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Tuolumne County Water Company check stubs and business papers, 1855-1879.
MANUSCRIPT 1049
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Title:
Tuolumne County Water Company check stubs and business papers, 1855-1879Tuolumne County Water Company
Creator/Contributor:
Tuolumne County Water Company, creatorAbstract:
Payroll stub book, disbound, nos. 1-2243; 3 business letters; 1 shipping invoice.
Date:
1855 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caMines and mining -- California -- Columbia
Note:
Although there is a note with the collection that the stubs were records of the Columbia Water Co. [sic], there is evidence
that they were in fact stubs for scrip issued by Tuolumne County Water Company. See also "History of Tuolumne County," San
Francisco, 1882, pp. 100, 162.
The 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 scrip for which water could be received, and would lower its rates as demanded by the
miners.
Tuolumne County Water Company.
Unrestricted. Please credit California State Library.
Physical Description:
print
1 manuscript box; 15 x 11 3/4 x 3 1/4 in.
Language:
English
Identifier:
MANUSCRIPT 1049
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
Unrestricted. Please credit California State Library.