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Lost Grass Valley Gold Rush History of the Wilhelm & Binkleman Pioneer Families by Waldo C.F. Potter (2024) (374 pages)
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This is the list of the people in the above photo of the Old Pioneers of Grass Valley obtained from the
Searls Historical Library. It only lists the people standing. This photo is also shown in the book The 1895
Pictorial History of Nevada County, California, which lists all the people in the photo on page 164. John
Coleman is missing from the above list, but . have confirmed his photo and updated this information as
per other photos of him, plus the information on page 164 in the above-mentioned book.
Theo Wilhelm’s friend, Edward Coleman, was a49’er California Gold Rush mine manager,
president, and superintendent in Nevada County. He also served as President of the Board of
School Trustees in Grass Valley and Vice President of the Nevada County Narrow Gauge
Railroad. Edward, a carpenter, and his brother John left for California in the spring of 1853,
arriving a few miles north of Marysville in October. The brothers moved on to Canon Creek in El
Dorado County, where Edward was interested in mining. In 1855, they moved to lowa
Hill, Placer County, where they mined together until early in the spring of 1860. In February
1860, the brothers and others purchased the Helvetia & Lafayette Mining Company in Grass
Valley, Nevada County. Subsequently, Edward became administrator of the North Star Mine,
and John became the President. In 1867, the brothers sold out their interest in that mining
company and formed the Idaho Quartz Mining Company, of which Edward was the President
and Superintendent until the mine was worked out in 1893. The brothers built the Nevada
County Narrow Gauge Railroad Co. He died in 1913 in San Francisco, a millionaire many times
over. New investors later acquired other properties in 1915, and the Idaho-Maryland Mine
operated until 1942 and again in 1945-1956. Total production was $70 million at about $35.00/
ounce, which equals $5 billion in today’s 2,500 dollars Troy per ounce.
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