1885 City Directory – Plumas County

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History of Plumas County as of 1885

This county is situated in the northeastern part of the State, and is the third from the north on its eastern border.  It is bounded on the north and east by Lassen, on the south by Sierra and Yuba, and on the west by Butte and Tehama counties, and contains an area of 1,511,040 acres.  In the original formation of the county a great part of the present area of Lassen, which was not then in existence as a county, was included, but the troubles arising from the undefined boundary line between the States of California and Nevada, incidental to which was the refusal of the Honey Lake settlers to recognize Plumas county's right of jurisdiction over them, and which culminated in the "Sage Brush" was of 1863, induced the authorities of the state, after California's right to the disputed ground was definitely settled, to separate if from Plumas, and accordingly in 1864, the Legislature erected the county of Lassen as at present constituted.  Plumas is bisected by the main chain of the Sierra Nevadas, and the county, from its situation, is entirely of a broken and mountainous character, its altitude varying from 3,000 to 10,430 (Mount Lassen) feet above the sea; despite this fact, the numerous vallies of greater or less extent, formed by the Feather river and its tributaries which rising in the eastern part of the county pierces it from east to west, and the fertile lands of the American valley, lying in the southern part of the county, completely overthrow the idea which its broken character may create in the minds of those unacquainted with its topography, that its capacities in an agricultural point of view are but limited.  On the contrary within the range of the vallies so formed, which comprises no inconsiderable portion of the area of the county, no more prolific soil can be found within the State than is here presented, and although as yet the agricultural development has not gotten entirely out of the old primitive methods, enough has been done to justify in the returns received from the work, Plumas' right to share with the rest of our great west in that trite old aphorism, "You have but to thickly the soil and the harvest laughs."

 In its mining industries the county has made great progress.  The large districts included in the Johnsonville, Crescent Mills, Greenville and La Porte locations, situated in the central portion of the county from north to south, have already attracted great attention and secured the investment of considerable outside capital.  The yield from these mines, much as it has already shown and justifying in all cases, where fair tests have been made of their capacity for profit is but a tithe of the product which they are destined to present in the near future, as facilities and communications become more available.  Abundant water power for crushing purposes or for general mining use is had all the year, and it only awaits the time for its capabilities to become thoroughly known to enterprising capitalists for Plumas to assume a position in the vanguard of the various counties of the State in the production of precious metals.  At present this industry engages directly about two-thirds of its population.

But it is to the possibilities of the country in the realizing upon its immense wealth of timber possessions that Plumas must expect the greatest results in the future.  Aside from the vallies the county is entirely and thickly grown with the most valuable timber belt in the Sierras, consisting chiefly of sugar pine.  This particular growth is so well appreciated, that notwithstanding it has to be teamed extraordinary distances and over mountainous roads to Reno, Nevada, the nearest accessible railroad point, it finds a ready market as far east as Utah.  Immense tracts of this land, yet unclaimed, is open for entry, and stands here with open bounteous hands inviting the hardy pioneer to anticipate the time when increased means of marketing will induce large capitalists, by purchase, to remove it all from within the reach of entry under the beneficent provisions of our Homestead and Timber Land Acts.

In salubrity of climate the county partakes of the usual healthful character of our mountain counties.  Its streams are cool and pleasant, its springs large and plentiful, and it has already developed summer resorts where health, pleasure and rest can be sought and obtained, which compare favorably and secure patronage equally with all of the other established resorts of the State.

The system of roads maintained is of the highest character as compared with other mountain counties, all important towns being connected, and the condition of the roads is zealously watched and repairs promptly made.

List of Citizens by Town

AMERICAN VALLEY (see Quincy)

ARGENTINE (see Quincy)

BECKWITH
A pleasant post office town of about one hundred inhabitants, lying at an altitude of about 5,000 feet, and situated in the northwestern extension of Sierra Valley, forty-two miles from Quincy.  It possesses a general store, blacksmith, wagon and harness shops, and a comfortable hotel conducted by Mrs. J. E. Smith.  The surrounding country is principally devoted to farming, including stockraising and dairying.

Arms, William - dairy ranch 1000 acres
Babcock, Charles M. - laborer
Bagley, George - farmer
Barker, Charles F. - saddler, harness maker, & carriage trimmer
Barker, Allie J. Mrs. - postmistress
Bates, Jarard - farmer
Beall, Reason
Beckham, Lizzie Miss - school teacher
Beckwith Hotel - John E. Smith proprietor
Black, James - farmer 394 acres
Black, Thomas - T. Black & Co.  394 acres
Black, Timothy - farmer
Black T. & Co. - Black & Cook gen mdse
Blakeslee, Charles - hostler with J. E. Smith
Boleson, Adelbert E. - farmer/stockraiser
Brake, John B. - farmer
Bringham, Marron C. - farmer 340 acres
Bringham, William C. - carpenter
Burney, Charles C. - laborer
Burney, George W.  - farmer 160 acres
Burney, John - farmer
Burney, William A.T. - farmer
Burney, A. Y. - farmer
Burney, Carson P. - farmer
Cambell, Frank - bookkeeper 280 acres
Cambran, J. E. - farmer 640 acres
Campbell, Amelia E. Miss - school teacher
Campbell, Francis H. - farmer
Campbell, Frank M. - farmer
Cates, Putnam M. - farmer
Caudill, J. H. - farmer 160 acres
Chandler, M. E. Mrs. - school teacher
Chase, Moses - farmer
Clark, Daniel E. - sawyer
Clark, William M. W. - farmer
Cole, M. W. Mrs. - widow
Coleman, Joseph - farmer
Cook, Samuel H. - Black T. & Co.
Cordel, James - farmer
Crocker, Henry - laborer
Crow, John L. - farmer
Cutting, Walter B. - farmer 160 acres
Debnam, F. P. - farmer 320 acres
Dedmon, John W. - Dedmon Bros.
Dedmon, Allen C. - farmer
Dedmon Bros. -  farmers 360 acres
Dedmon, Henry P. - farmer
Dedmon, Henry W. - farmer
Dedmon, James S. - Dedmon Bros.
Delany, James - farmer
Derbeyshire, Carrie - widow
Doyle, James - farmer 440 acres
Duncan, Peter - farmer 160 acres
Ede, Abraham - farmer 1120 acres
Ede, Hampton - farmer 400 acres
Ede, Walter - farmer 1600 acres
Ede, William A. - farmer
Edwards, John - farmer 160 acres
ElDorado Wood & Flume Co.  3120  acres
Gailord,  John - farmer
Gassner, Harry D. - farmer 160 acres
Gibson, William G. - blacksmith
Gibson, William H. - blacksmith
Gillard, J. M. - farmer 160 acres
Guidici, Leopold - farmer
Guidici, D. - dairyman
Hall, A. J. - stockraiser
Hall, James A. - stockraiser
Harrigan, John - farmer 160 acres
Hathaway, J. B. - farmer
Henderson, Frank W. - laborer
Herriot, John - farmer
Herriot, Robert - farmer
Huntley, A. B. - farmer 1280 acres
Jacquel, Julien - bartender with J. E. Smith
Jones, Benjamin - miner
Jones, B. L. - farmer 160 acres
Jones, D. T. - farmer 160 acres
Jones, Robert A. - farmer 160 acres
Jones, Thomas - miner
Kelly, Annie - 320 acres
Kelsey, Jonathan - carpenter
Kerby, Alexander - dairyman 560 acres
Laffranchini, Charles - dairyman
Landers, H. J. - farmer
Lathrope, Solomon - farmer
Lawton, Benjamin F. - farmer
Lawton, Lee N. - farmer 480 acres
Leister, Harvey - stage driver
Mapes, George W. - capitalist 3360 acres
Marble, Solomon M. - farmer
Marble, Edgar M. - farmer
Marble, Hector L. - farmer
Mathews, David - farmer
Matthews, E. H. - farmer
McCauley, Daniel - farmer
McFarlane, Donald - wagon maker 160 acres
McNeill, W. E. - carpenter
McReynolds,  Thomas A. - farmer
Mercer, Edward - farmer/stockraiser  1120 acres
Merkle, Michael - farmer
Meyers, George - farmer
Miller, D. E. - farmer 962 acres
Mitchell, Frank - laborer
Mitchell, Orlando F. - farmer
Moffatt, James - farmer
Morgan, John C. - farmer 160 acres
Mullen, Alfred - laborer
Otis, Solomon - miner
Parish, Benjamin F. - farmer
Parish, Peter - farmer 320 acres
Pauley, Singleton P. - farmer
Perry, Charles  - farmer 800 acres
Postmaster - Mrs. Allie J. Barker
Raymond, D. - 720 acres
Riley, Joseph - farmer
Ross, Albert E. - farmer 1240 acres
Ross, Elmer E. - stage driver 120 acres
Ross, James A. - farmer
Ross, John B. - farmer
Ross, J. L. - farmer
Scolari, Pietro - farmer 2360 acres
Sharkey, James - farmer
Sharkey, Miles - farmer
Sigler, Edward - farmer
Sigler, Jerome - blacksmith with Donald McFarlane
Sigler, T. Mrs. - farmer 320 acres
Sigler, Miles F. - farmer 160 acres
Sigler, William - miner
Slipner, Henry  - farmer 160 acres
Smith, John E. - proprietor Beckwith Hotel,  livery, & stage stable
Smith, Charles E. - farmer
Smith, Charles E. Jr. - farmer
Sperry, William A. - farmer
Summers, William D. - farmer
Summers, John - farmer 320 acres
Sweetman, Henry T. - 160 acres
Templar, James A. - farmer 160 acres
Thomas, Gustave - stock dealer
Thomas, Sylvester A. - stock dealer
Tognazzini, F. Mrs. - farmer 480 acres
Tognazzini, Mansareth - farmer
Totton, John G. - sawyer
Trimble, Allen - farmer 640 acres
Trimble, Charles E. - farmer  160 acres
Turner, F. M. - logger & hostler
Wagner, John - laborer
Wagner, Louis - laborer
Webster, John - farmer
Wherity, Peter - 640 acres
Whitcraft, John - Justice of the peace
Whittaker, R. W. - farmer 160 acres
Whittaker, William R. - farmer
Wilson, John S. - farmer
Wood, Edward J. - farmer

BELLS BAR (See Quincy)

BIDWELL'S BRIDGE (See Quincy)

BIG MEADOWS (See Prattville)

BLACKHAWK (See Quincy)

BUTTERFLY (See Quincy)

CARIBOO
Post Office, Prattville

Buffington, Jeff. - miner
Buffington, Joseph  - miner
Gardner, J. W. - money lender
Hieronimus, George  - miner
Hoffer, Franz - miner
Jones, John - miner
Keep, Henry  - miner, fruitraiser
Lienhart, Joseph  - miner
Mather, Raymond - miner
Nisson, Lawrence  - miner
Orton, Thomas P. W. - miner
Peck, William  - miner, fruitraiser
Pollard, Samson - miner
Targuson, C. - miner
Titterman, A. - miner
Wilson, William  - miner

CHAPPARAL HILL (See Eureka)

CLEAR CREEK (See Quincy)

CLOVER VALLEY (See Beckwith)

COOKS CANYON (See Greenville)

CRESCENT MILLS
Post, express and telegraph offices.  Population one hundred.  Elevation 3,540 feet.  Distance from Quincy nineteen miles.  Situated in Indian Valley, and dependent upon farming and mining.  The Green Mountian Mine has six tunnels aggregating 3,150 feet in length.  It is  a New York corporation, employs seventy-five men, and runs a sixty-stamp mill (built at Greenville Works), which crushes from ninety to one  hundred tons  per day, working all the year.  This company also works a farm of two hundred and fifty  acres.

Ariasi & Donati - saloon
Ariasi, Joseph - Moni & Ariasi
Ariasi, Philip - Ariasi & Donati
Atherdon, Philip - laborer
Atherdon, Filmer - miner
Bacher, A. - farmer 384 acres
Bacher, Frank - farmer
Baker, James E. - miner
Bamrick, Robert - miner
Becraft, Charles E. - laborer
Becraft, James S. - teamster
Becraft, James T. - miner
Biddick, Josiah - miner
Buchanan, James R. - carpenter
Buchanan, Wm. A.  - farmer
Burns, Thomas - miner
Carter, Josiah S. - physician, dealer drugs, varieties, liquors, hotel keeper
Cellano, Domenico - miner
Collier, James M. - laborer
Corcoran, Timothy - miner
Cozzaglio, Guan B. -  proprietor Garibaldi Saloon
Crawford, Wm. - miner
Crescent Mill & Mining Co. - Geo. P. Cornell superintendent
Davis, John L. - carpenter
Davis, Robert T. - saloon keeper
Davis, Thomas - miner
Delaini, Giuseppe - miner
Doherty, George - hostler with Dr. J. S. Carter
Doherty, Geo. A. - clerk
Donati, John - Ariasi & Donati
Donnenworth, George - miner
Elkins, Geo. A. - laborer
Epley, Jacob M. - farmer
Epperson, Ephraim - manager Dr. J. S. Carter's Variety & Liquor's
Flynn, William - engineer
Fradiger, John - miner
Fralich, Matthias - stone mason
Franc, Wm. - millhand
Frediker, John - laborer
Fritsch, Charles - farmer
Fritsch, Martin - farmer 106 acres
Froelick, Matthew - farmer 40 acres
Garibaldi Saloon - Guan B. Cozzaglio  proprietor
Geiss, Annie - widow
Ghidotti, Domenico - miner
Gott, Robert - miner
Goft, Robert L. - stage driver
Green Mountain Gold Mining Co. - Charles G. Rodgers superintendent  50 acres
Hall, Joseph S. - Hall & McMillan
Hall & McMillan - gen msde, agents Wells, Fargo, & Co.
Hedrick, Duskin - farmer 120 acres
Hendee, Charles -  saloon
Hemler, James C. - clothing
Hoffman, Adam - miner
Hood, Geo. - miner
Hufner, Henry - miner
Hurley, Patrick - miner
Keane, Thomas - amalgamator
Keener, James P. - carpenter
Keheo, James - lumberman
Kehser, John - blacksmith
Kelley, Tryon - teamster
Kelley, Wm. W. - laborer
Kilbride, John - farm hand
Knoll, Matthew Mrs. - widow, brewery,  farmer  620 acres
Koebler, John - gardener
Koebler, John V. Jr. - farmer
Lachman, J. - carpenter
Lacy, Michael - laborer
Lamb, Willis G. - bookkeeper with Green Mountain Gold Mining Co.
Laufman, Cyrus A. - farmer 310 acres
Laufman, Edwin - farmer
Laufman, Jacob B. - farmer
Laufman, Juan F. - farmer
Lawson, Geo. W. - miner
Leek, W. H. - school teacher
Lemihan, Patrick - shift boss with Green Mountain Gold Mining Co.
Leonesio, J. - miner
Loughry, Edward - miner
Lowery, John - farmer 398 acres
Lukey, Robert - miner
Mahon, Martin - miner
Martin, Robert - miner 148 acres
McLaughlin, J. F. - farmer
McLennon, Finley - carpenter
McMillan, A. D. - Hall & McMillan
McNally, Morris - blacksmith
Merkle, Thomas - dairyman
Moni, Jacob - Moni & Ariasi
Moni & Ariasi - saloon
Mullin, Hugh - foreman with Green Mountain Gold Mining Co.
O'Toole, Henry - blacksmith with Green Mountain Gold Mining Co.
Pattani, Cherubino - farmer
Reed, Walter J. - laborer
Reed, Wm. H. - laborer
Regner, Leopold - miner
Robinson, M. W. - miner
Robinson, W. H. - miner
Rocker, William - engineer 40 acres
Rodde, Wm. - miner
Rodgers, A. T. - laborer
Rodgers, Charles G. Green - superintendent Green Mountain Gold Mining Co.
Rodgers, Daniel E. - carpenter
Rodgers, George W. - miner
Rocekers, Wm. - engineer
Rowett, Joseph  - miner
Saine, Harrison - carpenter  4 acres
Sealight, C. J. - laborer
Short, Laura - donestic with Dr. J. S. Carter
Skinner, William - blacksmith, wagon maker
Smith, John - miner
Sobrero, John - miner
Stampfli, Nicholas - farmer 467 acres
Stampfli, William - farmer
Standard, George - superintendent Taylor-Plumas Mine
Steigler, Andrew - farmer
Stevens, Henry - teamster
Tansey, William - miner
Taylor-Plumas Mine - George Standard superintendent
Taylor, W. E. - laborer
Terrill, Orrin - teamster
Tormey, George - miner
Trezise, Thomas - miner
Uren, Richard - miner
VanTassel, Charles B. - clerk
White, Michael - miner
Whittier, George - millhand
Williams, John H. - miner
Wing, Ellis - miner  160 acres
Young, R. W. - carpenter

CROMBERG
A Post office

Dow, John - with L.V.N.Tefft
Langhorst, Gerhard A. - merchant
Langhorst, William - farmer
Smith, C. U. - miner
Tefft, Leander V. N. - farmer
Traynor, Pitt - superintendent Consignee Mine

DIAMOND SPRINGS (See La Porte)

EAGLE GULCH (See Meadow Valley)

EDEN TOWNSHIP (See Eureka Mills)

ELIZABETHTOWN (See Quincy)

EUREKA MILLS (See also Johnsville)
Post and express office.  Population, including Johnsville (which town lying about one mile distant and 300 feet below, it overlooks), about five hundred.  Elevation 5,300.  The Plumas-Eureka Mine at this place is operated by the Sierra- Buttes Mining Co. of Sierra City (an English company), and employs two hundred and twenty men.  The mine is worked by tunnels (five in number), some of which are over one mile in length.  The company's mill has sixty stamps and crushes 150 tons of ore per day.

Abraham, Henry - miner
Abraham, John - miner
Armstrong, J. - shoemaker
Arthur, Charles W. - clerk
Bacher & Co. - gen mdse
Balten, Joseph - miner
Basse, Nicola - laborer
Blewett, Charles - miner
Blewett, Joseph - miner
Bope, Sim - Chinese laundry
Brandy City Mining Co.
Carter, Benjamin - miner
Chapman, W. C. - miner
Chapparal Hill Mining Co.
Click, Daniel - miner
Cock, James - miner
Coffee, James M. - stone cutter
Cook, George E. - Justice of the peace
Cooper, E. T. - millhand
Cooper, Henry S. - blacksmith
Coyle, James - hotel keeper
Creighton, John - laborer
Creighton, William J. - engineer
Cristofani, Egidio - mechanic
Daly, A. H. - gen mdse
Daly, Patrick - clerk
Dawson, Riley - miner
Dearborn, Ira L. - teamster
Delbridge, Thomas - blacksmith
Delton, Peter - laborer
Dolly, O. B. - gen mdse
Dunn, Henry S. -  proprietor Eureka Hotel & Feed Stable
Dunn, James - miner
Dusumbre, John - laborer
Eden, James - miner
Ellery, John - miner
Eureka Hotel - Henry S. Dunn  proprietor
Fletcher, Joseph H. - druggist
Flores, Marguerite
Glasson, John H. - miner
Gold Gravel Hydraulic Mining Co.
Grazer, August - brewery
Gribble, John - miner
Hill, C. M. - physician
Hill, John W. - laborer
Hollingreen, Jogn - laborer
Hosking, John - superintendent Plumas-Eureka Mining Co.
Hosking, Richard  - miner
Hosking, William - foreman
Houghton, Henry B. - butcher
Houghton, James F. - butcher
Hunsinger, Augustus C. - butcher
Inch, Thomas B. - bookkeeper Plumas-Eureka Mining Co.;
          manager W. U. Tel. Co.; postmaster;  agent Wells, Fargo, & Co.
Jenkins, Absalom - laborer
Jenkins, Athanesius - miner
Jenkins, Josiah - farmer
Jope, Henry - miner
Kemp, Richard - miner
Kitto, Edward - miner
Ladd, S. W. - carpenter
Lanthier, Benjamin - miner
Levano, Stephen - miner
Lewis, William
Liddecoat, John - miner
Lorenzi, P. - saloon keeper
Magazin, Agort - barber
Maguire, Edward - miner
Mandich, Louis - miner
Martin, Michael E. - engineer
Mathews, Isaac - miner
Maxwell, George A. - carpenter
Mechan, Timothy - miner
Meffy, Frank - laborer
Menzies, James - miner
Neville, John - contractor
Nicholls, John - miner
O'Brien, James - laborer
O'Brien, Thomas - miner
Owen, Samuel F. - amalgamotor
Pearce, Samuel - blacksmith
Pearce, William O. - miner
Peller, Wm. H. - miner
Perrano, John - miner
Perrano, Joseph - arrastraman Eureka Mills
Phillips, James - amalgamator
Phipps, John A. - superintendent machinery Eureka Mills
Phoenix Mining Co. - claims at Fir Cap Mountian
Pierce, Henry Jr. - miner
Postmaster - Thos. B. Inch
Preston, James A. - miner
Pulaski, August - miner
Rafferty, Daniel
Richards, James - miner
Rickert, Fred. D. - pressman
Roberts, John H. - miner
Roberts, William - teamster
Rooney, John - miner
Roscoe, R. H. - miner
Rossetti, Caesar - booker Eureka Hotel
Russi, Nicola - miner
Sandry, James - miner
Serand, Paul - miner
Sheehan, James -  80 acres
Shorett, Francis N. - miner
Sierra Butte Gold Quartz Mining Co. -  1047 acres
Smitheram, Wm. H. - miner
Soracco, John - miner
Soracco, Stephen - saloon keeper
Stratton, Wm. T. - blacksmith
Stump, Pleasant - miner
Swallow Mining Co. - claims at Monte Cristo
Swan, John - miner
Symons, Moses - miner
Thomas, Alphonso - hotel
Thomas, John - miner
Thomas, Merrill - hotel
Thomas, W. H. - miner
Tionan, P. - saloon
Tippett, Joseph - miner
Veronich, Spiro - miner
Vincent, Thomas - miner
Vivian, Benjamin  G. - blacksmith
Wade, Richard W. - laborer
Ware, Silas W. - millman
Warmington, Henry - miner
Williams, Joseph - miner
Willoughby, M. - hotel keeper 160 acres
Winn, Joseph - miner
Wold, John T. - carpenter
Wolfe, J. W.
Woodward, George - carpenter
Woodward, Geo. F. - teamster

FRANKLIN HILL (See LaPorte)

GENESEE
A small mining town of considerable prospective importance, situated in the LaPorte District, in the southern part of the country.  It has a post office, receives its freight and express via LaPorte.  Three important and valuable mines located here, which furnished employment for all the labor of the place.

Antelope & Bulletin Mining Co.
Brandt, George - superintendent Centennial Quarta Mining Co.
Brickwell, Henry - miner
Centennial Quartz Mining Co. - Geo. Brandt superintendent
Clark, N. - 280 acres
Cosmopolitan Copper Mining Co.
Dann, J. S. - miner
Davies, John - farmer 120 acres
Donnewirth, G. - farmer
Emerson, Daniel - miner
Flournoy, R. S. - farmer 438 acres
Genesee Gold Mining Co. - J. Gruss superintendent
Gruss, J. - superintendent Genesee Gold Mining Co.
Hinchman, A. L. - mechanic 160 acres
Hosselkus, E. D. - farmer 1533 acres; postmaster
Ingals, Harvey - farmer 160 acres
Ingraham, J. S. - molder
Johnson, Samuel - miner
Kendall, C. S. Mrs. - school teacher
Kloppenburg, Henry - miner
Lovejoy, Isaac - farmer
Lovejoy, Moses - farmer 640 acres
Markley, Josiah W. - miner
McShane, Allen - miner
Mead, Alonzo - farmer
Reeves, Amos L. - farmer
Robertson, Charles - farmer
Sanger, --  - miner
Sargent, J. C.
Single, Solomon - miner
Stewart, O. - miner
Tutt, Barney - miner
Ulsh, Jacob H. - miner
Wheaton, J. L. - carpenter  160 acres
Wheeler, Mark C. - 360 acres
Wheeler, Orel M. - engineer

GREENVILLE
Post, express and telegraph office.  Situated at an extremity of the beautiful Indian Valley, twenty-eight miles from Quincy.  Dependent upon mining and farming.  Population 600.  Elevation 3544 feet.  It possesses an enterprising weekly newspaper (The Bulletin) a good hotel (The Greenville), a large foundry, brewery, bottling works and soda factory, a flour and shingle mill and several other business houses.  The Greenville race track is pronounced by horse men one of the best in the state.  The Greenville Foundry, owned by Messrs, Bidwell & Watson, is a large establishment with unusual facilities and employs about twelve men.  The works has undertaken and completed several large contracts, chief among which is the Green Mountain Company's mill (sixty stamps.)  All the manufacturing business and quartz mills of Greenville are run by water power.  The Round Valley Water Company's reservoir covers an area of seven hundred acres, and the ditch therefrom traverses eight miles, in which distance it furnishes water for six mills, aggregating one hundred and seventy-five stamps.  The Greenville Water Works furnishes the town water supply, and under such pressure that, with the well organized hose company, the town is fully protected against fire.  Mr. Bidwell has  constructed a telephone from Crescent Mills to Big Meadows, Bidwell's Bridge (where he has a hotel for summer visitors to the fishing grounds.)  The line is twenty-two miles long, and touches the principal mines of the neighborhood.  The large amount of capital invested in and about Greenville indicates great faith in the locality.  The neighborhood is replete with pretty landscapes and the town is only two hours' ride from the most famous trout fishing grounds on the Pacific slope.

Adams, W. E. - Justice of the Peace, clergyman
Anderson, Alexander H. - molder Greenville Iron Works
Arcadian Mine
Atwood, E. D. - mechanic
Austin, Levi E. - miner
Aylesworth, George W. - cabinet maker, carpenter, undertaker, & furniture manufacturer
Ballard, Wm. P. - blacksmith
Barham, Thomas L. - Barham & Spring
Barham & Spring - saloon & billiards
Barron, John E. - miner
Barry, Silas T. - farmer
Barstow, O. L. Rev. - clergyman
Basham, Thomas L. - laborer
Bean, Thomas A. - farmer
Bechtole, A. George - butcher
Bellas, Mary Ann Mrs. - dressmaker
Berry, S. T. - engineer Southern Eureka Mine
Bidwell, Augustus R. - Bidwell & Watson
Bidwell Bridge House - summer resort, A. R. Bidwell proprietor
Bidwell & Watson - proprietors Greenville Iron Works
Billings, Francis - miner
Bishop, Melvin C. - barber
Blake, John - laborer
Blood, Ellen Mrs. - farmer 811 acres
Boland, C. J. Mrs. - dressmaker & milliner
Bowden, Edward - miner
Bradford, William - bookkeeper
Branley, Michael - miner
Bransford, J. S. - gen mdse, agent Wells, Fargo & Co, insurance agent
Bremmer, C. P. - mechanic
Bressler, Charles - miner  20 acres
Brinkman, Henry - teamster
Brown, George - teamster
Brown, John - miner
Brown, Samuel A. - laborer
Brown, Willard C. - miller with Patch & Lawrence
Buddle, John - miner
Bull, John W. - cooper
Bull, Moses - attorney at law, notary public
Burge, Thomas - millhand with Lawrence & Nelson
Buss, Charles W. - saddler
Byers, J. D. & Co. - butcher
Cadle, John F. - teamster
Cadle, J. M. - farmer 227 acres
Cadle, William H. - farmer
Campbell, J. L. - laborer
Campfield, Matthew - miner
Carter, Edward - laborer
Carty, John - roadmaster
Case, Alphonzo - laborer
Cayuse Saloon - Frank St. Mary  proprietor
Chamberlain, A. W. - laborer  160 acres
Chapin, T. R. - painter
Chappuis, Edward H. - laborer
Christie, John A. - constable
City Of London Ins. Co. - J. R. Murray agent
Clark, James A. - farmer
Clark, John - farmer 160 acres
Clark, Mary Miss - dressmaker
Cole, George W. - farmer
Compton, George M. - miner
Compton, John D. - merchant
Conlin, James - miner
Continental Ins. Co. - J. R. Murray agent
Cope, E. F. - widow
Cope, Frank M. - druggist with Williams & Tramm
Corkhill, Thomas - miner
Cornell, G. P. - superintendent Indian Valley Mining Co.
Coulter, John - farmer
Coulter, Sidney D. - miner
Cowgill, William - farmer
Cully, James - miner
Davidson, R. M. - gardener
Davis, Isaac E. - farmer
Davis, John L. - farmer 160 acres
Davis, L. B. - farmer 120 acres
Day, I. Albion - laborer
DeSombre, John - miner
Desroches, Moses - miner  160 acres
Drumm, Andrew J. - farmer
Drury, Charles O. - engineer
Drury, John E. - millman
Drury, J. R. - miner  23 acres
Drury, Sanford - laborer
Drury, William S. - laborer
Dwenger, Ernst - bootmaker
Eaton, Joseph B. - miner
Ellis, John - miner  20 acres
Emmons, Theodore F. - Justice of the peace
Federal Saloon - B. Scudelari  proprietor
Fireman's Fund Ins. Co. - J. S. Bransford agent
Firmstone, Harry T. - saloon
Firmstone, James - miner
Firmstone, Samuel - miner
Fisher, John J. - carpenter
Fletcher, Westley D. - jeweler
Floyd, William - miner
Forest, King Mine - Joseph Rowett superintendent
Forgay, N. B. - farmer 388 acres
Fortiner, Theodore - saddler, harness maker
France, William - miner
Galvan, Manuel C. - millman
Gansir, Haler - miner
Gentalan, Baptista - L. M. Kaiser & Co.
Gleeson, Peter - miner
Goeway, John - farmer
Gold Stripe Gold Mining & Milling Co. - George Standart superintendent  640 acres
Gowen, Samuel M. -  proprietor sawmill
Gowen, William H. - lumberman
Gramer, Louis B. - miner
Grant, Angus D. - laborer
Grant, James - laborer
Green, Edward E. - miner
Greenville Bulletin - weekly, Felix G. Hale editor,  proprietor
Greenville Bottling Works - J. R. Murray  proprietor, mfg. Soda, Water, etc.
Greenville Hotel - R. Tremain & Son  proprietors
Greenville Iron Works - Bidwell & Watson  proprietors
Greenville Livery Stable - Jonathan Lovell proprietor
Guliver, George W. - butcher
Hail, Felix G. - editor  proprietor Greenville Bulletin & Job Printing Office
Hall, Howard G. - farmer
Hall, Isaac - farmer 1453 acres
Hall, Julius P. - blacksmith
Hall, Samuel - miller with Patch & Lawrence
Halloran, Martin - miner
Hammon, Atwood - miner
Hanson, Thomas J. - engineer
Haselton, James H. - miner
Hathaway, Hiram J. - stockraiser, sawmill
Hensler, John O. - butcher
Hickerson,  Andrew J. - farmer 40 acres
Hickerson, J. A. Mrs. - farmer 160 acres
Higbie, C. H. - civil engineer
Hobart, Reuben - miner
Holmes, W. M. C. - butcher
Horgan, S. M. - carpenter
Horsington, Simon E. - farmer
Hunt, Bertha R. Miss - school teacher
Hunt, Levi - farmer 208 acres
Indian Valley Mining Co. - G. P. Cornell superintendent
Irving, Benjamin N. - machinist
Jameson, Elliott W. - teamster
Jaquith, Jonathan S. - carpenter
Jarvis, Henry W. - farmer
Joseph, Anthony - barkeeper, brewer with C. Schmitt
Kaiser, L. M. - L. M. Kaiser & Co.
Kaiser, L. M. & Co. - butchers
Kavannaugh, Thomas - miner
Keeth, Michael - laborer
Kener, J. P. - contractor
Ketchum, John A. - sawyer
Killbride, John - saloon res Crescent Mills
Kim, Chung Sing - merchant
Knox, Charles - miner
Kruger, Frank - farmer 471 acres
Kunnik, Otto - butcher
Kusick, Adolph O. - butcher
LaBarre, John - physician, surgeon
Lawrence, Charles H. - Patch & Lawrence 1735 acres
Lawrence, Charles S.- proprietor Race Track, grist mill, sawmill at Big Meadows
Lee, Lydia Mrs. - farmer 80 acres
Lisk, Reuben C. - foundryman
Liverpool & London & Globe Ins. Co. - J. S. Brandford agent
London & Lancashire Fire Ins. Co. - J. R. Murray agent
Lounder, Henry - saloon
Lovell, Jonathan - proprietor Greenville Livery Stable
Lowery, Joseph F. - teamster  160 acres
Lowry,  Edmund G. - farmer
Lowry, Frank E. - laborer
Lowry, John - farmer
Manson, William -  machinist
Marcies, George - farmer
Markley, John - miner
Markley, Joseph - laborer
Marshall, William B. - engineer
Martin, Charles H. - farmer
Mawer, William - laborer
Mayhew, George - miner
McBeth, John - merchant, postmaster
McBride, Reuben R. - teamster
McCarthy, James W. - miner
McDonald, Dougald - miner
McDougall, A. L. - bookkeeper
McGill, Robert L. - proprietor Palace Saloon
McGrath, John  - miner
McIntosh, Donald - foundryman
McIntyre, Angus D. - merchant
McIntyre, John - miner
McKay, John - miner
McKenzie, Alexander A. - miner
McKenzie, Donald A. - miner
McKenzie, D. W. - teamster
McKinnon, William A. - laborer
McLellan, J. H. - laborer
McLeod, Kenneth - carriage manufacturer and painter
McManus, John - miner
McMillen, Dugal H. - boarding
McMurtry, Thomas - miner
McNelly, Morris - teamster
McPherson, Henry C. - clerk
McPherson, Thomas W. - laborer
McQueen, Thomas - farmer
Merrilees, John M. - engineer
Miller, Henry - lumberman
Miner, Eda Miss - school teacher
Moni, Jacob - blacksmith
Monitor Mine - 7 miles from Greenville
Morrill, Erastus - sawyer
Moyle, Thos. Mrs. - carpet weaver
Murphy, Thomas A. - miner
Murray, J. R. - clerk with J. S. Bransford, gen insurance agent
Murray, W. E. - manager Greenville Bottling Works
Nave, Martin V. B. - teamster
New York Mine - T. Treleaven superintendent
Nilson, Lars - miner
Northrop, Edward - mechanic
Odett, Charles  - carpenter
Odett, Charles Jr. - carpenter
Odett, Frank - carpenter
Old Henry - bartender John Killbride
O'Toole, James - miner
Palace Saloon - R. L. McGill  proprietor
Pardee, John E. - painter
Parks, Robert - carpenter
Patch, Isaac C. - Patch & Lawrence
Patch & Lawrence - flour mill & machine shop
Pearcy, Cyrus - miner
Peck, J. S. - farmer 268 acres
Penman, Robert - farmer 160 acres
Percy, Cyrus - miner
Perkins, Wm. A. - physician
Perry,  Geo. - farmer 285 acres
Perry, James E. - farmer 285 acres
Phoenix and Home Ins. Co. - J. S. Bransford agent
Pierce, George M. - manufactuter tin & sheet ironware
Plumas National Gold Mining Co. - 140 acres
Pollard,  John G. - miner
Pollard, Sampson - miner
Postmaster - John McBeth
Proctor, E. L. Mrs.
Putman, John D. - farmer
Ranker, Edward - blacksmith
Redhead, Harry O. - blacksmith
Remualdo, Amandona - miner
Richards, John - miner
Richards, R. - miner
Riffle, A. - laborer
Roby, J. C. - engineer
Rodgers, W. B. - miner
Rosencrans, Eli - carpenter  12 acres
Round Valley Water Co. - A. R. Bidwell superintendent
Rowett, Joseph - superintendent Forest King Mine
Royal, Norwich, Union, & Lancashire Ins. Co.s - J. R. Murray agent
Rull, Henry - blacksmith
Rush Creek Mining Co. - 7 miles from Greenville
Russell, Brooks D. - engineer
Savercool, Reuben - miner
Scalmano, Frank - miner
Schmith, Caspar - beer hall & brewery
Scott, Frederick - farmer
Scott, George H. - farmer
Scott, J. E. - farmer 246 acres
Scudelari, Baptiti - proprietor Federal Saloon
Scurr, George - miner
Sealight, Wm. W. - laborer
Senn, George - butcher
Seward, John H. - miner
Sheiser, Joseph - farmer 185 acres
Short, Wm. - teamster
Skinner, Wm. - miner
Smith, Henry C. - laborer
Smith, James H. - millman
Smith, John H. - farmer 448 acres
Scuth British & National Ins. Co. - J. R. Murray agent
Southern Eureka Mine - George Standart superintendent
Spring, Frank D. - Barham & Spring
Springate, J. A. - stage driver
Stampfli, Theodore - engineer at Southern Eureka Mine
Standart, Geo. - superintendent Cherokee Gold Mining Co.
Stanley, Walter - miner
Stevens, Charles W. - Stevens & Son
Stevens, Henry N. - laborer
Stevens & Son -  blacksmiths
Stevens, Wm. - Stevens & Son
Stevens, William - butcher with L. M. Kaiser & Co.
St.Mary, Frank - clerk
St.Mary, Frank - proprietor Cayuse Saloon
Sun Fire Ins. Co. - J. R. Murray agent
Swan, Amos - miner
Sweetman, Henry T. - farmer
Sweris, John W. - farmer
Tanner, Miles - miner
Tarbox, Frank - carpenter
Taylor, Charles - manager Western Union Tel. Co.
Taylor, John - foreman Southern Eureka Mine
Taylor, John C. - telegraph operator
Taylor, Wm. E. - laborer
Terrill, Benjamin F. - teamster
Terrill, John M. - teamster
Terrill, Frank - teamster
Terrill, Henry C. - teamster
Terrill, Rose May Miss - dressmaker
Thompson, David - farmer
Tracey, David L. - machinist
Tramm, Henry W. A. - Williams & Tramm
Treleaven, Thomas - superintendent  New York Mine 80 acres
Tremain, Joseph M. - R. Tremain & Son
Tremain, Robert - R. Tremain & Son
Tremain, R. & Son -  proprietors Greenville Hotel
Tremain, Wm. - clerk Greenville Hotel
Tribble, Neal - laborer
Tronell, Benjamin F. - laborer
Uren, Richard - miner
Viacava, Emanuel - gen mdse
Wade, Wm. H. - farmer
Walraven, Wm.- clothing, furnishing goods, & varieties
Walter, Charles - printer
Wardlow, John T. - farmer
Wates, George - 40 acres
Watson, Irving - Bidwell & Watson
Wells, Fargo, & Co. - J. S. Bransford agent
Welsh, Thomas - mason
Wheelock, Fred. Y. - farmer
White, Asa - hotel keeper
Whitehead, Joseph L. - stockraiser
Whitney, Frank E. - laborer
Whittier, George - miner
Whitney, Hamilton I. - butcher
Williams, Arthur B. - compositor Bulletin
Williams, Harrison - Williams & Tramm 160 acres
Williams & Tramm - drugs, toilet articles, etc.
Wilson, George W. - engineer
Wing, Elbridge - farmer
Winters, Antoine - miner
Young, Robert W. - farmer
Young, William R. - carpenter
Zimmerman, Joseph - machinist

JOHNSVILLE (See also Eureka Mills)
Post and express office, situated five miles from Mohawk Valley post office and twenty-eight miles from Quincy.  Elevation about 5,000 feet.  Population (Johnsville, Eureka Mills and vicinity) five hundred.  Dependent upon Plumas- Eureka Mine and Mill and some private claims for support.

Armstrong, James - shoemaker
Babb, Peter - teamster
Babb, Solomon - constable
Bacher, Joseph F. - J. F. Bacher& Co.
Bacher, J. F. & Co. - gen mdse
Belemeceh, Walter - miner
Bennett, Thomas - miner
Belavir, Anton - miner
Blewett, Charles - miner
Blewett, Joseph H. - miner
Buck, John - teamster
Bulamsky A. - millhand
Butson, William - miner
Castaquetta, Giusseppi - miner
Chegwin, James - miner
Collins, Thomas - miner
Conley, James W. - butcher with John Nevill
Cooper, Edward T. - carpenter
Coyle, James -  proprietor Miners' Arms Hotel
Cristofani, Egielio - barber
Curtis, Antone - miner
Daly, Andrew H. - manager Daly's Store
Daly, John -  proprietor Daly's Store
Daly's Store - John Daly  proprietor
Dawson, S. R. - laborer
Delbridge, Thomas - blacksmith
Dolley, O. B. - gen mdse
Dunn, Henry S. -  proprietor Eureka Hotel
Dyer, William - miner
Fletcher, Joseph H. - drugs & varieties, agent Wells, Fargo & Co., postmaster
Gallagher, W. R. - laborer
Grazer, August - brewery
Grondona, Louis - arrastraman
Grove, L. Mrs. - school teacher
Harland, H. L. - amalgamator
Harry, John - miner
Hightower, A. - carpenter
Hill, Charles M. - physician & surgeon
Hosking, Humphrey - miner
Hosking, William - foreman
Houghton, Harvey - farmer
Houghton, Henry B. - butcher
Houghton, James F. - butcher
Hunsinger, Cass - teamster
Ingram, Joshua - miner
Johns, James T. - blacksmith
Jones, Thomas G. - farmer
Jose, Edward - miner
Kerr, Mrs.
Ladd, Truman W. - carpenter
Lawrenzi, Peter - brewery & saloon
Lennis, Louis - saloon, gen mdse
Liddecoat, William - miner
Malcolm, N. E. - school teacher
Manuel, Spero - miner
Marshall, Benjamin B. - carpenter
Mathews, William B. - clerk with O. B. Dolley
McGuire, Edward - miner
Menzies, James - carpenter
Miners' Arms Hotel - James Coyle proprietor
Mitchell, Edward - miner
Mountian House - Matthew Willoughby  proprietor
Nevill, John - wood contractor, butcher
O'neil, Austin - miner
Pascoe, Henry C. - miner
Paseto, Matteo - miner
Peacello, Lorenzo - saloon
Pearce, Henry - miner, clergyman
Perano, Giovanni - miner
Phipps, John A. - foreman
Postmaster - Joseph H. Fletcher
Powning, John W. - miner
Preston, James A. - carpenter
Richards, John F. - blacksmith
Ricker, Frederick - millman
Rivers, Chester O. - blacksmith
Roberts, John H. - miner
Roberts, Wm. - miner
Roberts, W. C. - miner
Smitheran, Henry - amalgamator
Sobrero, Francisco - miner
Sobraro, Louis - miner
Sorocco, August - saloon keeper
Swan, John - miner
Thomas, John - steward
Thomas, Thomas - miner
Thomas, W. H. - miner
Thorning, E. T. - miner
Tippett, Joseph - clerk with John Daly
Tippett, Thomas - miner
Tivnan, Peter - saloon keeper
Tork, Charles - miner
Trathen, Wm. - miner
Trazona, Thomas - miner
Trengove, Samuel - miner
Vanzini, Frank S. - laborer
Vicovich, Nicholas - miner
Wallace, John - teamster
Ware, Silas W. - miner
Whitford, W. H. - miner
Whitiken, Wm. - blacksmith
Willoughby Bros. - gen mdse
Willoughby, Henry - Willoughby Bros.
Willoughby, John - Willoughby Bros.
Willoughby, Matthew -  proprietor Mountian House & feed stable
Wilson, Frank M. - teamster
Woodward, Geo. F. - laborer
Zarpas, Demetrius - miner
Zollinger, Jacob L. - J. F. Bacher& Co.

LA PORTE
This town is situated in the southern border of the county, adjoining Sierra on the ridge which divides Yuba and Feather Rivers, and is forty-five miles distant from Oroville, with which place it is connected by stage.  It has a population of about three hundred, which depends entirely upon mining for its existence and support.  La Porte is the center of a large mining district lying in both counties, and has the reputation of being one of the best bullion producing districts of Northeastern California.  It has a bank, fair hotel accommodations, general store, and all of the business facilities incident to mining towns of its class.  It is a post and express office.

Alturas Lodge, No. 80, Independent Order Odd Fellows, John Hillman secretary
Archer, Joel B. - miner
Archer, Joseph  - miner
Babb, Geo. - livery stable
Badger, Alonzo - miner
Bald Mountain Mining Co. - James Lillie superintendent
Bank Of LaPorte - Dixon Brabban cashier
Barnes, B. W. - deputy U.S. Internal Revenue Collector
Barris, Charles E. - miner
Beauvis, Hypolite - cook
Berry, Edward G. - miner
Blanchard, John - miner
Black, Francis - carpenter
Blue Gravel Gold Mining Co. - James Lillie superintendent
Boheme, Charles  - miner
Brabban, Dixon - cashier bank of LaPorte, agent Wells, Fargo & Co.
Brice, Maurice - blacksmith
Buckley, Henry - hotelkeeper
Bustillos, Jesus - teamster
Campbell, George - miner
Canny, Charles - Canny & Co.
Canny & Co. - meat market
Canny, John - Canny & Co.
Canny, Michael - miner
Cascade Mining Co. - P. R. Walsh superintendent
Cayot, Francais -  proprietor Union Hotel
Chamberlain, B. H. - saloon
Chindinn, Clara A. Miss - school teacher
Colwell, Andrew W. - laborer
Comstock, Mark - carpenter
Cooper, Edward - miner
Coppock, Sampson H. - miner
Corderoy, Joseph W. - miner
Cinningham, James - laborer
Cutler, Elihu - laborer
Dallin, T. Jefferson - variety store
Devar, Edward - miner
Dubugue, Alphonzo - miner
Evans, Edward - laborer
Fall River Mining Co. - N. Gard secretary
Feeney, James -  proprietor Winthrop House 160 acres
Gale, Ed. H. - miner
Gambois, Louis - hotel
Garcia, Jesus - miner
Gard, Charles A. - miner
Gard, N. - superintendent Gibsonville Union Mining Co.
Gareid, A. J. - miner
Gibsonville Union Mining Co.  - N. Gard superintendent
Gillis, Arthur E. - miner
Gillis, James S. - miner
Gold Gravel Hydraulic Mining Co. - L. L. Myers superintendent
Goodwin, Francisco - miner
Goza, Louis A. - stage driver
Graham, Arthur - miner
Grandbois, Louis - hotel
Harris, Aaron - tinsmith
Harrold, John - miner
Heil, Charles M. - miner
Hendel, C. W. - civil engineer, deputy U.S. Surveyor
Hilands, Jacob W. - road overseer
Hillman, John - constable
Hillman, John H. - miner
Hillman, Louis L. - laborer
Hillman, William J. - miner
Hoare, Michael - farmer
How, William - miner
Jefferson Lodge No. 97 - F. & A. M., Dixon Brabban secretary
Jones, James - clerk
Kavanagh, James - miner
Knapp, Isaac N. - engineer
Laplant, Dennis - miner
LaPorte Lodge No. 381 - I.O.G.T., Miss Clara Chindinnin secretary
Leach, & Wolters - Diamond Spring Saw Mill
Lee, Alonzo - miner
Lewis, Henry - miner
Lillie, James - superintendent Bald Mountain & Blue Gravel Gold Mining Co.s
Lillie, Robert - miner
Lowry, Cornelius - carpenter
Makin, George H. - miner
Mason, Harry - merchant
Mason, William W. - miner
Mauer, H. R. - blacksmith
McAdam, James - miner
McClellan, Julius - miner
McGinity, Patrick - miner
McGuigan, Francis - peddler
McIntosh, Alexander - farmer 160 acres
McLaughlin, Charles E. - miner
McLaughlin, John - teamster
McMahon, George F. - miner
McMahon, Timothy - miner
McMartin, T. A. - miner
McNeil, Hugh - shoemaker
McNeill, Willis - shoemaker
Melody, Patrick - miner
Meyers, Lester L. - superintendent Gold Gravel Hydraulic Mining Co.
Mullen, Charles - miner
Mullen, James W. - laborer
Mullen, John F. - miner
Mullen, Neil - miner
Murray, James - miner
Mussey, J. M. - physician
O'Donald, James - miner
O'Rourke, John - laborer
Packer, Albert M. - lumberman
Packer, W. S. - saw mill
Paulin, Paulian F. - miner
Philip, William R. - miner
Pike, C. M. - carpenter
Pike, J. H. - carpenter
Plumas Consolidated Gold Mining Co. - J. H. Thomas superintendent
Plumas Council No. 44 - Order Chosen Friends, G. Reed, C. C.
Pond, James M. - miner
Postmaster - Henry Washington
Primo, Moses - miner
Quigley, A. J. - carpenter
Quigley, Fred. S. - miner
Quincy & LaPorte Stage Line - J. G. Berg  proprietor
Reed, George L. - m