1874 (1839) (1871) (1872) (1873) (1875) (1870-1880) Table of Contents
Sources
Ingersoll's Century History Santa Monica Bay Cities (Being Book Number Two of Ingersoll's Century Series of California Local History Annals), 1908, 1908a, 1874 See Text
Grant H. Smith The History of the Comstock Lode 1850-1920, Geology and Mining Series No. 37, University of Nevada Bulletin: Reno, Nevada, vol. XXXVII. 1 July 1943, no. 3, (revised 1966), Ninth printing, 1980. 305 pp., 1874, 1870s, 1860s, See Text
Les Storrs Santa Monica Portrait of a City Yesterday and Today, Santa Monica Bank: Santa Monica, CA, 1974, 67 pp. 1874 See Text
Betty Lou Young and Randy Young Santa Monica Canyon: A Walk Through History Casa Vieja Press: Pacific Palisades, CA, 1997, 182 pp., 1874, See Text
Notes
"The average wage paid to common miners in California in 1874 was $1.50 to $2 per day, says the Mining and Scientific Press of February 2, 1875, which prints a list of all sorts of employees. "No wonder the Comstock miners [at $4 per eight hour day] were the pick of the world."] -Smith, 1943
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