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:
Rogue Valley Landscape Project part 3, 2000
File — Box 16: Series MSS025:02 [Barcode: 35138008116490], Folder: 02
Identifier: MSS025:02.68
Scope and Contents
The National Register of Historic Places for Multiple Property form describes the Historic Properties for the Mining Resources of the Upper Illinois Valley in Josephine County, Oregon. The document details the history of Gold Placer Mining and Development in the Waldo area between 1851 and 1942. Three folders contain the research for these nomination forms. The sites in part three (this folder), include Upper Ditch, Middle Ditch, Wimer Ditch, Osgood Ditch, Logan Wash Ditch, Logan Cut, and...
Dates:
2000
Southern Oregon Mining Publications
File — Box 11: Series MSS025:02 [Barcode: 35138008116433], Folder: 05
Identifier: MSS025:02.31
Scope and Contents
Three excerpts from "Mineral Resources of South-Western Oregon," "Mineral Resources of Oregon," and "Investigations Relating to Gold and Silver in 1908" used for research.
Dates:
1890-2004
Southern Oregon Mining Publications, 1981
File — Box 11: Series MSS025:02 [Barcode: 35138008116433], Folder: 06
Identifier: MSS025:02.32
Scope and Contents
In this folder are three excerpts from books used for research. They are as follows: "Mineral Resources of South-Western Oregon," "Mineral Resources of Oregon," "Investigations Relating to Gold and Silver in 1908."
Dates:
1981
Sucker Creek
File — Box 22: Series MSS025:03 [Barcode: 35138008116557], Folder: 08
Identifier: MSS025:03.28
Scope and Contents
These are three materials related to the history of settlements along Sucker Creek. The materials are undated. Included is a map of the area.
Dates:
1801-2001
The Stockpile, 1953-1954
File — Box 06: Series MSS019:G; Series MSS019:H [Barcode: 35138008116052], Folder: 16
Identifier: MSS019:H.06
Scope and Contents
H-23 "The Stockpile," Oregon Mining Association, Rogue River during May 1953, April 1954, and May 1954. Photocopies of the association's newspaper including various photos of and articles on mining activities in Oregon, California, Nevada, Idaho, and Utah. The publication includes articles on Al Sarena Mine and most especially the chromite stockpile program of the 1950s as part of the subsidized Strategic Minerals Stockpile Program during the early Cold War. "The Stockpile," as its name...
Dates:
1953-1954