PBA Galleries

Includes:

• Lease for few Blocks 10 & 11 in the name of Lars Netland of Oakland, California. 3 typed pages, the last signed by Lars & Marie Netland, plus officiates, with an affixed notary slip, with gilt seal of San Francisco. Date of lease October 17, 1917.
• Investor's agreement between Chickaloon Coal Company and M.J. Fontana paid $4,000 in return for 80 shares of its preferred stock and 1000 shares of its common stock. 2 pp. typed, signed by M.J. Fontana. Dated February 15, 1918.
• Permit from the State Corporation Department of the State of California for the Chickaloon Coal Company to sell its securities. 2 pp. typed, signed by the Commissioner of Corporations. February 28, 1918.
• 2 pp. typed letter to Mr. W.A. Gompertz, Manager of Chickaloon Coal Co., about the proposed diamond drill work, and the geologist's(?) recommendation where and how to do it. Dated June 27, 1918.
• Chapin, Theodore. Mining in the Matanuska Coal Field and the Willow Creek District Alaska. Book in wrappers. pp. 131-176. (8vo).Bulletin 712-E. US Geological Survey, Dept of the Interior. GPO, 1920. This copy belonged to a San Francisco resident, E.B. Bulgar, his name and address in period ink on front wrapper.
• Hand drawn "Aproximate Structure Section Through Chickaloon Area."
• Original photograph of outcrop of coal in Railway Cutting (per note on verso).
• Large folding lithograph map titled: Topographical Map of Lower Matanuska Valley, Alaska Surveyed in 1909 and 1913. Dated 1918.

3 blue maps, including:

• Sketch showing Proposed Wagon Road from Chickaloon to King River, June 13, 1918.
• Chickaloon Coal Company Perspective Sketch Showing Progress of Prospecting in Leasing Unit No. 11., as of April 7, 1918.
• Chickaloon Coal Company Perspective Sketch Showing Progress of Prospecting in Leasing Unit No. 11., as of June 1, 1918.

Plus, a few other related items.

Nice little archive of legal documents and maps pertaining to early diamond and coal mining activities of Chickaloon Coal Co.