George McAulay - Placer Co. Pioneer
Lardner and Brock - page 509

Born in Compton Co., Quebec, Jan. 5, 1867, he spent his boyhood on his father’s farm, receiving his education in local schools. He came to Placer Co. in 1886, with his older brother, H. W. He found employment in mining at Forest Hill in the Mayflower Mine, beginning at the bottom and running cars by hand—the hardest, meanest and wettest kind of work–but he stuck to the job and gradually worked his way up. He remained with the company for a period of eleven years, and the last three years, he was superintendent of the mine, which generally employed about 200 men.

Afterwards he was Superintendent of the Horseshoe Bar Mine and then of the Russell Mine; and later he was part-owner and superintendent of the Acacia Mine. Now he is half owner and manager of the Baltimore Consolidated Mine as well as president of the Glenn Consolidated Mine–all in the Forest Hill District. 

In 1906, he was nominated in the County Republican convention as candidate for sheriff of Placer Co. and was elected taking oath of office in Jan. 1907, for a four year term and was re-elected at the primary by a two to one vote. He continued to serve as Sheriff until Jan. 1919, having refused another term. He supported his deputy, Elmer H. Gum, who was elected.
 
During his tenure in office Sheriff McAulay took more men to State Prison than had ever been taken in the entire history of the county. This was due in large measure to the great amount of construction work done by the railroads and the PG&E and to the building of the cut-off from Colfax to Rocklin. This work brought in all kinds of rough and tough characters and necessitated
more work on his part. By kindness and good treatment he succeeded in obtaining confessions from most of the offenders. . . He introduced many new methods into the sheriff’s office; for example, the keeping of records systematically and taking of finger prints. He was a member of the Sheriffs’ Association of California, and during his last two terms, served as a member of the executive committee. 

He has been a director in the Placer County Bank for fifteen years, and since 1919 has been serving as vice-president of the institution. The bank was founded in 1887, being one of the oldest in the County. 

As an agriculturist he is the owner of the best producing fruit orchards in Placer Co. Consisting of eighty acres, four miles south of Auburn on the old Sacramento road, which he planted nine years ago to peaches, pears, plums and cherries and which now has a twenty-five car production annually. He is a member of the Placer Co. Mountain Fruit Co. of Newcastle.

He married Miss Jennie Howatt, a native of Placer Co. In 1892. Natives of Edinburgh, Scotland, her family immigrated to Pennsylvania and then came overland bringing their six children in an ox team train across the plains to California.

Mr. McAulay holds memberships in many community organizations. During the trying times of WWI, he took an active part in the war work. He was chairman of the local chapter of the American Red Cross and a member of the County Council of Defense.