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Report of State Mineralogist, Nevada, 1873 and 1874--First Analysis of the Big Bonanza [166784]

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Report of State Mineralogist, Nevada, 1873 and 1874--First Analysis of the Big Bonanza [166784]
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Carson City: John J. Hill, State Printer, SPO, 1875. First edition, limited to 3000 copies of which 500 were bound in cloth. 8 7/8 x 5 3/4. 191 pages. This copy is in original mauve printed wraps. Nevada Imprints 195; Armstrong, Nevada Printing History 807. Not in Paher's Nevada Bibliography. Henry R. Whitehill was the state mineralogist. Early report referencing Nevada mining including a wealth of valuable data regarding all the mines. The report starts out with a brief review of Silver Mines of the world. After a brief report on all the counties with some more detail on Nye County (the Philadelphia and the Jefferson Canon Districts) a great deal (55 pgs.) is devoted to Storey County and the Comstock Lode including discussion of "The Big Bonanza" shortly after its discovery. Much detail on the Crown Point, Belcher, Chollar-Potosi and especially on the Consolidated Virginia mine operations. The first analysis of the extent of the Big Bonanza is detailed along with estimations of the adjacent California mine where assays ranged from an average of $1200 to a high of over $8000 per ton. Included is a 50-page supplement, "Showing Proceeds of Mines during the years 1871, 72, 73 and the first three quarters of 1874" with data for many hundreds of mines in tons and value produced for each per quarter. Front cover has slight staining, some soiling and chipping, but overall, very good.

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State: Nevada
City: Virginia City
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