”COPPER.—About November I, 1863, the first discovery of copper was made in township seventeen north, range six west, on south side of Little Stony Creek, …

Stony Creek District, December 24, 1863; St. John District, January 2, 1864; Snow Mountain District, January 5, 1864; Pacific Mining District, February 6, 1864; Mountain District, March 14, 1864; Lane District, also in March, 1864. In many of these locations the principals were: …G.W. Ware, …”

Reference Data:

Coulsa County, by Justus H. Rogers, 1891, pages 320-1