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Willow Creek Gold Mining Co. Stock, Yuba County, Cal. 1882

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Willow Creek Gold Mining Co. Stock, Yuba County, Cal. 1882
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Cert. #203, issued for 250 shares at Jersey City, N.J. in 1882. Location Yuba Co., Cal. printed on the masthead. Willows Creek, at just over 3,000 feet elevation, joins the north fork of the Yuba River at Bullards Bar. In June, 1849, a Dr. Bullard of Brooklyn, N.Y. and three partners dammed up the river and netted $15,000 of gold in two months (Gudde). The Willow Creek Gold Mining Company was likely a hydraulic mining operation. In 1908, there was a small revival of hydraulic mining, including at Willow Creek and the Depot Hill mine (E.M.J. Dec. 5, 1908). VF. Uncancelled. City: Willow Creek State: California Date: HWAC# 51217