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The Plaskett Family

More than a century on the Big Sur coast

Los Burros Explorer · The Mines

Western Star Mine

Also: The Western Star, Western Star

quartz gold intermittent c.1885-

The first mine on Plaskett Ridge, dug by pick and shovel by Reason and Marion Plaskett. Ore went by mule sled to the water-powered arrastra their father built on Plaskett Creek about 1885.

Overall confidence Strongly supported Location Unverified

Discovery

By Reason Alpha Plaskett, Francis Marion Plaskett · c.1885 Strongly supported

Ownership & work

  1. Reason Alpha Plaskett discovered/worked c.1885 Strongly supported
  2. Francis Marion Plaskett discovered/worked c.1885 Strongly supported

People

Location

No trusted coordinate yet. Position on Plaskett Ridge between Plaskett Creek and Willow Creek — no coordinate yet.

Research notes

  • Position on Plaskett Ridge between Plaskett Creek and Willow Creek — no coordinate yet.
Sources
  1. Mabel Plaskett, “Pacific Valley Gold Claims Still Producing,” The Land, June 1960. family history
  2. “The Los Burros Mining District and the Lost Town of Manchester,” plaskett.family. family history

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