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Title: 1895 Pictorial History of Nevada County, California (979.437 COM (622.342 NEV, PH 1-4))(2000) Collection Type: Books and Periodicals Catalog #: 979.437 COM (622.342 NEV, PH 1-4) Author: W. F. Prisk, J. E. Poingdestre, and Samuel Butler. Foreword and index by David A. and Ardis H. Comstock. Publisher: Grass Valley: Comstock Bonanza Press Related Items: Directories > Nevada County Mining Review (622.342.NEV)(1895) Pamphlets > Grass Valley and Vicinity (PH 1-4)(Circa 1895) Published: 2000 Copyright: In the public domain or published before 1925 Subjects: Nevada County, Grass Valley, Nevada City, Mines, Mining Industry, Who's Who, 19th Century, 1890s Notes: Full title: 1895 Pictorial History of Nevada County, California: Reissue of "Nevada County Mining Review" compiled by William Frederick Prisk Jr. and the staff of the Grass Valley Daily Morning Union and "Grass Valley and Vicinity" compiled by J. E. Poingdestre with an historical sketch by Samuel Butler: To which has been appended a new foreword and a comprehensive index compiled by David A. and Ardis H. Comstock. vi, 186 pages. # of Pages: 194 Download PDF: User Login Required Download OCR Text: User Login Required

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NEVADA COUNTY MINING REVIEW originally located as the Hast Eureka. Was sold afterwards to an English company and called the O’Connor Mine, being worked with varied success. Tributers next worked the mine. After some litigation it subsequently passed into the hands of San Francisco parties and organized as the Brunswick Mine. Under this name it was worked for two years, and then again the property changed ownership to New York parties, who reorganized as the Brunswick Consolidated Gold Mining Company, and the mine has been worked continuously for seven years since by this company. Several thousand dollars were taken from the mine at a depth of one hundred feet by tributers and has been very xich from the croppings down. The property consists of a patented claim of thirty-seven and onehalf acres, with hoisting works complete, and a twenty-stamp mill. ‘The shaft has reached a depth of over eight hundred feet, and it was found necessary a short time ago to erect a new and larger pumping plant. The ledge shows well in free gold and sulphurets, and this indefatigable company of prospectors have good chances of soon reaping rich dividends. Capt. Geo. A. Nihell is superintendent. ca THE GOLD POINT This property is located in the Union Hill section of Grass Valley district, about two miles east of town; it is on the same range as the Idaho and Maryland Mines and consists of 2700 feet of patented ground. The mine was first opened by a tunnel 1600 feet in length. Work was resumed on this claim during 1894, and a ten-stamp mill erected. The ledge is large and the mine, under the able superintendence of James Bennallack, promises to become one of the best in the district. The mine is owned by a Nevada County company, and the work of development will be actively prosecuted. 34. THE SOUTH IDAHO This mine is situated directly south of and adjoining the famous Idaho Mine. Considerable work has been done on the property, which is owned by a local company. A shaft has been sunk toa depth of 160 feet and several crushings of ore have paid well. The ledge averages about three feet in width and shows considerable free gold and sulphurets. The company has ceased work for the present, but expects to start up soon, when a new hoisting and pumping plant will be erected. Can THE BADGER MINE This mine is located in a rich locality—at the head of Pike Flat— and the quartz extracted from this property in the early days was a specimen of nature and paid handsomely. The mine has a shaft five hundred feet in depth, and considerable drifting and cross-cutting has been done. It was worked a few years ago, but was closed down for lack of funds and because of poor management. The property is at present under bond toa San Francisco company. ca ROSE HILL MINE, GRASS VALLEY THE HOMEWARD BOUND Is bounded on the north by the Lone Jack ground and on the south by the old Hartery Mine, all on the same vein. This mine has been worked to a depth of two hundred feet its entire length, and paid an average of $15 a ton. It has a good machinery plant of pump and hoist works, good buildings, and a three-compartment shaft three hundred feet in depth, with suitable pumps. The Hartery Mine has been worked five hundred feet in depth, yielding a large amount of high grade rock, and the Lone Jack has been one of the best mines in the district.