Philip Deidesheimer dictation and biographical sketch : San Francisco, Calif., 1886 Dec. 8.

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Philip Deidesheimer dictation and biographical sketch : San Francisco, Calif., 1886 Dec. 8.

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Dictation, recorded for H.H. Bancroft, concerns arrival in California via Cape Horn about 1851 and gold mining to 1860; invention of square-set method of timbering on the Comstock; other mining activities (14 l.). Biographical sketch based on dictation, in handwriting of Alfred Bates (5 l.).

Originals : 1 portfolio.Copies : partial microfilm reel (11 exposures) : negative (Rich. 404:3) and positive.

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Bates, Alfred, 1840-

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Deidesheimer, Philip

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