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Placer dredge history
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American Dredging Company incoming correspondence
Manuscripts
This incoming correspondence deals mostly with the company's work on the Dutch Gap on the James River Improvement Project in Virginia, their work with the U.S. Engineer's Office on the Philadelphia Navy Yard at League Island, and their work with the Coosaw Mining Company in Charleston, South Carolina. The correspondence also deals with several other projects. Most of the correspondence is written to Somers and Colton. Correspondents include: William P. Craighill, William Ludlow, Franklin C. Prindle, Robert Ransom, Andrew Adger, David Lopez, Benjamin Maillefert, and Grantham Israel Taggart, Sr. (list is not exhaustive). The correspondence had previously been bound together (now separated). There is some water damage to the letters; some letters are stuck together. Fragile condition.
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American Dredging Company Incoming Correspondence
Manuscripts
This incoming correspondence deals mostly with the company's work on the Dutch Gap on the James River Improvement Project in Virginia, their work with the U.S. Engineer's Office on the Philadelphia Navy Yard at League Island, and their work with the Coosaw Mining Company in Charleston, South Carolina. The correspondence also deals with several other projects. Most of the correspondence is written to Somers and Colton. Correspondents include: William P. Craighill, William Ludlow, Franklin C. Prindle, Robert Ransom, Andrew Adger, David Lopez, Benjamin Maillefert, and Grantham Israel Taggart, Sr. (list is not exhaustive).
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Two telegrams being correspondence of Charles Pray and Alfred Hunt. Bargains Placer Dredging Equipment for Sale by A. Hack
Manuscripts
The John Janney collection contains correspondence and business records related to mining in the early 20th century American West. Included are files related to John Janney's several properties and interests, most of which were in Lincoln County, Nevada, including the Ely Valley Mines, Mountain View Hotel, Pioche Mines Company, Pioche Power and Light Company, and Tenabo Mining and Smelting Company. This collection exists as an extensive and rich documentation of Nevada mining, especially during the Great Depression and World War II.
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