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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