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Tuolumne Water Company Archive (113564)

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Tuolumne Water Company Archive  (113564)
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Lot of 24. 1) Ledger book with 21 receipts, detached but present, plus stubs. Issued in 1862, dateline Columbia. Book is 3 x 9" 2) Three other drafts for the company, all different, issued in 1857, 1858, and 1860, dateline Columbia. Two pictorial. The Tuolumne County Water Company (TCWC) was established in June of 1851, incorporated Sept. 1852. It was set up as an employee owned and controlled company. Founders went to surrounding areas raising expectations and investors. At the end of June 1851, 160 shares of stock had been sold, the route had been surveyed, and workers were celebrating. Their efforts to tap into first Five Mile creek, then the south fork of the Stanislaus River was largely unsuccessful, as the creeks were dry and the rivers were low as was usual in the summer months. After almost a year water finally arrived, but there was not enough to sustain full mining operations, and the company was forced to borrow money for capital investments in sawmills, roads and equipment.

Date: 1850s-1860s
Country if not USA:
State: California
City: Columbia
Provenance: Fred Holabird Collection