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Historical Clippings Book (HC-11) (314 pages)

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ns COLUMBIA TILL, SCHOOL Columbia Hill situated on the San Juar Ridse between the gorges f the Middle and South Yuba rivers, was settled in 1853 by We Le isdale and his brothers. They built a ditch to convey water to their: claims and later sold it to the Middle Yuba Consolidated Conal Company. For many years the miners did not even reach the bed rock under the excentionally deep gravels of this locality. Later by means of tunnels and heavy hydraulic heads, the gravels were partially worked out. The greatest producer on thig part of the Ridge was the mine of the Bureka Lake and South Yitba Canal Co. The towm of Colunbia Till figured largely in the grest days of Ey hydraulic mining. The business section was Launct a& man named Flening opened a store. This was in 01d Columbia, a section of the original tow which may be reached by turning right after crossing the ditch culvert near the school, and f: the old ditch bed to a clearing below the Coughlan vnlace, and a? s was , 3 . above the diggings. lei Columbia, centered around the forks of the road to Grantieville and the one to Edwards Crossing. Visitors to the County seat from this area were often referred oT. fron"The Til1." The name was changed to North Columbia at the time a post office was acquired to designate it from South Columbia on the Mother Lode. The first building set aside as a public school house on record, the druggist. Levi Ayres,/ IG belonged to a ir. S. ate was one next to the home o A Anderson, and he deeded the lot, 30 x 100° to the school trustees on Mareh 11, 1867 for the orection of a public school, with an understanding that the lot be reverted to the owner if the building ceased to be @ school : e.