Iron, Manganese, and Chromic Iron locations identified. Early Photographs of key locations, mines and mineworks/mining scenes found throughout. City: State: California Date: 1895