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F&G Fines In 59
Totaled $332,900
Persons who violated fish
and game laws and regulations in 1959 paid a total of
$332,918.84 in fines.
A report by the California
Department of Fish and
Game showed 10,980 per
sons cited for a wide variety of violations. Of this
number, 210 cases were susx
pended, 56 were dismissed
and 154 were placed on probation. The. total includes
107 juvenile cases.
Virtually all of thenation's
commercial production of
Bartlett pearsis concentrated
in the three Pacific Coast
States.
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Shaws Credited
The fine old photograph
of the old William George
residence in Grass Valley
which appeared in last
week’s issue was loaned to
the Nugget by Shaw’s Antique Shop in Nevada
City.
We appreciate Mr. and
Mrs. Shaw’s _ continuing.
ccurtesy to the Nugget
and regret our failure to
credit them for the picture.
The Pulgas Vater Temple
of the San Francisco Water
Department in San Mateg
‘County isthe terminus of 138,
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Historic Sites
Note The capital letters and numbers in this column refer to the like symbol on the
accompanying map.
A. DEER CREEK DRY DIGGINS The very heart of the town, where the sensationally
rich "found" diggins resulted in the first gold rush here.
B. MANZANITARAVINE Where came the first revelation of the existence in California of the great, long buried, gold enriched ancient river channels which have
added millions to gold production in California.
C. Here, in Manzanita Diggins where taken the first steps in the development of
hydraulic mining, second only to the gold-quartz load mining in value of gold produced in this state.
1. FIRST HABITATION OF WHITEMAN IN THIS VICINITY. This was a cabin built
by Captain John Pennington and his party on the crest of the hill just east of the south
end of the present Pine Street bridge. Here in the little stream they called "Gold Run"the Pennington party had discovered exceedingly rich placer. And here these pioneers
set up a most ingenius arrangement of sluice boxes including the first longtom to be
installed in, this area. ;
2. THE FIRST CABIN ON BROAD STREET. On the present site of the Alpha Hardware Store, overlooking the little flat where about a thousand miners were already
working, John Truesdale, in the latter part of Sept., 1849, built the first log cabin
to be erected on Broad Street.
3. DRAMATIC HALL, the first “house of entertainment" in this township. At the
heightof Coyote boom Hamlet Davisset up a tent store on this site. As the population
increased Davisreplaced this tent with a two-story frame building. His business prospered and in the fall a mail and express business was added and on the second floor
was provided a "reading room" stocked with newspapers and periodicals. The following spring the reading room was further enlarged; a stage was set up and, early
inJune HAMLET DAVIS'DRAMATIC HALL presented a comedy played by Dr. Robinson
and his company of strolling players. This was an immediate success and for about
a year this was the only house of public entertainment in the diggins. After the great
Sacramento fireof November, 1862, young Edwin Booth joined a number of the now
homeless players ofhis brother's company and set out on a tour of the northern mines.
At Dramatic Hallin Nevada City Booth for the first time assyed the part of lago, one
ofhis famous father's favorite roles. The part was ill chosen for the entertainment of
a community at the moment experiencing the most distressing winter in its history
and Booth failed disastrously to please his audience. The hall was closed and members of the company, now stony broke, were compelled to find their way as best they
could to Marysville. The organization was here disbanded.
4. JENNY LIND’ THEATRE, The great popularity of DRAMATIC HALL and the enthusiastic reception of such well-known players as Mr. and Mrs. James Stark, who
played here in the spring of 1850, ledto the construction of a "commodious and handsome building with the presentation of legitimate drama".
In the fall of 1850 the JENNY LIND THEATRE was built on the bank of Deer Creek
atthe foot ofMain Street. The dramatically prosperous success of the Jenny Lind was
ended abruptly 15 weeks from the day of the opening, when in the great flood of
March 5, 1852 the theatre was washed down Deer Creek,
5. NATIONALHOTEL, The leading hotel of Nevada City. Since its opening in 1863
the National has for more than a century played a conspicuous part in the social and
economic life of this town and county, In the 60s, 70s.and 80s when as the headquarters for stage lines, the telegraph, and Wells Fargo Express Co. its bar, lounge
and lobby was thronged with the pioneers whose vision, daring and energy was responsible for the initation and development of the vast mining and related enterprises of this, the premier gold mining ¢Ounty of this state. Within a radius of 25 miles
of this hotel not less than a quarter of all the gold produced in California has been
mined, milled and shipped.
The annex of this hotel is listed among the other buildings of historical significance
as doomed to demolition if the present plans for the highway are carried out.
6. DEER CREEK DRY DIGGINS, See article, Early History.
7. CALDWELL'S UPPER STORE, In Nov., 1849, Dr. A.B. Caldwell, attracted by
reportsof "Town Diggins". came up from below and finding many miners profitably
engaged here moved up a stock of goods and established the first store in this township.
This log and canvas store was located on the site now occupied by Trinity Episcopal
Church, Until this town was named Nevada in 1850, it was called Deer Creek Dry
Diggins or Caldwell's Upper Store.
8. FIRST HOTEL IN NEVADA TOWNSHIP. The first hotel in this town was a_ picturesque affair constructed of poles and canvas at the site of the present post office. It
was opened in the spring of 1850 and in it the town of "Nevada" came into being.
InMarch, 1850, the aggregation of tents, brush and shake shanters and log cabins
in the flats and scattered over the surrounding hiils housed not less than a thousand
goldseekers. This settlement was growing rapidly and the need for organized government was increasingly apparent. Inthe latter part of March about 250 men met in the
new store and in conformity with procedure enjoined with the United States military
authorities, elected an alcalde, a judicial officer under the Mexican law.
Having thus achieved the dignity of an organized community a more appropriate
name then "Deer Creek Dry Diggins” or "Caldwell's Upper Store" was determined
upon. :
For this purpose a meeting was held on March 16,
After the elimination of such names as Aurora, Sierra, Deer Creek, and Gold Run,
the count showed a majority of votes for Nevada, the name first proposed by O.P.
eed
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‘SECTION
Of The NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET Combined: With The Citizen
And the Nevada City-Grass Valley Nugget and the Tri-County News
Volume 34 No. -12, Nevada City, Wednesday, March 23, 1960
EXHIBIT io
FROM H. P. DAVIS* Cc.
HISTORICAL MAP OF WEVADA CITY é
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1 FIRST HABITATION OF WHITE MEN Wt TINS VICHETY, OCT. ‘4?
2 FIRST CABIN ON BROAD STREET,
3 DRAMATIC HALL ~ FIRST WOUSE OF ENTERTAINMENT, 1849/80
4 BUY LOND THEATRE. 1051/82
S WATIONAL EXCHANGE WOTEL, 1854/63
6 DEER CREEK:DRY DiccuES, 1969/30/51
7 «SITE OF CALDWELL'S UPPER STORE, COCTOSER 1009 :
8. FIRST HOTEL, 1980
9 OTT'S ASSAY OFFICE
10 WELLS-FARGO & CO., 1653 (QeON MENT)
1) SOUTH YUBA CANAL COMPANY, 1670
12 UNION MOTEL, 1063/1949
13. FIRE HOUSE, 1980 GOW HISTORICAL musEUN)
14 FIRST U.S. POST OFFICE, 1950
Blackman, a prominent merchant of Main Street.
9. OTT'S ASSAY OFFICE Ofthe many conspicuous contributions of gris town to the
mining industry, not of the least importance was the active part played by Nevada
City men leading to the Comstock lode rush. The first determination of the spectacular
value ofthe Comstock gold and siiver ore was thade by J.J. Ott on June 30, 1859 and
published in "Nevada (City) Journal”. It triggered the great rush to the Washoe country
in Nevada 1859-60.
10. SITE OF THE FIRST OFFICE IN THIS AREA OF THE WELLS FARGO EX PRESS
OFFICE, .
11. HEADQUARTERS OF THESOUTH YUBA CANAL COMPANY in the building adjoining Ott's Assay Officé.
12. SITE OF THE UNION HOTEL, built in 1863 and demolished in 1949.
13, FIRE HOUSE 1860. Now the museum of the Nevada County Historical Society.
14, THE FIRST UNITED STATES PQST OFFICE, Records of the U.S. Burea of
-Archives, Washington, D.C. show that the first Nevada City Post Office was established
here on December 12, 1850.
~~
EARLY HISTORY
(Continued from Page 1)
mining operations.
The first of these more ambitious ditches, completed in
May, were from "Mosketo" Creek, a small tributary of
Deer Creek, These, the "Deer Creek" and the "Coyote"
ditches, each abouttwo miles anda half in length, were
for this purpose.
consolidated by their ownersto form the Coyote and Deer
for the purpose of supplying water for auriferous gravel
FIRST STEPS IN HYDRAULICING
Ground sluicing had been carried to some extent on at
the gravel workings on the slopes above the town as early
as the summer of 1850 when ditches made water available
In April, 1852, A. Chabot, asailmaker by trade, then
oden box of capacity sufficient to provide a small amount
of pressure and, for the business end, Miller, by‘trade a
tinsmith, provided a tapered nozzle of sheet iron. Although the pressure, even with the addition of the nozzle,
was inconsiderable they found their hose to be effective
in washing gravel from the banks into sluices. Within a
few weeks this innovation had been adopted and improved
by gravel minershere and at Rough and Ready in the Little York district. There were the first steps in the development of hydraulic mining, an industry which was for
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A-H . . has them all
The Shady Creek 4-H
Club participated in the
countywide 4-H fun night
last Saturday evening. The
theme for their skit was
USA welcomes Hawaii. Most
of the members bopped, and
later in the; skit Mariena
Welker did her hula dance
beautifully.
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United States by Spain in
1819. i
working a claim on Buckeye Hill, at the western end of
Manzanita Ravine, conceived the idea of more effectively
conserving ditch water by the employment of a hose.
Chabot's hose, made of capvas, was about thirty-five
feet in length and not over four inches in diameter, Although no nozzle was attached Chabot found this hose of
aid, particularly in ground sluicing.
About a year later came the second step in the development ofhydraulic mining. E.E. Mattison and Eli Miller who had worked with Chabot inthe Greenhorn country,
had moved to Nevada City and were engaged in working
a gravelclaim in which Dr. A.B. Caldwell was interested .
Florida was ceded to thet With the assistance of Chabot they here installed a canvas
hose of considerably greater length and Capacity than
Chabot's original contraption. The intake end was a woNEVADA CITY ELKS
— = PRESENT ==
“Old Timers Night”
Thursday, March 24 .
DINNER..7:00 P.M. Meeting..8:00 P.M.
Election Of Officers.. Year Pin Awards
a EEE ate anemia
many years the principal gold producing agency in California.
This brief review was intended as a clarification of the
historical significance of the area shown onthe accompany
map. It is by no means complete and it is hoped that among our readers will be some who can add materially to
this brief review.
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