Manuscripts
Miscellaneous materials on early Tuolumne County, Calif
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Letters and documents related to quartz and gold mining in Tuolumne and Placer Counties, California
Manuscripts
Materials on quartz and gold mining operations mainly in Tuolumne County and Placer County, California. Items include an 1884 letter to Henry G. Wetmore from Charles L. Lang of the Rising Sun Mine in Placer County in which he writes of "the idiotic manner in which my partner Comstock is running the mine;" an 1876 letter from C.J. Moore asking Wetmore to invest in the harness leather trade; an 1877 letter from C.J. Pilsbury to Wetmore with mining engineering instructions; an 1888 letter from E.A. Roberts to Wetmore about selling a mine in Sonora; an 1877 letter to Wetmore from Sam Rudolph at the Bower Cave Mine in Colorado regarding quartz testing; an 1880 description of the Well Rough Mine and statements regarding the collapse of the Soulsbyville Mill; an indenture between the Duchow brothers and Wetmore for the Lony Mine; and a printed pamphlet on the Mazeppa Gold Mining Company in Tuolumne County, California.
mssHM 73077-73084
C1.1 - Charts miscellaneous
Visual Materials
C1.1 - Charts miscellaneous - Chart showing Total Annual Discharge of Water in Acre Feet [from four rivers for years 1871 through 1931. Rivers included are The San Joaquin (at Friant Dam), the Merced (at Exchequer Dam), the Tuolumne (at La Grange Dam), and the Stanislaus (at Knights Ferry)].
photCL SCE 02 - 17752
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Petition regarding the Stockton and Sonora Turnpike Road Company
Manuscripts
Petition by Eugene C. Kelty, Angeline Reynolds, Gibbard C. Reynolds, Herman Camp, and Chauncy Johnson of the Stockton and Sonora Turnpike Road Company regarding the construction of a turnpike from Stockton to Sonora. Sent to the Court of Sessions, Tuolumne County, California.
mssHM 74169
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Docket
Manuscripts
The docket lists cases involving the Justices of the Peace of Tuolumne County, California, from 1855 to 1857. The docket includes the following information for each case: date, type, proceedings of court, names of individuals involved, actions taken, fees and decisions. There is an alphabetical index at the beginning of the volume.
mssHM 68199
Springfield, Tuolumne County
Rare Books
Image is of the town square with a fagpole in the center surrounded by scattered dwellings. There are goats on the low knoll in the foreground, and small hills in the background. "G.H. Goddard del. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1853 by G.S. Wells in the Clercks [sic] Office of the Dist. Court of the Northern Dist. of California. Published by G.S. Wells, Sonora May 1853. Lith. Britton & Rey, San Francisco."--text, below image. Baird notes that this image is either p.1 or p.4 of a letter sheet that also contains "Sonora from the North." Paper color: gray.
48052:101a
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Land reports from Sonora County, Calif
Manuscripts
3 reports by Joseph S. Wilson on land disputes, probably in Sonora County, California. Each report includes a small plat map and detailed decision from the following cases: 1) William Oliver vs. Coleman Asberry (April 10, 1867), 2) Richard S. Johnson vs. Samuel Duncan (June 3, 1867), and 3) Hiram Pomeroy vs. Jacob Hanson (June 3, 1867). All addressed to the Register and Receiver, San Francisco.
mssHM 73978-73980