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PERMIT NO. 30 JULIAN, CA
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An Independent Weekly Newspaper Serving the Backcountry Communities of Julian, Cuyamaca, Santa Ysabel, Shelter Valley, Mt. Laguna, Ranchita, Canebreak, Sunshine Summit, Warner Springs and Wynola.
Julian News
PO Box 639 Julian, CA 92036
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February 19, 2020
Volume 35 — Issue 29 ISSN 1937-8416
Native American Club Tours CSUSM
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by Elise Linton, President JHS Native American Club
Winter Sports Schedules
YEARS Let the Celebrations Begin
The Native American Club at Julian High School recently took a fieldtrip to Cal State San Marcos. We had a great time learning about the American Indian Studies Program and exploring the campus. We learned about all the great opportunities and support that the Native American Program provides for Native American students. We also enjoyed seeing all the perks on campus.
County Creates Online Portal to Track General Plan Progress
By Gig Conaughton, County of San Diego Communications Office
Historical Society To Open Washington Mine For Rededication - Saturday This Saturday the Julian Historical Society will rededicate the George Washington Mine, Julian’s first working gold mine. Public tours will be available from 1pm until 4pm with a presentation of a County Proclamation at 2 o’clock. The mine has been closed to the public for years, the open air exhibit of mining equipment and the general layout of the mine will be on display. Below are two stories of the mine from published works – from: "A Good Camp: Gold Mines of Julian and the Cuyamacas" by Leland Fetzer The George Washington Mine. On page 6, Book A, of The Julian Mining Records appears this entry registering the George Washington claim on February 26, 1870: Notice is hereby given that the undersigned claim forty four hundred feet on this Lead Known as the George Washington Ledge. We run and claim Eight Hundred feet Easterly and Thirty six hundred feet Westerly with all its dips spurs and angles and one hundred feet on each Side of Said Ledge for Mining purposes and forewarn all persons from trespassing Hereon. Following this typical entry in the Julian Mining Records is a list of eighteen personal names, the long list needed to claim such a large property. Obviously the owners were pressed to come up with enough names because one entry reads "Proff. Durant." At the time Henry Durant was President of the University of California at Berkeley. Such evasions apparently did not violate the District's bylaws. Mike Julian's name as District Recorder appears at the foot of the entry. Although the Washington Mine was the district's first ESTABLISHED
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producing mine it never came up to its owners' high expectations, remaining forever modest in size and production. On the claim miners dug a hundred-foot tunnel into the hillside and a hundredfoot shaft from the bottom of which they cut a three-hundredfoot drift that followed the path of the gold-ridden quartz vein prospectors had found on the surface, or a total of about five hundred feet of workings. Mary C. Morse, the school teacher wife of the merchant Ephraim W. Morse, visiting Julian in September 1870 not long after the mine's discovery left a brief and inaccurate description of the mine. "We afterwards visited the Washington, the first mine discovered. Here are three tunnels running into the hillside each about 150 feet in length, which we examined following a guide with a lighted candle." She added, " It seemed to me a gloomy place to work...." A number of owners worked the Washington intermittently fr6m 1870 to 1904 and then again in 1931. The total production of the mine Donnelly estimated at only between $25,000 and $50,000. In 1969 the Julian Historical Society collected some old mining equipment and placed it under shelter at the site of the Washington Mine, erecting nearby a plaque that commemorates the mine's historic contribution to the Julian Mining District. from: "Mines of Julian" by Helen Ellsberg The first quartz strike of importance in the Julian district was the Washington. Several conflicting stories are told of its discovery. One tells that Billy Gorman, 14-year-old son of the Gorman family from Texas who lived near Julian, was sent
to look for a runaway mule — picked up a rock to throw at the beast and found the rock shot full of gold. Another version of Billy's find is that he found the gold-bearing rock where a tree had been uprooted. Still a third story is that he was out gathering firewood, noticed the goldflecked rock, and picked it up. In any case, he took the rock home to his father who recognized it as gold-bearing quartz. But here the Gorman family's connection with the mine ends. The generally accepted story is that it was discovered by H. C. Bickers, "an experienced miner and mill man," who had worked in the gold fields of California and Idaho, and was looking for placer Bold in San Diego County. While following the tracks of a bear up a ravine near his camp not far from the site of the present town of Julian, he found gold-bearing quartz which he eagerly showed to his companions, a San Diego preacher, J. Bruen Wells, and George Gower, a surveyor. Mr. Wells refused even to look at the rocks because it was Sunday. Monday being Washington's birthday, they christened their mine the George Washington and their camp Mount Vernon. By the following day the word had spread and men began to come from every direction, looking for the extensions. Gower became excited and, as Bickers told it later: “...wrote a note commencing with my name, then Gower, then Wells, then my son, then his son, then Wells spoke of some brother in New York, Gower more sons, and Bickers more sons, until 21 names had been set down covering a space from New York to San Francisco and also covering the ledge for the space of 4,200 feet.” Since Bickers was the one who continued on page 8
Since the County of San Diego adopted its General Plan nine years ago, 5,802 residences have been built in the county’s unincorporated communities, leaving capacity for another potential 60,748 residences under the plan. And now you can track progress on the General Plan and local development online, thanks to a new County website — the Housing Capacity & Production Portal. The portal includes text summary reports; maps that show how many residences have been built in each unincorporated community; the capacity the General Plan would still allow to be built in each community; and a search tool. It will be updated every quarter. The County’s department of Planning & Development Services (PDS) created the new portal to give the public the ability to track the progress of the County’s General Plan on a regular basis. PDS has been working on this system as required through the General Plan Implementation Plan and to facilitate the production of data needed for the annual report to the State on the General Plan’s Housing Element. The current numbers in the portal are good as of Jan. 31, 2020, with information on 33 unincorporated communities in the county. The portal, which also links to the County’s General Plan webpage, includes a total of 12 “heatmaps” depicting number ranges in colors, illustrating information including: Number of residential dwelling units that are allowed by the County’s General Plan and could be built in the future if the land is suitable for construction, provided with infrastructure, and obtains necessary approvals from the County Changes to the General Plan since 2011 that either increase or decrease the number of residential dwelling units that could be built Number of existing and new residential dwelling units that were built since 2011 The number of residential dwelling units that have received discretionary approvals from the county since 2011 but haven’t been built Residential Development Projects that are approved with units that either exceed or are below the amount allowed by the General Plan Sites of residential dwelling units that are currently being graded and prepared for construction For more information about the County’s General Plan, go to PDS’s General Plan webpage<https://www.sandiegocounty.gov/content/ sdc/pds/generalplan.html>.
Various portions of the plan impact the Julian/back country area and are available for download (PDF documents). To stay better informed on what specific impacts and changes will make to the area it is suggested you attend meetings of the Julian Community Planning Group - held at Town Hall on the second Monday each month.
Celebrate Julian at 150 Rededication of the Washington Mine - Saturday 1 to 4
Boys Basketball
Tuesday, November 19 L 17-46 @ Calvary Christian Thurs., November 21 L 45-56 Home vs Bonsall Thurs., December 5 L 59-23 Home vs Guajome Park Monday, December 9 L 54-56 @ Bonsall Tues., December 10 L 24-60 Home vs Horizon Prep Wed, December 11 L 38-51 vs Hamilton Thurs., December 12 L 21-44 vs Mountain Empire Friday, December 13 L 40-51 vs San Pasqual Academy Sat., December 14 L 48-52 vs Warner Tues., December 17 L 8-56 @ Horizon Prep Thurs., December 19 L 7-64 @ Guajome Park Tuesday, January 14 L 30-58 @ Vincent Memorial Wed., January 15 L 36-57 Home vs Calvary Christian Thursday, January 17 L 24-48 @ Borrego Springs Tuesday, January 21 L 38-42 Home vs Mountain Empire Friday, January 24 L 23-63 Home vs West Shores Tuesday, January 28 L 28-39 @ Warner Friday, January 31 L 28-76 Home vs Vincent Memorial Tuesday, February 4 L 48-50 Home vs Borrego Springs Friday, February 7 L 36-77 @ Mountain Empire Tuesday, February 11 L 31-56 @ West Shores Friday, February 14 L 24-55 Home vs Warner
Girls Soccer
Tues., December 10 L 3-1 Home vs Calvin Christian Wed., December 11 L 8-0 @Foothills Christian Friday, November 13 L 4-1 Home vs Foothills Christian Thursday, December 19 W 6-1 Home vs Borrego Springs Friday, December 19 W 9-0 @ Borrego Springs Tuesday, January 14 W 10-0 @ Borrego Springs Thursday, January 16 3:30 Home vs Hamilton Tuesday, January 21 L 0-7 Home vs West Shores Thursday, January 23 L 0-9 Home vs Mountain Empire Tuesday, January 28 W 1-0 @ Vincent Memorial Thursday, January 30 W 6-0 Home vs Borrego Springs Tuesday, February 4 — @ Hamilton Thursday, February 6 L 0-6 @ West Shores Tuesday, February 11 L 0-9 @ Mountain Empire Thursday, February 13 ? Home vs Vincent Memorial
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