Grant H. Smith The History of the Comstock Lode 1850-1920, Geology and Mining Series No. 37, University of Nevada Bulletin: Reno, Nevada, vol. XXXVII. 1 July 1943, no. 3, (revised 1966), Ninth printing, 1980. 305 pp., 1877, 1860s
[p. 126] Chapter XV The Gloomy Year of 1870-The Crown Point Revival in 1871-The Boom of 1872-Sharon-Jones Contest for Senate
[Footnote: "A considerable number of Crown Point stockholders organized in May, 1877, and protested vigorously against the practice of the management in milling ore in their private mills instead of the company's mill." Mining and Scientific Press, May 19, 1877.]
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