A GUIDE TO THE RECORDS OF THE

YERINGTON AND CO.

Collection no.  NC738

Yerington and Company

Henry Marvin Yerington and Captain John W. Haynie were the principal partners of Yerington and Co. In 1869, the company constructed one of the earliest V flumes in the Sierra, located in Kings Canyon, two miles west of Carson City, Nevada. Operation of the flume and also of a sawmill at nearby Ash Canyon were the company's major activities. According to the Nevada Surveyor-General's report of 1869-1870, Yerington and Co. hauled 30,000 cords of wood between December 1870 and January 1872.

SCOPE AND CONTENT

The Yerington and Co. records are contained in one archival box. Included are account ledgers, check books, receipts and vouchers, payrolls, and wood and flume agreements. There are also three townships plats of Douglas and Ormsby County. All material is original, dating from 1863-1879.

This collection is divided into the following series:

Series 1 Financial Accounts and Statements

Series 2 Company papers

Series 3 Maps

Series 1     NC738/1     Financial Accounts

Included in the series are 5 account ledgers and journals, 1869-1873; 3 cancelled check books, "Lake Bigler Toll Road Co.", 1863-1869, 1869-1871; 1 bank account book, 1871-1872; receipts and vouchers, 1869-1878; receipts and vouchers, Ash Mill, 1870-1872; payrolls, Ash Mill, 1870. Five bound volumes, loose in box, 8 folders.

Series 2     NC738/2     Company Papers

This series includes 3 wood agreements, 1871, and correspondence concerning a flume in Sierra Canon, Douglas County, Nevada 1879. 2 folders.

Series 3     NC738/3     Maps

This includes 12 plates, 1 of Ormsby County, Nevada and 2 of Douglas County, Nevada indicating land ownership and Carson City Water Company water rights. Maps are located in map drawer.