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THE DAILY TRANSCRIPT,
NEVADA cITY, CAL.
BROWN & CALKINS, Prop’rs,
N. P. BROWN.....< Business Manager
; LRONARD 8. NOALICING Tetccecstente Editor
Neva Canty Ocal Pre
low drift or’ passageway, one hundred feet in length, isrun into the
bank along thebedrock at its base.
At. the inner.end of this drift a
eross-drift of equal length is ‘excavated, When ready to receive
the charge of powder, these under
ground workings are in the form of
the letter T,withchambers at the extremities of the cross-drifts. Kegs
of black powder are then packed in
TUESDAY, JAN. %
HYDRAULIC MINING,
A San.Franciseo Writer's Review of
the Great. California Industry.
{Taliesin Evansin ‘‘The oe ay
NO. V.
~ Great care is taken. to prevent the
escape of the gold with the outpouring flood and debris. The tunnels
aud open cuts are paved with heavy
bowlders or heavy blocks. of wood,
which pavement has to be’ frequéntly renewed, owing ti the enormous
attrition to which it is subj cted.
The sluices and undercurrents are
paved with wooden blocks a foot
thick and eighteen or twenty inches
~-in-diameter;.the end of the fiber of
which is preséntéd to the action of:
the flowing water and debris, Every
few weeks these blocks are/so far
-worn that new ones have to be substituted. ‘The forest-timber growing
on the surface of a hydrauulic mine
is, consequently, rapidly—destroy-ed
to supply blocks for riffling. In the
spaces between the bowlder ani
block.pavements the gold finds a
lodgment.
The under-currents are a very
useful and ingenious-device to —utilize the immense fall between the
mouth of the tunnel and the bottom
ofthe canon into which the talings
are dumped. Without them’ miles
of sluices would have to be con“structed and maintained at great expense, and the separation of the gold
from the gravel would éven then
—~searcely be as thorough, The underof-zigzaps
sluices placed underneath one anoth—-——er; at-distanees of forty-or —fifty— feet}
apart, The under-current may be
briefly described as follows; The
sluice emerging from the tunnel is
run ‘out on scaffolding a tew feet over
the steep side of the canon. At_ the
end of the sluice, and forming a part
of the bottom thereof, isa large. and
strong iron grating, called the ‘‘grizzly,” over which the greater part of
the water and the coarser debiis are
projected-by their own age aell
fifty feet, where they are taken
up and carried forward by another
sluices, to be again
discharged in the same way.
Through the grating, or grizzly, at
2 the end_of each of these-sluices,—the
gold Which has traveled thus far,
the finer gravel, and a small volume
of water, drop on to-a board table
placed underneath, and riffled with
blocks.
light material aud gold are carried wt,
a greatly reduced speed. The gold
drops of its_own gravity into—the
spaces between the blocks, which
have been charged with~quicksilver,
while the water passes off and joins
the maiy stream.at the foot ofthe
falls, carrying-with it the fine debris.
Six or seven of these under-cur:ents
“Sputhiee to separate the gold thorough: .
ly from the gravel, and the lower
under-current in the chain — barely
pays-the cost of maintaining it.
One man is constantly employed
watching «the under-cnrrents -and
keeps the dump clear_at:-thefoot.
A jam which sometimes occurs
. through tho stoppase of tree-stumps
or large bowlders, turns the stream,
freighted with its precious bu¥den,
on a wayward course. ‘Tie watchman mast, consequently, be vigilant,
activé, brave, afid energetic. He is
usually a broad-shouldered giant,
with a quick eye, sinews of steel,
and ‘plenty.of nerve. He is armed
with a rifle, to shoot’down-any thief
that may attempt to rpb the sluices.
The sluice-robber usually is a Chinaman, His latest method. of sluicerobbing is to-supply himself with a
“wilver knife, and when an opportunity is presented by the watchman
turning his back fora few minutes,
_ to thrast'the btade of the knife between the riffles of the under-current, .’Qaicksilver having an affinity
for silver, the blade comes up ‘covered* with. auriferous amalgam. A
sentry-box on the crownof the hill 1s
the watchman’s tower. From it he
commands an unobstructed view of
every foot ofthe under-current, and
of the tail-dump_ down to the Tiver
“he cay detect pursuing the nefarile
mine, and . powder forihe_aa conside sra[sliding banks,
the _résidence-—-of—the=-parenta,—on-Over this hoard table the . :
by the ton,—as much as _thirty-tive
tons forming one charge. ‘Telegraph
wires’ connect the mine with an electric battery stationed at a safe distanée. After the outer drift has been
securely ‘closed up, the mine is
“Sprang, anda baik containing, half a
million tons or more of gravel, is
tifted-and-looseued_as if by a mighty
convulsion of nature, Masses of
rock too large to pass tl.rough the
sluices and under-currents (and the
blue gravel is full of thein) are also
broken up by charges of powder.
Sumetimes. masses. of cemented
gravel, not affected by the -main
blast, have to. be broken up in a
similar manner. Drift miners, are,
consequently, at work in a hydraulic
4
ble -item.in the current expenses,.
The powder bills of some hydraulic
mining companies_run_ from thirty~
‘tive thousand to fifty thousand dollars per annum. On the top of the
embankment, and commanding 4
good view of the faceof the workings, watchmen-are stationed in large
wooden boxes, to signal the workmen below that there is danger of
The distributing
reservoirs andthe mine are connected by telephone, and a telephone
or shhegraph line: also connects the
distributing reservoir with the head
of the supply-ditch and main reservoir, forty. or fifty, or even one hundred miles away.
_ DIED.
In San Francisco, January 4, 1883, Mrs,
Ann Connolly, mother of Mrs, W. P. Har:
rington, formerly of Nevada City, a native
of Jounty Tyrone, Ireland, aged 92 years
and 26 days,
{ Nevada City, January 8th, 1882, Emery,
ifant son of S. T and Emma Murchie,
set 1 month and 10 days.
The funeral will take place from
Wednesday (tomorrow) afternoon,
at 2 o’clock.~_ Friends and ac
quaintances are—respectfully invited .
to attend. ;
County Serip.
LL WARRANTS registered on the
General Fund prior to November 11th,
1882, and including warrant-No. 612, regis
tered at that date, will be paid on presen
tation. Interest ceases from date.
G. vy. SCHMITTBURG,
Treasurer ef Nevada Co.
\ Nevada City, Jan. 9th, 1883.
LIBERAL REWARD.
A NY ONE knowing or in possession ef
i
Certificate No. 2203 of the Noonday
Mine,
Will receive a liberal reward by at once
communicating with
A. HEYNEMANN,
Att'y at Law, 310 Pine Street, San Francisco. ad09-7
Nevada County Narrow Gina
Railroad estore see
Trains Will Leave and Arrive at
Nevada City
ON AFTER
Saturday, Jan. 6th, ‘83, as follows +
LEAVING FOR COLFAX.
6. 30 A. M. daily; connecting with Passénger arriving in’ San Francisco
at 5.40 P.
4.20 YP it, ‘aie.
. FOR GRASS VALLEY ONLY:
vA ane: eed Sin: Lys Only, ey ene
FE.3O* # Susaayeomy.y
AND
FROM COLFAX,
1. 18 A. M, daily.
9.0 0
8,00 A. M.
. daily. Pe with Pasae San Franciseg at
Ny
FROM GRASS VIBLEY @ @NLY,
3 00 P. M. (Sundays Onty->
wr
JOHN F. KIDDER,
eral Superintendent..
FOR ‘SALE,
The VJhole
Half interest in-the
Fruit Evaporator,
or One~€orner-of East Broadt
and Pine —
Process fully explained
te the purchaser,
eofenquire of
CK. ASHBURN,
At the Adjoining Premises,
_ Nevada, Jan. B,1383 ber enna
a ptrores
IN THE
——--0;
Providing Mutual .
Entrance re
Entrance Fee. . re
Entrance Fee
Entrance Fee er oe i i er ry
Membership Fee .
TheCheapest and Best
Life Insurance
HOME. BENEP IT ‘ASSOCIATION, =
bers on the Assessment Plan . .
_——+9———
$1,000 BENEFIT.
$2,000 BENEFIT.
Annual Fee tage expenses (in advance); .
$3,000 BENEFIT.
Annual Fee for expense ‘de advarice). .
$5,000 BENEFIT. .
Annual F ‘ee for expenses tin advance). .
$10,000 BENEFIT. 2
(Two Benefits of $5; 000. each.)
Medical Examinatibn® Extra.
WORLD!
nsurance to Mem00 ee
ee #0056) © (06 aserie
0/0 96-0 60-8. oe ge
Laveen 830 DOLE
Each monitor, inja hy Gadlicmine
He has been
selected for his superior skill in the
‘management of the machine, and
the excellence of his judgment in the’
use'of water. Heis known as the
‘‘pipeman,” and is, next to the . = sluices are kept f full to the brim with
“the bank. that it dissolves with . ,
foreman or “superintendent, the
-Most important man in the minex—A
: competent pipeman will work off
twice as mach gravel as an ordinary
miner can do with the same machine
-in a given tiute. Ip the pipeman’s
hands # the monitor is always qogaged
in the ‘most effective work, and the
~“Tmitiense {blasts .
ave frequently loosened .
: ‘of the streams of water thrown upon it by’ the monitors. . _In the prep-'}:
for each $1,000 benefit:
Under 20 years, .
$0. -z0.
* Assessments are graded according to she ages of
members when the assessment is called}.-as follows,
¢ .
50 +tO 53. geste F6
-. _An_assessment—will not be” necessary. for each}
death, as., each. assessmhent will probably yield an.
‘amount Suffidient to pay several benefits. =
epecag these laste a narrow and,
ae to-25 oe 53 to 566" 3.2. °2 56
25 tO 30-» {= . go} $6to ere
40-40-35".. 1, bol s8 to Go “c".,. 3 40)
95 to 40 e7es M+ F5 BO, 062-8. ys 3 80
Ao to 4s ro golGe te Ga ot 4 40
45° to $0: % .. 1 90] Over 64 ies 8 OO
GRAND & BASSETT, AGENTS.
eamannn naman bags
T
The Finest Assortment of
Consist . «i in = of
Work Boxes,
andkerchief Boxes,
For Chris Me ith !
Fapanese Govt
Ever brohght. to Nevada City!
Gleve.Boxes, ~~~
Trays,
TO BE FOUND AT
—o—
Dolls of all sizes,
Toys of all kinds,
Perfameries,
Work Boxes,
Albums,
Fancy[{Papeteries,
Jewel Cases,
Ete., Pte., Ete.
TO'BE FOUND AT
Mrs, Tester & Crawionds
Mrs. Lester & Crawford's,
, Canv
—
asses,
Worsteda,
Ice Wool,
“THE LARGEST STOCK OF
Cardboards,
‘Embroidery Silks,
Patterns,
Gold and Silver Bratd,
TO BE FOUND AT
LINE
y Fa
OFLace Ties,
Lace Collars,
And {everything pertaining
fe. FANCY WORK,
Ms. Leste Crawiod’s
' far FROM NEW YORK HAS JU ST Ata
BEEN RECEIVED A BEAUTIFUL
Lace Handkerchiefs,
.*
Lace Tidies,
-AT THB. STORE OF
LESTER &CRAWFORD'S:
HOLI
Easels, 5
Wall Pockets,
1} Mts Lester & Crawford.
pitta
Pictare Frames,
(Brackets,
—AT =
MRS.
--O—
A FINE[DISPLAYKOF
Including Large,Lot of
AT'THE STORE OF ~
MRS. j
MUSLINERY,
HATS,
—9—
DAY PRESENTS AT
DRY 6000,
Cre Dress Gras,
Lester & Crawford.
TRIMMED,{and'§UNTRIMMED
OF THE VERY [LATEST STYLES.
TRIMMINGS,
FEATHERS, Ktc,
4a 1F YOU WANT TO BUY FINE
Very Low Prices!
DON’T FAIL; TOCALL AND IN-\
SPECT THEZABOVE STOCK.
MRS. ‘LESTER & CRAWFORD, ©
. MAIESTREET,
. HAMS, BACON
Great Variety Store,
GARTHE, L.
DVALER IN
Groceries, Provisons,
Canned Goods, etc:
DESIRE TO:CALL. THE ATTENTION
of the people of Nevada City and County to the Largé.and Varied Stock now in my
Store on
Commercial Street,
Consisting of Everything to be found
in a First-class Grocery Store.
Imported. Wines & Liquors
FOR MEDICINAL PURPOSES,
Fresh Vegetables, California and
Tropical Fruits.VERY J} OW PRICES.
Forthe .veral patronage extended to me
inthe past I return my sincere thaiks a
ask a continuance of the same,
L. GARTHE,
COMMERCIAL STREET NEVA —DACITY
READY
the Cor. of Pine
Great Reductions
MADE CLOTHING!
“To the People of Nevada County :
<2 IMPROVE THIS UNPRECEDENTED OPPORTUNITY
On aft after To-day the Entire. Stock in the srg .
and Commercial Sts. will be Sold
at LOWER Rates than Ever Before sold i in Nevada,
ar, oe
—FREAINSURANCE—GUARDIAN
Insiranee Comp y
OF LONDON,
ESTABLISHED 1821.
PAID-UP CAPITAL ..... $5,000,000.
FIRE ASSETS EXCEED
PPXHE undersigned having been duly appointed
Resident Agents
Of the above company, are fully prepared. to
accept risks tipon approved property at the
rates usually charged by first-class British
offices,
This Company
Has'the
Capital
Of any Coinpany doing business
IN THIS COUNTRY,
BRAND = BAGOE
Dee, 27-1m. Resident Agents
PORK=PACKING
ESTABLISHMENT,
Main Street, nearly opposite
Union Hotel, Nevada City,
NAFFZIGER & CLOULMAN,
PROPRIETORS,
KEEP CONSTANTLY
on hand @ large and
choice stock ef
AND LARD,
Pork, Spare-ribs & Sausages,
—AT—
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
We invite the public to.give us a call,
Naffziger & Cloudman.
Nevada sir Dee, 12th, 1882.
County Borip.
ee
LL Warrants registered “On the following Funds wil be paid on presentation;
Road District No. 1, Road District No.
Road District No, 3, Road District No.
aad Road District 'No, 5.
from date.
2,
4,
Interest ceases
Q@, von SCHMITTBURG,
Treasurer of Nevada County’,
Nevada City, Jan. 6th, 1883.
A WUTKE,
FASHIONABLE BOOT
AND SHOEMAKER,
BROAD STREET
} TWO DOORS BELOW
POST OFFICE.
NEVADA*® CITY,. CA
Fine Boots and Shoes a Specialty:
—o——
REPAIRING NEATLY DONE,
Nevada City, March 30th—1
aURGEON,
Near {the} Union! Hotel.
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a
HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN.
. NOTICE.
1
; Three Houses and Lots 2
if FOR SALE.
"Situated on Sééramento Street _ on” Piety
Hill, in the City of Nevada. Lots well
fenced. One house hard finished, six rooms,
with bay window. “One house with five
rooms, One house wigh four rooms, Goed,
+ well of water on each two lots,
For particulars “oo at Jaw Office of
O8S_& SIMONDS.
Nevada City, Dec. 7, 1882-1m
Largest Paid-up. .
; . No. 48, K. of P.,
Having
. MENS’; BOY'S,
el fiave deemed it best
Overcoats, all shades and
California Gray Undershirts
Unlauudried Shirts from 75
Mining Boots at $4.50, and
~ Shaker Socks, white and g ay, $1.75 per dozen.
Great Reduction in Men’s and Boy’s Boots.
ment, we invite you to call and examine these goods and the prices, a
CHIVALRIC CONCERT,
UNIFORM DRILL
AND BALL,
Ps —AT— k
Hunt’s Hall, Nevada City,
—ON—
iday Evening;-Jan “19, 1883.
Pad
(DETAILS HEREAFTER.)
= PRICE,
COMMITTEE OR HALL,
J, .A. Rapp, G. A, Nihell,
J. Pelee. :
COMMITTEE ON pANcE MUSIC.
E, A. Tompkins, J. ig Jackson;
s.
Lanyon.
COMMITTEE ON PRINTING. #
L. 8. Calkins, ACB
Ak Bigs
CoMMITTER ON DECORAPIONS.
W. J. Britland, “ Ww. Thurston,
T. Hicks, , J. W. Greely,
JR. Collins, Geo. Danfurth,
E, Amann,
COMMITTEE ‘ON DOORKREPER® AND, JANITORS,
J. E, Isaacs, W. Rowe, . °
= = Stephens. .
couarrrer on DRILL.
ote: Hartwell, G.A. Gray;
nak "A. Nihell, »
fcomairree-oN siNGiNe,
Jno, Robbins, Peter Edd:
= _ Thos. Tregenza, J, Daniele’
i [FLooR DIRECTOR,
' HLY. Reardan.
ee
boughta-very laree-consigament OF
AND YOUTH'S CLOTHING,
HATS, BOOTS, SHOES, ETC., ETC.,
to set forth the Prices of a few articles, namely :
Men’s Cassimere Suits, formerly $18. 00 now ‘$12. oo.
Men's Scotch Suits, formerly-$20.00-now $14.
~Men’s Cassimere Frock. Suits, formerly $25.00 now $18.
Men's Broadcloth Suits, formerly $30 now $25.
Men's Beaver Suits, formerly $22.50 now $18. —
Men's Cassimere Pants, formerly $4.50 now $3.
Men's Cassimere Pants, formerly $5 now $3.50.
Men's Cassimere Pants, formerly $5.50 now $4.
Méh’s-Cassimere Pants, formerly $6 now $5.
colors, for Men, Youth and Boys at Gieat Reduction.
Boy's Suits from $4 up. Latest style Hats at very low rates.
Men’s Merino Undershirts and Drawers, 37 cents, 50 cents, and 75 as
and Drawers, $1 to $1, 25.
cents to $1.25 each. Worth from $1. 50 te , $2.50 ‘each,
all others accordingly.
~ Overalls 37 cents « pair, Cotton bundle Socks 75 cents per doz,
Blankets, all colors at San Francisco Prices,
Ladies, Misses and Children’s Shoes, at Greatly Reduced Prices,
This is decidedly the Greatest Inducement ever offered.
I might go ‘on and enumerate article upon article in my hne which I am determined te
han.they-have-ever-been-sold in this section of country,
In order to satisfy yourselves of the truth of the ahove, .
el at less prices
and be convinced ve this i is n0 iad -trap arrangeThe Pioneer Grocery Store .
tn ie
Here I an, and Here I Have Been For Over If Years
= : —SE2LLIinNGoChoice Family Groceries.
At No. 52 Broad Street. Morgan & Roberts’ Block
OPPOSITE COUNTY TREASURER'S OFFICE
g experience.in buying enables me to place before my eustomers the BEST QUALITY OFH00DS AT THE LOWEST POSSIBLE
I keep constantly on hand
My lox
“Our Taste dager Cured Hams ant Bacon, the Choicest}in the
World, Also, “Deep Sea” and “Just Right” Mackerel
New Orleans Molasses, New and Bris ht Georgie’ 8
Codfish. Wood and Willow Ware, Croc
ery, Nails, Candles, &e., &eo, .
——
MY MOTTO IS:——EAIR AND ‘
GOODS FOR A DOLLAR IN COIN.
CHARLES E. MULLOY
SQUARE DEALING——A DOLLAR'S’ WORTH
z ; : ae,
‘AELHIVE. GROCERY. STORE,
“18 and 20 Commercial : Street,
IWHVADA oO©rry.
——
J.J. JACKSON, PROP'R.
“AGENT F a i
BOSS COFFEE. POT,
“EPICURE” JAPAN TEA,
eg
~ . FLOOR COMMITTER.
E. A. Tompkins, §. La:
BL. Shoeeratt,” Jd. Jotton,
J. A. Rapp, _D. hicken
EK. C. Wolfe, ALR. Lord.
RECEPTION COMMITTER.
Jos. Eustis, RD. Carter.
J. W. Robinson, —W3,7.
end. Bacigalip, a 3 oan :
~ F. Bi Eilerman, “WB; futon.
« Peter Eddy, *B. F. Hartman..
me !
ne ‘4
Price of Tickets... 4.. -$1 00
. Admission to Gallery..
*+50e)
oe THISTLE DEW WHISKY,
ECLIPSE EXTRA DRY CHAMPAGNE, sis
SPARKLING MUSCATEL CHAMPAGNE, E
{GRAND PRIZE CHAMPAGNE. a
Aslo keep on hand, Clock . Baking. Powder, English” we
Imported Cakes, and a full line of =
ao + ss
First-Class Groceries & Provisions.