Douglas W. Sprague papers

California State Mining and Geology Board

Box 1

Annual reports - Reports

Folder 1

Annual reports -- California State Mining and Geology Board, (1979-1985)

Folder 2

Bills (legislative records), (1975-1992)

Assembly Bill No. 747 Chapter 975; Assembly Bill No. 3551, Chapter 1097; Assembly Bill No. 3908, Chapter 1101; Assembly Bill No. 3038, Chapter 1077; Senate Bill No. 756, Chapter 1131 (original SMARA); Senate Bill No. 90, Chapter 1135; Senate Bill No. 1300, Chapter 800; Senate Bill No. 1907, Chapter 735

Folder 3

Correspondence -- To Claire Dedrick, Secretary of Resources from Author Grantz, Geologist, (1975, Oct. 28)

Copy

Regarding the mission and organization of the Department of Conservation

Folder 4

Correspondence -- To Lewis A. Moran, Director of Department of Conservation from Arthur Grantz, Geologist, (1976, Jan. 5)

Related to the new California State Mining and Geology Board

Folder 5

Correspondence -- Miscellaneous, (1980-2008)

Included: Robert Twiss, Chairman SMGB letter to Douglas W. Sprague, 1980, Apr. 24; James A. Anderson, Chairman State Mining and Geology Board letter from Douglas W. Sprague resigning from as Special Representative, 1984, Nov. 15; and Douglas W. Sprague e-mail to Stephen Testa, Executive Officer of State Mining and Geology Board, 2008

Folder 6

Correspondence -- To Ms. Denis Jones, Executive Director, California Mining Association from Douglas W. Sprague, (2000, July 10)

Regarding State Mining and Geology Board History with Roster of Mining Board Members from 1978-1984

Folder 7

Hearings (events) -- California. Legislature. Senate. Committee on Natural Resources and Wildlife, (1974, Nov. 20)

Subject of the Hearing: 1) The need for state regulation of surface mining operations in California; 2) The concept proposed in Preprint Senate Bill No. 10

Folder 8

Hearings (events) -- California. Legislature. Senate. Committee on Natural Resources and Wildlife, (1975, Jan. 24)

Subject of the Hearing: 1) The need for state regulation of surface mining operations in California; 2) The concept proposed in Preprint Senate Bill No. 10

Folder 9

Memoirs -- Building a State Geological Survey, California 1928-1958 by Olaf P. Jenkins, (1976)

Included: “Mini Memo” from Priscilla [Grew], Director of Conservation to Douglas W. Sprague, 1980, Mar. 3; Brian Sway, Deputy Director of Department of Conservation memo from Douglas W. Sprague regarding responsibilities of State Mining and Geology Board and Special Representative, 1981, Aug. 4

Folder 10

Memorandums -- Miscellaneous, (1980-1981)

Included: “Mini Memo” from Priscilla [Grew], Director of Conservation to Douglas W. Sprague, 1980, Mar. 3; Brian Sway, Deputy Director of Department of Conservation memo from Douglas W. Sprague regarding responsibilities of State Mining and Geology Board and Special Representative, 1981, Aug. 4

Folder 11

Papers (documents) -- Conservation of Mineral Resources (California’s Balanced Approach) by Jan Denton, (1982, Oct.)

Folder 12

Printed ephemera, (1975-1999)

Included: California. Department of Conservation FYI newsletter, Aug.-Sep. 1984; California. Division of Mines and Geology Classification and Designation of Mineral Lands Under the California Surface Mining and Reclamation Act of 1975 by James F. Davis and Thomas P. Anderson; International Association of Engineering Geology bulletin no. 22, 9-16, 1980; SMARA’s Mid-Life Crisis - Where It’s Been and Where It’s Going by David E. Moser, 1999, May 27; California. Department of Conservation Position Duty Statement, Special Representative, 1984, Jan.; California’s Surface Mining and Reclamation Act brochure

Folder 13

Reminiscences -- State Mining & Geology Board - Reminiscences of a Member and Its Special Representative, from 1976 to 1984; by Douglas W. Sprague, (2012, Mar. 11)

Folder 14

Reports -- California. Legislature. Assembly. Interim Committee on Public Utilities and Corporations, (1967, Jan. 10)

Volume 16, Number 10. House Resolution No. 531, relating to rock, sand and gravel resources

Box 2

Reports - Statements

Folder 1

Reports -- Report of the Committee on Surface Mining for the State of California, (1970, Oct. 27)

Folder 2

Reports -- The Effectiveness of the California Surface Mining and Reclamation Act by Michael O’Hare, (1995, Jan. 23)

Included: Testimony for the Discussion Draft of the Effectiveness of the California Surface Mining and Reclamation Act; SMARA comments from Lee B. Thibadeau and California Mining Association

Folder 3

Statements -- California. Legislature. Senate. Committee on Natural Resources and Wildlife, (1975, May 8)

Subject: Preprint SB No. 2 Nejedly. Surface Mining and Reclamation

Sand and gravel industry; Reclamation projects

Box 3

Annotated bibliographies - Circulars

Folder 1

Annotated bibliographies -- California. Division of Mines and Geology, (1984)

An Annotated Bibliography of Publications Pertaining to Surface Mined-Land Reclamation

Folder 2

Bulletins -- California Division of Mines and Geology, (1970)

Bulletin No. 180, Sand and Gravel in California

Folder 3

Booklets -- The History of the Los Angeles Aggregate Industry: A Century in Review a publication of Vulcan Materials, CalMat Division, (1998)

Folder 4

Booklets -- Before and After, Extraordinary Reclamation Projects by Vulcan Materials Company, [undated]

Folder 5

Books -- Natural Resources Build Cities by Don Reining, (1996)

Folder 6

Books -- Reclaiming the American West by Alan Berger, (2002)

Folder 7

Circulars (fliers) United States. Bureau of Mines, (1982)

Circular No. 8862, Land Utilization and Reclamation in the Mining Industry, 1930-1980

Folder 8

Circulars (fliers) -- United States. Department of the Interior, (1976)

Circular No. 731, A Guide to State Programs for the Reclamation of Surface Mined Areas

Folder 9

Circulars (fliers) -- United States. Department of the Interior, (1993)

Circular No. 1110, Natural Aggregate: Building America’s Future

Box 4

Masters theses - Proceedings

Folder 1

Masters theses -- Geology and Economic Significance of Pleistocene Channel and Terrace Deposits of the San Diego Mainland Shelf, California by Douglas W. Sprague, (1971, June)

A Thesis (Masters) Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School, University of California

Folder 2

Memorandums, (1985-1988)

Folder 3

Memorandums, (1989-1991)

Folder 4

Memorandums, (1992-1994)

Folder 5

Memorandums, (1995-1998)

Folder 6

Memorandums, (2002)

Folder 7

Papers (documents) -- American Society of Landscape Architects, (1988)

Regeneration of Disturbed Land: Concepts and Practices

Folder 8

Proceedings -- California. Division of Mines and Geology, (1980, June 11-12)

Special Publication No. 59, Proceedings of Mined Land Reclamation Workshop

Box 5

Proceedings - Reports

Folder 1

Proceedings -- California. Division of Mines and Geology, (1984, Sept. 18-21)

Special Publication No. 85, Proceedings of Productive Second Uses of Mined Land Conference

Folder 2

Projects -- Morongo Project Documents prepared by RGP, Planning & Development Services, (1998)

Including: Site Closure Program for the Morongo Facility; Revegetation Guidelines for the Morongo-Banning Site Closure Plan; map; timeline

Folder 3

Projects -- Vulcan Materials Company’s Morongo Project “A Case Study of Excellence in Reclamation” presented by RGP, Planning & Development Services, (2003)

Included: Correspondence

Folder 4

Projects -- The Cajon Creek Habitat Conservation Area by Vulcan Materials Company, Western Division, (2011)

Included: DVD

Folder 5

Reports -- Economics of Mining and Processing Sand, Rock and Gravel from an Offshore Aggregate Deposit Near San Diego, California by Douglas W. Sprague, (1971)

Folder 6

Reports -- Aggregate Resource Management Technical Advisory Committee, (1974)

Aggregate Resources: A Study Report

Folder 7

Reports -- California. Division of Mines and Geology, (1975-1979)

Special Report No. 121, Sand and Gravel Resources of the Sacramento Area, California, 1975; Special Report No. 139, Aggregates in the Greater Los Angeles Area, California

Folder 8

Reports -- Mineral Land Survey Sand and Gravel Resource Zones, Western San Diego County, California for San Diego Rock County, (1979)

Box 6

Proceedings - Serials

Folder 1

Reports -- National Research Council (U.S.), (1979)

Surface Mining of Non-Coal Minerals, A Study of Mineral Mining from the Perspective of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977

Folder 2

Reports -- American Planning Association, (1980)

Report No. 347, Sand and Gravel Resources: Protection, Regulation, and Reclamation by Joel T. Werth

Item 3

Reports -- The Effectiveness of the California Surface Mining and Reclamation Act by Michael O’Hare, [undated]

A [final] report to the California Legislative and Governor pursuant to Section 2774.6 of the Surface Mining and Reclamation Act

Folder 4

Serials (publications) -- California. Division of Mines and Geology, (1982, Dec.)

California Geology. Offshore Sand and Gravel Mining

Item 5

Oro Grande Technical Attachments: Created Exclusively for the 2010 California Department of Conservation Reclamation Award Program, Vulcan Materials Company, Western Division

Binder

Folder 1

Reports -- Rock and Gravel Deposits in San Fernando Valley, (1954-1955)

Included: Certification

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