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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 and William Torpie. The tunnel is in 1700 feet, a mule being called into use to run the cars. Arastras are used to crush the gravel. ‘The mine has been worked at times for the past thirty years. ca OTHER CLAIMS There are a number of other drift mines on which not sufficient work has been done to give a definite idea of their value. Time will no doubt prove some of them to be good properties. ca WASHINGTON This was one of the first settled towns in the county, dating back to 1849-50. Itis situated on the South Yuba River, nineteen miles above Nevada City. In 1850 there were at least a thousand miners prospecting in the vicinity, and in 1851-2 three thousand men were engaged in prospecting, building ditches, dams, etc. Rich gravel was discovered and hydraulic mining was introduced. The town flourished, and stores, hotels, etc., were built on every hand. During recent years quartz mining has held sway and a large number of valuable mines have been discovered within a radius of seven or eight miles. Ormonde and Maybert, two mining camps, are located three and six miles respectively above Washington, on the South Yuba River. The quartz mines of Washington district are among the most important in the county, the principal ones being the Yuba, Eagle Bird, Blue Jay and Washington. The Eagle Bird Mine is situated seven miles above Washington on the Yuba River. The ledge is large, averaging fifteen feet or more, and a thirty-staimp mill is kept busy. About forty men are employed and the mine is looking well. The shaft is down eight hundred feet. The Yuba Mine is situated three-fourths of a mile east of the Eagle Bird. The ore has averaged $8.00 per ton and the cost of mining has been $2.20 perton. There is a twenty-five-stamp mill on the property. The shaft is between seven hundred and eight hundred feet in depth. Hagan & Tibbits are the present owners. The Governor Morton, owned by Grissel & Foster, is being developed. Huntington mills are used. The Cornucopia Mine, owned by A. Tregidgo and others, is being prospected. pnOBi.. The Blue Bell Mine, also owned by Tregidgo & Co., is being worked. The ledge averages four feet in width. There is a good hoisting works and ten-stamp mill on the claim. The shaft is down about three hundred feet. The Last Chance Mine was recently sold for $1500. There is a hoisting works on the property and good rock is being extracted. The group of gravel mines on Fall Creek and the Grafton Mine are also being worked. The Lindsay quartz mine is owned by Robinson & Greathouse, and is looking well. The Giant King, owned by Williamson & Cole, is worked through a tunnel, and good rock is being extracted. The Rocky Bar drift gravel mine, owned by Hayes Brothers, is being worked by sluicing, and is paying well. The gravel claims on Brandy Flat are being worked by Chinese. They are paying, considerable coarse gold being found. The Red Point quartz mine contains a good ledge of low grade ore, and is being worked profitably. The St. Patrick is owned by McCarty & Condon. The quartz is low-grade, but there is a very large body of ore. The Maryland Mine on McCall ravine is owned by Stewart & Donohoe. This mine is worked through a tunnel. The ledge averages from four to eight feet wide. The Washington Mine, owned by Baron von Schroeder, is one of the oldest mines in the district. There is a good hoisting plant on the ground beside a twenty-stamp mill. The mine shows good prospects, The German Mine is owned by M. D. Cooley and has a ten-stamp niill attached. The Blue Jay is owned by Bonney & Baugh and hasa good ten-stamp mill. The mine has paid well, one run in the mill being sufficient to pay for the mine. The Daylight is owned by Ole Helgesen. Good rock is being ~ extracted; but the ledge is small. ca GRAVEL MINES The Omega Gravel Mine, at Omega, a short distance below the town of Washington, was successfully worked many years ago by Tully & Company, and they have lately obtained a permit to erect dams and begin hydraulicking. The mine at present is leased to Chinese, At Alpha, another small gravel mining town, there is a fine channel of blue gravel which was formerly worked by the hydraulic process, It