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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.
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.
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 Mine...
7 de ago. de 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.
19 de feb. de 2018 · William Bowers Bourn II (Wikimedia Commons.) Drawn by the Gold Rush, miners from Cornwall, England, had long been famous for getting the most out of troubled mines. On arriving home, Bourn hired a number of them to introduce their hands-on skills and innovative technology.
Filoli was built between 1915 and 1917 for William Bowers Bourn II, owner of one of California's richest gold mines and president of Spring Valley Water Company, which supplied San Francisco's water, and his wife, Agnes Moody Bourn.
Under the guidance of William Bowers Bourn II (1857-1936) the family fortune grew enormously. WBBII and his mother revitalized the struggling Empire Mine and developed the family's vineyards in St. Helena (which were purchased by Christian Brothers in 1950).
