Historic Resource Evaluation Project - Tuolumne Utilities District
Historic Resource Evaluation Project - Tuolumne Utilities District
Historic Resource Evaluation Project - Tuolumne Utilities District
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TABLE OF CONTENTS<br />
1. PROJECT OVERVIEW AND EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ....................................1.1<br />
Natural and Cultural Setting.....................................................................................1.3<br />
Prehistoric Archaeological Background.............................................................1.5<br />
<strong>Historic</strong> Archaeological Background .................................................................1.7<br />
Current <strong>Project</strong>..........................................................................................................1.8<br />
<strong>Evaluation</strong>.................................................................................................................1.8<br />
2. RESEARCH METHODS.........................................................................................2.1<br />
Documentary Research.............................................................................................2.1<br />
Previous Surveys ......................................................................................................2.2<br />
Present Survey Field Methods..................................................................................2.3<br />
3. HISTORICAL OVERVIEW....................................................................................3.1<br />
<strong>Tuolumne</strong> County Water Company..........................................................................3.2<br />
Columbia and Stanislaus River Water Company .............................................3.13<br />
<strong>Tuolumne</strong> Hydraulic Mining Company, Phoenix Water Company.......................3.16<br />
Street’s Ditch, Sullivan Creek Water Company, Shaw’s Flat Ditch................3.20<br />
Sonora and Jamestown System ..............................................................................3.23<br />
Other Water Companies .........................................................................................3.23<br />
Soulsbyville, Eureka, and Roach’s Camp Ditches .................................................3.24<br />
Soulsbyville Ditch ............................................................................................3.24<br />
Eureka Ditch.....................................................................................................3.27<br />
Roach’s Camp Ditch.........................................................................................3.28<br />
End of the Boom.....................................................................................................3.28<br />
Hard-Rock Mining Boom.......................................................................................3.29<br />
Hydroelectricity......................................................................................................3.29<br />
Expansion ...............................................................................................................3.30<br />
4. DESCRIPTION AND EVALUATION OF HISTORICAL RESOURCES ............4.1<br />
Water Conveyance Systems .....................................................................................4.1<br />
<strong>Evaluation</strong> of the TUD System and Its Elements...............................................4.3<br />
<strong>Tuolumne</strong> County Water Company System.............................................................4.4<br />
National Register of <strong>Historic</strong> Places <strong>Evaluation</strong> ......................................................4.5<br />
Algerine Ditch (P-55-001011; CA-TUO 3953H)...............................................4.6<br />
Columbia Ditch (P-55-00385; CA-TUO-2861H) ............................................4.11<br />
Eureka Ditch (P-55-006362) ............................................................................4.20<br />
Kincaid Ditch (P-55-008208; CA-TUO-5239H)..............................................4.23<br />
Matelot (Deadman) Ditch (P-55-006539; CA-TUO-4507H)...........................4.26<br />
Montezuma Ditch (P-55-008221; CA-TUO-5252H) .......................................4.27<br />
Phoenix Ditch (P-55-003751; CA-TUO-2765H) .............................................4.30<br />
Roach’s Camp Ditch (P-55-006364; CA-TUO-2879H)...................................4.36<br />
San Diego Ditch (P-55-006538; CA-TUO-4506H) .........................................4.38<br />
Foothill <strong>Resource</strong>s, Ltd. iii TUD Ditch Sustainability <strong>Project</strong><br />
Francis Heritage, LLC<br />
<strong>Historic</strong> <strong>Resource</strong> <strong>Evaluation</strong> Report
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