Since our list Mom was wondering why there hasn't been any mail, I thought I send some. Most people were probably busy with the THanksgiving holidays and now Christmas shopping....as I was. Today, I have a cold and will send a message instead. My ancestors (one bunch) were Cornish miners...half the clan went to Australia and my direct bunch came to the US> Ended up in South Dakota at the Homestake Gold mine eventually. Come to find out, Joseph, the eldest was in Nevada County for a while...late 1860's through 1871?...found him on that foreign born voters list and sent for the info. He had several brothers...can't find much on them. Benjamin was suppossed to be killed across the Nevada line in a mining accident in Virginia City. Have tried the cemeteries there, and the Storey County roots web...but get no responses whatsoever..The contact persons' E Mail bounces...good site!. Another brother, Nicholas was there, and cousin William Nicholas, also known as Nick. wondering if anyone has run across these names... and, a really dumb question...when emmigrants came from Great Britain to California, did the majority seem to go to the east coast and work their way across the whole US, or in fact did they arrive by ship in California ? Any ideas on this? Judy in Colorado

Hi Judy, I have the same exact questions. My Thomas Brooks apparently sailed from Wales and ended up in St.Louis MO. He then grabbed a wife and sailed around the Horn to Grass Valley via San Fran. He was a Welsh mining engineer. How he ended up in MO, I have no clue. Seems a wierd "jumping off" point, but he made it here and made his fortune. I hope some day to figure that story out, it has to be a ducey. I also have Irish emigrants who did it the old fashion way and went from Ireland to Conneticutt to Nevada then Montana then California. Something tells me alot depended on your financial status as too what was the mode of emigration in those days. Good luck in your search. I'm still trying to find out if there where arrival lists for San Francisco passengers from 1850-1860. No one on this list has answered even that little question. I'm hoping the "osmosis" method will kick in here soon. :) Ciao, Colin

I do not believe there is a problem, some of us just click on and read what is there with out contributing as we are so busy this time of year, getting our homes decorated for the holidays, and Christmas shopping ,little lone going to all the kids and grand kids school and church activities, yes we are here, and I am sure the chatter will pick up in the beginning of 2000, if our computers work HA!HA!. which may be no laughing matter. Abigail

Vernon, I don't have much of my family history done yet, but I am fairly certain that you and I are related! My grandparents live near the Boston Revine as far as I can recall and I spent many summers there. I am also of the Davis line and a decedent of Cornish minors! Wow, I read the CA-Goldrush post and haven't yet found a connection, but now I think I have. Both sets of my grandparents lived in Grass Valley nearly all their lives. My paternal grandparents lived just outside of Grass Valley Grandfather: ? James Phillip Brady Grandmother: Ruby Ellen Davis Ggrandfather: John Davis (Cornish minor born in Bedford, England married to Sarah Ellen Davis born near N. Whales, England lived in Sheep Ranch, CA My father's name is Robert Lyman Weeks (long story on the last name!!!) A few of the names of his siblings best I can recall are: Margaret Davis Walt Davis Jim Brady I would love to hear from you. Sharon Brown DRBzLDY@aol.com

Vernon, >From HISTORIC SPOTS IN CALIFORNIA - 4th Edition - 1990 (pages 242-243): NEVADA COUNTY "Another settlement, which also became a part of the modern Grass Valley, was established in what came to be known as BOSTON RAVINE, named after the company that arrived there in September 1849 under the leadership of the Rev. H. H. CUMMINGS, its president. Four cabins were erected on the south side of the ravine, where the party spent the winter. For two years BOSTON RAVINE, AT THE SOUTH END OF PRESENT MILL STREET, was the chief settlement in the vicinity, laying the foundation for the flourishing trade of the town that ultimately grew out from it." Hope this helps, RUTH ___________________ Ruth(Grady) & Don Skewis ruth4527@pacbell.net > -----Original Message----- > From: Vernon Brown [mailto:vernross@silcon.com] > Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 1999 9:24 PM > To: CA-GOLDRUSH-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [GOLDRUSH] Boston Ravine > > > Hi! All, > > Can any one tell me where Boston Ravine is located in Grass > Valley? My grand father John Davis was born there. His father was > Henry M Davis, a Cornish Miner. > > > Vernon Brown > Walnut Creek, Ca > > > ==== CA-GOLDRUSH Mailing List ==== > Automatic Administrative Reminder: > Please DO NOT post to multiple lists with one email; this can cause > bounced-mail problems for Rootsweb and for us; and those looking for > answers but are not subscribed to this list will not get replies. This > also occurs when non-lister's messages are forwarded to the list. >

Hi! All, Can any one tell me where Boston Ravine is located in Grass Valley? My grand father John Davis was born there. His father was Henry M Davis, a Cornish Miner. Vernon Brown Walnut Creek, Ca

Is there a problem that I don't know about? I haven't seen any activity on Goldrush for a while. I'll put this online if nothing else to remind others that it's here.

I'm trying to find anything I can on Joseph Colombet who immigrated from France on the ship Alphonse N. Cezard that arrived in San Francisco on 28 Feb. 1852. I do not know where in northern CA he settled. My gg grandfather, Auguste Bellon was with him and 12 years old at the time. I lose him until about 1862 when he was freighting in Utah. Alexandre and Augustine Genesy came to CA after 1857 and were in Virginia City, Storey County , NV in 1863. They had a daughter that is listed in the census of 1880 as having been born in CA. That would have been abt 1861. Don't know where in CA they would have been, been feel sure it was northern and that they were all involved in the gold fever. If anyone can give me any help with any of these three surnames, I would very much appreciate it! Susan Bellon

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Gordons were in Tulare county quite early, but I never tried to search. I knew a descendant in Visalia, who knew his fathers role of first "motor" county cop, they were taken over by CA state as first California Hiway patrol. His grandfather had a big spread in Yokohl Valley, still bearing the map title of "Gordon Creek". This is in the foothill portion, hardly Sierras. Mines abound in all areas. Gold is not the only lucrative mineral, and quicksilver was of high importance, as was tungsten in ww1 and 2. One creekbed near valley floor yielded $32,000 in gold by dry panning, when gold was 16 dollars an ounce, not far from here. A gold mine within 5 miles operated until 1975. I don't know more about these Gordons, but Tulare county census, and more, at http://www.compuology.com/cagenweb/tularcty.htm --JD >----- Original Message ----- >From: Gail M. Gordon <gmgordon@execpc.com> >To: <CA-GOLDRUSH-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 1999 6:36 AM >Subject: [GOLDRUSH] Gordon > > >> Hello, am a new subscriber. I am trying to locate a James GORDON that >went >> to California during the Gold Rush from WI. He did not stay and settle in >> CA, but returned to WI. There may also have been a couple of other >> relatives that went with him that we're having trouble tracing. I found a >> James GORDON on an 1850 Census index in Yuba County. >> >> Would anyone have access to this 1850 Census to do a look-up? Am also >> looking for a William FOWLER and Peter SANFORD that may have been there at >> the same time. Was also wondering if someone could tell me the various >> areas in CA where most of the mine would have been. Am new to this area of >> research and know next to nothing. >> >> Any assistance or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. >> >> Thank you. >> >> Gail Gordon >> gmgordon@execpc.com >> http://www.execpc.com/~gmgordon >> Milwaukee, WI

Most of the California mining was done in the Sierras, just look at your California map along Highway 49. However there was mining in all the counties. And many miners used California as a base, & prospected into Nevada & Oregon. If they found a promising claim, they'd try to keep it secret as long as possible to avoid competition, & thieves. There are still active mining claims, placer deposits throughout California. Though due to the low yields, & high labor cost vs. low gold price, most of them operate on a hobby basis. © Phil Van Camp, pvc@vancamp.org ----- Original Message ----- From: Gail M. Gordon <gmgordon@execpc.com> To: <CA-GOLDRUSH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 1999 6:36 AM Subject: [GOLDRUSH] Gordon > Hello, am a new subscriber. I am trying to locate a James GORDON that went > to California during the Gold Rush from WI. He did not stay and settle in > CA, but returned to WI. There may also have been a couple of other > relatives that went with him that we're having trouble tracing. I found a > James GORDON on an 1850 Census index in Yuba County. > > Would anyone have access to this 1850 Census to do a look-up? Am also > looking for a William FOWLER and Peter SANFORD that may have been there at > the same time. Was also wondering if someone could tell me the various > areas in CA where most of the mine would have been. Am new to this area of > research and know next to nothing. > > Any assistance or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. > > Thank you. > > Gail Gordon > gmgordon@execpc.com > http://www.execpc.com/~gmgordon > Milwaukee, WI > > > ==== CA-GOLDRUSH Mailing List ==== > Automatic Administrative Reminder: > Remove (snip away) as much of the Original Message as possible when > REPLYING to a List message. Include only the part(s) of the original > message important to your reply. > >

Abbie et.al. .... Genealogy is my "break", which may in part explain why it's taking so long. © Phil Van Camp, pvc@vancamp.org ----- Original Message ----- From: Abbie Parrish <abigailyates@earthlink.net> To: <CA-GOLDRUSH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 1999 7:52 AM Subject: [GOLDRUSH] Thanksgiving > All my friends out there in genealogy land, take a break and Have a Great > Thanksgiving with your family's and remember what you have to be Thankful > for. your friend Abigail > > > ==== CA-GOLDRUSH Mailing List ==== > Automatic Administrative Reminder: > Your Support Keeps RootsWeb Free! Subscribe now by contacting: > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > Several different "levels" of membership, and all help to > keep Rootsweb materials and lists available for genealogists. > >

All my friends out there in genealogy land, take a break and Have a Great Thanksgiving with your family's and remember what you have to be Thankful for. your friend Abigail

Hello, am a new subscriber. I am trying to locate a James GORDON that went to California during the Gold Rush from WI. He did not stay and settle in CA, but returned to WI. There may also have been a couple of other relatives that went with him that we're having trouble tracing. I found a James GORDON on an 1850 Census index in Yuba County. Would anyone have access to this 1850 Census to do a look-up? Am also looking for a William FOWLER and Peter SANFORD that may have been there at the same time. Was also wondering if someone could tell me the various areas in CA where most of the mine would have been. Am new to this area of research and know next to nothing. Any assistance or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Gail Gordon gmgordon@execpc.com http://www.execpc.com/~gmgordon Milwaukee, WI

DRAT!!! Too early for my miners :( Want to look up shipping records a "lay claims" ??? --JD At 05:29 PM 11/19/99 -0800, Ruth Skewis wrote: >Listers. > >Our Sacramento Bee was full of this story today as a portion of the salvaged >treasure of California Gold was to be on display at the Bank of California >in San Francisco today. Then it then is to be displayed in Las Vegas, >Chicago and London before arriving at Sotheby's auction house in New York >for auction. > >Story in Sacramento Bee is - "on Aug 20, 1857 the SS SONORA sailed from San >Francisco to Panama with $1.6 million in California Gold Rush bars, ingots, >coins and dust. Some of the finest pieces came from BLAKE & CO. Assaying >House 52 J St. in Sacramento, CA. This was where prospectors took their >gold dust and nuggets" > >Hey, could have been some of our guys gold!!! > >"Shipment was then sent by rail across the Isthmus of Panama and Loaded on >the SS CENTRAL AMERICA....." it was headed for New York, but hit a storm off >North Carolina where it sunk in a storm. Of the 592 passengers and 101 >crew, only 173 were saved. All the gold went to the bottom of the sea and >treasurer hunters finished retrieving it 10 years ago from 8,000 feet deep >in the Atlantic. (Can't seem to find when the ship was found). > >The Sacramento Bee article mentions "SHIP OF GOLD IN THE DEEP BLUE SEA, by >Gary Kinder, published 1998 which details the sinking of the CENTRAL AMERICA >and the efforts that went into recovering the glittering cargo". > >I found this interesting and searched my ship books and found some >information on this story in GOLD RUSH STEAMERS OF THE PACIFIC, Published >1938 by Quarterman Pub.., Lawrence, Mass. (page 237). It tells this story >but the finding of the ship in 8,000 feet of water off NC is not mentioned >as it had not happened yet!!! Tells of "SS SONORA" (Pacific Mail Line) >sailing from SF to Panama City and the CENTRAL AMERICA (United States Line) >"which was originally knows as the GEORGE LAW, had been recently repaired >and repainted and had her name changed to CENTRAL AMERICA. On account of >her long sea service she was not considered particularly seaworthy" ........ >Lots more about the aid or lack of by other ships and the number of folks >who were saved and how long some of them were in the water. Also tells of >the engineer jumping onto a life boat and at knife point fighting off other >passengers who were attempting to board............ On and on!!!!! > >I thought some of you might find this interesting and even want to look for >the books I mention (or others with this story) at your library. > >Later, RUTH > >___________________ >Ruth(Grady) & Don Skewis >ruth4527@pacbell.net > > >==== CA-GOLDRUSH Mailing List ==== >Automatic Administrative Reminder: >Remove (snip away) as much of the Original Message as possible when >REPLYING to a List message. Include only the part(s) of the original >message important to your reply. > >

Listers. Our Sacramento Bee was full of this story today as a portion of the salvaged treasure of California Gold was to be on display at the Bank of California in San Francisco today. Then it then is to be displayed in Las Vegas, Chicago and London before arriving at Sotheby's auction house in New York for auction. Story in Sacramento Bee is - "on Aug 20, 1857 the SS SONORA sailed from San Francisco to Panama with $1.6 million in California Gold Rush bars, ingots, coins and dust. Some of the finest pieces came from BLAKE & CO. Assaying House 52 J St. in Sacramento, CA. This was where prospectors took their gold dust and nuggets" Hey, could have been some of our guys gold!!! "Shipment was then sent by rail across the Isthmus of Panama and Loaded on the SS CENTRAL AMERICA....." it was headed for New York, but hit a storm off North Carolina where it sunk in a storm. Of the 592 passengers and 101 crew, only 173 were saved. All the gold went to the bottom of the sea and treasurer hunters finished retrieving it 10 years ago from 8,000 feet deep in the Atlantic. (Can't seem to find when the ship was found). The Sacramento Bee article mentions "SHIP OF GOLD IN THE DEEP BLUE SEA, by Gary Kinder, published 1998 which details the sinking of the CENTRAL AMERICA and the efforts that went into recovering the glittering cargo". I found this interesting and searched my ship books and found some information on this story in GOLD RUSH STEAMERS OF THE PACIFIC, Published 1938 by Quarterman Pub.., Lawrence, Mass. (page 237). It tells this story but the finding of the ship in 8,000 feet of water off NC is not mentioned as it had not happened yet!!! Tells of "SS SONORA" (Pacific Mail Line) sailing from SF to Panama City and the CENTRAL AMERICA (United States Line) "which was originally knows as the GEORGE LAW, had been recently repaired and repainted and had her name changed to CENTRAL AMERICA. On account of her long sea service she was not considered particularly seaworthy" ........ Lots more about the aid or lack of by other ships and the number of folks who were saved and how long some of them were in the water. Also tells of the engineer jumping onto a life boat and at knife point fighting off other passengers who were attempting to board............ On and on!!!!! I thought some of you might find this interesting and even want to look for the books I mention (or others with this story) at your library. Later, RUTH ___________________ Ruth(Grady) & Don Skewis ruth4527@pacbell.net

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I would be interested in knowing if you have come across the surname of FERNANDES as this is where my uncles were born and my greatgreat grandfather was suppose to keep books for a mine which we do not know the name of. his full name is John Joseph Fernandes he was from the Azores and could read and write from what I am told. Most of his children were born in Hawkinsville but some in French Gulch. thank you for any help you may have, Linda ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.

I have several excerpts from "Wagon Wheels" ocr'd, have a lot of names maybe interesting? Henry Carter 1956, reprinted 1966 issue, (excerpt) In the fall of 1900 a man from Los Angeles named H. Z. Osborne came into Coffee Creek looking for a mine or a promising prospect to develop. He contacted Laurence and made a deal with him for $5,000 cash on the barrel head for the Dorleska and a half section of railroad land which Laurence had contracted to buy. Osborne organized a company, one of them being M. H. Macliwaine, who was a bookkeeper and an employee of the Trinity Gold Placer, known as the Nash Mine. They employed Gordon Abrams as superintendent for the Dorleska and hired me for his foreman. We went into the Dorleska October 25, 1900, with a crew of six or eight men to get ready to work the property, which is at an elevation of 6,600 feet and snow usually starts falling in October and continues through the winter and reaches a depth of anywhere from ten to twenty-five Everything had to be packed in by mule train. We got lumber from the Nash Mine and packed it in to put up buildings, as there was only a twelve by twelve foot building which Laurence had built on the property. We got in mining timber and lagging out of the woods and put up buildings sufficient to take care of the small crew, working in two to three feet of snow, when on January 1, 1901, snow began coming down right. In one week the snow was ten feet deep but we had our supplies in and we were ready to go to work underground. It was rumored that the miner whom Laurence had entrusted to carry on the mining for him had drifted away from from the ore and as the tunnel was timbered he had lagged and covered up the ore, figuring that he himself would come back later and get the property. A man who had been prospecting in the vicinity during the summer had been in the tunnel and in the night unknown to anyone had seen this ore. He had told the story to someone and of course it got noised around. When we started to mine, about the first thing the superintendent did was to send me to look for the hidden ore. It took me only a couple of hours to find it. I pulled Out the lagging on the side of the drift and there was a vein of high grade ore about one foot in width, which we started drifting on right away. We also started a winze to cut this ore at about forty feet deeper. By the time we got the winze down to cut this ore the snow had gone off so we could start the little stamp mill that Laurence had put on the property. We sank the winze to fifty feet and started to cross-cut for the ore and had gone about six feet when we came into the ore. We sacked nineteen sacks the afternoon we found it and when it was milled the clean-up was $1,200 in gold. From the face of this drift without any drifting or stoping we took out $14,000, the ore running about $2,000 per ton. The company then started to put in a larger plant but continued to keep the little mill pounding out about one ton of ore in twenty-four hours, and from this small mill they took $65,000 during the summer of 1901. In the meantime large steam boilers were hauled in twenty miles over rough mountain country. A three and a half foot Huntington mill was packed in, also a ten-stamp mill with 850-pound stamps was installed. A sawmill was also brought in and a real mining camp was set up. A 1400-foot tunnel was driven to cut the ore at 180 feet in depth and a vertical shaft was sunk from the surface using all steam power. In 1902 they started their new plant. The one five-stamp mill was being used only for the high grade ore which averaged $600 per ton for the season. Just below the adit level the vein faulted. They sank a vertical shaft to a depth of 300 feet and drifted trying to find the ore, they also put up a raise under the high grade shoot and found it had faulted a short distance below the 180-foot level. However, in drifting on the 300-foot level, they discovered some gold in a gouge matter, and below the 300-foot level they sank a winze 50 feet, then drifted on this gouge of ore and found a shoot of high grade ore, which they drifted on for a distance of 50 feet. By this time the company had become tired of spending so much money and decided to shut the Dorleska down and gave Matt MacIwaine, who was one of the stockholders, and three others a lease on the property. They worked above the water level and carried on leasing until 1910 when they could not continue on account of finances, as they had just about made expenses during their lease. So they decided to give me the lease at ten per cent royalty and pay the taxes on the property, also the franchise tax as they were incorporated as the Union Consolidated Gold Mines Company for $1,000,000, and there was a big tax which I had to pay. went there in September, 1910, got in supplies and wood, as I had to pump out the shaft below the water level which they had allowed to fill up. I started in to mining during the early part of December and left the lease the next September. just a year from the time I started and I took out $25,000. Macllwaine was very anxious for me to tackle the winze below the 300-foot level but I hardly believed there was any such ore as they said there was or they would not have quit. Anyway before I went out I installed another pump and pumped out the winze and drift where the ore was and I was surprised to find the high grade ore there as they had said. I then went to the company and tried to get a bond and lease but they wanted $300,000 on an option and only one year with a ten per cent royalty and pay all taxes. I then pulled out the pump and pulled out. No one did any more work on the property as the mine was held by location and they failed to do the annual assessment work, it was open for location and Macllwaine located it and in 1930 he sold the property to a group of men from San Francisco. They did not do a great deal with it and in 1934 I had a little money and with a man by the name of Harry Thompson we took a lease and bond on the Dorleska. Everything at the mine had deteriorated until there was hardly anything here of any value and I knew the 1400-foot tunnel would be badly caved. I was reluctant to tackle it but Thompson assured me he could raise any finances we might need to open the mine, so I went ahead. I opened up the tunnel and drove 300 feet of new tunnel and I fixed up to pump the mine out to get down to where I had seen the fine ore in 1911, when my finances were exhausted, and Thompson decided he did not want to go any further and pulled out leaving me holding the sack and flat broke. This ore is still there and will be until mining comes back again, when gold will be worth the same as other commodities and on a par with labor. Quartz mining started in Shasta County at French Gulch in the fifties. The first mine was the Franklin and it was the second quartz mill in the state. It was a five-stamp mill and the stems were made of oak wood. The shoes were square cast iron and bolted to the stems. They had no silver plates at that time to amalgamate the gold as it came from the mill. Instead they used sluice boxes with riffles, and as there was very heavy sulphide in the ore, it would clog the riffles with sulphide and allow the gold to pass on over. So the Franklin mine was abandoned and the shaft allowed to cave in. However, the old timers frequently told of the ore in the bottom of the old shaft which was less than fifty feet in depth. (note:from family history this is John Syme's +associates work,1860/1870/1880) The Milkmaid mine was discovered later by William McGuire and William Espy, who later lost the mine in a lawsuit. The Milkmaid owners included the Franklin in their patents. I believe it was in 1908 a man named Ed Lewis heard of this ore being in the Franklin shaft, which of course was caved full. Lewis decided he would sink down along one side of the caved ground and take a look. When he got to the bottom he found the ore just as described by the old timers. John Syme told me about this ore many times. Lewis went to Nevada where he had friends who were active in mining and they together got an option and acquired the Milkmaid, including the Franklin claim. This shoot of ore turned out to be the famous Swede shoot, which produced several hundred thousand dollars in just a few months, by a company of Swedes who had made a fortune in Alaska and came down and took a lease and bond on the Milkmaid. The Washington was probably the next quartz mine found in the French Gulch district. It was worked for many years and produced around two million dollars, when it seemed to be worked out and lay idle for many years. About 1930 George Grotefend, a dentist, who was born and raised in Shasta, decided he wanted to mine. He bought for a song all the stock of the company that owned the Washington and put a couple of men to work driving what is known as the H level, sometimes called the 350 level. He drove this ahead about 150 feet, where he encountered a nice showing of ore. He took out about 100 tons of ore and piled it on the dump, as the old Washington mill had deteriorated to a point where it would have to be rebuilt before one could mill ore. About that time J. H. Scott came to the French Gulch district and engaged in mining but had been unsuccessful. He asked Grotefend for a deal on the Washington. Grotefend wanted $10,000 down and twenty-five per cent royalty to apply on the purchase price of $70,000 for the mine. Scott sampled the ore on the dump himself and paid Grotefend the $10,000. He shipped the ore to the smelter and recovered over $13,000 from the 100 tons and from the shoot of ore and took out around $800,000 when World War II came and he was forced to shut down. However, a couple of leasers only last year shipped some ore from the lowest level, and One Level, receiving over $2,000 from 340 pounds of ore and a couple of tons ran about $200 per ton. There is a lot of ore left in this mine. My opinion is that it has not been developed to where it can be made to produce its best. As you might say it has not yet been scratched. Thus spoke Henry Carter in 1956. Anyone have a more recent history on Washington mine???? --JD (Mac McIlwaine, John Syme, others are my family. Carter talks about personal knowledge of Siskiyou, Trinity, Shasta mines. In my experience, no one stayed put mining.