Finding Aid to the Record of the Corso (Coso) Mining District: County of Inyo, State of California from 1868-1872 Translations MS.720

Holly Rose Larson
Library and Archives at the Autry
2012 November 14
210 South Victory Blvd.
Burbank, CA 91502
rroom@theautry.org


Contributing Institution: Library and Archives at the Autry
Title: Record of the Corso (Coso) Mining District: County of Inyo, State of California from 1868-1872 Translations
source: Eastern California Museum Association
source: Chalfant, William A.
Creator: Clause, Emilyn
Identifier/Call Number: MS.720
Physical Description: 0.1 Linear Feet (1 folder)
Date: 1931
Language of Material: English .

Scope and Contents

This manuscript collection consists of translations of mining claims made in the Coso Mining District of Inyo County from 1868-1872. Names of mines and their locations are listed here, as well as the names of the claim holders. A note on the front page reads: A document owned by William A. Chalfant of Bishop, California, and loaned by him to the Eastern California Museum Association, Independence, California. Translated by Emilyn Clause at the Southwest Museum, Highland Park, Los Angeles, California, 1931 July 29.

Preferred Citation

Record of the Corso (Coso) Mining Distirct: County of Inyo, State of California from 1868-1872, 1931, Braun Research Library Collection, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles; MS.720.

Processing History

Processed by Library staff before 1981. Finding aid completed by Holly Rose Larson, NHPRC Processing Archivist, 2012 November 14, made possible through grant funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commissions (NHPRC).

Acquisition

Received in the Library before 1932.

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List of names

Jose Miguel Rojas; Juan R. Merino; Bernabe Fuentes; Jose Salazar; Juan Soto; Pedro Felis; Jose Araisa; Meregildo, Beltran; Gerbasio Seleya; Delores Valencia; Seriulo Sepulveda; Ramon Molina; Domingo Morales; Pedro J. Rojas; Jose Forquera; Fene, Luis Fene; Jose L. Romero; Rosario Acuna; Bernabe Fuentes; Rafael Ocho; Santos Salazar; Ygnacio Cordova; Ramon Satelo; Tomas Portillo; Tibursio Flores; Ramon Mendibil; Domingo Aliviso; Jose Chaeon; Jose Maria Cana; Tiodoso Selaya; Gervasio Selaya; Visiderio Selaya; Jose Uribes; Epolito Servante; Ramon Satelo; Jose Chacon; Antonio Salgado; Ysidrio Cilalla; Teodocio Cilalla; Felix Cilalla; Jose Lobo; Francisco Chacon; Lusiano Martines; Jose Reducindobeles; Pedro Alvare; Ygnacio Tarasona; José Armando Lopez;

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Subjects and Indexing Terms

Inyo County (Calif.)
Coso Mining District (Inyo County)
Mining claims
Mines and mineral resources -- California -- Inyo County
Miners -- California
Translations
Eastern California Museum Association
Chalfant, William A.