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Guide to the Tuolumne County Water Company Records, 1855-1856
1049
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Title: Tuolumne County Water Company Records,
Date (inclusive): 1855-1856
Box Number: 1049
Creator:
Tuolumne County Water Company
Repository:
California State Library
Sacramento, California
Language:
English.
Unrestricted.
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[Identification of item], Tuolumne County Water Company Records, California State Library.
Tuolumne County Water Company
Mines and mining--California--Columbia
Payroll stubs.
Tuolumne County Water Company, a private corporation, was formed in 1851 in Columbia with the intent of supplying water for
placer mining in and around Columbia. It turned the water of Five Mile Creek into Columbia in May, 1852 and in August, 1852
completed a ditch to the South Fork of the Stanislaus River.
The Columbia and Stanislaus River Water Company was formed in 1854, partly because of the outrageous charges for water made
by the Tuolumne County Water Company. In March, 1855, there was a miners' strike against the Tuolumne County Water Company,
which was forced to come to terms. It addressed a letter to the miners stating that if they would enlarge their ditch the
company would pay for labor by issuing script for which water could be received and would lower its rates as demanded by the
miners.
Material Transferred from the Collection
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