The North San Juan California area is North of Nevada City and is often referred to as “the Ridge”.  Known as a community of diversity:  Artists, writers, farmers and livestock owners, North San Juan is unique area where people celebrate self-sufficiency and a sense of community.  Million dollar homes have replaced most of the travel trailers and converted school busses of the 60's and 70's.

Gold was discovered here in 1853, rich placers in the area were responsible for the initial growth, but these deposits were nothing compared to those of the which ran through the ridge. When the middle Yuba Canal was completed in the spring of 1854, it provided a more reliable source of water to the district and enabled hydraulic mining operations to commence working on a large scale. In 1859, a three hundred-mile long flume was completed to North San Juan from the lakes around present Bowman Lake. This incredible feat marked the beginning of a decade of great prosperity for the town and its several thousand inhabitants. As water was the vital element in hydraulic mining, the town soon became the headquarters for numerous water companies that supplied the mines, some of who's water crossed Main Street in elevated flumes.  North San Juan’s went from boomtown to quiet town with the end of hydraulic mining in 1884.

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North San Juan as it was in 1858