Scenes of Wonder Curiosity From Hutchings California Magazine 1856 1861
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; coffee, 50 cts. ; sugar, 45 cts. ; butter, $1 ; and fresh beef seldom to be obtained sold for fifty cents per pound. There were but two buildings on the present site of the town, at the close of this year ; a log structure erected by Robert Bruce & Co. , and Lester's build- ing, to which we have previously alluded. But two families, Jacob Peters, wife and child, and Isaac Griffith and lady, resided here during the winter. About one hun- dred miners wintered on the Creek, in cabins erected nea...r their claims, during the preceding summer. The mines, taking into consideration the facilities for working, paid very well in 1852. EVENTS IN THE YEAR 1853. In the year 1853, but few improve- ments had been made, although the claims about were paying well. Two stores one kept by E. S. Lester, and the other by Mortimer Cook carried on a fair business. This year was a remarkable one in the history of mining in this section ; being the time when hydraulic sluicing, or as it is more commonly called, " piping, " was introduced.
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