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]
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]
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