Detailed report on the 1842 gold placer: ~100+ workers (halved when the wash-water dried in the richest…

Departmental State Papers, Benicia, tomo Prefecturas y Juzgados I–VI · BANC MSS C-A 42, document 690

Detailed report on the 1842 gold placer: ~100+ workers (halved when the wash-water dried in the richest ground), ~1 peso/day, 'chispeadores'/nuggets & 'chispitas'/flecks, Sonoran miners expected as the news reaches Sonora, no land-rights assignable, order kept — Expanded Entry 24

Date1842-09-17 (exact)
FromIgnacio del Valle (Juez del Placer de San Francisco)
ToPrefecto Argüello
SeriesDepartmental State Papers, Benicia
TomoPrefecturas y Juzgados I–VI (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo)
Original tomo pagep.iii.142–146
Savage copy page15–17
Scan leafn245–n247
Document typeverbatim
Sourceverbatim transcription

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How to cite this documentIgnacio del Valle (Juez del Placer de San Francisco) to Prefecto Argüello, 1842-09-17, Departmental State Papers, Benicia, p.iii.142–146, Archives of California, C-A 42, Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. [the tomo is given as the volume’s full range: this entry has not been resolved to a single tomo within Prefecturas y Juzgados I–VI]Cite the document by series, tomo and original tomo page, as the literature does; the C-A number locates it in the repository. To cite this catalogue entry itself, use https://archivesofcalifornia.com/record/ca42/ca42-d690.html
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