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Gold mines and mining

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:

Lucy Campbell newspaper clippings

 Collection — Folder S0214
Identifier: S0214
Scope and Contents Lucy Campbell collected ten newspaper clippings from the Indianapolis Star published in October 1930 in Kate Milner Rabb’s column “A Hoosier Listening Post.” The articles reprinted letters from “Dr. James T. Lowry, husband of the aunt of Miss Lucy Campbell” about the journey that he and his friend made to the California gold fields in 1850. Traveling with James Lowry was T. H. Adams. The young men (ages 22 and 24) were from Perryville, Vermillion County, Indiana. Their trip began in St. Louis...
Dates: 1850-1858
Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Lucy Campbell newspaper clippings

Theophilus Adam Wylie letters

 Collection — Folder S1469
Identifier: S1469
Scope and Contents This collection comprises two letters from Theophilus Adam Wylie in Bloomington, Indiana in 1850 regarding the discovery of gold in Indiana between Wylie and Professor John F. Frazer at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Dates: 1850
Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Theophilus Adam Wylie letters

Washington Conley diary

 Collection — Folder S2563
Identifier: S2563
Scope and Contents This collection includes the diary kept by Washington Conley during his trip to the gold fields of Colorado. The diary begins on April 9, 1860, the day Conley set out from his home in Greenfield, Indiana and ends with his last entry on August, 28, 1860 upon his return to the Midwest and his arrival at Mattoon, Illinois.
Dates: 1860
Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / Washington Conley diary

William L. Brown papers

 Collection — Folder S181
Identifier: S0181
Scope and Contents This collection includes a typed copy on onionskin paper of a letter from William L. Brown in California ranging 1850/10/12 regarding gold mining, cattle raising, men from Indiana, wages and Sacramento.
Dates: 1850/10/12
Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts / William L. Brown papers

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