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MINING PROSPECTUSES, ANNUAL REPORTS, AND
STATEMENTS
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ROCKY - BAR MINING COMPANY*
CALIFORNIA, 1850
CIRCULAR, ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION,
RESOLUTIONS, ETC.
Original gold-printed blue wrappers; 12 pages
Philo D. Mickles, President; Jas. Delavan, Secretary
Rocky Bar, Grass Valley, Nevada County, California
"The Rocky-Bar Mining Company was
organized in July, 1849, as a Labor Association, and was primarily composed of
only forty miners, who had been engaged in 1848 and 1849, in digging gold on the
Big-Bar, contiguous to the Rocky-Bar, near the geographical centre of the gold
region in California, and on the middle fork of the American River, about
seventy miles from Sacramento City." From the CIRCULAR, Page 1, of
this publication.
"... These forty resolute and
enterprising spirits, with willing hands, commenced the work in July, and
continued upon it until November, suffering everything but death itself; from
hard and scanty fare, from privation and disease, and from sickness and other
causes, their numbers were reduced before the water was turned, to an average of
twenty-five men; these in three weeks, at this late season, procured from the
bed of the river one hundred and seven pounds, nearly all of which was scale
gold, clearly indicating the rich character of the quartz from whence it came
...." From the CIRCULAR, Page 1, of this publication.
"... The Rocky and the Big Bars are
considered by the old miners as the richest, or to say the lease, among the very
richest portions of the gold region in California ...." From the CIRCULAR,
Page 3.
The first 7 pages of this 1850 publication is history and
details of the mining Company, its property and activities; pages 8 - 11 are the
Articles of Association; and, pages 11- 12, the Resolutions.
Condition: near fine; 1 ex-library stamp; several light folds.
Dimensions: 5" by 8-1/8"
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THE NEW MELONES GOLD AND SILVER MINING
COMPANY*
Of New York
Stanislaus, Santa Cruz, and Reserve Mines, lying between the
township of Robinson's Ferry and Carson's Creek, in Angel's Camp, Calaveras
County, California
Original printed tan wrappers; 28 pages; 1 foldout map, and 1
foldout diagram
No publisher listed, but printed in 1865.
"Among the many rich placers of the
early years of gold-hunting, none, it is well known, have exceeded in richness
those of the ravines on and adjoining Carson's Hill, Calaveras County, on the
side of which the property of the New Melones Mining Company is now
located. Lumps of gold were frequently found there weighing five, ten,
twenty, and twenty-five pounds; and residents of California at that time well
remember the excitement they occasioned. The sands of these ravines are at
this day (1865) still being worked over with profit, probably for the tenth
time. The pieces of gold found here were mostly of a peculiar size and
shape, resembling melon-seeds, which caused the Spaniards to name the mountain
and neighborhood, the Melons, or Melones, which name has been aptly preserved by
the Company ...." From Page 4 of this publication.
The first 12 pages of this publication is centered on the
geology, mineralogy, location, history, and development of the Company's mining
property, especially the Stanislaus and Reserve mines.
Pages 13 - 22 is the Report of Mr. Coignet: "
... In accordance with your request, I submit my report on the mines belonging
to your Company, lying between the township of Robinson's Ferry and Carson's
Creek, in which I shall refer chiefly to the Stanislaus, Santa Cruz, and Reserve
Mines ...."
Pages 23 - 28 is the Report of Mr. Charles A. Stetefeldt,
Mining Engineer and Metallurgist: " ... These
ores are of extraordinary interest for the mineralogist and metallurgist, since,
besides their great richness in native gold, they contain also telluric gold and
silver in such quantities as have never before been known ...."
Foldout map: MAP OF THE GOLD AND SILVER VEINS: Reserve and
Enterprise, Santa Cruz and Stanislaus, the Property of the New Melones Mining
Co., of New York; Snyder, Black & Sturn, Printers; 15 inches by 11 inches;
also showing the Village of Robinson's Ferry and the Stanislaus River.
Foldout Diagram: Profile of the underground workings of the
Stanislaus Mine
Condition: very good plus; 2 ex-library stamps; light fold
down center of publication
Dimensions: 5-3/4" by 9"
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PROSPECTUS OF THE BAY STATE SILVER MINING
COMPANY, OF BOSTON*
BELCHER MINE, RAVENSWOOD MINING DISTRICT,
REESE RIVER COUNTRY, STATE OF NEVADA
Boston: Wright & Potter, Printers, No. 4 Spring Lane, 1865
Incorporated by Special Charter from the State of
Massachusetts, Granted to Major General William S. Rosecrans, Thomas W. Pierce,
Esq., J. Frederic Marsh, Esq., their Associates and Successors, May, 1865
Original silver-printed black wrappers; 40 pages
"The property which the Bay State
Silver Mining Company proposes to purchase, embraces the following Mines, to
wit: -- 1. Belcher Mine, 1,800 feet long; 2. Clement Mine, 2,000 feet long; 3.
Idora Mine, 800 feet long; 4. Fannie Mine, 400 feet long; 5. Mary Allen Mine,
400 feet long; 6. Huron Mine, 800 feet long; 7. Oriental Mine, 1,000 feet Long;
8. Enterprise Mine, 1,000 feet long ...."
"The Belcher Mine is situated about
twenty-five miles north-west of Austin, in the Ravenswood mining district, Reese
River country, State of Nevada. It is easily reached from Austin by a good
level wagon road across the Reese River valley.
"The ledge has already been
sufficiently worked to ascertain that it is of mammoth size, being eight feet at
the outcrop, and eighteen hundred feet in length. The incline is down
about twenty-five feet; the quartz is most beautifully variegated with very
bright colors, blue, green, and white; the ledge has been traced the entire
length of the claim, and its permanency and character lave been determined
beyond a doubt. The Belcher mine is very rich, a yield of from three
hundred to four hundred and fifty dollars per ton having been obtained from the
ore of this lode. The ore on the surface is mostly chloride, and chloro-bromide
or embolite.
"The ledge is located on what the
aborigines of the country call 'Mountain Blue.' the valley, at the head of
which it stands, opening into Reese River valley, is very springy, so that an
abundance of water is to be found even in midsummer ... All the adjacent country
is one of the richest ore districts in Nevada ... to the south lies the Clan
Alpine district, and on the north the Pinewood ...."
Contents of prospectus: The Belcher Mine; The Clement; The
Idora; The Fannie; The Mary Allen; The Huron; The Oriental; The Enterprise;
General Remarks; Silver Mining in Nevada; Specimen of Bullion Product of Nevada
Mines; Estimate of Cost of Mill to Reduce Forty Tons of Ore Per Day;
TestimonialsEstimate of Cost of working Mine and Mill per month, of capacity to
reduce twenty tons per day; State Assayer's reports on each mine
Condition: very good plus; 2 ex-library stamps; light fold
down center
Dimensions: 5-3/4" by 9-1/4"
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ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION OF THE
SILVER CHAMBER MINING COMPANY
Boston: Rockwell and Rollins, Printers, circa 1865
Mining property located on Union Hill, Reese River Mining
District, Lander County, Nevada
Original printed brown wrappers; 8 pages; illustrations
Condition: very good
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THE HERITAGE OF THE DESERT
"A Story which links the romance of the past to
opportunity of the present."
Pioche Commercial Club, Pioche, Nevada, 1924
Original illustrated tan wrappers; 20 pages; numerous
photographic illustrations
Pioche Mines Company, Pioche Mining District, Nevada
Discovery, production, description of mines, milling
operations, financial condition, etc.
Fine condition
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* Special Note on Provenance:
All of the prospectuses, annual
reports, and statements in this group were officially de-acquisitioned by the
University of Wisconsin in 1962. They were purchased in single group at a
library sale and have remained together as a single group in two previous
collections before proper acquisition by Mt. Gothic Tomes and
Reliquary.
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