Yuba Consolidated Industries Records 1912-1956

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Yuba Consolidated Industries Records 1912-1956

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This collection includes photographs, photo albums, negatives, and blueprints pertaining to the operations of Wendall P. Hammon, Yuba Construction Company and Yuba Consolidated Gold Fields. Photographs, albums, negatives and blueprints relate to the dredging, manufacturing, and mining activities of the Hammon enterprises.

16.0 Linear feet; 43 Boxes and 1 Oversize Folder

California State University, Chico, Special Collections, Meriam Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6650719

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Yuba Consolidated Gold Fields.

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Biographical/Historical note Gold dredging in California began in 1850 when a small river boat was fitted out as a dredge and gravel mining was attempted above Marysville, California on the Yuba River. The first successful gold dredge in California was built in 1898 by Biggs, Butte County resident Wendell P. Hammon, the "Dredger King," and his partner, Thomas Couch, a Montana mining businessman. This first model and those that followed consis...

Hammon, Wendell P., 1854-1939

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Biographical/Historical note Wendell P. (Philucius) Hammon, 1918-2006, the grandson of Wendell P. (Philucius) Hammon, 1854-1939, the founder of Yuba Construction Company and Yuba Consolidated Gold Fields. His grandfather developed the first successful gold dredger in California in 1898, with his partner, Thomas Couch. The senior Hammon came to be known as the “Dredger King”. From the guide to the Wendell P. Hammon (1918-2006) Type...

Yuba Manufacturing Company, San Francisco.

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Yuba Consolidated Industries. Yuba Mining Division.

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Biographical/Historical note Gold dredging in California began in 1850 when a small river boat was fitted out as a dredge and gravel mining was attempted above Marysville, California on the Yuba River. The first successful gold dredge in California was built in 1898 by Biggs, Butte County resident Wendell P. Hammon, the "Dredger King," and his partner, Thomas Couch, a Montana mining businessman. This first model and those that followed consis...

Hammon Engineering Company.

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Biographical/Historical note Gold dredging in California began in 1850 when a small river boat was fitted out as a dredge and gravel mining was attempted above Marysville, California on the Yuba River. The first successful gold dredge in California was built in 1898 by Biggs, Butte County resident Wendell P. Hammon, the "Dredger King," and his partner, Thomas Couch, a Montana mining businessman. This first model and those that followed consis...

Yuba River Diversion Project.

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Yuba Construction Company

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