Quirino Benavente at Patos to Lic. D. Juan Nepo. de Arizpe at Saltillo: Reports that the second cleaning of the dam [corte de la saca] was concluded yesterday. States he has been using over fifty men for three weeks. Needs more than sixty men and more shovels. Is sending for them, 1851, January 22:

Quirino Benavente at Patos to Lic. D. Juan Nepo. de Arizpe at Saltillo: Reports that the second cleaning of the dam [corte de la saca] was concluded yesterday. States he has been using over fifty men for three weeks. Needs more than sixty men and more shovels. Is sending for them, 1851, January 22:, Box: 1, Item: 412. Sánchez Navarro Collection of Documents for a History of Texas and Coahuila, 30605850. Benson Latin American Collection, The University of Texas at Austin. https://archives.lib.utexas.edu/repositories/4/archival_objects/302911 Accessed September 27, 2026.