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Charles G. Yale

January 01, 1970

Charles Gregory Yale (1847 – 1926) was a businessman and yachtman, Secretary of the San Francisco Yacht Club and cofounder of the Pacific Inter-Club Yacht Association. With William C. Ralston, founder of the Bank of California, he cofounded the San Francisco Miners' Association, renewing interest in hydraulic mining. He was a leading mineralogist and geologist who worked for the U.S. Geological Survey, and became statistician of the San Francisco Mint.[1]

Portrait of Charles Gregory Yale

He also wrote various articles and books on the mining and gold industry, and was candidate for mayor of Oakland, California, against Melvin C. Chapman.[2]

Early life edit

 
The California Gold Rush, Charles G. Yale's emigrated on a Schooner as a child to San Francisco, as his father was one of the early mining lawyers in the state

Charles Gregory Yale was born October 22, 1847, in Jacksonville, Florida, to Colonel Gregory Yale of San Francisco and Frances Ellen Willey, members of the Yale family.[3][4][5] His father was one of the early mining and maritime lawyers who sailed to San Francisco with his family, arriving there December 28, 1849.[1] He wrote the first treatise on mining law published in the United States.[1] He took park in public affairs, invested in land developments, including South Park, San Francisco, and by 1857, had accumulated a fortune of $300,000 during the California Gold Rush, which he lost after bad investments.[6][4]

He was in partnership under Yale & McConnell, with Attorney General John R. McConnell, and sat on committees with Congressman Thompson Campbell, Senator John S. Hager and Congressman Joseph P. Hoge, and at events with Gov. John B. Weller.[7][8][9] He defended, with Gov. Henry S. Foote, the Vice President of the Republic of Lower California, Col. Watkins, and was himself involved in a duel against a man named Bailie Peyton.[10][11][12] He was involved in the case of Senator David C. Broderick, and with Don Salvador Vallejo, brother of Gen. Mariano G. Vallejo.[6][13][14] He was an associate of pioneer Frank Turk, and was elected Chairman of the Whig Party committee.[15][16][17] He was also one of the Vice Presidents of the Democrats of California during the Civil War, along with Gen. Henry M. Naglee and others.[18]

Charles G. Yale's maternal grandfather was Charles Willey, sea Captain of a Schooner trading food between New York and Florida, who gave land to Jacksonville to build the Old City Cemetery.[19] One of Charles G. Yale's brother was an engineer in Arizona. Another brother, Frank Willey Yale, married to Fannie Amelia Bleecker, of the Bleeckers of Bleecker Street, Manhattan.[20] She was a daughter of Dr. Edward Bleecker of New York, whose father was Major General Leonard Bleecker.[4]

Bleecker was a commander during the American War of Independence along with the Marquis de la Fayette, and was a personal friend of George Washington, whom he escorted during the First Presidential inauguration in 1789. He also cofounded the New York Stock Exchange, being a signatory of the Buttonwood Agreement. Charles G. Yale was the uncle of their only son, Charles Franklin Bleecker of California.[4]

Career edit

 
Charles Gregory Yale in the center, yachtman, along with other members of the San Francisco Yacht Club, California
 
Charles G. Yale with others at the American Institute of Mining Engineers convention of 1911, giving a talk about California's wealth in gold and land products

Yale went to the City College of San Francisco, then started his career as a mining engineer, studying at the University of California on mining and assaying.[3][1] At the age of 21, he joined the editorial staff of a pioneer mining publication named Mining and Scientific Press, where he stayed for 23 years, and eventually became writer and editor. He then joined the U.S. government as a statistician, playing a leading part in mapping the mineral resources of the Pacific Coast. He was involved in mining investments, opening the Golden Chariot mine in Banner, California, and was involved in the Gold Country region.[1] He was made the statistician of the San Francisco Mint under Frank A. Leach, nominated Director of the United States Mint by Teddy Roosevelt.[3][21][22]

He served the country by pushing for the rehabilitation of hydraulic mining, and was the only San Francisco mining representative at the hydraulic miners convention. He represented the miners on the committee and helped them organize a movement, and was helped in the venture by his friend William Chapman Ralston, founder of the Bank of California.[1] Together, and with other leading miners, they founded the San Francisco Miners' Association, and Yale was made its perpetual secretary.[4] The result of their efforts brought the creation of the California Miners Association, which he first presided, with Senator Tirey L. Ford later elected president.[3][4] At the first convention, while Yale was editor of the Mining and Scientific Press and the miners's representative, he wrote a memorial to Congress to make law changes to the industry, which passed and became the Caminetti law under Congressman Anthony Caminetti.

With Edward H. Benjamin, he took up the matter of conservation and control of flood waters in California, which led to the formation of the California Water and Forest Society, becoming a branch of the Bureau of the Department of the Interior.[3] For four years he was the mining editor of the San Francisco Examiner, belonging to William Randolph Hearst of Hearst Castle, and was sent to the Klondike to describe the gold rush.[3] He became the head of the Pacific division of the Mining Census of 1890 under Dr. David T. Day, and was placed in charge of the San Francisco office of the U.S. Geological Survey as Mining Statistician.

Yale then became secretary of the California Academy of Sciences for a period of 16 years. He was made a member, board director and secretary for 16 years of the San Francisco Yacht Club, now the oldest on the West Coast, under Commodore R. L. Ogden.[23][24][25] He also cofounded and was made the first president of the Pacific Inter-Club Yacht Association.[26][27] The association was founded in San Francisco on May 12, 1896, by five charter yacht clubs, including the San Francisco Yacht Club, in order to improve communication between the clubs, and to provide uniform regional racing rules, encouraging yachting competition and activity.[28][27]

Later life edit

 
The Appraiser's Building, office of Charles G. Yale during the 1906 San Francisco earthquake

Yale was an honorary life member and librarian of the Bohemian Club of San Francisco.[29][30] Past members have included newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst, U.S. President Richard Nixon, artist William Keith, artist Arthur Frank Mathews and artist Edwin Deakin. He was regarded as a well known journalist and official of the US Coast and Geodetic Survey Corps by the club, and helped them negotiate the acquisition of a ship named Casco. He was also a friend of artist Robert Louis Stevenson.[30]

Yale gave a painting of the residence of Samuel Brannan, San Francisco's first millionaire and founder of its first newspaper, the California Star, to Edward Bosqui, another member of the Bohemian Club.[31] He was a contributor to Scientific American, writing an article named "The Gold Deposits of Cape Nome".[32] During the time of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, Yale was the special geological survey agent on the Pacific Coast, and was near the event in San Francisco at the time. His offices were located in the Appraiser's Building, which wasn't much damaged during the event, allowing him to study its structure and give a report to the director of survey.[33]

One of Yale collaborators was geologist George Davidson, who worked with surveyor Alexander Dallas Bache, of the family of Benjamin Franklin.[34] He was made a special contributor to the Engineering and Mining Journal, and became a member of the California Historical Society.[35][36] Yale was present as a delegate to the American Institute of Mining Engineers convention of 1911, and gave a talk about California's wealth in gold and land products.[37] He took his retirement in 1923, and the dinner took place in the red room of the Bohemian Club with fellow bohemians.[3]

Death edit

Yale was the father of Enid Yale, wife of diplomat Wilbur Tirrell Gracey, who was Marshal, U.S. Consul-General at Nanking, China and Hong-Kong, Vice-Deputy Consul at Fuzhou, and U.S. Consul at Seville, Spain and Progreso, Mexico, serving under U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt.[38][39][1]

They were the parents of Yale Gracey, an artist who worked for Walt Disney as Disney Imagineering on many projects in California, and was educated at the Art Institute of Chicago. He had another daughter named Etta Arnold, who lived in Shanghai, China.

Charles Gregory Yale died in San Francisco on March 25, 1926, at the age of 78.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL-PRESS, Vol. 121, No. 15 APRIL 10, 1926, p. 623
  2. ^ The Morning Times, 08 Mar 1891, Sun ·Page 6
  3. ^ a b c d e f g The Retirement of Mr. Yale, Engineering and Mining Journal-Press, 1923-07-07: Vol 116 Issue 1, p. 6
  4. ^ a b c d e f Rodney Horace Yale (1908). "Yale Genealogy and History of Wales. The British Kings and Princes. Life of Owen Glyndwr. Biographies of Governor Elihu Yale". Archive.org. Milburn and Scott company. p. 587.
  5. ^ Richmond Enquirer, 31 Aug 1849, Fri ·Page 4
  6. ^ a b Gregory Yale, 1852-1872, California History Section Picture Catalog, California State Library, Calisphere, September 7, 2023
  7. ^ The Charleston Daily Courier, 15 Aug 1853, Mon ·Page 2
  8. ^ The Valley Virginian, 09 Jan 1867, Wed ·Page 4
  9. ^ The San Francisco Examiner, 14 Aug 1865, Mon ·Page 1
  10. ^ Evening star, 27 Apr 1854, Thu ·Page 2
  11. ^ The Daily California Express, 19 Jun 1858, Sat ·Page 2
  12. ^ The Nevada Democrat, 23 Jun 1858, Wed ·Page 2
  13. ^ Williams, David A. “The Forgery of the Broderick Will.” California Historical Society Quarterly, vol. 40, no. 3, 1961, pp. 203–14. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/25155403. Accessed 7 Sept. 2023., p. 211
  14. ^ Legal papers of Gregory Yale, consisting of briefs, complaints, writs, court records, letters, memoranda, Gregory, 1816-1871, Pilots association of San Francisco: San Francisco : manuscripts, 1850-69, Online Archive of California
  15. ^ The Georgetown News, 05 Sep 1855, Wed ·Page 1
  16. ^ Gregory Yale, 1852-1872, California History, California State Library, Calisphere, Date of access: September 6, 2023
  17. ^ The Placer Herald, 01 Sep 1855, Sat ·Page 1
  18. ^ The San Francisco Examiner, 17 Oct 1865, Tue ·Page 3
  19. ^ Society, Florida Historical (1949) "The Jacksonville Historical Society," Florida Historical Quarterly: Vol. 28 : No. 3, Article 8. p. 218-219
  20. ^ The San Francisco Examiner, 03 Aug 1920, Tue ·Page 4
  21. ^ California Mines and Minerals, California Mining Association, Benjamin, Edward H., Press of Louis Roesch Co., San Francisco, 1899, p. 175
  22. ^ Portland Daily Press: August 6, 1898, p. 7
  23. ^ The Oldest Yacht Club on the West Coast, The San Francisco Yacht Club, 1869
  24. ^ The San Francisco Blue Book, The Bancroft Co., San Francisco, 1889, p. 205-206
  25. ^ The History of American Yachts and Yachtsmen, Spirit of the Times Pub. Co., Harry Brown, 1901, p. 45
  26. ^ NAPA VALLEY YACHT CLUB NEWS, WINTER 2021, VOLUME 318, ISSUE 1, p. 10
  27. ^ a b Seascape, A Publication for the Members of the Oakland Yacht Club, Commodore Brian Cooley, April 2017, p. 25
  28. ^ PICYA Celebrates, and San Francisco Bay Marine Infrastructure, Latitude 38 Magazine, John Arndt, March 16, 2022
  29. ^ The San Francisco Blue Book, The Bancroft Co., San Francisco, 1889, p. 168
  30. ^ a b Reminiscences of Stevenson in Tahiti, LADIES' MIRROR, VOLUME 4, ISSUE 4, 1 OCTOBER 1925, p. 6, paragraph 5-6
  31. ^ The Story of Sam Brannan, The Improvement Era, Ralph B. Jordan, July, 1936, p. 406
  32. ^ STORIES BY CHARLES G. YALE, The Gold Deposits of Cape Nome, Scientific American, Charles G. Yale, May 12, 1900
  33. ^ The BrickBuilder (January 1906), Vol. 15, No. 1, p. 117
  34. ^ Manuscript Maps of the Yukon Gold Mining Regions, Mining Maps and Views, Stanford Libraries, Petkas Point, Alaska, 1897
  35. ^ The Engineering and Mining Journal, 1905-01-05: Vol 79 Issue 1, p. 1-20
  36. ^ California Historical Society Quarterly, California Historical Society, Americana, San Francisco, p. 185
  37. ^ THE SAN FRANCISCO 9, CALL; THURSDAY, OCTOBER 32, 1911, p. 1
  38. ^ Grace: A China Diary, 1910-16, Grace Roys, Harvey Roys, Oregon, 2017, p. 26
  39. ^ The Foreign Service Journal, September 1919 (American Consular Bulletin), Consular Nominations, p. 15

January 01, 1970
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Charles Gregory Yale 1847 1926 was a businessman and yachtman Secretary of the San Francisco Yacht Club and cofounder of the Pacific Inter Club Yacht Association With William C Ralston founder of the Bank of California he cofounded the San Francisco Miners Association renewing interest in hydraulic mining He was a leading mineralogist and geologist who worked for the U S Geological Survey and became statistician of the San Francisco Mint 1 Portrait of Charles Gregory Yale He also wrote various articles and books on the mining and gold industry and was candidate for mayor of Oakland California against Melvin C Chapman 2 Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Later life 4 Death 5 ReferencesEarly life edit nbsp The California Gold Rush Charles G Yale s emigrated on a Schooner as a child to San Francisco as his father was one of the early mining lawyers in the state Charles Gregory Yale was born October 22 1847 in Jacksonville Florida to Colonel Gregory Yale of San Francisco and Frances Ellen Willey members of the Yale family 3 4 5 His father was one of the early mining and maritime lawyers who sailed to San Francisco with his family arriving there December 28 1849 1 He wrote the first treatise on mining law published in the United States 1 He took park in public affairs invested in land developments including South Park San Francisco and by 1857 had accumulated a fortune of 300 000 during the California Gold Rush which he lost after bad investments 6 4 He was in partnership under Yale amp McConnell with Attorney General John R McConnell and sat on committees with Congressman Thompson Campbell Senator John S Hager and Congressman Joseph P Hoge and at events with Gov John B Weller 7 8 9 He defended with Gov Henry S Foote the Vice President of the Republic of Lower California Col Watkins and was himself involved in a duel against a man named Bailie Peyton 10 11 12 He was involved in the case of Senator David C Broderick and with Don Salvador Vallejo brother of Gen Mariano G Vallejo 6 13 14 He was an associate of pioneer Frank Turk and was elected Chairman of the Whig Party committee 15 16 17 He was also one of the Vice Presidents of the Democrats of California during the Civil War along with Gen Henry M Naglee and others 18 Charles G Yale s maternal grandfather was Charles Willey sea Captain of a Schooner trading food between New York and Florida who gave land to Jacksonville to build the Old City Cemetery 19 One of Charles G Yale s brother was an engineer in Arizona Another brother Frank Willey Yale married to Fannie Amelia Bleecker of the Bleeckers of Bleecker Street Manhattan 20 She was a daughter of Dr Edward Bleecker of New York whose father was Major General Leonard Bleecker 4 Bleecker was a commander during the American War of Independence along with the Marquis de la Fayette and was a personal friend of George Washington whom he escorted during the First Presidential inauguration in 1789 He also cofounded the New York Stock Exchange being a signatory of the Buttonwood Agreement Charles G Yale was the uncle of their only son Charles Franklin Bleecker of California 4 Career edit nbsp Charles Gregory Yale in the center yachtman along with other members of the San Francisco Yacht Club California nbsp Charles G Yale with others at the American Institute of Mining Engineers convention of 1911 giving a talk about California s wealth in gold and land products Yale went to the City College of San Francisco then started his career as a mining engineer studying at the University of California on mining and assaying 3 1 At the age of 21 he joined the editorial staff of a pioneer mining publication named Mining and Scientific Press where he stayed for 23 years and eventually became writer and editor He then joined the U S government as a statistician playing a leading part in mapping the mineral resources of the Pacific Coast He was involved in mining investments opening the Golden Chariot mine in Banner California and was involved in the Gold Country region 1 He was made the statistician of the San Francisco Mint under Frank A Leach nominated Director of the United States Mint by Teddy Roosevelt 3 21 22 He served the country by pushing for the rehabilitation of hydraulic mining and was the only San Francisco mining representative at the hydraulic miners convention He represented the miners on the committee and helped them organize a movement and was helped in the venture by his friend William Chapman Ralston founder of the Bank of California 1 Together and with other leading miners they founded the San Francisco Miners Association and Yale was made its perpetual secretary 4 The result of their efforts brought the creation of the California Miners Association which he first presided with Senator Tirey L Ford later elected president 3 4 At the first convention while Yale was editor of the Mining and Scientific Press and the miners s representative he wrote a memorial to Congress to make law changes to the industry which passed and became the Caminetti law under Congressman Anthony Caminetti With Edward H Benjamin he took up the matter of conservation and control of flood waters in California which led to the formation of the California Water and Forest Society becoming a branch of the Bureau of the Department of the Interior 3 For four years he was the mining editor of the San Francisco Examiner belonging to William Randolph Hearst of Hearst Castle and was sent to the Klondike to describe the gold rush 3 He became the head of the Pacific division of the Mining Census of 1890 under Dr David T Day and was placed in charge of the San Francisco office of the U S Geological Survey as Mining Statistician Yale then became secretary of the California Academy of Sciences for a period of 16 years He was made a member board director and secretary for 16 years of the San Francisco Yacht Club now the oldest on the West Coast under Commodore R L Ogden 23 24 25 He also cofounded and was made the first president of the Pacific Inter Club Yacht Association 26 27 The association was founded in San Francisco on May 12 1896 by five charter yacht clubs including the San Francisco Yacht Club in order to improve communication between the clubs and to provide uniform regional racing rules encouraging yachting competition and activity 28 27 Later life edit nbsp The Appraiser s Building office of Charles G Yale during the 1906 San Francisco earthquake Yale was an honorary life member and librarian of the Bohemian Club of San Francisco 29 30 Past members have included newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst U S President Richard Nixon artist William Keith artist Arthur Frank Mathews and artist Edwin Deakin He was regarded as a well known journalist and official of the US Coast and Geodetic Survey Corps by the club and helped them negotiate the acquisition of a ship named Casco He was also a friend of artist Robert Louis Stevenson 30 Yale gave a painting of the residence of Samuel Brannan San Francisco s first millionaire and founder of its first newspaper the California Star to Edward Bosqui another member of the Bohemian Club 31 He was a contributor to Scientific American writing an article named The Gold Deposits of Cape Nome 32 During the time of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake Yale was the special geological survey agent on the Pacific Coast and was near the event in San Francisco at the time His offices were located in the Appraiser s Building which wasn t much damaged during the event allowing him to study its structure and give a report to the director of survey 33 One of Yale collaborators was geologist George Davidson who worked with surveyor Alexander Dallas Bache of the family of Benjamin Franklin 34 He was made a special contributor to the Engineering and Mining Journal and became a member of the California Historical Society 35 36 Yale was present as a delegate to the American Institute of Mining Engineers convention of 1911 and gave a talk about California s wealth in gold and land products 37 He took his retirement in 1923 and the dinner took place in the red room of the Bohemian Club with fellow bohemians 3 Death editYale was the father of Enid Yale wife of diplomat Wilbur Tirrell Gracey who was Marshal U S Consul General at Nanking China and Hong Kong Vice Deputy Consul at Fuzhou and U S Consul at Seville Spain and Progreso Mexico serving under U S President Theodore Roosevelt 38 39 1 They were the parents of Yale Gracey an artist who worked for Walt Disney as Disney Imagineering on many projects in California and was educated at the Art Institute of Chicago He had another daughter named Etta Arnold who lived in Shanghai China Charles Gregory Yale died in San Francisco on March 25 1926 at the age of 78 1 References edit a b c d e f g h ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL PRESS Vol 121 No 15 APRIL 10 1926 p 623 The Morning Times 08 Mar 1891 Sun Page 6 a b c d e f g The Retirement of Mr Yale Engineering and Mining Journal Press 1923 07 07 Vol 116 Issue 1 p 6 a b c d e f Rodney Horace Yale 1908 Yale Genealogy and History of Wales The British Kings and Princes Life of Owen Glyndwr Biographies of Governor Elihu Yale Archive org Milburn and Scott company p 587 Richmond Enquirer 31 Aug 1849 Fri Page 4 a b Gregory Yale 1852 1872 California History Section Picture Catalog California State Library Calisphere September 7 2023 The Charleston Daily Courier 15 Aug 1853 Mon Page 2 The Valley Virginian 09 Jan 1867 Wed Page 4 The San Francisco Examiner 14 Aug 1865 Mon Page 1 Evening star 27 Apr 1854 Thu Page 2 The Daily California Express 19 Jun 1858 Sat Page 2 The Nevada Democrat 23 Jun 1858 Wed Page 2 Williams David A The Forgery of the Broderick Will California Historical Society Quarterly vol 40 no 3 1961 pp 203 14 JSTOR https doi org 10 2307 25155403 Accessed 7 Sept 2023 p 211 Legal papers of Gregory Yale consisting of briefs complaints writs court records letters memoranda Gregory 1816 1871 Pilots association of San Francisco San Francisco manuscripts 1850 69 Online Archive of California The Georgetown News 05 Sep 1855 Wed Page 1 Gregory Yale 1852 1872 California History California State Library Calisphere Date of access September 6 2023 The Placer Herald 01 Sep 1855 Sat Page 1 The San Francisco Examiner 17 Oct 1865 Tue Page 3 Society Florida Historical 1949 The Jacksonville Historical Society Florida Historical Quarterly Vol 28 No 3 Article 8 p 218 219 The San Francisco Examiner 03 Aug 1920 Tue Page 4 California Mines and Minerals California Mining Association Benjamin Edward H Press of Louis Roesch Co San Francisco 1899 p 175 Portland Daily Press August 6 1898 p 7 The Oldest Yacht Club on the West Coast The San Francisco Yacht Club 1869 The San Francisco Blue Book The Bancroft Co San Francisco 1889 p 205 206 The History of American Yachts and Yachtsmen Spirit of the Times Pub Co Harry Brown 1901 p 45 NAPA VALLEY YACHT CLUB NEWS WINTER 2021 VOLUME 318 ISSUE 1 p 10 a b Seascape A Publication for the Members of the Oakland Yacht Club Commodore Brian Cooley April 2017 p 25 PICYA Celebrates and San Francisco Bay Marine Infrastructure Latitude 38 Magazine John Arndt March 16 2022 The San Francisco Blue Book The Bancroft Co San Francisco 1889 p 168 a b Reminiscences of Stevenson in Tahiti LADIES MIRROR VOLUME 4 ISSUE 4 1 OCTOBER 1925 p 6 paragraph 5 6 The Story of Sam Brannan The Improvement Era Ralph B Jordan July 1936 p 406 STORIES BY CHARLES G YALE The Gold Deposits of Cape Nome Scientific American Charles G Yale May 12 1900 The BrickBuilder January 1906 Vol 15 No 1 p 117 Manuscript Maps of the Yukon Gold Mining Regions Mining Maps and Views Stanford Libraries Petkas Point Alaska 1897 The Engineering and Mining Journal 1905 01 05 Vol 79 Issue 1 p 1 20 California Historical Society Quarterly California Historical Society Americana San Francisco p 185 THE SAN FRANCISCO 9 CALL THURSDAY OCTOBER 32 1911 p 1 Grace A China Diary 1910 16 Grace Roys Harvey Roys Oregon 2017 p 26 The Foreign Service Journal September 1919 American Consular Bulletin Consular Nominations p 15 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Charles G Yale amp oldid 1210883560, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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