Subject (Topic): Gold mines and mining--California - Yale University Library Search Results

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Creator:: Van Slyke, William S., b. 1829
Published / Created:: 1852-1869
Call Number:: WA MSS S-1020 V364
Image Count:: 53
Resource Type:: Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:: An account of his voyage from Pike, New York to California by way of Panama to work in the gold mines. When his health was failing, he took up farming of onions as a livelihood; he discovered this occupation had its hazards in the dry season. He did n...
Subject (Geographic):: California--History--1846-1850, Panama, Isthmus of (Panama), Sacramento City (Calif.), and San Francisco (Calif.)
Subject (Name):: Ancient Order of Knighthood of the Ark (California), Northerner (Steamship), Van Slyke, David, Van Slyke, Martin, Van Slyke, Menso, Van Slyke, Norman, Van Slyke, Peter, Van Slyke, William S, and West Wind (Steamship)
Subject (Topic):: Agriculture--California, Gold mines and mining--California, and Voyages to the Pacific coast
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Letters

Creator:: Tallman Mining and Trading Association
Published / Created:: 1849 September
Call Number:: WA MSS S-3942 T147
Image Count:: 3
Resource Type:: Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:: Manuscript list, unsigned and dated 1849 September, of members of the Tallman Mining and Trading Association aboard the ship South America, which left Newport, Rhode Island, on 1849 September 8, and arrived at San Francisco, California, on 1850 Februa...
Description:: Source unknown.
Subject (Geographic):: California--Economic conditions--20th century and California--Gold discoveries
Subject (Name):: South America (Ship)--Passenger lists
Subject (Topic):: Gold miners--California, Gold mines and mining--California, Ships--Passenger lists, and Voyages to the Pacific coast
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Tallman Mining and Trading Association passenger list : manuscript.

Creator:: Swain, William, 1821-1904
Published / Created:: 1849
Call Number:: WA MSS 466
Collection Title:: Journals and letters, 1849-1851
Container / Volume:: Folder 1
Image Count:: 4
Abstract:: Journal, April 11-August 6, 1849.
Subject (Geographic):: West (U.S.)--Description and travel
Subject (Topic):: Frontier and pioneer life--California. and Gold mines and mining--California
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Journal of route to California from my home in Youngstown by way of the Buffalo, Detroit, Chicago, St. Louis, and Independence: commencing April 11th, 1849

Creator:: Swain, William, 1821-1904
Published / Created:: [1849?]
Call Number:: WA MSS 466
Collection Title:: Journals and letters, 1849-1851
Container / Volume:: Folder 5
Image Count:: 2
Subject (Geographic):: West (U.S.)--Description and travel
Subject (Name):: Swain, Sabrina
Subject (Topic):: Frontier and pioneer life--California. and Gold mines and mining--California
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Envelope to Mrs. Sabrina Swain, Youngstown, Niagara County, New York]

Creator:: Rogers, Lester Tinker, 1821-
Published / Created:: ca. 1880.
Call Number:: WA MSS S-739 R6315
Image Count:: 5
Abstract:: Telling how the Mormons were influential in the discovery, and of Samuel Brannan's alleged illegal acquisition of the supplies and store of Isaac Rogers, Jr.
Subject (Name):: Rogers, Isaac,--Jr.,--1793-1849, Rogers, James S, and Rogers, Lester Tinker,--1821-
Subject (Topic):: Gold mines and mining--California and Mormons--California
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Account of the discovery of gold in California / by Lester Tinker Rogers, ca. 1880.

Creator:: Paden, Melvin, d. 1854
Published / Created:: 1852-1854
Call Number:: WA MSS S-717 P133
Image Count:: 19
Resource Type:: Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:: Life in the mine fields in and around Butte County, California, reflected in the correspondence of a prospector to his wife and a friend. Included is a letter to Paden's wife from his brother telling of Paden's death in the mine fields.
Subject (Geographic):: Butte County (Calif.)
Subject (Name):: Paden, Jane and Paden, Melvin, d. 1854
Subject (Topic):: Gold mines and mining--California
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Correspondence

Creator:: Ellis, William C.
Published / Created:: 1853, n.d.
Call Number:: WA MSS S-41
Collection Title:: William C. Ellis letters to his wife Cornelia
Container / Volume:: Box 1 | Folder 8
Image Count:: 25
Resource Type:: Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:: Seventy letters from William C. Ellis to his wife describe the trip to California by way of Panama and experiences in the gold fields. Accompanied by six other family letters, including five letters by or to Anne Ellis, wife of the Welsh poet, Robert ...
Description:: The six additional family letters were a gift of Hannah C. Ellis in 1961.
Subject (Geographic):: California--Gold discoveries
Subject (Name):: Ellis, Anne, Ellis, Cornelia, Ellis, Robert, 1810-1875, and Ellis, William C.
Subject (Topic):: Frontier and pioneer life--California, Gold mines and mining--California, and Voyages to the Pacific coast
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > 1853, n.d.

Creator:: Ellis, William C.
Published / Created:: Apr-Oct 1850
Call Number:: WA MSS S-41
Collection Title:: William C. Ellis letters to his wife Cornelia
Container / Volume:: Box 1 | Folder 2
Image Count:: 32
Resource Type:: Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:: Seventy letters from William C. Ellis to his wife describe the trip to California by way of Panama and experiences in the gold fields. Accompanied by six other family letters, including five letters by or to Anne Ellis, wife of the Welsh poet, Robert ...
Description:: The six additional family letters were a gift of Hannah C. Ellis in 1961.
Subject (Geographic):: California--Gold discoveries
Subject (Name):: Ellis, Anne, Ellis, Cornelia, Ellis, Robert, 1810-1875, and Ellis, William C.
Subject (Topic):: Frontier and pioneer life--California, Gold mines and mining--California, and Voyages to the Pacific coast
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Apr-Oct 1850

Creator:: Ellis, William C.
Published / Created:: Aug-Dec 1850
Call Number:: WA MSS S-41
Collection Title:: William C. Ellis letters to his wife Cornelia
Container / Volume:: Box 1 | Folder 3
Image Count:: 38
Resource Type:: Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:: Seventy letters from William C. Ellis to his wife describe the trip to California by way of Panama and experiences in the gold fields. Accompanied by six other family letters, including five letters by or to Anne Ellis, wife of the Welsh poet, Robert ...
Description:: The six additional family letters were a gift of Hannah C. Ellis in 1961.
Subject (Geographic):: California--Gold discoveries
Subject (Name):: Ellis, Anne, Ellis, Cornelia, Ellis, Robert, 1810-1875, and Ellis, William C.
Subject (Topic):: Frontier and pioneer life--California, Gold mines and mining--California, and Voyages to the Pacific coast
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Aug-Dec 1850