The Placer herald., 1859-10-29

vicinity; length II miles; capacity, 700 inches;
not completed; assessed value. 1000
Dutch Flat Water Co.-Four bitches; two take
their waters from Little Bear River; length each,
two miles; capacity, 400 inches and two take
their waters from Canon Creek; length, miles
each capacity 400 inches; owned by E. L.
Bradley q Co.; assessed value, for all, 10000
Placer County Canal.-Dutch Flat; length, 10
miles; capacity, 200 inches; E. L. Bradley, agent;
assessed value. 5000
Indiana Hill Ditch.-Receives its water from
Canon Creek; length, u miles; capacity, $50 in
ches; assessed value, 5000
Total number of miles in length, 592; with
capacity of 1850 inches.
Total assessed value of Ditch property 25s,O25.
Saw Mills.
Sugar Pine Mi.-Located on Bear River;
sash saw; product, 100000 feet per annum; asses
sed value. 1000
IN. May Il Co.'s Mill-Lisbon; steam power;
circular saw; product, 100000 feet per annum;
assessed value, $500
Parkinson u McCoy.-Last Chance; over-shot
Wheel circular saw; built to cut lumber for ditch;
product, 100000 feet per annum; assessed val
ne. 1000
Pioneer Mill.-Hollingshead a. Blood; located
on Owl Creek near Yankee Jim's; steam power;
muley saw; product. 100000 feet per year;
assessed value, 1000
Spring Garden Whitewater Power; over-shot
wheel, product 100000 feet per year, assessed
value, I,2OO
DEVILS Canon Mill--Devils Canon, at Yankee
Jim's; water power; over-shot wheel; muley
saw; product 100000 feet per year; assessed
value 1000
Brushy Mll.--Located on Brushy Canon; steam
power; muiey saw; product, 100000 feet per
wear: assessed value, $500
May Flower Mill.-Located near Yankee Jims;
steam power circular and muley saws; product,
100000 feet per year; assessed value, 1890
Garland's Mill.--Located near Forest Hill, at
the head of Devils Canon; steam power; upper
and lower circular saws; produces 20OO,O feet
per wear: assessed value 5000
Kings Mill.--Owned by F. Katz & Co.. location
near the head of Shirt Tail Canon; over-shot
wheel; muley saw; produces 100000 feet per
annuul assessed value. 1900
Volcano Mill.--LOcation on Volcano Canon,
near Bakers Ranch; N. Wentworth; steam power,
muley saw; with capacity to produce 100000
feet per annum; assessed value, 5000
Bakers Mill.-Located at Roach Hill; steam
power; sash saw; product, 100000 feet per year;
assessed value, 5000
Mount Pleasant Mill.-Located near Iowa Hill;
steam power, twenty horse real capacity l,000,-
600 feet per year; actual amount produced,
500 900 feet: assessed value, 5000
Buckeye Mill.--Steam, sixteen horse power;
product. 10000 feet per year, assessed val, 1900
Dutch Flat Saw Mill.--Allen Brother; water
power product, 100000 feet per year; assessed
value, 600
Dutch Flat Mill Co.--Steam, thirty horse power;
produces 100000 feet per year; assessed val 5000
G. S. Preble's Mill.--Located on Bear River;
water power: capacity of 100000 feet per annum;
actual amount produced, 10000 feet; assessed
value, 1000
Green Valley Saw Mill.-Located at Green
Valley; assessed value, 250
New England Mll.--Assessed value, 1000
Magnolia Mll.--Located on Bear River; water
power: real capacity 400, 900 feet; actual amount
value 1000
Empire Mill.--Burt, Baldwin Il Co.; assessed
value 1920
Total assessed value of saw mill property 1860
Ten steam, and eleven water power mills.
Number of feet of logs at the various mills ut
the time of assessing. 46s 900
Number Of feet of lumber, 1,72O,000
Quartz Mills.
Bay State Quartz Mill. American Bar; water
power; stamps; assessed value, 1000
Eastman Il Holden Mill.--Located at Ophir.
assessed value 800
Peterson Il Co.--Mill located on Bald Hill; as
sessed value 900
Empire Mll.-Located at Ophirville; assessed
value 1000
VIM. T. Heuson & Co.'S Mill.--Located in Sc
cret Ravine; steam, 20 horse power; capacity,
II tons per day; stamps, and 10 Buffers grin
ders; assessed value, 1850
Worrell. Preston e. Co.'s Mill.-Located in
Secret Ravine; steam, 80 horse power; capacity
16 tons pr day; stamps. and arastras. assessed
value, 1000
Pioneer Quartz Mill Located near Damascus;
steam, as horse power; stamps, I,400 lbs. each,
and two II feet arastras; capacity, IL tons per
day; employs 20 men per day; owned by r. A.
McLelland; assessed value, 5000
Total number of Quartz Mills,
Total assc sed valuation of same 12450
FIGURING Mills.
Auburn Mill--Steam power; one run of stones;
owned by Wagner n Co assessed value, 1000
Placer County Mills--Christian Valley; two
run stones; Lowell q Co., proprietors; assessed
value. 1000
Total. assessed valuation ofFlouring Mills, 5000
Turnpikes and Bridges.
Auburn Il Yankee Jim's Turnpike Co--Road
crosses the North Fork above and near the juno
ton of the North and Middle Forks of the Anne
rican River; there has been a new road ut around
the hill on the west side of said river within the
ten inches to the rod this road as regards length
and easy grade far surpasses any other road in
the county; Hubbard Il Allen. proprietors
sessed value $4,000
Horse Shoe Bar Il Pilot Hill Turnpike Co.
Hubbard d Allen, proprctors; assessed val, 5000
j. Fl. Bakers Turnpike Road.--From Bakers
Ranch to Michigan Bluff; crosses Volcano Canon;
length miles; assessed value, 2CoO
Stony Hill Turnpike.--On Yank Jim's and
Auburn road, near the Grizzly Bear House; length
one mile; McAdamised nearly the entire length;
Dr. John Schott. proprietor; assessed val, $500
Auburn Turnpike Co.--This road leaves the
old Sacramento road to Auburn at the Oaks
House and intersccts the IllnoistOwn road at
The Junction House, p miles above Auburn;
Crandall, Brouse Co., proprietors assessed
value, 10000
Mile Hill Turnpike Road.--On the Yankee
JIM and Auburn road; portion OF the road is
McAdamised; Jeff. Wilcoxen, propreto; assessed
value. $500
Indian Canon urnpke.--Crosses Indian Canon
from Wisconsin Hill to Iowa Hill; length miles;
assessed value, l,Soo
Yankee Jim's aud Wisconsin Hill Turnpike Co.