September 5, 1876 (6 pages)

i Ce A as PRR Aeros ss ile eo a Jd ‘mining interest in this section of the “millions.” ' from seventy to cighty per cent. _ to prospect-thé gronnd and establish ‘ble wealth. _ privileges, ’ productive , Jets having been” danrmed up, cover “have a storage “ qwater alone very large A this i immense agglomeration of prop« ditches, water rights, ete., over,three . The gun 6 Sranseript NEVADA CrTry, CAL. ee _ oa ‘Tuesday: enteiver 5, 1876. lense aS ST aS at : ria Hydraatic Mines. : A corresvondent of the San Fran¢isco Stock Report, from Gold Run, gives a very truthful and encouraging picture of the hydraulic writing Btate. “The writer ‘““Only those who have traveled, extensively ever the gold fields ate aware of the activity. mapifested just now, in quartz ag-well as placer mining,these Mdvemehts being most noticeable ing Amador and Névada counties.” He gays Alvinza El: iyward, Jones, Kaymond and others have been buying. ap quartz and hydraulic properties, the two former to the extent-of over three million dollars worth. The total production of Nevada and Piaeer counties for the carrent year, he puts dgwn at between five and six The. estimates the . net profits, on Kedraatin at says: mining These Deposits of Auriferous Gri vel are Practically Inexhaustible. At Gold Rau, Dutch Fiat, Little York and Coltwbia Hill, on the San dguap Ridge, where hydraulic: washing has been vigorously prosecuted for nearly a quarter of a century, the ground seems to have been searcely more than scarified. Hardly autywhere has the gravel here been run off to withio atbuadred feet of the bottom, the remaiying stratum being generally from one hundred and fifty to three htindred feet deep. About. Columbia Hill aft tiénce west along the old channel through Cherokee these gold-bearing ‘banks reach the extraordinary depth of 600 feet anda width of nearly a mile, the whole of it rich, free from tenaeious cement, boulders and barren material and easily broken down and run off. -All the. work that has been done here in twenty-four years las -barely suificed for it an unmistakable and illimitaOperated at: firstin a eomparatively smal way,only within the past few years, since the bulk of this ground came into possession of The Eureka Lake and Yuba Conal Company, Consolidated, Has anything like a sensible impresgion been mads upon it. The posgessions of this company, prising the ditches, reservoirs, water comold bearing gravel, wood lands, etc., two companies whose conjoint name it now bears, include a greater area ef -valuablesminineg cround and other} formerly belonging tothe propefiies than is owned by any ether hydraulic. company in “California, saying any other in the world. are, in fact, too meu to lanudle and should be as they no doubt ultimate’ ly will be, subdivided, aad be owaed and run by ditferent companies. The area of their nriferous lands [am Which is equivalent. to Vhese large for one set of to advantage, unable to stute with exactness, but it eovers Some thousands of acres lying along one of the mest opulent sections of the Pliocene rivers, comihonly denominated tlye *‘Great Blue Lead.”’ ‘They own several large e:itude of lakes situate near the summit of the Sierra Nevada. their outnals and a mult Some of these: lakes, than 3U0 acres and cupacity of 1,000,000,000. enbic: feet, equal to seven or eight billion “gallons of waan area of more nearly ter; enough to serve all the cities of California, could it be eonducted to them. Worked witha view to insur‘ing the largest possible returns, the annual income of this estate, portions of which are now farmed out, might be made to ‘exceed a million dollars, nearly twice the amoy derived from it. now @ sales. of venues might be realized, the Supply sources of this elementaS wellas the producity of the.mines being suse of almost indefinite enlargeOnly second in magnitude to From ent. ertics, located a little further east on the same channel, is the splendid estate of The North Bloomfiell Company, Who within the past five years have expended in the purchase and improvementof their mining grounds, and ? million dollars, the construction of their bed rock tunnel, nearly 8,000 feet long, having alone ~ cost’ oyer $500,000. “The late W. Cy Ralston, . Hon. T. G. ‘one of the principal owners, is said to have had at.one time, between money invested and loaned, as much as seven or eight hundred thor ‘sand dollars in this enterprise. In the multipicity of industrial schemes arged on his attention, Ralston may; during his short. but active and useful life, have made some ill-: dvised investments; but if so, this was not one of them. The money put in hére was wisely expended, as time . will prove. Delays through Unayoidableand Unexpected Causes. It has been the case with nearly all these hydraulic en more time, and very often also more money, had beén required to bring . terprises that than was at first expected, the. experience of the North Bioomfield Com-: pany aptly illustrating this point. After purehasing their grounds and . water franchises.canas had to be . dug, the cost of excavating these having. proved counted upon. greater than— wag Then an a@am had to be built across the outlet . cf their principal Jake. to convert it into a-reservoir. expensive Within afew we after this structure had been comple-ted at a heavy outlay a fire broke out and burnt it up. Rebuilding it hastily, that they might have it in read iness for the approaching water“season, a flood -ocenrsed soon after it’ was finished and_ “carried it uway. Their top dirt proving. to ‘be of an unexpectedly low grade, a long bedrock tunnel had to be driven in order to secure anoutlet for their lower and richer material. Having finished this after its diligent prosecution for four years unother year was reqnired to wash out an cpening suificrent to reach and run off this material, an end that has not yet been fully accomplished. Companies operating in other localities have had eks cumbent masses of volcanic matter, run off strata of barren sand and pipe clay, disentegrate the indurated gravel with powder and contend with thick layers of boulders,’ obstacles from which the big companies abovementioned have been say ex~ “empted ® a ee Business. Ithas been tolerably dull for business in this section the past . six months, yet there are no casey of suffering and poverty, and every one has done moderately well. When it is taken into account what drawbacks the place has had to stand up under, it is ne wonder business has ‘been a little dull. Tho failure of the bank has had much to do with jit. While times are dull here, are certain they are no better elsewhere, east for livelier times-here we think is good. we or west. ‘The prospect If the.bank rbopens, as it probably will, either by the’ of the old concern or by other parties, it will make money easier, creditors and business will soon feel the effects of The mining it, situation is favorable, and all the other industries are prosperous. We see no good reason why times, the coming year, wills not be as good as they-éver were here. i Hgyes and Wheeler Club Meeting. There will be a ‘meeting of RepubVicans on Thursday night, for the purpose of a permanent organization ofa Hayes and Wheeler Club. There are already over one hundred. ana twenty-five -names-signed tothe rolls and .it is conffdently expected th: at the Club will-start off with a mep< bership of between two and Abree hundred. The meeting on Thursday night will be ably» Addressed by Phelps, late\ean lidaté for Governor, “A big turn out will be seen on that occasion. <a ——— —— Central Cemimittee, <.The Democratic County Central Committee met at Grass: Valley Saturday, and among other important business, called: Conventions for the nomination of Supervisors in the 3rd and Sth Districts, the call for whick will be found in to-day’s Union. The 3rd District comprises the townships of Eureka, Bloomfield trict the townshipscf Meadow Lake and Little York. The names of sevall and the Conventions can for the office in both Districts, good men, either of them .—G. V. UW) ‘— ion, » =a-fs> --THREE men were killed by the explosion of a boiler at Cordova, Minnesota, Friday. TUK proper.name for a quack docress-~Charlotte-Aun, ey em to-a profitably productive stage . Persian postage stamps, supposed to and Washington; and the Sth Dis-! eral persons have been mentioned. not well -go amiss in the selection of . ‘Our Washirgtor Letter. -' « (Cerrespondence of the TRANSCRIPT.) _. Wasurneton D. ©. Aug. 29, 1876. Ep, Nevapva Dattxy TRANSCRIPT: Congress has scattered. The: President is at Long Braneb, and the Cabinet has dispersed. Secretary Taft end Morrell are ali who are left to The latth a large cheer us in our loneliness. ter is busily engaged wi nuthber of prominent Bankers; are here negotiating the new’ Idan. Secretary Morrell is giving his. most careful attention to the subject, and -his conversation with the Bankers who are deeply interested in the negotiations, gives tl he assurance that the interests of the government are carefillly attended to. Specimens of be the first ever issued in Persia, were received at the office of the Tnird Assistant Post Master “yesterday. Thev-are rude-in point of. ‘artistic finish, and the vignette is ation with bis right foot lifted, carryingin it a sword. Specimen stamps from Iceland; were alao received yesterday. It will be gratifying to all soldiers who Jost arms or legs in the $2. army, and have been receiving per mouth pension, but no commutation for‘loss of limbs, to know that Convress at its last session, so amended the law, as to give thé elasg referred to artificial limbs, or. commutation therefor. Application shonkd be made _to the Surgeon General of the army. A dispatch dated Cape May, Aug. 22, and directed to the ‘‘Evening Star’’ of this City says, the delegates to a convention of the Methodist Church, Northand South, for the purpose of arranging a reunion of those. large bodies‘of Christians, have been\in session hére for several days. ‘They have substantially-agreed upon a basis, which will be made publio in a day or two.’’Thisis an event fit to be consummated in this. Centennial to break up and get—rid—of -superin-}-year, and everyone interested in re-1 ligious advancements, will rejoice that the negotiations to that end, promise to be successful. By advices recently received from Philadelphia, there is a strong probability of a break in. the combination of coal dealers, ‘and a consequent ~considerable reduction in the prices. Some 500,000 tons will be sold at auction in New York on Tuesday next. This fallin the price -of .coal, will create a.corresponding decreasé in the money wages, and be_ productive of much suffering. They have lately been making only half time, and in some instancés only one third time, and with the near approach ofwinter, their outlook is gloomy indeed, Iudivideal coal dealers will suffer severely, and itis predicted somo of them will not be able to carry on business. A dispatch fron the conimanding officers, at Standing Rock, dated yesterday says, Indians from Sitting Bull’s camp, report a battle between thé forces of Sitting Ball, ‘And the eommanding forces of Terry and Crook. . pulse The Tad nS were reed and have scattered. Terry}! and Crook are reported to have sust#ined as heavy losses asthe Indians, The substance of the instructions to the Commissioners, to treat with {the Sioux, is to the effect that the Indians try outside of their perma ervation under the tre; ¥ of 1868, and-so much of thejrpermanent resé@st of the 103° deitude. The first meetk@ Commission will be~ held at Omaha on the 28th instant.” One ervation as lies grees of lor ing of hegotiations, will be an arrangement by which the Indians may become self supporting, and their removal to the Indian territory at an early day is considered by the President as the surest step for the accomplishment of an end so desirable. ing Star’’ The “* Evenin speaking of this Cominission, thinks it will havea difiicult.task to perform. The Commission sent out last year, not only failed to accomplish its purpose, but its members came near losing theirlives on aceount of the bad state of feel. ing among the Indians, then the latter were sullenly stubborn in refusing to cedea portion of the country given tothem by the treaty of 1863, and would listen to no proposition for its relinquishment. Thecircumstances now are somewhat different, The Indians find a large number of people located in the Black Hills, and must be conviaced by this time, that the gold banters have gone there to stay; so that the portion of their reservation coveted by their ‘Great Father,’’ is already in’ posession of tue whites, . fie that the Government is engaged in a ree war with-the hostile wembers ; who _Generat Harlbal of the most important stibjeets of the . Besides this, they know } rof their nation, which must finally end im the severe punishment of those Indians bow on the war path,” This may all be very right, but I am strongly inclined to think, that had the Black Hills-belonged toa_nation, near equalin strength, aud all the arts of war, had they Been of solid gold, we never would have attempted ‘to take themin this fashion. Saxon ——____._—__5 2 —The ‘‘Repubdlic,’’ The Republic Magazine for September is one of the most powerful numbers yet issued of this. valuable taonthly. No public man or private citizen who believes in Republican principles should fail to subscribe for this magazine. It has been a ’ Dancing. The subject at Temperante Halt on Saturday~ eyening last, ‘was dancing. The house was Watt Billed, and the-exercises were very interesting, We understand the nights P of meeting hereafter, will be on We understand Mr. Parks willseon come up to join Mr. Scott’s band. A club will soon. be organized and by that means there will be a large dancing party assured cach week. <a > =i Advertised. Letters. The following letters remain.in the Post Office dt Nevada City, Nevada County, Cal, for week ending .Sept. 4th, 1876. calling for advertised letters will please g give the date of advertisement. Persons Friday instead of Saturday niglits. . —+7-—_Port forget the MILJTARY NOTICE’ NEVADA LIGHT GUARD, 6U ABE HEREBY ORDERED TO APpear at your iy ARMORY, In Full Uniform, on SATURDAY, SEPT. 9th, 1876. iV: ADT 1.2 O’ELOCK, P.M. ‘For annual mustering in of the Compa. ny. Every member of the Company ig ex. pected to be on hand to sign the new Roll, By order é J.A. RAPP; Capt. Commantinis,. W.FaEvens, 0.8. Monthly Meeti DE the power for good in former campaigns, . and will so provein this; . The following is the table of contents for tha present number: Election Frauds; -The Republican Party of the Past and Present; Horace Greeley vs. 8. J. Filden? United States. Bonds and Notes; Universal Amnesty and Uni-. yersal,, Sa ffrace; How England encourages Her Men of. Letters; The Chiuese Plank; Scandal in the Earlier Days of the’ Republic; Democratic Inconsisteney;—The Virtuous Democracy;. Tilden’s Letter of * Aceeptance; Free Schoolsat the South; Work of the Forty-fourth Congress; Verbatim report of the great speech of General Garfield and speech of Send $2. to the Republic Publishing Company, Washington, D. C., and subscribe for one year. No better investment cotld be made in these times. Gore gs a Cow.—On Wednesday ton—a boy between four:and five yéars of age—wasa in -the street in front ofthe residence of M. B. B. Potter, when a cow belonging to Adam Kurich, made for the boy, -catching him on her horns and tossinghimin the air. Mrs. Potter happened to be standing at the gate in front of her residence and witnessed the cow’s attack; she hastened to the upon her horns and‘tossed him the second time into the air. By the time Mrs Potter reached the scene of action he lit upon the ground and she rescued him. The cow then started after her but sbe made good her escape within her gate and closed it against the. cow. Hogan’s Stable,seeing what had happened rushed to the scene of action and drove the cow away. What is . most singular, the boy does not show a mark upon him nor does he appear to have: been injured in the least. on. this occasion she showed syinptoms of being dangerous,—San Juan Times. Pou > RatTHeR. Mixep.—A man.who was not very clever at conundrums, in attempting to get off one at a tea party at his own house the other evening, became exceedingly mixed. He intended toask the old question, ‘“Why is a woman like ivf?” the fa— but gallant ansywer* to which ‘‘Beeause the m you're ruined the closer she cliwgs:’’ But ha& put it, ““Why is%y like a woman?” which nope’of the ladifés could: tell, and so~the unfortunate man: told theaf himself that it was “Because e closer it clings the. more“ you’re ruined,” < . [By Telegraph,] h3 Mining Stocks. Yesterday Morning’s Sales. 295 Ophir 5934, 1360 Mexican 3544, : 105 Gould & Curry 152%. sy 325 Savage 21. 390 Hale “& Norcross k1%4, 435 Con Virginia 58, ~~ 125 Crown Point 12, 3955 Imperial 5. 730 Union Con 1457, 385 Sierra Nevada 1d, 580 Alpha 45%;, 1500 Lady Bryan 45c, 255 Belcher 23%;. $35. Yellow Jacket 28, 1265 Justice 2337. 385 Exchequer 162%, 1235 California 587, 100 Caledonia 8%, 110 Overman 73. 20 Kentuet 13, 445 Julia 8%. 390 Bullion 44, . 145 Best & Belcher 49%, “> 20 Utah 22,10 Confidence 1T%. > 355 Silver Hill 9! 15 Chollar 9544. Yesterday Afternoon’s Leopard 914 Northern Belle 23. Eureka Con 13%. . Yeilow Jacket 263; Raymond & Ely y 644, . Con Virginia 57%, , California 59. Hale & Norcross 1174 Ophir 5874, Justice 24. Imperial 4°47, Savage 21, Union Con 14%. z Overman 73, last, a young son of Warren Harring. relief of the boy, but beforé she could . reach him, the cow had caught him ‘Some men .-at. The cow is not a vicious one though Sales. “po tock, Connnercial Street: Sie Hi. H-Haskins, PM Beightal Jacob, 2, _z Dougherty,: Mrs. . Kitts John, : LaFrance, Théophile,. Munsee, Engine, Mooney. Peter, MecGorand, Ed, Rice LowM.,Southworth, H. L. 6 White, Wm. F., he Wood, Mrs, Annie, Wrison dobn. HOTEL ARRIVALS. Rational Exchange Hotel. S.A. EDDY, Proprietor. SaturbDay, September 2nd, 1876, Chas Grenie, City T Kye, Howland Flat <a -G Enright, Dutch Flat S.N Latta, City Mrs Latta, do E Williams, San Jose i Mrs Lawrence, You Bet Mrs Williamson, -You Bet Sim Jordan, do AC Wheeler. North Columbia A B Brete, French Corral AJ Patrick, North San Juan A Campbell, French Corral M M Cole;Wastiington T S.Poekman, City. P Shingle, Scott’s Flat J B Coun, City J A Rapp, San Jose E &nright, Little York E Becket, City W D Lon -~ do L Thompson, Ro&k Creek Sunpay, September 3rd, ss O Walker, Eureka T C Randall, Rush Creek LM Sukeforth, V Flume Chas Johnson, North Columbia J Flanders, French Corral J A Munro, Philadelphia HH McCutchen, do FA Jacket, Grass Valley T McCarty, City C Comell, de A Patchen, San Francisco D Thompson, Kock Creek ~ O Nelicn, Eureka HOTEL ARRIVALS. ‘ Union Hotel. JACOB NAFEZIGER, Proprietor ., Satuarpay, September 2nd, 1876. E W Bigelow, City Alfred Monnier, New York Hyatt Monnier, do P C Byrne, City AS Clark, Quaker Hill A £ Cowles, Deadwood Mine M Frival, You Bet : Mrs J F Carr, Willow Valley H B Trotter, Virginia € ityH Duncan, do, H ! Pnhyes, San Francisco CH Chase, City Mis JS Hill & son, San Francisco JA Russ, City : V G Bell, Wrench Corral D B Knecttle, Blue Tent Thos. D Sullivan, San Francisco Dr W B& Cluness, Sacramento Chris Green, do Samuel Poorman, do W H Callicott, dod W G Morgan, RR JB Eliot, Bine Pent : C P Lougbridge, Grass Valley J N Willey, Long Bridge Wun J Johnston, san Francisco SUNDAY, September 3rd, 1596, A S Thornton, Grass Valley Mrs P T Langdon & daughter, “*768eph Spieldel, Grass Val Luey’ Chas Gerticr, Ked Dog C H Chase, City M L Knowles, City Miss Ham: nond, san Francisco C P Loug shridge, Grass Valley Wm Morgan, * do Eugene Johuson, City O 8 Holbrook, Meadow Lake W H Callicott, Sacramento Sen Juan FINE BRANDY and WHISKY. TERY JO’S OLD 'SAZERAC, VINTAGE 1360, Watranted pure or money: refunded, Old Kentucky Farm Whiskies, Seven Years Old, J. V.PETTIT. 83 RAILROAD MARKET. SHOCKAN & BRO, Transcript Block. Commercial St, NEVApa CITY, WILL OPEN ON ,. Eve’¢g i, AUGUST 24th, 1876, With a full supply of FRESH AND SALT FISH, VEGETABLES, ‘ BUTTER, EGGS, GAME, And Country Produce Generally Feesh ‘Fish Received by Express Tri-Weekly. se Having had ten years experience in.the fish live, and ungerstanding the wants of the people of Nevada City, thev will éndeavor to, please eVerybody. They will sell at thé very lowest prices for C. ASH. Remember the place.’ Tramscrips hed first Monday night in-tthe month. Nevada: City, August we W. G. WILLIAMS, PACIFIC COAST AGENT; FOR, THE SAFE COMPANY, J —AND— . Sargent & Greenleaf’s . DOUBLE TIME LOCKS, . COMBINATION AND KEY LOCKS AS SOLD OVER ONE AND FIFTY of these CELEBRATED SAFES AND ‘BANK LOCKS, DURING “THE HUNDRED PAST YEAR. The Most Reliable, ~ Best Finished, And Lowest Priced Safes in . the Market. SPECIAL ORDERS TAKEN FUR VAULT DOORS, LININGS, FIRE. AND IBURGLAR PROOF Dimensions. ‘Now constructing,a 20,000 pound Burglar Proof Safe for the Sac Bank. Dealers gens fly are especially invited: -to send for circulars and ramento Savings prices of KEY LOCKS FOR DOORS, DRAWERS, CHESTS, The Finest Locks ever made. OFFICE. AND SALES ROOM, CORNER 4th AND J, STREETS, SACRAMENT oe ALIF ORNIA. etc., etc, ag25 ASSESSME ENT NOTICE: Y UBA GRAVEL RANGE MINING CO. yY Loéation of. principal place of business, North San Jian, Nevada county, Californta. Location-of Works, Grizzly Hill, Bloomfield township, Nevada county, California.—Notice is hereby given that ata meeting of the Directors held at-the office of the Company on the 30th day of August, A. D. 1876, an assessment (No. 6) of twenty-tive cents per share was levied upon the capital stock of the corporation;-payable immediately in United States gold coin, to the Secretary at the office of the company, Main street, North San Juan, Nevada county, California. Any stock upon which this assessment shall remain unpaid on ‘Tuesday, the 3d day of October, 1876, will .be delinquent and advertised for sale at public auction and unless payment is made before, will be sold on THURSDAY, the Twentysixth day of October, 176, to pay the delinquent assessment, together “With costs of advertising and expenses of Sale. JNU, BL. HUNTER, Secretary. Office Main Street, North San Juan, Nevada County, California. 51 House and Ranch for Sale. MRS. B, LYONS, HEREBY OFFERS THE OLD LYON’S HOMESTEAD IN Washington, Nevada County, For sale. The house is two stories shigh, well built, with barn and out houses, situated on Main street. There is about one fere of ground belonging to it with all varieties of fruit trees. For information enquire of LEOP. GARTHE. Nevada City, Aug. 29, 1876. 2w J. M. WALLING, ATTORNEY AT LAW. * AND FIRE ENSURANCE AGENT, ¥PICE,; Brown & Morgan's Block; NB aug23 SHOCKAN & BRO, VADA CTYPY, Cal. aps E86. x ? “. Of any Arrangement_ or ] 1 i Peed a SE Alege ie Ch oe kh * tk te hi WwW ti of tur Sai tin wh tor . are the ord tire Mi and wil con ing toni the: of t Sho

i Ce A as PRR Aeros ss ile eo a Jd ‘mining interest in this section of the “millions.” ' from seventy to cighty per cent. _ to prospect-thé gronnd and establish ‘ble wealth. _ privileges, ’ productive , Jets having been” danrmed up, cover “have a storage “ qwater alone very large A this i immense agglomeration of prop« ditches, water rights, ete., over,three . The gun 6 Sranseript NEVADA CrTry, CAL. ee _ oa ‘Tuesday: enteiver 5, 1876. lense aS ST aS at : ria Hydraatic Mines. : A corresvondent of the San Fran¢isco Stock Report, from Gold Run, gives a very truthful and encouraging picture of the hydraulic writing Btate. “The writer ‘““Only those who have traveled, extensively ever the gold fields ate aware of the activity. mapifested just now, in quartz ag-well as placer mining,these Mdvemehts being most noticeable ing Amador and Névada counties.” He gays Alvinza El: iyward, Jones, Kaymond and others have been buying. ap quartz and hydraulic properties, the two former to the extent-of over three million dollars worth. The total production of Nevada and Piaeer counties for the carrent year, he puts dgwn at between five and six The. estimates the . net profits, on Kedraatin at says: mining These Deposits of Auriferous Gri vel are Practically Inexhaustible. At Gold Rau, Dutch Fiat, Little York and Coltwbia Hill, on the San dguap Ridge, where hydraulic: washing has been vigorously prosecuted for nearly a quarter of a century, the ground seems to have been searcely more than scarified. Hardly autywhere has the gravel here been run off to withio atbuadred feet of the bottom, the remaiying stratum being generally from one hundred and fifty to three htindred feet deep. About. Columbia Hill aft tiénce west along the old channel through Cherokee these gold-bearing ‘banks reach the extraordinary depth of 600 feet anda width of nearly a mile, the whole of it rich, free from tenaeious cement, boulders and barren material and easily broken down and run off. -All the. work that has been done here in twenty-four years las -barely suificed for it an unmistakable and illimitaOperated at: firstin a eomparatively smal way,only within the past few years, since the bulk of this ground came into possession of The Eureka Lake and Yuba Conal Company, Consolidated, Has anything like a sensible impresgion been mads upon it. The posgessions of this company, prising the ditches, reservoirs, water comold bearing gravel, wood lands, etc., two companies whose conjoint name it now bears, include a greater area ef -valuablesminineg cround and other} formerly belonging tothe propefiies than is owned by any ether hydraulic. company in “California, saying any other in the world. are, in fact, too meu to lanudle and should be as they no doubt ultimate’ ly will be, subdivided, aad be owaed and run by ditferent companies. The area of their nriferous lands [am Which is equivalent. to Vhese large for one set of to advantage, unable to stute with exactness, but it eovers Some thousands of acres lying along one of the mest opulent sections of the Pliocene rivers, comihonly denominated tlye *‘Great Blue Lead.”’ ‘They own several large e:itude of lakes situate near the summit of the Sierra Nevada. their outnals and a mult Some of these: lakes, than 3U0 acres and cupacity of 1,000,000,000. enbic: feet, equal to seven or eight billion “gallons of waan area of more nearly ter; enough to serve all the cities of California, could it be eonducted to them. Worked witha view to insur‘ing the largest possible returns, the annual income of this estate, portions of which are now farmed out, might be made to ‘exceed a million dollars, nearly twice the amoy derived from it. now @ sales. of venues might be realized, the Supply sources of this elementaS wellas the producity of the.mines being suse of almost indefinite enlargeOnly second in magnitude to From ent. ertics, located a little further east on the same channel, is the splendid estate of The North Bloomfiell Company, Who within the past five years have expended in the purchase and improvementof their mining grounds, and ? million dollars, the construction of their bed rock tunnel, nearly 8,000 feet long, having alone ~ cost’ oyer $500,000. “The late W. Cy Ralston, . Hon. T. G. ‘one of the principal owners, is said to have had at.one time, between money invested and loaned, as much as seven or eight hundred thor ‘sand dollars in this enterprise. In the multipicity of industrial schemes arged on his attention, Ralston may; during his short. but active and useful life, have made some ill-: dvised investments; but if so, this was not one of them. The money put in hére was wisely expended, as time . will prove. Delays through Unayoidableand Unexpected Causes. It has been the case with nearly all these hydraulic en more time, and very often also more money, had beén required to bring . terprises that than was at first expected, the. experience of the North Bioomfield Com-: pany aptly illustrating this point. After purehasing their grounds and . water franchises.canas had to be . dug, the cost of excavating these having. proved counted upon. greater than— wag Then an a@am had to be built across the outlet . cf their principal Jake. to convert it into a-reservoir. expensive Within afew we after this structure had been comple-ted at a heavy outlay a fire broke out and burnt it up. Rebuilding it hastily, that they might have it in read iness for the approaching water“season, a flood -ocenrsed soon after it’ was finished and_ “carried it uway. Their top dirt proving. to ‘be of an unexpectedly low grade, a long bedrock tunnel had to be driven in order to secure anoutlet for their lower and richer material. Having finished this after its diligent prosecution for four years unother year was reqnired to wash out an cpening suificrent to reach and run off this material, an end that has not yet been fully accomplished. Companies operating in other localities have had eks cumbent masses of volcanic matter, run off strata of barren sand and pipe clay, disentegrate the indurated gravel with powder and contend with thick layers of boulders,’ obstacles from which the big companies abovementioned have been say ex~ “empted ® a ee Business. Ithas been tolerably dull for business in this section the past . six months, yet there are no casey of suffering and poverty, and every one has done moderately well. When it is taken into account what drawbacks the place has had to stand up under, it is ne wonder business has ‘been a little dull. Tho failure of the bank has had much to do with jit. While times are dull here, are certain they are no better elsewhere, east for livelier times-here we think is good. we or west. ‘The prospect If the.bank rbopens, as it probably will, either by the’ of the old concern or by other parties, it will make money easier, creditors and business will soon feel the effects of The mining it, situation is favorable, and all the other industries are prosperous. We see no good reason why times, the coming year, wills not be as good as they-éver were here. i Hgyes and Wheeler Club Meeting. There will be a ‘meeting of RepubVicans on Thursday night, for the purpose of a permanent organization ofa Hayes and Wheeler Club. There are already over one hundred. ana twenty-five -names-signed tothe rolls and .it is conffdently expected th: at the Club will-start off with a mep< bership of between two and Abree hundred. The meeting on Thursday night will be ably» Addressed by Phelps, late\ean lidaté for Governor, “A big turn out will be seen on that occasion. <a ——— —— Central Cemimittee, <.The Democratic County Central Committee met at Grass: Valley Saturday, and among other important business, called: Conventions for the nomination of Supervisors in the 3rd and Sth Districts, the call for whick will be found in to-day’s Union. The 3rd District comprises the townships of Eureka, Bloomfield trict the townshipscf Meadow Lake and Little York. The names of sevall and the Conventions can for the office in both Districts, good men, either of them .—G. V. UW) ‘— ion, » =a-fs> --THREE men were killed by the explosion of a boiler at Cordova, Minnesota, Friday. TUK proper.name for a quack docress-~Charlotte-Aun, ey em to-a profitably productive stage . Persian postage stamps, supposed to and Washington; and the Sth Dis-! eral persons have been mentioned. not well -go amiss in the selection of . ‘Our Washirgtor Letter. -' « (Cerrespondence of the TRANSCRIPT.) _. Wasurneton D. ©. Aug. 29, 1876. Ep, Nevapva Dattxy TRANSCRIPT: Congress has scattered. The: President is at Long Braneb, and the Cabinet has dispersed. Secretary Taft end Morrell are ali who are left to The latth a large cheer us in our loneliness. ter is busily engaged wi nuthber of prominent Bankers; are here negotiating the new’ Idan. Secretary Morrell is giving his. most careful attention to the subject, and -his conversation with the Bankers who are deeply interested in the negotiations, gives tl he assurance that the interests of the government are carefillly attended to. Specimens of be the first ever issued in Persia, were received at the office of the Tnird Assistant Post Master “yesterday. Thev-are rude-in point of. ‘artistic finish, and the vignette is ation with bis right foot lifted, carryingin it a sword. Specimen stamps from Iceland; were alao received yesterday. It will be gratifying to all soldiers who Jost arms or legs in the $2. army, and have been receiving per mouth pension, but no commutation for‘loss of limbs, to know that Convress at its last session, so amended the law, as to give thé elasg referred to artificial limbs, or. commutation therefor. Application shonkd be made _to the Surgeon General of the army. A dispatch dated Cape May, Aug. 22, and directed to the ‘‘Evening Star’’ of this City says, the delegates to a convention of the Methodist Church, Northand South, for the purpose of arranging a reunion of those. large bodies‘of Christians, have been\in session hére for several days. ‘They have substantially-agreed upon a basis, which will be made publio in a day or two.’’Thisis an event fit to be consummated in this. Centennial to break up and get—rid—of -superin-}-year, and everyone interested in re-1 ligious advancements, will rejoice that the negotiations to that end, promise to be successful. By advices recently received from Philadelphia, there is a strong probability of a break in. the combination of coal dealers, ‘and a consequent ~considerable reduction in the prices. Some 500,000 tons will be sold at auction in New York on Tuesday next. This fallin the price -of .coal, will create a.corresponding decreasé in the money wages, and be_ productive of much suffering. They have lately been making only half time, and in some instancés only one third time, and with the near approach ofwinter, their outlook is gloomy indeed, Iudivideal coal dealers will suffer severely, and itis predicted somo of them will not be able to carry on business. A dispatch fron the conimanding officers, at Standing Rock, dated yesterday says, Indians from Sitting Bull’s camp, report a battle between thé forces of Sitting Ball, ‘And the eommanding forces of Terry and Crook. . pulse The Tad nS were reed and have scattered.. Terry}! and Crook are reported to have sust#ined as heavy losses asthe Indians, The substance of the instructions to the Commissioners, to treat with {the Sioux, is to the effect that the Indians try outside of their perma ervation under the tre; ¥ of 1868, and-so much of thejrpermanent resé@st of the 103° deitude. The first meetk@ Commission will be~ held at Omaha on the 28th instant.” One ervation as lies grees of lor ing of hegotiations, will be an arrangement by which the Indians may become self supporting, and their removal to the Indian territory at an early day is considered by the President as the surest step for the accomplishment of an end so desirable. ing Star’’ The “* Evenin speaking of this Cominission, thinks it will havea difiicult.task to perform. The Commission sent out last year, not only failed to accomplish its purpose, but its members came near losing theirlives on aceount of the bad state of feel. ing among the Indians, then the latter were sullenly stubborn in refusing to cedea portion of the country given tothem by the treaty of 1863, and would listen to no proposition for its relinquishment. Thecircumstances now are somewhat different, The Indians find a large number of people located in the Black Hills, and must be conviaced by this time, that the gold banters have gone there to stay; so that the portion of their reservation coveted by their ‘Great Father,’’ is already in’ posession of tue whites, . fie that the Government is engaged in a ree war with-the hostile wembers ; who _Generat Harlbal of the most important stibjeets of the . Besides this, they know } rof their nation, which must finally end im the severe punishment of those Indians bow on the war path,” This may all be very right, but I am strongly inclined to think, that had the Black Hills-belonged toa_nation, near equalin strength, aud all the arts of war, had they Been of solid gold, we never would have attempted ‘to take themin this fashion. Saxon ——____._—__5 2 —The ‘‘Repubdlic,’’ The Republic Magazine for September is one of the most powerful numbers yet issued of this. valuable taonthly. No public man or private citizen who believes in Republican principles should fail to subscribe for this magazine. It has been a ’ Dancing.

The subject at Temperante Halt on Saturday~ eyening last, ‘was dancing. The house was Watt Billed, and the-exercises were very interesting, We understand the nights P of meeting hereafter, will be on We understand Mr. Parks willseon come up to join Mr. Scott’s band. A club will soon. be organized and by that means there will be a large dancing party assured cach week. <a > =i Advertised. Letters. The following letters remain.in the Post Office dt Nevada City, Nevada County, Cal, for week ending .Sept. 4th, 1876. calling for advertised letters will please g give the date of advertisement. Persons Friday instead of Saturday niglits. . —+7-—_Port forget the MILJTARY NOTICE’ NEVADA LIGHT GUARD, 6U ABE HEREBY ORDERED TO APpear at your iy ARMORY, In Full Uniform, on SATURDAY, SEPT. 9th, 1876. iV: ADT 1.2 O’ELOCK, P.M. ‘For annual mustering in of the Compa. ny. Every member of the Company ig ex. pected to be on hand to sign the new Roll, By order é J.A. RAPP; Capt. Commantinis,. W.FaEvens, 0.8. Monthly Meeti DE the power for good in former campaigns, . and will so provein this; . The following is the table of contents for tha present number: Election Frauds; -The Republican Party of the Past and Present; Horace Greeley vs. 8. J. Filden? United States. Bonds and Notes; Universal Amnesty and Uni-. yersal,, Sa ffrace; How England encourages Her Men of. Letters; The Chiuese Plank; Scandal in the Earlier Days of the’ Republic; Democratic Inconsisteney;—The Virtuous Democracy;. Tilden’s Letter of * Aceeptance; Free Schoolsat the South; Work of the Forty-fourth Congress; Verbatim report of the great speech of General Garfield and speech of Send $2. to the Republic Publishing Company, Washington, D. C., and subscribe for one year. No better investment cotld be made in these times. Gore gs a Cow.—On Wednesday ton—a boy between four:and five yéars of age—wasa in -the street in front ofthe residence of M. B. B. Potter, when a cow belonging to Adam Kurich, made for the boy, -catching him on her horns and tossinghimin the air. Mrs. Potter happened to be standing at the gate in front of her residence and witnessed the cow’s attack; she hastened to the upon her horns and‘tossed him the second time into the air. By the time Mrs Potter reached the scene of action he lit upon the ground and she rescued him. The cow then started after her but sbe made good her escape within her gate and closed it against the. cow. Hogan’s Stable,seeing what had happened rushed to the scene of action and drove the cow away. What is . most singular, the boy does not show a mark upon him nor does he appear to have: been injured in the least. on. this occasion she showed syinptoms of being dangerous,—San Juan Times. Pou > RatTHeR. Mixep.—A man.who was not very clever at conundrums, in attempting to get off one at a tea party at his own house the other evening, became exceedingly mixed. He intended toask the old question, ‘“Why is a woman like ivf?” the fa— but gallant ansywer* to which ‘‘Beeause the m you're ruined the closer she cliwgs:’’ But ha& put it, ““Why is%y like a woman?” which nope’of the ladifés could: tell, and so~the unfortunate man: told theaf himself that it was “Because e closer it clings the. more“ you’re ruined,” < . [By Telegraph,] h3 Mining Stocks. Yesterday Morning’s Sales. 295 Ophir 5934, 1360 Mexican 3544, : 105 Gould & Curry 152%. sy 325 Savage 21. 390 Hale “& Norcross k1%4, 435 Con Virginia 58, ~~ 125 Crown Point 12, 3955 Imperial 5. 730 Union Con 1457, 385 Sierra Nevada 1d, 580 Alpha 45%;, 1500 Lady Bryan 45c, 255 Belcher 23%;. $35. Yellow Jacket 28, 1265 Justice 2337. 385 Exchequer 162%, 1235 California 587, 100 Caledonia 8%, 110 Overman 73. 20 Kentuet 13, 445 Julia 8%. 390 Bullion 44, . 145 Best & Belcher 49%, “> 20 Utah 22,10 Confidence 1T%. > 355 Silver Hill 9! 15 Chollar 9544. Yesterday Afternoon’s Leopard 914 Northern Belle 23. Eureka Con 13%. . Yeilow Jacket 263; Raymond & Ely y 644, . Con Virginia 57%, , California 59. Hale & Norcross 1174 Ophir 5874, Justice 24. Imperial 4°47, Savage 21, Union Con 14%. z Overman 73, last, a young son of Warren Harring. relief of the boy, but beforé she could . reach him, the cow had caught him ‘Some men .-at. The cow is not a vicious one though Sales. “po tock, Connnercial Street: Sie Hi. H-Haskins, PM Beightal Jacob, 2, _z Dougherty,: Mrs. . Kitts John, : LaFrance, Théophile,. Munsee, Engine, Mooney. Peter, MecGorand, Ed, Rice LowM.,Southworth, H. L. 6 White, Wm. F., he Wood, Mrs, Annie, Wrison dobn. HOTEL ARRIVALS. Rational Exchange Hotel. S.A. EDDY, Proprietor. SaturbDay, September 2nd, 1876, Chas Grenie, City T Kye, Howland Flat <a -G Enright, Dutch Flat S.N Latta, City Mrs Latta, do E Williams, San Jose i Mrs Lawrence, You Bet Mrs Williamson, -You Bet Sim Jordan, do AC Wheeler. North Columbia A B Brete, French Corral AJ Patrick, North San Juan A Campbell, French Corral M M Cole;Wastiington T S.Poekman, City. P Shingle, Scott’s Flat J B Coun, City J A Rapp, San Jose E &nright, Little York E Becket, City W D Lon -~ do L Thompson, Ro&k Creek Sunpay, September 3rd, ss O Walker, Eureka T C Randall, Rush Creek LM Sukeforth, V Flume Chas Johnson, North Columbia J Flanders, French Corral J A Munro, Philadelphia HH McCutchen, do FA Jacket, Grass Valley T McCarty, City C Comell, de A Patchen, San Francisco D Thompson, Kock Creek ~ O Nelicn, Eureka HOTEL ARRIVALS. ‘ Union Hotel. JACOB NAFEZIGER, Proprietor ., Satuarpay, September 2nd, 1876. E W Bigelow, City Alfred Monnier, New York Hyatt Monnier, do P C Byrne, City AS Clark, Quaker Hill A £ Cowles, Deadwood Mine M Frival, You Bet : Mrs J F Carr, Willow Valley H B Trotter, Virginia € ityH Duncan, do, H ! Pnhyes, San Francisco CH Chase, City Mis JS Hill & son, San Francisco JA Russ, City : V G Bell, Wrench Corral D B Knecttle, Blue Tent Thos. D Sullivan, San Francisco Dr W B& Cluness, Sacramento Chris Green, do Samuel Poorman, do W H Callicott, dod W G Morgan, RR JB Eliot, Bine Pent : C P Lougbridge, Grass Valley J N Willey, Long Bridge Wun J Johnston, san Francisco SUNDAY, September 3rd, 1596, A S Thornton, Grass Valley Mrs P T Langdon & daughter, “*768eph Spieldel, Grass Val Luey’ Chas Gerticr, Ked Dog C H Chase, City M L Knowles, City Miss Ham: nond, san Francisco C P Loug shridge, Grass Valley Wm Morgan, * do Eugene Johuson, City O 8 Holbrook, Meadow Lake W H Callicott, Sacramento Sen Juan FINE BRANDY and WHISKY. TERY JO’S OLD 'SAZERAC, VINTAGE 1360, Watranted pure or money: refunded, Old Kentucky Farm Whiskies, Seven Years Old, J. V.PETTIT. 83 RAILROAD MARKET. SHOCKAN & BRO, Transcript Block. Commercial St, NEVApa CITY, WILL OPEN ON ,. Eve’¢g i, AUGUST 24th, 1876, With a full supply of FRESH AND SALT FISH, VEGETABLES, ‘ BUTTER, EGGS, GAME, And Country Produce Generally Feesh ‘Fish Received by Express Tri-Weekly. se Having had ten years experience in.the fish live, and ungerstanding the wants of the people of Nevada City, thev will éndeavor to, please eVerybody. They will sell at thé very lowest prices for C. ASH. Remember the place.’ Tramscrips hed first Monday night in-tthe month. Nevada: City, August we W. G. WILLIAMS, PACIFIC COAST AGENT; FOR, THE SAFE COMPANY, J —AND— . Sargent & Greenleaf’s . DOUBLE TIME LOCKS, . COMBINATION AND KEY LOCKS AS SOLD OVER ONE AND FIFTY of these CELEBRATED SAFES AND ‘BANK LOCKS, DURING “THE HUNDRED PAST YEAR. The Most Reliable, ~ Best Finished, And Lowest Priced Safes in . the Market. SPECIAL ORDERS TAKEN FUR VAULT DOORS, LININGS, FIRE. AND IBURGLAR PROOF Dimensions. ‘Now constructing,a 20,000 pound Burglar Proof Safe for the Sac Bank. Dealers gens fly are especially invited: -to send for circulars and ramento Savings prices of KEY LOCKS FOR DOORS, DRAWERS, CHESTS, The Finest Locks ever made. OFFICE. AND SALES ROOM, CORNER 4th AND J, STREETS, SACRAMENT oe ALIF ORNIA. etc., etc, ag25 ASSESSME ENT NOTICE: Y UBA GRAVEL RANGE MINING CO. yY Loéation of. principal place of business, North San Jian, Nevada county, Californta. Location-of Works, Grizzly Hill, Bloomfield township, Nevada county, California.—Notice is hereby given that ata meeting of the Directors held at-the office of the Company on the 30th day of August, A. D. 1876, an assessment (No. 6) of twenty-tive cents per share was levied upon the capital stock of the corporation;-payable immediately in United States gold coin, to the Secretary at the office of the company, Main street, North San Juan, Nevada county, California. Any stock upon which this assessment shall remain unpaid on ‘Tuesday, the 3d day of October, 1876, will .be delinquent and advertised for sale at public auction and unless payment is made before, will be sold on THURSDAY, the Twentysixth day of October, 176, to pay the delinquent assessment, together “With costs of advertising and expenses of Sale. JNU, BL. HUNTER, Secretary. Office Main Street, North San Juan, Nevada County, California. 51 House and Ranch for Sale. MRS. B, LYONS, HEREBY OFFERS THE OLD LYON’S HOMESTEAD IN Washington, Nevada County, For sale. The house is two stories shigh, well built, with barn and out houses, situated on Main street. There is about one fere of ground belonging to it with all varieties of fruit trees. For information enquire of LEOP. GARTHE. Nevada City, Aug. 29, 1876. 2w J. M. WALLING, ATTORNEY AT LAW. * AND FIRE ENSURANCE AGENT, ¥PICE,; Brown & Morgan's Block; NB aug23 SHOCKAN & BRO, VADA CTYPY, Cal. aps E86. x ? “. Of any Arrangement_ or ] 1 i Peed a SE Alege ie Ch oe kh * tk te hi WwW ti of tur Sai tin wh tor . are the ord tire Mi and wil con ing toni the: of t Sho