[2] It owes its existence to its location at the point where the fabled Blue Lead bed of gold-bearing gravel crosses the Middle Yuba River from Sierra County and then heads in a south westerly direction down the San Juan Ridge to French Corral, California.

[3] It was "believed to be the most extensive and richest deposit of auriferous gravel in the United States, if not in the world.

New buildings are constantly going up, among which is one newly completed by our old friend J. M. Hunter, Esq., which is intended for a billiard saloon and would do credit even to Nevada, with all her improvements.

[8] Its social life included balls, foot races[9] and visiting minstrel shows.

In 1882, one paper commented: "Moore's Flat would be a "dead town" were it not for the Snow Point mine.

Around Snow Point, "the old river bed is rich in gold and has been, so far, comparatively untouched.

[22] One observer predicted in 1885, "that Moore's Flat and Snow Point will before long become important quartz mining camps.

Presently there is no readily visible evidence of the town or its mines, except for some scarred land. '