Wendell P. Hammon (1854-1939) Prospecting Log Books
Scope and Contents
The collection contains three prospecting log books pertaining to land in Shasta and Trinity counties. Shasta County tracts include the Elmore Tract, Lone Hill Tract, Elmore Tract 1-167, Lone Hill Tract 182, McCormick Saeltzer Tract. The Trinity County tracts include Webster Treat Tract, John Larsen Tract, Sypes Placer Mining Co. Tract, Wm. Vollmers Tract.
Descriptions and drawings of the land are at 5 five feet increments, with the size of shaft, weight of gold, value per cubic yard, and cubic feet in test. Notes in Books #3 and #12 indicate value of gold (1 grain) at 3.9 cents; grains in 1 milligram .01543, and value 1 milligram of gold .0060177 cents.
Dates
- 1904-1905, 1908
Creator
- Hammon, Wendell P., 1854-1939 (Person)
Language of Materials
English
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research without restriction.
Usage Restrictions
No restrictions.
Biographical / Historical
Wendell P. (Philucius) Hammon, 1854-1939, was the founder of Yuba Construction Company and Yuba Consolidated Gold Fields. He developed the first successful gold dredger in California in 1898, with his partner, Thomas Couch. Hammon came to be known as the “Dredger King”.
Extent
0.11 Linear Feet (3 folders)
Abstract
Wendell P. Hammon (1854-1939) Prospecting Log Books of Shasta and Trinity County.
Arrangement
In numeric order by log book.
Publication Rights
The library can only claim physical ownership of the collection. Users are responsible for satisfying any claimants of literary property.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Source unknown.
Separated Materials
No material cataloged separately.
Alternate Form of Material
No other forms of material.
Processing Information
Processing of the Wendell P. Hammon (1854-1939) Prospecting Log Books was generously funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and administered by the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR). The [ABC repository] was awarded a Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives grant from 2010-2012, "Uncovering California's Environmental Collections," in collaboration with eight additional special collections and archival repositories throughout the state and the California Digital Library (CDL). Grant objectives included processing of over 33 hidden collections related to the state's environment and environmental history. The collections document an array of important sub-topics such as irrigation, mining, forestry, agriculture, industry, land use, activism, and research. Together they form a multifaceted picture of the natural world and the way it was probed, altered, exploited and protected in California over the twentieth century. Finding aids are made available through the Online Archive of California (OAC).
Creator
- Hammon, Wendell P., 1854-1939 (Person)
- Title
- Wendell P. Hammon (1854-1939) Prospecting Log Books
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by: Pamela Nett Kruger, June 18, 2010 Encoded by: Pamela Nett Kruger, June 18, 2010
- Date
- June 21, 2010
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
- Sponsor
- Processing of this collection was funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and administered by the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR), Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives program.
Repository Details
Part of the California State University, Chico, Special Collections, Meriam Library Repository
California State University Chico
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