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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