 In the winter season, they turned back to San Jose, working carpentry jobs and returning the next year again to mining with only moderate success.At last, in 1853, they settled in Second Garrote, a small rural settlement in Groveland, Tuolumne County, where Chaffee focused on mining and Chamberlain farmed and maintained an apple orchard.The pair lived at this spot for the next 50 years, later building their own house and furniture and opening a way station for travelers.