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Mokelumne Hill,CA - Calaveras County - August 1, 1874 - Mokelumne and Campo Seco Canal Mining Compan

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Mokelumne Hill,CA - Calaveras County - August 1, 1874 - Mokelumne and Campo Seco Canal Mining Compan
Cert. #112,issued to A.Goldsmith for 399 shares. Signed by S. Fourman, president, and by S.L. Trindle, secretary. Extensive vignette covering the entire left end, showing miners working on a long sluice box, with a cabin up the hill in the background, then boulders and pine trees and a placer miner at the lower end. A racing stagecoach and way station can be seen in the valley below. Black border and print. Cancelled by red ink writing across the face. Printer: Britton & Rey, S.F. To resolve the problem of water needed to work the placers, the Mokelumne Hill Canal and Mining Co. was organized in 1852, constructing a canal for $180,000 from the S. Fork of the Mokelumne River 16 miles to the area around Mokelumne Hill. The area expanded rapidly with the arrival of water the following year. Later the company was reorganized as the Mokelumne Hill and Campo Seco Canal Company when the canals were extended to reach the Campo Seco and the mining camps along its course. The system remained in use until 1973, having by that time been acquired by the Calaveras Public Utility District [Ref: www.calaverashistory.org/tags/30]. The vignette here is choice and has been used by other companies.