• Stocks were often issued for mines/mining companies for which very little information may be obtained because little or no activity actually occurred.


• Information on a Nevada mine/mining company may be based on:

1. An annual report to the Nevada State Inspector of Mines, if a Nevada mine/stock.


2. An article in a publication of that time--but only if the mine was major!

• The library staff is not able to determine if there is any value to a stock today.


• We regret that we do not have staff to search the references outlined below for you, but we will assist you in the library and suggest the tools you will want to use to verify existence of a mine/mining company and/or refer you to sources which, for a fee, may research for any value.
  
  There is no one place to locate this information; it differs by state and country; this research takes time and patience.


• To help you in your search, the staff will need to know the mine name, state and county of activity and approximate dates of activity.


• The Goldsheet Mining Directory includes a helpful web page of suggestions for tools to use to research obsolete stock certificates: http://www.goldsheetlinks.com/obsolete

Historic : Search year before or after date of stock certificate to verify existence/activity:

• Annual/Biennial Report of the State Mineralogist
  Perm Reserve  QE 137 A12 1866-1878


• Between 1878 - 1910, mining company information was reported in the Appendix to the Journals of the NV Senate and Assembly, found in the BGIC, Main Library, UNR


• Nevada State Inspector of Mines Report (annual or biennial)
  DeLaMare Library  TN 24 .N3 A3
  1910 - 1940 - Permanent Reserve Stacks
  1930 - 1970 - book stacks, basement


• Nevada mining stock certificates and bonds... DLM Ref  HG4910 .M34 1996


• Nevada Mines, Mills and Smelters
  Ref  TN24 N3 A33 1943-71
  book stacks: TN24 N3 A33 1955- 1971


• Names of mines of the Comstock.  Helen S. Carlson, Thesis, DeLaMare Library and Main Library  PE3999 .C375 1955


• Mining Districts and Mineral Resources of Nevada , Lincoln
  DeLaMare Library  TN 24 .N3 L5  Reference & book stacks
  Search by county and mining district; excellent source for mine information and references to articles.


• Mining districts of Nevada , NBMG Report 47, Rev. 1998
  DeLaMare Library TN 24 .3 A26  No. 47 bibliography for citations for specific mine activity


• NBMG List 11, Nevada Mining Districts File Index online


• Mines Register/Handbook DeLaMare  TN 12  .W 6 1916 - 1969
  film and paper editions


• US Bureau of Mines Mineral Resources of the U.S .:  DeLaMare   I28.37:


• World Mines Register DeLaMare  TN12 .W6 1975+


• Copper Handbook (if copper)   DeLaMare TN12 .W6 1901-1913


• Mineral Resources of the United States ( title varies)  I 28.37: year
  Review NV section, by county, Metallic and Non-Metallic volumes; mentions primary activity


• Nevada File - card file  in  DeLaMare Reference
  especially helpful for citations from historic mining sources such as  Mining and Scientific Press


• Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Publications through 1989
  DeLaMare Reference Desk     Z6034 .N44 T56 1991 check index


• Directory of Obsolete Securities
  BGIC, Main Library:   HG 4961 D56 1981


• Nevada Division of Minerals: Mining Stock Certificates


• Nevada Historical Society - 775/688-1190,   1650  N. Virginia Street, Reno


• NV State Archives, Carson City  -  775/684-3310  for pre-1920 incorporation information


• NV Secretary of State - 775/684-5708   for mine company incorporation information for mines active 1920's forward; fee based service

Contemporary activity:

• Directory of Nevada Mine Operations
  DeLaMare Library  Reference and book stacks TN 24 .N3 A35 1975+


• Major Mines of Nevada Reference & stacks  TN24 N3 M35   1989 -
  Major Mines of Nevada 2003


• The Nevada Mineral Industry   Reference & stacks TN 24 .N3 S644   1979+      on web 1994+


• Nevada Securities Division  http://sos.state.nv.us/securities/


• Nevada Division of Minerals: Mining Stock Certificates


• Bureau of Land Management, Land & Mineral Records

• California: Consolidated Index of Publications, 1880-1943 . Bulletin 131, Ref Desk
  Publications of the California Division of Mines to July 1961.
  Especially note reports in the Report of the State Mineralogist/Geologists QE89 .A2
  Review by mine name and county.


• To locate other state incorporating information both historic and contemporary:
  http://goldsheetlinks.com/


• U.S. Bureau of Mines Mineral Resources of the United States and earlier titles
  I. 28.37: year


• U. S. Geological Survey Minerals Yearbook - contemporary I19.165:year
  Review by state and county, Metallic and Non-Metallic volumes; mentions primary activity


• International mining manual/American mining and metallurgical manual
  DeLaMare  TN1 .I62 1909, 1911, 1930, 1932
  

• Canadian Mines Handbook.
  Latest in DeLaMare Ref. stacks:   HD 9506 .C22 C36


• Stock Research Information, Canadian Consulate,
  1251 Avenue of the Americas, NY, NY 10020


• Canadian mines register of dormant and defunct companies
  DeLaMare Library  HD9506 C22 N6 1960 + 3 supplements

• For a list of companies which, for a fee, will research for current value of historic stocks, US and Canada: http://www.goldsheetlinks.com /


• Including:
  RM Smythe (800) 622-1880
  Stock Search International (800) 537-4523