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Other than Iron Mountain in the far north of the Central valley and deposits in the Mohave, I can't find any evidence for iron mining in the entire state, which seems very bizarre for a state of California's size. I feel like there would have been at least some small deposits elsewhere, but there's no record of anything of the sort. I know that the Spanish missions in SoCal were working bloomeries in the 1700's but I can't find any information on local deposits. Was all their ore being imported from Mexico or am I just missing something? If anyone has sources that indicate otherwise I would be very interested.
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