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Mines and mineral resources -- Oregon -- Jackson County

 Subject

Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Blossom family papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 746
Abstract

Collection includes account books of James Monroe Blossom (1817-1891) from a general mercantile store at Boise, Idaho, 1864-1866; account books of James Monroe Blossom, Jr. (1853-1918), relating to grocery and clothing sales in Douglas County, Oregon, 1871-1873; docket books from an unidentified Oregon circuit court, probably that of Jackson County, 1861-1881; and a ledger of mining claims in Jackson County, Oregon, 1853-1856.

Dates: 1853-1929

W. R. Canton negatives

 Collection
Identifier: Org. Lot 1460
Abstract

Negatives taken and compiled by Oregon-based mining and civil engineer W. R. Canton from approximately 1903 to 1930. Subjects include mining sites and camps in Southern Oregon and Nevada, student life at the University of Washington Mining Engineering College, and Canton family snapshots.

Dates: approximately 1903-1930