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Nevada City and its Resources Mining Interests and Business Firms, 1893 (PH 1-2)(1893) (39 pages)
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Page: of 39
ever, that during the whole histor y of the town it has always possessed a conservative
element in its population that, even in its earliest days, has given to the social features
of the place a tone characteristic of the older communities of the East.
In the strict sense of the word, Nevada City has never exhibited the wild and woolly
characteristics of the mining camps so much celebrated in the fiction of such authors
as Joaquin Miller and Bret Harte. Of course its career has been stained by misdeeds
of lawlessness, which, when the strong arm of the law failed to reach, then the indignant protest of law-abiding and conservative men soon put a stop to.
In its very earliest history the two grand props of American civilization—the
churches and publie schools—found a secure and lasting foothold.
The town from its start had more of the character of the older communities of the
east than those of a mere mining camp. In avery short time after the beginning it had
a municipal government and soon developed a spirit that has enabled it to survive misfortune which years ago blotted out of existence mining towns of equal, if not greater,
prospects. A description of the town would be incomplete without a reference to the
means which contribute to its prosperity.
The town always has, and must for years to come, depend on the mines that produes
gold. It is hard to pick out the mines to which the town owes the most to. As a steady
bullion producer the Champion mine is one of the foremost. Tor years the owners of
the claim paid the assessments and those who stayed with the mine lived long enough
to see their claim become one of the best mines in the State. The Providence mine,
near by, many years condemned asa forlorn hope has, under its new management, forged
to the front and exhibits a vitality not often seen in the mines of this State. Close to