 |
This article is in need of a Photo.To add an image to this page, click "Edit" and then click the "Files" button. |
Tributaries of Moonshine Creek include Hornswoggle Creek, Little Willow Creek, and Wagner Creek.
The History of Yuba County, California (Chapter XXXIII: Slate Range Township) by Thompson & West, 1879, described Moonshine Creek this way:
| Gold was struck in 1853 by Jerry Billings, Anderson, Ferguson, and one other. They found it very rich and when "cleaning up" the "long toms" would always station a man on the hill, to give them a signal if any one approached in that direction; they then would shovel into the rocker and cover up the gold. By this means they kept it secret for some time; but one evening, they became so interested in cleaning up that the picket was not posted, and while they were feasting their eyes on the gold in the pan a visitor came up. This put an end to the secret and a number of miners came to Moonshine and posted their notices on the claims. The place was soon worked out. |
