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Comstock Lode and the Washoe District 1882 Atlas Part Two INTERESTING EXTREMELY

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Comstock Lode and the Washoe District 1882 Atlas Part Two INTERESTING EXTREMELY. Condition is "Used". Shipped with USPS First Class.
This may be the most interesting items I’ve ever rescued and hardest to sell because they’re absolutely beautiful and intriguing.
I’ve included a pencil in the pictures so you can see the large size of these.
I’ve included the contents of all 21 pieces
Each are numbered
They all fold
Some are stamped with McKendree College Lebanon Illinois
I have the book cover which is included
These NEED to be preserved!!! I’ll let the new owner do this as I am unsure what the purpose will be for the lucky new owners but I promise you’ll love them.
Information about each -
1. Title page
Department of the interior - United States geological survey - Clarence King Director - Atlas to accompany the monograph and the geology of the Comstock Lode and Washoe District.
By George F Becker - 1882 Washington-Julius Bien & Co. Lith. New York
2. Contents page
3. Map of the Washoe District Showing Mining Claims. Atlas Sheet III - claims mapped by Hoffman and Craven 1881 - Topography by U. S. Geological surveys west of the 100th Meridian- G. F. Becker Geologist in charge
4. Geological map of Washoe District Atlas Sheet IV
5. Vertical cross sections of the Lode - Atlas Sheet V. Mapping by R. H. Stretch. Includes section through Utah shaft union shaft sierra Nevada shaft section through C. and C. shaft
6. Vertical cross sections of the lode - Atlas Sheet VI including vertical section and wind of central tunnel and vertical section through Baltimore and foreman shafts
7. Vertical cross sections of the Lode - Atlas Sheet VII. Includes section through Hale and Norcross shaft, section through yellow jacket shafts, section through Belcher mine, faulted structure of the Sutro tunnel section logarithmic curves
8. Horizontal section of the Lode at the Sutro Tunnel Level - north end - Atlas Sheet VIII -
9. Horizontal section of the Comstock Lode at the Sutro tunnel level - atlas sheet ix South End
10. Longitudinal Vertical Projection of the Comstock Lode Number 1 - Atlas Sheet X
11. Atlas Sheet XI Longitudinal vertical projection of the Comstock Lode Number II
12. Atlas Sheet XII longitudinal vertical projection of the Comstock Lode Number III
13. Atlas Sheet XIII Comstock Mine Maps Number I
14. (More rips/tears than others but still together) Atlas Sheet XIV - Comstock Mine Maps Number II - Mapping by the official surveyors.
15. Comstock mind map Atlas Sheet XV number III
16. (More rips/tears than others but still together) Atlas Sheet XVI - Comstock Mine Map Number IV
17. Atlas sheet XVII Comstock mine map number V
18. Atlas Sheet XVIII Comstock mine map number VI
19. Atlas Sheet XIX Comstock mine maps number VII
20. Atlas Sheet XX Comstock Mine Maps Number VIII
21. Atlas Sheet XXI Comstock mine maps Nimber IX - Knickerbocker shaft Baltimore American shaft
Please be aware - there is some aging to the maps and atlas sheets but they are still a gem. With preservation I hope these being much joy to someone and are kept for our nations history.
I am NOT willing to sell them separate and please do not message me explaining how I can make a lot more money blah blah blah - my intentions with these are solely money or profit they are preservation.
If you’ve read this far then you are truly interested and Iam willing to offers - enjoy!