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Ladies of the Carson City Mint
On January 23, Bob Nylen,
Curator of History at the Nevada
State Museum in Carson City, gave a
lively presentation on the building’s
original purpose
as a federal factory
of silver
coins, most notably
the now rare
Carson City dollar.
Early photographs
show several
small chimneys
and one
huge stack poking
up from the
roof of the Carson
City Mint, an
indication of the
many assay and
coin-making furnaces
where a rather
large number of young single ladies
toiled away for many years until the
silver ore ran out on the Comstock.
Old drawings and photographs show
long tables surrounded by “adjustors”
equipped with precise scales, who
methodically weighed each coin and
trimmed off a few flakes of silver or
gold if necessary. Those trimmings
were so valuable that their workclothes
were burned to recover each
tiny filing.
The original coin stamp, which had been carted off to San Francisco
years ago after the Mint was closed,
was brought back to the Mint when it
was transformed into the Nevada
State Museum.
It sat immobile
until the train
mechanics down
at the V&T museum
worked on
and got it up and
running again.
Now it is used
often to strike
medallions and
commemoration
coins. The photograph
shows
Bob Nylen with
the famous coin
stamp machine. 
Member Holly Van
Valkenburgh did a great job of organizing
the program at the State Museum
and then lunch afterwards at
B’Spaghetti’s Restaurant.
A few days after the event,
Bob Nylen was asked by the U.S. Mint
to send them a copy of his presentation
so that they can do an article for
their newsletter in honor of
Women’s History Month in March.
He’s also grateful for our paying the
entrance fees, as every little bit helps
in these dire economic times.

Heidi Englund: New Program Chair
We welcome Heidi
Englund to the Leadership
Committee of the NWHP. She
just started her new job as a
Library Technician in the Research
Library for the Nevada
Historical Society, in Reno, after
running the Research Library
for the Nevada Department
of Transportation for four
years. Heidi grew up in Gardnerville,
and has lived in Carson
City, Las Vegas and Ely, before
moving to Reno, where she
now lives with her husband
Eric. She attended school at
Western Nevada Community
College, and has been a member
of the Nevada Women’s
History Project for five years.

Invitation to help
with Marketing and Publicity:
Can you do marketing or
publicity with little or no
funding? Would you like to
learn? If so, you are you
might be the perfect choice
for the NWHP Marketing
and Publicity Committee.
Contact Lisa-Marie
Lightfoot at 775-849-2050
or lightfeet@charter.net.
Docents need for Thursday, May 27, 2010, if you would liked to be trained to do a Caughlin Ranch House tour for Washoe County School District, please contact Lisa-Marie Lightfoot at 849-2050 or lightfeet@charter.net. Period dress is optional.
If you are able to organize a NWHP calling tree, please contact Lisa-Marie Lightfoot at 849-2050 or lightfeet@charter.net.
If you have the time to help review the NWHP webpage, please contact Lisa-Marie Lightfoot at 849-2050 or lightfeet@charter.net.
If you have time to help with publicity/member communication, please contact Lisa-Marie Lightfoot at 849-2050 or lightfeet@charter.net.
If you can help Jean Ford research Center by picking up phone calls, please call Kay Sanders at 747-1740 or Grace Davis at 853-3200.
Story Corps is coming to Reno and NWHP will be particpating: We need volunteer to woman a table, providing handouts and information about NWHP. The date is Saturday, May 1st, 2010. Shifts are 9-11AM, 11-1:00 PM. 1-2:45 PM-you can take multiple shifts if you wish. PLEASE, PLEASE contact Patti Bernard, 826-3612, awtuv@pyramid.net or Marcia Cucarro, 883-1454, vergato1@sbcglobal.net if you can help!

New Opportunity for People Who
Love to Write and Edit
The position of editor of
the newsletter will be vacant by
the end of May. If you love to
write and edit other members’
articles, this is the job for you. If
you also have a knack for taking
photographs and formatting
them for inclusion in the newsletter,
so much the better!
Luckily, you don’t have to do the
formatting and layout, since we
have a professional staff at LRP
Printing who does that. This is
not a time consuming position,
either, because the newsletter is
published only three times a year
(February, May, and October).
Other volunteers produce and
apply the mailing labels and take the newsletters to the post office,
for bulk mailing. As an
added perk, you will be a member
of the leadership committee
for the Nevada Women’s
History Project, intimately involved
in creating new projects
and programs. Please contact
LisaMarie Lightfoot
(lightfeet@charter.net) if you
are interested in this interesting
opportunity.

Save This Information for Missing Newsletters
For missing printed
newsletters, please
contact Grace Davis @
853-3200 or
kandgdavis@pyramid.net.
For missing digital
newsletters, please
contact Marcia Cuccaro
@ 883-1454 or vergato1@sbc.global.net.
One of the most
common problems with
the digital newsletters
comes when an email
address is changed.

Volunteer Help Wanted!
We need someone to help pick up NWHP telephone messages.
Can be done from your home.
Please contact Kay Sanders at 747-1740 or Grace Davis at 853-3200.
Mission Statement
To provide visibility and
support for the gathering
and dissemination of history
about the roles and
contributions of Nevada
women of every race, class
and ethnic background.
We
welcome your feedback
on how we can make this site a better resource for you in the future.
We
thank you for your visit and encourage you to stay.
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