Plumas County CA Archives Biographies.....Kelley, Ripley C. 
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Author: Fariss & Smith (1882)

   RIPLEY C. KELLEY was the discoverer of the diggings on Willow bar, below
Junction bar, on the north fork of Feather river. He went on the bar in August,
1850, to prospect, and found gold in abundance. In one day he panned out
twenty-two ounces. One day in September, being out of provisions, Joe Barnett, a
stranger, came along, and Kelley left his claim in charge of him while he went
to his friends on Nelson creek for supplies. He found them, the Wisconsin
company, taking out such good pay-dirt that they induced him to remain with
them. Other parties soon settled on his claim at Willow bar, and made fortunes
in a few weeks. However, he made a good sum on Nelson creek, and went back to
Wisconsin in the winter. He afterwards returned to Plumas, and was elected
assemblyman in 1855, with Joseph Winston. Since his brief official career, he
has been continuously interested in mining pursuits, and is now mining on
Poorman's creek.

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Extracted from:

Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen & Sierra Counties

San Francisco: Fariss & Smith
(1882)


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