Category: Nevada
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Joseph T. Kennedy
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Read more: Joseph T. KennedyBackground and History The White Pine silver rush at Hamilton and Treasure Hill was in full swing by 1870, barely 2 years old. It attracted miners and prospectors from all over America, particularly the African American community from the California bay area as evidenced in the Elevator newspaper which promoted black business. There is no…
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Theall & Co, Assayers
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Read more: Theall & Co, AssayersThe Theall Co. were classic Comstock era assayers, who branched out to many of the Nevada silver mining camps as news of their discoveries were announced to the public. H. W. Theall, born in New York in 1827, bought E. Justh’s assaying business in Marysville in 1859. At the time, his competition was the well…
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Knight and Company, Assayers
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Read more: Knight and Company, AssayersKnight formed a partnership with experienced California and Nevada assayer H. Harris in Marysville. Knight’s early work in Unionville, Nevada Territory, gave him the experience necessary to run his own assay business, and he bought Harris’ Marysville Pioneer Assay Office in 1863 after spending part of a year in Unionville. Harris went on to establish…