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Robert Carlton Downs was an associate of Leland Stanford and was a pioneer, miner, legislator, and businessman. He sailed around Cape Horn on the clipper ship Tahamaroo in 1849. In 1851, with E.B. McIntyre, S. Hanford, and N. Drew, he established the first deep quartz mine, The Union. In 1857 he became superintendent of The Union, which was later renamed The Lincoln.
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