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by water pressure, is called "the father of
hydraulic mining,
He built two Saw mills in Sierra
County. Tke saw mills were .built near the
head of ditches which had been due to carry
on his mining operations. s&s fast as the
ditches and flumes rere built, water was then
used to carry lumber to the point where it
wes needed and later to his mines. The lur-'
ber was used in building dems, Plumes, and
sluices.
After working in the zold fields for,
several yeers Mr. Chabot grev to be u very
wealthy man. He had sent to Canada for his
Se Remi, and later they carric3i on
many successiul projects together.
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SAY FRUCTSCO) BEFORE UTD EpTeR HAUSE Oy
GOLD RUSH.
Before the gold zvush Sen Francisco
consistcd of onl: a fer sheeks scatterca
alone the bay. Back of these stretched sandy
hills covered with brushwood,
Here and there in the harbor were seen
a few ships used for Shipping hides and horns
of the cattle that had bcen slaughtered on the
Sea board. .As they had no refrigerators on
ships at that time, the meat was left to be
dévourea by wild onimals and birds.
This was ‘the kind of a place inthony
Chabot found when he first came to California.
In 1848 gold was discovered in the