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'''Charles Scott Haley''' (November 8, 1884 -&ndash; 1958), a mining engineer, was an expert in the field of [[placer gold]] deposits.<ref name="lawler" /> His 1923 work, ''Gold placers of California'' (California State Mining Bureau Bulletin 92, 1923) described all economic occurrences of [[alluvial]] gold deposits in California that were known at the time. Bulletin 92 was the first statewide comprehensive study of tertiary [[fluvial]] [[Placer deposit|placer]]s, [[dredge]] fields, and dry placers. Even in the present- day, it continues to be a standard reference.<ref name="lawler">{{cite journal|last=Lawler|first=David |date=Winter 2008|title=Geologists of California Series: Charles Scott Haley|journal=Journal of Sierra Nevada History & Biography|volume=1|issue=1|url=http://www.sierracollege.edu/ejournals/jsnhb/v1n1/geologist.html|accessdate=Lawler2019-07-03|archive-date=2019-07-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190704013025/https://www.sierracollege.edu/ejournals/jsnhb/v1n1/geologist.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Haley was born in [[Alameda County, California]]. His parents, married on October 3, 1876, were Caleb Scott Haley (born February 16, 1833), of [[Chebogue, Nova Scotia]], and Annie Louisa Barclay (born December 6, 1852) of [[Tusket, Nova Scotia]].<ref name="Argus">{{cite journal|date=Winter 2006|title=A Young Woman's Diary -&mdash; Tusket, NS, A diary kept by Annie Louisa Barclay While Living in Tusket, 14 Oct.1869 -&ndash; 28 Sept. 1873|publisher=The Argus|volume=18|issue=4|pages=30|url=httphttps://74www.125google.95.132com/search?q=cache:1pV7Nba0pmEJ:www.argylecourthouse.com/Historical_Society/News_Letter_The_Argus/ArgusVol18No4/ArgusVol18-No4_P21-30.pdf+%22Charles+Scott+Haley%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=8&gl=us&client=firefox-a}}</ref> His paternal grandparents were Ebenezer Haley and Mary Lee Scott. His maternal grandparents were Andrew Barclay and Mary Elizabeth Morton.<ref name="Annie">{{cite web|url=http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~decann/genealogy/master/b65.htm#P29102|title=Annie Louisa Barclay|publisher=ancestry.com|accessdate=2009-01-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090420095152/http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~decann/genealogy/master/b65.htm#P29102|archive-date=2009-04-20|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 1907, he received a Bachelorbachelor's degree from the College of Mining at [[University of California, Berkeley]].

Haley married at the age of 50, and had six children, including: FrederickDavid, ArthurJanet, HelenKathleen, CharlesMarcia, Allan and AnnieBrian. His wife, Jean, was a teacher at [[Nevada City, California|Nevada City]] Elementary School.<ref name="sierranevadavirtualmuseum">{{cite web|url=http://www.sierranevadavirtualmuseum.com/docs/specialex/biographies/haleyc.htm|title=Charles Scott Haley |last=Haley|first=Brian Haley|publisher=sierranevadavirtualmuseum.com|accessdate=2009-01-12}}</ref> He died at [[Grass Valley, California]] on April 12, 1958.

One of his articles also appeared in the journal, ''Mining and Scientific Press''.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Parmelee|first=H.C.|dateyear=1915|title=Gold and silver|journal=The Mineral industryIndustry|publisher=McGraw-Hill Book Company|location=New York|volume=23|issue=Google Books Digitized June 2, 2006|pages=289|oclc=1757524|url=httphttps://books.google.com/books?id=MA8AAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA289&lpg=PA289&dqq=C.S.+Haley+gold&sourcepg=web&ots=TKgJn_oGHz&sig=LKngQAvikKOFCF27ZaxLo5aKtlM&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=3&ct=resultPA289}}</ref>

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[[Category:United States Army Corps of Engineers personnel]]

[[Category:American minersmining engineers]]

[[Category:20th-century American geologists]]

[[Category:UniversityUC ofBerkeley California,College Berkeleyof Engineering alumni]]