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Happy Valley Mine Project

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-087

Scope and Contents

This collection contains four reports that were submitted to the investors, the most influential and complete of which is Ware's. All reports deal with different aspects of the project; two with dredging the channels which ran along the mine, and another that dealt with the amount of ore left in the mountain. Ware's report gives a short history of the mining industry in this area at the time of the Gold Rush and includes how much gold was mined before his report was written. The map is filled in map drawer.

Dates

  • 1927 - 1930

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research without restrictions.

Conditions Governing Use

No restrictions.

Biographical / Historical

The Happy Valley Mine Project was located southwest of Redding in Shasta County, Ca. The reports were commissioned by E.A. Julian of Goldfield Consolidated Mines Exploration Co. and written by Norton Ware, for the future use of determining the profitability of investment projects. The project had been profitable until the Ware report and in 1930 acting on this report, G.A. Bigelow recommended that the project be closed because the gold had played out.

Extent

1 box : 50 leaves, map

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Report to E.A. Julian, Goldfield Consolidated Mines Exploration Company, 1927. Includes Report on the Lost Channel Gravesl by H.W. Turner, 1922, Report as to the dredgibility of Lost Channel Gravel Mines, Shasta County, California by Charles Helman, 1911, and letter from G.A. Bigelow to W.C. Hammon, 1930, commenting on the Ware report.

Publication Rights

The library can only claim physical ownership of the collection. Users are responsible for satisfying any claimants of literary property.

Author
Processed by: Special Collections Staff
Date
August 1, 2024
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the California State University, Chico, Special Collections, Meriam Library Repository

Contact:
California State University Chico
400 West First Street
Chico CA 95929-0295 USA US