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April 16, 1928 (6 pages)

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The Nugget is California's Leading Mining Weekly Nevada City Nugget _VOLUME ‘Il, NUMBER 22 THE GOLD CENTER” NEVADA CITY, NEVADA COUNTY, ‘CALIFORNIA, BRUSH CREEK CUTS INTO-PAY SHOOT GOLDEN CENTER GETS STOCK PERMIT Croseutting and drifting operations are in progress at the Brush Creek The Golden .Center Mining Company of Grass Valley has been ‘grant-mine where the rich-ore shoot uncov. ed permission by the state Corporaered last summer has been ‘picked up. tion , Department to sell 125,000 in the new workings 75 feet deeper. Shares of stock at $1.00 per share The drift had 75 from the for developineht purposes. It will good been run feet ‘shaft before the shoot was be indeed to the people of this news know picked up. There is already 16 feet vicinity to of quartz in sight as far. as {hej that this promising property is again crosscut has been run, The’ ore pans} to be in the list of producers. Mr. who started the is again actively C: A. Brockington, property originally,’ free gold and while not as heavily mineralized as on the upper workings looks like fine milling rock and as prenecn promotns the be feed 8 soon as stfficleht ore has been with which he is intimately famuiar. blocked ‘out, the stamps will start The Golden Center Company owns ’ s ste > Ind ‘ j dropping again, the mill having been the Rock Roche, Peabody and Cabin 4 Beas Flat patents and some 346 lots in closed down while the shaft sinking . & Bate 5 u . sa e Grass. Valley Townsite, the whole operations were being carried on. 3 : #6 having an area of about 138 acres. The recent high water made things look desperate for a’ while to keep The following veins are within the the new workings from filling up property: -The Hill vein, which has with water. The crew kept the uppreduced ore yielding $400 per ton per hand however. at Selbys, the Golden Center vein, ¢ . ary Ty Za}, ; . Kate Hardy company which has the; ~ * De ee Oe hae ea ag Wiueh Creek imise—under_hondhas Spencer, Sleep and Churchill. All-of these veins” have. been exposed In cross cuts driven on the 500 level, the face of which is 1700 feet from the The shaft 1100 feet deep and 11,500 feet of drifting has been done from_it. been at the property for some weeks BROWN AND LUISELLA ON HIGRADING CHARGE : is shaft. ines The old Peabody claim was last That the siatror officials are still . opened_by Alf Treeidgo in 1896 and active. in trying-toferret -out the . has produced some very rich specimystery of the highgrading of ore!Men ore. The ledge has been followfrom the Sixteen to One property at}ed down to the 400 level and has Alleghany, is seen in the grand jury . paid fabulously,.as high as $7000 investigation of gold bullion and_ore . havine heen taken from--80-pounds which was turned in to the mint by . of ore. The ore’ in the ledge, aside ; Paul Brown and AIT Luisella’ wholfrom the specimens, averaged $31 have been operating the Mistletoe , Per von. mine near Rough and Ready. The The Garage vein was uncovered by two had turned in $2000 worth at! \. BR. Snyder while excavating for the mint when State Mineralogist Iu.:a large gasoline. tank in the buildL. Root held up the transaction and hing of his garage on Mill Street at claimed that the bullion and ore did . y depth of six feet. Mr. Snyder fornot in his opinion, come from the . 0 the <arage business temporarily. Mistletoe but the Sixteen to One. . installed a windlass and proceeded The case will be prosecuted in San Francisco, it announced, and a into the shaft on the vein which ihe continued to a depth of to sink a was grand jury there is looking matter. Luisella and Brown were arranging for-bail—inSheriff Carter‘s office Friday afternoon following their indictment by the grand jury. They Dy trouble. Some beautiful . specimens were taken out and the vein generally gave returns of $137.50 per ton. The waste dirt taken from the shaft finally almost filled the large build are and Jeft but-dtittle room for autos represented ing ‘i Armstrong as attorney. foreing Mr. Snyder to disontinue } Scr e operations. of the Golden as shown by. Selby mint re _ from 1914 to 1923 was $403,The aver value of the ore in No. 6 lev. as shown by is $34.42 per ton, and of No. 5 level The Center, production HILLS BUYS OUT GRASS VALLEY ASSAY OFFICE ports 683. exposed B. W. Hills who is an expert AS-!;ne assays : ‘ gayer and chemist has purchased the . the development Gras Valley Asay Office from Sch. ojyes postive evidence of a very rich midt & Williams and has_ taken} oye body alt points 205 feet verticharge. Mr. Hills has had a wide . ¢ajly below the surface. Miners who experience in a number of mining . worked at the bottom of the shaft centers. Newgas fired furnaces have . ;eport three feet of good milling ore. been installed and a thoroughly moThere is a complete hoisting plant, dern plant will be operated. Mr. jnachine shop and other equipment Hills graduated from Dalhousie, one as well as a twenty stamp mill, all of the best .known engineering coloperated by electricity, and eyeryleges ‘in the east. Assays and testS thing is in readiness for beginning for both mining and milling practice can be handled with facility including the latest practice in cyanidation and flotation processes. operations on short notice. RISING SUN MINE CUTS INTO THREE FOOT VED CITE MNT Y FAS SIER ¢! EN Y HAS oS TAIT RIN EAM 8 WAT The Rising Sin Mine, near Colfax Pi LG i f ‘ 4! esas Z ; Wh ak UUs hi UNS . has exposed a three foot vein o e . good milling ore on the main vein DOWNIEVILLE, April 14 (Special . «hich has recently been cut by ¢h to The Nugget)-——The following mii: . ney drain tunnel from Bear River. ning locations have ben recorded in ,'The vein at. this point is about 5° Sierra County: . fe et west ofthe end ‘of the 609 Andrew, Paul J. and Joseph Bach‘level and some 30. feet: verticalls els have loented the Mexican, Kast above it. As soon as the adit leve! Mexican and Mexican: Quartz elaims, has been driven to a point Over this north of Roek creek, in Sec. 10, T level efforts will be made to tap th: T89N, RIOR. EB. H. Hurlbut has:lecawater with a Jarge wilze into the ted the Cora H. quariz claim in See. roof of the 600. There is about 33+ 6, TI9N, R1IE., in Jim Crow canfeet of water standing in the min: yon. The Gruss Mining Company has vertically above this point and some located the Forest Queen Annex, in difficulty: may be encountered in Sec. 35, T20N, B108., at the’ mouth . t:pping this water under such srexi of Slug Canyon. \ . pressure. oa W. H. Taulman has located :the . —_——— — Homestsake placer elaim in the Seul. A. delightful offert solo wa es district. E. CG. Lehfeldt has locat. suns att’ rinity” Episcopal yesterday ed the Gardners Poiut tailing elaim . by Mrs. Charles P. Eliott, Dudley near Table Roek. John T. Mason Bueck’s ‘‘Fear Ye Not, O Israel.” has loeatéd’ the President plater . George Calanan is building a ney claim in See. 22; T20N, R118. Mark . garage cn his Coyote street property BE. Brookshire has loeated the Su. A number of Native Sons anv ganne placer claim in Sec. 31, T20 Daughters made the trip to Mary: N, R11E., near the mouth of Jim } ville yesterday to attend the dedice Crow eanyon. {tion ceremonies of the new unio —— egos . high school there. : County Assessor H. C. Sehroeder!. The many friends of Mrs. Norma: and his deputies are working on. the Harry will be pleased to learn tha’ San. Juan Ridge today between Colshe is quite improved over her,se! umbia Hill and Frenh Corral. jious illness. about 60 } \ feet when water became a source of . go ge IS BEING CHAMBER HAS A NEAR: HUNDRED to The Nugget)——Jack Darnelle has . The following are the subscribing a erew of miners at work in the) Good, Hope tunnel the Oxford . round. Mr. Darnelle plans to extend . members of the Nevada City legecs the crosseut to the on footwail of the vein. The new work has progressed pap of Commerce: “bout 70. Feet. ; : Wade Armstrong, M. Angiolini, ane Oxford mine has “been idle . Ajpha Hdw. and Supply Co., Alleghfor several years, since a Utah comany Stage Co. sis aslo oe the war. A Roe Brscke. R. J. Bennetts, H. great deal of rich ore was--taken . ,, nee ; & cut. on the surface by former oper. .. Penton. 0.0. Browe, Beds Be : : Bigelow, R. A. Barnes. ators, and Mr. Darnelle plans to ex. tend “the lower tunnel to a_ point Clark and Elkus, ‘Calanan and under the shoot, affording unusually Richards, \Geo. Coughlan, H. A. Cur great. backs. Wm. Lloyd and G. Ar-. "°™? GORE ARS eve eR, Pe ene iola are working underground. Chapman, J: Fo Colley,. -Perey-=V. Carr, W. B. Celio; Geo. R. Catter, CITY AUTO PARK MAY BE City Council, Miles Coughlan. : i John W.* Darke; HH: B: Dow, A. TAKEN OVER BY LADIES 00°; 8 R. A. Eddy, H. L. Englebright. a John F. Fortier, V. V. Foley. The matter of the disposal of the! W. H. Griffith, R. R. Goyne, city auto park on the Pacific Gas . Frank Ghidotti, G. W. Gildersleeve and Electric property on Coyote: <A. Hartung, John M. HadJey, Jos. stret was taken up at the meeting E.Huy, R. E. Harris, T. F. Hogan of the Chamber of Commercé on; A. W. Hoge, A. M. Hoimes. Tuesday and it was the concensus : Inter County Title Co. of opinion that if the new Women’s ; Wm. Jeffery, J. J. Jackson, L. W. . Civic Improvement Club wanted to Jennings, U. S. N. Johnson, Geo. L. take the project over and convert it Jones. into a children’s playground and re. KE. J. Kilroy, Karl Kopp. creation center, that they might take Geo. A. Legg, S: Lee Leiter, Chas. it over. The Chamber -has several W. Ticiter. thousand dollars tied up in imW. H. -Martin,. Louise Martin, . provements, but the cost of keeping Mary EH. Meservey, W. lL. Mobley, ithe park open for the auto tourists . M. L. and D. Marsh. has saddled a heavy expense.on the . Nevada City Hdw. Co., Nation,Chamber treasury the past year and . ] Meat Market, National Hotel, Ne behers is the feeling that the money . .da County Bank. : ;can be better put to other uses. W.-H. Osborn, E. N. J. Ott, John i BR , OUNS ‘ON GPE NS HIS . G. : Parsons, J. Pascoe, Pac: Tel. : . “ land Tel. Co,,'Pac. Gas and Elec. Co., Penrose Ben Plaza GaLaura Peterson, CHIROPRACTIC OFFICE . ! . ‘ reston, Plaza Grocery, { rage, Dr. Ward A. Johnson who has. TT. W. Richards; Ramsey and Wilbulit up a large chiropractic prac-. liams, E. M. Rector, G. J. Rectory tice in Grass Valley, is opening up . P. G. Seadden, Shell Oil Co., Standabranch office in Nevada City to: ard Oi] Co., E. W. Schreiber, Hey fnke’ care of his growing clientele . Se ‘hroder, Lenore Steger. {in this section. He has taken over . Dr. A. H. Tickell. Ragland Tuttle, ,the former justice court quarters at John Tognarelli, Union Ice Delivery. 1229 Commercial street and will . Edw. C. Uren. _have the same ready for occupancy A; A. Willoughby, E. MeD. Wattoday. He will keep hours from 10 son, Dr. R. F. Werner, W. Eto 12 weekday forenoons. , Wright. MRS. JENNIE HOLMES HAS CROSSED THE DIVIDE Mrs. Jennie Holmes ,relict of the late William Holmes, passed away on Monday afternoon after a lingering illnes of several years, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. C. G. Sweeney. ‘TRANSATLANTIC PHONE WILL BE DESCRISED Trans: ic Naabaatie will be ~ the subject presented to the Lions Cinh at their luncheon tomorrow. The wonderful strides made tue past few vears in the art of voice transwill be fully illustrated. It to be one of the most intalks the Ctub. A number ttlantie mission promises {teresting made in the history July 12th, 1854 and had spent alof ed the friendship of a large circle of devoted friends throughout her long life.and was an ardent worker in Laurel Parlor, Native Daughters of which organization she was a past , of Lions went to Grass Valley ‘Thursday noon to attend the luncheon of the newly formed Club there. M°KEAN TRIAL HEARD ' of Evangline Chapter of the Eastern . IN COURT PAST WEEK) *', a Mats The remains were brought here from San Jose and funeral services The damage suit acs by Wm. MeKean against the City of Nevada were held Thursday afteroon from the Holmes Funeral Home under the, short.visit in Los Angeles. Mrs. T. S. Ford and Miss Savory ord haye as a house guest, '’Mrs. Smma Brown of San Francisco. ara é ; 7 ’ : eae . attending prineipal’s convention Long Beach. Mr. James Grimes visiting his sister near our city. Deceased vas a pioneer daughter of . Nevada City, having been-born here . most her entire life here. She enjoy. president. She was also Past Matron ; at of Odkland is THE COUNTY SEAT PAPER AVRIL 16, 1928 MAYOR HOLME S1SG GIVE EN -ABOY SCOUT HANDBOOK! Monday afternoon, Mayor. Ainslie Holmes was the receipient of a Boy Seout Handbook as part °6 wide program enacted by to bring fia nation
the the movement tothe attei tion to the executive office rs of the country. Scouts Smiling his prettiest, Honor stood at attention Seout Sta while nley Nebs officiated as mas ter of ceremonies and Eagle Seout Harry Stewart made the presentation. The mayor made a fitting response end shook hands around. MURCHIE, SEAMAN AND ARMSTRONG ELEC As soon as the votes have been officially tallied and the successful candidates are sworn in, C.’R. Murchie, Al Seman’ and Wade Arm= strong will take their places as members of the city .trustees for the full four year term. In the balloting Monday chie led: the field almost all the eounting had been closed, and he led the field with’: 20 . votes Al Wade Armkept close together throughthe count votes apart, 175 end was reached. Beni. up in fourth place with 152, James Penrose came fifth with 96, A. .H ‘Haddy polled 62 and lL. W. 42. There were 315 ballots cast of a of 420. proposal ‘to put pay. basis the opposition plan was board of Mr. the > after. the at the finite Murduring pols £0 spare. Seaman and strong out and were but two and 173 when Hall the wound Kopp out registration The on a the trustees mustered 5!) votes 202: first the elecits largof while counted The place to create interest and it ay for it elections advanced in the in tion yparently served purpose of the city years. The new incumbents have been . somewhat bashful about exploiting their views on how the city ought be run until after they a little. vas one est in a number to get the Wang of the ropes been discust relating to the conduct the city’s business. PACIFIC GAS WILL MAKE MANY FMPROVEMENTS of The Pacific Gas and, Mleetric Company, according to anneuncement-received by L. H. Hartseek, District Manager of the Company, has apthe ox Vall planned to install a prove orders fo enditure of {$14,200.00 at Grass It cubic foot gas ho!de1 outlet piping 1d the the epera storace 10,000 with inlet and is necessary apthis adAt the dings will paratus for tion of j ditional capacity. ‘plant purifiers several buil will be ‘removed to provide space for the new container. ae addition to the local plant is r to eke more storthe increasing domanas eel gas in Grass 'Valley and Nevada City. ODD FELLOWS SERVE A -high school faculty, has “from a-visit with her parents Brentwood. e pool issue is slated for early settle-. ment and several other matters have . returned TURPENTINE HAS OSE OF RY HERE In one of {he finest attended mee— His; tings in the history of the Nevada ! City. Chamber of Commerce which ij was held Tuesday evening, that body decided to get back of the movement to establish a Pine Products factory here: The fact that there was no steck selling or bonus plan for the i business men to nibble at. made the . provosition a thoroughly ttraetive he one. Mr. F. C. Ernst who is here in half of large manufacturing inter{ . nutting \ 4+ The swimming . Miss Helen Nelson, member*of the eonferred. on April 21st; 6 o'clock refreshments. at Sojourning brethren invited. finery } e_ opera . the year . . . . . i “traets<whieh who desire lish an to estab such a plant where there is unlimited of the ' faw: product. and sn ideal climate for its extraction, told what has been acgomplished the turpentine table basis supply of in industry with regard +o the trees. on n moras the after effects on Ernst explained that bid avrarem: fi Mr the under Nowed particularly ria that whé in Geors le forests of 4 Trees had been killed by theenerations and .he explained why. Under the lew tree-shivine system; much less eum is extracted and there is a rast period one year in five to let the tree recimnerate Furthermore . his company is willing to guarantee that ony. tree damaged’ will be paid for. Where the ownt of the. trees: “xnects to ent thém for timber or wood the: sum ean for ha p~vt ractod rate several yea and this nakes double profit for the owner. The plan is to sign tip , sufficient acreage to insure from one million trees up to provide zum for the rewhich in this eclimate could ed sight to teh months of and wonld give employment fer from 159 to 200 men, The company has two modes of procedure under whichto operate-——one is to lense the acreage outright and do all its own work, the owner having nothing to do but collect the paychecks Under the other the company agrees all the that tract ednece hine o buy ill pr sary sum fity “ni any the tools and cont pick \dv up the gum «very three weeks. are made on confeatance payments is aninteresting Mr. Ernst had his tools. with him and explained their various uses and a questions asked. It appears that the dedigger pine rource be of interest owners. working number — of were spised of will to a number of timber After the talk, is a good supply which President Bennetts apopinted a committee headed by State Forest Ranger Will F. Sharpe to work-with Mr. Ernst in securing the tequired acreage. so. that the project may be an assured puccess. TRINITY GUILD HAS DELIGHTEUL MEBTING Trinity Guild—of the Episeopal Church held a delightful meeting on Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. William. Treglewn as hostess. Prize winners at the guessing contests and the games were. Mrs. Lloyd Hiscox, Mrs: H. D. Shearer~ and Mrs. A. A. Willoughby. There was a busy. Sessien with the need nd dainty relesa commenced in superier court Wed-. auspices of Evangeline Chapter. . franhinente: were eorvod. nesday before Judge Pullen of SaeMrs. R. J. Phillips of this city. . BANQUET AS LOSERS SS i es, ramento. The plaintiff appeared in: Mrs. C. G. Sweeney of San Jose and James P. and Jay Coughlan and his own behalf and also had as witMrs. W. R. Wilson of Oakland. Two se ese T. B. English of North. Columbia noses, Patrick Magin, Frank Durnin, jgters and a brother also survive. The Odd Fellows who Sees were visitors here Wednesday. Steve Eden, Clarence Watters, J. A. . reece SS Stree as eee he losing team. in the horseshoe Z te = ; ; a I on. 4 i} oa hi , Sait wi howicalve Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Wright afe Carrol and Frank LL. George while irs ‘.oree i may ig inibditehing team srroved themselves ‘ ese 2 it 3 1 : 1 poe ; ; -Mrs..George.—-W... Downey.18 or ; 4 in tl ; culinary line home azain-efter-a-—visit inAlameda € y ed to + Ui Fresno visiting ‘relatives and frien@s. . J : € ; . — withtheir son, Harlan, and family. Brunskell, J. A. Casson, D. A. TredEvan Thomas, August Poggi and’ when Noble Grand Hi Shearer and ‘ ‘dgo, E. F. Taylor, Dahl Nivens, J. john 2B. Kerfoot of Downievilie tis three link coherts set’em up ata Mrs. Belle Douglass returned ). Hansen, R. G. Steger, Harold U. spent Tuesday evening in our city. banquet Tuesday nisht that was 2 from Sacre where she visited smith, Albert ‘Adams, E. J. MoomMr. and Mrs. Carl Ivey have regustatory delight. After the Boston Mrs.\Rollo Wright. y, ©. C. Uren and George H. Calaturned to their home in Chico after favorites had gone the route that.all Miss Stella Davies, whe has been van. There was no jury-and judgg visit here with relatives. Her mothseood beans have traveled before, Mr. seriously ill for sometime is report‘ent will be rendered later. er, Mrs. Nellie Veale, returned with Shearer as toastmaster called on the ,as making improvement. . Me a : é é ; Rae P af fe a ‘a arke thir ' $ » . ic . ei ARES OGRE ao /them for a éouple of week's visit. , captains of teams for remathe which. Lioyé dapievcc xi home after a M'ss Dorothy Waggoner retutned . Mrs. J.J. McCullough of North were apt and to the point. A horsevisit-in San Francisco over Easter *uesday from a short visit. with herb Juan was a visitor in our city. Shee was presented to the winning iy vacation. : alatives in Saeramento. Thursday 3 . Natives. Mr. and Mrs: George Sandow of Ge . = Sa! eee aig ¥ Oy : err 8 os 3 a . aho, are here vis Jui-e Gaorge L. Jones went to Mrs. Margaret Coughlan, who is . = x Sy . Kelloggs, Td sc are her iting” Ne { . : RE epee ny ace ace h Nevada : Miss Pertha Magonigal of Smar ' cousin, Mrs. R. J. Tremaine. fan Praneiseo to attend the meeting . Serving as a nurse at the spo Mraz . Ss > * a ;: ; a City Sanitarium went home Wednesville is here visiting her aunt, rs. BesP. Biggs of Placerville, an off the executive committee of the . Clty santtar ne Wednes Es he: ; Fi dav for init . W. Magonigal. ficial of the State Division of ForesInited Security Bank and [rast eom; @ay for a VISIt. : . x P Clerkin of French Govral inv 4s Bere att ndin to bu 2. any. Mr. and Mrs. Miles P. Werry of ; W. a Zao i pele : wane Nee ere atte & Sess er ee ‘Mian. eEeite r Was a business s ere s= t tS. Joe Lavezzola of Downieville was Berkeley and a. dette of day : inas i oR cs cae . . this city, spent the week end here ;'“?: business visitor here one day this 2 Se i =p. gs Waldron, . caretaker at the.) MASONS, ATTENTION790K. : A. F. Isensee, Nevada City—high. Plumbaso mine, was avisitor in-thia . The .Virst Degree 67 Masonry will” Fred F. Cassidy is home again afoe ee ity last week ay e --1.ho"-comferred_on Wednesday night. : : ; oe . school prinipal, is home again alter om a se = he ‘April 18. The Third Degree wilt he Saturday night aext, G. J, Davis, A oe 2 Stenger, Secy. : necesainers and will ° i