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Leland Stanford acquired the Union Mine in 1859 for debt, formed a partnership with R. C. Downs, and renamed it the Lincoln Mine. By 1873 the Lincoln Mine had produced $2,200,000 in gold, and he then sold it to the British Syndicate for $800,000. The first five stamp mill was powered by a breast-wheel with a wooden shaft and wooden cams using flume water from Sutter Creek. R. C. Downs married Rose Williams in Connecticut in 1856, and Rose refused to live here, instead living in Sacramento until the front portion of the house was added.
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