Feb 04, 2016 - Sale 2404

Sale 2404 - Lot 95

Price Realized: $ 406
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(CALIFORNIA.) Partz, August F.W. Wide-ranging letter from a mining engineer to his business partner. Autograph Letter Signed to C. Elton Buck. 16 manuscript pages, each 9 1/2 x 7 1/4 inches, on 8 sheets of blue lined paper; numerous editorial marks and revisions, condition strong. San Francisco, 24 to 26 July 1865
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August F.W. Partz (1822-1908) was a German-born mining engineer. This letter begins with his efforts to gain control over a massive mercury mine near New Idria, CA, what he describes as "the biggest quicksilver property in the world." He goes on to describe a new desulphurizing process, a variety of negotiations for the purchase of gold mines, plans for a stamp mill at Blind Springs, and a wealth of other mining topics. This is not a Gold Rush letter from a humble prospector, but rather from an industrialist thinking on a large scale. With a full typed transcript.