Florence Mack Quicksilver Mining Co. Ledgers

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Descriptive Summary

Title: Florence Mack Quicksilver Mining Co. Ledgers
Dates: 1905-1908
Collection Number: 2004-47
Creator/Collector: Florence Mack Quicksilver Mining Co.
Extent: 2 ledgers (1 linear foot)
Online items available
Repository: History San Jose Research Library
San Jose, California 95112
Abstract: Two accounting ledgers of cash receipts and disbursements, 1905-1908, for the Florence Mack Quicksilver Mining Co.
Language of Material: English

Access

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item]. Florence Mack Quicksilver Mining Co. Ledgers. Collection Number: 2004-47. History San Jose Research Library

Acquisition Information

Donated to History San Jose in 2004.

Biography/Administrative History

The Florence Mack Quicksilver Mining Co. was organized in 1905 at Hanford, to work a quicksilver mine about 7 miles south of the New Idria mine. The directors were William Thompson, G. E., W. S., and J. O. Barton, and N. Wolfsgale. (Engineering and Mining Journal, Volume 80, 1905)

Scope and Content of Collection

Two accounting ledgers of cash receipts and disbursements, 1905-1908, for the Florence Mack Quicksilver Mining Co.

Indexing Terms

Mercury mines and mining
San Benito County (Calif.)