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Title: Sketches of Nevada County (PH 10-12)(06-16-1970) Collection Type: Directories and Documents Collection Name: Pamphlets Catalog #: PH 10-12 Author: Chet Mell Published: 06-16-1970 # of Pages: 7 Download PDF: User Login Required Download OCR Text: User Login Required

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The 'Comstock' find in \lestern Utah Territory, occurred at about the « same time the 'Placer Mining! era was beginning to fade, and many y residencts of the area were sent scurrying back over the Lierra's, @s Ott, 'Assey Off~ the 'blue-black stuff! was brought over to the James ice', and the report leaked out of the rich concentration of Silver and Gold. Ironically, what had been an immense pride of the resid= ents of the City of Nevada, as it had been incorporated as ‘Nevada’ 5 lopment of Western Utah Territory into Statehood, f some of those early miners, it too, was to be called tNevada'; and causing the re=naming of this County Seat Community, ‘to Nevada Citys There were not the famous ledges of quartz bearing ore j City area, as were discovered in and around the Grass so within a period of a few years, iftee! in full scale operation within an area © The difference of Mines and Mining was only one of the major differences then, with the predominence of settlers in the Nevada City area, as members of the Republican Party, while .the less conservative politically inclined were affiliated with the Democratic Party, and resided interesting in the Grass Valley area, predominently. This made for in competition, and the history of the area, reflects the keen competition for Political Office and Favor. No less, a very interesting sidelight was the Coleman Brothers, who had purchased the Halvetia & Lafayette Mine (on Lafayette Hill, for $15,000) and renamed it the North tar Mine, in 1860, were on the opposite sides of the Political fence, So often tried to out-do each other for some Candidate, Political Rally or bit of Pageantry. History wise, the Hard Rock Mines were notorious for opening and closing. Some were operated for only a brief period, when the ledge would fail, many because of lack of knowledge, and soon tviiners’ were imported to do the actual mining. This left the others to run the plants and maintain the equipment, as well as, serve as Management or SUPELVISOLS « We tend to become a little nostalgic with the mentioning of Mine's and their famous and some infamous Operators of the paste Here only briefly in the space permitted can we indulge ourselves to bring you some of the rich Heritage that we would like to share e The Go j ii ptiecaishet Su eee ee the Quartz bearing ore was originally disHet .8 Pie @ suitable Monument has been erected, nearby to negely $4 Rae a lasted only about fifteen years, and produced diontartenes ait ollars. _The quartz vas of such a heavy concentraimated in ae a ee high grade ore, that Miner's have been est~ dave iis Beene £ with as much as $50,000, in one yeare To this Set Cage tee fe) Pca aae of a rich strike for one's own personal sagen Raa ate ns erred to, as "High=Grading", « profitable exploithones and Baap! ee Occupation, until caught, The Ledge failed gaan peels ae peewee ces so the Gold Hill Mine closed for Sint ouee, oe nee amous Mines, (we do not have space to name them North=Star a 2 meen on them or their operation), are the folloving: MEE eRe oe eee ullion,; Gold Center, Eureka, Idaho, Gold Flat WAMECDRB TER i runswick, Murchie, Champion (a conglomerate of 10 ‘ taae ans ee Providence, Pennsylvania, ‘/eY.O.De, Maryland and Be er a ae dee is almost endless, but briefly here is something Eien ars So @ one's we have mentioned. The Lava Cap 'as five twieCodoneae ae Valley and Southeast of Nevada City; it opened oicta on Se eetink heaviest producer of »ilver in the area, with a Sige ee ,000 ounces of Silver in a year. It shut down in Sti ed oe Rane in 1932, and closed for good in 1942, It had emBente eee ae 310 men at one time. The Maryland is one of obGy eS q pnate nts Te eusy it's Cliim was 600 by 2,000 feet; Seoty ane nee e¢ Idaho Mine, By 1880, the Shaft.vas down to 675 ee eee sas tunnel follwed the ledge. When the Idaho closed, the eh sas into it's own, and even though a fire wiped out the Mines tae) g Warr it was a success. (See, the Idaho-liaryland Behsend sae n 1915, Mr. Errol Mac Boyle, consolidated the Idaho, ana ee BWC Oy Union Hill and several smaller Mining claims, ae de ee Mat lee” s when it was taken over un-successfully by it toon aa a AL Mac Boyle, re-assumed operation of the complex Si era fri Sg ideas and knowledge, operated it as a huge pamernes Ae cob Sect fifteen years, It produced over $26,760,000 beledges. left 4 in 1956, with little indication of rich ore bearing only ae a : Sting as a reserve, 0 the equipment was sold, and of thie aeau nd it's memories remain. The Brunswick, which was one p, in that consolidation, located in 1851, was originally.