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Guide to the Mining Companies Miscellany, 1900-1935
930-933
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Title: Mining Companies Miscellany,
Date (inclusive): 1900-1935
Box Number: 930-933
Collector:
California State Library
Extent: 4 boxes
Repository:
California State Library
Sacramento, California
Language:
English.
Unrestricted.
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the reader.
[Identification of item], Mining Companies Miscellany, California State Library.
Gold mines and mining--California--El Dorado County
Gold mines and mining--California--Mono County
Gold mines and mining--California--Nevada County
Gold mines and mining--California--Riverside County
Gold mines and mining--California--Sierra County
Gold mines and mining--California--Siskiyou County
Mercury Mines and mining--California
Reports on mining companies, including maps, photos, and broadsides; pamphlets, attorney's briefs for court cases, and surveyor's
notebooks.
Mercury, or quicksilver, has been mined in California since the late Mexican era. Gold mining dates back almost to the earliest
European settlement of California.
Gold mining by large numbers of people began very quickly after the discovery by James W. Marshall on January 24, 1848. After
the gold rush dwindled away in the 1860s, gold continued to be mined in California. Gold has been discovered in 52 of the
present 58 counties of the state. This collection includes mining materials from El Dorado, Mono, Nevada, Sierra, Siskiyou
and Riverside Counties.