* Payment amount calculated after all applicable government grants and discounts. ** Not valid with any other offer, discount or third party orders. Full details available in clinic. www.helixhca.com For as little as $53 a month, you will benefit from the newest hearing aid technology and start enjoying life to the fullest! Hear Now, Pay Later™ CSA Members Save 10%** CALL TODAY 877-685-5327 RV Lifestyle Sutter Creek The town takes its name from the creek, and the creek takes its name from John A. Sutter. Sutter owned the sawmill in Coloma, where the first Mother Lode of gold was found in 1848. Unable to stop the tide of gold-seekers flowing over and destroying his lands, Sutter decided to follow the call of gold, trying in vain to recoup what the Gold Rush had taken from him. He arrived where Sutter Creek is currently located in 1848 and, upon finding a likely spot, began mining along the creek. A small settlement began to grow. The place eventually took the name of its most prominent citizen and was called Sutter’s Creek, Sutter, Sutterville and, finally, plain old Sutter Creek. But Sutter wasn’t a miner, and many of the other miners in the area didn’t much approve of his using servants to dig for gold. He left the area a short while later, returning with his men to Sutter’s Fort in Sacramento. Sutter would never mine again. Sutter Creek achieved prominence as the supply centre for the many mines that circled the town. It was hard rock mining more than placer mining that helped the town to boom. Mines owned by Alvinza Hayward (the Gold Country’s first millionaire), Hetty Green (at one time the country’s richest woman) and Leland Stanford (at one time California’s governor and the founder of Stanford University) included the UnionMine (later renamed the Lincoln Mine) and the Old Eureka Mine. Sutter Creek remained a full-fledged mining town, boasting some of the best-producing deep rock mines in the Mother Lode. Today, the town’s locals mine the visitors who come from around the world, drawn by both history and small-town hospitality. Story and photos by Rex Vogel CSANews | SUMMER 2016 | 25
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