South Hite Gold Mining Company Records, 1881-1899, bulk 1882-1883

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Creators:: South Hite Gold Mining Company.
Abstract:: This collection consists primarily of the correspondence between South Hite Mining Company superintendent William H. Widman and assistant secretary J. F. Towle dating from the early 1880s. Their correspondence mainly covered stock transactions and reports of how the company, which operated a gold mine in Mariposa County, California, was doing financially.
Extent:: 62 pieces in 1 box.
Language:: English.

Scope and content:: This collection consists primarily of the correspondence between William H. Widman and J. F. Towle, both of whom worked for the South Hite Mining Company. J. F. Towle, the assistant secretary, frequently wrote to William H. Widman, the superintendent at the Hites Cove mine. Their correspondence mainly covered stock transactions and reports of how the company was doing financially. In addition to this there are letters from stockholders to Widman, a few personal pieces of correspondence, and a Photostat copy of The Hite Mine by James Duncan Hague (1836-1908).
Biographical / historical:: The South Hite Gold Mining Company owned and operated the Hites Cove gold mine situated on the South Merced River near the Yosemite Valley in Mariposa County, California. Gold was first discovered there in 1862 by John R. Hite. The company was incorporated in California in 1881, but had its main offices in New York, N.Y. Over its life span the mine produced an estimated 3 million dollars worth of gold.
Acquisition information:: Purchased from L.W. Currey, November 12, 1968.
Arrangement:: The collection is in one box and is arranged alphabetically by author with ephemera placed at the end.
Rules or conventions:: Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Subjects:: Mining corporations -- California -- Archives.
Gold mines and mining -- California -- Mariposa County.
Letters (correspondence) -- New York (State) -- 19th century.
Corporation records -- California -- 19th century.

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Location of this collection:: Huntington Library, Manuscript Collections

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San Marino, CA 91108, US