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thilo hunt in.., £or aor. et1:dnP, eniir ly diffc rent.

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County Buse'Ull1, ah<; IVed a r,robablo division .i.11to .:ire u:p _.rtn.onts, t .. e

tiled £1 or.

About 60 oot to t he · uth of '"ihc s ·puo ture, is

1 · 1e, 1Jrob bl;y the r .ut\d· wall, in tho south e~st oo:t~er of t. hich w .s ,
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adobe store roomo ·

/! JJ1!1.ll of neonstruotion, aimil r to that at PJ.ver· ide, as

C"lh tt:erecl n 1936 1hon t.'"e · au e ht,, ters, the cur e of .ll old ~ss.l.o 1s,

dug the t'lle floor ou.t and practioa.lly ,~ ecked. the :rtruoture in a futile

iled floora ,... evlde 1Uy figt1riug that, a the di)' er i stopped

excavati~ •71h~1 he tile tloor ,ms encou.r t ~r<.~,. ":nd al.~" s spr0ad .irt

ove1, the tile.a to d isoou.ra anyone :,..rorn stealing thet! bofor,: eavir (t•

there mus· have been . ·i ssion gold hictd~-m ·.t the ·s.1:: ·-~

that c;.,,ll Cali ox 11a J.ndio e iere utone age1;. 'Joo· .lG, Wii;hou.t usf,., 1,osness-

ion or .know o EJ;O of ;_\etal, t l1at the f 11•st gol tlisaover~n d:t~e ~:n 184 J/.1
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aml that the · ission l1ad be n secularized 111 1834, o1ght ;f,_e •s ~~eforo
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th data,,
:i!he site 0£ the building was on tie projecting es· , just L-croas

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the creek e .. ste:rly from· astaio lnno1;iou, · l; ig el'bov-1 of'

Up to l804t the Valley had a: ff r (l

was t~ alight ir1fil -ration ot ~ission .ndia:u.s :ho ':h; ·o 1 .. oba" lt.: too i: < r

fro __ the ~~iasion to be a serio .tS 1 en, 1ce to tr· ditiol!al ousto.rna.