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Mines and mineral resources

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Deposits, Mineral; Mineral deposits; Mineral resources; Mines and mining; Mining

Found in 65 Collections and/or Records:

Chinese Research - photographs

 File — Box 49: Series MSS025:06 [Barcode: 35138008116821], Folder: 01
Identifier: MSS025:06.15
Scope and Contents Portrait photograph of Chinese man; photograph of a creek; photograph of a forest; photograph of a forest trail; photograph of a wooden structure; photograph of a bush; Film strip of a water wheel; Film strips of forest and water wheel; photograph of a storefront; Portrait photograph of a Chinese man; photograph of a handwritten document; photograph of a handwritten document; photograph of a handwritten document; photograph of a handwritten document; photograph of a handwritten document;...
Dates: 1855-2000

Chinese Research – photographs Cont.

 File — Box 49: Series MSS025:06 [Barcode: 35138008116821], Folder: 02
Identifier: MSS025:06.16
Scope and Contents Miscellaneous film strips; Group of people in front of the Joss House (2 copies); photograph of people in an alley; photograph of a man looking at a banner; photograph of a baby labeled “A Native Son”; photograph of a shoemaker; photograph of the street of gamblers by day; photograph of man with small children; photograph of a family waiting for a car; photograph of a family standing together; photograph of man showing a toy to a young boy; photograph of men picking out flowers;...
Dates: 1855-2000

Chinese Research – photographs Cont, 1977

 File — Box 49: Series MSS025:06 [Barcode: 35138008116821], Folder: 03
Identifier: MSS025:06.17
Scope and Contents

Handwritten list of photos taken with David S. 1977; photograph of a barn in a field; photograph of a dirt road; photograph of an overgrown field; photograph of an overgrown field; photograph of an overgrown field; photograph of an overgrown field; photograph of an overgrown field; photograph of an overgrown field; photograph of an overgrown field; photograph of an overgrown field; photograph of an overgrown field.

Dates: 1977

Chinese Research – photographs Cont.

 File — Box 49: Series MSS025:06 [Barcode: 35138008116821], Folder: 04
Identifier: MSS025:06.18
Scope and Contents Miscellaneous film strips; photograph of a forest; photograph of a field with trees; photograph of a wooden structure; photograph of a forest; photograph of a forest; photograph of a forest; photograph of a forest; photograph of a forest; photograph of large cylinders in forest; photograph of a forest; photograph of a forest; photograph of a wooden structure; photograph of an open pipe in the forest; photograph of a forest; photograph of a forest; photograph of a forest; photograph of a...
Dates: 1855-2000

Circuit Court Index and Case Material

 File — Box 49: Series MSS025:06 [Barcode: 35138008116821], Folder: 17
Identifier: MSS025:06.31
Scope and Contents

Miscellaneous handwritten notes; List of events and dated in chronological order

Dates: 1855-2000

Draft Notes and Ideas

 File — Box 49: Series MSS025:06 [Barcode: 35138008116821], Folder: 11
Identifier: MSS025:06.25
Scope and Contents

Miscellaneous handwritten notes; Chinese writing practice; Events and time frames related to the Chinese in Jacksonville; List of item to include in book; Piece of textured art paper; Handwritten notes on large, brown paper

Dates: 1855-2000

Esterly, 1903-1982

 File — Box 22: Series MSS025:03 [Barcode: 35138008116557], Folder: 03
Identifier: MSS025:03.23
Scope and Contents

These materials are related to the Esterly family, their mining business, and their home. The materials include photograph slides, newspaper article clippings, book excerpts, and Atwood's relevant notes and correspondence.

Dates: 1903-1982

Family letters, 1888

 File — Box 01: Series MSS049:01 [Barcode: 35138008124486], Folder: 04
Identifier: MSS049:01.04
Scope and Contents

The 1888 correspondence consists of a single letter from Lena Phillips (nee Anderson) of Butte, Montana Territory to her brother (name not included). The letter describes the behavior of her newborn son Verner Phillips. It also describes mining operations in Montana Territory. There is some discussion of the 1888 presidential election and predicts a victory for William Henry Harrison.

Dates: 1888
Four men mining gold with sluice, pans
Four men mining gold with sluice, pans

Four men mining gold with sluice, pans

 Digital Image
Identifier: https://cdm16085.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15013coll1/id/65

Gallaghen - Galice, Galice Consolidated Mines Company Building, "Speed's On the Rogue", 11407 Merlin-Galice Road, Galice, Oregon, 1990

 File — Box 04: Series MSS025:01 [Barcode: 35138008116367], Folder: 12
Identifier: MSS025:01.56
Scope and Contents

The National Register of Historic Places form describes the Galice Consolidated Mines Company Building. Constructed in 1900 as the headquarters for the mining company. In 1928, it became a fishing lodge, known as "Speed's Place on the Rogue."

Research materials include book excerpts on prospecting, correspondence concerning the nomination, newspaper articles, handwritten notes, images of the property, legal papers, and a history of the mines and surrounding area.

Dates: 1990