August 26, 1880 (4 pages)

rood Ca The Daily Transcript. the ranks of the local. Democracy. “Now adinitting the -vator—and-pa= —_thatparty we can say nothing of our past has been a prominent Democrat. ‘=the South, including vast amounts of Solid South apd we bid adieu to the Was unexpectedly large. ti-weekly, About ‘the size‘ of the i & . anc ante ie NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA. ——___—_-—* “Thutsday, August -26th, 1880. pooner . ~ wiancock and the Democracy. : Seale. Beeause alittle item appeared: in this paper stating that General Hancock’s services cost thé Government something like $10,000 a year, the . . Free Lance deems it necessary to devote more than half acolumn of its space in defending the privatecharacter and war record of that gentleman. This defense was net called for by anything that the Transczipt’s referelice implied, but was simply the ‘outgrowth ofa desire to stir up some enthusiasm—an ‘élement that is thus far entirely wanting—in triotism of General Hancock, the northern people cannot fail to for-4 get that he isin bad company. In brief, he’is the, present incarnation of the Democratic party. And of ing two mills. the aid of Chili mills. own that will be half so fitting as the following from the lipg of Captain Louis A.:-Norten of Sonoma county;-whp for twenty-two years Upon applying for admission to ‘the Garfield and Arthur Ciub of Healdsburg, he said: “} cannot support the Democrat— ic party because of the Solid: South, that being a combination of States, having such a representation in the Electoral College as to make it dangerous to the Union. Dangerous, becanse they were lately in rebellion against the legally constituted Goyernment of the United States! Dangerous, because their treasonable war debt is unpaid! Dangerous, owing to the great spoilation of property in ] cotton. Dangerous, because of the loss of the negro, which was .their vine and fig-tree;-and dangerots because of the eternal. hatred =gyiotiered ‘in their breasts ayainst the North and Northern ‘men! And here I may also say that-I fear the irrepressible rabble that is © now pouring into our country with their Agrarian doctrines and Communistic principles. Add this power to -the . principles of-our fathers. <-->. --—— + The New Tri-Weektly Paper. There is no joke in the anwouncement that Grass Valley is likely to lave one more newspaper, Messrs. Robinson and Herzinger, the projectors, have canvassed among the business, men of that town, and the amount of encouragement met with “nough advértising patronage is already guaranteed to make quite a respectable showing in that department, It is proposed to make the journal a H:rald, and independent in’ politics. The terms of subscription will be $5 a year, or 15 centsa week. The editorial department will be~ pre= rided@ over by Geo. BE. Robinson,‘a gocd writer, gvho is well-knowa throughout the county as ex-Superintendent-‘of Schools, and at one t me editor of the Herald: of this city. If the preliminaries now being arranged.do not fall through unexpectedly, the first number ‘of -tlte paper will be issued: the latter part of next motith. We do not see why an enterprisiig and outspoken journal like this . will doubtless be sould not find a good field at Grass Valley. Nfs co SE tartaric Mistaken in their Man. . It having been published ‘thatthe Hon, William Williams of Indiana, had pronounced for Hancock, the gentleman responds as follows : i al 000. down, the tailings, 3 to 40 feet. high as $14. casionally showing free gold. cost of extraction is about one’ dollar per ton, and of milling sixty cents. eeven so low agrade as four-—dollar rock is made to pay heavy dividends. . The monthly yield fora long time previous to the last two years is stated to have averaged. $36,000. Since then the grade of ore has; radually decreased, until row the deposits have become so barren as to require the closest management in order to make the mine pay its way. There are. 230 men (all but the cooks being white, and mostly Cornish) : employed now, 34 having been dis-. charged a couple of weeks since. is hkely that another reduction in the foree will soon follow this month it was decided Thus it will be down oneof the mills one) the 15th instant. cousiler General Hancock’s nofmina-, tion by the rebel Democracy as sim-. SIERRA BUTTES MINE. One efthe Greatest Quartz Claims inthe World—A Practical Demenstration of the Profit of working Lew Grade @re on an Extensive ~The Sierra Buttes mine-it Sierra county, and in an air line 36 miles north by east of Nevada City, affords a practical demonstration of the profits to be derived from working gold bearing ores of a low grade. Work was first begun there in 1851 by some Mexicans who discovered croppings on the south slope of the mourtaim and reduced the ore with One of ' these pieces of machinery is still. on the ground, and isa monument to the difficulties under--which ~early~dayminers labored. In 1852 the propxsi . rien . participate-on September 9th, Ad‘oods o ville. of years aiter he sold itto Ferdinand . ie cin ii) é€dnnection with the IoReese, a packer living in the same ‘camp. Reese and one ot two of ,his brothers retained possession of it till 1870, running five levels and ereciAll of the ore ‘taken out by them wasof comparatively high grade, They eventually sold it to the present. company (of London, England,) fot.the reputed sum of $750,Within the next six or .seven years the purchasers realized in div— identis the original cost of the mine. They also erected two new mills, giving three, as one of the old Reese mills had in the meantime been torn The mills are situated one above the other on thé mountain . side,and contain 40, 30 and, 16 stamps respectively. ‘Their capacity is 172 tons per day. The motive power is water, the fall of the stream to the ower mill being 550 feet. Knight turbme wheels are used. Hendy concentratorsand blankets for saving the sulphurets do their work thoroughly owing to the peculiar character of the ore. arastras in opération still} further. down towards the valley, these/being leased to several companies who make reasonable profit by handkng The Company derives: the water supply from their own lakes, situated on the north side of the mountain six mileé "distant. Excepting in extréme seasons the water lasts the entire year. There are eight levels, the lowest being 600 feet above the river, the others starting higher up at intervals of from 100 to 200feet. These drifts .run into the mountain for va— rious distances, the shortest being 500 feet long and the longest about 4,000 feet. » The mine has two ledges running parallel and one extending at right angles. Their thickness varies from The ore has for sever— al years payed from $3 to $5 a ton, although in early times it went as It isfree milling, ocA ‘number Four Theze are 38 and The séen that it , and early to shut (the upper On the Tidepend neeledge, which ply a decoy to entrap Denioeratic jis owned by the Sierra Buites comisoldiers to the ticket aud thus eva: 2 pany and worked from their tunnels, ble the Southern Brigadiers, * witd, the aid of their: Northern alhes;—to get peaceable control of the Govern_ment they failed to. shoot, todeath in the war,and attempted to starve to death by legislation 1a-Congress wu: less the laws to protect the ballot box from fraud were repealed.” They say . , ‘they were mistaken in their mau; oe The Water Sipply. ‘James Rose, Foreman of the South. Yuba Company, was over from Bear Valley: yesterday. He says that the ‘water supply will last this season till November lst, with 6,500 inches ‘runnin; in the main ditch steadily. Tv. wanot necessary this season to draw oa the lakes till the 3 binstant, wher :as that is generally done early ‘in Ju y. The supply for all purposes. w ll centinue —till-a—later—date eng been idle. a d@anmimeth boarding house, diands a five 40-stamp mill that has Connected With it is The old+Independent ecainp. presents a louely appearance, asthe’ only sign vf life around ttis the watchman,The buildings grected by the ‘Buttes xompany are numerous enough to constfinte quite a village. ° There are two. boarding hous:s capable of acesmmodating several hundred men, one of which was -closed lasi week owing to the reduction in o th force of employes; a carpenter’ sho) with five double benches; six black © sinith shops; Superintendent's office: Western Union Telegraph office; Su periuteudent’s residence; a large stable, and eight neat dwelling houses This mammoth property is unde. ‘thie year thamever kuown before. ‘the geweral’ managementof Wm. Johns, who in addition has charge of the. Plumas Eureka mine which also belongs to the same company. Thomas. Preston is the acting Superintendent, and W. M. James” has charge of the underground operations, The two-latter gentlemen. make ‘their headquarters at the mine. The Military Encampment. — The Record—Union says that the officers of the First Artillery Regiment met at Sacramento Monday night. . They resolved that the regiment shall go into camp at Alameda gn shaded grounds immediately opposite the Newport Baths, September 4th; for eight days, The ‘proprietor of these baths is to be caterer. for the troops while there,Theregiment has “Teceived an invitation from Oakland Fire’ Department to mission Day, in a grand parade in cal Oakland. companies and the Berkeley cadets. The regimezit has contracted on very favorable terms with the steamer agency-of the C. P. R. R. Company, by which the members . -will be transported to Alameda by one of the new steamers. The Neva-. da and Camptonville companies will . arrive at Sacramento on the morning of the 4th, and the Placerville com-— pany at neon of that day, and the regiment will sail about 1 or2 Pp. mu. The tents will be sent down and pitched on the 3d, and the camp will be ready for occupation immediately on arrival. The .offieers and] men anticipate a splendid time,area school of instrnétion and a restful Summer trip to one of the most equable of climates and most, delightful of bathing places, — The Snow Point Claims. The Virginia City Enterprise of a recent date contains the follewing: Coldael S. T. Curtis recently paid a Visit t\ his Snow Pointgravel claim, ut Snow Koint, Nevada county, and returns higtly pleased with the outlook. Recelf rich strikes in adjoining claims cauSed him to make this visit of inspection. The claim of recent rich strike \was emade, lies diagonally across the\ north end of the claim of Colonel C tis, and the pitth of the bedroek raised up into the gravel fro: pay. Thus the Colonel’s grou he has 460 acres, extefding one ‘and one-half miles along the ridge lies between two paying claims. Another very favorable feature © is that New York Ravine, which. was Immensely rich, heads about the center of hisground, in a large flat. Near the head of New York Ravine & nugget worth $890 was taken out. Colonel Curtis will shortly commence operations for the proper opening of his mine. At present it is being well prospected for him by several surrounding companies, all of which are not only getting out good. pay, but are also getting coarse gold and big nuggets. : The North End Districe. Kirkham and Hitcheock at their Blue Tent claim are now putting in @four-inch Cornish pump, which will be run by a hurdy-wheel. Next week sinking for*the second level will begin. One man has been engaged in stoping for two weeks past, taking out $1,000 in that time. All the rest of the force have been employed in enlarging the incline and ruuning a drain tunnel 200 feet which taps the incline at the first level, C. E. Pearson, W. W. Kirkham and others own the: first location west of’ Kirkham & Hitchcock's, They are now talking ef letting a contract to have it. prospected by sinking a shaft. Strike at. the Banner, For‘three weeks past three shifts of men have been at work putting Blackwell, Wand\& Co.,in which the . “mat 2 ALL CIRCUS, wW (file AND CONGRESS OF LIVI A Man! w te WONDERS. Quincy Daily Herald. Pirst Appearance on the Pacific Coast First Appearance First Appearance of The things in shape at the Banner mine, matic working of the claim. Tisdale incline which is 100 feat deep, and run a drift ten feet. In the face . of the latter a five-foot ledgé of goodlooking ore was encountered yesterslay. As soon as the prospecting of the ground is completed, if everything is satisfactory, the mine will be worked on an extensive seale, “o-h A Connecricur lawyer at Bridge‘ort the other day. took exception to s judge ruling that some evidence vas inadmissible. He said, “I know chat is proper evidence, Hera I 4 have been practicing at the bar for. ‘ty years, and now I want to know ‘if. { am a fool?” “That,” quietly relied the court, “is a question of act and not of law,’ and so I won't east of this city, to resume the syste— f ae They . fii have cleaned out the old Stiles & . 80,000 1 pass upon it, but will let the jury decide, : { The Only Show that faithfully. Keep ‘‘A Better Show Never Existed.”—Lincolw Daid ae , ena Artist, FRANK A. GARDNER, Surnamed the “‘Human H First Appearance of the Adonis of the Areua, WILLIAM O : The Only Seven Horse Rider Living. First Ap} earance of The Greatest of All Lady Riders MD’LLE ADELAIDE, ©". ’ First Appearance of The Equestrian Queen, MISS FANNY of The Beautiful and Dashing Gymnasts THE CLAIR SISTERS, Only and Original Aerial Bicycle Riders— The MESSRS.-DE COMAS—3 in number, ne om oo _ “Every promise was faithfully kept, which is Journal, of the World’s Champion Circus icane,” ALE, MORGAN gg THE FOUR * DUNBAR FIRST APPEARANCE OF THE Qe oOAUGUST 28th. 8 OB ar First Appearance of tle Champio ‘irst Appearance. of ‘The Great Leaping ene ee wet JOHN MURTZ, BURT RICHARDSON and DAN. KENNEDY. — \ Y REPRODUCING. AND REFLECTING ARTH’S GRANDEST MARVELS. LIVD August 30. e i = * . re iit 3+ SURORRL The Stockton Business College. Card from oe Turner. r Yesterday s Arrivals at : Ti Le The Stockton Business College, Nevana Ciry, Aug. 25, ’S0. ee . N a OTEL, Telegraph Institute and Normal] Enpiror Transcrirm You’ wi'l. . _ ee ee NI School occupies the enviable position . please inform those parties who wish Facob Naf.iger, Proprietor, . iicasicall of being one of the most prorhinent—. to engage in the hardware business W. P Saxe Sain ¥ranci JE Brown city = ly successful educational institutions . that if they are in éarnestabout Ay 9 palace a Mts Fisher Griss Vall = on the Coast. Applicants posses-. wishing to embark in ‘such trade;. oer = C Casbery Saree = aie 3 _ a Sess ‘ Smith do ee ae sing an Ordinary English education . they can purchase of me my entire P Hawkins Marysvilll Gavia _ The are eligible to enter the college, and . business "er building at cost price, . G Gales oon trhctbond # AS orcs) Selby « > deer 3 . » ‘a nto Mrs } ty ys : : receive its benefits, owing to the ex-. and I will sign an agreemekit never . Mrs Hinckson Sacra C CCha isn Rich from ri : : : i R Pockman ‘city seo istence of a preparatory department ; to engage in the trade again in the igs Moone where they are fitted in the shortest . county. ~ Gro. E. TcRNER. ’ Yesterday's Arrivals it~ ° Tl possible time for the regular course. + . THE NATIONAL HOTEL, nai : By a system of club-boarding that: ‘Bob Ingersoll is Right. ‘NEVADA CITY, CAL, . aout F ° . : —_— ; ing qul is quite ular, good board is oba Chas. E. Pi ‘ Lae 4 popes, s x After one has visitea W. W. Cule’s has. E. Pearson, Proprictir, prevail tained at. from $8 to $10 a.month. tow end: Ieaiestractel dows. 4 Watoii o Good board is obtained outside at . : « -i,,.: . J Murphy San Franci Mire cent Arizoin Wor =. seems that Bob Ingersdll is right in. Mrs Crandall Bloomfi J Hoc ee Fring $20 per month. Ladies as well: as. ,. , . ae teas te. . S Nankertia Chen ern eee Uniting Hil new b : : his belief that the world is progress— . jy \°2kervis Chimn H F G Masrn Oakiang gentlemen are admitted to all de-}. }W R Dickinson Bloo NC Tully Ones, is prog : S ing, for you no longer see the same! J Perrin Ranch GC Gayiord &‘y «: partments. The terms of tuition are ; C Skillings ci Sd Pa © Welty splend : ren ; ings city C-A Pare cit ; Pp . remarkably low, making the.cost. of . ‘old stereotyped acts or view a lot of! 1 Mullincity ” J Spaulding & tp ; : ee dare tirae-worn and weather-beaten prop. @ Cramer San Juan W Rogers omen The an education much more reasonable ie eee ts table uaa MA Baugh Mt Verno W Kirkham Mt Vx; : ; = erties. ing 1 ‘ > Dicki ie Ore Share eee Se than at many inferior schools. The y ee W. BS ovis Sierr CA Moore Sierra: Cont = ee _. new asa May morning, and, from nlllips Macysvilie ually ¢ management have frequent ealls for} =.) o” ede a 4 clerks, book—keepers, telegraphopepe eet eo sonia a. ; ie . aioe ‘S succession of pleasant sur — ice” ing W rators, teachers, etc., and take/_. oa — , Notice'to Woodmen, ge, te —— eee Newark Morning Call. ——— : pleasure in recommending those who a era! PROPOSALS will be teceives Ler ‘ “o ee \) until Saturday, August 28. pe. : L 5 are competent. Graduates of good BORN. a iCociask £ a ty ite teed 38, Fe SCRIPT standing have never remained long re for ie aig ghee Wood, 4 feet lone chroni ; : A es ~ IRIE ——_}. &nd 4 cords of Pine Wood, 4 feet lone to 1. , -out_of empleyment-and ‘many —stud=. at Peck’s Ravine, near Nevada City, Augpm ered at the Washington Schax Tt Bi delivel ere one ust 24th, 1880, to Paut Richards and wife, a . Also, 5 cords Oak Wood, 4 feet lony. ana 1 at fi ents secure positions before finishing . daughter, _ : * cord of Pine, 4 feet iong, to be Pet id a at tifte their course. By addréssing PrinciSOLAS SO SEE a . cite st Grammar School House, Nevai, +. = g ae. EEC ET IRE ITS RE TOY ER ENE ET TI, City; n or before the Ist day of. Ni as \ iS re. pal F. R. Clarke, Stockton, the . 1880. The soard reserves the right to reject ; ites readér can obtain‘full particulars reHoes ; as J a ihe 8 A pam ee Pies = Ses. : erk o e Boarc tducation. 2]7 + } garding this important subject. i OF SPOT YIEOr. Rah am es oo * es “ ; : tated a EDWARD MULLER Tue feelings of a small boy can be . PQELIEVING that the office of Supervisor TEACHER OF MUSIC; doubts eit ; should not be of a partizan nature, I “=-ALSO * better imagined than described after eles ost myself as a candidate for . F, he and ¢ pea : ‘Con: sa. So acy the office of Supervisor of Nevada Township, rench and German Languages “the said small boy has spent half an‘ gna respectfully solicit for the position. the Taught. . Keena hour crawling under a gospel tent ites dea of all my ha ye of party. —_— : Count} : a ae eyes “ee . §. OMPSON. ESIDENCE— Junction Broad and Com, : to find that 16-18 not a circus. U—Nevadi City, August 24th. ; U mercial Streets, Nevada aac been — = SS ST RTT I RS ES ————-retire . a 2 The , ‘l . end ¢ That Ever Crossed the Great “Diwide.” Mon , “Cheer after cheer rent the air at each Surprising Feature:”’—Nashville American, 3 ived : o ; : ii men The Grandest vircim « fate w sas reader: —AND-be pub Jud: : Best Circus Times i ® ic of the att — EVER. IN-— by Gra whose in his. California The. paner ¢ tO Susc dollars —o— NEVADA CITY, MONDAY.-ray Ca Kirst Appearance of The Great Ho izontal Bar Team— AND RENO. First Appearance of The Most Comical 8 The Laugh-Provoking ‘‘PIC c “ ROUPE OF TRAINED STALLIONS! Whose Wonderful Feats Astound Every Beholder. First Appearance of The[Only SPANISH PERFORMING BUL AND AUXILLIARIES, whose names are Famous throughout the World. saying that it fs the best show on Earth. Admission One Dollar. Children 5O Cents. Will also exhibit at GRASS VALLEY, SATURDAY, St. All Clowns— ” ‘orps, HARRY LONG % . © BELA L, together with a REGIMENT OF ARTISTS. 2? Lonie Globe Democrat. Only one ticket required toall advertised shows. half for for thr payabl The Valley was an Engine went stilbha ed by 1 Compa ‘The Placer build a gid Cri the bri and th The co tween Tues attem) fightin, Was se by one nine he Sacram possib! have t Ed, W. &. low Nation last ni R. P pissed route t The is on t) Arthu: Mts. ceased down f visitin, Exis. fittix 4th, S the hez ans wh sr) dtirabl Brand

rood Ca The Daily Transcript. the ranks of the local. Democracy. “Now adinitting the -vator—and-pa= —_thatparty we can say nothing of our past has been a prominent Democrat. ‘=the South, including vast amounts of Solid South apd we bid adieu to the Was unexpectedly large. ti-weekly, About ‘the size‘ of the i & . anc ante ie NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA. ——___—_-—* “Thutsday, August -26th, 1880. pooner . ~ wiancock and the Democracy. : Seale. Beeause alittle item appeared: in this paper stating that General Hancock’s services cost thé Government something like $10,000 a year, the . . Free Lance deems it necessary to devote more than half acolumn of its space in defending the privatecharacter and war record of that gentleman. This defense was net called for by anything that the Transczipt’s referelice implied, but was simply the ‘outgrowth ofa desire to stir up some enthusiasm—an ‘élement that is thus far entirely wanting—in triotism of General Hancock, the northern people cannot fail to for-4 get that he isin bad company. In brief, he’is the, present incarnation of the Democratic party. And of ing two mills. the aid of Chili mills. own that will be half so fitting as the following from the lipg of Captain Louis A.:-Norten of Sonoma county;-whp for twenty-two years Upon applying for admission to ‘the Garfield and Arthur Ciub of Healdsburg, he said: “} cannot support the Democrat— ic party because of the Solid: South, that being a combination of States, having such a representation in the Electoral College as to make it dangerous to the Union. Dangerous, becanse they were lately in rebellion against the legally constituted Goyernment of the United States! Dangerous, because their treasonable war debt is unpaid! Dangerous, owing to the great spoilation of property in ] cotton. Dangerous, because of the loss of the negro, which was .their vine and fig-tree;-and dangerots because of the eternal. hatred =gyiotiered ‘in their breasts ayainst the North and Northern ‘men! And here I may also say that-I fear the irrepressible rabble that is © now pouring into our country with their Agrarian doctrines and Communistic principles. Add this power to -the . principles of-our fathers. <-->. --—— + The New Tri-Weektly Paper. There is no joke in the anwouncement that Grass Valley is likely to lave one more newspaper, Messrs. Robinson and Herzinger, the projectors, have canvassed among the business, men of that town, and the amount of encouragement met with “nough advértising patronage is already guaranteed to make quite a respectable showing in that department, It is proposed to make the journal a H:rald, and independent in’ politics. The terms of subscription will be $5 a year, or 15 centsa week. The editorial department will be~ pre= rided@ over by Geo. BE. Robinson,‘a gocd writer, gvho is well-knowa throughout the county as ex-Superintendent-‘of Schools, and at one t me editor of the Herald: of this city. If the preliminaries now being arranged.do not fall through unexpectedly, the first number ‘of -tlte paper will be issued: the latter part of next motith. We do not see why an enterprisiig and outspoken journal like this . will doubtless be sould not find a good field at Grass Valley. Nfs co SE tartaric Mistaken in their Man. . It having been published ‘thatthe Hon, William Williams of Indiana, had pronounced for Hancock, the gentleman responds as follows : i al 000. down, the tailings, 3 to 40 feet. high as $14. casionally showing free gold. cost of extraction is about one’ dollar per ton, and of milling sixty cents. eeven so low agrade as four-—dollar rock is made to pay heavy dividends. . The monthly yield fora long time previous to the last two years is stated to have averaged. $36,000. Since then the grade of ore has; radually decreased, until row the deposits have become so barren as to require the closest management in order to make the mine pay its way. There are. 230 men (all but the cooks being white, and mostly Cornish) : employed now, 34 having been dis-. charged a couple of weeks since. is hkely that another reduction in the foree will soon follow this month it was decided Thus it will be down oneof the mills one) the 15th instant. cousiler General Hancock’s nofmina-, tion by the rebel Democracy as sim-. SIERRA BUTTES MINE. One efthe Greatest Quartz Claims inthe World—A Practical Demenstration of the Profit of working Lew Grade @re on an Extensive ~The Sierra Buttes mine-it Sierra county, and in an air line 36 miles north by east of Nevada City, affords a practical demonstration of the profits to be derived from working gold bearing ores of a low grade. Work was first begun there in 1851 by some Mexicans who discovered croppings on the south slope of the mourtaim and reduced the ore with One of ' these pieces of machinery is still. on the ground, and isa monument to the difficulties under--which ~early~dayminers labored. In 1852 the propxsi . rien . participate-on September 9th, Ad‘oods o ville. of years aiter he sold itto Ferdinand . ie cin ii) é€dnnection with the IoReese, a packer living in the same ‘camp. Reese and one ot two of ,his brothers retained possession of it till 1870, running five levels and ereciAll of the ore ‘taken out by them wasof comparatively high grade, They eventually sold it to the present. company (of London, England,) fot.the reputed sum of $750,Within the next six or .seven years the purchasers realized in div— identis the original cost of the mine. They also erected two new mills, giving three, as one of the old Reese mills had in the meantime been torn The mills are situated one above the other on thé mountain . side,and contain 40, 30 and, 16 stamps respectively. ‘Their capacity is 172 tons per day. The motive power is water, the fall of the stream to the ower mill being 550 feet. Knight turbme wheels are used. Hendy concentratorsand blankets for saving the sulphurets do their work thoroughly owing to the peculiar character of the ore. arastras in opération still} further. down towards the valley, these/being leased to several companies who make reasonable profit by handkng The Company derives: the water supply from their own lakes, situated on the north side of the mountain six mileé "distant.. Excepting in extréme seasons the water lasts the entire year. There are eight levels, the lowest being 600 feet above the river, the others starting higher up at intervals of from 100 to 200feet. These drifts .run into the mountain for va— rious distances, the shortest being 500 feet long and the longest about 4,000 feet. » The mine has two ledges running parallel and one extending at right angles. Their thickness varies from The ore has for sever— al years payed from $3 to $5 a ton, although in early times it went as It isfree milling, ocA ‘number Four Theze are 38 and The séen that it , and early to shut (the upper On the Tidepend neeledge, which ply a decoy to entrap Denioeratic jis owned by the Sierra Buites comisoldiers to the ticket aud thus eva: 2 pany and worked from their tunnels, ble the Southern Brigadiers, * witd, the aid of their: Northern alhes;—to get peaceable control of the Govern_ment they failed to. shoot, todeath in the war,and attempted to starve to death by legislation 1a-Congress wu: less the laws to protect the ballot box from fraud were repealed.” They say . , ‘they were mistaken in their mau; oe The Water Sipply. ‘James Rose, Foreman of the South. Yuba Company, was over from Bear Valley: yesterday. He says that the ‘water supply will last this season till November lst, with 6,500 inches ‘runnin; in the main ditch steadily. Tv. wanot necessary this season to draw oa the lakes till the 3 binstant, wher :as that is generally done early ‘in Ju y.. The supply for all purposes. w ll centinue —till-a—later—date eng been idle. a d@anmimeth boarding house, diands a five 40-stamp mill that has Connected With it is The old+Independent ecainp. presents a louely appearance, asthe’ only sign vf life around ttis the watchman,The buildings grected by the ‘Buttes xompany are numerous enough to constfinte quite a village. ° There are two. boarding hous:s capable of acesmmodating several hundred men, one of which was -closed lasi week owing to the reduction in o th force of employes; a carpenter’ sho) with five double benches; six black © sinith shops; Superintendent's office: Western Union Telegraph office; Su periuteudent’s residence; a large stable, and eight neat dwelling houses This mammoth property is unde. ‘thie year thamever kuown before. ‘the geweral’ managementof Wm. Johns, who in addition has charge of the. Plumas Eureka mine which also belongs to the same company. Thomas. Preston is the acting Superintendent, and W. M. James” has charge of the underground operations, The two-latter gentlemen. make ‘their headquarters at the mine. The Military Encampment. — The Record—Union says that the officers of the First Artillery Regiment met at Sacramento Monday night. . They resolved that the regiment shall go into camp at Alameda gn shaded grounds immediately opposite the Newport Baths, September 4th; for eight days, The ‘proprietor of these baths is to be caterer. for the troops while there,Theregiment has “Teceived an invitation from Oakland Fire’ Department to mission Day, in a grand parade in cal Oakland. companies and the Berkeley cadets. The regimezit has contracted on very favorable terms with the steamer agency-of the C. P. R. R. Company, by which the members . -will be transported to Alameda by one of the new steamers. The Neva-. da and Camptonville companies will . arrive at Sacramento on the morning of the 4th, and the Placerville com-— pany at neon of that day, and the regiment will sail about 1 or2 Pp. mu. The tents will be sent down and pitched on the 3d, and the camp will be ready for occupation immediately on arrival. The .offieers and] men anticipate a splendid time,area school of instrnétion and a restful Summer trip to one of the most equable of climates and most, delightful of bathing places, — The Snow Point Claims. The Virginia City Enterprise of a recent date contains the follewing: Coldael S. T. Curtis recently paid a Visit t\ his Snow Pointgravel claim, ut Snow Koint, Nevada county, and returns higtly pleased with the outlook. Recelf rich strikes in adjoining claims cauSed him to make this visit of inspection. The claim of recent rich strike \was emade, lies

diagonally across the\ north end of the claim of Colonel C tis, and the pitth of the bedroek raised up into the gravel fro: pay. Thus the Colonel’s grou he has 460 acres, extefding one ‘and one-half miles along the ridge lies between two paying claims. Another very favorable feature © is that New York Ravine, which. was Immensely rich, heads about the center of hisground, in a large flat. Near the head of New York Ravine & nugget worth $890 was taken out. Colonel Curtis will shortly commence operations for the proper opening of his mine. At present it is being well prospected for him by several surrounding companies, all of which are not only getting out good. pay, but are also getting coarse gold and big nuggets. : The North End Districe. Kirkham and Hitcheock at their Blue Tent claim are now putting in @four-inch Cornish pump, which will be run by a hurdy-wheel. Next week sinking for*the second level will begin. One man has been engaged in stoping for two weeks past, taking out $1,000 in that time. All the rest of the force have been employed in enlarging the incline and ruuning a drain tunnel 200 feet which taps the incline at the first level, C. E. Pearson, W. W. Kirkham and others own the: first location west of’ Kirkham & Hitchcock's, They are now talking ef letting a contract to have it. prospected by sinking a shaft. Strike at. the Banner, For‘three weeks past three shifts of men have been at work putting Blackwell, Wand\& Co.,in which the . “mat 2 ALL CIRCUS, wW (file AND CONGRESS OF LIVI A Man! w te WONDERS. Quincy Daily Herald. Pirst Appearance on the Pacific Coast First Appearance First Appearance of The things in shape at the Banner mine, matic working of the claim. Tisdale incline which is 100 feat deep, and run a drift ten feet. In the face . of the latter a five-foot ledgé of goodlooking ore was encountered yesterslay. As soon as the prospecting of the ground is completed, if everything is satisfactory, the mine will be worked on an extensive seale, “o-h A Connecricur lawyer at Bridge‘ort the other day. took exception to s judge ruling that some evidence vas inadmissible. He said, “I know chat is proper evidence, Hera I 4 have been practicing at the bar for. ‘ty years, and now I want to know ‘if. { am a fool?” “That,” quietly relied the court, “is a question of act and not of law,’ and so I won't east of this city, to resume the syste— f ae They . fii have cleaned out the old Stiles & . 80,000 1 pass upon it, but will let the jury decide, : { The Only Show that faithfully. Keep ‘‘A Better Show Never Existed.”—Lincolw Daid ae , ena Artist, FRANK A. GARDNER, Surnamed the “‘Human H First Appearance of the Adonis of the Areua, WILLIAM O : The Only Seven Horse Rider Living. First Ap} earance of The Greatest of All Lady Riders MD’LLE ADELAIDE, ©". ’ First Appearance of The Equestrian Queen, MISS FANNY of The Beautiful and Dashing Gymnasts THE CLAIR SISTERS, Only and Original Aerial Bicycle Riders— The MESSRS.-DE COMAS—3 in number, ne om oo _ “Every promise was faithfully kept, which is Journal, of the World’s Champion Circus icane,” ALE, MORGAN gg THE FOUR * DUNBAR FIRST APPEARANCE OF THE Qe oOAUGUST 28th. 8 OB ar First Appearance of tle Champio ‘irst Appearance. of ‘The Great Leaping ene ee wet JOHN MURTZ, BURT RICHARDSON and DAN. KENNEDY. — \ Y REPRODUCING. AND REFLECTING ARTH’S GRANDEST MARVELS. LIVD August 30. e i = * . re iit 3+ SURORRL The Stockton Business College. Card from oe Turner. r Yesterday s Arrivals at : Ti Le The Stockton Business College, Nevana Ciry, Aug. 25, ’S0. ee . N a OTEL, Telegraph Institute and Normal] Enpiror Transcrirm You’ wi'l. . _ ee ee NI School occupies the enviable position . please inform those parties who wish Facob Naf.iger, Proprietor, . iicasicall of being one of the most prorhinent—. to engage in the hardware business W. P Saxe Sain ¥ranci JE Brown city = ly successful educational institutions . that if they are in éarnestabout Ay 9 palace a Mts Fisher Griss Vall = on the Coast. Applicants posses-. wishing to embark in ‘such trade;. oer = C Casbery Saree = aie 3 _ a Sess ‘ Smith do ee ae sing an Ordinary English education . they can purchase of me my entire P Hawkins Marysvilll Gavia _ The are eligible to enter the college, and . business "er building at cost price, . G Gales oon trhctbond # AS orcs) Selby « > deer 3 . » ‘a nto Mrs } ty ys : : receive its benefits, owing to the ex-. and I will sign an agreemekit never . Mrs Hinckson Sacra C CCha isn Rich from ri : : : i R Pockman ‘city seo istence of a preparatory department ; to engage in the trade again in the igs Moone where they are fitted in the shortest . county. ~ Gro. E. TcRNER. ’ Yesterday's Arrivals it~ ° Tl possible time for the regular course. + . THE NATIONAL HOTEL, nai : By a system of club-boarding that: ‘Bob Ingersoll is Right. ‘NEVADA CITY, CAL, . aout F ° . : —_— ; ing qul is quite ular, good board is oba Chas. E. Pi ‘ Lae 4 popes, s x After one has visitea W. W. Cule’s has. E. Pearson, Proprictir, prevail tained at. from $8 to $10 a.month. tow end: Ieaiestractel dows. 4 Watoii o Good board is obtained outside at . : « -i,,.: . J Murphy San Franci Mire cent Arizoin Wor =. seems that Bob Ingersdll is right in. Mrs Crandall Bloomfi J Hoc ee Fring $20 per month. Ladies as well: as. ,. , .. ae teas te. . S Nankertia Chen ern eee Uniting Hil new b : : his belief that the world is progress— . jy \°2kervis Chimn H F G Masrn Oakiang gentlemen are admitted to all de-}. }W R Dickinson Bloo NC Tully Ones, is prog : S ing, for you no longer see the same! J Perrin Ranch GC Gayiord &‘y «: partments. The terms of tuition are ; C Skillings ci Sd Pa © Welty splend : ren ; ings city C-A Pare cit ; Pp . remarkably low, making the.cost. of . ‘old stereotyped acts or view a lot of! 1 Mullincity ” J Spaulding & tp ; : ee dare tirae-worn and weather-beaten prop. @ Cramer San Juan W Rogers omen The an education much more reasonable ie eee ts table uaa MA Baugh Mt Verno W Kirkham Mt Vx; : ; = erties. ing 1 ‘ > Dicki ie Ore Share eee Se than at many inferior schools. The y ee W. BS ovis Sierr CA Moore Sierra: Cont = ee _. new asa May morning, and, from nlllips Macysvilie ually ¢ management have frequent ealls for} =.) o” ede a 4 clerks, book—keepers, telegraphopepe eet eo sonia a. ; ie . aioe ‘S succession of pleasant sur — ice” ing W rators, teachers, etc., and take/_. oa — , Notice'to Woodmen, ge, te —— eee Newark Morning Call. ——— : pleasure in recommending those who a era! PROPOSALS will be teceives Ler ‘ “o ee \) until Saturday, August 28. pe. : L 5 are competent. Graduates of good BORN. a iCociask £ a ty ite teed 38, Fe SCRIPT standing have never remained long re for ie aig ghee Wood, 4 feet lone chroni ; : A es ~ IRIE ——_}. &nd 4 cords of Pine Wood, 4 feet lone to 1. , -out_of empleyment-and ‘many —stud=. at Peck’s Ravine, near Nevada City, Augpm ered at the Washington Schax Tt Bi delivel ere one ust 24th, 1880, to Paut Richards and wife, a . Also, 5 cords Oak Wood, 4 feet lony. ana 1 at fi ents secure positions before finishing . daughter, _ : * cord of Pine, 4 feet iong, to be Pet id a at tifte their course. By addréssing PrinciSOLAS SO SEE a . cite st Grammar School House, Nevai, +. = g ae. EEC ET IRE ITS RE TOY ER ENE ET TI, City; n or before the Ist day of. Ni as \ iS re. pal F. R. Clarke, Stockton, the . 1880. The soard reserves the right to reject ; ites readér can obtain‘full particulars reHoes ; as J a ihe 8 A pam ee Pies = Ses. : erk o e Boarc tducation. 2]7 + } garding this important subject. i OF SPOT YIEOr. Rah am es oo * es “ ; : tated a EDWARD MULLER Tue feelings of a small boy can be . PQELIEVING that the office of Supervisor TEACHER OF MUSIC; doubts eit ; should not be of a partizan nature, I “=-ALSO * better imagined than described after eles ost myself as a candidate for . F, he and ¢ pea : ‘Con: sa. So acy the office of Supervisor of Nevada Township, rench and German Languages “the said small boy has spent half an‘ gna respectfully solicit for the position. the Taught. . Keena hour crawling under a gospel tent ites dea of all my ha ye of party. —_— : Count} : a ae eyes “ee . §. OMPSON. ESIDENCE— Junction Broad and Com, : to find that 16-18 not a circus. U—Nevadi City, August 24th. ; U mercial Streets, Nevada aac been — = SS ST RTT I RS ES ————-retire . a 2 The , ‘l . end ¢ That Ever Crossed the Great “Diwide.” Mon , “Cheer after cheer rent the air at each Surprising Feature:”’—Nashville American, 3 ived : o ; : ii men The Grandest vircim « fate w sas reader: —AND-be pub Jud: : Best Circus Times i ® ic of the att — EVER. IN-— by Gra whose in his. California The. paner ¢ tO Susc dollars —o— NEVADA CITY, MONDAY.-ray Ca Kirst Appearance of The Great Ho izontal Bar Team— AND RENO. First Appearance of The Most Comical 8 The Laugh-Provoking ‘‘PIC c “ ROUPE OF TRAINED STALLIONS! Whose Wonderful Feats Astound Every Beholder. First Appearance of The[Only SPANISH PERFORMING BUL AND AUXILLIARIES, whose names are Famous throughout the World. saying that it fs the best show on Earth. Admission One Dollar. Children 5O Cents. Will also exhibit at GRASS VALLEY, SATURDAY, St. All Clowns— ” ‘orps, HARRY LONG % . © BELA L, together with a REGIMENT OF ARTISTS. 2? Lonie Globe Democrat. Only one ticket required toall advertised shows. half for for thr payabl The Valley was an Engine went stilbha ed by 1 Compa ‘The Placer build a gid Cri the bri and th The co tween Tues attem) fightin, Was se by one nine he Sacram possib! have t Ed, W. &. low Nation last ni R. P pissed route t The is on t) Arthu: Mts. ceased down f visitin, Exis. fittix 4th, S the hez ans wh sr) dtirabl Brand