San Rafael Mine (Baja California, Mexico)

found: Work cat.: Mina San Rafael, 1976:t.p. (Mina San Rafael) p. 76 (San Rafael Mine)

found: Sustainable management of water in the Ojos Negros Valley, Baja California, Mexico, 1999:historical setting (Padilla Corona (1999) mentions that in June 1870, the brothers Ambrosio and Manuel del Castillo discovered gold in the north part of the valley of San Rafael; the July 21, 1870 issue of the San Diego Union, in California, has the following note: We have noticed that the mines are in the valley of San Rafael, in Baja California, at a distance of 120 miles (sic) from San Diego)