Manhattan Silver Mining Company of Nevada Austin. Stagecoach Robbery Letter, Silver Bars stolen.[x=#8211/] One page letter on the Manhattan Silver Mining Co. of NV stationery signed by Morgan L. Ogden, Sec of Company in NY office. Ogden writes Allen Curtis, Superintendent of the mine in Nevada, about a claim the company has made for six silver bars stolen from a Wells Fargo stagecoach. The letter discusses the ingots in detail. Letters discussing stagecoach robberies, particularly that of ingots are exceptionally rare.Letter No.224 on company stationery dated October 4th 1872. Old, preprinted date of 186_ overwritten as is old address on No.20 Nassau St. (room 3) in New York with 113 Broadway. Addressed to Mr. Allen A. Curtis, Agent in Austin, Nevada. [x=#8220/]Dear Sir, Your favors of the 17th and 24th all have been received. I have today made a clear claim against Wells Fargo & Co. for the value of the six Silver Bars taken from the stage by robbers on the 25th also. They say that they had not heard of the robbery and will today telegraph on the subject. No doubt the claim will be paid. You will find herewith particulars of a reclamation amounting to $167.30 on 10 silver bars, No. 3450 [x=#8211/] 3459, recharged at the U.S. Assay Office, N.Y. You will notice that the heavy extra charges occur only on bars less than 750 fine. ... Yours truly Morgan D. Ogden, Secty.[x=#8221/] Curtis was the agent in charge of operations in Austin where the company had successfully bought up most of the producing mines in the area over a six-year period ending in 1871. He was also later a director of a railroad and a owner of a bank, Paxton & Curtis in Austin. An interesting point besides the Stagecoach Robbery is the extra charges that the N.Y. Assay office charged for refining Silver bars below 750 fine. The New York assay office was used because the Manhattan SMC was based in New York. Very fine. Check the Mining Section for other ingot and assay related items. Austin Nevada