Lot 3: [GOLD RUSH CALIFORNIA AND THE SOUTHWEST]. ORD,

Edward Otho Cresap, II. An archive of documents, letters, journals and artifacts retained by the son of E.O.C. Ord (1818-1883). Ord, who graduated from West Point and served as a brigadier general in the Civil War, went to California in 1847 with Henry Halleck and William T. Sherman as a surveyor; he produced several maps of the gold region (including the first accurate map produced after the initial strikes). Ord's son (E.O.C. Ord II) played an integral role in the mining history of the West and Southwest by owning numerous mines and through various gold-mining inventions, including an improved mining pan which allowed a prospector to recycle a water supply for mining in dry regions (several original prototypes are included). The collection includes: ORD, William M. Autograph manuscript signed, a surveying and prospecting diary, California and Nevada, 1869. 74 pp., 8vo, missing pages from January 13 to March 7 and from March 14 to June 17. A fascinating diary of Ord's travels, probably as a member of a small military survey team, which includes detailed text, several hand-drawn maps and several pencil sketches. Ord discusses various mining operations, encounters with Indians and contact with Mormon settlements: "party took a trip to Montazuma, Patterson Distgood Rock and some Basenot much work done - good prospects"; "Indians & Chief came to camp. Wheeler accused them of stealing. They left mad & threaten fight - about 150 (more or less) Bucks Big Chief among them from St. Thomas"; "started for Vagas. Mormon threat to attack us on the Desert." -- [CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU MAPS]. 4 California mining region maps - Inyo County, Lake County, San Bernardino County, San Diego County - [1902] with pencil marks and notations attributed to E.O.C. Ord II. 273/4 x 43 3/8 in. (3) and 28 x 21 in. (1). -- [BRADSHAW FISSURE MINES, AZ]. ORD, E.O.C., II. Hand-drawn pencil map of the Bradshaw Fissure Gold & Silver Mines Property, [circa 1900]. 22 x 17 in.. -- [LAS CANOAS MINE]. Printed plan of the Las Canoas Mine "Showing open cut, surface and underground workings", 8 April 1910. 24 5/8 x 163/4 in. -- [YAVAPAI COUNTY, ARIZONA MAP]. Printed Map of the Pine Grove, Peck and Tiger Mining Districts in the Bradshaw Mountains of Yavapai County, AZ., 1909. 27 x 411/2 in. -- [ZERO MINE]. Autograph manuscript, a diary kept by an unknown author at the Zero Mine in Arizona, June - October 1910. 37 pp, 8vo. Contains several ink sketches and formulas and diagrams for testing material. -- ORD, E.O.C., II. Autograph manuscript, notes on various California mines listed by county, n.p., n.d. 21 pp., 8vo. -- [CALIFORNIA-MEXICO GOLD MINING COMPANY]. ORD, E.O.C. II. Four autograph documents, one signed, the Charter, Incorporation, Investment papers and prospectus and preliminary report for the California-Mexico Gold Mining Company, Omaha, NE., [circa 1875]. Together 22 pp., folio. -- [CROWN POINT MINE ESPERANZA BLUE MINE]. 2 autograph manuscripts in an unknown hand, reports on the situation and condition at the mines, n.p., n.d. Together 6 pp., 4to. -- [BLUE BIRD MINE]. Miscellaneous descriptions, reports and assayer's reports for the Blue Bird Mine (14 items) located in the Globe District, Arizona Territory, including a metallic sample, 1878-1895. -- [PLYMOUTH ROCK MINING COMPANY]. 16 autograph letters to E.O.C. Ord II concerning the efforts to open, operate and finance his Plymouth Rock Mine located in San Juan County, Utah, 1888. [ With :] an assayer's report, a bill for supplies and document in which Ord gives power of attorney to Francis Payson. -- [SIERRA CARMEN MINING AND SMELTING COMPANY, MEXICO]. 7 autograph letters signed of E.O.C. Ord II, a manuscript copy of the Mine's charter in Ord's hand along with an official typed copy, 27 letters (11 written in Spanish) to Ord concerning mining operations, receipts for supplies and two documents signed by Ord, 1886-1888. -- [CALIFORNIA GOLD PAN COMPANY]. 57 items pertaining to Ord's California Gold Pan Company including sketches and patents for his unique forms of gold pans, corporate documents, manufacturing reports, business correspondence and 8 PROTOTYPE GOLD PANS OF VARIOUS DIAMETERS. -- ORD, E.O.C., II. Autograph manuscript with Ord's docket, a formula for determining the amount of gold and silver in ore, n.p., n.d. 1 p., 4to -- [PHOENIX TREASURE GOLD COMPANY]. Sketches and patent information for the Phoenix furnaces (4 items). -- [HOUSEHOLD UTILITIES MANUFACTURING COMPANY]. 5 items, including articles of incorporation and advertising material. -- [EARLY 20TH CENTURY MINING]. 58 items pertaining to various mines in California, Arizona and Mexico -- [BLACK SAND]. 3 assayer's reports, 1887, on black sand samples and a 1918 government booklet on the black sand deposits. (227).