Moores Flat | |
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Former settlement | |
  Moores Flat Location in California | |
| Coordinates: 39°25′09″N 120°51′03″W / 39.41917°N 120.85083°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  California |
| County | Nevada County |
| Elevation | 4,144 ft (1,263 m) |
Moore's Flat was a historic mining town located on the San Juan Ridge about 19 miles northeast of Nevada City, California and about 5 miles northeast of North Bloomfield, California. The town was about 1 mile south of the Middle Yuba at an elevation of about 4200 ft. On either side of it, lay the mining towns of Orleans Flat and Woolsey's Flat, each about I mile apart. All three were settled around 1851 and their histories frequently intertwine. Collectively, they are sometimes referred to as "The Flats."[2] All three were part of Eureka Township.
An early pioneer describes the physical relation of The Flats as follows: "Moore's Flat, Orleans Flat and Woolsey's Flat are all similarly situated on different points of the mountain, on the north side of the ridge between the South and Middle Yuba River, and all at about the same altitude. A very deep canyon lies between each of them, but a good mountain road was built around the head of each canyon, connecting the towns."[3]
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Moores Flat, California
- ^ Bean, Edwin F., (1867) History and Directory of Nevada County, (hereafter Bean ), p. 402. Thompson, Thomas H. and West, Albert A. (1970 ed.) History of Nevada County -1880, (hereafter Thompson and West) p. 54.
- ^ Manly, William L., (1894) Death Valley in '49, quoted in Reidt, Theo, History of Moore's, Orleans and Woolsey's Flats, Part Two, (hereafter Reidt 2) Nevada County Historical Society Bulletin, Vol. 35, No.3 (July 1981) p. 2.