Whiskey Diggings Cemetery, Plumas County, CA
Surveyed by Beth Bullard-Watson on August 22, 2004.
PO Box 114 - Taylorsville, CA - 95983

Please contact Beth if you would like digitized photos of 
the cemetery, of any headstone, or both.

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Some of the persons listed here are from a prior survey, or from cemetery records.
There are many unmarked graves.

Whiskey Diggings was a small mining community.  Now, there is a Baptist lodge and 
summer camp there.  The Baptists have, evidentally, changed the name of the lake 
there from Delahunty Lake to Pilot Lake, though the name is unofficial. From the 
outer eastern edge of Quincy, take the Quincy-LaPorte Road.  This is a very steep 
and winding road with severe cliffs, hairpin turns, and few guardrails.  The road 
is closed whenever weather conditions do not allow for safe travel.  Watch for 
sinkholes and rock slides.  At about 18.3 miles, stay left of the split 
(County Road 120). At about 22.5 miles, take a left at the sign that reads 
"Gibsonville/Delahunty Lake."  At the first split in the road, stay left (there is 
a sign that reads "Pilot Lake").  At the second split in the road (about 2 miles 
from initial turnoff), go right.  Follow the road around to the lodge.  The 
cemetery is in front of the lodge.

Earliest known death year: 1871
Latest known death year: 1896

Name                         Date of Birth        Date of Death   Markings/Notes

Atkins(?), Charles                                2/10/????       Marker is mostly illegible.
Cook, Andrew                 Abt. 1811            5/9/1887
Cox, Louisa                  12/23/1869           7/29/1874
Hellbach, William            5/25/1870            6/1/1874
Schofield, Alice             1/28/1872            6/24/1873
Schofield, Amelia Adaline    Abt. 12/25/1867      5/22/1871
Schofield, Eliza Ann         4/21/1840            5/2/1877
Schofield, Ida               5/26/1876            6/9/1877
Schofield, Mark              11/14/1835           11/22/1890
Thomas, George W.            5/1859               2/13/1880       Killed at North American Mine; son/Edward & Prudence Thomas.
Unknown, Baby Alfred         1896                 1896            No marker.
Wolters, Henry A.            9/13/1873            6/6/1874        Son/G. & I. C. Wolters.