Memorabilia from the famous Utica Mine of Calaveras County. Direct from Holabird & Assoc., will be available for viewing with representatives from Holabird here to answer any questions you may have. Word is this collection may go up for auction later this year, so now is your chance to come out and see for yourself this great historic archive.
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Utica Mine Find
The word
“archive” is often thrown around to describe items for sale. But this true
archive contains thousands and thousands of billheads, assay receipts,
advertising envelopes, letters, business cards, river shipping receipts, whiskey and cigar related ephemera,
etc. It is the complete record of the Utica Mine and nearby mines and towns
associated with the Utica Mine.
You will
find names like Frank Mitchler, George Stickle, and Charles Lane, places like
Knights Ferry and Sheepranch, assays done by the Utica Mill, assay receipts and bills for rolled silver
from Selby, hundreds of records hauling ore and lumber to the Utica Mill, and
many more.
Learn about
the Angels Dam breaking, the use of Union Water Works ditches to fight fires, the
two fatal Utica Mine accidents and the
22 deaths associated with it, which companies in Stockton, Sacramento, and
San Francisco were frequented and what was purchased.
Small towns
and places can be found throughout the archive: Soulsbyville, Robinson Ferry,
Bear Valley Station, Ranch Flat, Monarch Ville, French Canon, Bunds Ranch, and Valley Springs. Find references to
forgotten mines and leases named new Discovery, Essex, Juneau, Egan, Union
Copper, Ilex, Oriole, New Brunswick, Dolling and many more. Spend hours in 1918
and 1919 as the West Point mines are mapped and described and the business of
the mine is laid out. The owner is attempting to market the mine for sale.
Most of
these documents are mining related! There are many stories ready to be
uncovered and told from this archive! Too many to even begin exploring in this
short describing.
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