Gold mines and mining -- California

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Bodie State Historic Park Maps and Drawings

 Collection
Identifier: 93-68
Abstract The town of Bodie, Mono County, California was the site of a discovery of gold in 1859 by William Bodey. The collection contains microfilmed maps and engineering drawings of mines, tunnels, power houses, surveys, portions of townships and ranges, and mining equipment at Aurora, Nevada and Bodie, Green Creek (Mono County), Mono Lake, and Mammoth Lakes, California. Mines, mining companies, and power plants include Aurora Consolidated Mines Company, Bodie Consolidated Mining Company, Bodie...
Dates: 1879-1934
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / Bodie State Historic Park Maps and Drawings

Reports on the Codd Mines Company

 Collection
Identifier: 89-37
Abstract

Progress reports on establishment of the new mine and mill, describing equipment and personnel, and containing photos of the company president and the mine. The collection contains materials from 1912 created by the Codd Mines Company.

Dates: 1912
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / Reports on the Codd Mines Company

Edmund Smith Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: 93-56
Abstract

These letters/journal written by the Smith brothers (Edmund, Cassius, and Joel) to their brother and sister describe their preparations for and experiences of their trip to California via Nevada. Material between May 12-December 22, 1850.

Dates: May 12-December 22, 1850
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / Edmund Smith Correspondence

Mahlon Fairchild Manuscript

 Collection
Identifier: 2010-33
Abstract

Mahlon Fairchild (1827-1913) was born in New York and immigrated to California during the 1849 gold rush. In May 1859, Fairchild relocated to Nevada, where he lived until his death. The collection contains a hardbound manuscript of reminiscences written by Fairchild between about 1910 and 1913 on his life, immigration west to California, details about Comstock mining, and his experiences in White Pine County.

Dates: 1913; 1968
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / Mahlon Fairchild Manuscript

The First Fifty Years, Memoirs of a Native Son of the Golden West

 Collection
Identifier: 89-06
Abstract

Reminiscences of Gemmill's mining career and farming in southern California, ca. 1899-1910.

Dates: 1930
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / The First Fifty Years, Memoirs of a Native Son of the Golden West