Box Shared MSS 22
Contains 7 Results:
Journal, April-December 1881
Account ledger tracks disbursements and receipts.
Journal, April-December 1881
Account journal details income and expenditures, including amounts spent for labor and supplies.
Diary, 1895
Daily accounts of both Holman's business and personal activities include progress reports for both mines, news of social and fraternal organization meetings, and names of couples he united in marriage.
Correspondence, December 25, 1879-February 27, 1880
Progress reports from Holmes to Van Dyck Hubbard report on progress in sinking a shaft, assays of the ore, and machinery in use.
Correspondence, June 8, 1880
This letter from Ginn to "Friend Keating" [R. P. Keating] on letterhead of the Daily and weekly Bodie standard newspaper describes a rich strike of gold ore at the Summit Mine in Bodie. Ginn confirms the strike and William Irwin's assessment of it (Irwin was superintendent of the Summit and the Standard, Bulwer, and Double Standard mines).
Correspondence, June 4, 1881
Moore's letter on stationery of the University Gold Mining Company of Bodie to R. P. Keating details his recent acquisition of two gold-bearing ledges in Bodie and describes their size and the conditions for working them.
Correspondence, undated
Primarily reminiscences of Mrs. Hewes' father, his friends and associates such as mine superintendent William Irwin and Nevada Senator William M. Stewart, and his business interests. Also included are memoirs of Clair's mother, Florence Evelyn Kingsley Waters Hofer, her family's overland journey to Placerville, California, Clair's childhood there and in Gold Hill, Nevada, and famous Nevada friends.