Guide to the Rough and Ready Quartz Mining Company Records
1861-1864

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Overview of the Collection

Creator: Rough and Ready Quartz Mining Company
Title: Rough and Ready Quartz Mining Company Records
Dates: 1861-1864 ( inclusive )
Quantity: 1 bound volume
Location of Collection: Collection is located with other small manuscript collections.
Collection Number: B 060
Summary: The Rough and Ready Quartz Mining Company Records includes one bound volume. The volume is the Treasurer's Book spanning, which spans three years, 1861-1864.
Repository: University of Oregon Libraries
Special Collections & University Archives

1299 University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403-1299
URL: http://libweb.uoregon.edu/speccoll/index.html

Languages: Collection materials are in English. 
Sponsor: Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Historical Note

The Rough and Ready Quartz Mining Company was a small mining company based out of Jacksonville, Oregon in the 1860's. The company was short lived, and there is no record of substantial land holdings or significant findings. There is also no record of the chain of ownership of the small company. The treasurer's book, the only volume in the collection, was used as Exhibit C in a court preceding.

Content Description

The Rough and Ready Quartz Mining Company records consist of a treasurer's book that spans November 1861 to October 1864. The book is a ledger of credits and debits for the company, which was based in Jacksonville, Oregon.

Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Access :  

Collection is open to the public.

Collection must be used in Special Collections & University Archives Reading Room.

Restrictions on Use :  

Property rights reside with Special Collections & University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries. Copyright resides with the creators of the documents or their heirs. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to the Manuscripts Librarian in Special Collections & University Archives. The reader must also obtain permission of the copyright holder.

Preferred Citation :  

Treasurer's Book, Rough and Ready Quartz Mining Company Records, B 060, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon.

Administrative Information

Arrangement :

The materials are arranged in chronological order in one bound volume.


Detailed Description of the Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

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1 Treasurer's Book 1861-1864

Subjects

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings.

  • Corporate Names :
  • Rough and Ready Quartz Mining Company
  • Subject Terms :
  • Gold mines and mining--Oregon--Jacksonville
    • Form or Genre Terms :
    • Account books--Oregon--Jacksonville--1861

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