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Register of the Secret Ravine Mining Company Records,
1908-1913
Mss78
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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).