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MECULLOCH'S
UPPLY WAREHOUSE
MUNTED
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CALICO, CALIFORNIA
Calico is located near the desert town of Yermo, the "Gate-way
to the Calicos". Calico was discovered in the spring of 1881
by Frank Mecham, his uncle, Doc Yager and two deputy sheriffs,
Tom Warden and Hue Thomas. They named their find "The King
Mine" after Sheriff King, uncle of Walter Knott, who grub-
staked the party. The vein was noticed some time before by
Lafayette Mecham, father of Frank, who was looking for a
horse stolen by Indians. It was Charles Mecham, a brother to
Frank, who struck a pick into horn silver while on a trip with
the discovery party. When the price of silver went down the
mines closed down as it did not pay to dig the ore out. Calico
is one camp that the silver never played out...M.P.
Photo-color by Merle Porter
B-408
O & Published by Royal Pictures, Colton, California
S14108-1
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