Jones, John Milton Commodore
John Milton Commodore Jones (March 1829 - August 12, 1881) was a California prospector and publisher active in the mid-19th century. He was born in Indiana or Ohio. Jones discovered gold on the Klamath River in 1850, near the flats west of Yreka. The discovery led to a stampede of prospectors, but Jones himself served as Under Sheriff and later constable in the town of Yreka, California. Around 1855, he partnered with Lucius Fairchild (1831 - 1896) to become a merchant the gold rush town of Scott River. Fairchild went on to become Governor of Wisconsin. Jones died in Oakland while seeking treatment for an unknown terminal illness.
California gold-rush boomtowns.
Scotts Bar and French Bar, on Scotts River, Siskiyou County, California.
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A remarkable 1856 two-color chromolithograph bird's-eye view of California gold mining boomtowns Scotts Bar and French Bar, Siskiyou County, California. The view reveals these boomtowns on Scotts River - a 60-mile-long tributary of the Klamath River - at the height of the Northern California Gold Rush. Today, they are both ghost towns. (more details)