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Title: Historical Clippings Book (HC-12) Collection Type: Directories and Documents Collection Name: Historical Clippings Catalog #: HC-12 # of Pages: 520 Download PDF: User Login Required Download OCR Text: User Login Required

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ALPHA AND OMEGA @ Br Journal, June 8, 1860: News from Omega Jan. 13, 1860: Around the cabin fire Omega. Page 1 ae aa ten Omega NewsEbenezar 9 : Hard up bachelors in Omega.May 11, 1860: Omega News = June 15 : ees June 21, 1861: Omega News Aug. 30, 1861: Fire list at Omega Mining Press: 1865: page 281: Omega 1860-1863: Sept. 21, 1861: Corres. Omega mining July 1869, page 134: Omega, 198, 326, 404 Orleans Flat and Moore's Flat are two of the early-day mining towns that depended on hydraulic mining. Now not one _ ast September was 55." house remains of the original Crleans Flat. Walloupa was one of the boom towns of the early fifties, “Alpha.. was first settled in the fall of 1852, The digand contains no landmark by which its site might be identified. gings are worked by hydraulic hose, all hill diggings. It is im"gan Juan.—The diggings of this thriving little town in perfectly supplied with water, except in winter, ‘when some Bridgeport Township, were discovered in January, 1853, by small ditches give employment to many miners, In the sumNathanfel Harrison. the Grizzly Ditch Company immediately mer it is nearly deserted, ‘and must be until some large ditch extended a branch ditch to the place, by which the mines were introduces the waters of the South Yuba, The vote in SeptemProspected and opened, and miners found profitable employber, 1855, was 59, ment for a few months in each year. A few trading houses and "Omega resembles Alpha in many respects, and is a mile hotels were built, but the place did not flourish till the spring and a half distant from it by a rough trail. Ravine diggings were of 1854, when a large ditch, called the Middle Yuba Canal, gave first worked here in 1851, and the hill diggings were opened promise of an abundant supply of water. Population flowed in and the town increased greatly in size. An extremely rich counin 1852. It is located on a section of arich gold-producing ridge, ich must ultimately be of great importance. Vote in Septemtry has been developed, and the coming year San Juan will give Gu» 58," profitable employment to a large population. The vote in September was 120." =>, . Alpha and Omega have long since passed into oblivion, 2 save as a memory of the thriving settlements of the early San Juan at the present time is served by a store and post fifties and sixties. office, and a good hotel. Although placer mining is amost a “Red Dog, or Brooklyn, . situated nine miles from thing of the past, quartz mining is coming to the front, with good Nevada, in Little York Township, was prospected in the fall Prospects for again building up San Juan, . of 1851 by J. Perkins, who discovered extremely rich hill . = diggings, paying from the surface down. The Whiteside diggings were next discovered. A great rush was made to tHe place, a town was laid off, and five hotels, with numerous other buildings, were erected. In June, 1853, the water wholly gave out, and the place was nearly deserted, A better supply of water is now had by means of ditches, and better prospects for the place are opening. The town was named for a drunken old man with long red hair. Ineffectual efforts have since been made to ~ change it to Brooklyn. Vote in September, 98." Red Dog passed away with the boom of the early sixties, and at the present time contains neither store nor dwelling to show that it ever existed. “Walloupa. . is situated about 10 miles in an easterly direction from Nevada, in Little York Township. The mines that gave birth to Walloupa were discovered in the sui :mer of 1852, It received its name from an old Indian of Wemeh's tribe, whose name Was probably a a corruption of Guadaloupe, a patron saint of the Mexicans. It was believed that the hills, in the vicinity were possessed of great mineral riches, and the Chalk Bluff Company was formed to bring in the waters of Steep Hollow Creek. Upon the assurance that there would be an abundant supply of water without any unnecessary delay, miners flocked into the settlement and Walloupa grew to a place of _ 4_second-rate importance in the county. Trouble among the water . GQ jeompary, and want of funds, prevented the bringing in of water, and in 1853 Walloupa starved to death. By the effects of law, poverty and envy, the stock in the company passed into the hands of James Churchman and three others; and in October 1854, they commenced operation in real earnest, In January, 1855, they had the ditch so far completed as to promise a good supply of water. Since that time, Walloupa has been gradually resuscitating. Good buildings have been erected the past year, and the believed richness of the hills is being realized. The vote Cx . ¢.