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April 20, 1934 (8 pages)

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4 Si epa 3 as one of the whitest spots on the i new map of the placer mining areas,. 'a City, secretary, and S. H. Sher-. fully shut down at any time. This — them), sre tomes See tion of women’s clubs in the northern* Cooperation With War énly a small proportion of which has. Wceod, of Loyalton, treasurer. is doubtless a record unequaled in. . . Ned. Wer okes he Works at District constituted the theme : Bi eee Mrs. . eee ‘ ing. Th 4 ‘Ho Bistoryal Calllotuia winter 41 pleasant job of taking out the report by the president, Mrs. Rider. Press and Publicity..Mrs. H.Moncur been eae is shai e ope oe é ory a C ornia mining. The sich ove. He cave tac benween . . Mis. Cleerled Hilidit autie 4wo cones, Chula Welles Mis J: T Chastea 3 map, just compiled by Fred M. Milphe Empire mine interests saw many aise na ot “aul ee ee and wag called upon for an encore. . Indian Welfare..2.Mrs. W. V. Cowan ler, geologist and engineer, of Grass ee * is < lean times in operating the property . . . °°“ ee : ieee eves Mrs. Paul C. Alexander, state chair-. Crippled Children.Mrs. 7s : The city council held a special turning in their graves, with a : : : Valley, shows nearly a third of the! meeting last evening at which the call but new ore bodies were discovered [ ese, ae B ™s man for public health was the speak. Community Contracts.Mrs. L. 2 area of Northern Nevada county is. ¢5, ee fae thc WARE te enn ee time to prevent a shutgreat rustling of shrouds and er of the morning session. She is a Industrial Intersts.Mrs. E. G. Gillis eae ; 2 18 t Z whiskers, but he can hear them . . . former Nevada City resident having . Narcotics....... Mrs. C. W. Decater susceptable to placer mining. A/ the municipal swimming pool, was. %0W2 eatin awe “impreeadlous onl” here a number of years ago as a. Public Health ___. Mrs. George Dalbey large part of this is covered by the! amended to conform with the legal The incline shaft in the Empire is. }],,.,.; : ee a bride. Her many frieinds remember THIS AFTERNOON this here tenderfoot who is mak-. }. her'as Mrs. F. Zeitler. Her talk was This afternoon at the Elks’ Club, e This is Nevada City’s ONLY paper. Hometown NewsIt supports things scribe. for it? worth while. Do you sub-. Nevada City Nugget Nevada City Nugget is a Member of the United Press And California Newspaper Publishers Association ‘Your Hometown Newspaper helps build your Readers. and ; advertisers . i . community. good builder. } it a Y Vol. VII, No. 46 : The County Seat Paper NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA “The GOLD Center ay Eee APRIL 20, 1934 — w eicome For Nor. . Cal liners at % % + sia Payroll Holds Firm at Quarter of a Million Dollars. MINE TUNNEL IS RUN. Pat Morris, Forest mine owner, With the. payroll practically = oe changed coin lac a ee FIVE HUNDRED EXPECTED proximating $250,000 per . month, and. 2,000 miners. steadily employed in Nevada county mines, this section of the country stili retains its place DO economic map of the United States. In another column is the report of the passage by the House in Wash. ington, of Harry Englebright's bill to bring Federal aid to bear on_ the problem of résuming hydraulic minA ing along the Mother Lode, by means of erecting debris. dams through Government loans, such loans to be returned through a levy on debris yardage impounded therein. ra an of th lava cap, but even with that elimin-. requirments imposed by the lasi legis possibilities, there available ated from placer remain thousands of acres to the monitor when the problem of debris impoundage is finaily saived. Uren proximately 500 persons are expected here next Sunday to attend a tricounty of mining, good ational development of Nevada, SierCity and Grass Valley is coming. The meeting is under the auspices County which James E. Nugent of Loyalton, In this connection a glance at the is ‘the president; E. M. Innes of Sierlature. drawn by This amended Legal Notice will be found on Page four of this issue. AT DOWNIEVILLE MEET WNIEVILLE, April 19.—Apmass meeting in ‘the interest roads and recred Plumas counties. large delegatton from Nevada e ‘recently. organized Sierra] since they viewed the mines. Chamber of Commerce, of over 9,000 feet in length, Blue prints of the pool as City Engineer Edw. C. were examined and approved. up to date. CLUB DELEGATES VISIT EMPIRE STAR MINES These facts about the Empire Star mines, visited yesterday by a large group of the delegates to the convention of the Northern California Tyistrict of Federated Women’s clubs, may be of special interest to them The Empire Star quartz mine has been a continuous producer since its discovery in 1851, having never been and over ° 7,000 feet in depth vertically. It has a reputed production of 875,000,000 The main vein system in the North somely streaked with gold, came from a tunnel that meanders under an old cemetery, in which many a gold seeker of early days turned up his toes and left all the gold in the world behind him. Some of them of course never jf} found any gold except the gold of pt mountain air, lovely scenery, a good appetite for beans and whiskey, and golden dreams of striking it rich. Now Pat Morris says, with a sly smile, that those genilemen, above (for the tunnel runs underties ing such a_ hellish racket and on commotion” in the cellar of their abode. But it won’t be long now until he will be out from under them and they can resume their Elks* elub rooms. by the 200 delegates assembled there. The president of the Northern District, Mrs. . Ford, presided. ceremonies the ‘‘Star Spangled Baniner’’ was sung with Mrs. Lydia Tal‘in community singing. . H. H. Buckner pronounced the invocation, . presindent of the Nevada City Civic Club welcomed . Mrs. H. E. Kjorlie gave a greeting. . The theme of the convention is: “Coming Togetehr to Give and to Receive.’ Club activities and the condi“the home and growing children.’ It was an address all women of the
comunity should have heard, interesting and very last. The afternoon session of the conalifornia ‘Club Women . . cuosts nsstusss WHEN . Howdy Ladies! This Town UNDER OLD CEMETERY . And These Hills Are Yours lhas’ lately exhibited some very : eto. specimens of picture. ]. ,, The Thirty Second Convention of ; eee Ais Stgomee s ~~{f} the Northern District Federation of. all music: lovers. . rock taken from his claim. The. !; Women’s clubs convened yesterday . Octette specimen’s of white quartz, hand-!]. morning in the beautifully decorated . beloved melodies, Twenty two counand: 69 clubs were represented . contralto, companiest. Mrs. W. B. Rider, assisted by A: E. Coolot and Mrs. F. F. During the opening . of songs: Mrs. F. H. Swetzer led as soloist. : The Reverend Miss Minnie Brand, retiring the delegates and McPherin. solos. pany them. deeply instructive to the musie and provided a rare treat to The Grass Valley sang a charming medley of with George Von Hagel,-celloist, Ruth Rowland Bryan, and Maxwell Sypher, acGeorge Von. Hagel played two very charming selections on the cello: and Ruth Rowland Bryan sang a group More Cello selections were. played by Mr. Von Hagel. : . THIS MORNING Thig morning at the Elks’ Club, Mrs. Rider presiding, assisted by Miss Josephine Seaman and Mrs. Thomas H. Richards, there will be the first. reading of resolutions, reports of the club presidents of the varoius counties, and addresses as follows: CONVENTION THEME Art..,.----2.-:---.--.-Mrs. Mabel Matzke Literature:..3.= Mrs. Estelle Phillips Federation Extension...Mrs. H Veterans... W. E. Hathaway C. H. Schaad Evelyn Gomez will render piano sélections and Peggy Smith sing two Dorothy Mellberg will accomThe drive out the scenic TahoeUkiah highway for which over fifty Allen Be 3 The new Miller map gives approx=e ___.____ . Star has been followed to the 8,600 F a7 Pe : vention was held in the Methodist! cars. have been provided by Nevada 2 : : : i 5 quiet wait for Gabriel’s horn. ; : imate figures of the total production; due to the Caminetti act, has been} foot level. It-has a production ree= . church. Among the first reports giv-. City volunteers will conclude the afim Nevada county, of quartz and. stopped, while quartz mining has] ord of $40,000,000. fen was one by Mrs. F. H. Neilson, . ternoon. gravel mines since 1849. The gravel) gone steadily forward, adopting every The Newmont mining company cae apne Ari RENE omer pe Th picskenniey apis ngi. i deposits have yielded $50,000,000 by . new process and new invention to in-; purchased the North Star, Empire MRS WEST WILL broadcasts. Mrs. Phillips, district; ip ks as al Apa! of ae hydraulicking and $10,250,000 by . crease its output of the bright yel-. and Pennsylvania mines in 1929. ° chairman of literature introduced Dr.j reading of resolutions, and reports drift mining. Quartz mining in the low metal. The first discovery of gold noted Draenei opais oe esa ere . by presidents of the country clubs, ony See pes o 5 : Be over lia ines eniwely {i : s : porary Novel. e s > ere! an address on “Ghost Cities’’ by Mrs. a es jonuipesuaee ae eae ge a Se ee ee oe BE POSTMASTER were three waves in literature, the. H. C, Davis, a vocal solo by Mrs. Ka-\ However, it should be remembered . operating today, with the number of. Spect at Roses Bar near Smartsville cutee s third coming after the World War,. therine Celio,; music by the Marysthat hydraulic mining since 1884 has. mda employed amd their approxi-/ on, June 2, 1848, but a few months Fe aus and that the depression ‘has had the. yille Philharmonic Society. The Club : : : ees : Senator William G. McAdoo, an-. oeeci of improving tne novel. Ameri-. iyni 2 pee! : been handicapped, and since 1893,! m2te payrolls: after Marshall’s find at Coloma. : sees DEO vite Ue OO ee juniors will enjoy a steak fry on the : 2 nounced Tuesday that. Postmaster]/ can literature carries an individual-. shady shores of Lake Vera, under the QUARTZ : NUMBER General Farley had signed an order . ity of its own, giving a tone of free-. guidance of H. E. Kjorlie. MINE OR GRAVEL LOCATION EMPLOYED PAYROLL appointing Mrs. Bettie Martin West dom. ces Seng ke The concluding session tqmorrow cde Clie casas EMPIRE MINE VISITED _ . afternoon will feature a dramatic 2 c sit) : < Mrs. Rose Sypher, district chair-. interpretation by Mrs. Raglan Tuttle, In January the Nevada County. man of music, introduced the chorals/ and an instrumental trio in which Nor. Star-Empire So ‘ Democratic Committee endorsed Mrs. Which came in the following order: . Edna Cadwalader Goede will play Pennsylvania quartz , on Valley 740 $94,350 West for the appointment. The term . Willows, Chico, Fair Oaks and Lin; the violin, Miss Helen Sully the cello, : coln. The Willows Choral Club won and Mrs. G. K. Sully, the piano. Brunswick and of Postmaster Scadden expires Suns ; ar : vor. He Gr Vall ¢ the cup although it was hard for the ee ee pe Idaho-Maryland quartz Nor. Kast of Grass Valley 360 46,900 day, April 22, and it is probable the! judges 'to decide. Mrs. George Stine Murchie quarts East of Nevada City 242 30,855 office willbe turned over to Mrs. nob alas ee solos which were STATE HIGHWAY CREW = : oe = oe = — West as soort as some formalities eae . “was taken and all AT WORK ON STREETS o ev. Co. quartz armiony Ridge : 2 3,570 Pars Adj ent was taken ar all od : ere So Reese have been met. left by automobile for the Empire : Golden Center quartz Grass Valley 100 12,750 a Mine -in Grass Valley where they = ; : Pa es ; as ; MINING MAN FALLS wore shown the surface Workines of} 1°" Caltornta: Hignway aes Empress quarta Newtown -40 5,100 the mine through the courtesy of. sion yesterday began its work of im—— : z 2 a Fred Nobs. George Hammill acted] Proving the streets through Nevada Snr 37 _ irs 22 r; 4 = Spring Hilt = eee Nor. West of Grass Valley mee ae INTO. OLD SHAFT, DAZED . pe raat ksi : the long caravan. City which are links in the State Lava Cap quartz Banner Mt. 85 10,837 of cars. ater all were taken to the ighway syst i i : ZZ Cees rae Empire Country Club-.where tea was highway system. aa crew of fiftees Ancho-Erie quartz. Graniteville 20 2,550 Edward Powell, of Nevada City,/ served. men are employed in clearing weeds while cut witha party of mining men . LAST NIGHT from the right of way from Pine St.Stockton Hill quartz South of Grass Valley 4 B10 below Rough and Ready Monday fell . The evening ‘program aa the bridge to the city limits on the highBullion quartz fast of Grass Valley 15 1,913 into a shallow abandoned mine shaft Siveeqon co Sele eet e EY ons i Re BE aE uae : eee the Methodist church, was entirely of . W@Ya ae You Bet Mining Co. gravel You Bet 25 3,187 and was severly bruised and stunned , = in his fall. Atfer getting out he Spanish quartz Washington 40 5,100 wandered for a time until he met WELCOME Iowa Hill gravel North West of Nev. City 6 7164. snipers who told him where he was. = In the meantime his companions i i eas San Juan quartz Nor. of San Juan 18 2,295 . Beep piednte oF ee —o ae from whom he had strayed, sent in Our hearts and our hands. We give Eagle Bird quartz Washington 24 3,060 a call for help. Chief of Police GarTo you, by whose faith and courage Alcalde quartz So. Grass Valley 45 6,738 se ey aud a soe and The soul of the land shall live. aptain Joe Blake, of the Highway You come with an earnest purpose » Queen Lil eno West of Nevada City 3 382 ‘Patrol, responded and gathering a To this city of forest and mine, Relief Hill gravel North of Nevada City 17 2,168 posses and started a search, And we mingle our Highland welcome Bunker Hill quarts Rough & Ready 6 764 Mr. Powell had gone with a group With the spirit of forty nine. 3 2 = of mining men composed of C. E. : mega gravel Near Washington 25 3,187 Clinch, Arthur Foote, Harry Goudge May you gather strength from ‘the forests, Black Bear quartz Sou. of Grass Valley 3 382 all of Grass Valley and Frank Clarke Peace from the templed hills, Champion Tailings West Of Nevada City 5 pre of Nevada City. The men were exAnd a finer sense of freedom : amining the Hudson mine on Deer From the untamed mountain rills; McDonald Ranch Tailings So of Grass Valley 12 1.530 Creek near Rough and Ready. And with these may the lovlier visions; Hussey quartz East of Nev. City 14 1,785 S OFN bad . Born of the heart and the brain, Canada Hill quartz South East of Nevada City 10 1,275 on f evada City = he alapeed = ad piace oe eee : : aie Family Weds Pittsburg Girl Live ᐀琀椀氀氀 we méet again. Phoenix quartz South of Grass Valley 22 2,805 Milton E. Schiffner, son of Mr. and : Keystone Divide quartz West of Grass Valley 6 165 Mrs. Otto H. Schiffner, was married Over magie trails of romance Wednesday, April 18th, in Reno to} You willstray for a few bright hours; Zeibright L Eas ‘f Se & quartz t of Nevada City 12 1,530 Miss Ellen Bolger of Pittsburg, Penn. Thrilled by the song of a river Mistletoe quartz Rough and Ready District e 765 After the ceremony they took a short And the perfume of wildwood flowers; Maybert cuaris Washington District 3 poo motor trip and will arrive in Nevada Lured by the gleam of dogwood : Base City Friday. This evening there will You may stand by a rippling stream, Foss gravel Bear Valley ee 510 be a wedding dinner in their honor Or pause in sun-flecked shadows Optimo gravel North of Nev. City __ “44 1,785 at the Schiffner-home. Saturday the ps To silently listen and dream. c aa = happy young couple will go to San 7 = Pennsylvania uartz West of Grass Vall i y 4 ey 20 2,550 Francisco where they will make their : A; Loucncseger oc CONNER TOTAL 1998 $254,745 future home. eaOee os A = fs ig SE eis Se: wen eS eSURGEENEEEE = me