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Descriptive Summary
Title: New Idria Mining Company Records,
Date (inclusive): 1854-1867
Box Number: 275
Collector:
Perham, Constance
Repository:
California State Library
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access
Unrestricted.
Conditions of Use
Please credit California State Library.
Publication Rights
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], New Idria Mining Company Records, California State Library.
Access Points
Mercury mines and mining--California--San Benito County
New Idria Mining Company (Calif.)
Contents
Accounts, deeds, certificates, statements, mining claims, testimony, letters
History
The New Idria Mining Company was a quicksilver mine said to be discovered in 1851. It was incorporated by the state January
27, 1858, and the federal patent was applied for in 1863. On December 14, 1905, it forfeited its California corporation status.
Correspondents
Related Collections
Title: New Almaden Mines Collection.
Title: Kenneth Rank - New Idria Mines Collection.
Title: New Idria Quicksilver Mining Company Collection #2.