November 25, 1893 (4 pages)

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LoceNotice is the Board n day of . 5) of One i upou the n, payable ld co n, to compan ice, rest assessment nth day of t and adah, and unbes sold on Be secretary. rer’s Office, AND FOR California, WARD ice rior Court, 93, notice is day of Desaid day, at the Court evada, has ce for provfurdo, delication of to him of ill annexed, rested may NY, Clerk. n22 re [E COUNTY . the matter n Insolvent tiled in this ventory in } that he is Diekinson “The Sheriff directed to 1] and r1, Insolvent aw exempt 8, vouchers, o keep the of an Ase forbidden nt, or to deh Insolvent, pation or asDebtor is riya creditors of i tthe Court © y, county of of Novem: ay, to prove ® Assignees day set for thote Rast DWEL. Mabe . 024 ING COM. eed busi* 4 tol mile. ‘granite, containing hard boulders, varying -met with all the way, great speed is at, long bédrock tunnels or probably extremely VOL. LXVI--No. 10185 NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA, SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 25, 1893, Established Sept. 6, 1860, by N.P. ficoera & Co. Peco me secs corn : = son one a ew —————e be made. It is stated at some mines that PERSONAL POINTERS. . BOARD OF EDUCATION. $50 A YEAR FOR LIFE OUR MINES. a reduction in the cost of labor of nearly te The Report Made on the Gravel Prospects. . THE RICH GRAVEL DEPOSITS. The State Mineralogist’ Pronounces Our Mining Industry Pormanently Prosperous. \ We copy the following from the State Mineralogist’s report : The drift gravel mines of the Nevada City Mining’ District are situated along the Washington Ridge, on the ancient river channel, or channels, which underlie.it. — While the elevation, or ridge, terminates at Névada City, the channel extends west of that point nearly 2 miles, a great portion of which has been worked Ly the hydraulic method, the stripping, or erosion, volcanic capping rendering this method especially applicable to this portion of the channel. From the “Sugar Loaf,” just north of the town, at the base of which the elevation of the ridge commences, up the ridge for a distance 6f over 4 miles, there is a succession of mines whose development is progressing rapidly and with satisfactory results. In configuratien the ridge is very long and narrow, extending from Nevada City te the northeast some 20 miles into the Washington District; its width varies from The‘channels appear to follow quite closely the course of the ridge; or in other words, the ancient rivers, whose beds lie enclosed, appear to have followed quite closely the direction of the modern streams, which have eroded on either side and produced the ridge. The summit of the ridge is quite course to the northeast. From"the Manzanita mine at Nevada City itis doubtful whether the” gravel channel could be prefitably worked im its course up the ridge by the hydraulic method; this fact is due to the capping of volcanic material above this point, As nearly as could be ascertained, the bedrock underlying the ridge has an elevation: of 2,650 feet in the Odin mine, increasing gradually in its course up the ridge; the elevation of the suspension bridge at Nevada City is taken at 2,440 feet, The strata of gravels, sands, and clays deposited by the ancient rivers have a depth of about 200 feet. Above this the volcanic capping lies,-with a depth of 300 to 400 feet. The bedrock is a soft, decomposed cone] and its elevation varies little in its 1 in size from a foot or two up to 40 or 50 feet in diameter. These boulders are sometimes intensely hard, costing as high as $12 to $16 per foot to drift through them. The gravel stratum profitably worked by the drift process is that lying directly upon the bedrock. Its character varies frem a fine, free gravel that admits of. the perfect extraction of the gold by sluicing, as was found in the Live Oak and Nebraska claims, to a hard, cemented gravel, found in the deep channel of the West Harmony mine. In the Harmony gravel large quartz beulders are found, in many of which gold can be plainly seen. But in all these gradations the gravel proper. is composed almost entirely of quartz pebbles, fine dirt and quartz cobbles, Whenever found in the channel proper the'gravel is of high grade, yielding from $2.50 to $13 per ton. The gold ogcursin coarse shots, for the most part disseminated through; no find of nuggets of any size has been heard of by the writer. The gold works its way into the soft bedrock, and in breasting the top six inches is taken out with the gravel, The depth of the gravel stratum extracted . $3,290. ’ varies from 2 to 5 feet in the various por-. was considered that $1,700 wasa fair valuation, but today conservative men say all Itis a somewhat noteworthy fact that/the buyers have got the property cheap all the mines at present in operation are at. at $2,890, judging from the present outloek tacking the channels by means of incline . of the city’s prosperity. tions of the grounds, shafts with varying angles, and bedrock tunnels extending from the bottom thereof into the channel. This is done in order te} avoid a very long tunnel, which would be necessary if opening by tunnel alone were followed, and secondly, to avoid the cost of driving through, the excessively hard ground that would be met with when going. through the high rims. ‘The tunnel into the Cold Spring ground, though very small in size, cost as high as $16 per foot for a long distance, readily handled by an ejector using but a few inches of water. By sinking incline shafts, easy ground is tained, and the channel is intersected, and prospected without the large outlay and long delay that. would be ‘occasioned by hard ground. If thechanvel is found and gravel exists in anythin g like paying quantities, thé high grade can readily stand the amall additional cost of extractioa due to hoisting and pumping, the less expensive} very cheap, tramuing, furthermore, effecting this in peculiari. d in the method of} It cures Incipient Consumption. It is the ‘ vse Povewee best Cough Cure, Only one cent a dose. 25 cts, 50 cts., and $1,00, Sold by Carr Bros, Working wos the use of augers to put down holes m the bedrock, At times this becomes stiff and tough, making work with the pick slow and laborious, and drilling with hammer and drill slow. By means of sharp augers holes can be bored very rapidly, and by using powder quick progress can day evening, Nev. 27th, until after Thanksgiving, F. E, Germaine will have a fine lot of grain fed turkeys. ‘They will go very cheap. Give me a call, e 4t singer lately from the East, will make his There is little or no water in the ridge;/ first appearance in this city on Monday the amount in most mines is trifling, and is} evening at the Theatre. lt his old place on Pine street, nl8-10t, Turkeys ! Turkeys ! Saturday evening. Everybody can get one Blood Purfier, gives freshness and clearness to the Complexion and cures Constipation, 5e., 60c, Sold by Carr Bros. one-half is effected. channel yielded $4,500,000. Since the eessation of operations in these mines, no systematic work has been done, and the rich channel was not discovered until met in the Harmony mine. It is stated that the Harmony gravel at present returns $10 to $13 per ton when crushed in stamp mills; it is claimed that, with proper economic working, gravel yielding $2 to $2.50 per ton will jpay expenses, e The channel in the Harmony mine is being regularly blocked out, the gangway being kept well into the rim, leaving a pillar between it and the channel extracted. Cross drifts are run every 100 feet, and breast drifts extended into the ground blocked out from every second cross drift. As tho roof is poor, the ground is close timbered, and stowed closely whenever excavated. As the bedrock swells rapidly it is found advisable to keep dead work just far enough ahead so as to have a new block ready when the old one is finished, and not before. The swelling bedrock is found in every mine, the intensity of the phenomenon appearing to vary little in the different instances. The great-activity and developmet of the Washington Ridge has all taken place since’ the beginning of 1891, and apparently is due to the results met with in tlie Harmony mine, The success of these operations appears to be permanent, and te auger well for the prosperity of the Nevada City District. A MYSTERIOUS MURDER. Frank Meloche of Truckee Reported to Have Killed a Man: The Grass Valley Union of this morning reports a murder at Truckee.on Wednesday ast. Its account says that Frank Meloche, the well-known Truckee saloon keeper, shot and killed a man who had knocked his barkeeper down. When Meloche interfered in the fracas the barkeeper’s assailant put his hand te his hip pocket and said, ‘‘d——n you, maybe you want some ef this.” At that Meloche fired a revelver from his ceat pocket, the bullet striking the man in the pit of the stomach and causing his death in a short time, There is something very mysterious about this alleged murder. The name of the man who was killed is not given, although it is said he has lived in Truckee ten years, No other paper has had any account of the crime, and neither the Sheriff or District Attorney have received any notification of it. Sheriff Douglass telegraphed to Truckee today but had not received a reply up to 3 o’clock this afternoon, LOCALS IN BRIEF, Happenings. T. L. Brunson has returned from Stockton, where he went to attend the funeral of his father. His family will arrive here and is employed by James Kinkead. There was a little scrap last night, about 9:30 o’clook, at the corner of Broad and Pine streets, between two drunken men. aie eo Real Estate Going Up. The Nevada City channel has proved a. A Concise Chronicle of Various Folks very rich one in past workings. The Live Oak and Nebraska claims, worked out in the 60’s, yielded heavy returns to their ewners. Itis stated that 3,000 feet of this Summarized Mention of Minor Home. SCHMIDT BROS., next week, Mr, Brunson is an upholsterer Leading Lady ( General. Arthur, Doings and Intentions. T. Halligan of San Juan is in ton. was in town today. Wm. H. Radford came down from Nerth present. Bloomfield today. : terday and severely hurt. a visit. last evening’s train. here last evening en route to Sierra City. Pat Clancy was thrown from his cart yesF. Lomborbi of San Francisco is here on J. L. Petter of Fresno arrived here on J. O. Culver, Postoffice Inspector, arrived F., Howard, E, Hubn and H. C. Jagger . grades having objected to adopting the proyere among the arrivals here on the train . Tm of studies as arranged by the Princi-. ee Their Meeting Today. Hartung, Morgan, Searls and Calkins being The following bills were allowed: Carr Bros., supplies, $5.55. Legg & Shaw, labor, $1.50. Brown & Calkins, printing, $22.50. » Richard Goyne, drummer, $4. Mrs. J. C. Dickerman, stepladder, $5. M. L. & D, Marsh, lumber, $11.53, Barbour Ink Tablet Co., $2.50. The teachers of the 6th, 5th, 4th and gd last evening from San Francisco. train. J. E, Newton of San Francisco arrived here last evening on his way to Sierra county. N. Fifs of Oakland, who has been to Washington on business, arrived here today on his way home, 8. L. Ramsey and I, Wexter of San Francisce are here looking at mining property. . HH. W. Morris, one of the owners of the Boss mine, arrived here last evening from San Francisco, W. J. Swift of Sacramento arrived here on last evening’s train en his way to Downieville. Miss Ella Lamb, who has been: here on a visit to her aunt, Mrs. Sullivan, left yesterday for San Francisco, where she will attend school. Superior Court. The following business was transacted in the Superior Court today, Hon. John Caldwell presiding : People vs, Fred Vivian, Plea ef not guilty. Trial set for December 8th, . Tnomas Richards vs, Mary Richards, Decree of divorce. Smeseenecioanainaly Sere 5 eee Soiree Tonight. Hyer, Brinkman and Sigourney will give @ social dance at Odd Fellows Hall this evening. Good music will be in attendance. Everybedy invited. It BORN. In this city, Nov. 25, to the wife of C. A. Shurtleff, a son. . es GEO. H. ALLEN, The Best of Liquid Refreshments. Brewery Saloon It he want to spend a jolly half-hour or go, drop in at GEORGE'S, Down’at the Plaza, Pine Street, Nevada City. Leading Cigar Dealers, —In StdékThe Best Humboldt Imp’td, ¥ Estrella, 5 Cent: * Bohemian Club, CIGAR La Rosa, In the City, \ Harmonia. three business men at $1,700, and it brought At the time it was appraised it Turkeys! Turkeys ! At Britland’s Saloon, commencing MonA Fine Singer Coming, W. T. Stevens; @ distinguished baritone The auction sale today of the real estate A ti ! belonging to the estate of Wm. Wolfe, deuc 10n ceased, is the strongest evidence that preperty is rapidly advancing in value in this city. About two months ago the property which was sold teday was appraised by \.+++.@oods will be fa. tion can Le acc I will sell EVERY SATURDAY EVENING at Auction ! Dry Goods, Millinery and Fancy Goods eee at private sale at owe tes the lowest prices, Anyone having Goods to be disposed of at AucY : dated atr bie rates. CASPER COHN, Licensed Auctioneer, Masonic Block, Commercial st., Nevada City. Who Wants a Turkey? ‘Fifty of them at. the Unien bar-room, n23-tf, ~~ SHILOH'S CURE is sold on a guarantee KARL'S CLOVER ROOT, the great H. Pecarty has received One. Hundred of . CHAS. GRAY, the Finest and Fattest Turkeys ever brought to Nevada City. They will be disposed of every evening, commencing on Monday, at now the sole proprietors of a will keep constantly on hand the very best Fruits and Vegetables, in their line, and attending strictly to busisiess W. P. SIGOURNEY Sigourney & Gray OULD tfully inform the ple of Nevada city and viduity that ‘they are ~ Variety Store, opp. Transcript Block On Commercial Street, Cigars and Tobacco, Can Goods, Butter, Eggs, Cider, Vinegar, Etc They hope, by keeping the best of everything i \ oe E. E. Berckleton and A. G. Piating of . Principal have full authority to arrange San Francisco came in on last evening's . Programs for all grades and te enforce the ~ Milwaukee! pal, it was unanimously ordered that the .sarrying out of the course of study as prescribed by the Board, ‘It was ordered that the Christmas vacatien begin December 23d and end January 7th; also that the achools be closed on Thursday and Friday next, fer Thanksgiving. BO ee Fine Lot of Turkeys. Frank Germaine has determined that the people of Nevada City shall not go turkey hungry. And furthermore the price will be placed within the reach of every one, Commencing on Monday evening, at Britland’s saloon, the first let of one hundred and thirty-three of the largest and fattest turkeys ever seen here will be disposed of. Frank wants every one to attend this great sale and be promptly on hand at 7 o'clock. He intends to keep the dale a-going for four ——--—-¢-6@e-————-— Knights of Pythias Election. The following officers: were elected by, Milo Lodge, Ne. 48, K. of P., last evening: C. Harrison, C.‘C.; A. J. Ismert, V, C.; Henry Hoskins, P.; Charles Steffens, M. of W.; Frank Merrill,,M, at A.;_B:-S. Rector, K. of R. & 8.; J. E. Isaac, M. of F.; George C. Gaylord, M. of E.; William Giffin, Trustee, Orders Passed and Bills Allowed at . . The City Board of Education held its H. C. Schroeder of Rough‘ and Ready . monthly meeting this afternoon, Messrs, evenings. Don't miss this chance. : be held Friday evening at 7:30 o’clock, and Substantial Rewards for Those Whose Auswers are Correct. A man once entered prison where was eonfined a condemned criminal. On making & request to be conducted into the pres. ence of the doomed man, the visitor was informed that none but relatives were permit— ted to see the prisoner. The visitor said ‘Brothers and sisters have I none, but that man’s (the prisoner’s) father is iny father’s son He was at once taken to the prisoner. Now, what relation was the prisoner to the visitor, The Agriculturist Publishing Com will give $0 a year for life rey the pieeak sending the first correct answer; $500 to tlie sewend; 3rd, $250; 4th, $100; Sth, $50 and over 10,000 other rewards, consisting of pianos, organs, ladies and gents gold and silver —_watches,— silver ‘Services, diamond ving, ote. © the peter sending. the last correct answer will be given a high-toned piano, to the next to the last aybeautiful organ, and the next5,000 will receive valuable prizes of silverware, &c.Ruixs—(1) All answers must be sent by mail, and bear postmark not later than Deo. 31, 1893. (2) There will be no charge whatever to enter this competition, but all who compete are expected to send one dollar for six months, subscription to either THe Lapizs Home Maqazinror Tur CaNnaDAIN AGRICULTURIST—two of the choicest illus. trated periodicals of the day. (3) All prize winners will be expected to assist us in extaken in all cases as date of receipt, so as to give every one an equal chance, no matter where he or she may reside), will secure the first prize; the second, the next prize, and so on, able it to carry out all its promises. (Send for printed list of former prize winners. ) , JuDaxs.— The following well-known gentlemen have consented to act as judges and will see that the prizes are fairly awarded: Commodore Caloutt (proprietor Caloutt’s Line of Steamers), Peterborough, and Mr. W. Robertson, President Times Printing Company, Peterborough Register all money, "¥. M. I. Notice, The regular meeting of the Y. M. I. will every member is requested to be present. ., re ~wenyaigunr is And very often they de, Nothing in Nevada u teeeeeee+ every branch of that .Out now, and will eeeeee in Woolen Dress Goods in all Coming — Events Cast Their Shadows Before Them ! ny % . Been Foley’s Home-made Candies, Shadow which bespeaks their wide and rapidly. increasing popularity, them ; everybody prizes them and it’s good as a prize to secure a box of. those Choice Confections for thé nominal sum at which they are sold. —T—R—-Y T—H—K—M.— FOLEY, Leading Candy Maker: a IS > REICH & MAIN STREBT, OPPOSITE UNION EXOTEL. +eeeeeeee+Our Buyer having just returned, has selected an ++eeeees+elegant line of Holiday Novelties, comprising ++eeeeeseGium and high-class goods, They are being marked . Opening, which will be advertised through the +++eeee+eemedium of this paper in a few days, Mr. Freud hasalso secured Extraordinary bargains. . signs, which goods we are now offering at the ex-. traordinary low prices of 25, 35 and 50 cents... ee good values, i This is Our Proposition: . lst, 1804, at 0 o'clock FP. M. A Chance For Somecody to Go to the Midwinter AT OUR EXPENSE ! iF Every man, woman or child makin dwinter Fair! Fe One First-class Ticket to San Francisco and Return, By way of Stockton or Benicia, Including One Week’s Board and Lodging at any First-class Motel in San Francisco. The guessing contest starts in NOVEMBER 16th and ends on FEBRUARY The Jar of Beans can be seen in our Show Window every day and eventending our circulation. (4) The first: cnc ing untll the Ist of February, at which time the seal will be broken and the rect answer -received (sender's postmark . counted by a committee of any three gentlemen in this city. Our object in doing this is to get better acquainted with the people and show them that we'can and do crrysmimaet ttn! Nell Clothing, Furnishing Goods, Boots, Shoes, Ete, As Cheap, If Not Cheaper Than any other Etouse in This: City. er WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL LINE OF letters. Address, AGRICULTURIstT PuB, Co, C3 VV RRCOKT Stil, L'td), Peterborough, Canada. That we are offering for $6, $8, $10 and $12.50, that are Sizes from 35 to 44. : Come and guess at the Beans and go to the Midwinter Fair at our expense, CARTER, & JOHNSTON, One-Price Clothiers, Corner Pine and Commercial Streets... City casts so large a shadow as Everybody buys particular department in mebe displayed at our Grand Eg cr 4 Orders from the country solicited. GRAND DISPLAY —— OF—-; . Watches, Diamonds, Fine Jewelry, Solid Silver and Plated Ware, Optical Goods, Etc. BE) hen FRANK: GOLDEN of Virginia City and Carson has opened, in the National Exchange Hotel Building, Broad Street, with the Largest and most Elegant Stock of Goods ever brought to Nevada City, A call from the most sceptical will please us. We offer these Goods at closer prices than any house on the Coast. “~~ D : Our Holiday Goods ——_#!,_ ‘You WILL HAVE TO SEE TO APPRECIATE THEM. FX NNR AR AR GO Fine Watch and Jewelry Repairing by first-class workmen. EVERYTHING GUARANTEED, , ~ FRANEK GOLDEN, shadings and de ... eeeeevevern . per yard. Novelties received daily in every Department. Ii. RBWICEH cw Co. . ] —E——=z=£==—— ee ; HARTMAN & aim isto do NOTHING BUT MINGS. Overcoatings and Skitings, which regret it. to merit their share of the public patronage. . "he Pringes of Tailors, " Our Suit Club is a Grand Success. Every Suit turned out has received unqualified commendation. Our chief SAN FRANCISCO PRICES and Guarantee.a GOOD FIT as well as THE BEST OF WORKMANSHIP AND TRIM= We have a Full Line of the Latest Fall and Winter Samples for the VERY LOWEST PRICES. Give us a trial and you'll never Commercial Street, Transcript Block. FIRST-CLASS WORK AT r we are prepared to make up at Woonsocket MEN’S AND WOMEN’S Evert b bere Of all Descriptions. Insist to Get What You Ask For THE STANDARD DULAC, $+ Woonsocket Brand, Do Not Take What Merchants Try to sell you on which there is a Larger ~ Margin and Less in Quality. OUR PURE CUM SAMPSON :-: BOOTS Are Superior toCrack, Anti-Crack, for Patented Rubber Boots. IS THE WORD, WOONSOCKET RUBBER (COMPANY: Fair & a purchase at our Store, be it 35 cents or $25, is entitled to one guess for every purchase he or she makes. : The one guessing the nearest to the number of beans contained in a Blase jar will have his or her fare paid to Sau Francisco and return, including one week’s board and lodging at any first-class hotel in San Francisco. Beans

See E sary rancisco. in 1864 tor of Sexual Diseases, norrhes, re, Syphis forms, cness,Imceed isstanding . Leg suc~ ted, has pracirty years tisco and ry is the he doctor and inals there, formation ) those in ace of self c blushes, the face, consumpobtained, nediately, ve @ cure mode of maladies, onsibility ybtain imWRED AT r. Gibbon, ne the dis1e will be curiosity, directions thers fail. write, ney street, Office Box te. tin pursur Court of ‘nia, made ne matter ed, the un.e@ waid esparate par, gold coin confirmavember, ‘olf Store, _ all and nate in Neof Califorap of Ne1869, as t No. 2in , gold coin f the purtioneer on Hon of sale WOLF, liam Wolf, MININGplace of lia. LoceNotice is the Board n day of . 5) of One i upou the n, payable ld co n, to compan ice, rest assessment nth day of t and adah, and unbes sold on Be secretary. rer’s Office, AND FOR California, WARD ice rior Court, 93, notice is day of Desaid day, at the Court evada, has ce for provfurdo, delication of to him of ill annexed, rested may NY, Clerk. n22 re [E COUNTY . the matter n Insolvent tiled in this ventory in } that he is Diekinson “The Sheriff directed to 1] and r1, Insolvent aw exempt 8, vouchers, o keep the of an Ase forbidden nt, or to deh Insolvent, pation or asDebtor is riya creditors of i tthe Court © y, county of of Novem: ay, to prove ® Assignees day set for thote Rast DWEL. Mabe . 024 ING COM. eed busi* 4 tol mile. ‘granite, containing hard boulders, varying -met with all the way, great speed is at, long bédrock tunnels or probably extremely VOL. LXVI--No. 10185 NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA, SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 25, 1893, Established Sept. 6, 1860, by N.P. ficoera & Co. Peco me secs corn : = son one a ew —————e be made. It is stated at some mines that PERSONAL POINTERS. . BOARD OF EDUCATION. $50 A YEAR FOR LIFE OUR MINES. a reduction in the cost of labor of nearly te The Report Made on the Gravel Prospects. . THE RICH GRAVEL DEPOSITS. The State Mineralogist’ Pronounces Our Mining Industry Pormanently Prosperous. \ We copy the following from the State Mineralogist’s report : The drift gravel mines of the Nevada City Mining’ District are situated along the Washington Ridge, on the ancient river channel, or channels, which underlie.it. — While the elevation, or ridge, terminates at Névada City, the channel extends west of that point nearly 2 miles, a great portion of which has been worked Ly the hydraulic method, the stripping, or erosion, volcanic capping rendering this method especially applicable to this portion of the channel. From the “Sugar Loaf,” just north of the town, at the base of which the elevation of the ridge commences, up the ridge for a distance 6f over 4 miles, there is a succession of mines whose development is progressing rapidly and with satisfactory results. In configuratien the ridge is very long and narrow, extending from Nevada City te the northeast some 20 miles into the Washington District; its width varies from The‘channels appear to follow quite closely the course of the ridge; or in other words, the ancient rivers, whose beds lie enclosed, appear to have followed quite closely the direction of the modern streams, which have eroded on either side and produced the ridge. The summit of the ridge is quite course to the northeast. From"the Manzanita mine at Nevada City itis doubtful whether the” gravel channel could be prefitably worked im its course up the ridge by the hydraulic method; this fact is due to the capping of volcanic material above this point, As nearly as could be ascertained, the bedrock underlying the ridge has an elevation: of 2,650 feet in the Odin mine, increasing gradually in its course up the ridge; the elevation of the suspension bridge at Nevada City is taken at 2,440 feet, The strata of gravels, sands, and clays deposited by the ancient rivers have a depth of about 200 feet. Above this the volcanic capping lies,-with a depth of 300 to 400 feet. The bedrock is a soft, decomposed cone] and its elevation varies little in its 1 in size from a foot or two up to 40 or 50 feet in diameter. These boulders are sometimes intensely hard, costing as high as $12 to $16 per foot to drift through them. The gravel stratum profitably worked by the drift process is that lying directly upon the bedrock. Its character varies frem a fine, free gravel that admits of. the perfect extraction of the gold by sluicing, as was found in the Live Oak and Nebraska claims, to a hard, cemented gravel, found in the deep channel of the West Harmony mine. In the Harmony gravel large quartz beulders are found, in many of which gold can be plainly seen. But in all these gradations the gravel proper. is composed almost entirely of quartz pebbles, fine dirt and quartz cobbles, Whenever found in the channel proper the'gravel is of high grade, yielding from $2.50 to $13 per ton. The gold ogcursin coarse shots, for the most part disseminated through; no find of nuggets of any size has been heard of by the writer. The gold works its way into the soft bedrock, and in breasting the top six inches is taken out with the gravel, The depth of the gravel stratum extracted . $3,290. ’ varies from 2 to 5 feet in the various por-. was considered that $1,700 wasa fair valuation, but today conservative men say all Itis a somewhat noteworthy fact that/the buyers have got the property cheap all the mines at present in operation are at. at $2,890, judging from the present outloek tacking the channels by means of incline . of the city’s prosperity. tions of the grounds, shafts with varying angles, and bedrock tunnels extending from the bottom thereof into the channel. This is done in order te} avoid a very long tunnel, which would be necessary if opening by tunnel alone were followed, and secondly, to avoid the cost of driving through, the excessively hard ground that would be met with when going. through the high rims. ‘The tunnel into the Cold Spring ground, though very small in size, cost as high as $16 per foot for a long distance, readily handled by an ejector using but a few inches of water. By sinking incline shafts, easy ground is tained, and the channel is intersected, and prospected without the large outlay and long delay that. would be ‘occasioned by hard ground. If thechanvel is found and gravel exists in anythin g like paying quantities, thé high grade can readily stand the amall additional cost of extractioa due to hoisting and pumping, the less expensive} very cheap, tramuing, furthermore, effecting this in peculiari. d in the method of} It cures Incipient Consumption. It is the ‘ vse Povewee best Cough Cure, Only one cent a dose. 25 cts, 50 cts., and $1,00, Sold by Carr Bros, Working wos the use of augers to put down holes m the bedrock, At times this becomes stiff and tough, making work with the pick slow and laborious, and drilling with hammer and drill slow. By means of sharp augers holes can be bored very rapidly, and by using powder quick progress can day evening, Nev. 27th, until after Thanksgiving, F. E, Germaine will have a fine lot of grain fed turkeys. ‘They will go very cheap. Give me a call, e 4t singer lately from the East, will make his There is little or no water in the ridge;/ first appearance in this city on Monday the amount in most mines is trifling, and is} evening at the Theatre. lt his old place on Pine street, nl8-10t, Turkeys ! Turkeys ! Saturday evening. Everybody can get one Blood Purfier, gives freshness and clearness to the Complexion and cures Constipation, 5e., 60c, Sold by Carr Bros. one-half is effected. channel yielded $4,500,000. Since the eessation of operations in these mines, no systematic work has been done, and the rich channel was not discovered until met in the Harmony mine. It is stated that the Harmony gravel at present returns $10 to $13 per ton when crushed in stamp mills; it is claimed that, with proper economic working, gravel yielding $2 to $2.50 per ton will jpay expenses, e The channel in the Harmony mine is being regularly blocked out, the gangway being kept well into the rim, leaving a pillar between it and the channel extracted. Cross drifts are run every 100 feet, and breast drifts extended into the ground blocked out from every second cross drift. As tho roof is poor, the ground is close timbered, and stowed closely whenever excavated. As the bedrock swells rapidly it is found advisable to keep dead work just far enough ahead so as to have a new block ready when the old one is finished, and not before. The swelling bedrock is found in every mine, the intensity of the phenomenon appearing to vary little in the different instances. The great-activity and developmet of the Washington Ridge has all taken place since’ the beginning of 1891, and apparently is due to the results met with in tlie Harmony mine, The success of these operations appears to be permanent, and te auger well for the prosperity of the Nevada City District. A MYSTERIOUS MURDER. Frank Meloche of Truckee Reported to Have Killed a Man: The Grass Valley Union of this morning reports a murder at Truckee.on Wednesday ast. Its account says that Frank Meloche, the well-known Truckee saloon keeper, shot and killed a man who had knocked his barkeeper down. When Meloche interfered in the fracas the barkeeper’s assailant put his hand te his hip pocket and said, ‘‘d——n you, maybe you want some ef this.” At that Meloche fired a revelver from his ceat pocket, the bullet striking the man in the pit of the stomach and causing his death in a short time, There is something very mysterious about this alleged murder. The name of the man who was killed is not given, although it is said he has lived in Truckee ten years, No other paper has had any account of the crime, and neither the Sheriff or District Attorney have received any notification of it. Sheriff Douglass telegraphed to Truckee today but had not received a reply up to 3 o’clock this afternoon, LOCALS IN BRIEF, Happenings. T. L. Brunson has returned from Stockton, where he went to attend the funeral of his father. His family will arrive here and is employed by James Kinkead. There was a little scrap last night, about 9:30 o’clook, at the corner of Broad and Pine streets, between two drunken men. aie eo Real Estate Going Up. The Nevada City channel has proved a. A Concise Chronicle of Various Folks very rich one in past workings. The Live Oak and Nebraska claims, worked out in the 60’s, yielded heavy returns to their ewners. Itis stated that 3,000 feet of this Summarized Mention of Minor Home. SCHMIDT BROS., next week, Mr, Brunson is an upholsterer Leading Lady ( General. Arthur, Doings and Intentions. T. Halligan of San Juan is in ton. was in town today. Wm. H. Radford came down from Nerth present. Bloomfield today. : terday and severely hurt. a visit. last evening’s train. here last evening en route to Sierra City. Pat Clancy was thrown from his cart yesF. Lomborbi of San Francisco is here on J. L. Petter of Fresno arrived here on J. O. Culver, Postoffice Inspector, arrived F., Howard, E, Hubn and H. C. Jagger . grades having objected to adopting the proyere among the arrivals here on the train . Tm of studies as arranged by the Princi-. ee Their Meeting Today. Hartung, Morgan, Searls and Calkins being

The following bills were allowed: Carr Bros., supplies, $5.55. Legg & Shaw, labor, $1.50. Brown & Calkins, printing, $22.50. » Richard Goyne, drummer, $4. Mrs. J. C. Dickerman, stepladder, $5. M. L. & D, Marsh, lumber, $11.53, Barbour Ink Tablet Co., $2.50. The teachers of the 6th, 5th, 4th and gd last evening from San Francisco. train. J. E, Newton of San Francisco arrived here last evening on his way to Sierra county. N. Fifs of Oakland, who has been to Washington on business, arrived here today on his way home, 8. L. Ramsey and I, Wexter of San Francisce are here looking at mining property. . HH. W. Morris, one of the owners of the Boss mine, arrived here last evening from San Francisco, W. J. Swift of Sacramento arrived here on last evening’s train en his way to Downieville. Miss Ella Lamb, who has been: here on a visit to her aunt, Mrs. Sullivan, left yesterday for San Francisco, where she will attend school. Superior Court. The following business was transacted in the Superior Court today, Hon. John Caldwell presiding : People vs, Fred Vivian, Plea ef not guilty. Trial set for December 8th, . Tnomas Richards vs, Mary Richards, Decree of divorce. Smeseenecioanainaly Sere 5 eee Soiree Tonight. Hyer, Brinkman and Sigourney will give @ social dance at Odd Fellows Hall this evening. Good music will be in attendance. Everybedy invited. It BORN. In this city, Nov. 25, to the wife of C. A. Shurtleff, a son. . es GEO. H. ALLEN, The Best of Liquid Refreshments. Brewery Saloon It he want to spend a jolly half-hour or go, drop in at GEORGE'S, Down’at the Plaza, Pine Street, Nevada City. Leading Cigar Dealers, —In StdékThe Best Humboldt Imp’td, ¥ Estrella, 5 Cent: * Bohemian Club, CIGAR La Rosa, In the City, \ Harmonia. three business men at $1,700, and it brought At the time it was appraised it Turkeys! Turkeys ! At Britland’s Saloon, commencing MonA Fine Singer Coming, W. T. Stevens; @ distinguished baritone The auction sale today of the real estate A ti ! belonging to the estate of Wm. Wolfe, deuc 10n ceased, is the strongest evidence that preperty is rapidly advancing in value in this city. About two months ago the property which was sold teday was appraised by \.+++.@oods will be fa. tion can Le acc I will sell EVERY SATURDAY EVENING at Auction ! Dry Goods, Millinery and Fancy Goods eee at private sale at owe tes the lowest prices, Anyone having Goods to be disposed of at AucY : dated atr bie rates. CASPER COHN, Licensed Auctioneer, Masonic Block, Commercial st., Nevada City. Who Wants a Turkey? ‘Fifty of them at. the Unien bar-room, n23-tf, ~~ SHILOH'S CURE is sold on a guarantee KARL'S CLOVER ROOT, the great H. Pecarty has received One. Hundred of . CHAS. GRAY, the Finest and Fattest Turkeys ever brought to Nevada City. They will be disposed of every evening, commencing on Monday, at now the sole proprietors of a will keep constantly on hand the very best Fruits and Vegetables, in their line, and attending strictly to busisiess W. P. SIGOURNEY Sigourney & Gray OULD tfully inform the ple of Nevada city and viduity that ‘they are ~ Variety Store, opp. Transcript Block On Commercial Street, Cigars and Tobacco, Can Goods, Butter, Eggs, Cider, Vinegar, Etc They hope, by keeping the best of everything i \ oe E. E. Berckleton and A. G. Piating of . Principal have full authority to arrange San Francisco came in on last evening's . Programs for all grades and te enforce the ~ Milwaukee! pal, it was unanimously ordered that the .sarrying out of the course of study as prescribed by the Board, ‘It was ordered that the Christmas vacatien begin December 23d and end January 7th; also that the achools be closed on Thursday and Friday next, fer Thanksgiving. BO ee Fine Lot of Turkeys. Frank Germaine has determined that the people of Nevada City shall not go turkey hungry. And furthermore the price will be placed within the reach of every one, Commencing on Monday evening, at Britland’s saloon, the first let of one hundred and thirty-three of the largest and fattest turkeys ever seen here will be disposed of. Frank wants every one to attend this great sale and be promptly on hand at 7 o'clock. He intends to keep the dale a-going for four ——--—-¢-6@e-————-— Knights of Pythias Election. The following officers: were elected by, Milo Lodge, Ne. 48, K. of P., last evening: C. Harrison, C.‘C.; A. J. Ismert, V, C.; Henry Hoskins, P.; Charles Steffens, M. of W.; Frank Merrill,,M, at A.;_B:-S. Rector, K. of R. & 8.; J. E. Isaac, M. of F.; George C. Gaylord, M. of E.; William Giffin, Trustee, Orders Passed and Bills Allowed at . . The City Board of Education held its H. C. Schroeder of Rough‘ and Ready . monthly meeting this afternoon, Messrs, evenings. Don't miss this chance. : be held Friday evening at 7:30 o’clock, and Substantial Rewards for Those Whose Auswers are Correct. A man once entered prison where was eonfined a condemned criminal. On making & request to be conducted into the pres. ence of the doomed man, the visitor was informed that none but relatives were permit— ted to see the prisoner. The visitor said ‘Brothers and sisters have I none, but that man’s (the prisoner’s) father is iny father’s son He was at once taken to the prisoner. Now, what relation was the prisoner to the visitor, The Agriculturist Publishing Com will give $0 a year for life rey the pieeak sending the first correct answer; $500 to tlie sewend; 3rd, $250; 4th, $100; Sth, $50 and over 10,000 other rewards, consisting of pianos, organs, ladies and gents gold and silver —_watches,— silver ‘Services, diamond ving, ote. © the peter sending. the last correct answer will be given a high-toned piano, to the next to the last aybeautiful organ, and the next5,000 will receive valuable prizes of silverware, &c.Ruixs—(1) All answers must be sent by mail, and bear postmark not later than Deo. 31, 1893. (2) There will be no charge whatever to enter this competition, but all who compete are expected to send one dollar for six months, subscription to either THe Lapizs Home Maqazinror Tur CaNnaDAIN AGRICULTURIST—two of the choicest illus. trated periodicals of the day. (3) All prize winners will be expected to assist us in extaken in all cases as date of receipt, so as to give every one an equal chance, no matter where he or she may reside), will secure the first prize; the second, the next prize, and so on, able it to carry out all its promises. (Send for printed list of former prize winners. ) , JuDaxs.— The following well-known gentlemen have consented to act as judges and will see that the prizes are fairly awarded: Commodore Caloutt (proprietor Caloutt’s Line of Steamers), Peterborough, and Mr. W. Robertson, President Times Printing Company, Peterborough Register all money, "¥. M. I. Notice, The regular meeting of the Y. M. I. will every member is requested to be present. ., re ~wenyaigunr is And very often they de, Nothing in Nevada u teeeeeee+ every branch of that .Out now, and will eeeeee in Woolen Dress Goods in all Coming — Events Cast Their Shadows Before Them ! ny % . Been Foley’s Home-made Candies, Shadow which bespeaks their wide and rapidly. increasing popularity, them ; everybody prizes them and it’s good as a prize to secure a box of. those Choice Confections for thé nominal sum at which they are sold. —T—R—-Y T—H—K—M.— FOLEY, Leading Candy Maker: a IS > REICH & MAIN STREBT, OPPOSITE UNION EXOTEL. +eeeeeeee+Our Buyer having just returned, has selected an ++eeeees+elegant line of Holiday Novelties, comprising ++eeeeeseGium and high-class goods, They are being marked . Opening, which will be advertised through the +++eeee+eemedium of this paper in a few days, Mr. Freud hasalso secured Extraordinary bargains. . signs, which goods we are now offering at the ex-. traordinary low prices of 25, 35 and 50 cents..... ee good values, i This is Our Proposition: . lst, 1804, at 0 o'clock FP. M. A Chance For Somecody to Go to the Midwinter AT OUR EXPENSE ! iF Every man, woman or child makin dwinter Fair! Fe One First-class Ticket to San Francisco and Return, By way of Stockton or Benicia, Including One Week’s Board and Lodging at any First-class Motel in San Francisco. The guessing contest starts in NOVEMBER 16th and ends on FEBRUARY The Jar of Beans can be seen in our Show Window every day and eventending our circulation. (4) The first: cnc ing untll the Ist of February, at which time the seal will be broken and the rect answer -received (sender's postmark . counted by a committee of any three gentlemen in this city. Our object in doing this is to get better acquainted with the people and show them that we'can and do crrysmimaet ttn! Nell Clothing, Furnishing Goods, Boots, Shoes, Ete, As Cheap, If Not Cheaper Than any other Etouse in This: City. er WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL LINE OF letters. Address, AGRICULTURIstT PuB, Co, C3 VV RRCOKT Stil, L'td), Peterborough, Canada. That we are offering for $6, $8, $10 and $12.50, that are Sizes from 35 to 44. : Come and guess at the Beans and go to the Midwinter Fair at our expense, CARTER, & JOHNSTON, One-Price Clothiers, Corner Pine and Commercial Streets...... City casts so large a shadow as Everybody buys particular department in mebe displayed at our Grand Eg cr 4 Orders from the country solicited. GRAND DISPLAY —— OF—-; . Watches, Diamonds, Fine Jewelry, Solid Silver and Plated Ware, Optical Goods, Etc. BE) hen FRANK: GOLDEN of Virginia City and Carson has opened, in the National Exchange Hotel Building, Broad Street, with the Largest and most Elegant Stock of Goods ever brought to Nevada City, A call from the most sceptical will please us. We offer these Goods at closer prices than any house on the Coast. “~~ D : Our Holiday Goods ——_#!,_ ‘You WILL HAVE TO SEE TO APPRECIATE THEM. FX NNR AR AR GO Fine Watch and Jewelry Repairing by first-class workmen. EVERYTHING GUARANTEED, , ~ FRANEK GOLDEN, shadings and de ..... eeeeevevern . per yard. Novelties received daily in every Department. Ii. RBWICEH cw Co. . ] —E——=z=£==—— ee ; HARTMAN & aim isto do NOTHING BUT MINGS. Overcoatings and Skitings, which regret it. to merit their share of the public patronage. . "he Pringes of Tailors, " Our Suit Club is a Grand Success. Every Suit turned out has received unqualified commendation. Our chief SAN FRANCISCO PRICES and Guarantee.a GOOD FIT as well as THE BEST OF WORKMANSHIP AND TRIM= We have a Full Line of the Latest Fall and Winter Samples for the VERY LOWEST PRICES. Give us a trial and you'll never Commercial Street, Transcript Block. FIRST-CLASS WORK AT r we are prepared to make up at Woonsocket MEN’S AND WOMEN’S Evert b bere Of all Descriptions. Insist to Get What You Ask For THE STANDARD DULAC, $+ Woonsocket Brand, Do Not Take What Merchants Try to sell you on which there is a Larger ~ Margin and Less in Quality. OUR PURE CUM SAMPSON :-: BOOTS Are Superior toCrack, Anti-Crack, for Patented Rubber Boots. IS THE WORD, WOONSOCKET RUBBER (COMPANY: Fair & a purchase at our Store, be it 35 cents or $25, is entitled to one guess for every purchase he or she makes. : The one guessing the nearest to the number of beans contained in a Blase jar will have his or her fare paid to Sau Francisco and return, including one week’s board and lodging at any first-class hotel in San Francisco. Beans