California Mining Miscellany, 1890-1937

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Summary

Title:
California Mining Miscellany,
Dates:
1890-1937
Language:
English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], California Mining Miscellany, California State Library.

Background

Scope and content:

Maps and charts of gold mines in El Dorado and Placer Counties, map of chrome mine in San Luis Obispo County, ore receipts from San Francisco mint and Selby Smelting and Lead Co., San Francisco, correspondence from a mining supply firm in Michigan Bluff, Placer County, and invoice of Joshua Hendy Iron Works, a mining equipment firm in Sunnyvale.

Biographical / historical:

Gold mining by large numbers of people began very quickly in California after the discovery by James W. Marshall on January 24, 1848. After the gold rush dwindled in the 1860s, gold continued to be mined throughout the state. This collection is a small group of materials reflecting mining activity in a period of general decline of the industry.

Physical description:
1 box

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Processed by The California State Library staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Xiuzhi Zhou
Date Prepared:
© 1999
Date Encoded:
Machine-readable finding aid derived from WordPerfect.

Access and use

Restrictions:

Unrestricted.

Terms of access:

Please credit California State Library.

Copyright has not been assigned to California State Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing. Permission for publication is given on behalf of California State Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], California Mining Miscellany, California State Library.

Location of this collection:
900 N Street, Room 200, P.O. Box 942837
Sacramento, CA 94237-0001, US
Contact:
(916) 654-0176
cslcal@library.ca.gov
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