discovery of a silver/lead mine near the Rancho del Rey (NW) — Ignacio Ortega found the vein hunting…

State Papers, Missions and Colonization, tomo I · BANC MSS C-A 52, document 11

discovery of a silver/lead mine near the Rancho del Rey (NW) — Ignacio Ortega found the vein hunting lime for soap; an assay (by a man off a ship) yielded 6 oz of silver; a formal assay planned via retired Sgt. M. Ortega of Sta Bárbara

Date1802-02 (month)
FromRaymundo Carrillo (Monterey)
ToArrillaga
SeriesState Papers, Missions and Colonization
TomoI
Original tomo pagep.43
Savage copy page—
Scan leafn42
Document typeabstract (corr.)
SourceSavage abstract

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