Collection Guide
Collection Title:
Collection Number:
Get Items:
Register of the Secret Ravine Mining Company Records, 1908-1913
Mss78
No online items
View entire collection guide
Search this collection
Table of contents
Title: Secret Ravine Mining Company Records,
Date (inclusive): 1908-1913
Collection number: Mss78
Creator:
Ronald H. Limbaugh
Extent: 1 linear ft.
Repository:
University of the Pacific. Library. Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections
Stockton, CA 95211
Shelf location: For current information on the location of these
materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Language:
English.
Collection is open for research.
[Identification of item], Secret Ravine Mining Company Records, Mss78, Holt-Atherton
Department of Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library
Powell, S.W.
Secret Ravine Gold Mining Company -Records and correspondence
Gold mines and mining -California -Sierra County
Sierra County (Calif.) -History -Sources
Alleghany (Calif.) -History -Sources
The Secret Ravine Mine was an unprofitable drift gravel gold mine operated on the Middle
Fork of the Yuba River near Alleghany, Sierra County (Calif.). The Mining Company was
incorporated in San Francisco (April 1909) and its five member Board of Directors was
chaired by S.W. Powell. The Company sold stock between May 1909 and December 1910, but
never had more than twenty shareholders.The Secret Ravine Mining Company ceased
operations in 1911.
The Secret Ravine Records consist of correspondence (1908-1913), By-Laws, Minutes and
Ledgers (1909-1911).