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David K
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That's not accurate about Harry's books.
He was not selling his books, Sunbelt was.
A truck showed up one day and dropped off all the books that I now have. Harry's daughter contacted me as they wanted the garage space back. I just
hate seeing Baja books trashed.
As for your book title, you could put Norte like this (Norte) after Baja California or call it of Northern Baja California? I wish you great look and
would like to buy a signed copy from you.
If I can help you or connect you with anyone who I have worked with in publishing and distributing my book, let me know.
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David K
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Calamajué: the Jesuits were only there from October 1766 to May 1767... They moved the mission to Santa María and then were forced to Loreto that
December. When I say "they" we are speaking of one Jesuit at Santa María. He joined others who were taken to Mexico City then on to Europe. Each
mission had usually only one Jesuit. 16 were all of them at the time of their extraction from California.
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half the Enchanted Valley is slate rock - almost a guarantee for gold
Jesuits were educated enough to know that
Harald Pietschmann
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Mines/drilling - San Felipe area
Drilling locally in October this year.
Salar del Diablo Lithium
https://www.juniorminingnetwork.com/junior-miner-news/press-...
Results for the drill holes is undergoing analysis and not reported at this time.
The company doing the work is based in Vancouver Canada.
No record of any other reference to lithium mining in Baja.
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San Felipe mine
Just north of Hwy 3 is the gold mine named Minera Frisco
http://www.minerafrisco.com.mx/Paginas/ES/nuestro_negocio/un...
April 2019 - Premier Gold Mines has signed an agreement to acquire an option to purchase a 100% interest in the San Felipe Property from Americas
Silver Corporation.
https://www.premiergoldmines.com/
based in Canada
https://www.americas-gold.com/contact-info/
based in Canada
Several claim groups form part of the San Felipe Property and consist of 16,265ha with multiple poly-metallic zones that host a historic mineral
resource.
https://www.mining-technology.com/news/premier-gold-san-feli...
Hochschild is the money bags company located in London
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David K
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Better Link! Molino de Lacy story:
www.sanfelipe.com.mx/articles_stories/Articles2002/kinson/se...
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DK
Ha, I am surprised you were able to dig out the articles on the website. Thanks for doing that.
Did you find any other than 2002?
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David K
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Quote: Originally posted by PaulW  | DK
Ha, I am surprised you were able to dig out the articles on the website. Thanks for doing that.
Did you find any other than 2002? |
I was very proud of myself, indeed! LOL!
I remember reading the article years ago and simply did a web search, and there it was. Now, the link to it was altered by my Norton security and my
website host couldn't unlock it. So, I simply played with it by removing odd characters (%2F) and replacing them with a slash / and it worked! I asked
my host to save the link (two web pages) to VivaBaja.com on my links page: http://www.vivabaja.com/davidslinks.html
I didn't look for other articles... But if I find any and can fix them to view, I will... If you find any, send them to me. You have my email? Use
info AT vivabaja.com as that will redirect to my email.
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How I got there
Link I used
http://www.sanfelipe.com.mx/articles_stories/Articles2002/in...
The only thing I found was 2002
Rob is a good guy and have met him several times. One time he helped me with SCORE marking. Have not seen him for several years.
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David K
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Nice!
Here is a good story from your list:
http://www.sanfelipe.com.mx/articles_stories/Articles2002/ca...
I knew Arnold who was the unofficial "mayor" of San Felipe, it seemed... back in the 1960s. He had Arnold's Del Mar hotel and restaurant. Seems
everyone ate at Arnold's back then? It was Arnold who told my parents about the Matomí waterfalls and drew notes of it in my dad's Lower California
Guidebook. It was my personal quest to go after I was driving to Baja! I got to the canyon in 1978 and up to the falls the next year.
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I know this thread is about mines in Northern Baja but I spent several hours going through the mining museum in El Triunfo. The name is Mueso Ruta de
Plato and it opened about one year ago. They give the history of mining in the area with names and dates and a few maps. They show about a 15 minute
video and there are 3 or 4 Microsoft Surface machines with pictures and presentations of mining and other related subjects. The presentation on water
in BCS is also very interesting.
As I was leaving I asked the woman in the gift shop if they had a map of the mine above La Ventana. She placed a call and in a few minutes the
curator showed up. His name was Juan Jose Cabuto and he spoke good English. He introduced himself as a mining engineer. He has the permits to
survey all the mines in the area for the Mexican government.
I asked him some specific questions about the mine above La Ventana and it was obvious he had been in the mine and had mapped out some of the air
vents.
It was an interesting place to visit as they took you through the changes in mining technology that had happened.
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| Quote: Originally posted by wiltonh | I know this thread is about mines in Northern Baja but I spent several hours going through the mining museum in El Triunfo. The name is Mueso Ruta de
Plato and it opened about one year ago. They give the history of mining in the area with names and dates and a few maps. They show about a 15 minute
video and there are 3 or 4 Microsoft Surface machines with pictures and presentations of mining and other related subjects. The presentation on water
in BCS is also very interesting.
As I was leaving I asked the woman in the gift shop if they had a map of the mine above La Ventana. She placed a call and in a few minutes the
curator showed up. His name was Juan Jose Cabuto and he spoke good English. He introduced himself as a mining engineer. He has the permits to
survey all the mines in the area for the Mexican government.
I asked him some specific questions about the mine above La Ventana and it was obvious he had been in the mine and had mapped out some of the air
vents.
It was an interesting place to visit as they took you through the changes in mining technology that had happened.
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main thing I took home from visiting the museum was the importance of salinas in Baja. Always wondered why Baja has so many big salinas. Now I know.
Mining.
Harald Pietschmann
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http://www.vivabaja.com/swords/page11.html
Baja Sur has many very old mining areas (other than Triunfo). Several of us have explored the mines and mining equipment over the years. Valle
Perdido has mines and machinery as does the Real de Santa Ana (however very old and overgrown). David's VivaBaja site has many of the photos,
including dry washers found abandoned near El Arco. There are still active gold/silver mines in the area. Exploration of these areas will require
your ability to speak Spanish and develop a relationship with the locals. Caution: we did encounter unknown gasses in one mine.
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I got too close to one of the active mines a few years ago and was met with guards with guns. They were not happy I had found them. The pond near
the mine had that funny chemical look.
The water discussion centered on the fact that there 280,000 people in La Paz and on a year with out a hurricane they are short more than 10%. They
also said that of the total water that falls on La Paz only 10% ends up in the aquifer. They listed about 6 dams that have been built to capture the
water. In the case of the Las Palmas dam there is no outlet other than the overflow. They are recharging the aquifers from those dams.
They did mention the water pollution caused by the mines. This happened in the late 1800 or early 1900. It was caused by a direct hit from a
hurricane which caused their storage ponds to break and the water flowed down over Las Planes. The picture they put up showed the bones of a dead cow
sitting in a field with nothing growing. That hurricane ended the large mining in the area. Many of the mines were flooded and there was a large
loss of equipment.
It seemed to me that the museum was describing history much more than pushing for any more mining.
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