Years later, in 1921, Rochon’s gold nugget was remembered when local residents Joseph Miller and John Stein found a gold nugget weighing nineteen pounds and two ounces along Motion Creek which was valued between $4,500 and $5,200. Rochon died at the Shasta County Hospital in Redding, on November 25, 1907, at the age of ninety-four years old. Rochon worked in various careers during his lifetime, he was a laborer, a miner, a lumberman, and a carpenter. Then, in November of 1873, another miner not affiliated with Rochon found a $300 gold nugget near the location of Rochon’s discovery site, and Rochon was in the news again because of this discovery. Rochon eventually moved from Shasta to Round Mountain after selling this gold nugget, and later on, he relocated from Round Mountain to Bells, in Shasta County. One version claims that it was sold to Charles McDonald, of Shasta, for $3,600, and the other version claims that it was sold to Santin & Everett, of San Francisco, for $3,200. There are two stories of how this gold nugget was sold. Kimball Plains: Exploring the history of a former western Shasta County settlement Simeon Fisher Southern and the Hazel Creek areaĮxploring the rich history of McArthur-Burney Falls Memorial State ParkĬottonwood’s origins, from small 1850s townsite to 1890s growing RR hub SEE: Exploring Shasta County History with Jeremy Tuggle: It was their son George Shurtleff who took it to San Francisco with him for exhibition purposes on behalf of the owner and he immediately returned it to Rochon upon his return to Shasta. Ann (Griffith) Shurtleff who helped Rochon get it properly assayed, documented and photographed. Rochon trusted the gold nugget to be handled by Doctor Benjamin Shurtleff, of Shasta, and his wife, Mrs. Some media outlets claimed that this was the largest gold nugget ever found in Shasta County history.Īs for Longfield and Hayett they departed the area and never returned. Rochon barely credited his partners with any glory nor profit from this discovery. This gold nugget gave Rochon fame and fortune with state wide media coverage.
Up-to-this-date, the main theory was that the mining claims along Spring Creek had been “worked-out”, and this find created a brand-new mining boom to Spring Creek but eventually the excitement died out. It weighed in as being fifteen pounds and four and a half ounces in gold. Then, they departed their mining claim to return home to Shasta where this gold nugget was placed on a scale at a local business. Excitement rang out amongst themselves, and they immediately widen their perimeter before leaving the area in hopes of finding more specimens of gold nuggets. This gold nugget contained no quartz, nor any other substance, as it was pure gold. They had successfully removed a large boulder in a bar on the channel of the creek – beside a Cottonwood tree which was growing on the bank above them – with their mining tools, when Rochon immediately picked up a lucrative gold nugget with his hand. UPDATE: More details released after SR-89 crash that killed toddler, seriously injured five others “Youth Firesetter Prevention and Intervention Academy” in Anderson hosts arson-risk juveniles Locals come together to help family after sudden passing of Cassel momīean bag blasts take down man who tried to take officer’s gun, jumped into Sacramento River Victim stabbed multiple times at Anderson gas station – Man arrested
Redding traffic stop yields unregistered firearms – Two arrested Then, on June 25, 1870, this trio discovered the largest gold nugget ever found along the channel of Spring Creek, about where the present-day town of Keswick is today. After their arrival, they immediately located a placer mining claim on Spring Creek.Īfter that, their mining activities took-off with them earning fair wages from this mining claim prior to making the biggest discovery of their lives. Newcomers Frederic Rochon, a native of New York, and his Canadian partners Levi Longfield, and John Hayett, arrived from lower California and settled at Shasta together in the early months of 1870.
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