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Title: Volume 034-4 - October 1980 Collection Type: Books and Periodicals Collection Name: Nevada County Historical Society Bulletins # of Pages: 8 Download PDF: User Login Required Download OCR Text: User Login Required

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The Discovery of Gold Bearing Quartz Knight or McKnight? By Theo Reidt Sa THIS TABLET COMMEMORATES THE DISCOVERY OF GOLD BEARING QUARTZ AND THE BEGINNING OF QUARTZ MINING THE DISCOVERY WAS MADE ON THE OCCURENCE OF GOLD BEARING QUARTZ WAS UNDOUBTEDLY NOTED HERE AND ELSEWHERE ABOUT THE SAME TIME OR PREVIOUSLY, BUT THE ABOVE DISCOVERY CREATED THE GREAT EXCITEMENT THAT STARTED THE DEVELOPMENT OF QUARTZ MINING INTO A GREAT INDUSTRY. FROM 1850 TO 1857 IS CREDITED WITH A TOTAL PRODUCTION OF THIS MONUMENT DEDICATED BY QUARTZ PARLOR No. 58 N.S.G.W. MANZANITA PARLOR No. 29 N.D.G.W. IN CALIFORNIA GOLD HILL BY GEORGE KNIGHT OCTOBER 1850 THE GOLD HILL MINE $ 4,000,000.00 OCTOBER 20, 1929 OI Oe ee ee et el ee ~ eet ee June 1855, presumably with enough money to start a business. However, the West beckoned again; Hiram and Horace later started a dry goods, fancy foods and clothing store in Eureka, Humboldt County. Of the many topics, discussed in the “Dear Charlie’ letters, we will mention only one. Horace did not frequent saloons or gambling houses; the three in the cabin probably did not have much of a social life. Reading was Horace’s favorite pass-time. Since there were no public libraries, the three had to fend for themselves. Therefore, Horace was very thankful for letters from back East and wrote a large number of letters himself, hoping to develop a regular correspondence. Apparently Charlie was the only one to respond that way. Local newspapers were small and the space, allotted to news from the East was necessarily limited. So Horace was very thankful for eastern newspapers and even sent money to his friend Charlie to subscribe for him to several newspapers and magazines. And he acquired a home libarary. He spent twenty dollars to buy among others: “one grammar, one arithmetic, one to work in physiology, one in prenology, Pictorial Description of the United States, Mental Philosophy, the Americal Manual, one Dictionary, History of Wonderful Inventions, Year Book of Facts, one book on Chemistry, How to Become an Actor, History of Horses, Origin of Government”. The list is interesting, showing what was available at the time. The Nevada County Historical Society congratulates the Mariposa County Historical Society for enriching the California literature with a very interesting book, which is charmingly illustrated. ap vi ° Near Condon Park, at Jenkins Street, between Hocking and French Streets, one will find a monument, bearing a bronze tablet with the above mentioned inscription. It is California Historical Landmark number 297. The reader will notice that the text is cautiously phrased; it does not claim that the site is the first one where goldbearing quartz was discovered. Indeed, already more than a year earlier the / follwing notice appeared in the newspapers: Mariposa, Calif., Aug. 15, 1849. The first gold quartz vein to be found in 28.