South Hite Gold Mining Company Records: Finding Aid

Finding aid prepared by Mitchell W. K. Toda, October 14, 2002.

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Overview of the Collection

Title: South Hite Gold Mining Company Records

Dates (inclusive): 1881-1899

Bulk dates: 1882-1883

Collection Number: mssHM 65061-65101

Creator: South Hite Gold Mining Company.

Extent: 62 pieces in 1 box.

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 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.

Language: English.

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item]. South Hite Gold Mining Company Records, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Provenance

Purchased from L.W. Currey, November 12, 1968.

Historical Note

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.

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).

Arrangement

The collection is in one box and is arranged alphabetically by author with ephemera placed at the end.

Indexing: Subjects

Gold mines and mining – California – Mariposa County

1882, Mar. 17. E[mmet] A. Clapp, letter to William H. Widman. HM 65063.
1883, Jan. 18. J. F. Towle, letter to William H. Widman. HM 65100.

Mining corporations – California – Archives

1882, Apr. 22. J. F. Towle, letter to William H. Widman. HM 65086.
1882, June 13. J. F. Towle, letter to William H. Widman. HM 65088.
1882, July 12. J. F. Towle, letter to William H. Widman. HM 65090.
1882, Aug. 30. J. F. Towle, letter to William H. Widman. HM 65093.
1882, Nov. 2. J. F. Towle, letter to William H. Widman. HM 65095.
1882, Nov. 23. J. F. Towle, letter to William H. Widman. HM 65097.
1882, Dec. 22. J. F. Towle, letter to William H. Widman. HM 65098.

Stockholders – Correspondence

1883, Apr. 7. F. A. Berlin, letter to William H. Widman. HM 65062.
1882, Apr. 7. E[mmet] A. Clapp, letter to William H. Widman. HM 65064.
1882, Mar. 21. J. D. Dexter, letter to William H. Widman. HM 65068.
1882, Jan. 27. J. F. Towle, letter to William H. Widman. HM 65080.
1882, Feb. 13. J. F. Towle, letter to William H. Widman. HM 65081.
1882, Feb. 16. J. F. Towle, letter to William H. Widman. HM 65082.
1882, Mar. 15. J. F. Towle, letter to William H. Widman. HM 65083.
1882, Apr. 14. J. F. Towle, letter to William H. Widman. HM 65085.
1882, June 2. J. F. Towle, letter to William H. Widman. HM 65087.
1882, Aug. 9. J. F. Towle, letter to William H. Widman. HM 65091.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Huntington Library's Online Catalog.

Subjects

South Hite Gold Mining Company -- Archives.

Mining corporations -- California -- Archives.

Gold mines and mining -- California -- Mariposa County.

Forms/Genres

Letters (correspondence) -- New York (State) -- 19th century.

Corporation records -- California -- 19th century.

Additional Contributors

Widman, William H.

Box 1

Correspondence and Ephemera

Berlin, F. A. to William H. Widman, San Francisco, Calif. 1883, Jan. 9 HM 65061

Berlin, F. A. to William H. Widman, San Francisco, Calif. 1883, Apr. 7 HM 65062

Clapp, E[mmet] A. to William H. Widman, Boston, Mass. 1882, Mar. 17 HM 65063

Clapp, E[mmet] A. to William H. Widman, Boston, Mass. 1882, Apr. 7 HM 65064

[Clapp, Emmet A.] to William H. Widman, New York, N.Y. 1882, July 5 HM 65065

[Clapp, Emmet A. ] to William H. Widman, New York, N.Y. 1882, Sept. 14 HM 65066

[Clapp, Emmet A.] to S. D. Osborne, [New York, N.Y.] Undated HM 65067

Dexter, J. D. to William H. Widman, Portland, Me. 1887, Mar. 21 HM 65068

Dolan, James J. to William H. Widman, Mariposa, Calif. 1882, May 30 HM 65069

Fisker, George to William H. Widman, [San Francisco, Calif.] [1882], Apr. 13 HM 65070

, Helen to [Mina Widman], Santa Cruz, Calif. 1891, Oct. 23 HM 65071

, Lillie to William H. and Mina Widman, Mariposa, Calif. 1883, Nov. 14 HM 65072

Murray, Henry B. to William H. Widman, New York, N.Y. 1883, May 11 HM 65073

Osborne, S. D. and J. F. Towle to William H. Widman, Boston, Mass. 1882, Aug. 17 HM 65074

Schlageter, Fred W. to Mina Widman, Mariposa, Calif. 1899, Mar. 7 HM 65075

Schlageter, Fred and Julia to Mina Widman, [Mariposa, Calif.] n.d. HM 65076

Schlageter, Julia to Mina [Widman], Mariposa, Calif. 1883, Nov. 8 HM 65077

Schlageter, Julia to Mina [Widman], Mariposa, Calif. 1883, Nov. 21 HM 65078

Towle, J. F. to William H. Widman, New York, N.Y. 1882, Jan. 26 HM 65079

Towle, J. F. to William H. Widman, New York, N.Y. 1882, Jan. 27 HM 65080

Towle, J. F. to William H. Widman, New York, N.Y. 1882, Feb. 13 HM 65081

Towle, J. F. to William H. Widman, New York, N.Y. 1882, Feb. 16 HM 65082

Towle, J. F. to William H. Widman, New York, N.Y. 1882, Mar. 15 HM 65083

Towle, J. F. to William H. Widman, New York, N.Y. 1882, Mar. 17 HM 65084

Towle, J. F. to William H. Widman, New York, N.Y. 1882, Apr. 14 HM 65085

Towle, J. F. to William H. Widman, New York, N.Y. 1882, Apr. 22 HM 65086

Towle, J. F. to William H. Widman, New York, N.Y. 1882, June 2 HM 65087

Towle, J. F. to William H. Widman, New York, N.Y. 1882, June 13 HM 65088

Towle, J. F. to William H. Widman, New York, N.Y. 1882, June 29 HM 65089

Towle, J. F. to William H. Widman, New York, N.Y. 1882, July 12 HM 65090

Towle, J. F. to William H. Widman, New York, N.Y. 1882, Aug. 9 HM 65091

Towle, J. F. to William H. Widman, New York, N.Y. 1882, Aug. 29 HM 65092

Towle, J. F. to William H. Widman, New York, N.Y. 1882, Aug. 30 HM 65093

Towle, J. F. to William H. Widman, New York, N.Y. 1882, Aug. 31 HM 65094

Towle, J. F. to William H. Widman, New York, N.Y. 1882, Nov. 2 HM 65095

Towle, J. F. to William H. Widman, New York, N.Y. 1882, Nov. 2 HM 65096

Towle, J. F. to William H. Widman, New York, N.Y. 1882, Nov. 23 HM 65097

Towle, J. F. to William H. Widman, New York, N.Y. 1882, Dec. 22 HM 65098

Towle, J. F. to William H. Widman, New York, N.Y. 1882, Dec. 29 HM 65099

Towle, J. F. to William H. Widman, New York, N.Y. 1883, Jan. 18 HM 65100

Widman, William H. to Mina Widman, Hites Cove, Calif. 1881, Aug. 10 HM 65101

Hague, James D. (James Duncan), 1836-1908. The Hite Mine, Boston, Mass. 1878, Sept.

Ephemera, 20 pieces. 1882