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ROCCA, ANDREW. This gentleman, whose portrait will be found in the body of this work, was born in Italy, October
8, 1838. At the age of fifteen he came to California and located in Mariposa County, where he engaged in mining
for three years He then went to Tuolumne County and followed mining on the Tuolumne River for about one year. He
then purchased a ditch which he conducted for about six years, using the water in his own operations and selling
it to others. He then disposed of his ditch and returned to Mariposa County and purchased the celebrated Bower
Cave Mine, where he mined for fourteen months. Then, on account of poor health, he went to San Francisco, where
he was treated for about four months. While here he bought into the Golden Rock Water Company's ditch in Tuolumne
County, and returned to that county, where he remained for eight years. He then proceeded to Shasta County and
became interested in the Spring Creek Ditch Mining Company, and remained there about sixteen months. While there
in 1876 he was elected by the Directors as Superintendent of the Great Western Quicksilver Mine, in Lake County,
where he has since resided. He is a thorough going, practical miner, and is the right man for the position he holds.
He was married, April 14, 1880, to Miss Mary Thompson.
From:
History of Napa and Lake Counties, California
Slocum, Bowen & Co., Publishers
San Francisco, California 1881
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