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Risdon Iron Works & Union Iron Works records (George P. Hurst collection)
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Box 1

Risdon Iron Works photo albums of equipment (two volumes)

Scope and Contents

One volume contains an index. Some photographs credited to R.J. Waters.
Box 2, volume 1

George L. Hurst's Snapshots album

Scope and Contents

Circa 1909-1913. American River, Oroville, Redding, Folsom, Sonora, California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Alaska
Box 2, volume 2

Hurst Snapshots of Building of Marigold No.5 Dredge, Marysville (Largest Dredge Built by Union Iron Works - 16 cu. ft. Buckets) 1916

Box 2, volume 3

Valdor Dredging Co. Dredge by Union Iron Works (Bethlehem) 1916

Scope and Contents

The dredge was erected and operated at Junction City, Trinity County, California
Box 2, folder 4

Loose prints, various

Box 2, folder 5-6

Negatives - Construction of Couch No. 1 Dredge

Box 3, volume 1

Photographs of Work Done at Union Iron Works

Scope and Contents

Binding in poor condition. Circa 1895-1905.
Box 3, volume 2

Photographs - Marschutz & Cantrell

Scope and Contents

Equipment catalog/portfolio circa 1895-1905 (inscribed 1919), Marshutz and Cantrell / National Iron Works (also spelled Marschutz)
Box 3, volume 3

Risdon Iron Works Photo Album

Box 4

Albums of Machinery and Potrero Works (4 volumes)

Scope and Contents

Removed from four deteriorating leather binders
Box 5

Albums of Machinery and Potrero Works (2 volumes)

Scope and Contents

One volume labeled "Stamp Mills" ; other unlabeled volume divided into two folders
Box 6

Photo album of dredging projects - California, Montana, Alaska, etc.

Scope and Contents

Mounted albumen prints with captions.
Box 7

Peter C. Jurs Snapshots - Union Iron Works & Bethlehem

Scope and Contents

Circa 1909-1938, mostly on-site but some factory shots.
Box 8

Risdon Iron Works Photos

Scope and Contents

Mounted prints, dredging
Box 9, folder 1

Large prints, most mounted

Box 9, folder 2

Large prints - Natomas, Merced

Box 9, folder 3

Large prints - Shasta Butte Dredging Co. working near Feather River South of Oroville

Box 9, folder 4

Large prints - Gold Hill Dredging Co. working near Biggs, California 1938

Box 9, folder 5

Large prints - Gold dredge for Ira D. McCoy in Butte Creek Canyon East of Chico 1936

Box 10, volume 1

Stamp Mills - Rand binder of articles

Box 10, volume 2

Concentration - Tube Mills binder of articles

Box 11, volume 1

Amalgamation - Cars - Cages - Hoists - Gallows Frame binder of articles

Box 11, volume 2

Smelting - Reverbatory Furnaces - Cyanide Plants binder of articles

Box 12, volume 1

Miscellaneous Mining - Dredging - Copper, Lead, Zinc Smelting binder of articles

Box 12, volume 2

Miscellaneous Maps, Tables, Specifications, Sketches binder of articles

Box 13, volume 1

Risdon Iron Works - Agents' & Salesmen's Price Book circa 1904-1911

Box 13, volume 2

Risdon Iron Works - Victor M. Braschi & Hermanos Price Book

Box 13, volume 3

Unlabeled notebook of plans, sketches, notes

Box 14, volume 1

Union Iron Works Price Book 2

Box 14, volume 2

Union Iron Works Price Book 3

Box 14, volume 3

Union Iron Works Price Book 10

Box 14, volume 4-5

Dredging plans and specifications (2 notebooks "property of George L. Hurst")

Box 14, volume 6

Union Construction Company Field Log ( notebook "property of George L. Hurst, 544 Market Street") 1922

Box 14, Item 7

Brass name plate - Risdon Iron Works

Scope and Contents

"Discovered in a warehouse that had originally been part of the Risdon yard in San Francisco. It Was found in 1963."
Box 15, Item 1

Hurst memo pad sheets

Box 15, volume 2

Hurst notebook containing list of dredges, costs & miscellaneous information

Box 15, volume 3

Chas. McGinn[?] Union Iron Works notebook 1892-1900

Box 15, volume 4

Peter C. Jurs Union Iron Works notebook

Box 15, volume 5

Jas. C.H. Ferguson Union Iron Works notebook, "Shipping Weights etc." 1892

Scope and Contents

"Summarized specifications with shipping weights of gold mills built at Union Iron Works branch."
Box 15, volume 6

Notebook of mining equipment costs by project circa 1900

Box 15, volume 7

Risdon Iron Works catalog/price list with annotations (Frank E. McCormick)

Box 15, volume 8

"Stamp Mills" notebook

Box 15, volume 9

Risdon Iron & Locomotive Works Price Book

Box 15, volume 10

Elevator Calculation notebook

Box 15, volume 11

Union Iron Works Company Standard Sub-Division of Costs - Marine Departments 1916

Box 15, volume 12

Supplementary Contract For the Construction of Torpedo-Boat Destroyer (Mr. P.C. Jurs, Union Plant, Bethlehem Shipbuilding Co.") 1916-1917

Box 15, volume 13

Union Iron Works Company Card of Accounts 1917

Box 15, volume 14

Heine Safety Boiler Co., Price Book, St. Louis, Mo.

Box 15, volume 15

American Iron And Steel Institute - Maximum Prices For Iron & Steel Products

Box 16, volume 1

Prentice-Hall Federal Tax Service Volume 1 1922

Box 16, volume 2-5

Four notebooks listing dredging projects and tools circa 1913-1930

Box 17, volume 1

Risdon catalogs (bound by Mining Association of the University of California) circa 1897-1910

Box 17, volume 2-11

Risdon catalogs (unnumbered, 4-5, 8, 12, 16, 17) 1896-1909

Scope and Contents

Note by Hurst accompanying catalog No. 16: "This is Risdon's first gold dredge catalog. They cheated on it. The first four photos are of Feather River No. 1 dredge while under construction. The last four photos show dredges working in New Zealand; also the back cover photo."
Box 18

Union Iron Works catalogs

Box 18

Union Construction Company catalogs

Box 18

Bethlehem catalogs

Box 18

Yuba Construction Company - Yuba Manufacturing Company dredging catalogs & blank stock certificate

Box 19

Miscellaneous catalogs

Box 19

Risdon gold dredge contract & specifications - Feather River Exploration Co. 1902

Box 19

Tabulation of Specifications and Costs of Risdon Dredges

map-folder 24

Large blueprints and plans

Box 19

Hurst outgoing correspondence 1915 & 1916

Scope and Contents

Two items
Box 19

Bethlehem Steel Supervisor's Conference Series circa early 1940s (WWII)

Box 20

Article clippings 1964, 1968, 1971, 1980

Box 20

Miscellaneous mining and dredging publications

Scope and Contents

Includes The Mining World & Engineering Record October 1898, reprint from The Mining Journal 1905, Practical Stamp Milling & Amalgamation, Dredging for Gold in California, Gold Dredging in Otago, California Miner's Association Annual 1900, Papers Relating to the Geology, Mining, Metallurgy & Milling of the Comstock (American Institute of Mining 1922), International Mining Annual 1916, The Yukon Territory: It's History & Resources
Box 21

Government publications on miming

Scope and Contents

Department of the Interior Bureau of Mines, U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Mines, California State Mining Bureau, State of California Department of Natural Resources Division of Mines
Box 21

Audio recording of George P. Hurst discussing collection (1 cassette)

Box 22

Wooden model of dredge bucket designed by George L. Hurst

Box 23

Bethlehem/Union Register of Mining & Dredging Department Orders Received 1909-1932

Box 23

George L. Hurst scrapbook

Box 23

Mounted panorama of dredge at work

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