Consolidated Ditch Company.

The Rocky Mountain Ditch Company and the Fall River Ditch Company, two companies originally organized to divert the waters of the Fall River for Gilpin County miners, merged on July 21, 1859 to form the Consolidated Ditch Company. A charter with 30 years of exclusive rights was obtained from the Jefferson Territorial Government and a canal was completed on July 19, 1860. The ditch paid for itself in the first year. A New York syndicate later gained control. The collection contains minutes and Board of Directors, Stock Records and journal and ledger.