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Sierra Nevada Wood & Lumber Co. Revenue Checks, Virginia City, Nevada [155490]

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Mining Start Price:50.00 USD Estimated At:100.00 - 150.00 USD
Sierra Nevada Wood & Lumber Co. Revenue Checks, Virginia City, Nevada [155490]
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55.00USDto e******n+ buyer's premium (13.75)
This item SOLD at 2023 Apr 02 @ 11:14UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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Lot of 3. The Sierra Nevada Wood & Lumber Co. was formed in 1878 by WS Hobart and SH Marlette on the east shore of Lake Tahoe. This company was a lumber supplier for the Comstock mines. 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 steamers, a railroad at Incline, flumes, and then the Virginia & Truckee Railroad in Carson. 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). 1-2) Two Nevada Bank of San Francisco with light brown print and RN-G imprinted revenues (one is brown by oxidation). Both issued in 1880 and signed by JB Overton. 3) Nevada Bank of San Francisco, purple print, RN-G. Issued in 1881 to A. Campbell. Signed by JB Overton.

Date: 1880-1881
Country (if not USA):
State: Nevada
City: Virginia City
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