* The returns of the Assessor, 1858, give the number, 86; aggregate length, 696 miles; value $953,700. The cost of construction is estimated at $1,700,000.-[Ed. + Including Del Norte, 1 2,000 PLACER. * Little Deer Creek. Owners. ... 20,000 E. B. Wynans, A't. 1,200 D. C. Teeple, Ag't. 800 J. B. Prewet 10,000 Kellog & Harrison. 25,000 J. Pollard, Ag't... 2,000 J. Simpson.... 6,000 James Whartenby. 10,000 ... 16 (d) 500,000 Company. 6 5 4 10 2053 7,000 H. Stark.. 2,500 Kellog & Harrison. 4,000 O. M. Tomlinson..! 20,000 8,000 T. R. Walker, Pr't. 1,500 Arthur Moore, Ag't 8,000 James Whartenby. 800 E. C. Mattison & Co 20,000 Thrusher & Co.... 10,000 Jas. Gardner, Ag't 1,000 Hunter&M'Cutchen 1,000 Bell & Co.... 1,000 B. F. Cooley (b) Amer. R. W. & M. Co. American River.. 22 100,000 Corporation..... Auburn & Bear River North Sea......... Dry Creek...... North Shirt Tail.... N. Shirt Tail Ca'n. 11 5,500 Priest & Co * Number of ditches returned by the Assessor, 1858, 35; aggregate length, 550 miles; assessed value, $283,160; cost of construction, $1,550,000.-[ED. + Cost of construction of that portion in Placer County. Spanish Creek Hill's Ravine..... Smith & Indian Bars. Feather.. Spring Garden Mines Spring Garden C'k SACRAMENTO 15,000 W. Whittier, Sup't (b) 30 (a)150,000 J. J. Harvey. 33322 ... 6,000 J. J. Harvey & Co.] 300 3,000 White & Co...... 9,000 Yates & Co 66 66 .... 15,000 McGinnis & Co.... 5 (a) Am. R'r W. & M. Co. American, N. F.. 25 (c) 300,000 * The returns of the Assessor, 1858, show 92 ditches, with an aggregate length of 201 miles; capacity, 16,775 inches. Assessed value, $210,000; estimated cost of construction, $600,000.-[ED. + The number returned by the Assessor, 1858, is 11, with an aggregate length of 135 miles. We have returns of 8 ditches, with an aggregate length of 163 miles, exclusive of 177 miles of branches; 18 miles of the A. R. W. & M. Co. are in Placer, and are therefore included in that county; estimated cost of construction for the county, $800,000.-[ED. * Number reported by the Assessor, 1858, 24; length, 104 miles, with a capacity of 9,000 inches; cost of construction, estimated, $300,000.-[Ed. + Number included in the returns of the Assessor, 1858, 70; length, 183 miles; total value, $420,650. Most of these ditches are small, of one or two miles in length each; the principal companies only are included in the table; the amount set opposite to each is the capital stock.-[ED. The Assessor reports, 1858, 16, exclusive of several small ditches; assessed value, $100,000.-[ED. *The number reported by the Assessor, 1858, 94; length, 163 miles. Many of these ditches are small, but of considerable importance; the estimated aggregate value for the county is over $500,000. The number reported by the Assessor, 1858, is 10; with an aggregate length of 181 miles. The extent of those set forth in the table is 425 miles, and includes the Miner's New Ditch recently completed, the capacity of which is said to exceed the aggregate of all the other ditches in the county. Cost of construction for the county, exclusive of the last named, $1,481,000.-[Ed. # Number of ditches, 31; aggregate length, 241 miles; estimated cost of construction, $700,000. |