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Las Mariposas estate, Mariposas County, California
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Las Mariposas Estate Mariposas County California
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"Containing 44,386-83/100 acres or 70 square miles." Varnished wall map detailing the area between Mariposa and Bear Valley. Includes ore veins in red, location of mills. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography.
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Lease of mineral lands in Mariposa County, California
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This manuscript is a lease of land in Mariposa County to John C. Frémont, following his claim to the property. Gold was discovered on the land in 1848, and Frémont arranged to sell the land through his lawyer, David Hoffman. This land became known as the Mariposa Grant or the Mariposa Estate.
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(255) Mother's Mine, Mariposa County, California
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The collection contains letters, documents, including 190,000 reports, 1200 maps, 500 photographs, and 8200 pieces of printed material related to the life and career of Ralph Arnold. Subjects represented in the collection include: mining, petroleum, and seismology in the Western United States as well as Canada, Mexico, Cuba, and South America; political papers from 1914 to 1956, mostly concerning the campaign of Herbert Hoover for president; family and personal papers from 1836 to 1961 of Arnold and his father, Delos Arnold, containing source material on Pasadena and Southern California local history. The collection also contains Arnold's field books, including those made at Stanford University with the U.S. Geological Survey from 1900 to 1909.
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(62) Bandarita Mine, Mariposa County, California
Manuscripts
The collection contains letters, documents, including 190,000 reports, 1200 maps, 500 photographs, and 8200 pieces of printed material related to the life and career of Ralph Arnold. Subjects represented in the collection include: mining, petroleum, and seismology in the Western United States as well as Canada, Mexico, Cuba, and South America; political papers from 1914 to 1956, mostly concerning the campaign of Herbert Hoover for president; family and personal papers from 1836 to 1961 of Arnold and his father, Delos Arnold, containing source material on Pasadena and Southern California local history. The collection also contains Arnold's field books, including those made at Stanford University with the U.S. Geological Survey from 1900 to 1909.
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