California Door Company

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Up in Eldorado County, California, very close to the historic town of Placerville r,vhere the first discovery of gold in the Golden West brought treasure seekers in hordes from all parts of the lvorld, there is one of the most modern and rnodel of san'mills.

It is located in a lovely hilly territory, and the mill torvn is called Diamond Springs. The mill is the property of The California Door Company. one of the great lumber and mill work concerns of the entire west.

It is no new venture, be it r'vell understood, this mill at Diamond Springs.For full three generations there have been mills at about that same spot, owned and operated by the same interests-ortheir predecessors-that are there today.

In fact, it r'vas arvay back in the year 1850, right in the midst of the great gold rush days, that G. O. Wilson, together with trvo brothers, B. and J. S. Doe, started their frrst rnill at this point, or near by.

In the year 1865 G. O. Wilson started another sawmill rvith sash and door plant attached. close by.

In 1876 they united the trvo concerns and mills, ancl created The California Door Company, which has operated continuously under that name since that time, and has grown to great proportions both in possessions and in llrestige in the lumber world.

The mill developed and gre'iv rvith their continually increasing business. When the original founders of the business passed on, their sons took their places. Two sons of G. O. Wilson are active in the business today, W. I. Wilson, of San Francisco, who is President; and G. E. \Arilson, of Diamond Springs, who is Vice President.

Of the original Doe family, a son, Mr. C. W. Doe, is Vice PreSident and Treasurer, and lives at San Francisco, and his son C. \M. Doe, Jr., lives at Diamond Springs and is Railroad Superintendent for the company.

Many years ago a new financial element came into the firm when the owners sold to "IJncle Charlie" Moore, of Galveston, Texas, a large block of stock in the corporation. NIr. N{oore died just a year ago at an advanced age, one of

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