George S. Pelton (1886-1967) Papers
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Title: George S. Pelton (1886-1967) Papers
Dates: 1925-1945
Collection Number: GC 1019
Creator/Collector:
Extent: (Boxes: 8 legal, 1 flat)
Repository:
Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Los Angeles, California 90007-4057
Abstract: Correspondence, maps and legal papers dealing mostly with mining and re-working ancient silver deposits in Hildalgo, Mexico,
at Pachuca and Real del Monte, ca. 1920's-1940's.
Language of Material: English
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[Identification of item]. George S. Pelton (1886-1967) Papers. Collection Number: GC 1019. Seaver Center for Western History
Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Biography/Administrative History
Associated with National Mine in Nevada, later a prominent Los Angeles automobile dealer.
Scope and Content of Collection
Correspondence, maps and legal papers dealing mostly with mining and re-working ancient silver deposits in Hildalgo, Mexico,
at Pachuca and Real del Monte, ca. 1920's-1940's. Mexican correspondence mostly with Attorney Evaristo Paredes. Oversize
box contains three photos: including Pelton with Shirley Temple; and Pelton with Warner Baxter.