Original sentence: Formerly known as Pot Holes, the town of La Paz grew up in early 1862 to serve the miners washing placer gold in the vicinity
Edited sentence: Formerly known as Pot Holes, the town of La Paz grew up in 1862 to serve the miners washing placer gold in the vicinity.Mountain man Pauline Weaver discovered gold in the vicinity in January 1862, and the district produced about 50,000 troy ounces of gold per year in 1863 and 1864