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Newspaper Notes - 1850s (NN-18.5)(1850s) (336 pages)

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From Bean's 1867 Directory: : Be ee . . ae Notes from "CALIFORNIA GOLD FIELDS, by Charles D. Ferguson Pub'ish ed by Biobooks, Oak land, Calif. 1948. — eee Page 110 ~ (The naming of Buck teyéiHill) Our vil’age of tirree hitis, built om rather elevated ground got the name of Buckeye Hill. (Note: Al! young men were from Ohio, aver aging about four in each hut .) Page 143 ~ ( On hy drauli ¢c mini a g) "Lastly was the adven t of hy drau lic mininwash ing which recnired great force of water, the stronger the better, which being run th rou gh hose they would com m ence in the face of ah il’, son etimes wash i ng away the whole hill before c eai ing up, as i +t was ca’ied. Forti nes have been made by th is m eth od wh ere the ~@adle an d even the long tom men could not make their board. Befor e I left Nevada,@ early in 1852, there was a great dea’ of hydraulic mining being done between th ere an «@ Rough and Ready , so that in two years mining had made great advane ement sinc e the days of t h e primitive rocker. Page 125 ( ABout Stewart's s! ui ce boxes.) j qe.