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William Bowers Bourn II (31 May 1857 – 5 July 1936) was an American entrepreneur and socialite. Bourn ran and controlled the Empire Mine and the San Francisco Gas Company, he was an investor in Spring Valley Water Company, and he led a merger to what later became Pacific Gas and Electric Company.
William Bowers Bourn II (31 May 1857 – 5 July 1936) was an American entrepreneur and socialite. Bourn ran and controlled the Empire Mine and the San Francisco Gas Company, he was an investor in Spring Valley Water Company, and he led a merger to what later became Pacific Gas and Electric Company.
Born in 1857, William Bowers Bourn II was raised as a wealthy son in post-Gold Rush San Francisco. In 1881, he married Agnes Moody , a family friend. William’s main source of income was the Empire Gold Mine.
Aug 7, 2017 · In January 1875, 17-year-old William Bowers Bourn II left his home on Nob Hill to begin college at Cambridge University in England.
- Joanne Garrison
In 1917, William Bowers Bourn II and his wife, Agnes, stepped across the threshold of the Georgian manor he had built 30 miles south of San Francisco. Bourn, heir to California’s Empire...
The North Star Mining Co. was incorporated in May 1884, by William Bowers Bourn II, and the mine was reopened. [6] : 37 [7] : 68 Bourn sold the North Star to James Duncan Hague in 1887. [6] : 37 Hague reorganized the company as the North Star Mines Co. in 1889, and acquired Gold Hill, New York Hill, and the Massachusetts Hill mines.
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