Hammon (Wendell P. 1854-1939) Prospecting Log Books, 1904-1905, 1908

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Summary

Title:
Wendell P. Hammon (1854-1939) Prospecting Log Books
Dates:
1904-1905, 1908
Creators:
Hammon, Wendell P., 1854-1939
Abstract:
Wendell P. Hammon (1854-1939) Prospecting Log Books of Shasta and Trinity County.
Extent:
0.11 Linear feet 3 folders
Language:
and English
Preferred citation:

Wendell P. Hammon (1854-1939) Prospecting Log Books, MSS 305, Special Collections, Meriam Library, California State University, Chico.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection contains three prospecting log books pertaining to land in Shasta and Trinity counties. Shasta County tracts include the Elmore Tract, Lone Hill Tract, Elmore Tract 1-167, Lone Hill Tract 182, McCormick Saeltzer Tract. The Trinity County tracts include Webster Treat Tract, John Larsen Tract, Sypes Placer Mining Co. Tract, Wm. Vollmers Tract.

Descriptions and drawings of the land are at 5 five feet increments, with the size of shaft, weight of gold, value per cubic yard, and cubic feet in test. Notes in Books #3 and #12 indicate value of gold (1 grain) at 3.9 cents; grains in 1 milligram .01543, and value 1 milligram of gold .0060177 cents.

Biographical / historical:

Wendell P. (Philucius) Hammon, 1854-1939, was the founder of Yuba Construction Company and Yuba Consolidated Gold Fields. He developed the first successful gold dredger in California in 1898, with his partner, Thomas Couch. Hammon came to be known as the “Dredger King”.

Acquisition information:
Source unknown.
Processing information:

Processing of the Wendell P. Hammon (1854-1939) Prospecting Log Books 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).

Arrangement:

In numeric order by log book.

Material specific details:
No other forms of material.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by Pamela Nett Kruger, Leilani Silver
Sponsor:
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.
Date Prepared:
June 21, 2010
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2012-10-03T11:18-0700

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research without restriction.

Terms of access:

No restrictions.

Preferred citation:

Wendell P. Hammon (1854-1939) Prospecting Log Books, MSS 305, Special Collections, Meriam Library, California State University, Chico.

Location of this collection:
California State University, Chico, Special Collections Meriam Library
400 West First Street
Chico, CA 95929-0295, US
Contact:
(530) 898-6603
SpecialCollections@csuchico.edu
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