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TRANSACTIONS OF THE 



PLACERVILLE, EL DORADO COUNTY. ^ 



The rainfall record at Placerville, El Dorado County, was furnished 

 Sergeant Barwick by Samuel Hale, Superintendent of the El Dorado 

 Water and Deep Gravel Mining Company, and covers a period of six 

 years, from 1879 to 1884. Records were also kept from February, 

 1874, to February, 1877. The total for each year was, for eleven 

 months in 1874, 33.23 inches; 1875,44.84 inches; 1876,39.21 inches; 

 January and February, 1877, gave 11.05 inches: 



GEORGETOWN, EL DORADO COUNTY. 



The rainfall at Georgetown, El Dorado County, was furnished by 

 C, M. Fitzgerald, of the California Water and Mining Company, and 

 extends from November, 1872, to December, 1884. The table shows 

 the monthly and annual rainfall, also total amounts for each season 

 from 1872-73 to 1883-84, with the monthly averages, and also averages 

 for the year and season. This makes El Dorado County the best 

 represented in its rainfall of any county in the State, viz.: Shingle 

 Springs, Placerville, and Georgetown: 



