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Alpine County gold mining documents

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Description
Small group of documents, mainly certified extracts from records of title of various lodes. The majority of them are from Alpine County, California.
Type
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Production date
1863-1875.
Call number
mssAlpine
Provenance
Purchased from Walford, January 1960.
Restrictions
Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Rights
The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.
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