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Arizona and Sonora, Mowry, 1863

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Arizona and Sonora, Mowry, 1863
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The 1863 volume. 124pp. Typical 6 x 9”, brown boards, gilt lettering, professionally rebacked with replaced fly pages. A. Roman & Co., San Francisco and New York. Contains the short errata page tipped in at title page. This edition is apparently the “second edition”. The cover page states “A New Edition, with an appendix”. The first was apparently published Feb. 3, 1859, though I have never seen one of these, and consider them exceptionally rare (fh). The 1863 edition is very rare, while of the three, the 1864 edition is the most commonly seen. The 1863 work is unarguably the best first-hand description of early Arizona. He discusses the various mining companies there since 1855 (Sonora Exploring and Mining) and others, especially around Tubac, inclusive of “the great Heitzelman mine.” The 1863 edition differs from the original 1859 edition substantially, and is a stand-alone reference. There are two appendices, the first a discussion of the Pacific Railroad bill. The second, a nine page discussion of Arizona 1859-1863, followed by the all-important, 63 page tome “The Mines of Arizona” (and northern Mexico) “written February, 1861”. That, in turn is followed by various correspondence that backs up Mowry. This is the most important work of the period for Arizona mining history.City: County: State: AZDate: