Sheep Ranch Mine Collection, 1918-1939

Printable guide [HTML]

Summary

Title:
Sheep Ranch Mine Collection,
Dates:
1918-1939
Creators:
Language:
English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Sheep Ranch Mine Collection, Mss231, Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library

Background

Scope and content:

The Sheep Ranch Mine Collection consists of reports, notes and correspondence pertaining to 20th c. activity at the mine (1918-1939). It also contains a Report of the Best & Belcher Gold and Silver Mining Co. of San Andreas.

Biographical / historical:

The Sheep Ranch Mine, Calaveras County (Calif.) was one of the major gold-producing mines in the southern Mother Lode. Deposits on the Ranch were not discovered until 1866. The principal mine, of which George Hearst, father of William Randolph Hearst, was one of the owners (1874-1893), reportedly produced $4 million in gold during the years of Hearst's involvement. The mine was worked intermittently during the early twentieth century, producing about $3 million by 1942.

Physical location:
For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Physical description:
0.25 linear ft.

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Processed by Don Walker; machine-readable finding aid created by Don Walker
Date Prepared:
© 1998
Date Encoded:
Machine-readable finding aid derived from paper by means of scanning and OCR; OCR file edited for typographical errors before encoding. Date of source: Sept. 1998.

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Sheep Ranch Mine Collection, Mss231, Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library

Location of this collection:
University of the Pacific, Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections, University Library
Stockton, CA 95211, US
Contact:
(209) 946-2404
Website