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Wendell P. Hammon (1918-2006) Typescript: Gold Dredger as an Instrument of Conservation
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Title: Wendell P. Hammon (1918-2006) Typescript: Gold Dredger as an Instrument of Conservation
Identifier/Call Number: MSS.306
Contributing Institution:
California State University, Chico, Special Collections, Meriam Library
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
0.2 Linear feet
2 folders
Date: 1955
Abstract: Article “The California dredger as an instrument of conservation” with rejection letter from Olaf P. Jenkins, Chief, State
of California Department of Natural Resources Division of Mines, California journal of mines and geology.
creator:
Hammon, Wendell P., 1918-2006
Collection is open for research without restriction.
No restrictions.
Existence and Location of Copies note
Photocopies of material.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Source unknown.
Wendell P. Hammon (1918-2006) Typescript “Gold Dredger as an Instrument of Conservation,” 1955, MSS 306, Special Collections,
Meriam Library, California State University, Chico.
Related Archival Materials note
A preliminary report on Scott Bar and Quartz Hill mining properties: Siskiyou County, California / For W. P. Hammon, San Francisco
Gassaway, A. D. MSS 043, Special Collections, Meriam Library, California State University, Chico.
Report on Bald Mountain Consolidated Gold Mining Company placer mines and Plumas Development Company placer mines. Gassaway,
A. D. , MSS 089 Special Collections, Meriam Library, California State University, Chico.
Yuba Manufacturing Company Records 1898-1958, MSS 157, Special Collections, Meriam Library, California State University, Chico.
Yuba River Diversion Project for Yuba Consolidated Gold Fields Report, MSS 197, Special Collections, Meriam Library, California
State University, Chico.
W. P. Hammon Prospecting Log Books, MSS 305, Special Collections, Meriam Library, California State University, Chico.
Yuba River Diversion Project for Yuba Consolidated Gold Fields Report, MSS 197, Special Collections, Meriam Library, California
State University, Chico.
Yuba Consolidated Gold Fields Records, MSS 315, Special Collections, Meriam Library, California State University, Chico.
Yuba Consolidated Industries Records, MSS 322, Special Collections, Meriam Library, California State University, Chico.
Wendell P. (Philucius) Hammon, 1918-2006, the grandson of Wendell P. (Philucius) Hammon, 1854-1939, the founder of Yuba Construction
Company and Yuba Consolidated Gold Fields. His grandfather developed the first successful gold dredger in California in 1898,
with his partner, Thomas Couch. The senior Hammon came to be known as the “Dredger King”.
The collection consists of an unpublished article “The California Gold Dredger as an Instrument of Conservation” by Wendell
Hammon, (Wendell Philucius Hammon), 1918-2006, correspondence regarding mining operations, and lists of gold dredging companies
operating in California. Letter of rejection for publication in California journal of mines and geology / State of California,
Department of Natural Resources, Division of Mines from Olaf P. Jenkins, Chief, State of California Department of Natural
Resources Division of Mines.
Original.
No material cataloged separately.
The library can only claim physical ownership of the collection. Users are responsible for satisfying any claimants of literary
property.
Processing of the Wendell P. Hammon (1918-2006) Typescript “Gold Dredger as an Instrument of Conservation” was generously
funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and administered by the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR). The
[ABC repository] 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 of over 33 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).
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Hammon, Wendell P., 1854-1939
Dredges.
Gold dredging -- California -- History.
Gold mines and mining -- California -- History.
Hydraulic Mining--California--Yuba County--Photographs.
Uncovering California's Environmental Collections Project
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