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Lincoln,CA - Placer County - November 1, 1863 - Thirty-One Union Gold & Silver Copper Mining Company

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Lincoln,CA - Placer County - November 1, 1863 - Thirty-One Union Gold & Silver Copper Mining Company
Garden Bar District. Incorporated in 1863. Cert. #173, issued to W.L. Hart in 1863 for 25 shares. Signed by J.C. Crosby, president, and John Barnes, secretary. Vignette at center of mining camp with wagon and ore cart. Small profile of a woman’s head at bottom. Uncancelled. Printer: H.S. Crocker & Co., Sacramento. Black print on green safety printed paper. There is a 25ct. revenue stamp applied at left. 4 x 9.” Garden Bar and the road of the same name served as a crossing for the Bear River for many years, since much of that river is inaccessible (presently this area is private property). “All the bars on the Bear River were rich in float gold…due to hydraulic mining at Dutch Flat. Among these Bear River bars was Camp Far West, where soldiers located in 1846…[and] Garden Bar, where…miners maintained a vegetable garden….”(Oakland Tribune, June 5, 1955) [Ref: www.foothillswaternetwork.org/watersheds/.../bear-summary.php]. This locale later submitted high grade gold ores to the Con-Virginia mill for processing under Kendall in the 1910s-1920s. We were unable to find a description of what “Thirty-One Union” refers to.