Inventory of the Ruth Pierce Mine Collection
MC252
Sara Gunasekara
Processing of this collection was funded by the Andrew
W. Mellon Foundation, and administered by the Council on
Library and Information Resources (CLIR), Cataloging Hidden
Special Collections and Archives program.
University of California, Davis Library,
Dept. of Special Collections
2013
1st Floor, Shields Library, University of
California
100 North West Quad
Davis, CA 95616-5292
speccoll@ucdavis.edu
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
University of California, Davis Library,
Dept. of Special Collections
Title: Ruth Pierce Mine Collection
Creator:
University of California,
Davis. Library
Identifier/Call Number: MC252
Physical Description:
0.2 linear
feet
Date (inclusive):
1909-1942
Abstract: The Ruth
Pierce Mine was located in Mariposa County, California. This
small collection contains reports about the mine as well as
correspondence regarding a lease option.
Physical Location: Researchers
should contact Archives and Special Collections to request
collections, as many are stored offsite.
Administrative History
The Ruth Pierce Mine, discovered in 1851, was located in
Mariposa County, California, about four miles from the town of
Hornitos. In May 1913 the mine was owned by the Hornitos Gold
Mining Company. As of 1920, the mine was owned by the Ruth Pierce
Mining Company, a subsidiary of the Tennessee Mining Company.
In 1927 a fire at the site burned the mill plant, the boarding
house and miners quarters. After the fire, the mine was acquired
by Mr. Clarence Jarbeau and associates from Seattle.
Scope and Content
The collection contains reports about the mine as well as
correspondence regarding a lease option.
Arrangement of the Collection
The collection is arranged in two series: Reports and
Correspondence.
Access
Collection is open for research.
Processing Information
Processing of the Ruth Pierce Mine Collection was generously
funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and administered by
the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR). UC Davis
Special Collections was awarded a Cataloging Hidden Special
Collections and Archives grant from 2010-2012, "Uncovering
California's Environmental Collections," in collaboration with
eight additional special collections and archival repositories
throughout the state and the California Digital Library (CDL).
Grant objectives included processing hidden collections related
to the state's environment and environmental history. The
collections document an array of important sub-topics such as
irrigation, mining, forestry, agriculture, industry, land use,
activism, and research. Together they form a multifaceted picture
of the natural world and the way it was probed, altered,
exploited and protected in California over the twentieth century.
Finding aids are made available through the Online Archive of
California (OAC).
Sara Gunasekara processed this collection.
Acquisition Information
Extracted from D-016, Mining Records Collection in 2013.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Ruth Pierce Mine Collection, MC252,
Archives and Special Collections, UC Davis Library, University of
California, Davis.
Publication Rights
All applicable copyrights for the collection are protected
under chapter 17 of the U.S. Copyright Code. Requests for
permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted
in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for
publication is given on behalf of the Regents of the University
of California as the owner of the physical items. It is not
intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder,
which must also be obtained by the researcher.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Mariposa County (Calif.) --
History
Gold mines and mining -- California --
Mariposa County
Uncovering California's Environmental
Collections Project
Mineralogy -- California -- Mariposa
County
Mines and mineral resources -- California
-- Mariposa County
Ruth Pierce Mine
Reports Series 1.
1909-1929
Physical Description:
Scope and Contents note
Arranged chronologically.
Box MC252, Folder 1
"Report on Ruth Pierce Mine by W.J.
Adams"
1909-1929
Scope and Contents
1 bound volume, "Report on Ruth Pierce Mine by W. J.
Adams," 73 typescript pages and 7 booklets of bullion
deposit slips; contains photographs, a survey, and fold-out
diagram of mine.
Box MC252, Folder 2
Typed Copy of "Report on Ruth Pierce Mine" by
Adams and Additional Reports
1902
Scope and Contents
52 loose pages total, containing a typed copy of the
report by Adams and the following, all written on the back
of Bay Counties Power Co. stationery:
"Results of transformer tests at the following
sub-stations during the month of April 1902" (2 pages)
"Wattmeter readings at Sacramento and ammeter readings
at Colgate reduced to horsepower"
"Strains at centers of spans of given lengths also
elastic limit of hard drawn copper wire"
"Pole specifications"
"Resistance tests on Bay lines"
"Specifications for water wheels and connections for the
Bay Counties Power Company" (4 pages)
Box MC252, Folder 3
Bound Copy of "Report on Ruth Pierce Mine" by
W.J. Adams
1909-1929
Box MC252, Folder 4
Typewritten Copies of Ruth Pierce Mine
Reports
1921-1939
Scope and Contents
Reports from 1921, 1938, 1939, possibly duplicates of
other reports in this collection
Box MC252, Folder 5
Reports by James McMahon and W.A.
Bradley
1921
Scope and Contents
Negative photocopy of survey in report by Adams
Negative photocopy of panoramic photo of mine in report
by Adams
Handwritten notes tabulating "bullion receipts from 1916
to 1926" (8 pages)
Typewritten "Report on the Ruth Pierce mine" by James
McMahon (5 pages)
Typewritten letter from W. A. Bradley to C. A. Morris,
March 25, 1921, "Report on the 'Ruth Pierce Mine'" (4
pages)
Correspondence Series 2.
1925-1942
Physical Description:
22
letters
Scope and Contents note
Arranged in two subseries: Outgoing and Incoming.
Outgoing Subseries 2.1
1925-1942
Physical Description:
Scope and Contents note
Arranged alphabetically by correspondent. Contains
letters written by A.C. Morison concerning a lease option
on the Ruth Pierce Mine.
Box MC252, Folder 6
Bondshu, F.A.
1939 February 20
Box MC252, Folder 7
Bueski, A.
1939 November 29
Box MC252, Folder 8
Cooper, Gary
1941 December 19
Box MC252, Folder 9
Fifield, Rev.
1942 February 4
Box MC252, Folder 10
Olds, A.C.
1925
September
Box MC252, Folder 11
Schauer, William A.
1939 February 20
Box MC252, Folder 12
Schauer, William A.
1939 March 8
Box MC252, Folder 13
Schauer, William A.
1939 March 21
Box MC252, Folder 14
Schauer, William A.
1939 March 29
Box MC252, Folder 15
Schauer, William A.
1939-04-05
Box MC252, Folder 16
Schauer, William A.
1939 April 26
Box MC252, Folder 17
Schauer, William A.
1939 May 3
Box MC252, Folder 18
Schauer, William A.
1939 May 22
Box MC252, Folder 19
Schauer, William A.
1939 May 25
Box MC252, Folder 20
Schauer, William A.
1939 June 7
Box MC252, Folder 21
Schauer, William A.
1939 June 17
Box MC252, Folder 22
Schauer, William A.
1939 July 7
Box MC252, Folder 23
Schauer, William A.
1939 August 14
Box MC252, Folder 24
Schauer, William A.
1939 November 8
Box MC252, Folder 25
Schauer, William A.
1939 November 30
Box MC252, Folder 26
Schauer, Zada
1939 June 26
Box MC252, Folder 27
Williams, George F.
1939 February 28
Incoming Subseries 2.2
1939
Physical Description:
5
letters
Scope and Contents note
Contains letters written to A.C. Morison. Arranged
alphabetically by correspondent.
Box MC252, Folder 28
Bondshu, F.A.
1939 February 16
Box MC252, Folder 29
Schauer, William A.
1939 March 31
Box MC252, Folder 30
Schauer, William A.
1939 May 1
Box MC252, Folder 31
Schauer, William A.
1939 May 2
Box MC252, Folder 32
Schauer, William A.
1939 June 9
