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The History of Yuba County, California (Chapter XXX: New York Township) by Thompson & West, 1879, described gold mining at Mount Hope this way:
| The diggings at this point were what was called winter diggings, and were worked from 1850 to 1856. There was a population of forty. A quartz ledge was found in 1858, and a five-stamp mill was erected. It shut down in 1867, but afterwards came into the possession of the Nevada Company, who are now working it. Mt. Hope House, formerly the Brother Jonathan, was built in 1853, by I. E. Paun and William Smith. Paun sold out to another man, who, with Smith, opened a store in connection with the house, in 1853. The place has been kept by Samuel Thurston since 1858. |
There is a high concentration of serpentine in the area around Mount Hope, especially to the southwest, south, and southeast of it.
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Footnotes
1. Lists of John: CA—Yuba County Summits Sorted by Name
2. California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State by David L. Durham. Word Dancer Press, 1998
