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NV - Virginia City,Storey County - 1875-1877 - Virginia & Truckee Rail Road Grab Bag

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Western Americana Start Price:75.00 USD Estimated At:150.00 - 300.00 USD
NV - Virginia City,Storey County - 1875-1877 - Virginia & Truckee Rail Road Grab Bag
Session D is a Mail-Bid Only Auction. Absentee bids will be accepted only. No live bidding will be allowed. All winners will be contacted after the auction. BIDDING ENDS MONDAY JUNE 27 AT 5PM PACIFIC TIME!!!
Lot of 45. Stored in a cover marked “Wood, Timber, for the Month of March, 1886,” are 36 duplicate receipts for shipping cords of wood in 1886. Some have some small corner folds, all in good condition. The cover is torn. Six bill of lumber receipts from 1886. Good condition. Three billheads from 1875-1877. On 3 October 1875 the Dayton Manufacturing Co. sold the railroad 73 cords of wood @3.50 a cord and 29,981 board feet of lumber for $119.92. The Chollar-Norcross-Savage Shaft Co. sold the railroad 59 1/2 cords of wood @ $11.50 per cord for a total of $684.25 on 31 May 1877. The Chollar Manufacturing Co. sold the railroad 368 cords of wood @ $11.50 per cord for $4232.00 on 31 October 1877. All in good condition.