Paul, Almarin B. (Almarin Brooks), 1823-1908.
Biographical notes:
Forty-niner pioneer who located to Sacramento from St. Louis. Established a merchant firm in Sacramento but soon sold his shares to go into mining. He became the first person to mine for silver in Nevada, and he is the inventor of the iron process for working silver ores and of some other mining machinery. During his first few years in California, Paul was an active member of the Vigilance Committee of 1856.
From the description of Revised and concise history of the Vigilance Committee of 1856 : typescript / by Number 436 an eye-witness Almarin B. Paul. (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 34209092
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- Vigilance committees
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- California (as recorded)
- San Francisco (Calif.) (as recorded)
