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Gold Mines of Nevada County by Nevada County Golden Jubilee Fair Executive Committee (PH 2-16) (22 pages)
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Nevada County is world-famed for her deep gold mines. The workings of
the Maryland, North Star, Champion and Providence are from 2000 to 2200 feet
deep, and it has been practically demonstrated that the ore bodies of our mines,
many others of which are already down a thousand feet or more, increase with
depth in both size and richness,
Nevada County in extent reaches from the eastern line of the State of
California to the edge of the Sacramento Valley. The elevation ranging from
eight thousand feet at the summits of the Sierra Nevadas to one hundred feet in
the lower portions. This gives all varieties of climates, so that at the present
time while in the eastern portion of the county, near Truckee, the ice companies
are storing large quantities of ice, in the extreme western portion the orange
crop is being picked for market, while in the central portion of the county the
quartz mills are ponading away and turning ont large quantities of gold to keep
the business of the State in an active and flourishing condition. The largest
town in the county is Grass Valley, with a populatiou of 8,000; four miles distant
is Nevada City (the county seat), with a population of 6,000. Both of these
places are modern, with fine schools, churches, hotels, and all the conveniences
of first-class cities. They are reached from San Francisco via the Central Pacific
Railroad, 144 miles to Colfax, then N.C. N. G. R. R., 17 miles to Grass Valley,
22 miles to Nevada City. Each forms the center of extensive mining districts
known as the Grass Valley and Nevada City Mining Districts. ‘he other noted
mining districts being Maybert, Washington, Eureka, Meadow Lake, Moore’s Flat,
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