Overview of the Collection
Access
Administrative Information
Related Materials
Historical Note
Scope and Content
Arrangement
Indexing Terms
Overview of the Collection
Title: Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Company
Records
Dates (inclusive): 1917-1919
Collection Number: mssHM 64149-64257
Creator:
Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Company.
Extent: 109 pieces in 2 boxes
Repository:
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.
Manuscripts Department
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Phone: (626) 405-2129
Email: reference@huntington.org
URL: http://www.huntington.org
Abstract: This collection chiefly contains correspondence from the offices of the Yellow
Aster Mining and Milling Co. in Los Angeles, California, to its mining facility in
Randsburg, California, dating from 1917-1919.
Language: English.
Access
Open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services
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Administrative Information
Publication Rights
The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to
quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such
activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is
one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item]. Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Company Records, The
Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Provenance
Purchased from Greg Bock, February 17, 1999.
Related Materials
-
James D. Hague Papers,
Huntington Library (Call number: mssHague Papers).
Box 21 contains 4 pieces on the Yellow Aster Mine, 1899-1901.
- Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Company Records, California State Library, California History Room
Historical Note
Charles Austin Burcham, John Singleton, and Frederic M. Mooers staked their claim on
the Rand Mine, later renamed the Yellow Aster Mine, on April 25, 1895 in eastern
Kern County, California. Approximately 150 men were employed at the Yellow Aster by
the end of 1899, and both a thirty stamp mill and a one hundred stamp mill were
constructed by 1901. After the deaths of Mooers (1900), Burcham (1913) and Singleton
(1914), lawsuits over the ownership of the mine eventually gave way to the control
of Albert Ancker and Arthur Asher, whose families had long been associated with the
Tehachapi and Mojave areas. However, Dr. Rose La Monte Burcham, wife of Charles
Austin Burcham, continued to hold a position on the Yellow Aster’s board of
directors and retained many of the company’s shares.
Bibliography
Wynn, Marcia Rittenhouse. Desert Bonanza: The Story of Early Randsburg, Mojave Desert Mining Camp. Glendale, Calif.: The Arthur
H. Clark Company, 1963.
Scope and Content
Much of the collection consists of correspondence from the offices of the Yellow
Aster Mining and Milling Co. in Los Angeles, California, to its mining facility in
Randsburg, Calif. The correspondence (including telegrams) often discusses billing
expenses, supplies, and the operations of the mine. Individuals frequently
represented in the correspondence include Albert Ancker (Vice President of Yellow
Aster), Arthur Asher (President of Yellow Aster), H. L. Bennett, Rose La Monte
Burcham, J. H. Farrell, Mr. Manby, George W. Paymal (Superintendent of the Yellow
Aster), George W. Schilling, and Mr. Woodling.
Of note in the collection is some correspondence in April 1918 between the Yellow
Aster Mining and Milling Co. and a C. J. Elsasser of the Industrial Accident
Commission concerning the injury and disability case of a mine employee named
Teodoro Bayo.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically in 2 boxes:
- Box 1: 1917–1918 July 30
- Box 2: 1918 Aug. 1–1919 Jan. 14
Indexing Terms
Subjects
Yellow Aster Mining and
Milling Company.
Gold mines and mining -- California --
Randsburg.
Randsburg (Calif.) --
History -- 20th century -- Sources.
Forms/Genres
Business records -- California,
Southern -- 20th century.
Letters (correspondence) --
California, Southern -- 20th century.
Telegrams -- California, Southern --
20th century.
Additional Contributors
Ancker, Albert.
Asher, Arthur.
Bennett, H. L.
Burcham, Rose La Monte.
Farrell, J. H.
Paymal, George W.
Schilling, George W.