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Virginia City,NV - Storey County - 1916 - Mining Report to Stockholders :

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Virginia City,NV - Storey County - 1916 - Mining Report to Stockholders :
This report is concerned with informing and persuading stockholders to reinvest in specific mining companies of the Comstock. The report is focused the operations of the Savage Gold and Silver Mining Company, Hale & Norcross Mining Company, Chollar Mining Company and Potosi Mining Company. Included in this report is an argument by the mining directors concerned with why the new electric pumps warrant reopening the Combination Shaft and others. Pumping ceased in 1886 on the Combination Shaft at a time when “Cornish pumps were the rule.” The report focuses on the ability of new technologies to access remaining ore bodies. Included are two fold-out maps and a photographic print of an electric pump. The report and maps are in very good condition.