Inventory of the Mining Collection
Sara Gunasekara
Processing of this collection was funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and administered by the Council on Library and
Information Resources (CLIR), Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives program.
Department of Special Collections
General Library
University of California, Davis
Davis, CA 95616-5292
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Fax: (530) 754-5758
Email: speccoll@ucdavis.edu
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Creator:
University of California, Davis. Library
Title: Mining Collection
Date (inclusive): 1854-1937
Extent:
2.6 linear feet
Abstract: The Mining Collection contains documents relating to the development of mining in California, including account books and
ledgers for several mining companies, correspondence, photographs, and ephemera.
Physical location: Researchers should contact Special Collections to request collections, as many are stored offsite.
Repository:
University of California, Davis. General Library. Department of Special Collections.
Davis, California 95616-5292
Collection number: D-016
Language of Material: Collection materials in English.
Scope and Content
The Mining Collection contains documents relating to the development of mining in California, including account books and
ledgers for several mining companies, correspondence, photographs, and ephemera.
Arrangement of the Collection
The collection is arranged in four series: 1. Manuscripts, 2. Correspondence, 3. Ephemera, 4. Photographic Materials.
Related Collections
During the processing of this collection, several small collections were extracted from D-016 and became unique collections.
They are:
MC247 Lydia Vineyard Gleason Papers
MC248 Charles L. Stilson Papers
MC249 John S. Hall Papers
MC250 John H. Helwig Papers
MC251 Reed Quicksilver Mine Collection
MC252 Ruth Pierce Mine Collection
MC253 Searls Family Papers
MC254 Howard O. Spencer Correspondence
MC255 W.W. Waggoner Papers
MC256 John S. Dunn Papers
MC257 Richard and Charles Hayden Papers
D-557 Burnett Family Papers
D-559 Pioneer Reduction Company Records
D-562 North Bloomfield Gravel Mining Company Records
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Mines and mineral resources--California
Mineralogy--California
Gold mines and mining--California
Uncovering California's Environmental Collections Project
Access
Collection is open for research.
Processing Information
Processing of the Mining 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.
During the processing of this collection, several small collections were extracted from D-016 and became unique collections.
They are listed as related collections.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Mining Collection, D-016, Department of Special Collections, General Library, University of California,
Davis.
Publication Rights
Copyright is protected by the copyright law, chapter 17, of the U.S. Code. All 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 Department of Special Collections, General Library, University of California, Davis 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 researcher.
Series 1.
Manuscripts
1855-1937
Physical Description:
1.4 linear feet
Scope and Content Note
Contains account books, reports, ledgers, and journals related to various mines, the majority of which are in California.
The manuscripts related to specific mines are arranged first, followed by unidentified ones.
Box 1:1
Apache Gold Mining Company, Arizona, letter and map
1935
Box 1:2
Boston Mine, water sales book.
1878-1881
Box 1:3
Buckskin Mining Company, Manzanita Hill, Bridgeport Township, Nevada County. Account book.
1860-1891
Scope and Content Note
Also includes entries for French Corra1.
Box 2:5
California Quicksilver Mine, notice of non-responsibility
1928
Box 1:4
Davison Quartz Mine, Plumas County, California. Inspection report and assay sheets
1931
Box 1:5
Dugo Boy Mining Property, Yavapai County, Arizona. Report
1933
Box 1:7
Eureka Lake Company and Malakoff Diggins, mine supply book
1872
Box 1:8
Federick & Dyer Mill, Meadow Lake City, Nevada County, California. Articles of co-partnership.
1865
Box 1:9
Gold Bluff Mining Company, Stock ledger and transfer journal
1865-1866
Box 1:10
Granite Hill Mining Company, Nevada County, California. Daily journal of T.F. Phillips.
1896 April 13-1897 May 10
Box 1:11
Gross Street Mining Company, Ltd., research synopsis.
1930
Box 1:12
Indiana Gold Dredging Company, lease.
1916
Box 2:6
Kingman Silver-Gold Mines Company, receipts
1930 July 25-August 31
Box 1:13
Miners Ditch Company, Orleans Flat, Nevada. Certificate of Incorporation, Constitution and By-laws.
1855
Box 1:14
Mount Pleasant Mine, Grizzly Flat, El Dorado County, California. Expense ledger.
1899-1900
Box 1:15
National Hill Consolidated Mines, Nevada County, California. Report.
undated
Box 1:18
Rich Hill Mining Company, Congress, Arizona. Reports.
1923-1924
Box 1:19
Survey book, unidentified
1867-1868
Box 1:20
Survey book, with field notes on various properties and mines in Nevada and Yuba Counties
1867-1869
Box 2:1
Mott, G.M., cash statement ledger
1869-1871
Box 2:2
Mott, G.M., pay and sundry accounts ledger
1869-1871
Box 1:21
Account book, unidentified, supplies and inventory, Nevada City, California
1873-1874
Box 1:22
Scrapbook of J.G. Hartwell, County Surveyor, containing clippings of patent claim applications
1872
Box 2:4
Journal, unidentified
1890-1891
Box 1:16
Scrapbook of newspaper clippings from various Northern California newspapers with references to mines, mining, and California
life
1891-1903
Box 2:3
Journal, unidentified, mentions Malakoff Diggins
1895
Box 1:17
Time book for record of payroll, unidentified
1937
Box 3:1-2
Series 2.
Correspondence
1854-1934
Physical Description:
2 folders
Scope and Content Note
Contains single pieces of correspondence that relate to mining.
Box 3:3-14
Series 3.
Ephemera
circa 1864-1928
Physical Description:
12 folders
Scope and Content Note
Contains mining shares, several maps, as well as brochures and forms.
Series 4.
Photographic Materials
1916-1918
Physical Description:
0.8 linear feet
Scope and Content Note
Arranged in three subseries: Prints, Negatives, and Lantern Slides.
Subseries 4.1
Prints
1916-1918
Physical Description:
Scope and Content Note
Contains prints, copy prints, and postcards of various mines, miners, and mining towns, most of which are in California. Arranged
alphabetically.
Box 5:1
Alabama Mine, Penryn
undated
Box 5:2-10
Bonnie Claire Mine
undated
Box 5:11
Calumet and Hecla Mining Company, Calumet, Michigan
undated
Box 5:12
Cave Rock, Glenbrook, Nevada
undated
Box 5:13
Central Shaft, Grass Valley
undated
Box 5:14
Champion Mill, Nevada City
undated
Box 5:18
Electric haulage, underground mining scene
undated
Box 5:19-20
Empire Mine, Grass Valley
undated
Box 5:22
First quartz crushing mill erected in California
undated
Box 5:23
Gem mine on Whiskey Hill
undated
Box 5:24
Goldfield Consolidated Mill
undated
Box 5:28
Idaho Mine, Grass Valley
undated
Box 5:29
Interior of a quartz mill in Grass Valley
undated
Box 5:67
Mining, dredger
1916 January
Box 5:70
Mining, near Almanor
undated
Box 5:81-86
Mining towns, Nevada
undated
Box 5:87
Moulding gold bricks, Homestake Mine, Lead, South Dakota
undated
Box 5:88-98
Nevada City, Grass Valley
undated
Box 5:99
New York Hill Mine, Grass Valley
undated
Box 5:100-104
North Bloomfield Mine, Nevada County, California
undated
Box 5:105
North Star Mill, Grass Valley
undated
Box 5:112
Quarrying quartz at the vein
undated
Box 5:119
Saw mill, Westwood, California
undated
Box 5:121
Sluicing at Coyote Diggins
undated
Box 5:122
Stamps of the first quartz mill erected in California
undated
Box 5:124
Union Mine
1918 January 10
Box 5:126
Water wheel used for stamp mill of gold mine in Tuolumne County
undated
Box 5:127
Weaverville, after the fire
undated
Box 4:1-48
Subseries 4.2
Negatives
undated
Physical Description:
48 negatives
Box 4:49-56
Subseries 4.3
Lantern Slides
undated
Physical Description:
8 lantern slides