Descriptive Summary
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Contents
History of Company
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Spring Tunneling Company, Nevada County
Box Number: 976
Creator:
Spring Tunneling Company (Calif.)
Repository:
California State Library
Language:
English.
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Spring Tunneling Company (Calif.)
Gold mines and mining--California--Nevada County.
Contents
Minutes of meetings; laws of the company, bills of sale, accounts.
History of Company
The Spring Tunneling Company held its first meeting on November 24, 1855. It was located
in Nevada County on Cement Hill in the Upper Rush Creek district adjacent to land owned
by the Empire Company. Tunneling began in early 1856 with the object of mining gold.
Meetings were held in Newtown and presided over by the company's first president, Mr.
William Hill.
Records for the company continue through 1860 with no mention of its dissolution. It is
possible that the tunnel was flooded in the Nevada City floods of 1861-62 then later
acquired as part of the Empire claim.
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