December 28, 1881 (4 pages)

. plainly a personal hostility to the . Union, from which we had looked. ~ for better things. _ the majority of the farmers regard ‘ but the liwyers whose profits avill that litigation pas an excuse for conBhe Daily Transcript, “MEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA. Sy nse Oe ‘The Hydraulic Mines of ‘the Excelster Water and Miaing Company. a ays Deo. ck 1881. } We Gad in the Miuing Record an, Wednesday : a tele ll interesting description of the Excel: 26 sior Water and Minmyg Company’s, pe = ae property at Smartsville. The realty One or two papers in the State heretofore expressing the hope that interests of . the mining and farming the mountains and valleys can be reconciled witheat injary to either, have set ap a bitter howl against Congressman Page's bill to have the (yoyernmeat aid in adjasting the troubles. The animus of their attacks upon tlie measure. is. very father of it, This is especially plain in the case of the Record“We believe that, the intro; luction of the bill as a step in the right Iditection, and it is certain the people of the mining counties receive it with good grace. hart-Frank Page by this course. He is too firmly established in the ‘confidence of bis ‘constituents for that. But their wailings may en. danger the bill and thus prevent . the solution of the debris problem, which will never be finally disposed of this side of Washington. The foolish fault-fiuding will aid no ene he determined by the length of time t nuing:: — or Oo The Alaskan Placer Mines. A special dispatch to the Call says that the placer mines at Takon are auassured.success, The district.cannot be worked out for years, At least $150,00) has been taken out this season, and the best claims were not discovered until August. One claim paid nearly $300, the result of one hundred and five hours’ work. ‘The miners are all in good spirits, and for the most part will winter at . » Harrisburg. They have been making money fast, and are entirely satisfied with the prospect. A great rush is looked for in the Spring. On Douglass Island, opposite the. town of Harrisbugg, a new mining district has been foun led, and a town called Cooperstown. There is located the consists of a sutface area‘of 525 acres of gold-bearing gravel, toyether with a farm of 2,300 acres, 300 of which are irrigated sand all well equipped aud stocked. The im’p ovements anid: sapplianees embrace ‘six tunnels, theconstruction of which before'the acquisition of the proper‘ty, had cost $441,009 ; 23,090 feet -of-the rock-paved fiumes and undercurrents that had cost $50,000; 115 miles of ditehes which, with. their strong,ewell placed head dams, _ had cost original y $1, 099; 000 ; two d<listributing roservoirs having the capacity ‘to store 13,000:inches of water over night ; ; a complete bydrauli¢ equipment with all the buildings necessary for the mort advantageous oppluitation of so extensive ® proper. These newspapers can 1106 hope to }-ty, ‘Before sacha in .1879. by the present company, this* property was examined: by Raphael Pumpelly, a mining engineer of national repata~ tion, who reported that in dil :reéspects the appliances upon or. connected with it were of the most efficent character for working the whole area of gravel beds which appertain to it, under the most © favorable conditions and with certain highly profitable results, gravel beds the previous: but partial workings of.which, to the extent of 17,815,690 cubic yards, had averaged thirty-four cents per cubic yerd, and the. aggregate yield of which had been #$6,059,000 ; workings: which —as Professor Pumpelly says-sare properly to be regarded as merely ‘‘samplings” on an’,f‘enormous. scale” of the extensive, ridge made up of this auriferous gravel. Giving these workings dn detail, this able, conservative éygineer based upoa, them a professional estimate to’ the effect that the.gravel area remaining unworked, #176,500,0000 cubic yards, with the hydraulic requirements’ al-’ ready .previded, including an annual supply of?2,000,000.iuches of water, cannot be ‘exhausted under about twenty-one years, and may be. exKeady Bullion mine, which is being ‘worked by San Francisco capitalists and it is thought it will a: very valuable, 44 a Knights of Pythias ea The semi-annual election of officers of Milo Lodge, No. 48, K. ‘of P.,-will take place on Saturday evening next. A delegation of members of this organivation contemplate visiting Spartau Lodge at North loomtield on theoccasion of the lat‘ter’s installation of officers, whieh takes place on the firet Saturday evening in January. Cho Rainfall, To eight o'clock yesterday morn: ing the rainfall for this season’ amounted to 16.68 inches, or 7.71 inches less than had fallen last year to a corresponding date. The amount that had fallen since Saturday is 2.05 iniches, which wes but slightly increased to ‘ast night as the precipitation was light during the day, ee I, 0.0. F. Election. _The following were elected Monday evening as offivers ef Mistletoe pected to yield in that periodat least $24,500,000 in gold,’ the ground worked having, it seems, increased in’ richness in the direction of that left unworked. Reviewing the past explditation of the property, and all. the evident sources of future revenue, Profesor Pumpelly reached the conlusion that, considering the enterprise simply as a mining business, the annual receipts might be relied on to reach $886,000, with an expenditure of $198,000, leaving a net return of $638,800. with the: ‘‘plant,”, tunnel facilities and water-supply which he had found, A year later,the same property-was. his report substantially ‘accords with . ‘\ that of Pumpelly, i The area of the auriferous gravel of 525.acres, according to Mr, Janin extends for two miles alongthe channel'of the famous Blue lead. He also found in excellent condition and constant use some sixty odd miles of ditches delivering in aggregate 5,300 imches of water every twenty-four hours, and connected with distributing reservoirs to hold Kacampment, No ‘47,1 0.0. F, W. H. Martin, G. P.; E. ‘eskersall, . ‘H. P.; C. E. Mungor, 8. W.; J. B. Johnson, Scribe; J. C, Rich, ‘Treas ; ey John Waters, J. W. + 0 ee ee For Three Years. G. A: Canting, ithe col%ted man convicted in the, Superior Court fo grand larceny, was yesterday senteticed-by Judge Caldwell to three’ years imprisonment in the Prison at Folsom. Sheriff Tompkins _ takes him below to-day. Oe 4 Warm Storm. y ions is but little snow in the upper country. Dailey says for the . past 24 hours it has been paining' sgme distance above Eureka. —w.ee Tue Yankee has his whisky, the German his beer, the Englishman his ale, the Frenchman his wine, but the Turk lays over them all— he always has his Sublime Porte. es “Wat a world wide tal aud capital mon. State!}:: difference there often is between men of capiOf course during the dry season, the . water supply is reduced to about 2,6Q0iuches every tweaty four hours in . the main ditch, an amount, however, which Mr, Janin reported could be readily so increased by enlarging the capacity of the Gpper part of the Yuba or Excelsior ditch, as_to secure from 8,000 to 10,000 eleven-hour invhes, exclusive of wastage daring the other six or dry mouths of the year: — He further reported the property to. be thoroughly equipped and pre. pared for effective working, with an assured annual yield of $646,588, the product from 1,646,000 cubic yards ‘Uf gravel to be washed, and from the . tailings of. the Big Ravine, at an ex pense of $2 0,000, leaying at the least, $446,580 as the net yearly profit which may be relied ‘apou for twenty odd years, Tabulatiug the conclusions of these two distinguished engineers, we, have these results: Pumpelly—Gravel to be. washed, (cubic yds.) 76,500,000.; aggregate product, $24,500,000. 4 annaal avererly work the gravel. was avout to be vigorously resumed, gravel, “thé debris so far as tokeep it from ‘share became necessary, examined by Mr. Louis Janin, and . gan con ereeS ee $18,750,000 ; antitiah average ‘ pro‘t, $4 16,380. Difference of aticiates—=c ravel to be washed; (cubie yds.) $600,029 ; aggregale preduth,. # $5,750,000 ; anHnual average profit, “$192,420. ‘Mean of estimates—Gravel to be washed, (cubic ylls.) 75,750,000 ; raggregate product, $21,625,000; annual‘averave. profit, $547,690. At this rate. of ~ production, ‘Mr. Pumpelly expressed the belief that tthe gravel could not be exhausted soover than twenty-one years ; and Mr. Janin reached substantially the same ‘conclusion, basing his conclusions as to the future product, as he declares, upon the average value of the gravel which has-been ‘already worked, namely, thirty-four cents «a cubic yard. At that rate tlie. 75,000,000 cubic yards uaworked w ould . yield $25,500, 000, but, allowing for all possible contingencies, he takes . . an average-of twenty-five cents per cubic yard for the gravel, giving an aggregate product of $18,750,000. It.was upon this report that -the propetty was purchased by ithe present company in the summer of 1879, and under their auspices was succeasfully worked, -paying dividends at the rate of « twenty-five cents, monthly, per share to August, '1889,:in the aggregate $125,000, thus fully cothing up to the sealenlations of the eigineers whom we havecited. _ .By that time, however, it was ascertained that there js such adip nels through rock to'reach and propThis . necessitated tixe suspenson of dividends during ‘this !period of dead work, which was’ brought successfully to complétion by the early summer of 1881. The work of washing gravel with every prospect of the most prolonged profitable results, when the debris question was raised by the . people of Marysville, who: obtained an injunction restraining the Excelsior Company from washing their This involved an expensive legal . contest, as well as further dead-work in the ‘construction of dams for catching and impounding flowing iato the Yuba river, An assessment of one dollar per aud was levied, to pay an over draft upep the Bank quently, another assessment was requisite for meeting the bonds which matured in July, 1880, But for this injunction practically against the further working of their property, ‘the company, without doubt, would have been amply able to pay off ali their indebtedness from the bul.ion product after the completion of the dead-work already mentioned—and not only all indebtedness, but also be able to .resume dividends by this time. The develepmneots ‘achieved during ried of‘dead-work have more than firmed the professionalstatements of engineers so capable and conservative as Messrs. Pumpelly . and Janin, as to the extent and value of the gravel beds, which, by means of that dead-work have been put into condition to be utilized under the most favorable economic circumstances; and there can be no. reum for doubt that the property ot the . Excelsior Water and Mining. Company can be made to. yield for its the water at night and on Sundays.:. owners at least as much, and for quite as long a period as Mr. Pumpelly has estimated, so soon as these obstacles shall have been removed; obstacles » hose end .is-elose atshand, under the pressure ef ‘the powerful business influences which are coming forward to settle equitably this question, se'that hydraulic minjng, whose product -constitutes. so important a part of the gold product of Califoraia and of the United States may be effectively resumed ‘without liability to further trouble er opposition, & _— / Pure and Geod, » A .‘fgll stock of fine wines and liguors at the Beehive, d2S-lw. House Xe Rent. A fine residence on Broad street is forrent. Apply to Mrs M.S, age profit, $638,800. q Janin—Gravel to be washed. (cibie Cry. (Wi . are generally consigneil to the wood— myself an Oil Painting. Messrs. Miltz in the gravel as‘to require a large . naturalness. and workmanship, and mount of: dead-work in cutting tungraphs. cures [ ‘ceived the finest,assortment of Wed@ireet from the Kastern. Manufac~ tories. _ ftaing in ‘this line ever brought to ‘this pavt df the State, and will be of California, while subse-. tha . ne shoald Net Re Neglected : Tyis.) % 78,000, 000 Oy aggregate ‘product, Parties Wishing to preseiit™ their Photograph should”beaf in mind that: Christmas: is fast app ching, Your money. could ‘not. be ‘invested! in ‘a more sensible manner. Our Tife-size Photos are zMMogTAL, and they are the ouly means you have of transmitting your features to the future generations. E Come ! Surprige your friends and make homé cheerful by adorning-the wa'ls with pictures that cost but lit. tle, but. are far mére valuable and pleasing to the eye than the landscape paintings that are only ‘pur-. chaaei¥for ari beauty, and not “for formed welts therh:}than having before us the nataral features of our ftieuds and relatives that’ have long since parted from us? $25.invested ina. Life-size Photo will give more satisfaction than $300 invested in worthless nick-nacks that box the: week after they are Reger ed. Thatour work may become better, known we beg leave to call the attention of the public to the following cards of your well. known attorney and minister:: . To the people of Nevada county: Some four weeks ago I had made of & Overton, also made me a life-size Photo from the satne negative. The Jatter I consider tobe far superior in is so regarded, by all that have ‘seen. the two. I can, and do most earnestly recommend out home afttists to -all parties that are Qesirous of procuring natural and life-size photoYours Truby, . C. W. Cress. . It affords me pleasure to give ‘my testimony'to the fact that the pict— I have‘had taken by the Artists, Miltz & Overton, are far-superior to any work of*tHe kind I’bave ever had done. J, Sma, Wedding* Cake Ornaments. “Wm. Koller, on Bank Alley, near Church street, Grass Valley, has re. ding Ornaments of the latest styles, They surpass in beauty any sold at the most reasonable prices. They are now on exhibition ii his Calland seethem. Im rae store. HOTEL ARRIVALS. National Exchange Hotel. STANLEY A. EDDY, PROPRIETOR. Monpay, Dec. 26th, 1881, P M Nilus, Little York CH Hudepohl, tio AM Dickenson, City F K Shawan, Pike City “GS Powers, Blue Tent J S Goodwin, You Bet J H Byrne, Washington J Holland, Round Mountain A A Smith,, North Bloomfield Prof Hirsch, Grass Valley J Harrington, City E Wil iams, do M Murphy, . doH McGaverty, do W F Carter, Ao’ HV Reardao, ‘de M Golden, Foriyce Dam Erastus Bon», Clerk, Advertised Letters. / The following is a list of letters remainingin the Post Office, at Nevada City, Cal., for the week ending’ Dec. 27, 1881, Persons ‘galling . , forany of; these letters will please say “ad, vertised.” J. 8. Housroow, P.M. Bushel, Leuis Cribbons, John Danhem, Aswold Kelly, 8. 8. Mills, Geo. F. Marchel, M. J. Piper, 8. W, Ralston, Lewis N. Silva, Manuel ‘Taylor, Richard Tooley, Theodore Uren, Richard Held for Pestaze, Messrs, A. L. Bancroft & Co, “Ban Francisco: Mrs. Wall, St. Blazey, En land. John Sparyo, Lake City, Cal. 4 Assessment Notice. ENTENNIAL; GRAVEL GOLD MINING Company. ‘Locatio. of principal of business, Gold Hill, Storey County aft mn da. Location of works, Washington T ship, Nevada County, California. Notice is hereby given that at a meeting tary, at the office of the Com ene ‘Hill, Main street, Gold Hill, uo stock upon which this pT neean shall remain unpaid on the Twenty-Fourth day of Decenaber. ace ye be deli: atone advertised for sale at public auc! on Tuesday, the sfourth day of January, 1882, to pay the ent assessment, tose with coste of advertising and exfriemls with a handsome -Life-sizeé . W hat can afford” is more pleasure 3 Brackets, et the Board of Directora, don thel. Nineteenth day of November, ,an assesyment, (No. 6,) of qnecent and ev shere of the capital ck of the co! on was rhe pg immediately, in United States yold coin, to the Secreunless payment is made before, will be pec A COLUMN. Just Received anit now on. Exhibition, the best as— sortmert of DOLLS! DOLLS! DOLLS!!! WALKING DOLLS, _ ‘SLEEPING DOLLS, = * J WEEPING DOLLS, © “WAX DOLLS, RUBBER DOLLS, . INDESTRUCTIBLE DOLLS JOINTED DOLLS. . BLACK DOLLS. . BISQUE DOLLS. KID DOLLS. DRESSED DOLIS. BABY DOLLS. LADY DOLLs. BOY: ‘EOLLS., SMALL DOLLS. LARGE DOLLS. CLOTH DOLLS. WORSTED DOLLS. FAT DOLLS. SLIM DOLLS, =~ And everything belonging to a * We have aleo a complete assort* ment of HOLIDAY Goons . < Toys, i Fancy Aotighcen Baskets, 3 ! Vases,) Pictures and Picture Frames, Japanese Goods, Perfumeries, Cardboard, Worsted, “And material of all kind for *, Fancy Work. st ih @ Deals. tf. ses of oe. an oe Board of : \ oo ‘ ame. of Secretary. ree a A Card. oe Bank , Main street To all whoare suffering from the errors : viernes iY maak Only Semab, Hawk’ oh, Hagmbeod, “he 1]. Wetleo teherehy grvck Gaat the time FRI, BP eehtol hue OU, FHEK . Assesment (No. ) of Gentennial Gravel This Gold Mining becoming delinquent }Near Seud at idraend woven to the Rev. . aod the day sie Faery a os . 2 U nH Joaury T, Ixmay, Station New Youk . at the same hourand place. L Grass Valley. Amateur MINSTREL 7 Wednesday Even’ g, bas “ FO THE BEN “PIT oF WIE J. EDWARDS, THE BLIND BOY. Business and Stage Wiciier, W.H. Miter hell, Bones. Interlocutot, Tambo, Hi. Campbell, F. Coaper, Ea. Milks, Wm. Ousicy, €. Brockington, an: PROGRAMME—Pa fry, Overture from Linda..;: esi : #. Coty 5 Chorus— Row the Boat Light -.Com me Huckle-berry Pienic. =. . iy Carmel Sunny South. -. 62.53. <. J oi. 1, Willan Bow Dowm-Before de Altar. Ea: {iis Little Robin.go tell him, ete, G. Gin TARY BMV ian sce cana ey > Fred Couper Citron Wedding Case. <..C. Brovkingio Minnie Lee ...,2:dohn Patanotneain Grand Fire Scene. 222. 0020.0, -Cbmpany PARTI. Instrumental piece oh the Harmer James Deeble, assisted by,1. T. Ae " Comic—‘‘Bell Of the Ball”. . W. J. Pesreg Donble Clog. Jas. Deehte and L. Ousler Stump Speech...; :.;Wm. H. Mitchel i Dutch Character Song. . 3: Palamountuin Farce--WHO. TICKLED Sat, + Proprietor. Wha toy a Rae ches Fred Gao Pete. o. se reee nes es, Pps a ae R. Vince : Sam: 3.2.3 we wee eee esse kee ere as George Gi) 1} Sal. . bees GUE Se eo ee Isaae T. Sans. PART IL ViGU BOO. oc cs ccs oc es. Old Home on the Ohio..M. Recent Song and. Dance —"She’ 3 & Rosy, She's : PONS ie ioe Jd, oF Williams Old Kentucky Home.-... Ed. Milly Character Song—‘*Patrick’ 8 Day Parade’ _W. d.-Pearce, axsisted by Company. ' Farce—WHISKY VS. MGHTING, BAVROGDGE 8 o Hiia ner ois sso ccc R. Asst. Barkeepér. oo. = a aarp DADE os i bi Fike ak ies John Roberty WOW Tie el ese ee Thomas Mitchel} AVDA, ios 5 cs 2 Chas, Procking ston Woman.. G Z Dutchman. Chinaman. * . Ed, : Mills Admission tani yestaet the ho ouse.50 C Children. under 15 aren of age. .95 Ce ; WM. R. COE, AT THE OLD STAND, CORNER Cox. MERCIAL AND MAIN STREETS Nevada City, MAS JUST RUCRPVED A Large Stock: <f. : ~ Boots, Shoes & Guiters ¥ 3 Gente’ Fine Boots.and Shoés, Fadies and Misses’ Fine Kili, Pebble Goat, Straight Kid, Goat and Calf Balmoral, Sandals, Slippers and Buckskins. Also alarge assortment of ‘Children’s and Misses’. School] Shoes, Boys and‘Gents’ Kip-anéd'Calf Boots. Arctics aid ‘OQvershoes‘for young and old. . Ihave reduced. my prices Goods but not the Quality, Thanking my old-friends and patrons for past favors s1 hope to merit @ continuance of the same, W. R. COE. » (BEWARE OF. TAT ( ONE STRUT =: a BAKING POWDER LS LBZ IDA The Public iaCAUTIONED against SPURIOUS imitations. ’ Ghe Pioncer is the only Powder conREFINED Grape Cream ‘Tartar . EnglishBicarbSoda SCIENTIFICALLY COMBINED. AS HILLING ke SAN FRANCISCO: a “THOMAS, WALRATH & HICKS Qeread St, Adjoining Gault’s Baker’. NEVADA CITY, Groceries, Provisions, Etc. W" warrant every nay axsiel sold by us to 1 as represented, ani sel} at the Lowest Living Rates. ; eer” “=A 6. W. CROSS, $4 Sacer sue ieteste at Lan _ NEVADA ony.” . a al a Baking Powder sisting of nothing but: » Bek Le asian ty thi Lpck to oslock. ‘Lite se if Wyon M., take In the minisira ment on extended ee porter 0: Court,’ h cases sim A bue ‘each hor Mungor it was k ~ Cather Superior letters of estate of. Theo estat tA iAst for’ theif or three. weeks ag recovered The pai Monday ¢ was quite of thewas’ a de the mana respects. spoken of, lar social installed ’ giving firs @ates . The Qa will appea Wednesda evenings c positively ‘ance, ach. given each Little Duk ‘among the company v brace a fal from the C Epise -The rai with the Church Mc aud parti tree festiv: somely dec greens, ani Fa goodly n Mr, Powel which inel tions by by the Re The At the i second vic It was det hia death f Indian C! hearts of squaws ar at the bloc and tar. i feminines dressing p No rro quote pric tore. ‘Ce tock witl Hicms, All bills vemaiving ill be ple Hector,d27-3t We w Jolls and ASETT, afled as an be so Jester & ve at th Zekind’s, Wante og Sun } ‘ass qua perinten THogg Bochive

. plainly a personal hostility to the . Union, from which we had looked. ~ for better things. _ the majority of the farmers regard ‘ but the liwyers whose profits avill that litigation pas an excuse for conBhe Daily Transcript, “MEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA. Sy nse Oe ‘The Hydraulic Mines of ‘the Excelster Water and Miaing Company. a ays Deo. ck 1881. } We Gad in the Miuing Record an, Wednesday : a tele ll interesting description of the Excel: 26 sior Water and Minmyg Company’s, pe = ae property at Smartsville. The realty One or two papers in the State heretofore expressing the hope that interests of . the mining and farming the mountains and valleys can be reconciled witheat injary to either, have set ap a bitter howl against Congressman Page's bill to have the (yoyernmeat aid in adjasting the troubles. The animus of their attacks upon tlie measure. is. very father of it, This is especially plain in the case of the Record“We believe that, the intro; luction of the bill as a step in the right Iditection, and it is certain the people of the mining counties receive it with good grace. hart-Frank Page by this course. He is too firmly established in the ‘confidence of bis ‘constituents for that. But their wailings may en. danger the bill and thus prevent . the solution of the debris problem, which will never be finally disposed of this side of Washington. The foolish fault-fiuding will aid no ene he determined by the length of time t nuing:: — or Oo The Alaskan Placer Mines. A special dispatch to the Call says that the placer mines at Takon are auassured.success, The district.cannot be worked out for years, At least $150,00) has been taken out this season, and the best claims were not discovered until August. One claim paid nearly $300, the result of one hundred and five hours’ work. ‘The miners are all in good spirits, and for the most part will winter at . » Harrisburg. They have been making money fast, and are entirely satisfied with the prospect. A great rush is looked for in the Spring. On Douglass Island, opposite the. town of Harrisbugg, a new mining district has been foun led, and a town called Cooperstown. There is located the consists of a sutface area‘of 525 acres of gold-bearing gravel, toyether with a farm of 2,300 acres, 300 of which are irrigated sand all well equipped aud stocked. The im’p ovements anid: sapplianees embrace ‘six tunnels, theconstruction of which before'the acquisition of the proper‘ty, had cost $441,009 ; 23,090 feet -of-the rock-paved fiumes and undercurrents that had cost $50,000; 115 miles of ditehes which, with. their strong,ewell placed head dams, _ had cost original y $1, 099; 000 ; two d<listributing roservoirs having the capacity ‘to store 13,000:inches of water over night ; ; a complete bydrauli¢ equipment with all the buildings necessary for the mort advantageous oppluitation of so extensive ® proper. These newspapers can 1106 hope to }-ty, ‘Before sacha in .1879. by the present company, this* property was examined: by Raphael Pumpelly, a mining engineer of national repata~ tion, who reported that in dil :reéspects the appliances upon or. connected with it were of the most efficent character for working the whole area of gravel beds which appertain to it, under the most © favorable conditions and with certain highly profitable results, gravel beds the previous: but partial workings of.which, to the extent of 17,815,690 cubic yards, had averaged thirty-four cents per cubic yerd, and the. aggregate yield of which had been #$6,059,000 ; workings: which —as Professor Pumpelly says-sare properly to be regarded as merely ‘‘samplings” on an’,f‘enormous. scale” of the extensive, ridge made up of this auriferous gravel. Giving these workings dn detail, this able, conservative éygineer based upoa, them a professional estimate to’ the effect that the.gravel area remaining unworked, #176,500,0000 cubic yards, with the hydraulic requirements’ al-’ ready .previded, including an annual supply of?2,000,000.iuches of water, cannot be ‘exhausted under about twenty-one years, and may be. exKeady Bullion mine, which is being ‘worked by San Francisco capitalists and it is thought it will a: very valuable, 44 a Knights of Pythias ea The semi-annual election of officers of Milo Lodge, No. 48, K. ‘of P.,-will take place on Saturday evening next. A delegation of members of this organivation contemplate visiting Spartau Lodge at North loomtield on theoccasion of the lat‘ter’s installation of officers, whieh takes place on the firet Saturday evening in January. Cho Rainfall, To eight o'clock yesterday morn: ing the rainfall for this season’ amounted to 16.68 inches, or 7.71 inches less than had fallen last year to a corresponding date. The amount that had fallen since Saturday is 2.05 iniches, which wes but slightly increased to ‘ast night as the precipitation was light during the day, ee I, 0.0. F. Election. _The following were elected Monday evening as offivers ef Mistletoe pected to yield in that periodat least $24,500,000 in gold,’ the ground worked having, it seems, increased in’ richness in the direction of that left unworked. Reviewing the past explditation of the property, and all. the evident sources of future revenue, Profesor Pumpelly reached the conlusion that, considering the enterprise simply as a mining business, the annual receipts might be relied on to reach $886,000, with an expenditure of $198,000, leaving a net return of $638,800. with the: ‘‘plant,”, tunnel facilities and water-supply which he had found, A year later,the same property-was. his report substantially ‘accords with . ‘\ that of Pumpelly, i The area of the auriferous gravel of 525.acres, according to Mr, Janin extends for two miles alongthe channel'of the famous Blue lead. He also found in excellent condition and constant use some sixty odd miles of ditches delivering in aggregate 5,300 imches of water every twenty-four hours, and connected with distributing reservoirs to hold Kacampment, No ‘47,1 0.0. F, W. H. Martin, G. P.; E. ‘eskersall, . ‘H. P.; C. E. Mungor, 8. W.; J. B. Johnson, Scribe; J. C, Rich, ‘Treas ; ey John Waters, J. W. + 0 ee ee For Three Years. G. A: Canting, ithe col%ted man convicted in the, Superior Court fo grand larceny, was yesterday senteticed-by Judge Caldwell to three’ years imprisonment in the Prison at Folsom. Sheriff Tompkins _ takes him below to-day. Oe 4 Warm Storm. y ions is but little snow in the upper country. Dailey says for the . past 24 hours it has been paining' sgme distance above Eureka. —w.ee Tue Yankee has his whisky, the German his beer, the Englishman his ale, the Frenchman his wine, but the Turk lays over them all— he always has his Sublime Porte. es “Wat a world wide tal aud capital mon. State!}:: difference there often is between men of capiOf course during the dry season, the . water supply is reduced to about 2,6Q0iuches every tweaty four hours in . the main ditch, an amount, however, which Mr, Janin reported could be readily so increased by enlarging the capacity of the Gpper part of the Yuba or Excelsior ditch, as_to secure from 8,000 to 10,000 eleven-hour invhes, exclusive of wastage daring the other six or dry mouths of the year: — He further reported the property to. be thoroughly equipped and pre. pared for effective working, with an assured annual yield of $646,588, the product from 1,646,000 cubic yards ‘Uf gravel to be washed, and from the . tailings of. the Big Ravine, at an ex pense of $2 0,000, leaying at the least, $446,580 as the net yearly profit which may be relied ‘apou for twenty odd years, Tabulatiug the conclusions of these two distinguished engineers, we, have these results: Pumpelly—Gravel to be. washed, (cubic yds.) 76,500,000.; aggregate product, $24,500,000. 4 annaal avererly work the gravel. was avout to be vigorously resumed, gravel, “thé debris so far as tokeep it from ‘share became necessary, examined by Mr. Louis Janin, and . gan con ereeS ee $18,750,000 ; antitiah average ‘ pro‘t, $4 16,380. Difference of aticiates—=c ravel to be washed; (cubie yds.) $600,029 ; aggregale preduth,. # $5,750,000 ; anHnual average profit, “$192,420. ‘Mean of estimates—Gravel to be washed, (cubic ylls.) 75,750,000 ; raggregate product, $21,625,000; annual‘averave. profit, $547,690. At this rate. of ~ production, ‘Mr. Pumpelly expressed the belief that tthe gravel could not be exhausted soover than twenty-one years ; and Mr. Janin reached substantially the same ‘conclusion, basing his conclusions as to the future product, as he declares, upon the average value of the gravel which has-been ‘already worked, namely, thirty-four cents «a cubic yard. At that rate tlie. 75,000,000 cubic yards uaworked w ould . yield $25,500, 000, but, allowing for all possible contingencies, he takes . . an average-of twenty-five cents per cubic yard for the gravel, giving an aggregate product of $18,750,000. It.was upon this report that -the propetty was purchased by ithe present company in the summer of 1879, and under their auspices was succeasfully worked, -paying dividends at the rate of « twenty-five cents, monthly, per share to August, '1889,:in the aggregate $125,000, thus fully cothing up to the sealenlations of the eigineers whom we havecited. _ .By that time, however, it was ascertained that there js such adip nels through rock to'reach and propThis . necessitated tixe suspenson of dividends during ‘this !period of dead work, which was’ brought successfully to complétion by the early summer of 1881. The work of washing gravel with every prospect of the most prolonged profitable results, when the debris question was raised by the . people of Marysville, who: obtained an injunction restraining the Excelsior Company from washing their This involved an expensive legal . contest, as well as further dead-work in the ‘construction of dams for catching and impounding flowing iato the Yuba river, An assessment of one dollar per aud was levied, to pay an over draft upep the Bank quently, another assessment was requisite for meeting the bonds which matured in July, 1880, But for this injunction practically against the further working of their property, ‘the company, without doubt, would have been amply able to pay off ali their indebtedness from the bul.ion product after the completion of the dead-work already mentioned—and not only all indebtedness, but also be able to .resume dividends by this time. The develepmneots ‘achieved during ried of‘dead-work have more than firmed the professionalstatements of engineers so capable and conservative as Messrs. Pumpelly . and Janin, as to the extent and value of the gravel beds, which, by means of that dead-work have been put into condition to be utilized under the most favorable economic circumstances; and there can be no. reum for doubt that the property ot the . Excelsior Water and Mining. Company can be made to. yield for its the water at night and on Sundays.:. owners at least as much, and for quite as long a period as Mr. Pumpelly has estimated, so soon as these obstacles shall have been removed; obstacles » hose end .is-elose atshand, under the pressure ef ‘the powerful business influences which are coming forward to settle equitably this question, se'that hydraulic minjng, whose product -constitutes. so important a part of the gold product of Califoraia and of the United States may be effectively resumed ‘without liability to further trouble er opposition, & _— / Pure and Geod, » A .‘fgll stock of fine wines and liguors at the Beehive, d2S-lw. House Xe Rent. A fine residence on Broad street is forrent. Apply to Mrs M.S, age profit, $638,800.. q Janin—Gravel to be washed. (cibie Cry. (Wi . are generally consigneil to the wood— myself an Oil Painting. Messrs. Miltz in the gravel as‘to require a large . naturalness. and workmanship, and mount of: dead-work in cutting tungraphs. cures [ ‘ceived the finest,assortment of Wed@ireet from the Kastern. Manufac~ tories. _ ftaing in ‘this line ever brought to ‘this pavt df the State, and will be of California, while subse-. tha . ne shoald Net Re Neglected : Tyis.) % 78,000, 000 Oy aggregate ‘product, Parties Wishing to preseiit™ their Photograph should”beaf in mind that: Christmas: is fast app ching, Your money. could ‘not. be ‘invested! in ‘a more sensible manner. Our Tife-size Photos are zMMogTAL, and they are the ouly means you have of transmitting your features to the future generations. E Come ! Surprige your friends and make homé cheerful by adorning-the wa'ls with pictures that cost but lit. tle, but. are far mére valuable and pleasing to the eye than the landscape paintings that are only ‘pur-. chaaei¥for ari beauty, and not “for formed welts therh:}than having before us the nataral features of our ftieuds and relatives that’ have long since parted from us? $25.invested ina. Life-size Photo will give more satisfaction than $300 invested in worthless nick-nacks that box the: week after they are Reger ed. Thatour work may become better, known we beg leave to call the attention of the public to the following cards of your well. known attorney and minister:: . To the people of Nevada county: Some four weeks ago I had made of & Overton, also made me a life-size Photo from the satne negative. The Jatter I consider tobe far superior in

is so regarded, by all that have ‘seen. the two. I can, and do most earnestly recommend out home afttists to -all parties that are Qesirous of procuring natural and life-size photoYours Truby, . C. W. Cress. . It affords me pleasure to give ‘my testimony'to the fact that the pict— I have‘had taken by the Artists, Miltz & Overton, are far-superior to any work of*tHe kind I’bave ever had done. J, Sma, Wedding* Cake Ornaments. “Wm. Koller, on Bank Alley, near Church street, Grass Valley, has re. ding Ornaments of the latest styles, They surpass in beauty any sold at the most reasonable prices. They are now on exhibition ii his Calland seethem. Im rae store. HOTEL ARRIVALS. National Exchange Hotel. STANLEY A. EDDY, PROPRIETOR. Monpay, Dec. 26th, 1881, P M Nilus, Little York CH Hudepohl, tio AM Dickenson, City F K Shawan, Pike City “GS Powers, Blue Tent J S Goodwin, You Bet J H Byrne, Washington J Holland, Round Mountain A A Smith,, North Bloomfield Prof Hirsch, Grass Valley J Harrington, City E Wil iams, do M Murphy, . doH McGaverty, do W F Carter, Ao’ HV Reardao, ‘de M Golden, Foriyce Dam Erastus Bon», Clerk, Advertised Letters. / The following is a list of letters remainingin the Post Office, at Nevada City, Cal., for the week ending’ Dec. 27, 1881, Persons ‘galling . , forany of; these letters will please say “ad, vertised.” J. 8. Housroow, P.M. Bushel, Leuis Cribbons, John Danhem, Aswold Kelly, 8. 8. Mills, Geo. F. Marchel, M. J. Piper, 8. W, Ralston, Lewis N. Silva, Manuel ‘Taylor, Richard Tooley, Theodore Uren, Richard Held for Pestaze, Messrs, A. L. Bancroft & Co, “Ban Francisco: Mrs. Wall, St. Blazey, En land. John Sparyo, Lake City, Cal. 4 Assessment Notice. ENTENNIAL; GRAVEL GOLD MINING Company. ‘Locatio. of principal of business, Gold Hill, Storey County aft mn da. Location of works, Washington T ship, Nevada County, California. Notice is hereby given that at a meeting tary, at the office of the Com ene ‘Hill, Main street, Gold Hill, uo stock upon which this pT neean shall remain unpaid on the Twenty-Fourth day of Decenaber. ace ye be deli: atone advertised for sale at public auc! on Tuesday, the sfourth day of January, 1882, to pay the ent assessment, tose with coste of advertising and exfriemls with a handsome -Life-sizeé . W hat can afford” is more pleasure 3 Brackets, et the Board of Directora, don thel. Nineteenth day of November, ,an assesyment, (No. 6,) of qnecent and ev shere of the capital ck of the co! on was rhe pg immediately, in United States yold coin, to the Secreunless payment is made before, will be pec A COLUMN. Just Received anit now on. Exhibition, the best as— sortmert of DOLLS! DOLLS! DOLLS!!! WALKING DOLLS, _ ‘SLEEPING DOLLS, = * J WEEPING DOLLS, © “WAX DOLLS, RUBBER DOLLS, . INDESTRUCTIBLE DOLLS JOINTED DOLLS. . BLACK DOLLS. . BISQUE DOLLS. KID DOLLS. DRESSED DOLIS. BABY DOLLS. LADY DOLLs. BOY: ‘EOLLS., SMALL DOLLS. LARGE DOLLS. CLOTH DOLLS. WORSTED DOLLS. FAT DOLLS. SLIM DOLLS, =~ And everything belonging to a * We have aleo a complete assort* ment of HOLIDAY Goons . < Toys, i Fancy Aotighcen Baskets, 3 ! Vases,) Pictures and Picture Frames, Japanese Goods, Perfumeries, Cardboard, Worsted, “And material of all kind for *, Fancy Work. st ih @ Deals. tf. ses of oe. an oe Board of : \ oo ‘ ame. of Secretary. ree a A Card. oe Bank , Main street To all whoare suffering from the errors : viernes iY maak Only Semab, Hawk’ oh, Hagmbeod, “he 1]. Wetleo teherehy grvck Gaat the time FRI, BP eehtol hue OU, FHEK . Assesment (No. ) of Gentennial Gravel This Gold Mining becoming delinquent }Near Seud at idraend woven to the Rev. . aod the day sie Faery a os . 2 U nH Joaury T, Ixmay, Station New Youk . at the same hourand place. L Grass Valley. Amateur MINSTREL 7 Wednesday Even’ g, bas “ FO THE BEN “PIT oF WIE J. EDWARDS, THE BLIND BOY. Business and Stage Wiciier, W.H. Miter hell, Bones. Interlocutot, Tambo, Hi. Campbell, F. Coaper, Ea. Milks, Wm. Ousicy, €. Brockington, an: PROGRAMME—Pa fry, Overture from Linda....;: esi : #. Coty 5 Chorus— Row the Boat Light -.Com me Huckle-berry Pienic. =.. . iy Carmel Sunny South.. -. 62.53.. <. J oi. 1, Willan Bow Dowm-Before de Altar.. Ea: {iis Little Robin.go tell him, ete, G. Gin TARY BMV ian sce cana ey > Fred Couper Citron Wedding Case. <...C. Brovkingio Minnie Lee .....,2:dohn Patanotneain Grand Fire Scene.. 222.. 0020.0, -Cbmpany PARTI. Instrumental piece oh the Harmer James Deeble, assisted by,1. T. Ae " Comic—‘‘Bell Of the Ball”.. .. W. J. Pesreg Donble Clog.. Jas. Deehte and L. Ousler Stump Speech.....; :.;Wm. H. Mitchel i Dutch Character Song.. .. 3: Palamountuin Farce--WHO. TICKLED Sat, + Proprietor. Wha toy a Rae ches Fred Gao Pete.. o. se reee nes es, Pps a ae R. Vince : Sam: 3.2.3 we wee eee esse kee ere as George Gi) 1} Sal.. . bees GUE Se eo ee Isaae T. Sans. PART IL ViGU BOO. oc cs ccs oc es. Old Home on the Ohio....M. Recent Song and. Dance —"She’ 3 & Rosy, She's : PONS ie ioe Jd, oF Williams Old Kentucky Home.-...... Ed. Milly Character Song—‘*Patrick’ 8 Day Parade’ _W. d.-Pearce, axsisted by Company. ' Farce—WHISKY VS. MGHTING, BAVROGDGE 8 o Hiia ner ois sso ccc R. Asst. Barkeepér. oo.. = a aarp DADE os i bi Fike ak ies John Roberty WOW Tie el ese ee Thomas Mitchel} AVDA, ios 5 cs 2 Chas, Procking ston Woman... G Z Dutchman.. Chinaman. * . Ed, : Mills Admission tani yestaet the ho ouse.50 C Children. under 15 aren of age.. .95 Ce ; WM. R. COE, AT THE OLD STAND, CORNER Cox. MERCIAL AND MAIN STREETS Nevada City, MAS JUST RUCRPVED A Large Stock: <f. : ~ Boots, Shoes & Guiters ¥ 3 Gente’ Fine Boots.and Shoés, Fadies and Misses’ Fine Kili, Pebble Goat, Straight Kid, Goat and Calf Balmoral, Sandals, Slippers and Buckskins. Also alarge assortment of ‘Children’s and Misses’. School] Shoes, Boys and‘Gents’ Kip-anéd'Calf Boots. Arctics aid ‘OQvershoes‘for young and old. . Ihave reduced. my prices Goods but not the Quality, Thanking my old-friends and patrons for past favors s1 hope to merit @ continuance of the same, W. R. COE. » (BEWARE OF. TAT ( ONE STRUT =: a BAKING POWDER LS LBZ IDA The Public iaCAUTIONED against SPURIOUS imitations. ’ Ghe Pioncer is the only Powder conREFINED Grape Cream ‘Tartar . EnglishBicarbSoda SCIENTIFICALLY COMBINED. AS HILLING ke SAN FRANCISCO: a “THOMAS, WALRATH & HICKS Qeread St, Adjoining Gault’s Baker’. NEVADA CITY, Groceries, Provisions, Etc. W" warrant every nay axsiel sold by us to 1 as represented, ani sel} at the Lowest Living Rates. ; eer” “=A 6. W. CROSS, $4 Sacer sue ieteste at Lan _ NEVADA ony.” . a al a Baking Powder sisting of nothing but: » Bek Le asian ty thi Lpck to oslock. ‘Lite se if Wyon M., take In the minisira ment on extended ee porter 0: Court,’ h cases sim A bue ‘each hor Mungor it was k ~ Cather Superior letters of estate of. Theo estat tA iAst for’ theif or three. weeks ag recovered The pai Monday ¢ was quite of thewas’ a de the mana respects. spoken of, lar social installed ’ giving firs @ates . The Qa will appea Wednesda evenings c positively ‘ance, ach. given each Little Duk ‘among the company v brace a fal from the C Epise -The rai with the Church Mc aud parti tree festiv: somely dec greens, ani Fa goodly n Mr, Powel which inel tions by by the Re The At the i second vic It was det hia death f Indian C! hearts of squaws ar at the bloc and tar. i feminines dressing p No rro quote pric tore. ‘Ce tock witl Hicms, All bills vemaiving ill be ple Hector,d27-3t We w Jolls and ASETT, afled as an be so Jester & ve at th Zekind’s, Wante og Sun } ‘ass qua perinten THogg Bochive