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May 2, 1973 The Nevada County Nugget hs
> of Nevada County .
ed in 1924 W.B. Lardner
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uilding materials and goods from
where he built a store, the first house
\ugust, 1849. Edward E. Chever came:
ptember, 1849, and for some time these
re white population of Yuba City, Cal.
se on the townsite. Rolfe was elected a
ution was adopted, being the first judge
s the office of ‘‘alcalde’’ was abolished
State.
‘sally respected for his uprightness and
n to do the right and uphold justice. His
re so manifest that no one could mistake
se.
. to the general public through his conHe was interested in the Index, in
1853, in company with Warren B. Ewer
, he bought out the Young America, a
, and changed its name to the Nevada
ement of Warren B. Ewer, Tallman H.
In 1863 he went to Austin, Nev., and
ater part of 1865, when he returned to
‘oprietor and editor of the Nevada Daily
ed until 1868, then sold the paper to
2 he was attacked by pneumonia, and
debilitated from its effects he sought to
ing in San Bernardino. His active and
d and he died in San Bernardino, Cal.,
orty-eight years.
an Hathaway Rolfe and his record as a
erance. His was the true type of
‘gy, resolution sustained throughout his
. , and fraternal helpfulness. He went
never married.
AST SIDE. PHILADELPHIA
KEN OAT Livenyy® HERE.
CHARLES A. BROCKINGTON There is no one living in Grass
Valley or vicinity who has done more to develop the mineral wealth
of the country than Charles A. Brockington. From the time he
began work in the Empire Mine as a boy of fourteen, as a toolnipper, for nearly a half-century his whole attention has been given
to mining, whether as foreman, superintendent or mine-owner. He
was born in Ontonagon County, Mich., December 6, 1857, the son of
William and Martha (Hayman) Brockington, natives of Devonshire, England, both deceased. William Brockington came to the
United States in 1850 and was in charge of copper mines in the Lake
Superior regions. He arrived in Grass Valley in 1864, and was
foreman of the North Star Mine in 1865. He was also in the employ
of other mining companies, including the Empire and Idaho Mines.
That he was not without interest in locaf civic affairs is shown by
the fact that he was a Free Mason, and that he was school trustee of
Grass Valley in 1869-1870. He died in 1871. Of his six sons there are
but two living, Charles A. and Thomas H.
Charles A. Brockington came to Grass Valley with the family
1868. He attended the grammar school of Grass Valley and began
as a tool-nipper in the Empire Mine at the age of fourteen. After
eight years with the Empire Mining Company he spent five years in
the Old Idaho Mine. In 1880 he took a trip to Alaska and was gone
seven months, but in 1881 he was back again with the Empire Mine.
In 1884 he was with the Total-Wreck Mine in Arizona. Returning to
Grass Valley, he with his two brothers, A. J. and Ed. Brockington,
and three others, W. J. Connors and Patsey and John Feeney,
organized the W. Y. O. D. Mine. Starting from the grass roots, they
sunk a shaft 940 feet and worked it for six years. It paid from the
grass roots, paying ten-per-cent dividends until the mine was sold.
In 1894 he was in charge of the New Orleans Mine in Grass Valley
and also of the Sultana and other mines in the group. He organized
and developed the Center of Grass Valley Mining Company and
sunk the shaft in the yardofhis home.to the rear of the residence, in
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the center of grass Valley-hence the name of the mine and com©
pany. He secured the mineral rights to the property adjoining, from
thirty-one different windows as well as others who owned adjoining
property in this section, and he sunk a shaft 1160 feet. In the
organization and direction of this company he was ably assisted by
his wife, who named the mine. It was operated from 1912 to 1918,
when it was sold; and it is now known as the Golden Center of Grass
Valley Mining Company. Later, Mr. Brockington was superintendent of the Allison Ranch Mining Company. Mr. Brockington
has accomplished more shaft work than any other man in the
district. Aside from the above, he superintended the sinking of the
Prescott Hill shaft for the Sultana Mining Company, 1805 feet, the
Inkmarque shaft 850 feet, the Orleans shaft, 800 feet, and the
Washington shaft 105 feet. The Center of Grass Valley shaft, as
stated above, was sunk 1160 feet, and the W. Y. O. D. 940 feet; and
he also superintended all the drifting from these various shafts.
After his retirement from mining, in 1920, Mr. Brockington
built seven fine residences on the two-acre piece of ground where
his mine was developed, improving it with lawn, shrubs and
flowers, and it is-called Brockington Court.
Mr. Brockington married Miss Lucy E. O’Donnell, a native of
Grass Valley and a daughter of William O’Donnell. Mr. O’Donnell
was a pioneer brick manufacturer who built many of the early
business houses and residences in this city. Mrs. Brockington was
an artist of no mean ability, and Mr. Brockington treasures many
fine specimens of her paintings. She died in-1917, leaving him one
daughter, Lita, a trained nurse in St. Francis Hospital, San
Francisco. Mr. Brockington was made a Mason in Grass Valley
Lodge No. 23, and is a member of Grass Valley Chapter No. 18,
R.A.M. He is also a member of the Grass Valley Half Century Club.