Union Hill, California
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Union Hill is a former settlement in
Gold mining is recorded as early as January 30, 1851. A number of mines yielded eighty dollars per ton at times. Sulfurets were said to yield 420 dollars per ton. First arrastres were in use, then a number of stamp mills. [3]
The Union Hill School District, established in 1868, continues to operate in Grass Valley, though at a different location.
Beginning in 1876, travelers could reach Union Hill via the Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad.[4] Its station was located on the Union Hill road, southeast of Grass Valley and northwest of Colfax.[5]
The Union Hill mine was a good producer of gold for many years.
References
- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Union Hill, California
- ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
- ^ Bean, Edwin F. (1867). History and Directory of Nevada County. p. 220.
- ^ Preston, E. M. (1886). Nevada County, the famous Bartlett pear belt of California. Vol. Digitized Aug 29, 2008. Nevada County Land and Improvement Association. Brown & Calkins, Printers. p. 51.
- ^ Shearer, Frederick E. (1882). The Pacific Tourist: J.R. Bowman's Illustrated Transcontinental Guide of Travel, from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean (Digitized Jan 30, 2008 ed.). J.R. Bowman. p. 253.
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