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i d fol t W hat i n 18 2 . -b o t 0 t - i a mil 1 o h- , om

d 1 r d sc o t he Pl a r ·to or p l aoe 0 0 •
nd t i t e me e r , h iscover d. tho elic i ' 1

' I 18 anc so o _ rcia. was - iloted t o, nd s h o b 'r Ci co Lo ez,

i WO _i over ies ord h t he mL t see t he umber of mi . er ee e fo_ t he

, or s . l 0 r c1 re urne to ora , 'e i ce, a d 1 the oo ·r e six mo hs ,

oOJn back 1th t h irty A1ex1o n ibu i n os or pla.o r miner s . These mi e wee di-

Some -ant t Plaoar i to d om t o .... elicia o. rom t he forme plaoe ,

t e to 21 ou s of old voird.u:po is . I was weighe b David {. lexa:i e ,

hO i t ye· 1 855 de an a f i d v i t o this effeo.t ."

ho ca.me f r om o ora, exioo, wet to t he ~elici o

.. es 1 d from a pl ce h e was , ·ork i took out forty -

o tho ort h of ts. It

I 1854 on Fr - ci co Lopez took me, Cyrus Lyo s broth r ,

f , to 11 I r om hi ch the P~d e of San ern.a.ndo issio car ied t he

b ission , where it was dist ille<l. for li ting purposes.

o v ' s i t e l l iel · s h'"'retofore referred to , an ob t · i • ed rom im 11

tb d h i tory o t he isoovery of the gold mi nes i ... t he ,os ession.

0 ez.n

-J.... of 1850 to 1858 , there w r u ot less tha 6006 peoJ?le

he lao ito tl u ~elioia o iues . "
1. rus L~ons. pur h sed from Jos e ~spi osa , o e

C. e lii Dls. 1928. o.-T1 is ,., s the 1 ge t ieoe

V rom lo li ty . "

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