Placer County CA Archives History - Books .....Statistics Of Placer County 1861 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ca/cafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com June 23, 2005, 11:35 pm Book Title: Directory Of The County Of Placer STATISTICS OF PLACER COUNTY. According to the County Assessor's report, there were in Placer County, in 1860, 40,740 peach, 23,360 apple, 7,521 pear, 6,436 plum, 6,036 cherry, 1,836 apricot, 1,000 quince, 1,400 nectarine, 400 fig, 700 almond, 80 English walnut, 30 mulberry, 60 pomegranate, 20 chestnut, 16 orange and 2,000 currant trees and bushes; strawberry vines, 100,000; raspberry bushes, 7,000; blackberry bushes, 800; grape vines, bearing, 135,532; grape vine cuttings, 135,532; and gooseberry, 400. In 1860 there were 11,748 acres of land in cultivation, upon which were grown 303,800 bushels of grain, besides potatoes, vegetables, and 1,877 tons of hay. The live stock of the county in 1860 consisted of: horses, 2,175; cows, 2,241; oxen, 510; stock cattle, 8,490; mules, 470; jacks and jennets, 18; hogs, 11,488; sheep, 17,589; two-year old cattle, 750; one-year old cattle, 1,120; lambs, 7,945; calves, 673; goats, 52. The aggregate value of which is estimated at $545,914. The total number of barnyard fowls amounts to 11,035. The total of land taken up amounts to 102,503 acres. WATER DITCHES AND CANALS. Owl Creek Ditch takes water from Devil's Canon; length, 3 miles; capacity, 150 inches; value, $500. Paradise Ditch takes water from Todd's Valley to Paradise and Spanish Bar Bridge. Length, 10 miles; capacity, 200 inches; value, $800. Union Water Company's Ditch takes water from Shirt Tail and Brushy Canons. Capital stock, $90,000; value, $15,000. Independent Ditch takes water from Volcano Canon. Length, 8 miles; capacity, 250 inches; value, $10,000. Pine Flat Ditch. Length, 1 1/4 miles; capacity, 120 inches; value, $500. Brown and White's Ditch takes water from Volcano Canon. Capacity, 150 inches; length, 12 miles; value, $7,000. Miner's Ditch takes water from South Shirt Tail. Length, 18 miles: capacity, 400 inches; cost, $40,000; value, $9,400. El Dorado Ditch. Capital stock, $60,000; takes water from El Dorado Canon; length, 18 miles; capacity, 400 inches; value, $20,000. Black Canon Ditch takes water from Black Canon to Deadwood. Value, $600. North Shirt Tail Ditch takes water to Elizabethtown. Length, 11 miles; capacity, 300 inches; value, $5,500. Grizzly Ditch takes water from Grizzly Canon to Wisconsin Hill. Length 4 miles; capacity, 200 inches; value, $900. McKee's Ditch takes water from South Fork of Shirt Tail Canon to Iowa Hill. Length, 18 miles; capacity 800 inches; value, $5,000. Rich & Co.'s Ditch takes water from Indian Canon to Iowa Hill. Length, three miles; capacity, 100 inches; value, $500. Hill's Ditch takes water from Indian Canon; supplies Iowa Hill and vicini y. Length, 10 miles; capacity, 400 inches; value, $5,600. Parkison & McCoy's Ditch takes water from Deep Canon to Last Chance. Value, $1,000. Jamison & Co.'s Ditch takes water from Indian Canon to Iowa Hill. Length, 3 miles; capacity, 150 inches; value, $1,700. Why Not Ditch takes water from Dutch Flat Ravine to Why Not Claims. Length, 1 mile; capacity, 150 inches; value, $1,100. Dutch Flat Water Company—five ditches—takes water, from Little Bear River and Canon Creek, and supplies Dutch Flat and Indian Hill; value, $40,000. Bartlett & Thomas' Ditch takes water from Bear River to Dutch Flat and vicinity. Length, 13 miles; capacity, 500 inches; value, $3,000. Indian Ditch Company conveys water from Canon Creek to Indian Hill. Length, 7 1/2 miles; capacity, 500 inches; value, $2,000. Bear River and Auburn Water and Mining Company. Capital stock, $600,000; takes water from Bear River, above Illinoistown, and supplies the lower part of the county. Whole length of ditches, 200 miles; value, $50,000. American River Ditch Company takes water from the American River at Tamahran Bar to Sacramento County. Length in county, 22 miles; capacity, 200 inches; value, $75,000. Gold Hill and Bear River Ditch takes water from Bear River, and supplies Gold Hill and Virginia. Length, 14 miles; value, $12,000. Total number of miles of water ditches, 394; total amount of water run, 7,220 inches; total value, $217,600. SAW MILLS. Pioneer Saw Mill—situated two miles below Yankee Jim's; steam power; vertical saw; capacity, 1,000,000 feet per annum; value, $3,600. Spring Garden Mill—Water power; vertical saw; product, 250,000 feet per annum; value, $1,000. Devil's Canon Mill—Located at Yankee Jim's; water power; vertical saw; product, 200,000 feet per annum; value, $1,000. Todd's Valley Mill—Located in Todd's Valley; steam power; circular saws; capacity, 1,000,000 feet per annum; value, $2,500. Brushy Mill—Located on Third Brushy Canon; steam power; vertical saw; product, 500,000 feet per annum; value, $2,000. May Flower Mill—Located near Forest Hill; steam power; circular saws; product, 1,000,000 feet per annum; value, $4,500. Forest Hill Mill—Located at Forest Hill; steam power; circular saws; capacity, 2,500,000; cuts 200,000 feet per annum; value, $300,000. Volcano Mill—Located near Michigan Bluff; steam power; vertical saw; capacity per annum, 1,000,000 feet; value, $3,000. King's Old Mill—Located near the head of Shirt Tail Canon; water power; vertical saw; product per annum, 400,000 feet; value, $1,500. Parkinson & McCloy's Mill—Located at Last Chance; water power; circular saw; cuts 250,000 feet per annum; real capacity, 1,500,000 feet; value, $1,000. Mt. Pleasant Mill—Located near Iowa Hill; steam power; real capacity, 1,200,000 feet; actual amount produced, 600,000 feet; value, $200,000. Little Bear River Mill—Located at the head of Little Bear River; water power; sash saws; capacity, 400,000 feet per annum; value, $7,000. Dutch Flat Steam Mill—Located at Dutch Flat; steam power; circular saws; capacity, 1,000,000 feet; cuts 750,000 feet per annum; value, $2,000. Canon Creek Mill—Water power; located on Canon Creek; vertical saws; capacity, 200,000 feet; value, $1,000. Allen & Co.'s Mill—Located at Dutch Flat; water power; capacity, 400,000 feet per annum; value, $1,000. Burton & Williams' &aw Mill—Located on Canon Creek, near Dutch Flat; water power; sash saw; cuts 400,000 feet per annum; value, $1,000. E. J. Brickell's Mill—Located at Illinoistown; steam power; two sash and two lath saws; capacity, 1,500,000 feet; product, 500,000 feet; value, $4,000. Mountain Mill—Located four miles below Illinoistown; steam power; circular saw; capacity, 1,500,000 feet per annum; product, 500,000 feet; value, $2,500. New England Mill—Located four miles below Illinoistown; steam power; circular saws; capacity, 1,200,000 feet; product, 700,000 feet; value, $1,000. Empire Mill—Located eight miles above Auburn, on the Illinoistown road; steam power; sash saws; capacity, 1,000,000 feet; product, 550,000 feet per annum; value, $500. O. N, May & Co.'s Mill—Located at Lisbon; steam power; circular saw; capacity, 1,000,000 feet per annum; value, $2,000. C. S. Preble's Mill—Located on Bear river; water power; capacity, 400,000 feet per annum; product, 200,000; value, $1,600. Lath and Shingle Mill—Owned by C. J. Garland; located at Forest Hill; steam power; capacity, 100,000 lath and 500,000 shingles per annum. QUARTZ MILLS. Pioneer Quartz Mill—Located near Damascus; steam power, 45 horse; runs 9 stamps, 1,400 pounds each; two 12 feet arastras; crushes 24 tons per day; employs 15 hands the entire year; value, $2,500. Union Quartz Mill—Located near Bald Hill; water power; with 8 stamps and 2 arastras; value, $1,800. Eastman & Co.'s Quartz Mill—Small mill, located at Ophir; water power; 7 light stamps; value, $500. Decker & Co.'s Quartz Mill—On. Dutch ravine; water power; with 5 stamps and 2 arastras; crushes 5 tons per day; value, $1,500. Peterson & Keiser's Mill—Location at Bald Hill; steam power, 14 horse; 11 stamps and 2 arastras; value, $1,500. FLOURING MILLS. Cataract Mill—Location on the Illinoistown road, four and a half miles from Auburn; water power; value, $4,000. Auburn Steam Mill—Steam power, 12 horse; one run of stone; grinds 17 barrels in 24 hours; value, $1,500. TURNPIKES AND BRIDGES. Stony Hill Turnpike—One mile in length; macadamized the entire length; level road; value, $2,500. Mile Hill Turnpike—Toll road between Auburn and Yankee Jim's; one mile in length; macadamized one-quarter mile; value, $5,500. J. A. Mattason's Toll Roads—Two roads—one leading from Baker's Ranch across Volcano Canon to Michigan Bluff: length 2 miles—the other from Forest Shade House to Michigan Bluff by the way of Bath; new road five and a-half miles; cost of construction, $12,000; value for the two, $6,000. Yankee Jim's and Wisconsin Hill Turnpike—Crosses Shirt Tail Canon; length of grade, 8 miles; value, $3,500. Indian Canon Turnpike—Road crosses Indian Canon from Wisconsin Hill to Iowa Hill; length two miles; value, $900. Mountain Springs Turnpike—Road leading from Mountain Springs to within 5 miles of Illinoistown j length 2 miles; value, $4,600. Mineral Bar Bridge and Road—From Iowa Hill to Illinoistown, crossing the river at Mineral Bar; length of road 7 miles; value, $13,500. Eastern Extension Turnpike Co. Road commencing near Gold Hill and completed to the Nevada road on Dry Creek—the intended termination near the California House—7 miles completed; length contemplated 11 miles; value, $1,000. Auburn Turnpike—Road leaves the old Sacramento and Auburn road at the Oak's House and intersects the Illinoistown road at the Junction House, 2 1/2 miles above Auburn; value, $10,000. Auburn and Yankee Jim's Turnpike—Road crosses the North Fork above and near the junction of the North and Middle Forks of the American river; value, $16,000. BRIDGES. Ford's Bar Bridge—John Galloway, proprietor bridge across the North Fork of the American river at Ford's Bar; value, $1,000 Bear River Bridge—Across Bear river; value, $3,000. Murderer's Bar Bridge—Wire Bridge across the Middle Fork of the American river at Murderer's Bar; one-half assessed in this county, the other in El Dorado; value, $5,000. Additional Comments: Extracted from DIRECTORY OF THE COUNTY OF PLACER, FOR THE YEAR 1861 CONTAINING A HISTORY OF THE COUNTY, AND OF THE DIFFERENT TOWNS IN THE COUNTY; WITH THE NAMES OF INHABITANTS, AND EYERY THING APPERTAINING TO A COMPLETE DIRECTORY. COMPILED BY R. J. STEELE, JAMES P. BULL, AND F. I. HOUSTON. PRINTED FOR THE PUBLISHERS, BY CHARLES F. ROBBINS, 413 TO 417 CLAY STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, 1861. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ca/placer/history/1861/director/statisti30gms.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/cafiles/ File size: 11.2 Kb