Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Company Records: Finding Aid

Finding aid prepared by Jennifer L. Martinez, July 18, 2002.

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Overview of the Collection

Title: Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Company Records

Dates (inclusive): 1917-1919

Collection Number: mssHM 64149-64257

Creator: Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Company.

Extent: 109 pieces in 2 boxes

Repository: The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. Manuscripts Department

1151 Oxford Road

San Marino, California 91108

Phone: (626) 405-2129

Email: reference@huntington.org

URL: http://www.huntington.org

Abstract: This collection chiefly contains correspondence from the offices of the Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. in Los Angeles, California, to its mining facility in Randsburg, California, dating from 1917-1919.

Language: English.

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Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item]. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Company Records, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Provenance

Purchased from Greg Bock, February 17, 1999.

Related Materials

James D. Hague Papers, Huntington Library (Call number: mssHague Papers). Box 21 contains 4 pieces on the Yellow Aster Mine, 1899-1901.
Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Company Records, California State Library, California History Room

Historical Note

Charles Austin Burcham, John Singleton, and Frederic M. Mooers staked their claim on the Rand Mine, later renamed the Yellow Aster Mine, on April 25, 1895 in eastern Kern County, California. Approximately 150 men were employed at the Yellow Aster by the end of 1899, and both a thirty stamp mill and a one hundred stamp mill were constructed by 1901. After the deaths of Mooers (1900), Burcham (1913) and Singleton (1914), lawsuits over the ownership of the mine eventually gave way to the control of Albert Ancker and Arthur Asher, whose families had long been associated with the Tehachapi and Mojave areas. However, Dr. Rose La Monte Burcham, wife of Charles Austin Burcham, continued to hold a position on the Yellow Aster’s board of directors and retained many of the company’s shares.

Bibliography

Wynn, Marcia Rittenhouse. Desert Bonanza: The Story of Early Randsburg, Mojave Desert Mining Camp. Glendale, Calif.: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1963.

Scope and Content

Much of the collection consists of correspondence from the offices of the Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. in Los Angeles, California, to its mining facility in Randsburg, Calif. The correspondence (including telegrams) often discusses billing expenses, supplies, and the operations of the mine. Individuals frequently represented in the correspondence include Albert Ancker (Vice President of Yellow Aster), Arthur Asher (President of Yellow Aster), H. L. Bennett, Rose La Monte Burcham, J. H. Farrell, Mr. Manby, George W. Paymal (Superintendent of the Yellow Aster), George W. Schilling, and Mr. Woodling.

Of note in the collection is some correspondence in April 1918 between the Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. and a C. J. Elsasser of the Industrial Accident Commission concerning the injury and disability case of a mine employee named Teodoro Bayo.

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically in 2 boxes:

Box 1: 1917–1918 July 30
Box 2: 1918 Aug. 1–1919 Jan. 14

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Huntington Library's Online Catalog.

Subjects

Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Company.

Gold mines and mining -- California -- Randsburg.

Randsburg (Calif.) -- History -- 20th century -- Sources.

Forms/Genres

Business records -- California, Southern -- 20th century.

Letters (correspondence) -- California, Southern -- 20th century.

Telegrams -- California, Southern -- 20th century.

Additional Contributors

Ancker, Albert.

Asher, Arthur.

Bennett, H. L.

Burcham, Rose La Monte.

Farrell, J. H.

Paymal, George W.

Schilling, George W.

Box 1

1917-1918 July

1917, Jan. 3. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) HM 64149

1917, Oct. 3. [Accounts of] cash paid out to C.G. De Plantey’s men, October 3, 1917 HM 64150

1917, Nov. 3. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) HM 64151

1917, Nov. 3. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) HM 64152

1917, Nov. 6. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) HM 64153

1917, Nov. 9. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) HM 64154

1917, Dec. 10. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) HM 64155

1917, Dec. 11. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) HM 64156

1917, Dec. 14. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) HM 64157

1917, Dec. 17. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) HM 64158

1917, Dec. 24. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) HM 64159

1917, Dec. 26. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) HM 64160

1917, Dec. 27. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) HM 64161

1917, Dec. 28. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) HM 64162

1917, Dec. 31. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) HM 64163

1918, Jan. 7. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to Mr. Manby HM 64164

1918, Jan. 8. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) HM 64165

1918, Jan. 9. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) HM 64166

1918, Jan. 15. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) HM 64167

1918, Jan. 15. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to HM 64168

1918, Jan. 16. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) HM 64169

1918, Jan. 18. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) HM 64170

1918, Jan. 21. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) HM 64171

1918, Feb. 4. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) HM 64172

1918, Feb. 11. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) HM 64173

1918, Feb. 11. Inventory of explosives, etc., in Kern County… HM 64174

1918, Feb. 13. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) HM 64175

1918, Feb. 21. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) HM 64176

[1918], Feb. 22. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) HM 64177

1918, Feb. 23. Farrell, J. H. to George W. Schilling HM 64178

1918, Mar. 13. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) HM 64179

1918, Mar. 23. Burcham, Rose to Mr. Woodling HM 64180

1918, Mar. 23. Ancker, Albert to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) HM 64181

1918, Apr. 17. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) HM 64182

1918, Apr. 24. Southworth, H. E. to C. J. Elsasser HM 64183

1918, Apr. 25. Elsasser, C. J. to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) HM 64184

1918, Apr. 29. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) HM 64185

1918, Apr. 30. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to Industrial Accident Commission HM 64186

1918, May 9. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) HM 64187

1918, May 9. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) HM 64188

1918, May 18. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to G. W. Paymal HM 64189

1918, June 12. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) HM 64190

1918, June 26. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) HM 64191

1918, June 27. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) HM 64192

1918, June 27. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) HM 64193

1918, June 29. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) HM 64194

1918, July 2. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to G. W. Paymal HM 64195

1918, July 3. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to G. W. Paymal HM 64196

1918, July 5. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) HM 64197

1918, July 8. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) HM 64198

1918, July 8. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to G. W. Paymal HM 64199

1918, July 9. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) HM 64200

1918, July 10. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) HM 64201

1918, July 15. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) HM 64202

1918, July 17. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to G. W. Paymal HM 64203

1918, July 22. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to G. W. Paymal HM 64204

1918, July 23. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) HM 64205

1918, July 24. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) HM 64206

1918, July 26. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) HM 64207

1918, July 29. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) HM 64208

1918, July 30. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) HM 64209

Box 2

1918 August-1919

1918, Aug. 1. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) HM 64210

1918, Aug. 1. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) HM 64211

1918, Aug. 10. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) HM 64212

1918, Aug. 13. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) HM 64213

1918, Aug. 16. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) HM 64214

1918, Aug. 20. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) HM 64215

1918, Aug. 23. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) HM 64216

1918, Aug. 28. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) HM 64217

1918, Aug. 31. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) HM 64218

1918, Sept. 3. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) HM 64219

1918, Sept. 4. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) HM 64220

1918, Sept. 6. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) HM 64221

1918, Sept. 13. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) HM 64222

1918, Sept. 16. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) HM 64223

1918, Sept. 19. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) HM 64224

1918, [before Sept. 26]. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) HM 64225

1918, Oct. 3. Bertram Electric Co. to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) HM 64226

1918, Oct. 8. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) HM 64227

1918, Oct. 21. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) HM 64228

1918, Oct. 25. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) HM 64229

1918, Oct. 28. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) HM 64230

1918, Oct. 29. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) HM 64231

1918, Oct. 29. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) HM 64232

1918, Nov. 1. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) HM 64233

1918, Nov. 7. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) HM 64234

1918, Nov. 11. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) HM 64235

1918, Nov. 12. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) HM 64236

1918, Nov. 13. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) HM 64237

1918, Nov. 15. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) HM 64238

1918, Nov. 15. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) HM 64239

1918, Nov. 15. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) HM 64240

1918, Nov. 16. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) HM 64241

1918, Nov. 21. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) HM 64242

1918, Nov. 23. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) HM 64243

1918, Dec. 4. Southern Pacific to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) HM 64244

1918, Dec. 6. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) HM 64245

1918, Dec. 7. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) HM 64246

1918, Dec. 9. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) HM 64247

1918, Dec. 9. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) HM 64248

1918, Dec. 9. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) HM 64249

1918, Dec. 9. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) HM 64250

1918, Dec. 9. Rives, Henry M. to Rose La Monte Burcham HM 64251

1918, Dec. 10. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) HM 64252

1918, Dec. 12. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) HM 64253

1918, Dec. 12. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) HM 64254

1918, Dec. 16. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) HM 64255

1919, Jan. 14. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) HM 64256

n.d., Sept. 23. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Los Angeles, Calif.) to Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Co. (Randsburg, Calif.) HM 64257