Discovery Claims of Scholes Quartz Sedge Scott Valley, April 10, 1866

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Summary

Title:
Discovery Claims Scholes Quartz Sedge Scott Valley
Dates:
April 10, 1866
Creators:
Scholes, G. (George)
Abstract:
An April 10, 1866 handwritten claim for the Scholes Quartz Sedge Scott Valley Discovery Claim.
Extent:
0.1 Linear feet 1 item
Language:
and English
Preferred citation:

Discovery Claims of Scholes Quartz Sedge Scott Valley , MSS 308, Special Collections, Meriam Library, California State University, Chico.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of an April 10, 1866 handwritten claim for the Scholes Quartz Sedge Scott Valley Discovery Claim.

Biographical / historical:

Discovery claims of Scholes Quartz Sedge Scott Valley were located in Siskiyou County, California. The 1866 handwritten claim states that for five dollars George Scholes sold fifty (50) feet of his mining claims on Cedar Creek to Geo. C. Furbey. According to the claim the fifty feet was in the northeast part of George Scholes two claims of two hundred and fifty feet (250) of what are called the discovery claims of Scholes Sedge. The claim states that the 50 feet was located “on the Sedge on the northeast by Joseph Magill’s claim called as claim No. 1 on the northeast extension of the Scholes Sedge, and on the southwest by the remainder of my discovery claims”. The claim was executed and delivered before an E. H. Hall, and signed by George Scholes.

Acquisition information:
Purchase, January 29, 1992.
Processing information:

Processing of the Discovery Claims Scholes Quartz Sedge Scott Valley 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:

Original

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 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:
6/28/2010
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2011-05-25T15:27-0700

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research without restriction.

Terms of access:

No restrictions.

Preferred citation:

Discovery Claims of Scholes Quartz Sedge Scott Valley , MSS 308, 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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