April 22, 1932 (8 pages)

i : . 7 OF TT LE IE TI OT TRE BIE a A BENE EE PA OY EEN LE ET TTS TENE I 4 ‘The Nugget Is California’s Leading Mining Weekly Jevada City N get VOL. VI, No. 24 The GOLD Center NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA The County Seat Paper FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 1932 WEEKS ‘CONFESSED TO. KILLING OF FATHER Henry Weeks, nearly 17 years of age, confesses killing his father over a month ago. He said after an argument he threatened to return to his mother in Nevada City, after which his father threatened to kiil him. He claims he defended himself against his father’s anger. The boy €/ .d not have nerve enough to give himself up after going to the court house, he stated, and returned home taking the body and disposing of it in an old mine shaft. The 64 year old father was missed from his ranch near Dew Drop Inn in southern Nevada county, and a search had been on for some time. Sheriff Carter and officers found the body ‘and returned to this city where the boy. was in the county jail and after questioning he finally confessed. _ Young Weeks and John Lauasaus, another boy, are accused of stealing tires and gas from the car of W. Goudge at the Empire mine. The missing tires were found in their possession. ~ The Weeks boy’s parents were separated and the mother had remarried to A. P. Rogers of Nevada City. HIGH SCHOOL BAND TO LEAD PARADE The annual Donation Day jacaie: which is sponsored by the Nevada City Benevolent Society, each spring is to be held today, 9pril 22nd. Ow> ing to. bad “weather parade was postponed. _ The Nevada City high school band will lead the annual donation day parade this afternoon from the Washington grammar school down through the business district of the city. They will be followed by grammar and high school pupils in line of march and the Nevada City Elks will participate in the parade.; They will circulate through the crowds to see that collections are made as large as possible. The affair is to be carried out along plans of other years, with the school children and Elks lodge being among the outstanding participants. Lecturing Knight Curtis Clarke will be grand marshal, assisted by a number of brother Elks, in forming a sizeable group. Thirty two families were aided. by supplying food, wood, clothing and: milk, ete. The sum of nearly $400 has been expended this hard winter and funds are needed to meet the demands of the 1932-33 winter. LOCAL SKEET. SHOOTERS ENJOY MARYSVILLE VISIT Nevada City Skeet Club members who visited Marysville Sunday as a return visit from a group of Marysville skeet enthusiasts, report a fine trip. and hospitable reception by their hosts. The local skeet shooters shot over the Marysville course and the following scores were turned in: Sargent Huson, J. Tognarelli, 24 each;. E. Durbin, Dave Richards and C. R. Clarke, 23 each The Marysville shooters are planning on coming to Nevada City to attend the state skeet shoot in this city May 29th and 30th. eer “eath CLEVELAND MINE J. I. McCullough has taken an option on the Cleveland mine, one of the northern Sierra county. Mr. McCullough is now in New York arranging the necessary financing. George F. Taylor of Downieville is resident engineer ‘for the company. If Mr. McCullough succeeds in his financing plans his success will mean the “?eommencement of hydraulic operations on a large scale’ on the old Mammoth Channel. ri) SKEIN AND NEVILLE MINE {The owners of the Skein and Neville mine at Democrat Hill, near Emigrant Gap, in eastern Nevada county, have had two: men employed at the mine all winter. This property was hydraulicked in early days and a new. tunnel is being run to contact an old channel. The property has a good past pro« duction record, acoardineg to reports. in March the large hydraulic properties in: « mill is_ RISING HOPE MINETO BE TAKEN OVER P. C. Alexander has completed negotiations for taking over the Rising Hope mine near. Placerville from John Orr and associates. A small crew of men has already been put to work on the property and more will be employed as rapidly as the property can be gotten ready for development. At the present time efforts are being directed toward claring away debris at the property. ROCKLIN GRANITE FOR SACTO POST OFFICE Ray Harris, who was The Nugget correspondent from Calaveras county, wrote an editorial recently urging the people of the state to buy semi-precious stones and cements or our own Sierra Nevada mountains to build with, instead of sending to other. states or foreign countries. = Several days ago an article came to our attention that the beautiful granite from the quarry at Rocklin, Placer county, is to be used in the construction of the new post office in Sacramento. We understood that plans had been made to use granite from the mid-west. Sacramento has seta fine example in assisting in buliding up our mountain districts by selecting this stone. Other cities will follow suit as they realize the vast mineral wealth of our Sierra Nevada mountains. OGE MINE ORE BEING “CRUSHED AT MURCHIE Four\ trucks are being used to move th many tons of rich ore from the mp of the Hoge mine northeast of\ Nevada City to the Murchie flotatign mill east of town, where it is being crushed. Two o1 the trucks have a\ 10 ton capacity and the four will handle about 150 tons of ore daily. A large steam shovel ed. by the automatic convey the oil flotation mill. The Murchie mine is one of th best equipped mines in this section of California and the Newmont company, the new owners, will crush their own ore as soon as the company is ready to start operations at the property. 0). U It is reported that net earnings of the Idaho-Maryland Mines company of Grass' Valley are such that the ing the way for’ dividends on the common stock. On March first of this year 55,393 shares of the par value of $1. with accrued interest at 8% per annum were retired leaving 165,573 shares outstanding. A call was sent out for 25% of this amount to be retired April first of this year. : The management has announced that it is it’s intention to retire the entire preferred shares as fast as earnings will permit and put the common stock on a dividend basis. Many changes and additions in machinery have been made within the last twelve months, and the mine is in splendid shape with the stamps dropping: on rich ore. The operating atabout full capacity. Albert Crase is superintendent of the property. Errol MacBoyle is president, and through his unerring business ability he has made a success of this wonderful property that was to have been abandoned. 0 RAIL FARES SLASHED FOR MAY DAY PERIOD May Day excursionsists, together with persons planning: distant trips in western territory, will find the door to low-cost transportation open from April 28 to May 1, with the offering of another series of ‘‘cent-amile” trips by the Southern Pacific Company. Announcement to this effect-was made today by E. W. Clapp, general passenger traffic manager for the company, who stated that the special roundtrip program will embrace all points on the railroad’s lines in six western states. May 10 has been fixed for the final return Hmit under the provisions of the offer. preferred stock is beingretired.pavThe Fourth Wheel TRIPLE POCKET MINE IS SINKING WINZE Sinking from the 100 foot level has been started at the Triple Pocket mine, south of MDownieville. The winze is down about 50 feet on a four foot vein, and will be continued about 100 feet further, when it will be below the deepest workings in the old tunnel, made about 30 years ago. Sinking operations will be continued while ample water is available, and the mill will probably not be operated while the development work is in progress. Addison Brown, owner of the property, is preparing to install a new hoist to take the place of the tugger now used in the winze. One shift is being employed at present. About a year ago Mr. Brown struck a large deposit of rich ore on this vein that netted him a goodly sum of money. The mine has a large past production record and gets its name from three large pockets of gold discovered in the the property. FELECIANA MINE O. Olson has a small force of men operating the Feliciana mine, near Mariposa, and some excellent ore has recently been taken out and milled. For the past several months regur shipments of gold bullion have beén made to the mint. 0. Vv OR SCOUT RALLY SECOND WEEK IN MAY OUT 4 The first tdoor Rally for Scouts to be held by the Tahoe Area council has been set by the executive board for Friday._eveni and Saturday, May 13 and 14th, a the same site, the United Fruit cdOmpany ranch about two miles south of the Bear river on the Grass Val highway. This place has bee ed because it has been foun’ suitable from the experience gained there from troop officers’ training camps and because it is about hal way between the two extremes of the council territory ,Roseville and Nevada City. The program sent out last week to the scoutmasters and committeemen, featuring camping on a patrol basis, being competitive thru a set of standards whereby it is posibl for any. or all parols to be rated as “A” patrols. As each patrol arrives at the Camporal, Friday evening it will be assigned a location, make camp, pitch tents, etc., and be prepared for a campfire at 8:30 P. M. composea of songs, stunts and stories. Saturday morning breakfast will be cooked by patrols, camp prepared for inspections, and events in bird and tree indentification, judging number, height ,distance and weight, compass, pacing, signalling, packing and patrol camp equipment, cooking, fire building and its care; an obstacle event (the obstacles being unknown. They will be prepared ahead of time being taken from Tenderfoot, Second Class and First. iene Requirements). Other: competitive events by patrols will close the Camporal about 4 P; M. Saturday. It is expected that this will become an annual affair and become as important an event as the annual indoor rally at Roseville. Moving pictures of the Camporal will be made for future display at Parents night programs of Troops selectand Courts of Honor. H. Ricksecker. AUTOGIRO WILL FEATURE SHOW Arrangements are complete for a feature air show to be staged at Gilmore Airport, Grass Valley, next Saturday and Sunday, April 23-24. The main feature attraction will be an. autogiro. This novel plane is capable of taking off in a space 75 feet wide and 200 feet long, landing in a space 50 feet square. In other words it can come almost straight down and land. The large fan or blades which revolve above the plane do not require any. power from the engine except in taking -off. Although they revolve at a speed of about 135 r. p. m. while the ship is in motion They are kept in motion by the wind and are completely disconnected from the engine while the plane is flying The insurance is 40 per cent lower than other ships beeause of the slow speed in landing of from 5 to 15 miles per hour. 0 Uv Al Thore of Tyler was a Wednesday visitor in Nevada City. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS The following real estate conveyances were placed on record in the county recorder’s office within the last few days: Harry Kite et al to Otila Phelps— property in Graniteville. Mark Body, administrator of the estate of W. C. D. Body, deceased to Mary Jane Frank—property in Grass Valley. Edward W. Weeks to S. L. Weeks. —interest in property in the Rough and Ready township. Dudley Duntap to Thomas Lind— tract of land in Scott’s Flat section. Sa 0. vu RESOLUTION OF RESPECT TO THE MEMORY OF W. E> MILLER. WHEREAS, the SUPREME RULER_of the Universe has, in exercise of the Supreme Wisdom, called from the turmoil of things temporal unto the gracious peace of Life Eternal ur beloved friend and brother, William Egbert Miller; and, EREAS, in the untimely death brother, Downieville Parlor has sustained the loss of a wise and Sierra county has been deprived of the valued services of a feariess fficer and able legislator; THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by Downieville Parlor’ No. 92, Native Sons of the Golden West, that, while we bow in humble submission to the Divine Will, yet we\deeply deplore the loss that is ours)\\and extend to the sorrowing widow and children of our brother our heantfelt condolence in their hour of sorr and bid them look beyond the dar clouds that have gathered and behold the bright Star of Hope that shines beyond. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLYVED that this resolution be spread in full upon the minutes of this meeting, and a copy hereof transmitted tothe familyof-our dear deceased. Respectfully submitted, F. H. TURNER i W. D. JOHNSON : M. F. LUSK Unanimously adopted in regular session this llth day of April, 1932. i J. M. MeMAHON, ‘President of Downieville Parlor, No. 92, Native Sons of the Golden West. Attest: H. S. TIBBEY, Bepretary c? the’ ‘said Parlor. DIADEM EXPECTS TO. Work is well under way at the Diadem mine in Forest. Whitman Symmes, the engineer for the Shamrock Gold Mining company, the present. leassee, wiil leave shortly for the mine and after completing further preliminary work will probably put an additional shift to work. It is, expected that the Diadem mine will show gratifying results early this summer. If operations at-the Diadem mine are successful there will be a trinity of mines in the 16-to-1, Diadem and Brush Creek which may cause Grass Valley to look to its laurels. GRASS VALLEY-COLFAX ROAD WELL ALONG With six of the 10 miles of grade between Grass Valley and Bear river bridge, below Chicago Park, completed, the contractors started connecting the county highway directly with the city paving at Colfax avenue and Ophir street, in Grass Valley. The grade is now completed from Bear river to the Merkle ranch, a distance of six miles. The remaining four miles are under construction at various points. Preparations for surfacing are underway. . This road is being built. under county supervision and under the provisions of a state law which permits the retirement of cost bills over a period of years from county road funds. A district was formed but no assessments are contemplated. The purpose is: to link Nevada City and Grass Valley with Colfax and the Victory highway, and to serve farming sections centering at Chicago Park and Peardale. PAINE BROTHERS MINE WILL SOON BE OPERATING The Broken Hills Mining Corporation of Battle Mountain, Nevada, has acquired the Paine Brothers mining property eleven mites north of Nevada City on the North Bloomfield-Alleghany highway. It is understood that the Paymaster mining company is being organized for its development. iL. E. Stein of San Francisco is managing director of the company, and M. F. Appenlander is to be engineer in charge Considerable new machinery has been taken to the property and plans are to start milling within a few weeks or as soon as the machinery is installed. In a communication from Managing Director L. E. Stein Saturday, he stated that, “Bert Austin, well known mining engineer, has acquired a portion of the Paine Bros. property for some of his associates the deal was consummated in his office in San Francisco this morning.’’ Mr. Austin has taken an option on three of the eight claims and the United Empress company has had its experts looking the property over. A. G. Stoll, mining engineer, stated that assays on the property run as high as $2,000 a ton. There is at present a tunnel on the property which is in 350 feet. It is about 300 feet from the South Yuba river, where the mill is already on the ground and ready to be set up. An operating plant has also been hauled ‘in. Last Monday four men were put to work driving the tunnel ahead. =: 0. ONE STERAM ‘CLOSED ONE OPENED TO ANGLERS The Truckee river which was closlast season to fishing on account: ofNiow water, will be open to fishermen\June Ist, just 30 days after the official opening of trout season. ’s source is at Lake Tahoe ning t8 the CaliforniaNevada border. . At the same time the anouncement was made of the closing of Donner Creek from Donner Lake to the junction with the Truckee river and Milton Creek and its tributaries from the junction with the south fork of the north fork of the Yuba river to its source. ‘Milton Creek, in Sierra county, is generally regarded in this section as Haypress Creek. 2 ~ 0. Subscribe For The Nugget. A * PUT ON EXTRA SHIFT) MORATORIUM ON MINING "WORK MAY BE PASSED Washington, D. C.—Thousands of owners ofmining claims in the West will’ be benefitted if a resolution backed by Representatives Phil D. Swing of California and John M. Evans of Montana,. is passed, and a favorable report on the measure has been promised by the house committee on mines and mining, on May Ist. The . bill. would: suspend for one year the requirement of the present law that at least $100 worth of assessment work must be done on each claim .annually. Swing holds that on account of the depression a majority of the individual owners of mining claims are without money to do their annual assessment. work, and that it would mean the loss of property on which in the past they have expended very ‘considerable amounts in many cases. If the resolution passes the house, which appears fairly certain at the present time, it will have the backing not only of such senators as Key Pittman of Nevada, but King and Smoot of Utah, who are generall on the opposite side of any measure which is introduced. With money being loaned to railroads, farmers and banks, etc., by the government, it is felt that this measure, which would not increase the financial burdens of the government in any way, but would assist many thousand mine owners thru the suggested moratorium, would be sure to pass. HANS BUTTEN FOUND DEAD AFTER SNOW IS MELTED The body of. Hans Butten, 48, a miner, who left the Old Colony mine a few days before last Christmas to obtain decorations for a Christmas tree, was found in the snow a half mile from the mine Butten made his way to Forest City, Sierra county, where he obtained the decorations, and was apparently caught by a blizzard on his return trip. The Christmas tree decorations were clutched in his hands. His body was found when Robert Morris and Miss Nellie Davey of Forest saw the arm of the body protruding through the snow. Indications were that Butten became exhausted~ with his struggle through the storm that was raging on the day he was last Seen and died of exposure when one of his skis broke. An inquest was hled in Downieville, with intérment taking place in the Downieville cemetery last Friday. THE BANK OF OROVILLE RECEIVES GOLD NUGGET A gold brick weighing 430 ounces and valued at about $8,000. was recently deposited in the First National. Bank of Oroville by the Shasta Butte Dredging ‘Company, operators of the only dredger in the Croville section. The company is operating about two miles west of Oroville. : The brick was admired by Oroville mining men, and later forwarded to the San Francisco mint by the bank. The brick is the largest brought to Oroville since the boom dredging days in that district. 0.—— GRUENEWALD NOW 350 FEET IN WITH TUNNEL Otto Gruenewald, who has driven a tunnel 350 feet on his property near Nevada City in an endeavor to cut into the old Chapman vein, has completed clearing up the tunnel after a cave-in last fall, and has started.to timber. He announces hé— is installing an air compressor in order to hasten the work. This is being done on.the Yellow Diamond, on of his group of claims, 0 JONES GRAVEL MINE : The Jones gravel mine in Steep — Hollow just above Mount Oro, in eastern Nevada county, has had a crew of four men working all winter. Four more men were added to the crew Monday. oe . Good values were found fn gravel in the old tunnel, it is A new tunnel is: being strike the om. ree

i : . 7 OF TT LE IE TI OT TRE BIE a A BENE EE PA OY EEN LE ET TTS TENE I 4 ‘The Nugget Is California’s Leading Mining Weekly Jevada City N get VOL. VI, No. 24 The GOLD Center NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA The County Seat Paper FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 1932 WEEKS ‘CONFESSED TO. KILLING OF FATHER Henry Weeks, nearly 17 years of age, confesses killing his father over a month ago. He said after an argument he threatened to return to his mother in Nevada City, after which his father threatened to kiil him. He claims he defended himself against his father’s anger. The boy €/ .d not have nerve enough to give himself up after going to the court house, he stated, and returned home taking the body and disposing of it in an old mine shaft. The 64 year old father was missed from his ranch near Dew Drop Inn in southern Nevada county, and a search had been on for some time. Sheriff Carter and officers found the body ‘and returned to this city where the boy. was in the county jail and after questioning he finally confessed. _ Young Weeks and John Lauasaus, another boy, are accused of stealing tires and gas from the car of W. Goudge at the Empire mine. The missing tires were found in their possession. ~ The Weeks boy’s parents were separated and the mother had remarried to A. P. Rogers of Nevada City. HIGH SCHOOL BAND TO LEAD PARADE The annual Donation Day jacaie: which is sponsored by the Nevada City Benevolent Society, each spring is to be held today, 9pril 22nd. Ow> ing to. bad “weather parade was postponed. _ The Nevada City high school band will lead the annual donation day parade this afternoon from the Washington grammar school down through the business district of the city. They will be followed by grammar and high school pupils in line of march and the Nevada City Elks will participate in the parade.; They will circulate through the crowds to see that collections are made as large as possible. The affair is to be carried out along plans of other years, with the school children and Elks lodge being among the outstanding participants. Lecturing Knight Curtis Clarke will be grand marshal, assisted by a number of brother Elks, in forming a sizeable group. Thirty two families were aided. by supplying food, wood, clothing and: milk, ete. The sum of nearly $400 has been expended this hard winter and funds are needed to meet the demands of the 1932-33 winter. LOCAL SKEET. SHOOTERS ENJOY MARYSVILLE VISIT Nevada City Skeet Club members who visited Marysville Sunday as a return visit from a group of Marysville skeet enthusiasts, report a fine trip. and hospitable reception by their hosts. The local skeet shooters shot over the Marysville course and the following scores were turned in: Sargent Huson, J. Tognarelli, 24 each;. E. Durbin, Dave Richards and C. R. Clarke, 23 each The Marysville shooters are planning on coming to Nevada City to attend the state skeet shoot in this city May 29th and 30th. eer “eath CLEVELAND MINE J. I. McCullough has taken an option on the Cleveland mine, one of the northern Sierra county. Mr. McCullough is now in New York arranging the necessary financing. George F. Taylor of Downieville is resident engineer ‘for the company. If Mr. McCullough succeeds in his financing plans his success will mean the “?eommencement of hydraulic operations on a large scale’ on the old Mammoth Channel. ri) SKEIN AND NEVILLE MINE {The owners of the Skein and Neville mine at Democrat Hill, near Emigrant Gap, in eastern Nevada county, have had two: men employed at the mine all winter. This property was hydraulicked in early days and a new. tunnel is being run to contact an old channel. The property has a good past pro« duction record, acoardineg to reports. in March the large hydraulic properties in: « mill is_ RISING HOPE MINETO BE TAKEN OVER P. C. Alexander has completed negotiations for taking over the Rising Hope mine near. Placerville from John Orr and associates. A small crew of men has already been put to work on the property and more will be employed as rapidly as the property can be gotten ready for development. At the present time efforts are being directed toward claring away debris at the property. ROCKLIN GRANITE FOR SACTO POST OFFICE Ray Harris, who was The Nugget correspondent from Calaveras county, wrote an editorial recently urging the people of the state to buy semi-precious stones and cements or our own Sierra Nevada mountains to build with, instead of sending to other. states or foreign countries. = Several days ago an article came to our attention that the beautiful granite from the quarry at Rocklin, Placer county, is to be used in the construction of the new post office in Sacramento. We understood that plans had been made to use granite from the mid-west. Sacramento has seta fine example in assisting in buliding up our mountain districts by selecting this stone. Other cities will follow suit as they realize the vast mineral wealth of our Sierra Nevada mountains. OGE MINE ORE BEING “CRUSHED AT MURCHIE Four\ trucks are being used to move th many tons of rich ore from the mp of the Hoge mine northeast of\ Nevada City to the Murchie flotatign mill east of town, where it is being crushed. Two o1 the trucks have a\ 10 ton capacity and the four will handle about 150 tons of ore daily. A large steam shovel ed. by the automatic convey the oil flotation mill. The Murchie mine is one of th best equipped mines in this section of California and the Newmont company, the new owners, will crush their own ore as soon as the company is ready to start operations at the property. 0). U It is reported that net earnings of the Idaho-Maryland Mines company of Grass' Valley are such that the ing the way for’ dividends on the common stock. On March first of this year 55,393 shares of the par value of $1. with accrued interest at 8% per annum were retired leaving 165,573 shares outstanding. A call was sent out for 25% of this amount to be retired April first of this year. : The management has announced that it is it’s intention to retire the entire preferred shares as fast as earnings will permit and put the common stock on a dividend basis. Many changes and additions in machinery have been made within the last twelve months, and the mine is in splendid shape with the stamps dropping: on rich ore. The operating atabout full capacity. Albert Crase is superintendent of the property. Errol MacBoyle is president, and through his unerring business ability he has made a success of this wonderful property that was to have been abandoned. 0 RAIL FARES SLASHED FOR MAY DAY PERIOD May Day excursionsists, together with persons planning: distant trips in western territory, will find the door to low-cost transportation open from April 28 to May 1, with the offering of another series of ‘‘cent-amile” trips by the Southern Pacific Company. Announcement to this effect-was made today by E. W. Clapp, general passenger traffic manager for the company, who stated that the special roundtrip program will embrace all points on the railroad’s lines in six western states. May 10 has been fixed for the final return Hmit under the provisions of the offer. preferred stock is beingretired.pavThe Fourth Wheel TRIPLE POCKET MINE IS SINKING WINZE Sinking from the 100 foot level has been started at the Triple Pocket mine, south of MDownieville. The winze is down about 50 feet on a four foot vein, and will be continued about 100 feet further, when it will be below the deepest workings in the old tunnel, made about 30 years ago. Sinking operations will be continued while ample water is available, and the mill will probably not be operated while the development work is in progress. Addison Brown, owner of the property, is preparing to install a new hoist to take the place of the tugger now used in the winze. One shift is being employed at present. About a year ago Mr. Brown struck a large deposit of rich ore on this vein that netted him a goodly sum of money. The mine has a large past production record and gets its name from three large pockets of gold discovered in the the property. FELECIANA MINE O. Olson has a small force of men operating the Feliciana mine, near Mariposa, and some excellent ore has recently been taken out and milled. For the past several months regur shipments of gold bullion have beén made to the mint. 0. Vv OR SCOUT RALLY SECOND WEEK IN MAY OUT 4 The first tdoor Rally for Scouts to be held by the Tahoe Area council has been set by the executive board for Friday._eveni and Saturday, May 13 and 14th, a the same site, the United Fruit cdOmpany ranch about two miles south of the Bear river on the Grass Val highway. This place has bee ed because it has been foun’ suitable from the experience gained there from troop officers’ training camps and because it is about hal way between the two extremes of the council territory ,Roseville and Nevada City. The program sent out last week to the scoutmasters and committeemen, featuring camping on a patrol basis, being competitive thru a set of standards whereby it is posibl for any. or all parols to be rated as “A” patrols. As each patrol arrives at the Camporal, Friday evening it will be assigned a location, make camp, pitch tents, etc., and be prepared for a campfire at 8:30 P. M. composea of songs, stunts and stories. Saturday morning breakfast will be cooked by patrols, camp prepared for inspections, and events in bird and tree indentification, judging number, height ,distance and weight, compass, pacing, signalling, packing and patrol camp equipment, cooking,

fire building and its care; an obstacle event (the obstacles being unknown. They will be prepared ahead of time being taken from Tenderfoot, Second Class and First. iene Requirements). Other: competitive events by patrols will close the Camporal about 4 P; M. Saturday. It is expected that this will become an annual affair and become as important an event as the annual indoor rally at Roseville. Moving pictures of the Camporal will be made for future display at Parents night programs of Troops selectand Courts of Honor. H. Ricksecker. AUTOGIRO WILL FEATURE SHOW Arrangements are complete for a feature air show to be staged at Gilmore Airport, Grass Valley, next Saturday and Sunday, April 23-24. The main feature attraction will be an. autogiro. This novel plane is capable of taking off in a space 75 feet wide and 200 feet long, landing in a space 50 feet square. In other words it can come almost straight down and land. The large fan or blades which revolve above the plane do not require any. power from the engine except in taking -off. Although they revolve at a speed of about 135 r. p. m. while the ship is in motion They are kept in motion by the wind and are completely disconnected from the engine while the plane is flying The insurance is 40 per cent lower than other ships beeause of the slow speed in landing of from 5 to 15 miles per hour. 0 Uv Al Thore of Tyler was a Wednesday visitor in Nevada City. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS The following real estate conveyances were placed on record in the county recorder’s office within the last few days: Harry Kite et al to Otila Phelps— property in Graniteville. Mark Body, administrator of the estate of W. C. D. Body, deceased to Mary Jane Frank—property in Grass Valley. Edward W. Weeks to S. L. Weeks. —interest in property in the Rough and Ready township. Dudley Duntap to Thomas Lind— tract of land in Scott’s Flat section. Sa 0. vu RESOLUTION OF RESPECT TO THE MEMORY OF W. E> MILLER. WHEREAS, the SUPREME RULER_of the Universe has, in exercise of the Supreme Wisdom, called from the turmoil of things temporal unto the gracious peace of Life Eternal ur beloved friend and brother, William Egbert Miller; and, EREAS, in the untimely death brother, Downieville Parlor has sustained the loss of a wise and Sierra county has been deprived of the valued services of a feariess fficer and able legislator; THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by Downieville Parlor’ No. 92, Native Sons of the Golden West, that, while we bow in humble submission to the Divine Will, yet we\deeply deplore the loss that is ours)\\and extend to the sorrowing widow and children of our brother our heantfelt condolence in their hour of sorr and bid them look beyond the dar clouds that have gathered and behold the bright Star of Hope that shines beyond. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLYVED that this resolution be spread in full upon the minutes of this meeting, and a copy hereof transmitted tothe familyof-our dear deceased. Respectfully submitted, F. H. TURNER i W. D. JOHNSON : M. F. LUSK Unanimously adopted in regular session this llth day of April, 1932. i J. M. MeMAHON, ‘President of Downieville Parlor, No. 92, Native Sons of the Golden West. Attest: H. S. TIBBEY, Bepretary c? the’ ‘said Parlor. DIADEM EXPECTS TO. Work is well under way at the Diadem mine in Forest. Whitman Symmes, the engineer for the Shamrock Gold Mining company, the present. leassee, wiil leave shortly for the mine and after completing further preliminary work will probably put an additional shift to work. It is, expected that the Diadem mine will show gratifying results early this summer. If operations at-the Diadem mine are successful there will be a trinity of mines in the 16-to-1, Diadem and Brush Creek which may cause Grass Valley to look to its laurels. GRASS VALLEY-COLFAX ROAD WELL ALONG With six of the 10 miles of grade between Grass Valley and Bear river bridge, below Chicago Park, completed, the contractors started connecting the county highway directly with the city paving at Colfax avenue and Ophir street, in Grass Valley. The grade is now completed from Bear river to the Merkle ranch, a distance of six miles. The remaining four miles are under construction at various points. Preparations for surfacing are underway. . This road is being built. under county supervision and under the provisions of a state law which permits the retirement of cost bills over a period of years from county road funds. A district was formed but no assessments are contemplated. The purpose is: to link Nevada City and Grass Valley with Colfax and the Victory highway, and to serve farming sections centering at Chicago Park and Peardale. PAINE BROTHERS MINE WILL SOON BE OPERATING The Broken Hills Mining Corporation of Battle Mountain, Nevada, has acquired the Paine Brothers mining property eleven mites north of Nevada City on the North Bloomfield-Alleghany highway. It is understood that the Paymaster mining company is being organized for its development. iL. E. Stein of San Francisco is managing director of the company, and M. F. Appenlander is to be engineer in charge Considerable new machinery has been taken to the property and plans are to start milling within a few weeks or as soon as the machinery is installed. In a communication from Managing Director L. E. Stein Saturday, he stated that, “Bert Austin, well known mining engineer, has acquired a portion of the Paine Bros. property for some of his associates the deal was consummated in his office in San Francisco this morning.’’ Mr. Austin has taken an option on three of the eight claims and the United Empress company has had its experts looking the property over. A. G. Stoll, mining engineer, stated that assays on the property run as high as $2,000 a ton. There is at present a tunnel on the property which is in 350 feet. It is about 300 feet from the South Yuba river, where the mill is already on the ground and ready to be set up. An operating plant has also been hauled ‘in. Last Monday four men were put to work driving the tunnel ahead. =: 0. ONE STERAM ‘CLOSED ONE OPENED TO ANGLERS The Truckee river which was closlast season to fishing on account: ofNiow water, will be open to fishermen\June Ist, just 30 days after the official opening of trout season. ’s source is at Lake Tahoe ning t8 the CaliforniaNevada border. . At the same time the anouncement was made of the closing of Donner Creek from Donner Lake to the junction with the Truckee river and Milton Creek and its tributaries from the junction with the south fork of the north fork of the Yuba river to its source. ‘Milton Creek, in Sierra county, is generally regarded in this section as Haypress Creek. 2 ~ 0. Subscribe For The Nugget. A * PUT ON EXTRA SHIFT) MORATORIUM ON MINING "WORK MAY BE PASSED Washington, D. C.—Thousands of owners ofmining claims in the West will’ be benefitted if a resolution backed by Representatives Phil D. Swing of California and John M. Evans of Montana,. is passed, and a favorable report on the measure has been promised by the house committee on mines and mining, on May Ist. The . bill. would: suspend for one year the requirement of the present law that at least $100 worth of assessment work must be done on each claim .annually. Swing holds that on account of the depression a majority of the individual owners of mining claims are without money to do their annual assessment. work, and that it would mean the loss of property on which in the past they have expended very ‘considerable amounts in many cases. If the resolution passes the house, which appears fairly certain at the present time, it will have the backing not only of such senators as Key Pittman of Nevada, but King and Smoot of Utah, who are generall on the opposite side of any measure which is introduced. With money being loaned to railroads, farmers and banks, etc., by the government, it is felt that this measure, which would not increase the financial burdens of the government in any way, but would assist many thousand mine owners thru the suggested moratorium, would be sure to pass. HANS BUTTEN FOUND DEAD AFTER SNOW IS MELTED The body of. Hans Butten, 48, a miner, who left the Old Colony mine a few days before last Christmas to obtain decorations for a Christmas tree, was found in the snow a half mile from the mine Butten made his way to Forest City, Sierra county, where he obtained the decorations, and was apparently caught by a blizzard on his return trip. The Christmas tree decorations were clutched in his hands. His body was found when Robert Morris and Miss Nellie Davey of Forest saw the arm of the body protruding through the snow. Indications were that Butten became exhausted~ with his struggle through the storm that was raging on the day he was last Seen and died of exposure when one of his skis broke. An inquest was hled in Downieville, with intérment taking place in the Downieville cemetery last Friday. THE BANK OF OROVILLE RECEIVES GOLD NUGGET A gold brick weighing 430 ounces and valued at about $8,000. was recently deposited in the First National. Bank of Oroville by the Shasta Butte Dredging ‘Company, operators of the only dredger in the Croville section. The company is operating about two miles west of Oroville. : The brick was admired by Oroville mining men, and later forwarded to the San Francisco mint by the bank. The brick is the largest brought to Oroville since the boom dredging days in that district. 0.—— GRUENEWALD NOW 350 FEET IN WITH TUNNEL Otto Gruenewald, who has driven a tunnel 350 feet on his property near Nevada City in an endeavor to cut into the old Chapman vein, has completed clearing up the tunnel after a cave-in last fall, and has started.to timber. He announces hé— is installing an air compressor in order to hasten the work. This is being done on.the Yellow Diamond, on of his group of claims, 0 JONES GRAVEL MINE : The Jones gravel mine in Steep — Hollow just above Mount Oro, in eastern Nevada county, has had a crew of four men working all winter. Four more men were added to the crew Monday. oe . Good values were found fn gravel in the old tunnel, it is A new tunnel is: being strike the om. ree