Virginia and Gold Hill Water Company Records
J.B. Overton Papers
J.B. Overton Records. 1863-1928; bulk 1873-1901. 34 folders. WATER-0001
 Overton was the superintendent of the V&GHWC from 1873-1906. This series documents his management of the water company and his business interests in the Sierra Wood and Lumber Company and Hobart Mills. The series includes inventories of company property; business correspondence regarding Overton's real estate properties in Oakland, California; financial statements and related correspondence; deeds and agreements from Pope and Stockham; payroll statements related to the lumber company; and correspondence from Sam Davis regarding Washoe Valley flume use; Edgerton, Allen & Company related to purchases; letters from James G. Fair regarding the #3 inverted flume pipe and water usage by mills; and correspondence from Walter S. Hobart, James Leonard, S.H. Marlette, Peter McEwen, James McCauley, J.H. Roberts, J.R. White, the Virginia and Truckee Railroad Company, and misc. other senders. The McCauley correspondence includes his reports on the history of the ice making industry in the Sierra Nevada Mountains and his role in it.
Photo Credit: J.B. Overton, 186? Photograph courtesy of the Special Collections Department, University of Nevada, Reno, Library. UNRS-P1987-19-01.
Note on abbreviations:
Virginia and Gold Hill Water Company = V&GH Water Co
Sierra Nevada Wood and Lumber Company = SNW&L Co
Virginia City = V.C.
SERIES: J.B. OVERTON INVENTORY OF PROPERTY OWNED BY OVERTON AND CONTAINED IN APARTMENTS OVER OFFICE OF V&GH WATER CO. N.D. WATER-0001 001
SERIES: J.B. OVERTON OVERTON PROPERTY IN OAKLAND. RECEIPTS FOR REPAIRS 1891-1889 WATER-0001 002-003
SERIES: J.B. OVERTON SNW&L CO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, CORRESPONDENCE, INVOICES. 1879-1894 WATER-0001 004-005
SERIES: J.B. OVERTON SNW&L CO INVOICES AND RECEIPTS 1881-1889 WATER-0001 006
SERIES: J.B. OVERTON LEGAL OPINION BY C. HILLYER TO OVERTON REGARDING OBLIGATIONS OF THE WATER COMPANY TO SUPPLY WATER V.C. 1878 WATER-0001 007
SERIES: J.B. OVERTON POPE AND STOCKHAM DEEDS, AGREEMENTS, LIEN, JUDGMENT 1863-1876; 1895 WATER-0001 008
SERIES: J.B. OVERTON COMPANY AGREEMENT WITH LEVI H. FINK TO OPERATE THE ST. LOUIS MINE 1890-1802 WATER-0001 009
SERIES: J.B. OVERTON SAM DAVIS CORRESPONDENCE REGARDING WASHOE VALLEY FLUME USE 1897 WATER-0001 010
SERIES: J.B. OVERTON CORRESPONDENCE FROM WALTER E. DEAN TO OVERTON 1892-1902 WATER-0001 011
SERIES: J.B. OVERTON CORRESPONDENCE TO OVERTON FROM EGERTON, ALLEN & COMPANY REGARDING PURCHASES, APRIL-MAY 1874; 1885 WATER-0001 012-014
SERIES: J.B. OVERTON CORRESPONDENCE FROM JAMES G. FAIR TO OVERTON REGARDING PIPE #3 AND USE OF WATER BY MILLS 1889; 1886 WATER-0001 015
SERIES: J.B. OVERTON FINANCIAL CORRESPONDENCE TO OVERTON 1881-1893 WATER-0001 016-017
SERIES: J.B. OVERTON CORRESPONDENCE FROM WALTER S. HOBART TO OVERTON 1877-1900 WATER-0001 018-019
SERIES: J.B. OVERTON CORRESPONDENCE FROM AND REGARDING HOP WAH YUEN WATER RENTS 1900-1908 WATER-0001 020
SERIES: J.B. OVERTON CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN JAMES LEONARD AND OVERTON 1904-1907 WATER-0001 021
SERIES: J.B. OVERTON CORRESPONDENCE FROM S.H. MARLETTE AND OTHERS 1877-1901 WATER-0001 022
SERIES: J.B. OVERTON CORRESPONDENCE FROM PETER MCEWEN & D.H. MCEWEN 1889-1899 WATER-0001 023
SERIES: J.B. OVERTON CORRESPONDENCE FROM JOHN MCCAULEY 1877-1898 WATER-0001 024
SERIES: J.B. OVERTON JOHN MCCAULEY'S ACCOUNT OF ICE BUSINESS IN SIERRA NEVADA 1870-1898 WATER-0001 025
SERIES: J.B. OVERTON CORRESPONDENCE FROM JOHN MCCAULEY 1899-1904 WATER-0001 026
SERIES: J.B. OVERTON CORRESPONDENCE OF J.H. ROBERTS REGARDING TAKING WATER & TIMBER WITHOUT PERMISSION 1889; 1893 WATER-0001 027
SERIES: J.B. OVERTON TAX CORRESPONDENCE 1873 WATER-0001 028
SERIES: J.B. OVERTON THOMPSON AND COMPANY TIME CHECKS [PAYMENT FOR WOOD CUTTERS] 1893 WATER-0001 029
SERIES: J.B. OVERTON PAYROLL RECORDS INCLUDING WOOD CUTTING CONTRACT 1890s WATER-0001 030
SERIES: J.B. OVERTON CORRESPONDENCE FROM J.R. WHITE OF HOBART LUMBER MILLS 1898-1900 WATER-0001 031
SERIES: J.B. OVERTON CORRESPONDENCE FROM MISCELLANEOUS SENDERS 1874-1900 WATER-0001 032
SERIES: J.B. OVERTON CORRESPONDENCE WITH VIRGINIA AND TRUCKEE RAILROAD REGARDING WATER RATES AND SUPPLY 1905; 1914 WATER-0001 033
SERIES: J.B. OVERTON CORRESPONDENCE TO JAMES LEONARD 1901-1928 WATER-0001 034
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