September 6, 1881 (4 pages)

_ Sitp, shares. t ~~ Hooper; ia Siok Wells, Che Daily Transcript, NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA. ——— Tuesday, Sept. 6, 1881. There was ftled yesterday in the in the County Clerk’s office at this city copies of articles of incorporation of the Amazon Gold Quartz Mining Company, whose object is to work the **Dublir Bay,” ‘Southern Exten-, sion of the Dubhn Bay” and ‘Golden Ledye” lodes in Washington town-this couaty. Priacipal place of business, Los Angeles. Capital stock $100, 090, divided into 108,00) The ‘Trustees are J. W. S.-H. Book and F, and Johin Sateen: of Fore sat City, Also of the Pacific-Coasst-Mining and Miliag Company. . Principal place of business, Virginia City. Capital stock $10,009,000, divided into 109,009 shares. Trustees, G,. D. Crocker, J. P, M. Perham and “John P. Kelly. : There were filed last week articles of invorporativn of the North Merri-~ tield Gold Miuiing Company, to work the Mary Ann, Jackson and-Baldwin locations, lying just north of the Merrifield district. Principal place of business, Nevada Citys Capital stock $500,000 divided into 100,000 shares. The stockho!mine in this dares Wm. H. Clarke, J. Naffziger, . Bothwell, B, Lande, C. W. Cross, ddin Harvey,.Henry McCoy. The ‘Trustees are Wm, R. Clarke and B. Lande of New York, Frank Bothwell of Hite’s Cove, Mariposa county, J. Natiziger and C, W. Cross of Nevada City: —_—--—_——__ ++ 9. Mining Superiniendent Resigned. AW S.-Sehuylér, for nearly -two _years past Superintendent of the Murchie mine in this district, has resigned that. position, being suceceded by Oliver Crook who has for been the yventleman’s assistant. some time first-named Superintendeut Schuyler, whois a Lieutenant _.on Gen, Crook’s staff, has been on a leave of absence during his connection with the mine, and as that leave is about to expire must’soon’ resume his military life. He lias put the both above and under ground, and the improvements ‘are of the most sub. Mr. Crook is a, young inan of energy and discretion, Marchie in splendid shape, stantial character, ‘and will no doubt advance the com-' pany’s interests. w wry of Consideration. The Alta finds that from Marysville to Suisun Bay isa distance of about eighty miles. Assuming an average width of about forty “mniles, we have an area of 3200 square miles, To fill this area _anow do agaiust the mines, 250 one foot in depth by the preseat flow ef mining debris, would require That paper therefore suggests that the swamp linds along the Sacramento River be filled with this debris from 5 to 10 feet in depth, thus building. upyears of time. firm and high ground, and_thiaks, there would be ample room for all the material which may ever come from our mines, = Chronic Growlers, ce) The San Francisco Daily Report: What the Grangers ought to do is to abolish the rains; beeause, if they succeed in stopping hydraulic mjning, they wi.l‘have similar ‘cause’ of complaint agaiust the rains as they It has passed into a proverb that the California farmer is never satisfied with the state of things existing,and itis beyond question that on all political, economic or public questions they are always: growlers and soreheads, ee A Gved iica. ——— The editor of the Carson Tribune: thins the following is eo good that he has it pasted in his hat: The tongue of slander is bitter uuder any cireumstances, but should never be wagged in religious sucieties, for there it becomes not only bitter’ where one ig oncerned, but causes innocence to suffer. HR ee Wants to See lt Tried. s Auburn (Placer county) “Argus: _ ‘We favor the adoption of the bluodhound proposition, We don't know whether the dogs wou'd prove a success or-not, but we waut to Bee the ne ment tried,” CHUNKS OF GOLD. A Few of the Big Specimens. Found in Cilifornia Mines. A correspondent of the Mining Press in looking over his scrap-book fiads mention of the following gold “bearing specimens discovered in Oat— ifornia mines.To the list he might have added a piece containing $20,400 and upwards that was taken this summer from the Rainbow quartz claim ; -also’ the’ remarkably . rich pieces of ore found acouple of years, ago in the Oriental (now known’ as the Golden Gate); both of these mines being just ‘below Alleghany, “Sierra ceunty: . Siskryov_Cev wry.—In “a gulch near the Klamath river, a short. distance above Groot’s Ferry, some ai Lane 2go;-a-nine pound lump of gold and\at various times numerous Smaller ones, weighing from was-found ; a few ounces supw ard, have been discovered, TRINITY Cure ie 1870, on Little Mule creek, near. Minersville, in gravel diggings, tso nuggets of solid gold were found; one: weighing’ eight pounds avordupois, the other about eleven pounds, In -1873, orf Buckeye Mountain so-called, a dry gravel ridge,. lying. between Creek and Stewart Fork, two nuggets of solid gold were foiihd, one ‘weighing three and a half pounds, avoirdupois, the other nearly ten pounds, Suasta Cerytry.—In 1870, on Spring creek, near the town of Shasta, ia gravel diggings, a nugget of almost pure gold"was~fonnd, -wh'ch weighed fifteen pounds ‘four ‘and a half ounces, valued at $3,200. © Sierra Cocnry.=-At French Ra vine, at various times, large nuggets have been found. In 1850, a mags of quartz and go'd, weighing about 36 pounds, over half of which was gold; in 1851, a mass of quartz and_ gold, Rush. smaller ones, weighing a few ottnces and more ; in 1855, one of quartzaud gold, valued at $10,00)»-in 1860, one. worth $1,760, in. 1866, one was found valwed at $1,575. at Smith Flat;°a short distance above the last locality; In 1861, a mass of quartz and gold worth about $1,590; in, 1864, one weighing abot 140 ounces, and with but very little ches.” quartz; in 18Q6, one weighing about ten pounds; most of which -was gold. At Forest City: In the Live Yankee claims, from 1854 to 1862; twelve nuggets, some of them very interesting specimens, were found, weighing from 30 to 170 ounces each. The Oregon €o,’s claim, adjoining the last furnished, 1866 and 1862,.numerons nuggets weighing from 30 “to 100 ounces, In otherclaims in the vicinity numerous large ones have been found. In theHope & Co. claims, four miles below the Mountain House, a nugget of almost pure gold, valued at $1,770, was taken out in 1864 ; in 1878, a nugget of-gold was taken out of Bald Mountain, weighing five and a half onces ; also another weighing fifteen ounces, In Minnesota, Sierri county, at various times, numerous large boulders have been found, some yielding over $5,000. Tu 1869, a nugget of alinost pure gold, worth about $2,000, was found at Little Gr izaley diggings, The same year the’ Monumental Q. M.C., at Sierra Buttes, took out a piece of quartz and gold worth some $30,000, according to reports. Nrvapa Counry,—At Remington Hill: In 1855, a nugget of quartz and gold, worth. $3,500; in 1867, one worth about $2,400; and at numerous times various pieces, weizhing a few ounces and more have been. taken from the same bill, At Lowell Hill, in 1865, a mags of quartz and gold, worth about $1,100, was found, besides numerous smaller ones at different dates. “L Doravo Cornry.—In the. vicinity of Pilot Hill, various boulders of quartz and gold have yielded large amvunts ; one, in 1867, yielded about $8, 000, * One of the most beautiful speci. mons of dendritic erystallized gold which has, perhaps, ever.been found in the world of its size, was discovered in El Dorado county, and’ we SAW an engraving some time sin‘e froin a photograph by C. KE. Watkins. It was found in a seam of. déat a depth of about 60 feet from thesurface, in “August, 1853, at what is know as the ‘Crrit” ° ‘mining clainis, in Spanish Dry Diggings, El Dorado eounty, Cal, It weighs about 16 pounds, and is valued-at $3,500, Al[erst touch larger nuggets than the Ss ROMA neg one described have been found in this State and in\Australid, so far as ascertained, none ‘have been found presentiag such a remarkably beautiful appearance, The gold branthes out in the form of’offshoops like ‘the, branches of trees. — = ———— RET Boe TOE ‘A CLOSE CALL. & Fire Breaks Out in the National Exchange Hotel During a Terrific Gule of Wind J imen was not retained in California, “that fac simile casts of these nuggets. . worthabout $3,000-besides numerous? of seven_y.ars’ membership. to_paycompoved quartz, between the slate, . Strange to say,! this beautiful specbut was taken to Paris. It was: exhibited at the Paris International . Exposition, in 1868, and was «much admired and appreciated :by those who had the pleasure of seeing it. ‘This’ county, has produced at various times numerous smaller nug‘gets from a-few ounces to a few pounds. : : Piacer Cotnty.—In 1864, on the middle fork of .the. American—river, two-miles-from—Michigan Bluffs, —a fine large mass,df.almost pure gold was found, which weighed 15} ths, Cataviras Country, —In + the q iartz elainis at Carson Hilf, numer013 masses of gold, weighibg from ; six to-seven Ibs, have been found, In November, 1854, a nugget of quartz and: gold was discovered in this county, which weighed 105 Ibs. Troy, valued at $37,400. This is the largest piece evér found “in the State. : There is no doubt bet. that many other large masses of gold *have been found-in the State, and itis to be. regretted that we have'no fall list. Whata pity for the cause of ‘seience were not taken at the time, so that they could have been preserved, — oe ep And Stil Another. Arrangements are being made to introducein San Francisco the ‘‘Qrder . ofthe Iron. Hall,” the objects of which are to pay, on the graded as. sessment principal, weekly, six benfits from $5 to $25, for total disability from $100 to $500, and atthe end from $200 to $1000, The Order was originated in Indianapolis; Indiana, last March, It'has some novel features, at least, that-will attract ‘attention. The assessments run from fifty cents to $2.50, according to the amount guaranteed. ! ‘The Supreme . Body is called ‘supreme Sitting,” and the subordinates ᠠ᠀䰀漀挀愀氀 BranThe —_—* officers are termed ‘‘Justices.”” The Orders being extensively-advertised, and Dep uty Supreme. Justices appointed jin . the various States and Territories. — i ed A Narrow Escape. The Grass Valley Union ‘says: Saturday morning, while a. miner named Mills, and his partner, were working in the Picayune tunnel, near Rando'ph Flat, a cave suddenly occurred which caught Mills and completely imprisoned him. His partner, who escaped, obtained assistance, and in a short time Mills was released, it. having been found that the timbers fell in such*a way as to Pro-; tect his body from thé pressure: of the earth, and he fortunately escaped with bruises which were not of a Serious nature. It escape from death. — oe eS ———x Baby Hades.was a narrow The Virginia Enterprise thinks that the main drift on the 2400 level of the Chollar and Potosi mines is how a promising extension of the infernal realms, In digging the trench and putting in the sub-drain they have a sort of. canvas doer fitting the drift, which the men push ahead some twenty feet with poles. . This keeps back the heat and steam toa considerable extent, and the con-— trivance is moved. forward as the workmen move up to it’ with the drain, THe postal card, throngh duns, obscene sentences, nonsensical messages and close writing that disturbs the peace of mind of post-mistresses has come to be such a nuisance that it will probably be abolished, and mail correapondence returned “to its original privacy, with the exception of transparent envelopes. which can be held up against a window to en. able inquisitive people to look into fother people’s business, the same thing can be accomplished through a key hole or by hiring a detective, —Daily Report, —° '' A WHALE and: several sharks have appeared in New York harbor, and now all that is wanted to make that city a leading Summer resort is the advent of the pee berpen. And the sea serpent would have a: this if the New York Taito had ‘conflagration . roughly festimated, matriage. to believe, . marriage was apt to bring a man to his senses. . However, . last evening while a terrific gale . of wind was blowing from the sduth east, tho National Exchange Hotel,“a three story brick on Broad street, the celling and the roof at the southwest: corner of the building. The Fire Department vurned out promptly and svon had their hose stretched at the rear -of the Hotel. Peunsylvania Engine Company No, 2 got astream inside, ani Nevada Hose. Company-No. 1 worked from the roof by cutting holes through into the attic. ‘After some. twenty minutes work tle flames‘were subdned: gained any considerable: headway, it is likely that a large section of the business portion of the city would have been Jaid'in ashes. No fire department in the country could have successfelly coped with an extensive while ‘such a wind prevailed, THE ORIGIN Of the fire is supposed ‘to have been a defective flue that passed from the barber-shop on the lower floor oxtt through the roof. _ ‘THE Loss. Will not fall short of $2,000, A large num ber of rooms were flooded, the plastered walls and ceiling ruined and the fultiture damaged more or less, it is The loss is covered by insurance in the La Confiance Company of Paris. —— > 2 é Pecu! lar Expressions. eWhen a housewife is preparing to make a nice cake and breaks half.a it is too late that the seventh one is bad, the expression that crosses her face has only a counterfeit when 2 man loses a pedro on the last trick. ee ee A Pirrssure Judge hasdust decid ed that insanity is not sufficient grounds for a divorce—that every man is liable to become tnsane after We have always been led on the contrary, that +e From the ee to the grave: A paragrapher’s life. ~_ <> 2 --THE swells of Sitting Bull’ s band éall themselves bull“pups. HOTEL ARRIVALS. National Exchange Hotel. STANLEY A. EDDY, PROPRIETOR. Sarcrnay, September 3, 18Sh, Mrs kK. Chase, San Francisco, A. Badger & i, Laporte. Geo. Babb, do BK. Smith,-San Francisco. G. H. Kimball & W Colfax. M. J. Rayson, = Cruz, Martin White, San Francisco, ~ K.P. De Noon, Derbee Mine. A. K. *Lorrison, do do W. Williams, Town Talk. A. L. Coombs, Grass Valtey. P. Cam pbell, Smar tsVille,_ C. McElvy, ‘Vimbucetoo. CC. H. Peters, Little York. F. EK. Peters, Datch Flat, Jas. Quirk, Grass Valley. J. D. Fennessy & w, San Francisco, Jno. Hussey, You Bet,. C. Adplph, Newtown. M. C. Dunn, Marsh’s Mill, Jno. Floyd, Dutch Flat. W. J. Ogden, You Bet. M. Baker, Dutch Flat. D. Denuch, Grass Valley. R. Hodge, San Franciseo. Mrs, T. R. King, Grass Valley. Scnpay, Sept, 4th, W. Wiliams, City. — McElvy, Ms Geo. Lawrence, Amazon Mine,. A.W. Stone, Sav Francisco, J. W. Thacker, Truckee. Richard Hodge, Grass Valley. Rrastcs Bonn, Clerk; Advertised Letters. The following is a list'of letters remaining in the Post Office, at Nevada City, Cal.; fot the week ending Sept: 5, 1881. Persons c alling forany of these letters wil Please tay ‘“advertised.” . 8. Hotprook P.M, Donahue, Geo Ww. Gummer, J. J, Heyland, Francis J Nichols, Mrs, Mary Peters, Chas. F. Parker, Mrs. Annie Peterson, yo Ross, Thomas Sears, Antonia Wells, Held for Postage. Hendrickson, Nellie A, eee ee MARRIED, eS FOR SALE, not ‘resolved to mantaia his Ox 12.24 STEAM EN ENGINE, shaft. 19-foot fiy-wheel, and. TOPs . pulleys, in complete & ativing tation for — 1. ODER cr a why im * mone i eeeeeieel ini “At abouts quarter-past-six al was discovered to be on fire between . Had they . « 100 doz, _Bracelets, 9 to 149 cts. . dozen eggs in dish and finds when [ . with driving ! Next to City Hall. { $20,000.00 WORTH NEW FALL GOODS! ~ Just Imported from New i PANIC AUCTION Testimony Ssufticiently strong to be convincing. 5000 yards Two: bit Embroidery, only 9 cents. Two pieces Black Cashmere, all wool, 339 cents, Four do = do do _do 40 inch, 49 cents, ‘Five do do do do. 45 inch, 89 cents. 700 pieces Cashmere, all sHates,'45 Inches, 89 cents. 31 pieces Ombre plaids and stripes, 39 cents, 10 pieres Scotch Plaids, only 9 cents. 4) pieces Wool plaids, all colors;-25--cents:— 15. pieces Tycoon Repps, 19 cents. : j .2 pieces Silk Poplin, stripe, worth 75 cents, 25 cents, 2 : . 10 pieces Brocaded Satin, all shades, 75 cents. : : : == . Ls 5 pieces.Ombre, stripe, $1, 99. 1 piece Lindsey’ “Woolsey, 12 1-2 2 eeuts. Endless-quantities Dress Goods froin” ‘19. to 25 cents. 2 pieces Table Linen, 25 cents. ; 2 pi-ces Table Linen, 39 to 49 cents. ‘40 pieces Crash Toweling, 9 cents. 1 piece Heavy Pants Cloth, 99 cents. 40 dozen Linen Tdéwels, 9, 12 1-2 and 19 cents. 30 dozen Ladies Heavy Merino Vests, 49 céuts. 60 pieces Brocaded Ribbon 9 cents. 10 pieces Shak T Flgnnel, 19 cents. 15 5 pieces Lace & in Nett, 12, 19 and an « cents, 2 pieces Silk Face V elvét, 89 cents, Lisle Gloves, 9, 12, 19, 25 cents. 10 dox, Napkins, 9 cents. 5 doz. 50 dozen Lace Collars, all shapes, 9 to 99 cents. = ell % doz. Ulsters Seam $5 ts $29" 50,000 Doll Banies, only 2 cite, . 15 doz. French Shoe Dreg8 ng, 9¢, 100 doz. Coral Pins 9 cents) daekets, 99 500 pes ‘Rachings from 4 to 99 cts. 20,000 Two-bit Cologne, only 9 cts. 50 doz. Coral Necklaces, only 3c. —560.1bs Zephyr W = 12 pieces Plaid Ginghams, 9 cts. 80" OZ. pis Board, '§ cents, 516 doz. Ladies Fine,Handkerchiefs, 6 14, t3 9 to 29 cents. 100 doz.Ladiés Two-bit Hose 9 cents. : 1 piece Turkish Toweling, forJackets, 30 cents. We will open this week 40 cases. New Sty! e Dress Goods. Endless quantity of European Novelties. Yours Respcctfully, WA. IES. SHIVELEY. GG. & SHAW,” o7 & 29 Main ‘Died Ni evada ee. Crpposite —— EXotel. We are Sole Agents i in Nevada City for + BRIGHTON RAN GE, Which“is pronounced by*all who use it the CHAMPION RANGE ‘in the market, If the Brighton Range is not found to be as represented by LEGG & SHAW, purchasers can return them. and get their money back, We also keep a large variety of other kind will sell CHEAPER than can be bought el ds = Stoves, all of which we sewhere, THE BOSS COFFEE Por. LEGG & SHAW have purchased the exc’ usive right to manufacture th BOSS COFFEE POT in Nevada City, and they salad all sizes now on hand, Paints, Oils, Doors, Windows and Window Glass, Crockery, China and. Glassware. DO NOT FAIL TO CALL AND SEE. ~— Pers ‘dein W agen sickM well. * Bast Ca Cent tive in th =e ao “ent. Bay. . ing t sottie then wher army Creal ee a! Airs. ley y ley, ‘studi Heart __Mrs. derky tives, Ee Adan .-Hew the b: pocke valual Nicho. ~burne ing ou the eo son ha home. Rie! cisco . tainin, ures re indust “advoca debris out de: the me ally in agform: itd in Wariou Robert ” Grass \ The. pany -h; cents p Theat Nev: folke+s] drink, Fran] . adminis Wm, 3 praisers Mitche] The s out en “prise is. eld at York. ~ Dysa shootin; » trial oy, Jef ud ‘has The € are abor vith a as, A the pres pacity o * The v Fall goo at Shive tractiug public, tations j ‘and fas marked anythin, ers in t) stores of or the E county a sells the Hydraulic Pine of all-sizes kept on hand or made to order, Galvanized Pipe and Fittings always on hand and connection made with the City Water Works, i _ Call at the Pioneer Hardware Store, Mein Street, “At Mr

_ Sitp, shares. t ~~ Hooper; ia Siok Wells, Che Daily Transcript, NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA. ——— Tuesday, Sept. 6, 1881. There was ftled yesterday in the in the County Clerk’s office at this city copies of articles of incorporation of the Amazon Gold Quartz Mining Company, whose object is to work the **Dublir Bay,” ‘Southern Exten-, sion of the Dubhn Bay” and ‘Golden Ledye” lodes in Washington town-this couaty. Priacipal place of business, Los Angeles. Capital stock $100, 090, divided into 108,00) The ‘Trustees are J. W. S.-H.. Book and F, and Johin Sateen: of Fore sat City, Also of the Pacific-Coasst-Mining and Miliag Company. . Principal place of business, Virginia City. Capital stock $10,009,000, divided into 109,009 shares. Trustees, G,. D. Crocker, J. P, M. Perham and “John P. Kelly. : There were filed last week articles of invorporativn of the North Merri-~ tield Gold Miuiing Company, to work the Mary Ann, Jackson and-Baldwin locations, lying just north of the Merrifield district. Principal place of business, Nevada Citys Capital stock $500,000 divided into 100,000 shares. The stockho!mine in this dares Wm. H. Clarke, J. Naffziger, . Bothwell, B, Lande, C. W. Cross, ddin Harvey,.Henry McCoy. The ‘Trustees are Wm, R. Clarke and B. Lande of New York, Frank Bothwell of Hite’s Cove, Mariposa county, J. Natiziger and C, W. Cross of Nevada City: —_—--—_——__ ++ 9. Mining Superiniendent Resigned. AW S.-Sehuylér, for nearly -two _years past Superintendent of the Murchie mine in this district, has resigned that. position, being suceceded by Oliver Crook who has for been the yventleman’s assistant. some time first-named Superintendeut Schuyler, whois a Lieutenant _.on Gen, Crook’s staff, has been on a leave of absence during his connection with the mine, and as that leave is about to expire must’soon’ resume his military life. He lias put the both above and under ground, and the improvements ‘are of the most sub. Mr. Crook is a, young inan of energy and discretion, Marchie in splendid shape, stantial character, ‘and will no doubt advance the com-' pany’s interests. w wry of Consideration. The Alta finds that from Marysville to Suisun Bay isa distance of about eighty miles. Assuming an average width of about forty “mniles, we have an area of 3200 square miles, To fill this area _anow do agaiust the mines, 250 one foot in depth by the preseat flow ef mining debris, would require That paper therefore suggests that the swamp linds along the Sacramento River be filled with this debris from 5 to 10 feet in depth, thus building. upyears of time. firm and high ground, and_thiaks, there would be ample room for all the material which may ever come from our mines, = Chronic Growlers, ce) The San Francisco Daily Report: What the Grangers ought to do is to abolish the rains; beeause, if they succeed in stopping hydraulic mjning, they wi.l‘have similar ‘cause’ of complaint agaiust the rains as they It has passed into a proverb that the California farmer is never satisfied with the state of things existing,and itis beyond question that on all political, economic or public questions they are always: growlers and soreheads, ee A Gved iica. ——— The editor of the Carson Tribune: thins the following is eo good that he has it pasted in his hat: The tongue of slander is bitter uuder any cireumstances, but should never be wagged in religious sucieties, for there it becomes not only bitter’ where one ig oncerned, but causes innocence to suffer. HR ee Wants to See lt Tried. s Auburn (Placer county) “Argus: _ ‘We favor the adoption of the bluodhound proposition, We don't know whether the dogs wou'd prove a success or-not, but we waut to Bee the ne ment tried,” CHUNKS OF GOLD. A Few of the Big Specimens. Found in Cilifornia Mines. A correspondent of the Mining Press in looking over his scrap-book fiads mention of the following gold “bearing specimens discovered in Oat— ifornia mines.To the list he might have added a piece containing $20,400 and upwards that was taken this summer from the Rainbow quartz claim ; -also’ the’ remarkably . rich pieces of ore found acouple of years, ago in the Oriental (now known’ as the Golden Gate); both of these mines being just ‘below Alleghany, “Sierra ceunty: . Siskryov_Cev wry.—In “a gulch near the Klamath river, a short.. distance above Groot’s Ferry, some ai Lane 2go;-a-nine pound lump of gold and\at various times numerous Smaller ones, weighing from was-found ; a few ounces supw ard, have been discovered, TRINITY Cure ie 1870, on Little Mule creek, near. Minersville, in gravel diggings, tso nuggets of solid gold were found; one: weighing’ eight pounds avordupois, the other about eleven pounds, In -1873, orf Buckeye Mountain so-called, a dry gravel ridge,. lying. between Creek and Stewart Fork, two nuggets of solid gold were foiihd, one ‘weighing three and a half pounds, avoirdupois, the other nearly ten pounds, Suasta Cerytry.—In 1870, on Spring creek, near the town of Shasta, ia gravel diggings, a nugget of almost pure gold"was~fonnd, -wh'ch weighed fifteen pounds ‘four ‘and a half ounces, valued at $3,200. © Sierra Cocnry.=-At French Ra vine, at various times, large nuggets have been found. In 1850, a mags of quartz and go'd, weighing about 36 pounds, over half of which was gold; in 1851, a mass of quartz and_ gold, Rush. smaller ones, weighing a few ottnces and more ; in 1855, one of quartzaud gold, valued at $10,00)»-in 1860, one. worth $1,760, in. 1866, one was found valwed at $1,575. at Smith Flat;°a short distance above the last locality; In 1861, a mass of quartz and gold worth about $1,590; in, 1864, one weighing abot 140 ounces, and with but very little ches.” quartz; in 18Q6, one weighing about ten pounds; most of which -was gold. At Forest City: In the Live Yankee claims, from 1854 to 1862; twelve nuggets, some of them very interesting specimens, were found, weighing from 30 to 170 ounces each. The Oregon €o,’s claim, adjoining the last furnished, 1866 and 1862,.numerons nuggets weighing from 30 “to 100 ounces, In otherclaims in the vicinity numerous large ones have been found. In theHope & Co. claims, four miles below the Mountain House, a nugget of almost pure gold, valued at $1,770, was taken out in 1864 ; in 1878, a nugget of-gold was taken out of Bald Mountain, weighing five and a half onces ; also another weighing fifteen ounces, In Minnesota, Sierri county, at various times, numerous large boulders have been found, some yielding over $5,000. Tu 1869, a nugget of alinost pure gold, worth about $2,000, was found at Little Gr izaley diggings, The same year the’ Monumental Q. M.C., at Sierra Buttes, took out a piece of quartz and gold worth some $30,000, according to reports. Nrvapa Counry,—At Remington Hill: In 1855, a nugget of quartz and gold, worth. $3,500; in 1867, one worth about $2,400; and at numerous times various pieces, weizhing a few ounces and more have been. taken from the same bill, At Lowell Hill, in 1865, a mags of quartz and gold, worth about $1,100, was found, besides numerous smaller ones at different dates. “L Doravo Cornry.—In the. vicinity of Pilot Hill, various boulders of quartz and gold have yielded large amvunts ; one, in 1867, yielded about $8, 000, * One of the most beautiful speci. mons of dendritic erystallized gold which has, perhaps, ever.been found in the world of its size, was discovered in El Dorado county, and’ we SAW an engraving some time sin‘e froin a photograph by C. KE. Watkins. It was found in a seam of. déat a depth of about 60 feet from thesurface, in “August, 1853, at what is know as the ‘Crrit” ° ‘mining clainis, in Spanish Dry Diggings, El Dorado eounty, Cal, It weighs about 16 pounds, and is valued-at $3,500, Al[erst touch larger nuggets than the Ss ROMA neg one described have been found in this State and in\Australid, so far as ascertained, none ‘have been found presentiag such a remarkably beautiful appearance, The gold branthes out in the form of’offshoops like ‘the, branches of trees. — = ———— RET Boe TOE ‘A CLOSE CALL. & Fire Breaks Out in the National Exchange Hotel During a Terrific Gule of Wind J imen was not retained in California, “that fac simile casts of these nuggets. . worthabout $3,000-besides numerous? of seven_y.ars’ membership. to_paycompoved quartz, between the slate, . Strange to say,! this beautiful specbut was taken to Paris. It was: exhibited at the Paris International . Exposition, in 1868, and was «much admired and appreciated :by those who had the pleasure of seeing it. ‘This’ county, has produced at various times numerous smaller nug‘gets from a-few ounces to a few pounds. : : Piacer Cotnty.—In 1864, on the middle fork of .the. American—river, two-miles-from—Michigan Bluffs, —a fine large mass,df.almost pure gold was found, which weighed 15} ths, Cataviras Country, —In + the q iartz elainis at Carson Hilf, numer013 masses of gold, weighibg from ; six to-seven Ibs, have been found, In November, 1854, a nugget of quartz and: gold was discovered in this county, which weighed 105 Ibs. Troy, valued at $37,400. This is the largest piece evér found “in the State. : There is no doubt bet. that many other large masses of gold *have been found-in the State, and itis to be. regretted that we have'no fall list. Whata pity for the cause of ‘seience were not taken at the time, so that they could have been preserved, — oe ep And Stil Another. Arrangements are being made to introducein San Francisco the ‘‘Qrder . ofthe Iron.. Hall,” the objects of which are to pay, on the graded as. sessment principal, weekly, six benfits from $5 to $25, for total disability from $100 to $500, and atthe end from $200 to $1000, The Order was originated in Indianapolis; Indiana, last March, It'has some novel features, at least, that-will attract ‘attention. The assessments run from fifty cents to $2.50, according to the amount guaranteed. ! ‘The Supreme . Body is called ‘supreme Sitting,” and the subordinates ᠠ᠀䰀漀挀愀氀 BranThe —_—* officers are termed ‘‘Justices.”” The Orders being extensively-advertised, and Dep uty Supreme. Justices appointed jin . the various States and Territories. — i ed A Narrow Escape. The Grass Valley Union ‘says: Saturday morning, while a. miner named Mills, and his partner, were working in the Picayune tunnel, near Rando'ph Flat, a cave suddenly occurred which caught Mills and completely imprisoned him. His partner, who escaped, obtained assistance, and in a short time Mills was released, it. having been found that the timbers fell in such*a way as to Pro-; tect his body from thé pressure: of the earth, and he fortunately escaped with bruises which were not of a Serious nature.. It escape from death. — oe eS ———x Baby Hades.was a narrow The Virginia Enterprise thinks that the main drift on the 2400 level of the Chollar and Potosi mines is how a promising extension of the infernal realms, In digging the trench and putting in the sub-drain they have a sort of. canvas doer fitting the drift, which the men push ahead some twenty feet with poles. . This keeps back the heat and steam toa considerable extent, and the con-— trivance is moved. forward as the workmen move up to it’ with the drain, THe postal card, throngh duns, obscene sentences, nonsensical messages and close writing that disturbs the peace of mind of post-mistresses has come to be such a nuisance that it will probably be abolished, and mail correapondence returned “to its original privacy, with the exception of transparent envelopes. which can be held up against a window to en. able inquisitive people to look into

fother people’s business, the same thing can be accomplished through a key hole or by hiring a detective, —Daily Report, —° '' A WHALE and: several sharks have appeared in New York harbor, and now all that is wanted to make that city a leading Summer resort is the advent of the pee berpen. And the sea serpent would have a: this if the New York Taito had ‘conflagration . roughly festimated, matriage. to believe, . marriage was apt to bring a man to his senses. . However, . last evening while a terrific gale . of wind was blowing from the sduth east, tho National Exchange Hotel,“a three story brick on Broad street, the celling and the roof at the southwest: corner of the building. The Fire Department vurned out promptly and svon had their hose stretched at the rear -of the Hotel. Peunsylvania Engine Company No, 2 got astream inside, ani Nevada Hose. Company-No. 1 worked from the roof by cutting holes through into the attic. ‘After some. twenty minutes work tle flames‘were subdned: gained any considerable: headway, it is likely that a large section of the business portion of the city would have been Jaid'in ashes. No fire department in the country could have successfelly coped with an extensive while ‘such a wind prevailed, THE ORIGIN Of the fire is supposed ‘to have been a defective flue that passed from the barber-shop on the lower floor oxtt through the roof. _ ‘THE Loss. Will not fall short of $2,000, A large num ber of rooms were flooded, the plastered walls and ceiling ruined and the fultiture damaged more or less, it is The loss is covered by insurance in the La Confiance Company of Paris. —— > 2 é Pecu! lar Expressions. eWhen a housewife is preparing to make a nice cake and breaks half.a it is too late that the seventh one is bad, the expression that crosses her face has only a counterfeit when 2 man loses a pedro on the last trick. ee ee A Pirrssure Judge hasdust decid ed that insanity is not sufficient grounds for a divorce—that every man is liable to become tnsane after We have always been led on the contrary, that +e From the ee to the grave: A paragrapher’s life. ~_ <> 2 --THE swells of Sitting Bull’ s band éall themselves bull“pups. HOTEL ARRIVALS. National Exchange Hotel. STANLEY A. EDDY, PROPRIETOR. Sarcrnay, September 3, 18Sh, Mrs kK. Chase, San Francisco, A. Badger & i, Laporte. Geo. Babb, do BK. Smith,-San Francisco. G. H. Kimball & W Colfax. M. J. Rayson, = Cruz, Martin White, San Francisco, ~ K.P. De Noon, Derbee Mine. A. K. *Lorrison, do do W. Williams, Town Talk. A. L. Coombs, Grass Valtey. P. Cam pbell, Smar tsVille,_ C. McElvy, ‘Vimbucetoo. CC. H. Peters, Little York. F. EK. Peters, Datch Flat, Jas. Quirk, Grass Valley. J. D. Fennessy & w, San Francisco, Jno. Hussey, You Bet,. C. Adplph, Newtown. M. C. Dunn, Marsh’s Mill, Jno. Floyd, Dutch Flat. W. J. Ogden, You Bet. M. Baker, Dutch Flat. D. Denuch, Grass Valley. R. Hodge, San Franciseo. Mrs, T. R. King, Grass Valley. Scnpay, Sept, 4th, W. Wiliams, City. — McElvy, Ms Geo. Lawrence, Amazon Mine,. A.W. Stone, Sav Francisco, J. W. Thacker, Truckee. Richard Hodge, Grass Valley. Rrastcs Bonn, Clerk; Advertised Letters. The following is a list'of letters remaining in the Post Office, at Nevada City, Cal.; fot the week ending Sept: 5, 1881. Persons c alling forany of these letters wil Please tay ‘“advertised.” . 8. Hotprook P.M, Donahue, Geo Ww. Gummer, J. J, Heyland, Francis J Nichols, Mrs, Mary Peters, Chas. F. Parker, Mrs. Annie Peterson, yo Ross, Thomas Sears, Antonia Wells, Held for Postage. Hendrickson, Nellie A, eee ee MARRIED, eS FOR SALE, not ‘resolved to mantaia his Ox 12.24 STEAM EN ENGINE, shaft. 19-foot fiy-wheel, and. TOPs . pulleys, in complete & ativing tation for — 1. ODER cr a why im * mone i eeeeeieel ini “At abouts quarter-past-six al was discovered to be on fire between . Had they . « 100 doz, _Bracelets, 9 to 149 cts. . dozen eggs in dish and finds when [ . with driving ! Next to City Hall. { $20,000.00 WORTH NEW FALL GOODS! ~ Just Imported from New i PANIC AUCTION Testimony Ssufticiently strong to be convincing. 5000 yards Two: bit Embroidery, only 9 cents. Two pieces Black Cashmere, all wool, 339 cents, Four do = do do _do 40 inch, 49 cents, ‘Five do do do do. 45 inch, 89 cents. 700 pieces Cashmere, all sHates,'45 Inches, 89 cents. 31 pieces Ombre plaids and stripes, 39 cents, 10 pieres Scotch Plaids, only 9 cents. 4) pieces Wool plaids, all colors;-25--cents:— 15. pieces Tycoon Repps, 19 cents. : j .2 pieces Silk Poplin, stripe, worth 75 cents, 25 cents, 2 : . 10 pieces Brocaded Satin, all shades, 75 cents. : : : == . Ls 5 pieces.Ombre, stripe, $1, 99. 1 piece Lindsey’ “Woolsey, 12 1-2 2 eeuts. Endless-quantities Dress Goods froin” ‘19. to 25 cents. 2 pieces Table Linen, 25 cents. ; 2 pi-ces Table Linen, 39 to 49 cents. ‘40 pieces Crash Toweling, 9 cents. 1 piece Heavy Pants Cloth, 99 cents. 40 dozen Linen Tdéwels, 9, 12 1-2 and 19 cents. 30 dozen Ladies Heavy Merino Vests, 49 céuts. 60 pieces Brocaded Ribbon 9 cents. 10 pieces Shak T Flgnnel, 19 cents. 15 5 pieces Lace & in Nett, 12, 19 and an « cents, 2 pieces Silk Face V elvét, 89 cents, Lisle Gloves, 9, 12, 19, 25 cents. 10 dox, Napkins, 9 cents. 5 doz. 50 dozen Lace Collars, all shapes, 9 to 99 cents. = ell % doz. Ulsters Seam $5 ts $29" 50,000 Doll Banies, only 2 cite, . 15 doz. French Shoe Dreg8 ng, 9¢, 100 doz. Coral Pins 9 cents) daekets, 99 500 pes ‘Rachings from 4 to 99 cts. 20,000 Two-bit Cologne, only 9 cts. 50 doz. Coral Necklaces, only 3c. —560.1bs Zephyr W = 12 pieces Plaid Ginghams, 9 cts. 80" OZ. pis Board, '§ cents, 516 doz. Ladies Fine,Handkerchiefs, 6 14, t3 9 to 29 cents. 100 doz.Ladiés Two-bit Hose 9 cents. : 1 piece Turkish Toweling, forJackets, 30 cents. We will open this week 40 cases. New Sty! e Dress Goods. Endless quantity of European Novelties. Yours Respcctfully, WA. IES. SHIVELEY. GG. & SHAW,” o7 & 29 Main ‘Died Ni evada ee. Crpposite —— EXotel. We are Sole Agents i in Nevada City for + BRIGHTON RAN GE, Which“is pronounced by*all who use it the CHAMPION RANGE ‘in the market, If the Brighton Range is not found to be as represented by LEGG & SHAW, purchasers can return them. and get their money back, We also keep a large variety of other kind will sell CHEAPER than can be bought el ds = Stoves, all of which we sewhere, THE BOSS COFFEE Por. LEGG & SHAW have purchased the exc’ usive right to manufacture th BOSS COFFEE POT in Nevada City, and they salad all sizes now on hand, Paints, Oils, Doors, Windows and Window Glass, Crockery, China and. Glassware. DO NOT FAIL TO CALL AND SEE. ~— Pers ‘dein W agen sickM well. * Bast Ca Cent tive in th =e ao “ent. Bay. . ing t sottie then wher army Creal ee a! Airs. ley y ley, ‘studi Heart __Mrs. derky tives, Ee Adan .-Hew the b: pocke valual Nicho. ~burne ing ou the eo son ha home. Rie! cisco . tainin, ures re indust “advoca debris out de: the me ally in agform: itd in Wariou Robert ” Grass \ The. pany -h; cents p Theat Nev: folke+s] drink, Fran] . adminis Wm, 3 praisers Mitche] The s out en “prise is. eld at York. ~ Dysa shootin; » trial oy, Jef ud ‘has The € are abor vith a as, A the pres pacity o * The v Fall goo at Shive tractiug public, tations j ‘and fas marked anythin, ers in t) stores of or the E county a sells the Hydraulic Pine of all-sizes kept on hand or made to order, Galvanized Pipe and Fittings always on hand and connection made with the City Water Works, i _ Call at the Pioneer Hardware Store, Mein Street, “At Mr