S. L. Blackwell

S. L. Blackwell (born ca. 1833) was a California miner and Assemblyman (1875–76 and 1877–78) representing Nevada County. A native of North Carolina, he arrived in California via Tennessee in 1853, and resided at Moores Flat and Snow Point, while developing a gravel mine.[1] A member of the Democratic Party, Blackwell served as chairman of the Assembly's Committee on Mines and Mining.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Report of the Director of the Mint Upon the Production of the Precious Metals in the United States (Public domain ed.). U.S. Government Printing Office. 1881. pp. 62–.
  2. ↑ Pen Portraits: Autobiographies of State Officers, Legislators, Prominent Business and Professional Men of the Capital of the State of California; Also of Newspaper Proprietors, Editors, and Members of the Corps Reportorial (Public domain ed.). Alta California Print. 1878. pp. 51–.


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