Plumas County, California 1885 Directory. EUREKA MILLS (See also Johnsville) Post and express office. Population, including Johnsville (which town lying about one mile distant and 300 feet below, it overlooks), about five hundred. Elevation 5,300. The Plumas-Eureka Mine at this place is operated by the Sierra- Buttes Mining Co. of Sierra City (an English company), and employs two hundred and twenty men. The mine is worked by tunnels (five in number), some of which are over one mile in length. The company's mill has sixty stamps and crushes 150 tons of ore per day. Abraham, Henry - miner Abraham, John - miner Armstrong, J. - shoemaker Arthur, Charles W. - clerk Bacher & Co. - gen mdse Balten, Joseph - miner Basse, Nicola - laborer Blewett, Charles - miner Blewett, Joseph - miner Bope, Sim - Chinese laundry Brandy City Mining Co. Carter, Benjamin - miner Chapman, W. C. - miner Chapparal Hill Mining Co. Click, Daniel - miner Cock, James - miner Coffee, James M. - stone cutter Cook, George E. - Justice of the peace Cooper, E. T. - millhand Cooper, Henry S. - blacksmith Coyle, James - hotel keeper Creighton, John - laborer Creighton, William J. - engineer Cristofani, Egidio - mechanic Daly, A. H. - gen mdse Daly, Patrick - clerk Dawson, Riley - miner Dearborn, Ira L. - teamster Delbridge, Thomas - blacksmith Delton, Peter - laborer Dolly, O. B. - gen mdse Dunn, Henry S. - proprietor Eureka Hotel & Feed Stable Dunn, James - miner Dusumbre, John - laborer Eden, James - miner Ellery, John - miner Eureka Hotel - Henry S. Dunn proprietor Fletcher, Joseph H. - druggist Flores, Marguerite Glasson, John H. - miner Gold Gravel Hydraulic Mining Co. Grazer, August - brewery Gribble, John - miner Hill, C. M. - physician Hill, John W. - laborer Hollingreen, Jogn - laborer Hosking, John - superintendent Plumas-Eureka Mining Co. Hosking, Richard - miner Hosking, William - foreman Houghton, Henry B. - butcher Houghton, James F. - butcher Hunsinger, Augustus C. - butcher Inch, Thomas B. - bookkeeper Plumas-Eureka Mining Co.; manager W. U. Tel. Co.; postmaster; agent Wells, Fargo, & Co. Jenkins, Absalom - laborer Jenkins, Athanesius - miner Jenkins, Josiah - farmer Jope, Henry - miner Kemp, Richard - miner Kitto, Edward - miner Ladd, S. W. - carpenter Lanthier, Benjamin - miner Levano, Stephen - miner Lewis, William Liddecoat, John - miner Lorenzi, P. - saloon keeper Magazin, Agort - barber Maguire, Edward - miner Mandich, Louis - miner Martin, Michael E. - engineer Mathews, Isaac - miner Maxwell, George A. - carpenter Mechan, Timothy - miner Meffy, Frank - laborer Menzies, James - miner Neville, John - contractor Nicholls, John - miner O'Brien, James - laborer O'Brien, Thomas - miner Owen, Samuel F. - amalgamotor Pearce, Samuel - blacksmith Pearce, William O. - miner Peller, Wm. H. - miner Perrano, John - miner Perrano, Joseph - arrastraman Eureka Mills Phillips, James - amalgamator Phipps, John A. - superintendent machinery Eureka Mills Phoenix Mining Co. - claims at Fir Cap Mountian Pierce, Henry Jr. - miner Postmaster - Thos. B. Inch Preston, James A. - miner Pulaski, August - miner Rafferty, Daniel Richards, James - miner Rickert, Fred. D. - pressman Roberts, John H. - miner Roberts, William - teamster Rooney, John - miner Roscoe, R. H. - miner Rossetti, Caesar - booker Eureka Hotel Russi, Nicola - miner Sandry, James - miner Serand, Paul - miner Sheehan, James - 80 acres Shorett, Francis N. - miner Sierra Butte Gold Quartz Mining Co. - 1047 acres Smitheram, Wm. H. - miner Soracco, John - miner Soracco, Stephen - saloon keeper Stratton, Wm. T. - blacksmith Stump, Pleasant - miner Swallow Mining Co. - claims at Monte Cristo Swan, John - miner Symons, Moses - miner Thomas, Alphonso - hotel Thomas, John - miner Thomas, Merrill - hotel Thomas, W. H. - miner Tionan, P. - saloon Tippett, Joseph - miner Veronich, Spiro - miner Vincent, Thomas - miner Vivian, Benjamin G. - blacksmith Wade, Richard W. - laborer Ware, Silas W. - millman Warmington, Henry - miner Williams, Joseph - miner Willoughby, M. - hotel keeper 160 acres Winn, Joseph - miner Wold, John T. - carpenter Wolfe, J. W. Woodward, George - carpenter Woodward, Geo. F. - teamster FRANKLIN HILL (See La Porte) GENESEE A small mining town of considerable prospective importance, situated in the LaPorte District, in the southern part of the country. It has a post office, receives its freight and express via LaPorte. Three important and valuable mines located here, which furnished employment for all the labor of the place. Antelope & Bulletin Mining Co. Brandt, George - superintendent Centennial Quarta Mining Co. Brickwell, Henry - miner Centennial Quartz Mining Co. - Geo. Brandt superintendent Clark, N. - 280 acres Cosmopolitan Copper Mining Co. Dann, J. S. - miner Davies, John - farmer 120 acres Donnewirth, G. - farmer Emerson, Daniel - miner Flournoy, R. S. - farmer 438 acres Genesee Gold Mining Co. - J. Gruss superintendent Gruss, J. - superintendent Genesee Gold Mining Co. Hinchman, A. L. - mechanic 160 acres Hosselkus, E. D. - farmer 1533 acres; postmaster Ingals, Harvey - farmer 160 acres Ingraham, J. S. - molder Johnson, Samuel - miner Kendall, C. S. Mrs. - school teacher Kloppenburg, Henry - miner Lovejoy, Isaac - farmer Lovejoy, Moses - farmer 640 acres Markley, Josiah W. - miner McShane, Allen - miner Mead, Alonzo - farmer Reeves, Amos L. - farmer Robertson, Charles - farmer Sanger, -- - miner Sargent, J. C. Single, Solomon - miner Stewart, O. - miner Tutt, Barney - miner Ulsh, Jacob H. - miner Wheaton, J. L. - carpenter 160 acres Wheeler, Mark C. - 360 acres Wheeler, Orel M. - engineer + + + + + + We would like to wish you and yours the very best during this Holiday Season. ~~~~~~ Billie C. 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