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“that range, the different mines had .
ee eee, there would have}—
been sn Pesos found. It has . on its merits.
ey
__weredgyied to pay
owners refused to. paysthem. This
The Bhe Daily Granscript
NEY ADA ‘crry. CAla
eaalag, Jan. 19, 1878. ee
Deep Work Wanted.
There are thousands of quartz
mines in this State which-bave been
worked and paid largeprofits, but
—efter—a white «point —wouldbe+
zeached which would fi ail to pay, . and
then the mine would be. abandoned.
The history of every mine showsthat
” there ere barren spots in them, but
if explored, puying ore is soon found +
~~ again, “The famous “Comstock lead
‘gn Nevada, is’ no exception. “Tf as.
__ g90n as barren rock” was struck on
jnade no difference whether @ mine
paid there or Bot, work was. contin“ued. The stock ha .fesn. materially affected, whether lends were
‘declared or assessments levied, but
in this State a mine has to be worked
Parties opening. &
mine expect’. the superintendent. to
make it declare dividends every
gmaonth. They soon tire of paying.
assessments,and prefer to shut duwh
and lose the amount invested, rather .
__than expend more money in _discov.
erirg rich deposits. The Allison’
Ranch mine isan instance. Up to
1866 the gross yields of the mine was
$2,400,000. ‘The -producefor three
years, ending December 30th, 1860
was $1,000,000, and in 1866, with
eight months’ work, the yield was
about $200,000. The lowest depth
attained at that time, was only four
‘hundred and seventy-five feet on the
jncline, or three hundred: and forty
feet perpendicniarDrifts had been
yun four hundred and thirty odd
eet, yet, if ten months after, in
consequence of the rock not paying,
_ work W suspended, and the mixe
a ee Assessments
‘the expenses of
sinking for another. level, but the
mine is a fair
owners had become rich from the
proceeds of the mine, who were al-,
. the kind they are familiar with, so
‘book publishers who deiste to “keep
their publications in the schools,
Lthem'in use are just as liable to
suspicion of bribery as the ones who
ite trash, and were lustily cheered
as t passed pasion Commercial
Local Brevities.
“The-Grass Valley_ Union advises
us s ter use @ shotgun -on the man who.
* Hfett a note on our table about a “cow
hide,” and-other sympathising .editors who have passed throgh Such.
experiences, coincide. We-can as.
assure our contemporaries that: the
hide in question, had not been taken off the animal, long enough tobe serviceable as an instrament of
‘we-had no-use_for the shot gun. —_ 4
ee is now affirmed ‘that school .
have as much interest to do so as
those. who. seek. to introduce theirs, g
‘and that those who voted toedntinue
voted fora y change. Quen sabe?
There wasahigh toned “wedding
‘took place ‘yesterday, Thesisterof
Ah Look took unto herself a gay
and festive youth frem Grass Valley.
The happy couple (7?) went to Gfass
Valleyo1 con a wedding tour. 'Pheir
departure was witnessed by all of
Chinatown, .and several hundred
street. ae
KY B. Carley-will be foun® ready
at all times to perform express business night or day, rain ‘0x shine, and
. will vote the que who gives 8 him the}
most work ‘the best man in town
The San Francisco Bulletin says.at
lively opposition is going on between
Nevada City and Marysville, by two
rival stage lines. This is the first
we have heard of it. The ohd adage,
“Go way. from home to, hear the
news, ’ris applicable in this case as.
in many others,
ohn Mackey, the fortutiats speculator i in stocks at Virginia City, who .
is reported to have cleared fifty million dollars, was a resident of this
city in early days. ae
cnet
Money from all parts of the me
is centering . in San Francisco tg,be
+invested-inthe Nevada mines. This
county has sent its share. San
Francisco. ought to be flush about
these-days.
While residents from. ths Eastern.
. drawing, ~~
Tha Grass ValleyUnion binkcs
wé dispose with the Congressional
Committee’s report in the easiest .
. possible manner, and says w6" offset .
a lot of garbled extracts from” Southern newspapers ‘against their “testiThe Union. mistakes our
“motives, we quoted the-extracts to
show how easy the committee got
over what was supposed to be the
state of affairs existing down there.
We shall nowwait-to-see-what-thatities.
on. any part of the grade.
bailt.
through . that county.
built.
tried last week.
connection.
“We give ifups
. ably onestroyed.
money given in retan
ets will be very liberal.
be purchased until the day
mony.
Peter Parden. aes us that he
shall put a,foree of men to work i im)Ptoving the Sau Juam, toll fodd, “of:
whieh he is proprietor, as soon ‘as
ground is s broke on the railroad, and
that he with have it in condition for
. the largest teams to pass with ease
‘It is now
believed that the proposed new road
to connect Downieville and-intermediate points with ‘this -city, will be
We understand, Sierra county will ‘build a road aéfar as the riv-Ler, oy the distance. -it-will pass
This road will
be of . great importaace to this city,
‘as well as to the railroad and the
yee reach. Tt ‘inust be
We had the. following “question
j asked us since the trial of Jackson
Tetal.vs Baldwin et al. which “was
swore that. upon examination they.
found there was. no connection be-rday ~yesterday= Phere —is~ promise
tween..the,two. ledges in. dispute.
The twelve -jurymen visited the:
ground and afterwards ‘rendered a
verdict to the effect that there was a
‘Which was right?’’
The drawing for the piand, easy .
chair, ard other articles, which was
advertised by the ladies who got up
the fair and bazar, will come off on .
the lst of February or thereabouts.
The articles to be drawn are valued
at about $700: There were fifteen
dred tickets issued, but there . will Bae de rge nuiber unseld—probird—and they will be deSo the _ proportion of
n for the: tickTickets can
of ‘the
Ss
ee
States ure “suffering from intense
cold, and in many places, suffering
most penniless when they commencéd working upon it. Supposing the Virginia Consolidated, the.
‘California, or any other of the Comstock mines had been similarly treated, would they to-day be selling for.
such fabulous amounts? What is
wanted on all our mines is . deep
work. When we can tell of the ten
twelve, and fifteen hundred-foot levels, then if no pay is found, it may
pe policy ~-to—talk -of--suspending+
work. There is nota mine in the
‘county, which has paid on the surface, bat will pay again if sunk on,
and they will pay larger dividends
\ accorditig to their cost, than many
“of the silver leads in Washoe. Our
“eapital is-put inte-mines of ‘another
_ State, while the leads here are remuining idle and unproductive, for
want of it. “San Francisco capitalists who have investments here need
not fear a loss of their money if they
, will but persevere and. “go down cn
= their ledges.
\
oo by the Heavy Storm.
Ve learn, from, Jonathati: Clatk
hit there was considerable damage
done near Wheatland by the flood,
caused by the heavy rain of ThursThe levee of T. Kirk on.
Bear River, gave way and flooded
day last.
the whole country adjoining, making
the water higher on, A. Oakley's
‘Yanch than it has been for years.
"The bridge crossing Baxter's slough, .
which is sixty feet in length and
was built last Summer, was carried
“away, and the embankment on the
railroad for: sixty feet in length, befor waut of food and shelter, the
weather e, although gormy, is
like their summer. There is no
want, no suffermg from cold, und
everything is lovely Who would
pot be a Californian? Think of the
thermometer being 35 and 40 degrees
below zero! coe
We understand that Sacramento
parties will take” a sub contract to.
build the narrow gauge-railroad the
whole distance from Colfax to this
menced in a short time.Antoine Tam has oysters that look
good enough to eat, and we are not
certain but that is what his numerous friends do when they call there
80 frequently. ;
A little gravel would not be a detriment to the road leading from here
to Rock creek. He who goes over
that road during the rainy season
should-remember the 3d commandment.
Ak Smith, of North h Bloomfield,
has more jrons inthe fire than any
man in the mountains.insurance agent, Notary Public, Justice of the Peace, dentist, keeps a
drug store, is a news agent, and is a
first rate fellow in the bargain,We understand R, McMurray went.
to San Francisco with a view of resigning his position of Superintendent of the Eureka rent Water and
Mining Company, but the owners
positively refused to accept his “res=
ignation. The position is of
great respo onsibility, andis attended
with agreat deal: of perplexity and
tween Sheridan and Wheatland, was
also carried away ‘and delayed the!
‘express and freight trains” for several.
hours. Itis ecu other damage
was aino do: lone.
_ aa rasa ony:
ae
Joan Cashinreturned from Virginia City on Sunday evening. He . .
: reports that place the: liveliest camp
in North America. He thinks San
Francisco does not hold a candle to
itin the way of business activity.
"The streets are thronged with men,
evetything is excitement, and there
is a perfect. recklessness in the ex<
penditure of money, y, When Mr.
Cashin left snow was ever three feet
deep; at Carson it was ten: inches,
and all the way there was snow until he reached Colfax, =,
_nupleasant controversies, Soak Mr,
‘but it was ho go.
Wells Fargo & Coy, offer + to carry!
. generally, availing themselves of the
very liberal offer, _
Arthur ‘Hagadorn le a flying
visit this way on Sunday. He is éecily, and that work will be comall the exchanges of the different .
newspapers of the. State ,free, of .
+¢eharge, and we find publishers are
the question further.
has been improved. ’
new and in splendid condition,
tim
large
~~ George §
bonanza in the Coms
appearance, to-a Califor
not indicate fabulous richn
standard—can be found in
the mines about here.
town,
Supreme Court.
toa second decision, sid
position to the first one; Ww
suit, it is indeed a hard case.
forgot
his silent apis es
follow
place who haye known him }
city for grenty four years.
ae
report is in full, befo.e discussing .
The young ladies’ party which
‘comes off on Friday night, will be
the first held at the Theatre since it,
The floor is
The
galleries will afford a first rate place
to make up any little quarrels young
‘couples may have fallen into, and
itiess the dancing at the same
There will doubtless be a
nd a first rate'time. ”
~has~ soiie of the+
rock:which eame gut: ‘of: ‘the great
k lode.
Dr. McCormick, of Grass Valley,
jaas so far recovered from thé” accident he met with some time since,
that he is able to attend all calls in
town or fora short distance out of
The Union saysin a few days
he will be able to see patients at any
. distance.
He is an
There is universal syuiadhy ex.
pressed here for the members of the
Their ‘duties were
laborious: when théy Had only to de‘cide a case once, but when it comes
tion by either of the parties tothe)
Ole Torson “was welcomed to his
old stamping ground by his numerous friends. His residence in Wheat-.
land has not diminished his love for
his old home, or edused him to be
n by its-residents,~ He was
safely pilgted through from _— by
‘The funeral of Niches Hunf,
which took-—place > ‘on Sunday at 2
o'clock, was well attended. : Many
him to his list _Festing
Its]
an, does +
: As
good looking rock—jadging by
ie vay of
ee Local Brevities, : :
The changes ade in’ the ‘line of
the proposed railroad, made by the
second. ‘oufvéy. we leurs, was a source
of great disappointnyeht to afew
whe expected to get more from the
company for damage than their property is worth: We are not sure but
some on the present line will be in
‘the same predicament.
Weare in receipt of an invitation
and complimentary ticket to the par.ty.to be given by the Why Not Club}
The arrangements-for a first class .
time are about completed, and we
; There will be no danger of a scarcity of wood again this Winter.
. Woodmen “had: stored away. large . <
‘filling orders all Winter from the
woods.
Another rain commenced to fall o on
Sunday evening, and it continued all
eee pee
‘on Friday night, at~ the Theatre. .
expect to see a large clowd present,
quantities in the Fall, and have,been}
4 Comurrrer Suicipe at His Ware's .
Guavx.—-Horace R. Gibbs, an employe ofthe Indianapolis, Cincinnatig Lafayette Hailroad i in this.city,
committed suicidé Monday under peculiar circumstances. Some-two or
thre: years. digo pis ‘wife died and was
‘parjed at Spring Groye, since which
tima he bag been very melancholy
This morning he engaged a hack
and drove to Spring Grove. At the
entrance he told the driver to exer
cise the horses while he visited the
grave, butmot-returning—after-some
time, the hackman searched for him
and found his bédy lying across his
wife’s grave, with two enypty Derrin-'
gers besideit; he having shot himnow ofgetting what the country so
much needed up to a late date.
Rey: J. Sims his. been confined to
big house for several days with sick‘. megs. “He was unebie to preach i San: day. as ae
a a, Carr is making : a visit to his
friends in this city: Trinity county
teaching seems ‘tox agree with him.
Two . of our prominent citizens are
talking of buying Texas steers and . §
going into the stock business.
The best Winter road in the county
is the Grass Valley tull road. ‘Phere,
Ben: Taylor, is one for you.
The Eastern mail failed to come to
time st the usual hour on Sunday.
a
Rosenberg Bros.
This well known and papular mercantile establishment, says’ the Holiter
“morning’s paper with’a whole column naeebaesk If we are to
ju
with their patrons ‘by that display ved
toward the printer, wefeel assured
that all who patrdnize the “firm will
receivé the full benefit of their n& RLinehart’s. —store-building;
all times to extend a friendy greet-.
ing to these who may give them a
eall.
Nebraska Mine.
Nebraska with a view to again strike
the ancient channel which is known
to pasg.ip the vicinity. The Manzahill east of Sugar Loaf, aad there is
but little doubt they are on the same
ghanngl, and will, in time, come. to
the richest part of. it.
loads of gold in that lead, aud it will,
Office, in this city, for +
Monday, Jan. 18th, 1875. >
H. Hy Hasxr
as-well-asany he ever took out.
tothe mill until they are better.
oe work will be continued.
curing a patent to a mining claim on
American river, which he thinks is
the “richest ou’ the “stream. He
reports the mings at ‘Little .York as
all at work and doing well.
—*Phere.is @ package at: 0 Usion
Hotel for John ‘Dickson of ‘North
San Juan, It is su ate owe Si
Christmas, present & ‘bohemian
friend of his who drives his quill in
Grass Valley.
that samé,
The Grass Valley Union. oat
-where the V flume i is, and thinks it)
ought to. be ready ‘to /ran’ timber .
down for the railroad.. We believed
itis the intention Of the projectors
to have it. area time to ay,
“It you want a mansard nae built
over your eye in short order, tell Jacobs Brothers they haye nota fine
{assortment of cigars and tobacco. —
ning the 20th. ‘i
A
a bath in the
well enough, only
soap, with marked resul
Toa
Esterprise, appears in this}
of their liberality im dealing]
ey. "They: have removed their i
mense. stock of goods: “jntoBaldwin .
where-they_willte-teand -ready— ~et+Work is being proseci ted on the
Post;
Means Committee, Jan. 14, to urge
action on his, bill for the relief of
+-Oalifornia * ‘Wrandy . distillers. ‘The
ehairnian said that it would be iminediately referred to the ‘Commissioner of Internal Revenue for his
opinion, and the committee will then
give the matter prompt considera‘tion,
A popuLar clergyman says it is in‘teresting to. observe how many people go to the circus ‘‘just to please
the childreu,’”’ and very curious to
notice that sometiiés it takes severHerman M,. Trustee, 465
self throngh the head. —He Jeft-atetawunnges eit =
ter stating that he was not insane, . xelsey J 421
Littlehale JM 2u9
but that the deed was prompted by . Titticnaic J. 2
affection for ‘his dead wife, whom Laemies & ei
he, wished to: jin in the other world, ee Aan Doe
F Maguire I M 240
and “expressed the” belief that his Mesuire J Mf ar
wife would not have waited a “day Maguire dM 243
had he died ‘first. t—Enxehange, — = es on
oo 470”
Miller HL S: 262
“Revter FOR. Caurvonsna Dreriiena. Mourice B_ ‘Trustee. 530
Representative Page, says~ the . Palmer CC ; 352
ee ee Palmer M E 199
_went before the Ways and}
OLD RUN MININ
, Location of -princips rg come eANY,
ness, San Francisco, Location, of
works, Gold Flat, Nevada, Gokete Califer.
nia, Notice—There are Melinguent upon
the following described sto. k ou acedunt
{ assersmenit ie 9) levied on the 7th pn de
of Decem $74, the oneal amdunts set
ote opposite Fespective. 8 hareholders, Pre
follows: ; &
Xo. of ¥o. of ; J
Names. Certifi'e. Shares,Ant,
Badger Jos. 289 100 20:09
Badger Jos 290-" 100 20 6p
Bad er Jus 291 100-20 Hy
Badger Jos 292 100 20 00
Bargion P. Trustee, 176 50 810
Brown GeoA 429 i lv oy
Brown, EP 428 50 19 09
Belding W-J— 44) 200 40-09
Crane Geo 487) 50
Crane Geo 498"
Crane Geo + 489
Crane Geo. “491°
Dennison IM “448
Elisworth RS 196
Garcélon GC , 619
Gamage A . 455
Gamage A Ty “460
Palmer C C, Trustee, 535
Palmer CC, Trustee, 565
Richardson E A Tra’ e496
Richardgon £ A,'lra'e 497
‘And in accordance with law, aid an Order
of the Board uf Dircctors, made Gn the ith
day of December, 1874, so wuapy shares of —
each parcel of said stock, a8 may be neces.
office of the company, 41 Market street. San
Francisco, California, on WEDNESDAY, the
3d day of February, 1874, at the hour ot 12
o'clock, M.-of such day, to pay delinquent
assessmnents thereon, together with costs of
advertising aud expenses ot the sale.
Cc. G, PALM=R, Secretary.
Office—4l1 Market street. ji2id
women to look after one little boy or
girl-on such an occasion.
_Wasnox lake _ affords.
skating,
‘Drep.
75, Alexander
Hunt, aged 68 years. New York yepett
please’ COPY: ~
In Nevada City, Jan. 16, 1
ara CITY
jal able-bodied men and motherly.
_excellent . ss
‘Anctieg, Somaiiea _and-Vari-+“QRUCIBLES, CRUCIBLES,
ACIDS, ACIDS,
Mining Chemicals,
cat eras
COUGH CANDY,
~ Affords immediate rclief “to_sore throats.
TRY IT. :
WATER PROOF BLACKING,
“ety “Store.
Dieppe ao REP. ; RED. .
SS
Se
a se ag
Paints, Os and “Varnishes
AT
NEVADA DRUG STORE,
__E, My PRESON, Drugeist,
N. W. eorner Broad and Pine Streets,
s
Terry VP 49
Walker 1°C ~ “956 1000. 200.00
Walker TC. 257 1uv0 200 du
Waters W_R— = $10; 150-30 00
-Waters W Kk 556 100 000. G
Waters W & 537 100 2000 4
sary, Will be gold at’ public auction at the ~
‘PRESTON'S .
nita mine is also workitig into the .
Second Hand Furniture Bought & Sold.
SS whe
FOURTH SELECT PARTY,
_ OR THE—
There are pe
ere re-long, be captured by our enieri It is estimated that
there has been over threeand @ quarter millions of dollars taken from
he channel, _within a distance of
John Schmidt is at work kine
vine, and he informs us itis eR, 9
He
dias. quite a large quantity on the
dump, but the roads are in such a
eendition that it will not be drawn
‘There will be a meeting o of the
Guila Botiety at the residence of
. George Jacobs, om Wednesday eveean recently lok’
He managed}
a got hold of a}.
piede of stove ‘blackis instead of
poor man with a la tai
ie glory is of but little oy =
BROAD STREET,
NEVADA CITY.
~ Opposite the Bank.
fa Jan. 18, 1875,
5
——
Notice to Creditors.
STATE of WM. “ELLIS, deceased. Notice is hereby given by the undersign-.
ed, Administrator of the Evtate of William
Ellis, deceased, to the creditors of, and,all
persons having claims
ceabed, to exhibit them with the necessary
vou , within four months after the
first publication of this notice, to the said
Administrator at North San Juan, in the
county of Nevada.
2 ROBERT HUGHES,
P.M. Eliis, deceased.
‘ Ratke ee ‘Niles Searls, Attorney. jan 18, 1875.
Brown Miss Alice. :
Bramnard A. NATIONAL EXCHANGE
Church CB. 2. ane
*~ Everett H, 2, oa
_ Hegele F. ie
Hyde Wm. G =
Hollis Jno.. aoe ‘ ‘
por — Mary. HOTEL,
anding C, ans BROAD 8TREET..... ry. :
tin-op-. Murphy Edward. . a —a
ut mo-. MalmsChas.1.F. gs. A, EDDY, ; ', Proprietor.
: ae oe HIS iis KNOWN HOTEL Is AL-. .
4 erry. ways open for the accommodation of
Souzada Joaquin De. . the Traveling Public. Large additions have
tos LD =. nea tea eee ete
2 a SOR EP w
nga se — airy_and comfortable, and the Vable will
elis Geo. N. compare favorably with that of any. Hotel
~-2-+ . in the State. The Proprietor. will spare no
Rich Rock. guests ‘. pains nor expense to render his.
comfortable, —__
Stages for all parts of the State ha
their Offices at this Hote ia
A share: of Public Patronage is respect.
fully soliex ted Ay A
ee A. A. EDDY, E ye Proprietor
*
ne
OR Silenin tok ea convict the
person or persons who have broken
‘tue windews and otherwise damaged the
School ig oe ala District.
a ‘ is age
Nevada roe Jan. Lochs 18. 1874.
JOHN H. HARRISON, —. ,
PARES ERS se COLNEL
hye ERIE EN
against the. said de. . Sadie Gumbert, ::. _K. T.' Madigan
Kate Gray, . Abbie Corneil,
A. Phyl Davenport, Hattie Rolfe.
Annie Hupp, ~ K. M, Williams. —
i “Administrator of the Estate of! William .
The House is kept open all night for
he accommodation of the ‘Traveling Public,
BLL “‘Pables and Bar cennect
withthe Hotel. a
YADA THEATRE,
January 22d, 1875.
an
Sie Committee.
Eliza Cornell, _ Flora Holbrook,
cs
Floor Managers,
Floor Director,
Gussie C, MeQuestin.
Nevada, Jan. 9th.
The Second One Dollar
SOIREE,
OF THE
NEVADA SOCIAL CLUB,
WILL take place—gt-TEMPERa
} ANCE HALL, on
FRIDAY EVENING, FEB. 5th.
Tickets, adinittiing 1 ladies and gentie've,
to be had only oS ei = :
AI. ZEKIND, Commercial Street.
J. C. DONNELLY, Broad Street,
A, D. MARTIN, at Geo. Welch’s Store..
‘W. W. JACOBS, at B: H. Miller’s Store.
Nevada, Jan. 3d, 1875.
To City Tax . Payers.
VS. ASSESSMEN TL TOE OF NEV¥ADs
,CITY, having been placed in wy. heals
notice is hereby given that I Twill be ia uy
office at City Hall, on
. MONDAY, JANUARY 4th, 1875, “anni
ERY DAY THEREAFTER until
MONDAY, FB, lst, 1975.
From 9 o'clock, A. M, till 4 o’cluck, P.M.
ne x the purges of receiving seats . etd
tpaid by/Fe
will iI be delin Manat and5 per co
costs will be added.
J; B. GRAY, City Marsha
Nevada, Jan. ap ee =
~ SPECIAL 3 NOTICE: .
tthe “Ria indebted Nick
ate vocab sak Es R. W. + the Bas
of Nevada x aly pr
mands will ‘please ‘present them far 9
RW. TULLE, Assienet
rates tor Cash.~ . ment.
tmiop oo Heead Berwst, Ti sateen a He
Nevada, Jan. ccna ‘dk
“why. Not’ Club, @
. WILL BE GIVEN AT THE NE
ig
its
‘th
int
aft
all
cla