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1863 Gold find in Mariposa County CA by N.S. STOCKTON and George BUFFUM
Posted by: Vern Dander (ID *****8132) Date: May 29, 2008 at 08:51:09
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Am not related. May be of interest to someone who is. I have no further info but additional old newspaper extracts may be found at URL:

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Vern D
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Transcribed by Dee Sardoc
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Stockton Daily Independent
Stockton, San Joaquin Co., CA
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>>TUESDAY, 24 MAR 1863<<

MINING at HORNITOS -- At Hornitos on the 21st instant N.S. STOCKTON and George BUFFUM found a quartz boulder weighing 40 pounds, from which they extracted $400 in gold. A few days preceding, a party of Germans and Mexicans found several similar boulders from which they obtained some thousands of dollars.


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