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Title: San Francisco : its builders, past and present : pictorial and biographical
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: S.J. Clarke Publishing Company
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Publisher: Chicago, (Ill.) : S.J. Clarke
Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: San Francisco Public Library

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Hills of South Dakota, as Avell as in California, Ari-zona and Nevada. He became recognized as the most expert prospectorand judge of mining property on the coast and contributed in many ne the leading plucer raining district. lietcUiCii for gold MJtli j)ick, shovel and pan and also ■ing and trading ikizns until 185y. He had very moIn 1859, howp\er, he brought his early training in lead mining intoplay when the iiussibilities of the great quartz veins began to be rcc- little more ~ in iddually increased his holdings ofdesira ten control of the famous Ophir mine \vu> wealthy. Mr, TT,,. > ! rile AnMrMlli!:) a,; deal in ij,;. tdleiition and ni foundation of II this city then,■cessful, so that liened his tortuue, and nrest. He was part owur in vi>) mine in Utah, uiiioli for man) ! 0 milli-:- ^^irs. He also h;i^t.^ Hills o: Dakota, as wti Ari- zona and Nevada. He became recognized as the most expert prospectorand judge of mining propei-t> on the coast and contnbuted in many
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(georgc IDcargt 3i ways to the development of modern processes and methods of min-ing, in gold and silver as well as in other metals. He was deeply interested in developing the resources of Cali-fornia and advancing its prosperity. He was the owner of muchvaluable real estate in San Francisco and ranches and land in otherparts of the state, and also was engaged largely in the raising of high-grade cattle and horses and in extensive farming. His was a diversityof interests that has hardly been equalled in the history of the state. Throughout his political career JNIr. Hearst was a firm unflinch-ing democrat. In 1865 he was elected to the California assembly andin 1882 he was an unsuccessful candidate for governor before the SanJose convention. In 188.5 he received the complimentarj^ vote of thedemocratic minority in the legislature for United States senator andon !March 23, 188.5, he was appointed, as a democrat, to fill the vacancycaused by the death of United States Senator John F. J

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