Manuscripts
1880, Apr. 1. Plat of the Glendover Mine Situated in Bodie Mining District, Mono County, California. In Oversize Items
- Description
- The collection consists of correspondence and documents related to the legal and business affairs of O. S. Dawson, the Sonora Consolidated Mining Company and the Hidden Treasure Consolidated Mining Company in Bodie Mining District, California, and the Ramsey-Ottawa Mining Company in Nevada. It includes receipts, plats, reports, notices of mining locations, surveys, and financial accounts. The letters, written by Dawson and various business partners and mine managers, discuss details about the management of mines, possible lawsuits, outstanding debts, and possible mine purchases in California and Nevada; there is one item regarding mining in Utah. The collection contains 78 pieces of ephemera, including three cartes-de-visite of O. S. Dawson.
- Production date
- 1873-1911.
- Call number
- HM 65699
