Black and white photograph of construction site
Black and white photograph showing rail carriage being transported on cables in a mountainous area.
File of letters from R Friselle to M M O'Shaughnessy. Relating to investments with R R & Co (I think this is Rosedale Raisin and Co, so am filiing with Real Estate)
Digital File see p135 --> archive --> OCR --> Box 3 --> Correspondence --> p135_CO_314. Handwritten letter to O'Shaughnessy from Frisselle. 17 Jun 1892. Refers to a previous request O'Shaughnessy made on the sale of railroad shares.
Digital File see p135 --> archive --> OCR --> Box 3 --> Correspondence --> p135_CO_313. Handwritten letter to O'Shaughnessy from R Frisselle, Superintendent of Rosedale Raisin Vineyard Company, Bakersfield. 14 Jul 1892. Refers to a request O'Shaughnessy made the previous April regarding the sale of shares in a railroad, and presents an offer.
Digital File see p135 --> archive --> OCR --> Box 3 --> Correspondence --> p135_CO_366. Handwritten letter to O'Shaughnessy from E I Rockwell, Secretary of the Rosedale Raisin Vineyard. Letter enclosing certificate of shares. 19 Jul 1892.
Digital File see p135 --> archive --> OCR --> Box 3 --> Correspondence --> p135_CO_363. Handwritten note to O'Shaughnessy from E I Rockwell, Secretary of the Rosedale Raisin Vineyard, enclosing a notice of their annual meeting. 25 Nov 1892.
Blueprint drawing titled Plan No 1 Mountain Mining Company showing location of workings and buildings, Shasta Co, California. The map marks out iron claims, and handwritten notes in red mark a railroad and wagon road. The map was surveyed by M M O'Shaughnessy, CE. Drawn at a scale of 50 feet to 1 inch.
Blueprint drawing titled Plan No 1 Mountain Mining Company showing location of workings and buildings, Shasta Co, California. The map marks out iron claims, and is identical to P135/1/2/2/1/3, with the addition of a grid over the plan. The map was surveyed by M M O'Shaughnessy, CE. Drawn at a scale of 50 feet to 1 inch.
Blueprint map showing the location of the Iron Mountain Railway, Shasta County, California. M M O'Shaughnessy was the Chief Engineer of this railway, and the map shows a signed, sworn affidavit by both him, and by Louis B. Parrot, President of the Iron Mountain Railway. The map was surveyed by M M O'Shaughnessy, CE. Drawn at a scale of 1,000 feet to 1 inch. The scale of the profile in the map is 100 feet to 1 inch (vertical), and 2,000 feet to 1 inch (horizontal).
Draft statement of expenses in O'Shaughnessy's handwriting for Mountain Mines Ltd. 1896-1897. Two slips accompanying cheques issued by the Mountain Copper Company Ltd, 31 Dec 1896 and 31 Jul 1897.
Typed letter to M M O'Shaughnessy from W S Greene of the Department of the Interior appointing him a US Deputy Mineral Surveyor. Outlines the terms under which this offer is pending, and refers to an enclosed oath (not included in archive).
Cover note to M M O'Shaughnessy from H C [Rizer], Chief Clerk at the U S Geological Survey, to accompany publications (not included in archive).
File of letters from Sam Sussman to M M O'Shaughnessy. Sussman is a potential investor and writes on headed paper 'Sussman, Wormser & Co, Wholesale Grocers'. The letters concern business dealings and refer to Mr Hill and Dr O H Simons on the subject of exploiting the Balaklaia claim. The final letter, dated 7 Apr 1897 summarises the terms and rates they negotiated, and gives his opinion about Dr Simons as a businessman.
Four handwritten letters to M M O'Shaughnessy from W F Stafford of Stafford and Stafford Law Offices. The letters discuss attempts to meet [Haefler] and Mr Winston, and their offer to O'Shaughnessy of assets in lieu of payment, because "mining was at present in a bad way". Subsequent correspondence updates O'Shaughnessy on the arrival of deeds for these assets.