Guide to the Tuolumne County Water Company Records, 1855-1856

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Guide to the Tuolumne County Water Company Records, 1855-1856

California State Library

Sacramento, California

Contact Information:

California History Room
California State Library
Library and Courts Building II
900 N. Street, Room 200
P.O. Box 942837
Sacramento, California 94237-0001
Phone: (916) 654-0176
Fax: (916) 654-8777
Email: cslcal@library.ca.gov
URL: http://www.library.ca.gov/

Processed by:: The California State Library staff
Encoded by:: Xiuzhi Zhou

Descriptive Summary

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.

Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Tuolumne County Water Company Records, California State Library.

Access Points

Tuolumne County Water Company

Mines and mining--California--Columbia

Contents

Payroll stubs.

History

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

Wells Fargo Express Company receipt books.

Box Box 1049

Payroll stub book, nos. 1-2243.