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Comisionado de Mineria Records

1825 to 1826
MS 026
Digital Collection
Collection Guide
Manuscript of Book II: Instrucciones Formadas Sobre Las Minas De San Pedro Vigilia La Frontaina Y Foubacachi En Sonora

The collection holds holograph documents pertaining to the titles of five mining claims for the Santa Ana Mine, San Pedro Vigilia Mine, La Frontaina Mine, Foubacachi Mine, and Bronzisa Mine. The mining claims are located in the judicial district of Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico near the towns of Cumpas and Oposura.

Included materials:
Manuscript
Subject Area:
Mexico
Mining
Collection Area:
Borderlands

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