Collection Summary
Information for Researchers
Introduction
Additional Information
Collection Summary
Collection Title: Geologial Survey of California Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1844-1873
Collection Number: BANC MSS C-A 183
Creator:
Geological Survey of California
Extent:
Number of containers: 1 box and 3 volumes
Repository: The
Bancroft Library
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Abstract: Fieldnotes and memoranda; notebooks concerning geological data, fossils, meteorology, roads and surveys; sketches, diagrams
and parts of maps bound together with some items; reprints of scientific reports and other materials related to the survey
are also included.
Languages Represented:
English
Information for Researchers
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to The Bancroft Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts
must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft
Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which
must also be obtained by the reader.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Geological survey of Califorina papers, BANC MSS C-A 183, The Bancroft Library, University of California,
Berkeley.
Introduction
The California State Geological Survey was begun, in effect, on February 2, 1860, when Senator Logan introduced a bill for
"an Act to create the Office of State Geologist and define the duties thereof." (Senate Journal, 1860, page 243.) This bill
was passed on April 13 of the same year, and was later amended slightly. Professor J. D. Whitney was appointed State Geologist,
and on February 27, 1862, addressed the Legislature concerning the study of geology, and stressed the need for a Geological
Survey of California. (Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly, 1862.) The Survey itself was apparently begun
early in 1863, and a "Letter of, the State Geologist relative to the progress of the State Geological Survey during the years
1863-1864" was issued by Whitney in 1866. Annual reports stating further progress were issued annually through 1872-1873.
In 1874, a Joint Committee on the Geological Survey, in its report to the Governor, recommended the continuation of the Survey,
and appended a statement by Whitney which also asked that the Survey be allowed to complete its work. (Appendix to the Journals
of the Senate and Assembly, vol. 5, 1874.)
In spite of these recommendations, however, work on the Survey was apparently stopped in 1874, and its records and property
were turned over to the University of California. According to John P. Ryan, who made an inventory of the remaining Papers
at the time that they were given to Bancroft Library in October of 1952, "in the Annual Report of the University Secretary...
for the year ending June 30, 1890, there is given a complete list of the books, maps and plates that were stored in the Library
12/23/89. In 1925 the Legislature authorized the University to dispose of this material in any way they saw fit. At a later
date a trunk containing some of the maps was turned over to the Geology Department. In October 1952 this latter material was
given to the Bancroft Library. The balance of the material has not been discovered. Inquiries have been made at the Geology,
Palaeontology, Botany, Geography and Mining Departments of the University. The material in the basement of the Women's Building
and on the 7 floors of the Bell Tower has been examined without results."
A list of the papers and property of the Survey is also given at the end of the Report of the Joint Committee mentioned above.
In addition to the materials published in the Journals of the Senate and Assembly and their appendices, an article concerning
the progress of the Survey was published in the American Journal of Science and Arts, vol. XXXVIII, no. 113, September 1964
(cataloged in Bancroft Library as F 870 S2 W5.)
Additional Information
Index of Individuals Mentioned in the Papers and Maps
The following list includes all individuals mentioned in the papers and maps of the California State Geological Survey, whether
as author, cartographer, or other reference. In locating the map for which a particular individual is mentioned, refer first
to the area in the alphabetical list of maps, and under the area heading, to the map number.
AMERICAN RIVER AND NATOMA WATER AND MINING COMPANY
Map no. 43
Natoma.
ARROWSMITH
Map no. 43
Natoma.
ATKINS
Map no. 71j
Little York.
BISHOP, F. A.
Map no. 68
Amador County.
Map no. 152
American River.
Map no. 233
American River.
Map no. 234
American River.
Map no. 236
American River.
BOWEN
(These may not refer to the same individual.)
Map no. 71x.
Red Hill Placer Claim.
Map no. 71gg.
Powell Placer Claim.
BOWERS
Map no. 135.
Sonoma County (Central).
BOWMAN, AMOS
Many other maps of these areas are probably by Bowman, although they are unsigned.
Papers no. 2.
Papers no. 10.
Papers no. 11.
Papers no. 12.
Map no. 47.
Birchville.
Map no. 48.
Nevada County (Northern).
Map no. 49.
Nevada County (Central).
Map no. 71a-oo.
Nevada County.
Map no. 85.
Nevada County (Eastern).
Map no. 88.
Gold Run
Map no. 91a-g.
Nevada County (Southern).
Map no. 92.
Nevada County (Western).
Map no. 103.
Nevada County.
Map no. 104.
Nevada County.
Map no. 155.
Nevada County Central).
Maps nos. 157-159.
Placer County (Eastern).
Map no. 161.
Nevada County (Eastern).
Map no. 162.
Placer County (Northern).
Map no. 164.
Little York.
Map no. 167.
Little York.
Map no. 169.
You Bet.
Map no. 170.
You Bet.
Map no. 171.
California.
Map no. 172.
Chalk Mountain.
Map no. 173.
Nevada County (Central).
Map no. 176.
Nevada County (Western).
Map no. 177.
Nevada City.
Map no. 178.
Placer County (Northern).
Map no. 180.
Chalk Mountain.
Map no. 181.
Sierra County.
Maps nos. 182-183.
Sierra County (Western).
Map no. 184.
Smartsville.
Map no. 189.
Yuba County (Western).
Map no. 191.
Sierra County (Western).
Map no. 196.
North Bloomfield.
Map no. 197.
Sierra County.
Map no. 200a-v.
Nevada County.
Map no. 205.
Yuba River.
Map no. 237.
California (North-central).
Map no. 264.
Smartsville.
Map no. 265.
North Bloomfield.
BRADLEY, ELISHA L.
Map no. 71f.
Bradley Placer Mine.
BRADLEY, S.
In the case of several of the mining claim maps above, it is uncertain whether Bradley is to be considered as cartographer
or as claimant.
Papers no. 6.
Map no. 71a.
Quaker Hill.
Map no. 71g.
Lone Jack Quartz Mine.
Map no. 71i.
Keystone Placer Claim.
Map no. 71n.
Nevada County (Central).
Map no. 71p.
Manzanita Mining Company.
Map no. 71q.
South Yuba Canal Company.
Map no. 71t.
Dikemann Placer Mine.
Map no. 71dd.
Byrne and Mehan Placer Mine.
Map no. 103.
Nevada County.
Map no. 104.
Nevada County.
BREWER, WILLIAM H.
Papers no. 1.
Map no. 244.
California (South-central).
BRITTON AND REY
Map no. 242.
Cañada de los Capitancillos.
BROWN, ADAM
Map no. 71mm.
Sailor Placer Mine.
C[ALIFORNIA] P[ACIFIC] RAILROAD
Map no. 6.
Placer County.
Map no. 10.
San Joaquin County (Southern).
Map no. 12.
Sacramento County.
Map no. 13.
Sacramento County.
Map no. 14.
Placer County (Western).
Map no. 15.
California (North-central).
Map no. 16.
Nevada County (Eastern).
Map no. 123.
Placer County (Central).
Map no. 161.
Nevada County (Eastern).
Map no. 162.
Placer County (Northern).
Map no. 222.
Placer County (Northern).
CALIFORNIA STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY (Published maps)
Map no. 238.
California.
Map no. 239.
Contra Costa County (Central).
CAMPBELL, WILLIAM
Map no. 71cc.
Norambagua Quartz Mine.
CHALK MOUNTAIN GRAVEL COMPANY
Map no. 172.
Chalk Mountain.
CHICO AND HUMBOLDT RAILROAD
Map no. 312.
Butte County.
COLGRAVE, JOHN S.
Map no. 71e.
Dutch Flat.
COOPER, J. G.
Papers no. 3, 4, 5
See also no 2 & 3
COZZENS
Map no. 71j.
Little York.
CRAVEN, ALFRED
Map no. 69.
Lake County (Southern).
Map no. 188.
Nevada City.
Map no. 287.
Tuolumne County (Southern).
Map no. 309.
Sweetwater Mountains.
DANIELS, Mrs.
Map no. 71s.
Alison Ranch.
DEETKIN, G. F.
Map no. 215.
Cosumnes and Michigan Bar Canal.
DELANO, A.
Map no. 71oo.
New York Hill Quartz Mine.
EDMAN, J. A.
Map no. 4a-b.
Spanish Peak.
EUREKA LAKE WATER COMPANY
Map no. 240.
Nevada County (Eastern).
FEAFF
Map no. 71ff.
Bear River.
FOOTE, A. D.
Papers no. 1.
FRANKENBERG
Map no. 143.
Merced County.
GABB
Map no. 332.
Lake County.
GARB, WILLIAM M.
Papers no. 4.
GARDNER, M. S.
(All three maps may not refer to the same Gardner; only one gives initials.)
Map no. 53.
Sierra Nevada.
Map no. 71f.
Bradley Placer Mine.
Map no. 71ff.
Bear River.
GODDARD, G. R.
Map no. 124.
California (South-central).
Map no. 125.
Sonora Pass.
Map no. 126.
Sonora Pass.
Map no. 127.
Mokelumne Hill.
Map no. 136.
California (North-central).
Map no. 213.
California (North-central).
Map no. 227.
Alpine County (Northern).
Map no. 256.
California (South-central).
Map no. 290.
Sonora Pass.
GOODYEAR
Map no. 291.
American River.
GRANT, GEORGE
Map no. 71ee.
Rough and Ready Placer Mine.
GREY, NICHOLAS
Map no. 20.
Primer Cañon Rancho.
GRIFFITH, J. M.
Map no. 62.
Amador County.
GUERRA, PABLO DE LA
Map no. 21.
Sacramento Valley.
HEARST, GEORGE
Map no. 24.
Loyal Quartz Mine.
HENNING, T. S. (J. S.?)
Map no. 43.
Butte County (Southern).
Map no. 276.
Butte County (Northern).
HOCHHOLZER, HUGO
Map no. 240.
Nevada County (Eastern).
HOFFMAN, CHARLES F.
Map no. 44.
Mariposa County.
Map no. 214.
Mono County.
Map no. 221.
Calaveras County.
Map no. 223.
Mono County (Southern).
Map no. 244.
California (South-central).
HOVEY, N.
Papers no. 1.
JACOBS, GEORGE F.
Map no. 71a.
Quaker Hill.
KEDDIE, A. W.
Map no. 106.
Feather River.
Map no. 140.
Plumas County (Southern).
Map no. 294.
Plumas County (Southern).
KNOX
Map no. 71j.
Little York.
LEWIS, M. F.
Map no. 226.
Real de los Aguilas Rancho.
LEWIS, WILLIAM J.
Map no. 242.
Cañada de los Capitancillos.
LINTEN, G. M.
Map no. 90.
Buckeye Mine.
LÖHR
Map no. 247.
Mono County.
Map no. 248.
Mono County (Eastern).
Map no. 290.
Sonora Pass.
LUTGE, F. C.
Map no. 71z.
Nevada County (Central).
MCBRIDE
(All three maps may not refer to the same McBride; no initials are given in any map.)
Map no. 19.
Pleasant Valley.
Map no. 71x.
Red Hill Placer Claim.
Map no. 246.
Mono County.
MCKIM, W. L.
Map no. 23.
Loyal Quartz Mine.
MALINE, F. S.
Map no. 71s.
Alison Ranch.
MANZANITA MINING COMPANY
Map no. 71p.
Manzanita Mining Company.
MATHER, J. G.
Map no. 47.
Birchville.
MATHER, S.
(Whether Mather is to be considered as cartographer or claimant is indefinite in the case of several of these maps.)
Map no. 71b.
Eureka Quartz Mine.
Map no. 71c.
Spring Hill Quartz Mine.
Map no. 71d.
Rising Sun Gold Quartz Mine.
Map no. 71-1.
Wisconsin Quartz Mine.
Map no. 71m.
Pillsbury Gold Quartz Mine.
Map no. 71o.
Sebastopol Quartz Mine.
Map no. 71r.
Providence Quartz Mine.
Map no. 71v.
Idaho Gold Quartz Mine.
Map no. 71y.
Empire Gold Quartz Mine.
Map no. 7lhh.
Baltic Grand Mining Company.
Map no. 71jj.
Auroral Star Quartz Mine.
MICHELTORRENA, MANUEL
Map no. 21.
Sacramento Valley.
MIDDLE YUBA CANAL COMPANY
Map no. 240.
Nevada County (Eastern).
MINER, FRANKLIN
Map no. 71-11.
Franklin Miner Placer Claim.
MOREHOUSE, ALPHONSO
Map no. 71ii.
Morehouse Quartz Mine.
MOW
Map no. 180.
Chalk Mountain.
NEVADA CITY WATER COMPANY
Map no. 91a-g.
Nevada County (Southern).
Map no. 240.
Nevada County (Eastern).
O'BRIEN
Papers no. 10.
OSTROM, JOHN
Map no. 211.
Nevada County.
PERRIN, GEORGE H.
Map no. 24.
Loyal Quartz Mine.
PETTEE
Map no. 164.
Bear River.
Maps nos. 165-166.
Little York.
POND AND COMPANY
Map no. 71kk.
Pond and Company Placer Claim.
RANSOM, LEANDER
Map no. 151.
California (North-central).
RYAN, JOHN P.
Papers no. 1.
SARGENT, A. A.
Map no. 71a.
Quaker Hill.
SCAMMON, C. M.
Map no. 144
Scammon's Lagoon.
SCHOFIELD
Map no. 71k.
Schofield Gold Quartz Mine.
SCHWARTZ, J. C. T.
Map no. 71Z.
Nevada County (Central).
SCHWARTZER
Map no. 71gg.
Powell Placer Claim.
SOUTH FORK COMPANY
Map no. 68.
Amador County.
Map no. 236.
American River.
SOUTH YUBA CANAL COMPANY
Map no. 71Q.
South Yuba Canal Company Placer Mine.
STEARNS, ROBERT E. C.
Paper no. 8.
STODDART, ALAN
Map no. 71cc.
Norambagua Quartz Mine.
STRANAHAN
Map no. 180.
Chalk Mountain.
STRATTON, S.
Map no. 71u.
Salatrol Gold Quartz Mine.
Map no. 71 aa.
Nomdegewock Gold Quartz Mine.
STRAUBE, CHARLES E.
Map no. 71h.
Elsinore Hill Placer Mine.
SWEATLAND
Map no. 90.
Buckeye Mine.
TIDE LAND RECLAMATION COMPANY
Map no. 194.
California (North-central).
U. S. COAST AND GEORDETIC SURVEY
Map no. 190.
Napa Creek.
Map no. 305.
Placer County (Southern).
U. S. SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR
Map no. 65.
California (Northern).
UREN, E. C.
Maps nos. 88-89.
Gold Run.
WACKENROEDER, VITUS
Map no. 125.
Sonora Pass.
Map no. 155.
Nevada County (Central).
Map no. 175.
Nevada County (Central).
Map no. 197.
Sierra County.
Map no. 242.
Cañada de los Capitancillos.
Map no. 289.
Mono County (Central).
Map no. 290.
Sonora Pass.
WATT, WILLIAM
Map no. 71o.
Sebastopol Quartz Mine.
Map no. 71s.
Alison Ranch.
WESHE, ADOLPH L.
Map no. 71nn.
Weshe Placer Claim.
WHEELER, C. T.
(Both maps may not refer to the same individual.)
Map no. 71g.
Lone Jack Quartz Mine.
Map no. 71k.
Schofield Gold Quartz Mine.
WHITE
Map no. 71j.
Little York.
WHITNEY, J. D.
Papers nos. 7 and 12.
Map no. 238.
California
Map no. 241.
San Francisco Bay Region.
Map no. 244.
California (South central).
WIELAND, J.
Map no. 71gg.
Powell Placer Claim.
WILLIAMSON, Col.
Papers no. 10.
WILSON, JOSEPH S.
(The Joseph S. Wilson mentioned in map no. 65 may not be the same as the Wilson given as cartographer in the other two.)
Map no. 65.
California (Northern).
Map no. 247.
Mono County.
Map no. 248.
Mono County (Eastern).
WOLCOTT, O. J.
Map no. 71n.
Nevada County (Central).
For New series numbers 19, 22, 23, 24, 51, 56, 66, 70, 242, 269, 271, 286, 296, 298, and 304, there is no corresponding number
in the Old series. Numbers 317-328 and 331 of the New series were in too fragmentary a condition to check for an Old series
number.
Correlation of Old and New Series Numbers
Old series/
New series
- 1a
- Papers no. 19
- 1b
- Papers no. 20
- 1c
- Papers no. 20
- 1e
- Papers nos. 20 & 22
- 1f
- Papers no. 17
- 1h
- Papers no. 20
- 1i
- Papers no. 14
- 1j
- Papers no. 13
- 1k
- Papers no. 18
- 1l
- Papers no. 16
- 1m
- Papers no. 22
- 1n
- Papers no. 15
- 2
- Papers no. 2
- 3
- Map no. 17
- 3
- Map no. 17
- 3
- Map no. 20
- 3
- Map no. 21
- 3
- Map nos. 53-55
- 3
- Map nos. 57-64
- 3
- Map no. 107
- 3
- Map no. 126?
- 3
- Map no. 128
- 3
- Map nos. 131-139
- 3
- Map no. 217
- 3
- Map no. 235
- 3
- Map no. 245
- 3
- Map no. 246
- 3
- Map nos. 261-262
- 3
- Map nos. 267-268
- 3
- Map no. 270?
- 3
- Map nos. 273-277
- 3
- Map no. 276
- 3
- Map nos. 279-285
- 3
- Map nos. 287-288
- 3
- Map no. 293
- 3
- Map no. 297
- 3
- Map no. 299
- 3
- Map no. 302
- 3
- Map no. 303 cop. 2
- 3
- Map no. 316
- 3
- Map no. 329?
- 3
- Map no. 330 (1 of 7
- 5
- Papers no. 3
- 6
- Map no. 228
- 7
- Papers no. 9
(241 cop. 1 is also numbered 7 in the old series, but the description does not fit.)
- 8
- Map no. 222
- 9
- Map no. 193
- 10
- Map no. 250 cop. 1
- 11
- Map no. 306
- 12
- Map no. 123
- 13
- Map nos. 6-16
- 14
- Map no. 250 cop. 2
- 15
- Map no. 3
- 17
- Map no. 84
Missing in old inventory
- 19
- Map no. 191
- 20
- Map no. 71a-oo
- 21
- Map no. 188
- 22
- Map nos. 195, 198-200a-v
- 23
- Map nos. 196-197
- 24
- Map nos. 103-105
- 25
- Map no. 223
- 26
- Map no. 214
- 27
- Map no. 69
- 28
- Map no. 4a-b
- 29
- Map no. 253
- 30
- Map no. 52
- 31
- Map nos. 145-148
- 32
- Map nos. 47-50
- 33
- Map nos. 155-162
- 34
- Papers no. 7
Missing in old inventory
- 35
- Map no. 256
- 36
- Map nos. 165-170
- 37
- Map nos. 163-164
- 37
- Map no. 189
- 37
- Map no. 255
- 38
- Map nos. 177-185
- 38
- Map no. 300
- 39
- Map nos. 201-204
- 40
- Map nos. 205-210
- 41
- Map nos. 85-94
- 41
- Map nos. 262-266
- 42
- Map nos. 171-176
- 43
- Map no. 46
- 43
- Map no. 72
- 43
- Map nos. 14-80
- 43
- Map nos. 121-122
- 44
- Map nos. 109-117
- 47
- Map no. 241 cop. 2
The six fragments listed in the old inventory are missing
- 48
- Map no. 18
- 48
- Map nos. 25-44
- 48
- Map nos. 95-102
- 48
- Map no. 124
- 48
- Map no. 249
- 48
- Map no. 272
- 48
- Map no. 278?
- 48
- Map no. 289?
- 48
- Map no. 290
- 48
- Map no. 295
- 48
- Map no. 303 cop. 1
- 48
- Map no. 307
- 48
- Map no. 314
- 48
- Map no. 315
- 48
- Map no. 329?
- 49
- Map no. 312
- 51
- Map no. 127
Missing in old inventory
- 53
- Map no. 65
- 54
- Map no. 308
- 54
- Map no. 330 (1 of 7)
- 55
- Map no. 141
- 55
- Map no. 144
- 56
- Map no. 73
- 56
- Map no. 190
- 57
- Map nos. 232-234
- 57
- Map no. 236
- 57
- Map no. 258
- 58
- Map no. 119
- 59
- Map no. 227
- 60
- Map no. 229
- 61
- Map no. 2
- 62
- Map no. 67
- 63
- Map no. 215
- 73
- Map no. Papers no. 4
Missing in old inventory.
- 74
- Map no. 126?
- 74
- Map no. 150
- 74
- Map no. 213
- 74
- Map no. 220
- 74
- Map no. 225
- 75
- Map no. 221
- 76
- Map nos. 211-212
- 77
- Map no. 108
- 80
- Map no. 149
- 81
- Map no. 81-82
- 81
- Map no. 329?
- 82
- Map no. 118
- 82
- Map nos. 129-130
- 82
- Map no. 231
- 83
- Map no. 332 (wrapper only)
- 84
- Map no. 237
- 85
- Map no. 257
- 86
- Map no. 106
- 87
- Map no. 254
- 89
- Map no. 140
- 89
- Map no. 294
- 90
- Map no. 259
- 91
- Map no. 252
- 92
- Map no. 226
- 93
- Map no. 45
- 93
- Map nos. 291-292
- 93
- Map no. 301
- 93
- Map no. 305
- 94
- Map no. 1
- 95
- Map no. 216
- 97
- Map no. 192
- 99
- Map nos. 186-187
Missing in old inventory.
- 100
- Map no. 5a-d
- 101
- Map no. 143
- 101
- Map no. 313
- 102
- Map no. 125
- 104
- Map nos. 247-248
- 105
- Map no. 243
- 108
- Map no. 68
- 110
- Map no. 251
- 111
- Map no. 311
- 112
- Map no. 120
- 120
- Map no. 236
Missing in old inventory.
- 122
- Map no. 239 cop. 1
Missing in old inventory.
- 123
- Papers no. 8
Missing in old inventory.
- 127
- Map no. 244
Missing in old inventory.
- 133
- Map nos. 151-154
- 135
- Map no. 309
- 136
- Map no. 309
- 137
- Map no. 218-219
- 137
- Map no. 310
- 140
- Map no. 240
- 141
- Map no. 83
Missing in old inventory.
- 142
- Map no. 194
- 143
- Map no. 260
- 148
- Map no. 224
- 150
- Map no. 142
Material Cataloged Separately
- Maps transferred to the map collection of the Bancroft Library (G9990.C3)
- Notebooks compiled by William H. Brewer containing botanical, barometric and other information, have been removed for inclusion
with other Brewer materials in The Bancroft Library (BANC MSS C-B 313-332)
- The notebooks and papers of William H. Brewer formerly with this collection have been removed for separate cataloging: William
H. Brewer papers, BANC MSS C-B 1069
- Printed Reports of the Surveyor General have been removed from the collection but are available in the book collections of
The Bancroft Library as appendices to the Journals of the Legislature of the State of California, 1859-1873 (F863.1.C17)