Mining Collection descriptions.

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Mining Collection descriptions.

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2 paper copies of descriptions of the following then-recently acquired California mining collections, as well as a copy on floppy disc, with box numbers in parentheses: Yellow Aster Mining and Milling Company records (2289-2310), Sierra Buttes Gold Mining Company records (2380-2389), Stanislaus Electric Power Company records (2322-2324), the William P. Sowden papers (2393-2400), the Erroll MacBoyle mining papers (2338-2340), the Occidental Gold Mining Company records (2332-2337 & 2778-2782), and the Wendell P. Hammon papers (2414-2438). While some of these collections were still unprocessed at the time of their description, all have since been processed and cataloged, and are available to California State Library patrons.

1 file folder; 11 3/4 x 8 7/8 in.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7938838

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History The Spanish settled in California in 1769. The first permanent settlement was started when soldiers and sailors established permanent residence in San Diego. San Jose de Guadalupe was the first pueblo in California. It was founded November 29, 1777 by five colonists who had come to California with explorer, Juan Baptista de Anza. From 1769 to 1822 California was under Spanish rule. In 1822, California declared independence...

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