Guide to the Mining Companies Miscellany, 1900-1935

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Guide to the Mining Companies Miscellany, 1900-1935

California State Library

Sacramento, California

Contact Information:

California History Room
California State Library
Library and Courts Building II
900 N. Street, Room 200
P.O. Box 942837
Sacramento, California 94237-0001
Phone: (916) 654-0176
Fax: (916) 654-8777
Email: cslcal@library.ca.gov
URL: http://www.library.ca.gov/

Processed by:: The California State Library staff
Encoded by:: Xiuzhi Zhou

Descriptive Summary

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.

Administrative Information

Access

Unrestricted.

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Please credit California State Library.

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Preferred Citation

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

Access Points

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

Contents

Reports on mining companies, including maps, photos, and broadsides; pamphlets, attorney's briefs for court cases, and surveyor's notebooks.

History

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.

Box 930

A - G

Box 931

H - O

Box 932

P - Z

Box 933

Court Cases and Note Books