Tuolumne County Biographies

THOMAS J. EVANS

Submitted by: Nancy Pratt Melton

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Mr. Evans, whose birth occurred in Rhode Island, and whose early years were 
spent in Massachusetts, came to California in the spring of 1858.  Proceeding 
first to the northern mines, he finally came to Tuolumne in 1860, and settled at 
Yankee Hill, near Columbia, and remained there until 1863.  In that year he 
removed to Sonora, and has claimed that place as a residence ever since.  
Constantly engaged in mining since his arrival, he has made himself conspicuous 
as a discoverer and owner of quartz mines several of which, under his 
management, having become valuable properties.

�A History of Tuolumne County, CA� B.F. Alley, 1882.  Appendix Pg. 9-10.