January 17, 1880 (4 pages)

* “ae ly to ste ‘the slickens trouble settled 4. —“tnediately oo neighborhood of Milton, eight. _miles . * maton or four_miles—out . from pe 16; ‘and in spite of the fact and tried fo ligh @ fire. he could not * him, he. would bring bin to. some-habitation: _ came to a miner’s cabin. He remain. \riving dayrhefore ‘yesterday. . A i ‘ow, in'a melancholy ¢ “In opoabinglas the debris gauttion ; ee > sams re ‘Mmtag and, havicnionnnt pea ‘A peat bed 1 rep ,ahing as a a bot yal rainfal hat Chia point i he of: gold, but which has , f higt as twelve cents and C. W. Crocker, 320 acres. ithe bec fete Pan om Tinea or Ofte ‘Grass Valley’ pr fs the} ‘To Evaline Thrasher, SOacres. sels apage torts perlotan ae LLghtg oo00000000001715 7 0 Lat le ae 8 deed have! Fo Du kc Rich, W60 acres, proces throagh the columns of all/ 1872—3.:.. Pho iev ccs ade been paid, t v the eee ie in 1878, 0 To Won di & Wes 80 acres, ithin the affected districts. +. 629 Neyer Lueierbad quer 2 Te Tied : 40 eres: aA ‘tate will one be Spiennh accom semah Belt work gree all the pons ot the : ’ bate ~ oe Journals are more pacific in tone, and’). “declare can be done bed _Telievey ‘the valleys shall be ddne.-* .* Tho Valley i is ready to endorse Represen e Berry's *itiasory movemént,.@r the military wurveying commissidii tf Representative Page, or any éafnest abeois which ee through the present Legislature may deem the t that edn =~ adopted. There is agreat deal of sound sense int alk. the dblive. As to. the nfdutitain journals—the Grass Valley; ‘Union and Peanscrier, aremeant— pMbeing more willing now than formef walthotitdigj wey to the farmers, sich. 4 not the case. From the very first ‘they ‘have held thaf the agrieultur‘aiigts and miners had certain rights’ that justiee demanded ‘the protection “ob. Former y. the first-named urged that ‘wé™ should ‘Wake concessions that would have virtually amouitted” to _« suppression of hydraulie—mining. ._This we protested against dojena ‘Justified? © When we . were told by our friends in the valjeys that ‘they were willing to: meet} us half a in securing the general welfare.of factions, we were im" “pacified.” “No pains should henceforth be spared to keep in Ck istenve the amicable feeling that _ Mow apparently prevails. » Etta Ae 0: Adrift in the Snow. George dpyce, a prospector, had a ‘thrilling experience ,in the snow fields of Sierra county the-other day. He left here last week Thursday for . the mountains, and reached Graniteville, SF Hep 'thete he stacted for the above, although advised: that-such a trip was. a foolhardy undertaking while the snow was falling as it did at the time he set'ont on his lonely _journey. He lost his bearings when that the route had beeen previously ‘traveled by him, no familar points of topography presented themselves to help him out. He was provided with two day's rations, coffee pot, frying pan and matehes, The matches got damp, apd when he became tired out g a hole in the snow is blanket around (the night—not sleeperjng if the next day ing,: but ‘won Abont tifty hours after starting, when ‘a'b hope had left his breast, and he felt more like lying down in the snow and giving up the ghost» than _ battling longer againat. such odds, he. ed there long enough to recover from the "attidhs: ‘a exposure so as to be able ‘to travel, when he returned here, arHe aays a ten-foot ledge of gold dollars would be no inducement to take him ‘up to that country again during the wuowy months, eae Ma.C.M, ea told thig story the recent New England Ainuer: In ~ ogee hills sare. pe fune ¢ woman who mingles curio WEE Gi pity Was there Sith the mourners, ‘To » she said: “When «lid you get your ‘new eight«day clock?” “I ain't got no. new wight-day clock!" responded the be‘reaved woman, ‘Why, what is that, in the corner? Ain't that an eight-. lay ¢ oc ?’ persisted the curious visitor. Na; that. ain't a ‘lock, phat's thedeceased. We stvod it un "+ whieh stock . strong terms, as the . P° . among the veins of yuartzit-wilk be pays large that wil. return one ceut ‘amount proves remunerative, affictedwid= amine; —which— ponly with that Congress of the common, that masterghip of the ignoble, has meee. 80 Rappersa and positive in the the Go den Gate. And the ok "ite aad more ordered relations, I da nob. know ofany field of suoderate investment more promising or more likely to insure fair returns than evists. in the! gold bearing quartz belt of the Vinge ap Roonttiive, inky. (Bont) fee Méno dounty (Bodie), » wilt séek this. inviting aa. 3: mines of Grass Valley+ Idaho, Empire, Oshben stale eal! Hill, Alaska-Buallion, Peabody, etc., “aré widely kfiown, and ‘somé” of then are famous. Thebeélt df* coun’ centres, lies at an altitude of from 3,000 to 5,000. feet, somewhat monotonous: and melaacholyin «character, showify, unlike the Comstock, Kure. ka or Leadville, nowhere in its whole length or breadth any large 4nd. continuous centre or. .consdlidation. The mills’ smoke on be ns 4 puffing up from. pine, ret there. ‘There are mines of ~e imrtance which have always paid, be phe tegiba-hogruser he migther)”: oie. The Sierra Buttes mine, working tock worth but $5 to $$ per tou, has mo in dividends $1,118,759. The map cto has done as well. fn this neighbor are mines now. being eahed the larger portion of the ore in thich will not: exceed. $6. per, ton. “I refer to the’ Providence on Deer Creek, whigh I have Visited. Close by is the Merrifield, Wyoming and others, all voing well on low cade ores, i butvossessing tar lodes. FE eatly as 1855 an Eoglsh pein oe several months of exploration, wrote tried quartz from a variety of these ee and but in two instances sogly:} } found no gold. “ T Zad. “Te qua artz that to. qutwaed . , r pyrites ran, varying in breadth from ahairto an eighth of an inch, the stone highly crystalized, Tfound i in tive pounds etn ppdawy Shirds of a grain of 3d. Tn aS, ypod Fae of opaque ye lowish color, ' than $5; or ghee tive ounces of atone, muc composed, coated and impregreted with ‘the oxideee ira," I got. something more than$1 50. 4th. CAN thi twas froay . gnats . ; Vales opened near Nevada and Grass e y te Sth. Genera'ly. speaking, I think é pt an found exhibiting extraordiwary rich: nesz, yet the average product will pound of * YT have thus. given, you aire the quartz mining here. If . ac td have overstated anything} shall be quite ready to reeet ik It has been established that rock per pound. Iudeed, one-half t hat this covntry ‘alone @f sath work there is sufficient quarts to keep sev. eral bundred ie dn operation, Ah authority ¢ on ‘gold quartz, says of the Grass Valley mines: “Iu many specimens tliat I have seen, the quar said to be literally imbedded in the gold, -rather thauthe gold ia. the quartz, * * nl aes gards ~ more limited ‘distribution of go din the vein, there a ue sebihtccanly’ Nittcremos: wy gh ® ‘Veils the . dw iia ia very wld a als} west as fly as gold eaf,. in other f places, between t elayers” of quartz it is generally distributed through the vein inthe form of small particles, which aro dispersed throughout the quartz withuut any. apparent. arrangement—whileit is some times . found ted together, iu larger or smaller A either mixed end to make room for the ‘mourners,’ , is reviving with better conditions) try of which that region is one of'the . : ity, Sir. Henry V. Huntley, afterd.00°" ‘toa friend, who desired hisppiaion). Nevada, ier Vompany, . building as fellows: . altait ition, '$ “tet!” T shall state ‘that IT “have * Peniisyl ania” Company, ‘Ney; ir we ad Kghapnac Pi careful: . ’ rrow ‘trom 0 $800" to Tig iguiy examined with magnifying power,. date vértain bills, if n cehsary, no gold whatever.could. be ete bat ah ough which a stratum: > po! f ‘The Clerk was saihdaland to progot’ umiore . ame tpt three te seven. cents pr ; some of my views and observations . , “Wiget Nave bees . " Pveat-ou. a i@@ York for fa Consulires ntly errifield; + . Ske at rring sem & Clay,. ge -as he wpe Se one with, ahothén: ; 1d Tannel, Bar. satin 268 toreli re? he old pete ages and stories . aaa New. * my Gat _New_ York, __Htmperiled cities gad the ‘agricultural that cling tothis region lend to it) Wovalts and net ~ ‘Lands in valleys. At this time! that charm of ro Fray adven:. ‘mincs named embra es and there is . of that bitterness of feel. ture whieh, an its vouptly, hae made . go sta npe. The whole ; mation . ‘ing exists between the frming ae Ameri iT A tt _pe-. -shows-what-Pr = eytateciare: oad mai sem : : : i his” fife . and becometo be the gold beating fos sof Cal ~should-have been avoided at ke com. ons y ~If itornia—sandstoue granite gad meta-} ~Wienceme the controversy. ‘Ttis-a. such visi*ore were a and n Nevada horie slates: . I have te A begood indibation to find it waning, be= City-or any ‘of the «adjoining — counord to the namber of ‘sbaulibned or cause the y and relief we seek ties, before. ing to can Fraucigco, but partially worked minegt 4 Their _ Manat oes! ever, from the united and rem long enough to become. name is fegion, ~and-their dition” * “aud earnest efforts of the”. ople* of . imbued with the realremnants of the mixed” < majority of the owne the whol te. The, ol maxim, old El Dorado life, which remains ber pre impecuni whey « Rik Mi“united we stand, divided: we fal,” . so racy and redolent of theiargonantic diiebsed waiting? Baking to -mever wad maqpe ap e than in. days, they would varry away with . conn. fod a methi neéd‘this debrig-gcnflict, aud it'is well the them a better i impression than could hia te'ehe . i gal ocking of tha,treasure peop e begin to see it. The monotain!} possibly be the case after -mingling, vau t. Iwisited one of thes@peglected mifiésjor, rather, a ocotipe, of which strange fo say every one speaks well, I did so becatide it;has deen, or 38,” being purchaged by «1 New Yorkiinterest, and stgo froin the fact its history i is afair ex unple of of other rties. tn thin f which I te are ¥. ,and are known as tHe Live a TW and Ferseverapce,, aicecs oes ; We d eo eee . ett Board or City Sabet. it Belloc held 9 regular he City meeting TppeTiNes evening bills were allowed. ene W pay Iw sae GENERAL FUND, ,. E. Baldridge, Marshal; $100. Frapk Eilerman, meals to prisoners, $7 25, J. Vv. sia cetae work in fame, $1. + 8, ago my ro a i ie nea Brand & i nety, $125. + hie ‘Costello, “had. A lumber, $2 Denis, O'Neil, labor on streets, 31. J. M. Walting, commencing: suit wit ‘Thomas, $20. ¢ iret advertising, $0691)" Co,, lamp and post, $15 75. rien siow—T. “Meaglier,’ $1 50; J, Denler, wi; P. Williams, $3, Leopold.« hivhe) adea, $6, Son tieeinad 8 40. Secu 70 FUND, 8 AP Janitors} ervices, $10. On it was ordered that the * On Widtion it was ord President an Clerk, be authorized to eure a Hew iren lamp post for Nevada »Street, in fronh of Miss. E,.Rurner’ s residence. southwest corner of the Methodist paarbos: poigty opposite Geo. C. lerd’s bara, thence across street Pe ulong thd ebuth-dide Jaf Mrs. J/ B, Gray's Jot, across er W illiams Tivine t3 the bridge. “Petition aft} over Saesy bi st ra Grass Natley Mining Notes. pte: Union of Jeterny ijt The Sutpei leased the Hartery ground for five years, and wilkromone their hoisting machinery from its present location near Allison Ranvh; off to the leased ground. ° Tree.Mining Company, whose. work. has been, suapended for some weeks awaiting the completion thing arranged satisfactorily, and’ work’ on the tunnel will soon be resumed, The itasitenion among miners seems to be that mining eperutions n Grass Valley will be more than to] Usually active during the uext Bs a ner season, a d Tne alte ot laden” waistcoats is [supposed to have originated in Gali. A You. taay io not like a tree, You nage oe ee eount— rings.” * a conte are ie Fi r0 idence (which is reTr about two miles on the roa #o Grass . Py GAB, Picutr. S.6dndrbatowtl as Home Stake: mine, ; Nevada ay d 2 months sary as} — “Ay Tphadayiiwe Tonparas, BBN ITY apie Mining Comumoy hax . of the incorporation, has now every: _ . leaving, hig dead on, the field. . T» Geo. M. Howard, 160 » To John Smith, 160 acres. he To Zeiad Pratt, 137-48 acres, To Charles Webber, 160 acres. To Chive Doan, 160 acres, e GA. Ww. praia eg H, Wallace F Plat ek wage ee sy : , To Frank hie ete s Perkins Bloomdel A Andrew Sacramento ‘rel J 'T Mooney Sie city 1 LE men Blue Tent + W Dickerson Bloom W. Thos Gerdiner>a F Chas Dodge oa J Fay city THE MARIONAY, HO. a =fo al : ——— Grass aay aietiict, To D,.D. Shattuck, 69.78. ‘acres, re (known ‘asPaleige! dann Greenhorn creek. on Greenhorn creek. J, B. Frick, . and Alonzo . Coopier; 226.64 acres,’ Kiiown as the sweep . Angel Placermmine.:, 3”. To Wir, K, “Spencer: and, B3 Stafford, 1486: acres, Grags Valley district. hn fo 3: B._ Davenport, 6, 368 ‘acres, knows as Bagle’ quattz ming; in Nevada Siarict, + trict. To G. ©, Allan and@-G. E. Turner. 24.12 aeres,: placer; in: Nevada district. ak ahd aa Dae waa Eureka Lake and Yuba Canal Co. 211.79 acres, piasce, in Rel.ef _ didtiicts Lo a > Last aren an 48M, Co. 22.95 cresy f mney House district. . , ¥ ; ‘dob “ i ij oe Trouble Atons. the Ditches. lias Wg, obeiainis: of theSonth Yuba Canal Company writes as follows from Bear Valley to. the office of Superintendent Brown in ‘this eigy hin under date-of 12th instant: “Tie storm of the 9th played sad havoc with our ditches; and I ‘heave never before witnessed in thisState an equal to its fury, The “main ditch got blocked from South Fork Steep . Hollow up to Tucker's Camp, a-dis. tance of 3} miles, on account “of a tree falling inat the »same tithe it had all the snow it could‘carry. We have one small break, on., the, Main ditch. “About half of the bloc’. aded portion hay been ‘cleared, aid: Gusileal there i is mofe snow atid be ai sehoornd days. The Dutch Flat’ sitoh has. three breaks, and a good share of tt is blocked With snow. We have ’ia bad job on our hands, but I have or: dered the boys to push the’ work of repairing and clearing as ravidly as possible: If the weather keeps fair aid warhi everything wiP be-all + right again in a few days.” The “North Bloonifield ‘ditch is blocked its’ entire distance, cutting off the water supply of several big mines.‘ The'btesk in the’ Eureka ditch will also do more or Jess damage. It isseldow that the snow wie er got mastery of < i '} cughly as it did during’ the late storm, The, Barik.of California declares s dividend for the last quarter of 1879 at the rate of 10 per ooh, re Lis pau, sk “4 The Vatican 6 organ at Roane wary cates home rule ‘or Ireland. =. Extensive strikes are again immi-_ nent among the cotton operatives in portions of England, Wm. Hamilton was inaugurated Governor of Maryland on the Mth, ant was sunk in. ‘Bast river, New York, on the 4th, by a collision witha ferryboat. fray Major Morrow’s troops had a fight with the Apache chief “Vietoria on the 12th, but the latter escaped, From the latest news from Maine it is evident that a collision at the } Capitat is almost inevitable, . Cole, on the 14th, i in self-defense, _/ New Yorkers are moving in the Ir is quite iantotad to ie “Ho. with poesinne: -of quartz,’ or in 1 Mone; ieten 5 Dall Fueh erha eee matter of pipiens for the Rext) ob orld’s ‘acres, in} @PAy Di D.YShattack) 163° Mond’ . = The,” Ro WHee, A NE Wilthing, . ite shot sd killed his employer, Sidney : evade Ci , January 1th, 1880, el prea eneresierrytmminiprinsemeniemenss : ‘MABRIER,. i * ~~ ' Ab Grass Valley, Jan. 13, 1880, by W. Ht. ‘Stiekdon, J. P., Mary Dower, G Vall J a AtGrass Va) RO aT ' a Rer_.W.” Bells Harris, both of Grose Valley. gt Cie cacy. = ma ImGrass Valley, Jan. 14, 38, Catharine “Higgins, aged 85° years: Statement of the Condition. of the Citizens Bank of Nevada (ity, Cal., sl. at the clese ef business om danu(. ASBRTA. é . Bank building and lot, and other estate. , : real é vneas $3086 25 6,835 75 te eine ee 'Loanson real estate... Inygated An. wash, and ooualy 36,322 68 Loans on Stocks, Pass Book , ete., 1,580 00 Loans on personal sectrity 24,018 40 Money on hand..°0.6:..; soe = with Bap lew. ish os 3 Oillee furniture, ‘xtnres and = } ‘safes sage 4,475 00 Bullion . Seas tae agin 1,578 70 Bills of Exchange. terme 12000 ; Totes. Assets. . $117,598 18 Gapital stock, paid up. ..-$ 30,000 00 fale “ "Pe aie ¢e 2,467 16 Dus “95,128.02. paees nap ealipim erm og nett et BS Ve i Total Liabilities. . $117,508 18 "Shep ital Stock of the Citizens Bank of iar of assets transtersd Poy 0 al wen ar Bl State of California, County of Nevada, ora ag “Rang pa be "Beale. etry evant E. M. Preston, President, and J. ‘e peg haw ‘the Citizens wri boy State of California, eraily sworn, each for it, deposes says oe of has eee ites atthe fac fact st va forth in the. fo ng eme: em at Ss ee eee to the best of knowledge K. M. PRE3TON, J. T: MORGAN, fubseribed and sworn, before .me ; this Mth day of January, 1830. ' jal? FRep SEARLS, hotacy Aaagg! __Dissolution Notice. —_— en sented by sal heretofore ex-’ Dickieson. and Will Cc. perro hs, in Bicol . Fe pte sito saitian on er an ep sunnnty, A. D. pope Pars DICK: Y . * E BCRRDUGH, BS. The business wil en at the eld stan by the undersigned, where ‘all bills ‘of ‘the late firm will be paid,and: where all parties indebted te said firm are notified to settle their accounts. pas W. Cc. BURROUGHS. at inn Jain, 10, 1880. jal? Smpwasp acing .TEACHER BF pag Fists soabe n FRUIT, Me, tive, TA’ Ras Onrenee a eee Vegetables, at evonsesal cuas, W. Kirts. DIBBLE & KITTS, ‘Attorneys nnd) we daw, Se "Levees Rew hep Roun. Pine Street, Adjotning Leones’ Mall, NEVADA Cs MEALS GOT UP ON SHORT NOTICE ANP IN ANY STYLE 4 DESIRED, epee ae sae OF: department = <ontiene ae Sel a me ° pO i am H Bloom ‘rT & Bloonfie! ‘ alt whees it may concern: ‘Take No. MAIN STREET, GRAassoe . ie tp Wh Vsaog as rant A + Mr. Richard Carkeet and fay . Ed Valley, twiths NBVADACITY, sawNe-somurn, 2 No “br CRASS VALLEY, 2 ay enone ! events of tl peaks Nevada ( . at the old 5 J. Hami: best oelectod tok stacks ot oe at the Yub: , ago, will be R for some ti GROCE R IES home as 8 . stage canMo be found in Nevada county. ee a evperience teaches us that our ae ot we for CASH is the only correct way of doing, Say . Drsiness. The ne’ if. i. ; ' Court of N COME: WITH. THE CASH BB oeok And ae ed much you _ buy ~ a dollar : phy 3 shrub tha penearnatt wilted mat at peers ee ~ foreground Choice Fresh. Butter, 60° Cenis. ee, dee r Roll, . niér, Of SOI i holds in he under her. Choice, re. Tea, 35 ares sal a squate pa And everything den in proportion. (all and: were not f exati"be. No trotbie to show ae and ——guess she wha oben ON _ third grade cig +s ST A In the rea: ture are a tavk, for the Blind Man! pope as sunabin Rr. W. SMoor. **tout ense H oe “has fost tecelved for the Holidays «, fg 7Osei8-90) fine stock of is a slight Ty Fancy , Work . Boxes, _ Dolls, cessor.: nee ef Horns, Pistols, Aw Bah. ruals, Purses, Povket “Books, Didn't Ea 8’ Tool Chests, Ba, Cites. bys, Stationery, “ete. ‘ A rt: ghar sien ‘argo CONFECTIONERY. ' The finest line of Faney Candy in the City ngy_and:ot wach as — as —-P-norama~Hearts; Panorama Eggs; “Where CIGARS AND TOBACCO. “I don't My stock of Ci and Tobacco is ¢ompolitely, + plete, and I can offer better brands for less “Has he eece than any store in Nevada City. : end seli for § Cents, the same quality ! +, of Cigars that other. places ook , “Then : 10 Cents for. ihe's pes My 10 Cent Cigars are equal those. bleak P's, rold at other places for two bits. ' ate fo Limes, Lemons and Oranges, Evesi A specialty. Constantly received aye a pay ‘e ; : . beige ‘ alone, wae The lat CITIZENS BANK, ing Gere . he was tr BROAD SAREE. jcc NEVADA CITE drwen; tad a Rl door. ENNIS ony occ Ge aa canes Presideae srcmaitieliawy E. M. PRESTON... EG secre cea tk SOHN tT "MORGAN. Cahier and Secretarp hundred —binecTeRe:— RM. Huw. ~~ Joun TF. Moneay., aainete no. M. Hvoues, . , T. W SicouRxes» Point," Nuss L, — ; “quently Aa Rective Depesite, Buy and ell Be New ‘Purchase Bullion. ig Ea Highest bee Ley see State ‘and CounDr. 8. ty Warrants, . ag yt room in . iain a . DRAW CHECKS Ox jewelry s _* se Me aeons aa ae will” ope as Bel EeegS oa all the Principe! Joseph ice sewer on fee-And c Banking Business, street, ry New Youn—Firet Hational B Te ~ pone en ame e b oe Bank of aT. arSut . Sa at Givue * Les ar en aia — . ae 8 a when SUTIGE—Seruae Be Be dant Pie “* tie ~

* “ae ly to ste ‘the slickens trouble settled 4. —“tnediately oo neighborhood of Milton, eight. _miles . * maton or four_miles—out . from pe 16; ‘and in spite of the fact and tried fo ligh @ fire. he could not * him, he. would bring bin to. some-habitation: _ came to a miner’s cabin. He remain. \riving dayrhefore ‘yesterday. . A i ‘ow, in'a melancholy ¢ “In opoabinglas the debris gauttion ; ee > sams re ‘Mmtag and, havicnionnnt pea ‘A peat bed 1 rep ,ahing as a a bot yal rainfal hat Chia point i he of: gold, but which has , f higt as twelve cents and C. W. Crocker, 320 acres.. ithe bec fete Pan om Tinea or Ofte ‘Grass Valley’ pr fs the} ‘To Evaline Thrasher, SOacres. sels apage torts perlotan ae LLghtg oo00000000001715 7 0 Lat le ae 8 deed have! Fo Du kc Rich, W60 acres, proces throagh the columns of all/ 1872—3..:.... Pho iev ccs ade been paid, t v the eee ie in 1878, 0 To Won di & Wes 80 acres, ithin the affected districts. +. 629 Neyer Lueierbad quer 2 Te Tied : 40 eres: aA ‘tate will one be Spiennh accom semah Belt work gree all the pons ot the : ’ bate ~ oe Journals are more pacific in tone, and’). “declare can be done bed _Telievey ‘the valleys shall be ddne.-* .* Tho Valley i is ready to endorse Represen e Berry's *itiasory movemént,.@r the military wurveying commissidii tf Representative Page, or any éafnest abeois which ee through the present Legislature may deem the t that edn =~ adopted. There is agreat deal of sound sense int alk. the dblive. As to. the nfdutitain journals—the Grass Valley; ‘Union and Peanscrier, aremeant— pMbeing more willing now than formef walthotitdigj wey to the farmers, sich. 4 not the case.. From the very first ‘they ‘have held thaf the agrieultur‘aiigts and miners had certain rights’ that justiee demanded ‘the protection “ob. Former y. the first-named urged that ‘wé™ should ‘Wake concessions that would have virtually amouitted” to _« suppression of hydraulie—mining. ._This we protested against dojena ‘Justified? © When we . were told by our friends in the valjeys that ‘they were willing to: meet} us half a in securing the general welfare.of factions, we were im" “pacified.” “No pains should henceforth be spared to keep in Ck istenve the amicable feeling that _ Mow apparently prevails. » Etta Ae 0: Adrift in the Snow. George dpyce, a prospector, had a ‘thrilling experience ,in the snow fields of Sierra county the-other day. He left here last week Thursday for . the mountains, and reached Graniteville, SF Hep 'thete he stacted for the above, although advised: that-such a trip was. a foolhardy undertaking while the snow was falling as it did at the time he set'ont on his lonely _journey. He lost his bearings when that the route had beeen previously ‘traveled by him, no familar points of topography presented themselves to help him out. He was provided with two day's rations, coffee pot, frying pan and matehes, The matches got damp, apd when he became tired out g a hole in the snow is blanket around (the night—not sleeperjng if the next day ing,: but ‘won Abont tifty hours after starting, when ‘a'b hope had left his breast, and he felt more like lying down in the snow and giving up the ghost» than _ battling longer againat. such odds, he. ed there long enough to recover from the "attidhs: ‘a exposure so as to be able ‘to travel, when he returned here, arHe aays a ten-foot ledge of gold dollars would be no inducement to take him ‘up to that country again during the wuowy months, eae Ma.C.M, ea told thig story the recent New England Ainuer: In ~ ogee hills sare. pe fune ¢ woman who mingles curio WEE Gi pity Was there Sith the mourners, ‘To » she said: “When «lid you get your ‘new eight«day clock?” “I ain't got no. new wight-day clock!" responded the be‘reaved woman, ‘Why, what is that, in the corner? Ain't that an eight-. lay ¢ oc ?’ persisted the curious visitor.. Na; that. ain't a ‘lock, phat's thedeceased. We stvod it un "+ whieh stock . strong terms, as the . P° . among the veins of yuartzit-wilk be pays large that wil. return one ceut ‘amount proves remunerative, affictedwid= amine; —which— ponly with that Congress of the common, that masterghip of the ignoble, has meee. 80 Rappersa and positive in the the Go den Gate. And the ok "ite aad more ordered relations, I da nob. know ofany field of suoderate investment more promising or more likely to insure fair returns than evists. in the! gold bearing quartz belt of the Vinge ap Roonttiive, inky. (Bont) fee Méno dounty (Bodie), » wilt séek this. inviting aa. 3: mines of Grass Valley+ Idaho, Empire, Oshben stale eal! Hill, Alaska-Buallion, Peabody, etc., “aré widely kfiown, and ‘somé” of then are famous. Thebeélt df* coun’ centres, lies at an altitude of from 3,000 to 5,000. feet, somewhat monotonous: and melaacholyin «character, showify, unlike the Comstock, Kure. ka or Leadville, nowhere in its whole length or breadth any large 4nd. continuous centre or. .consdlidation. The mills’ smoke on be ns 4 puffing up from. pine, ret there. ‘There are mines of ~e imrtance which have always paid, be phe tegiba-hogruser he migther)”: oie. The Sierra Buttes mine, working tock worth but $5 to $$ per tou, has mo in dividends $1,118,759. The map cto has done as well. fn this neighbor are mines now. being eahed the larger portion of the ore in thich will not: exceed. $6. per, ton. “I refer to the’ Providence on Deer Creek, whigh I have Visited. Close by is the Merrifield, Wyoming and others, all voing well on low cade ores, i butvossessing tar lodes. FE eatly as 1855 an Eoglsh pein oe several months of exploration, wrote tried quartz from a variety of these ee and but in two instances sogly:} } found no gold. “ T Zad. “Te qua artz that to. qutwaed . , r pyrites ran, varying in breadth from ahairto an eighth of an inch, the stone highly crystalized, Tfound i in tive pounds etn ppdawy Shirds of a grain of 3d. Tn aS, ypod Fae of opaque ye lowish color, ' than $5; or ghee tive ounces of atone, muc composed, coated and impregreted with ‘the oxideee ira," I got. something more than$1 50. 4th. CAN thi twas froay . gnats . ; Vales opened near Nevada and Grass e y te Sth. Genera'ly. speaking, I think é pt an found exhibiting extraordiwary rich: nesz, yet the average product will pound of * YT have thus. given, you aire the quartz mining here. If . ac td have overstated anything} shall be quite ready to reeet ik It has been established that rock per pound.. Iudeed, one-half t hat this covntry ‘alone @f sath work there is sufficient quarts to keep sev. eral bundred ie dn operation, Ah authority ¢ on ‘gold quartz, says of the Grass Valley mines: “Iu many specimens tliat I have seen, the quar said to be literally imbedded in the gold, -rather thauthe gold ia. the quartz, * * nl aes gards ~ more limited ‘distribution of go din the vein, there a ue sebihtccanly’ Nittcremos: wy gh ® ‘Veils the . dw iia ia very wld a als} west as fly as gold eaf,. in other f places, between t elayers” of quartz it is generally distributed through the vein inthe form of small particles, which aro dispersed throughout the quartz withuut any. apparent. arrangement—whileit is some times . found ted together, iu larger or smaller A either mixed end to make room for the ‘mourners,’ , is reviving with better conditions) try of which that region is one of'the . : ity, Sir. Henry V. Huntley, afterd.00°" ‘toa friend, who desired hisppiaion). Nevada, ier Vompany, . building as fellows: . altait ition, '$ “tet!” T shall state ‘that IT “have * Peniisyl ania” Company, ‘Ney; ir we ad Kghapnac Pi careful: . ’ rrow ‘trom 0 $800" to Tig iguiy examined with magnifying power,. date vértain bills, if n cehsary, no gold whatever.could. be ete bat ah ough which a stratum: > po! f ‘The Clerk was saihdaland to progot’ umiore . ame tpt three te seven. cents pr ; some of my views and observations . , “Wiget Nave bees . " Pveat-ou. a i@@ York for fa Consulires ntly errifield; + . Ske at rring sem & Clay,. ge -as he wpe Se one with, ahothén: ; 1d Tannel, Bar. satin 268 toreli re? he old pete ages and stories . aaa New. * my Gat _New_ York, __Htmperiled cities gad the ‘agricultural that cling tothis region lend to it) Wovalts and net ~ ‘Lands in valleys. At this time! that charm of ro Fray adven:. ‘mincs named embra es and there is . of that bitterness of feel. ture whieh, an its vouptly, hae made . go sta npe. The whole ; mation . ‘ing exists between the frming ae Ameri iT A tt _pe-. -shows-what-Pr = eytateciare: oad mai sem : : : i his” fife . and becometo be the gold beating fos sof Cal ~should-have been avoided at ke com. ons y ~If itornia—sandstoue granite gad meta-} ~Wienceme the controversy. ‘Ttis-a. such visi*ore were a and n Nevada horie slates: . I have te A begood indibation to find it waning, be= City-or any ‘of the «adjoining — counord to the namber of ‘sbaulibned or cause the y and relief we seek ties, before. ing to can Fraucigco, but partially worked minegt 4 Their _ Manat oes! ever, from the united and rem long enough to become. name is fegion, ~and-their dition” * “aud earnest efforts of the”. ople* of . imbued with the realremnants of the mixed” < majority of the owne the whol te. The, ol maxim, old El Dorado life, which remains ber pre impecuni whey « Rik Mi“united we stand, divided: we fal,” . so racy and redolent of theiargonantic diiebsed waiting? Baking to -mever wad maqpe ap e than in. days, they would varry away with . conn. fod a methi neéd‘this debrig-gcnflict, aud it'is well the them a better i impression than could hia te'ehe . i gal ocking of tha,treasure peop e begin to see it. The monotain!} possibly be the case after -mingling, vau t. Iwisited one of thes@peglected mifiésjor, rather, a ocotipe, of which strange fo say every one speaks well, I did so becatide it;has deen, or 38,” being purchaged by «1 New Yorkiinterest, and stgo froin the fact its history i is afair ex unple of of other rties. tn thin f which I te are ¥. ,and are known as tHe Live a TW and Ferseverapce,, aicecs oes ; We d eo eee . ett Board or City Sabet. it Belloc held 9 regular he City meeting TppeTiNes evening bills were allowed. ene W pay Iw sae GENERAL FUND, ,. E. Baldridge, Marshal; $100. Frapk Eilerman, meals to prisoners, $7 25, J. Vv. sia cetae work in fame, $1. + 8, ago my ro a i ie nea Brand & i nety, $125. + hie ‘Costello, “had. A lumber, $2 Denis, O'Neil, labor on streets, 31. J. M. Walting, commencing: suit wit ‘Thomas, $20. ¢ iret advertising, $0691)" Co,, lamp and post, $15 75. rien siow—T. “Meaglier,’ $1 50; J, Denler, wi; P. Williams, $3, Leopold.« hivhe) adea, $6, Son tieeinad 8 40. Secu 70 FUND, 8 AP Janitors} ervices, $10. On it was ordered that the * On Widtion it was ord President an Clerk, be authorized to eure a Hew iren lamp post for Nevada »Street, in fronh of Miss. E,.Rurner’ s residence. southwest corner of the Methodist paarbos: poigty opposite Geo. C. lerd’s bara, thence across street Pe ulong thd ebuth-dide Jaf Mrs. J/ B, Gray's Jot, across er W illiams Tivine t3 the bridge. “Petition aft} over Saesy bi st ra Grass Natley Mining Notes. pte: Union of Jeterny ijt The Sutpei leased the Hartery ground for five years, and wilkromone their hoisting machinery from its present location near Allison Ranvh; off to the leased ground. ° Tree.Mining Company, whose. work. has been, suapended for some weeks awaiting the completion thing arranged satisfactorily, and’ work’ on the tunnel will soon be resumed, The itasitenion among miners seems to be that mining eperutions n Grass Valley will be more than to] Usually active during the uext Bs a ner season, a d Tne alte ot laden” waistcoats is [supposed to have originated in Gali. A You. taay io not like a tree, You nage oe ee eount— rings.” * a conte are ie Fi r0 idence (which is reTr about two miles on the roa #o Grass . Py GAB, Picutr. S.6dndrbatowtl as Home Stake: mine, ; Nevada ay d 2 months sary as}

— “Ay Tphadayiiwe Tonparas, BBN ITY apie Mining Comumoy hax . of the incorporation, has now every: _ . leaving, hig dead on, the field.. .. T» Geo. M. Howard, 160 » To John Smith, 160 acres. he To Zeiad Pratt, 137-48 acres, To Charles Webber, 160 acres. To Chive Doan, 160 acres, e GA. Ww. praia eg H, Wallace F Plat ek wage ee sy : , To Frank hie ete s Perkins Bloomdel A Andrew Sacramento ‘rel J 'T Mooney Sie city 1 LE men Blue Tent + W Dickerson Bloom W. Thos Gerdiner>a F Chas Dodge oa J Fay city THE MARIONAY, HO. a =fo al : ——— Grass aay aietiict, To D,.D. Shattuck, 69.78. ‘acres, re (known ‘asPaleige! dann Greenhorn creek. on Greenhorn creek. J, B. Frick, . and Alonzo . Coopier; 226.64 acres,’ Kiiown as the sweep . Angel Placermmine.:, 3”. To Wir, K, “Spencer: and, B3 Stafford, 1486: acres, Grags Valley district. hn fo 3: B._ Davenport, 6, 368 ‘acres, knows as Bagle’ quattz ming; in Nevada Siarict, + trict. To G. ©, Allan and@-G. E. Turner. 24.12 aeres,: placer; in: Nevada district. ak ahd aa Dae waa Eureka Lake and Yuba Canal Co. 211.79 acres, piasce, in Rel.ef _ didtiicts Lo a > Last aren an 48M, Co. 22.95 cresy f mney House district. . , ¥ ; ‘dob “ i ij oe Trouble Atons. the Ditches. lias Wg, obeiainis: of theSonth Yuba Canal Company writes as follows from Bear Valley to. the office of Superintendent Brown in ‘this eigy hin under date-of 12th instant: “Tie storm of the 9th played sad havoc with our ditches; and I ‘heave never before witnessed in thisState an equal to its fury, The “main ditch got blocked from South Fork Steep . Hollow up to Tucker's Camp, a-dis. tance of 3} miles, on account “of a tree falling inat the »same tithe it had all the snow it could‘carry. We have one small break, on., the, Main ditch. “About half of the bloc’. aded portion hay been ‘cleared, aid: Gusileal there i is mofe snow atid be ai sehoornd days. The Dutch Flat’ sitoh has. three breaks, and a good share of tt is blocked With snow. We have ’ia bad job on our hands, but I have or: dered the boys to push the’ work of repairing and clearing as ravidly as possible: If the weather keeps fair aid warhi everything wiP be-all + right again in a few days.” The “North Bloonifield ‘ditch is blocked its’ entire distance, cutting off the water supply of several big mines.‘ The'btesk in the’ Eureka ditch will also do more or Jess damage. It isseldow that the snow wie er got mastery of < i '} cughly as it did during’ the late storm, The, Barik.of California declares s dividend for the last quarter of 1879 at the rate of 10 per ooh, re Lis pau, sk “4 The Vatican 6 organ at Roane wary cates home rule ‘or Ireland. =. Extensive strikes are again immi-_ nent among the cotton operatives in portions of England, Wm. Hamilton was inaugurated Governor of Maryland on the Mth, ant was sunk in. ‘Bast river, New York, on the 4th, by a collision witha ferryboat. fray Major Morrow’s troops had a fight with the Apache chief “Vietoria on the 12th, but the latter escaped, From the latest news from Maine it is evident that a collision at the } Capitat is almost inevitable, . Cole, on the 14th, i in self-defense, _/ New Yorkers are moving in the Ir is quite iantotad to ie “Ho. with poesinne: -of quartz,’ or in 1 Mone; ieten 5 Dall Fueh erha eee matter of pipiens for the Rext) ob orld’s ‘acres, in} @PAy Di D.YShattack) 163° Mond’ . = The,” Ro WHee, A NE Wilthing, . ite shot sd killed his employer, Sidney : evade Ci , January 1th, 1880, el prea eneresierrytmminiprinsemeniemenss : ‘MABRIER,. i * ~~ ' Ab Grass Valley, Jan. 13, 1880, by W. Ht. ‘Stiekdon, J. P., Mary Dower, G Vall J a AtGrass Va) RO aT ' a Rer_.W.” Bells Harris, both of Grose Valley. gt Cie cacy. = ma ImGrass Valley, Jan. 14, 38, Catharine “Higgins, aged 85° years: Statement of the Condition. of the Citizens Bank of Nevada (ity, Cal., sl. at the clese ef business om danu(. ASBRTA. é . Bank building and lot, and other estate. , : real é vneas $3086 25 6,835 75 te eine ee 'Loanson real estate...... Inygated An. wash, and ooualy 36,322 68 Loans on Stocks, Pass Book , ete., 1,580 00 Loans on personal sectrity 24,018 40 Money on hand....°0.6:...; soe = with Bap lew. ish os 3 Oillee furniture, ‘xtnres and = } ‘safes sage 4,475 00 Bullion . Seas tae agin 1,578 70 Bills of Exchange.. terme 12000 ; Totes. Assets.. .. $117,598 18 Gapital stock, paid up.. ...-$ 30,000 00 fale “ "Pe aie ¢e 2,467 16 Dus “95,128.02. paees nap ealipim erm og nett et BS Ve i Total Liabilities. .. $117,508 18 "Shep ital Stock of the Citizens Bank of iar of assets transtersd Poy 0 al wen ar Bl State of California, County of Nevada, ora ag “Rang pa be "Beale. etry evant E. M. Preston, President, and J. ‘e peg haw ‘the Citizens wri boy State of California, eraily sworn, each for it, deposes says oe of has eee ites atthe fac fact st va forth in the. fo ng eme: em at Ss ee eee to the best of knowledge K. M. PRE3TON, J. T: MORGAN, fubseribed and sworn, before .me ; this Mth day of January, 1830. ' jal? FRep SEARLS, hotacy Aaagg! __Dissolution Notice. —_— en sented by sal heretofore ex-’ Dickieson. and Will Cc. perro hs, in Bicol . Fe pte sito saitian on er an ep sunnnty, A. D. pope Pars DICK: Y . * E BCRRDUGH, BS. The business wil en at the eld stan by the undersigned, where ‘all bills ‘of ‘the late firm will be paid,and: where all parties indebted te said firm are notified to settle their accounts. pas W. Cc. BURROUGHS. at inn Jain, 10, 1880. jal? Smpwasp acing .TEACHER BF pag Fists soabe n FRUIT, Me, tive, TA’ Ras Onrenee a eee Vegetables, at evonsesal cuas, W. Kirts. DIBBLE & KITTS, ‘Attorneys nnd) we daw, Se "Levees Rew hep Roun. Pine Street, Adjotning Leones’ Mall, NEVADA Cs MEALS GOT UP ON SHORT NOTICE ANP IN ANY STYLE 4 DESIRED, epee ae sae OF: department = <ontiene ae Sel a me ° pO i am H Bloom ‘rT & Bloonfie! ‘ alt whees it may concern: ‘Take No. MAIN STREET, GRAassoe . ie tp Wh Vsaog as rant A + Mr. Richard Carkeet and fay . Ed Valley, twiths NBVADACITY, sawNe-somurn, 2 No “br CRASS VALLEY, 2 ay enone ! events of tl peaks Nevada ( . at the old 5 J. Hami: best oelectod tok stacks ot oe at the Yub: , ago, will be R for some ti GROCE R IES home as 8 . stage canMo be found in Nevada county. ee a evperience teaches us that our ae ot we for CASH is the only correct way of doing, Say . Drsiness. The ne’ if. i. ; ' Court of N COME: WITH. THE CASH BB oeok And ae ed much you _ buy ~ a dollar : phy 3 shrub tha penearnatt wilted mat at peers ee ~ foreground Choice Fresh. Butter, 60° Cenis. ee, dee r Roll, . niér, Of SOI i holds in he under her. Choice, re. Tea, 35 ares sal a squate pa And everything den in proportion. (all and: were not f exati"be. No trotbie to show ae and ——guess she wha oben ON _ third grade cig +s ST A In the rea: ture are a tavk, for the Blind Man! pope as sunabin Rr. W. SMoor. **tout ense H oe “has fost tecelved for the Holidays «, fg 7Osei8-90) fine stock of is a slight Ty Fancy , Work . Boxes, _ Dolls, cessor.: nee ef Horns, Pistols, Aw Bah. ruals, Purses, Povket “Books, Didn't Ea 8’ Tool Chests, Ba, Cites. bys, Stationery, “ete.. ‘ A rt: ghar sien ‘argo CONFECTIONERY. ' The finest line of Faney Candy in the City ngy_and:ot wach as — as —-P-norama~Hearts; Panorama Eggs; “Where CIGARS AND TOBACCO. “I don't My stock of Ci and Tobacco is ¢ompolitely, + plete, and I can offer better brands for less “Has he eece than any store in Nevada City. : end seli for § Cents, the same quality ! +, of Cigars that other. places ook , “Then : 10 Cents for. ihe's pes My 10 Cent Cigars are equal those. bleak P's, rold at other places for two bits. ' ate fo Limes, Lemons and Oranges, Evesi A specialty. Constantly received aye a pay ‘e ; : . beige ‘ alone, wae The lat CITIZENS BANK, ing Gere . he was tr BROAD SAREE.. jcc NEVADA CITE drwen; tad a Rl door. ENNIS ony occ Ge aa canes Presideae srcmaitieliawy E. M. PRESTON..... EG secre cea tk SOHN tT "MORGAN. Cahier and Secretarp hundred —binecTeRe:— RM. Huw. ~~ Joun TF. Moneay., aainete no. M. Hvoues, . , T. W SicouRxes» Point," Nuss L, — ; “quently Aa Rective Depesite, Buy and ell Be New ‘Purchase Bullion. ig Ea Highest bee Ley see State ‘and CounDr. 8. ty Warrants, . ag yt room in . iain a . DRAW CHECKS Ox jewelry s _* se Me aeons aa ae will” ope as Bel EeegS oa all the Principe! Joseph ice sewer on fee-And c Banking Business, street, ry New Youn—Firet Hational B Te ~ pone en ame e b oe Bank of aT. arSut . Sa at Givue * Les ar en aia — . ae 8 a when SUTIGE—Seruae Be Be dant Pie “* tie ~