Redington Quicksilver Mining Company Records

Collection Number: D-761

This collection contains material documenting the business activities and expenditures of the Redington Quicksilver Mining Company in northeastern Napa County, California over the course of almost two decades in the late-19th century. The Redington Quicksilver Company was originally known as the X.L.C.R. Mining Company, located in Sulphur Canon, north of Berryessa Valley. Discovered in 1860 or 1861 by silver prospectors on land being graded for a road, the cinnabar deposits proved rich and valuable, and a company was formed and changed hands several times over the next decade. Material in each of the four document cases include: 1) Approximately a hundred manuscript letters, comprised of twenty-two letters from 1872, sixty from 1874, and twenty from 1876, most to superintendent C.E. Livermore, some to others, many from company treasurer Horatio Livermore, some on Redington Quicksilver Company letterhead. A typical document of interest is a manuscript 'Inventory of Kitchen, R.Q. Co., August 31 1872,' with prices, lots of coffee, cornmeal, sugar, rice, cabbage, and even some salmon. 2) Dozens of monthly balance sheets from H.P Livermore, Treasurer of the R.Q. Co., plus hundreds of shipping receipts and waybills, often with line-item costs for transporting material. 3) Hundreds of receipts for the purchase of supplies from various companies, most notably lumber and equipment, and for extensive business travel by numerous company officials all over California and the West Coast.

Finding Aid

Finding Aid on the Online Archive of California

Inclusive Dates

1871 - 1910

Extent

1.6 linear feet

Subject

California History