Letter from Walter D. Abel to E. M. Daugherty about the Western Lead Mines Company, 1926

Item Overview

Title

Letter from Walter D. Abel to E. M. Daugherty about the Western Lead Mines Company, 1926

Date Created

1926

Date

1926

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

English

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

C. C. Julian was a con man who first hit oil in California in 1923 and over-sold shares in oil syndicates through the 1920'a into the 1930's. His business activities were repeatedly investigated. He committed suicide in Shanghai in 1934.
Letter from Walter D. Abel, Chief Engineer of the Corporation Commission, to E. M. Daugherty, Corporation Commissioner about a report on property owned by the Western Lead Mines Company, operated by C. C. Julian. Daugherty investigated the business activities of C. C. Julian throughout the 1920's.

Caption

Los Angeles, February 25, 1926. [To:] Commissioner E. M. Daugherty, Los Angeles, California. Dear Sir, In re: WESTERN LEAD MINES COMPANY. Pursuant to your directions, I have examined the property of the above named company and the immediate district in which the same is situated, and herewith hand you my report thereon. Respectfully submitted, Walter D. Abel, Chief Engineer. WDA:MB.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

correspondence
cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Julian, C. C. (Courtney Chauncey), 1885-1934
Daugherty, E. M. (Edwin Matthew), 1884-1975
Abel, Walter D. (Walter David), 1884-1955

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Lead mines and mining--California--Leadfield