Administrative History
Scope and Content
Arrangement of the Collection
Access
Processing Information
Acquisition Information
Preferred Citation
Publication Rights
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
University of California, Davis Library,
Dept. of Special Collections
Title: Ruth Pierce Mine Collection
Creator:
University of California,
Davis. Library
Identifier/Call Number: MC252
Physical Description:
0.2 linear
feet
Date (inclusive):
1909-1942
Abstract: The Ruth
Pierce Mine was located in Mariposa County, California. This
small collection contains reports about the mine as well as
correspondence regarding a lease option.
Physical Location: Researchers
should contact Archives and Special Collections to request
collections, as many are stored offsite.
Administrative History
The Ruth Pierce Mine, discovered in 1851, was located in
Mariposa County, California, about four miles from the town of
Hornitos. In May 1913 the mine was owned by the Hornitos Gold
Mining Company. As of 1920, the mine was owned by the Ruth Pierce
Mining Company, a subsidiary of the Tennessee Mining Company.
In 1927 a fire at the site burned the mill plant, the boarding
house and miners quarters. After the fire, the mine was acquired
by Mr. Clarence Jarbeau and associates from Seattle.
Scope and Content
The collection contains reports about the mine as well as
correspondence regarding a lease option.
Arrangement of the Collection
The collection is arranged in two series: Reports and
Correspondence.
Access
Collection is open for research.
Processing Information
Processing of the Ruth Pierce Mine Collection was generously
funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and administered by
the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR). UC Davis
Special Collections was awarded a Cataloging Hidden Special
Collections and Archives grant from 2010-2012, "Uncovering
California's Environmental Collections," in collaboration with
eight additional special collections and archival repositories
throughout the state and the California Digital Library (CDL).
Grant objectives included processing hidden collections related
to the state's environment and environmental history. The
collections document an array of important sub-topics such as
irrigation, mining, forestry, agriculture, industry, land use,
activism, and research. Together they form a multifaceted picture
of the natural world and the way it was probed, altered,
exploited and protected in California over the twentieth century.
Finding aids are made available through the Online Archive of
California (OAC).
Sara Gunasekara processed this collection.
Acquisition Information
Extracted from D-016, Mining Records Collection in 2013.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Ruth Pierce Mine Collection, MC252,
Archives and Special Collections, UC Davis Library, University of
California, Davis.
Publication Rights
All applicable copyrights for the collection are protected
under chapter 17 of the U.S. Copyright Code. Requests for
permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted
in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for
publication is given on behalf of the Regents of the University
of California as the owner of the physical items. It is not
intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder,
which must also be obtained by the researcher.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Mariposa County (Calif.) --
History
Gold mines and mining -- California --
Mariposa County
Uncovering California's Environmental
Collections Project
Mineralogy -- California -- Mariposa
County
Mines and mineral resources -- California
-- Mariposa County
Ruth Pierce Mine