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Title: O. S. Dawson papers
Creator:
Dawson, O. S.
Identifier/Call Number: mssHM 65681-65748
Physical Description:
2.4 Linear Feet
(2 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1873-1911
Abstract: This collection contains correspondence and documents, dating from 1873 to 1911, related to the legal and business affairs
of O. S. Dawson, the Sonora Consolidated Mining Company and the Hidden Treasure Consolidated Mining Company in the Bodie Mining
District, California, and the Ramsey-Ottawa Mining Company in Nevada.
Language of Material: English.
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[Identification of item]. O. S. Dawson papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Provenance
Purchased from Talisman Press, May and September 1979.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of correspondence and documents related to the legal and business affairs of O. S. Dawson, the Sonora
Consolidated Mining Company and the Hidden Treasure Consolidated Mining Company in Bodie Mining District, California, and
the Ramsey-Ottawa Mining Company in Nevada. It includes receipts, plats, reports, notices of mining locations, surveys, and
financial accounts. The letters, written by Dawson and various business partners and mine managers, discuss details about
the management of mines, possible lawsuits, outstanding debts, and possible mine purchases in California and Nevada; there
is one item regarding mining in Utah. The collection contains 78 pieces of ephemera, including three cartes-de-visite of O.
S. Dawson.
Indexing: Subjects
Mining – Utah
- 1873, Oct. 23. Articles of Agreement between S. A. McConnell and O. S. Dawson. HM 65681.
Plats
- 1880, Apr. 1. Plat of the Glendover Mine Situated in Bodie Mining District, Mono County, California. HM 65699. In Oversize
Items.
- [n.d.]. A H. W. letter to O. S. Dawson. Includes plat of mining areas in Nevada. HM 65748.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Gold mines and mining -- California
Gold mines and mining -- Nevada
Mines and mineral resources -- California
Mines and mineral resources -- Nevada
Mines and mineral resources -- Utah.
Mining corporations -- California
Mining corporations -- Nevada
Silver mines and mining -- California
Silver mines and mining -- Nevada
Bodie (Calif.) -- History -- Sources
Business records -- Southwest, New
Cartes-de-visite
Letters (correspondence) -- Southwest, New
Plats -- Southwest, New
Receipts
Reports