Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Charles William Hendel Collection,
- Dates:
- 1853-1918
- Creators:
- Hendel, Charles W. (Charles William), b.1831
- Language:
- English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Charles William Hendel Collection, California State Library.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Correspondence, business, legal and mining papers, field notes and surveys, miscellaneous mining materials.
- Biographical / historical:
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Charles William Hendel was born in Saxony July 21, 1831. In 1853, he came to California and mined for gold on the American River in Sierra County. In 1860, he became Sierra County Surveyor. In 1871, he was appointed a U.S. Deputy Surveyor and moved to La Porte in Plumas County. In 1879, he was elected Plumas County Surveyor. He owned a large interest in the Alturas tailing mine on Slate Creek and nearly all claims on Port Wine ridge, known as the Lucky Gold Hill Mine which covered nearly 800 acres. He died September 17, 1920.
- Physical description:
- 40 boxes
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Surveying--California
Gold mines and mining--California--Butte County
Gold mines and mining--California--Nevada County
Gold mines and mining--California--Plumas County
Gold mines and mining--California--Sierra County - Names:
- Alturas Company (Sierra County, Calif.)
Lucky Gold Hill Mining Company (Sierra County, Calif.)
Seares Ravine Flume Company (Sierra County, Calif.)
Hendel, Charles W. (Charles William), b. 1831
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 1999
- Date Encoded:
- Machine-readable finding aid derived from WordPerfect.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Unrestricted.
- Terms of access:
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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:
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[Identification of item], Charles William Hendel Collection, California State Library.
- Location of this collection:
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900 N Street, Room 200, P.O. Box 942837Sacramento, CA 94237-0001, US
- Contact:
- (916) 654-0176