J. W. Stow papers, 1865

Summary

Abstract:

Papers belonging to San Francisco businessman Joseph W. Stow.

Extent:

1.2 Linear Feet (1 box)

Language:

Materials are in English.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item]. J.W. Stow papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists primarily of letters and some documents related to the examination of quartz mines in Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, and Tuolumne counties, California, as well as several mines in Nevada. Many of the letters are addressed to Stow, but there are also a few addressed to Edward J. Pringle and others. The primary authors of the letters are W. A. Williams and Joseph Lee.

Biographical / historical:

Joseph W. Stow, early San Francisco businessman and philanthropist, was associated in several business enterprises with William C. Ralston, president of the Bank of California, which made loans to mines after their appraisal. Stow received the reports and sold mining machinery from his hardware warehouse. Ralston, Edward J. Pringle, and Stow were partners in an unsuccessful venture to treat refractory ores, called the Hagan Process for the Disintegration of Ores.

Acquisition information:

Purchased from Edwin Grabhorn, January 1945.

Processing information:

Processed by Brooke M. Black in July 2002. In September 2024, she created a finding aid.

Arrangement:

Arranged chronologically.

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Mines and mineral resources -- California
Mines and mineral resources -- Nevada
Quartz mines and mining -- California
Quartz mines and mining -- Nevada
Letters (correspondence)

Names:

Lee, Joseph, active 1865
Williams, W. A., active 1865

Places:

California -- History -- 19th century -- Sources
Nevada -- History -- 19th century -- Sources

Restrictions:

Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Terms of access:

The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item]. J.W. Stow papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Location of this collection:

Huntington Library, Manuscript Collections

1151 Oxford Road

San Marino, CA 91108, US

Contact:

(626) 405-2191

reference@huntington.org

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