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Virginia City,NV - Storey County - 1864 - Bonner, Charles Signed Check to Kidd, William. :

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Virginia City,NV - Storey County - 1864 - Bonner, Charles Signed Check to Kidd, William. :
Issued Dec. 3, 1864 to William Kidd for $247.50. Signed by Charles Bonner. William Kidd was known to operate a mining team in the Hope Gulch area (c. 1870's) (REF: Hall, Old Heart of Nevada, 99.) Bonner was a mining supervisor of Gould & Curry in Virginia City. Bonner is noted to have a more accurate estimate of processing ore at the Gould & Curry Mill in 1864. An elaborate structure built in the shape of a Greek cross, the mill was initially supposed to process ore using the Veatch process at roughly $38/ton. Bonner estimated it at closer to $50/ton. The mine was later reconstructed at a cost of $560,000 (Holabird). Fine.