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The Plaskett Family

More than a century on the Big Sur coast

Los Burros Explorer · The Mines

Redwood Claim

claim gold unknown 1932-

The last claim Henry Melville located, on his final trip into the mountains in 1932 — the same year a road was cut from Willow Creek to the mines.

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Discovery

By Henry Melville · 1932 Strongly supported

Ownership & work

  1. Henry Melville located 1932 Strongly supported

People

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Sources
  1. Mabel Plaskett, “Henry Melville Attracted to Coast by Los Burros Gold,” The Land, March 1960. family history

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