August 14, 1931 (8 pages)

OE eid q The Nugget Is California’s Leading Mining Weekly a SII NIRS SEEN reyes ne AES AH VOLUME V, NUMBER 35 THE GOLD CENTER THE NEVADA CITY NUGGET, CALIF ORNIA THE COUNTY SEAT PAPER _ FRIDAY, AUG 14, 1934 MUCH MINING ACTIVITY NOTED IN. ~ DISTRICT AROUND NEVADA CITY In going over a list of mines in are Paine Ltd., Seven North Columbia, River Placers, near NEWMONT AIDS HOGE COMPANY It has been rumored around on the streets for the past several days; SPANISH MINE IS GOOD PRODUCER It is with pleasure that we wirte this article on one of Nevada CounBELLFONTAINE IN WILLOW VALLEY TO BE REOPENED IMMEDIATELY Immediate reopening of the old der operation, which has been idie Bros. ; . tor over twenty years. The shaft ia the last few weeks we have come to ty’s most noted mines, that has u. Bellefontaine Mine in Willow Valley . 5 sey, h Hoge Development om_ paces : four hundred feet deep-and the twos Shp Ce rans Pet ete ere ey cea coe nee eaten s ae a out to the New Se ee ee ee eee LS oe foot: level has been. devel as managers; I , : G-i pany were selling i 5 9 ae : : sens 1500 men employed in quartz and Maui” \oxkee Dp aise Cos ee bee as being ot good if tse nounced this week by J. M. Hoff! ned east eight hundred feet. Drifts 2 , mon n y is at ; aced : , gravel mining in Nevada and Sierra In the Goodyears Bar District are : day witkla sig ee : te 2 oe ee’; who has just completed and placed easterly have been made on the Counties. about a ddsen mitnes oneratine; and . Coy, DUt 1% ae SBterview today yep Wit 00 feet to-drive to/in operation the St. Louis Mill On three hundred and four hundred In the Nevada City District we among them are, Kate Hardy, Gold! Arthur W. Hoge, the President ofjreach the Byrites» Camp. The pY6-l oce Crack: ' foot levels but for a very short dis. sent camp is new work down at the have the Murchie, Mr. O. McCraney,. Bar, Tim Dolan, and Kirkpatric. the Hoge Development Company, The work on the Bellefontaine tance. There is -an intermediate edge of Poorman’s Creek. The cook_ superintendent, with 150 men; NeAround Downieville are several! he authirizes the Nugget to make couse 02 tis broperty being Gh one has beem assigned te esnee RUPE dine between the two hundred and vada County Mines Corporation, J.:the one coming to mind at present) tne ¢olowing statement of the facts: ile Of the: ercok and the portal pi ee sale eer three hundred foot levels of about M. Hoff, manager, 125 men; Hoge being the City of Six, and Standard. Previous to the recent .artivall the turinel. on” the abdosite side . noco Development Company of) four hundred feet easterly. The Development Co., A. M. Hoge, supIn Ahe Sierra City District are. oo ate ’ South America, who was special/three hundred foot level contains erintendent, 20 men, with more to be employed as soon as machinery arrives; Queen Lil, 4 or 5 men; Davis Bros. 2 or 3 men; Ce Hill, Mr. Balls, superintendent, a small crew; New Merrifield, Mr. Fonce, leasor, 8 men; Quaker Hill) Mining Company, Mr. Botting, manager, small crew working; Steep ‘Hollow, J.M. Hoff, manager, small crew working; Thomas Coan is reopening his property,.Mr. Gruenwald is developing his mine. This makes about 350 men on payroHs in the Nevada City Mining District. In the Grass Valley District, the North Star-Empire Mines Co., Mr. Nobs, manager; has about 500 men employed; Idaho-Maryland,’ Mr. E. MacBoyle, manager, 130 men -em_ ployed, Alcalde, Sunrise and Development Co., are each reopening; Golden Center, Colley Butler Interests, crew of men working; Boundary, M. J. Brock, superintendent, crew of men working. This makes about 800 men on payroll in the Grass Valley Mining District. In the Washingtoon District there are the Spanish, Mr. Bradley, super-! intendent; Eagle Bird; Greystone, Mr. Hegarty, manager; Ancho, Mr. Gordon Bettles, superint#ndént; that! have come to our mind, and all! are working crews of men. In the Spenceville section there] is the Newtown Mining Company, . Mr. E. Jacobs, manager with a. good sized crew working and more! to be employed as the machinery is installed. In the Sweetland District is the! Boss mine with 4 men. . In the Camptonville District, Jouberts Gravel mine, Alta View, . Mount Alta, with crews of men working. The Salmon mine is preparing to reopen as soon as machinery is assembled. Along the North , South, Middle branches of the Yuba River! and! ‘trict; Gravel was struck in the Gold imine was reopened by J. M. Hoff; lthe present Colg@mbo, Mr. Campbell, manager; ! ie mrose, Commander, Butte Con-, olidated Mines Company, etc. . In the Alleghany District the Six-. teen to One Mine is employing, about 80 men, the Oro Flame 4} men; The Yellow Jacket Mine, and there are several others working. ; Gravel sluicing along Kanaka Creek! is a well known source of goid, yielding. Gravel sluicing is also being carried on on the’ Bear River, Deer Creek and Green Horn streams. ‘In referring to Nevada City, . which isthe the heart of themost' active gold-prodcution, business men of the state refer to it as the livest . town of all. A good payroll keeps; a town alive and progressing. Most of this prosperity has come, to the gold producing section within . the last four years. Just glancing ' back four years ago at The Nuggeti files we have the following: In the early part of 1927, The Western Merger was just getting ready to sink a 375 foot. shaft; Some gravel properties were working in the Washington Mining DisLead at Graniteville; The North Star spent a large sum of money in déveloping the property; Twin Sister to prosecute lower tunnel; American Flag driving tunnel; Paine Bros. start development work; Mines reopening in Alleghany District; Interest in mines of Forest. In June of 1927 the Murchie Grizzly Ridge starting third drill! by New York interests. . The Empire Mine of Grass Valley . hasbeen operating for. about 80, years. If such a thrifty condition exists! . after a period of only four years. the deal. with the interest being displayed at . time, we may expect} the mines to increase twofold by . the end of another four years. onus EAGLE BIRD MINE WORKS CREW OF MEN AT MINE a . The Eagle Bird Mine, which is_ nearly east of Washington, is work-' ing a crew of 20 men. This property is situated on the Yuba river. The holdings consist of Eagle Bird, Eagle Bird Ext., and Live Oak patented claims together with. 160 acres of timber. The--elaims cove: a length along the lode of 4500 feet south from the South Yuba river, ! elevation. 3,500 to 5,000 feet at the top of the ridge. . The quartz filled fissure occurs in_ an area of granite. and the walls, . which are from 18 feet to 30 feet apart, are well defined. : . This property was. worked in the early days. In 1866 the shaft had , reached a depth of 400 feet. The’ company owns a water right on! the South Yuba of 1000 inches. The Bagdad Copper Company of Arizona is working the property at the present time. DEER CREEK LAND IS . AWARDED TO PARDIN . A 1916 decision was upheld in the action of Reynolds vs. Porter, Register John C. Ing of the United States Land Office, Deparment of Interior branch at Sacramento at Sacramento, awarded about 10 acres or disputed property on Deer Creek . to Louis Pardini, who purchased the . tract from the United States Government early in the year. During the sale of the isolated tract. of public land at auction Cooley Butler had field for the property under-the mining laws and Pardini and purchased the land under the agricultural laws. { Se ES: Min {about a year, having lived in Grass . . FRED YOCUM PASSES . TO GREAT BEYOND i Fred F. Yocum of Railroad Ave. nue passed away Wednesday morn-. ing from an illness of some standing . He had Nevada resided in City! Valley for some that. sssese cea He was born in Kansas about 54 years ago, but had spent 35 years of his life in California. Left to mourn his passing are his widow; three sons, Charles, Fred and Jesse Yocum; two daughters, Estelle, and Mirs. Merle Douglas of Madera, a sister, Mrs. Yuba Lowrie and several grandchildren. OLD PIONEER OF SIERRA COUNTY PASSEES AWAY Mrs. Bertha A#ken, one of the oldest residents of Sierra County, passed away.-Thursday afternoon at at 1:20 at the age of 90 years. She was born in Switzerland but has lived in Sierra County since 1864. Requiem high mass will be held Sunday morning at 11 o'clock by Rev Father O’Reilly Interment will be in the cemetery at Downieville. ‘ setae . Cains : TWO LOCAL BOYS ARE T PLAY OVER STATION KPO time previous to Carl Tamblyn, taltnted young violinist will make his appearance Wednesday a. m. over Sta. KPO in San Francisco. Carlton Peters formerly of Grass Valley: will accompany him. on organ and piano. ? ES Chester Scheemer of the Plaza Grocery Store, and Will Walsh were in Forest Wednesday. ! this claim, since 1919. cs of Fred Searles, Jr., President of the Newmont Company, negotiations had -been carried on by Mr. Hoge between Mr. Searles and Mr. .Simkins, in reference to their. becoming interested for the purpose of deeper developments, and the erection of a modrn oil flotation plant. Upon the arrival of Mr. Searlés, he and Messrs. Simkins and Nobs made an examination of the Hoge properties, and a deal was coonsum, mated to the satisfaction of ali concerned. The operating Company will be under the direction of Arthur W. Hoge, President, Fred Searles, Jr., Vice President and Consulting En_ gineer, Otto E. Schiffner, General Manager, Charles L. Walther, Chairman of Boardr of Directos, and Arthur M. Hoge, Secretary and Treasurer. Shaft sinking has already been started, and no further ore shipments will be made, except to ‘the North Star mill for the purpose of making treatment tests, preparatory to the erection of a modern oil flotation mill on the property. There is over 4000 tons of good ore already on the dump, and at least 20,000 tons of development ore ready for milling, so by te time the mill is completed in the early part of 1932, the deeper levels will be opened up to the 600 foot level! and the probabilities are that there will be a developed tonnage of at'2 200 ton, 24-hour least 40,000 tons when the program is completed. Messrs. Hoge and Searles are old friends, and they are both to be con_ . Sinking; Allison Ranch unwatering. Statulated upon having made a satisfactory deal that will undoubtedly be ‘of benefit to their respective companies and at last, but not least, j also for the benefit of Nevada City, the home of the two principals in HIGH GRADE ORE FOUND IN JAY MINING CLAIM Mr. Peterson of the North Bloomfield District has struck high prede ore in a 150 foot tunnel driven into!” a slate and porphyry ledge six feet in width. It is free milling rock and samples have been sent away for an assay. The ledge shows up on the sur_ face and Mr. Peterson run the tunnel in at a lower level in order to test the quality of the ore and get exact width of the ledge at depth. The ledge so far is holding to the six foot width. This property is east of the town of North Bloomfield and Mr. Peterson should be richly rewarded for perserverance in the opening of this property. He has been working on Carter Bros. who are working the old Indian mine are not far from The shaft raise is connecting the 16 tunnel to No. 4 tunnel with 255 feet -between tracks, with cage and hoist. This new mine has two stopes opened up. The distance between the hanging and foot walls varies from 2 to 12 feet. The character of} the rock is. slate formation. The ledge being worked at present is on the footwall of a big dyke of quart. ‘zite. There is enough ore in sight to last 50 years. The workings are so situated as to give them 800 feet of backs, in fact it is a mountain the company is working into. The ore is composed of bornite and gold, with the ledge matter now being worked 4 feet thick on the hanging wall, which is very nearly pure barite. Barite is used in paint and cement work. This cement is of a very peculiar quality, being used in the cementing in of oil wells in capping operations. It is also used in capping oil wells where heavy pressure is found in the oil wells with a heavy flow of natural gas. Recent state rulings on oil wells has reduced the sale of barite to a certain extent. There is often a great per cent of iron mixed in much of the barite which makes ex. traction costly. Such is not the case at the Spanish Mine. capacity _ ball mill with flotation process if 3 shifts of miners are working. At present 30 men are working 2 shifts. The mine is shipping concentrates regularly to. Selby’s over the Nar_ row Gauge Railroad from Nevada The Spanish Mine is equipped with} consultant for King. Gillett in his . Mexican mining operations. From . Tennessee, he was more recently with the Idaho_Maryland Mine on flotation and joins the Hoff forces} with an ample background of ex_ perience in the work he is undertaking. A force of men are now at work on the old surface structures and the shaft. The Federal Loan Mine! headframe is being moved to the Bellefontaine and compressor pipe line is being run from the St. Louis ti the new operations and new sets of timber are being placed. Esuip_ ment for the Bellefontaine is being moved from the old Montock Mine east of Auburn on the Rattlesnake Road. This property, shut down for the laregst stope in the mine whicl: is only stoped up about forty feet. The Iength of the stope on this levefi is only one hundred feet long. Work has-been planned to drift out om the four hundred foot level ta pick: up the ore body under this stape. The Bellefontaine Mill is being overhauled and re-timbered and will be equipped with flotation cells. A ball mill is being hauled to the mill site and ten 1150 pound stamps. will be operated. ‘ Announcement of operations at the Bellefontaine cbmes incident. tm the organization” of the Nevada Mines Corporation by Mr. Hoff and A. Gordon Nicolson, President of the Company. Henry Davidson, en_ gineer in charge of all the Hoff many is owned by Mebius and Drescher of Sacramento and is: to be later surveyed for possible de_ velopment by Hoff. Fire recently destroyed the surfoce structures on this property but left the machinery and equipment unimparied. The Bellefontaine. Mine is located on Deer Crtek just south of the St. Louis and Jackson Mines, now unyears, organization work, will have general supervision of Bellefontaine opera, — tions at the St. Louis Mill and the Constitution, Cyane, Jackson and St. Louis’ Mines. The Hoff organizatiom is in control of some _ twenty-two claims on Deer Creek immediately tast of .the Murchie Mine, which Hoff de watered and placed in pro, duction three years ago. BALL MILL INSTALLED AT IDAHO-MARYLAND. SEEK ORE VALUES AT BOSS MINE NEAR SAN JUAN. A ball mill is being conditioned in San Francisco for shipment to} the Idaho-Maryland mine and ek be installed at the Brunswick mill. . The ball mill. which is 5x7 in di_ mension is to be used for the finer grinding necessary for the recenily installed flotation plant which hes made excellent showinz under the City. The mine is entirely electrically : equipped, having electric haulage,. Maryland is being continued. They ‘and all machinery is -electrically driven’ saving much time and ex. pense in operations. Power is ob-. tained from the recently constructed power line coming in from AlL leghany. Mr. Phil Bradley, son of the original owner of the mine, is-sup_ erintendent of the property. The Spanish Mine is one of about six large propeities held and operated by the Bradley Interests. Some of them are Juneau-Alaska in Alas. ka,; Treadwell Youkon Company, Bunker Hill & Sullivan Concentrat_ ed Co., subsidiary to Juneau Alaska; with a large holding at Bodie, near the Nevada state line in Cali_ fornia situated in about the middle of the state; and large holdings in Idaho and Arizona. ————---0 GOYNE ELECTED FIRE CHIEF At a recent election of Nevada City Fire Department, Richar Goyne was elected Chief of Pennsylvania Engine Co., No. 2 and Ryron Lan. drigan of Nevada City Hose Co. No 1 is assistant. Otis Hardt is retiring . chief. He served well and faithfully. . Mr. Peterson’s property. —— { Right About Face at the Fair UI )NEVER SAW SO) . MANY FUNNY LOOKING . . PEOPLE IN ALL MY TIME ed in this issue of The Nugget: Thursday afternoon which requested . the following properties be mention_ condition. Development work at the Idahoare working upward from the 2000 foot level and are. planning to cut 4 atution at the 14°79 foor Jovel. INDIAN MINE RUNS TUNNEL ON THE YUBA RIVER Mr. A. G. Martin hasa_ lease and bond the old Carter mine, also known as the Indian Mine, on the Yuba River. In the last four months he has driven a 360 foot tunnel:in which he expects to contact a ledge that crops out higher up on the mountain. Mr. Martin dropped down the mountain 240 feet from where the ledge shows onthesurface and started operations. This mine is in the serpentine and slate belt where many gold producing mines are located. Track has been laid in the tunnel and ore cars are used to carry away muck to the dump. ‘ —_——_0—____ MRS. WILL YOUNG UNDERGOES A PAINFUL FOOT OPERATION Mrs. Will Young was _ operated upon the middle of last week for an injury to her foot. It is proving quite painful and she will be laid up for seme time. EL ORO AND CLIPPER SHIP TAKEN OVER BY EASTERNS The El Oro mine about 11 miles above Nevada City and the Clipper Ship near Sierra ‘City have been taken over by Eastern mining men. These are both gravel properties the Clipper Ship comprising about 56 acres. This property has a past production of $40,000 as listed in county records. Mr. Abadie, mining man of Nevada City. brought in a_ telegram that the news of the taking over of More will follow in another issue;‘vada City for a ‘time,’ The Boss mine which was leased by the Bradley months ago is working a crew of three men, The property is situated about two and a half miles west of San Juan. There is a 400 foot shaft on the property with four drifts off of the shaft. Sulphides were stwuck recently and a test is being made of the ore. interests several They are cutting through 150 feet of ledge matter consisting principally of porphyry, and it is in this: that they have struck the promising Yooking sulphides. If the property proves up to expectations a 2000 foot tunnel will be run from the’ opposite side of the mountain, it is reported. GOLDEN CENTER COLLAR SHAFT WAS REBUILT A crew of ten men have been em_ ployed for the last three weeks re_ building the old collar shaft at the Golden Center Mine and removing many tons of earth of a cave_inz which has occurred since the mine was closed down. Retimbering was done to a depth of 110 feet, where it was found the timbers were im good condition. Another crew of men are to be put to work unwatering the mine. the water being at the 500 fear level. Reopening the Golden Center af-ter several years of idleness is pregressing well under the direction of C. H. Brickington, veteran mine manager there. ~ MINING PERSONALS Mr. and Mrs. J. Trembath, are im Nevada City looking over the dis~ trict with.a view of settling here. He is a mining engineer from the state of Nevada. g 4 Mrs. Harry B. Skewes of =] e Valley is home after spending ¢ 2 BS time with her husband at Ag ® He is connected with tRe iS 7 hs to One mine. Mr Skew@s Ba g eee FB of the Western Mergergné: T. Burke of gh Spaffi te a Nevada Civ, itor ng A. C. Somnersgot t connected? vite Ge Bg ing injerést ns =

OE eid q The Nugget Is California’s Leading Mining Weekly a SII NIRS SEEN reyes ne AES AH VOLUME V, NUMBER 35 THE GOLD CENTER THE NEVADA CITY NUGGET, CALIF ORNIA THE COUNTY SEAT PAPER _ FRIDAY, AUG 14, 1934 MUCH MINING ACTIVITY NOTED IN. ~ DISTRICT AROUND NEVADA CITY In going over a list of mines in are Paine Ltd., Seven North Columbia, River Placers, near NEWMONT AIDS HOGE COMPANY It has been rumored around on the streets for the past several days; SPANISH MINE IS GOOD PRODUCER It is with pleasure that we wirte this article on one of Nevada CounBELLFONTAINE IN WILLOW VALLEY TO BE REOPENED IMMEDIATELY Immediate reopening of the old der operation, which has been idie Bros. ; . tor over twenty years. The shaft ia the last few weeks we have come to ty’s most noted mines, that has u. Bellefontaine Mine in Willow Valley . 5 sey, h Hoge Development om_ paces : four hundred feet deep-and the twos Shp Ce rans Pet ete ere ey cea coe nee eaten s ae a out to the New Se ee ee ee eee LS oe foot: level has been. devel as managers; I , : G-i pany were selling i 5 9 ae : : sens 1500 men employed in quartz and Maui” \oxkee Dp aise Cos ee bee as being ot good if tse nounced this week by J. M. Hoff! ned east eight hundred feet. Drifts 2 , mon n y is at ; aced : , gravel mining in Nevada and Sierra In the Goodyears Bar District are : day witkla sig ee : te 2 oe ee’; who has just completed and placed easterly have been made on the Counties. about a ddsen mitnes oneratine; and . Coy, DUt 1% ae SBterview today yep Wit 00 feet to-drive to/in operation the St. Louis Mill On three hundred and four hundred In the Nevada City District we among them are, Kate Hardy, Gold! Arthur W. Hoge, the President ofjreach the Byrites» Camp. The pY6-l oce Crack: ' foot levels but for a very short dis. sent camp is new work down at the have the Murchie, Mr. O. McCraney,. Bar, Tim Dolan, and Kirkpatric. the Hoge Development Company, The work on the Bellefontaine tance. There is -an intermediate edge of Poorman’s Creek. The cook_ superintendent, with 150 men; NeAround Downieville are several! he authirizes the Nugget to make couse 02 tis broperty being Gh one has beem assigned te esnee RUPE dine between the two hundred and vada County Mines Corporation, J.:the one coming to mind at present) tne ¢olowing statement of the facts: ile Of the: ercok and the portal pi ee sale eer three hundred foot levels of about M. Hoff, manager, 125 men; Hoge being the City of Six, and Standard. Previous to the recent .artivall the turinel. on” the abdosite side . noco Development Company of) four hundred feet easterly. The Development Co., A. M. Hoge, supIn Ahe Sierra City District are. oo ate ’ South America, who was special/three hundred foot level contains erintendent, 20 men, with more to be employed as soon as machinery arrives; Queen Lil, 4 or 5 men; Davis Bros. 2 or 3 men; Ce Hill, Mr. Balls, superintendent, a small crew; New Merrifield, Mr. Fonce, leasor, 8 men; Quaker Hill) Mining Company, Mr. Botting, manager, small crew working; Steep ‘Hollow, J.M. Hoff, manager, small crew working; Thomas Coan is reopening his property,.Mr. Gruenwald is developing his mine. This makes about 350 men on payroHs in the Nevada City Mining District. In the Grass Valley District, the North Star-Empire Mines Co., Mr. Nobs, manager; has about 500 men employed; Idaho-Maryland,’ Mr. E. MacBoyle, manager, 130 men -em_ ployed, Alcalde, Sunrise and Development Co., are each reopening; Golden Center, Colley Butler Interests, crew of men working; Boundary, M. J. Brock, superintendent, crew of men working. This makes about 800 men on payroll in the Grass Valley Mining District. In the Washingtoon District there are the Spanish, Mr. Bradley, super-! intendent; Eagle Bird; Greystone, Mr. Hegarty, manager; Ancho, Mr. Gordon Bettles, superint#ndént; that! have come to our mind, and all! are working crews of men. In the Spenceville section there] is the Newtown Mining Company, . Mr. E. Jacobs, manager with a. good sized crew working and more! to be employed as the machinery is installed. In the Sweetland District is the! Boss mine with 4 men. . In the Camptonville District, Jouberts Gravel mine, Alta View, . Mount Alta, with crews of men working. The Salmon mine is preparing to reopen as soon as machinery is assembled. Along the North , South, Middle branches of the Yuba River! and! ‘trict; Gravel was struck in the Gold imine was reopened by J. M. Hoff; lthe present Colg@mbo, Mr. Campbell, manager; ! ie mrose, Commander, Butte Con-, olidated Mines Company, etc. . In the Alleghany District the Six-. teen to One Mine is employing, about 80 men, the Oro Flame 4} men; The Yellow Jacket Mine, and there are several others working. ; Gravel sluicing along Kanaka Creek! is a well known source of goid, yielding. Gravel sluicing is also being carried on on the’ Bear River, Deer Creek and Green Horn streams. ‘In referring to Nevada City, . which isthe the heart of themost' active gold-prodcution, business men of the state refer to it as the livest . town of all. A good payroll keeps; a town alive and progressing. Most of this prosperity has come, to the gold producing section within . the last four years. Just glancing ' back four years ago at The Nuggeti files we have the following: In the early part of 1927, The Western Merger was just getting ready to sink a 375 foot. shaft; Some gravel properties were working in the Washington Mining DisLead at Graniteville; The North Star spent a large sum of money in déveloping the property; Twin Sister to prosecute lower tunnel; American Flag driving tunnel; Paine Bros. start development work; Mines reopening in Alleghany District; Interest in mines of Forest. In June of 1927 the Murchie Grizzly Ridge starting third drill! by New York interests. . The Empire Mine of Grass Valley . hasbeen operating for. about 80, years. If such a thrifty condition exists! . after a period of only four years. the deal. with the interest being displayed at . time, we may expect} the mines to increase twofold by . the end of another four years. onus EAGLE BIRD MINE WORKS CREW OF MEN AT MINE a . The Eagle Bird Mine, which is_ nearly east of Washington, is work-' ing a crew of 20 men. This property is situated on the Yuba river. The holdings consist of Eagle Bird, Eagle Bird Ext., and Live Oak patented claims together with. 160 acres of timber. The--elaims cove: a length along the lode of 4500 feet south from the South Yuba river, ! elevation. 3,500 to 5,000 feet at the top of the ridge. . The quartz filled fissure occurs in_ an area of granite. and the walls, . which are from 18 feet to 30 feet apart, are well defined. : . This property was. worked in the early days. In 1866 the shaft had , reached a depth of 400 feet. The’ company owns a water right on! the South Yuba of 1000 inches. The Bagdad Copper Company of Arizona is working the property at the present time. DEER CREEK LAND IS . AWARDED TO PARDIN . A 1916 decision was upheld in the action of Reynolds vs. Porter, Register John C. Ing of the United States Land Office, Deparment of Interior branch at Sacramento at Sacramento, awarded about 10 acres or disputed property on Deer Creek . to Louis Pardini, who purchased the . tract from the United States Government early in the year. During the sale of the isolated tract. of public land at auction Cooley Butler had field for the property under-the mining laws and Pardini and purchased the land under the agricultural laws. { Se ES: Min {about a year, having lived in Grass . . FRED YOCUM PASSES . TO GREAT BEYOND i Fred F. Yocum of Railroad Ave. nue passed away Wednesday morn-. ing from an illness of some standing . He had Nevada resided in City! Valley for some that. sssese cea He was born in Kansas about 54 years ago, but had spent 35 years of his life in California. Left to mourn his passing are his widow; three sons, Charles, Fred and Jesse Yocum; two daughters, Estelle, and Mirs. Merle Douglas of Madera, a sister, Mrs. Yuba Lowrie and several grandchildren. OLD PIONEER OF SIERRA COUNTY PASSEES AWAY Mrs. Bertha A#ken, one of the oldest residents of Sierra County, passed away.-Thursday afternoon at at 1:20 at the age of 90 years. She was born in Switzerland but has lived in Sierra County since 1864. Requiem high mass will be held Sunday morning at 11 o'clock by Rev Father O’Reilly Interment will be in the cemetery at Downieville. ‘ setae . Cains : TWO LOCAL BOYS ARE T PLAY OVER STATION KPO time previous to Carl Tamblyn, taltnted young violinist will make his appearance Wednesday a. m. over Sta. KPO in San Francisco. Carlton Peters formerly of Grass Valley: will accompany him. on organ and piano. ? ES Chester Scheemer of the Plaza Grocery Store, and Will Walsh were in Forest Wednesday. ! this claim, since 1919. cs of Fred Searles, Jr., President of the Newmont Company, negotiations had -been carried on by Mr. Hoge between Mr. Searles and Mr. .Simkins, in reference to their. becoming interested for the purpose of deeper developments, and the erection of a modrn oil flotation plant. Upon the arrival of Mr. Searlés, he and Messrs. Simkins and Nobs made an examination of the Hoge properties, and a deal was coonsum, mated to the satisfaction of ali concerned. The operating Company will be under the direction of Arthur W. Hoge, President, Fred Searles, Jr., Vice President and Consulting En_ gineer, Otto E. Schiffner, General Manager, Charles L. Walther, Chairman of Boardr of Directos, and Arthur M. Hoge, Secretary and Treasurer. Shaft sinking has already been started, and no further ore shipments will be made, except to ‘the North Star mill for the purpose of making treatment tests, preparatory to the erection of a modern oil flotation mill on the property. There is over 4000 tons of good ore already on the dump, and at least 20,000 tons of development ore ready for milling, so by te time the mill is completed in the early part of 1932, the deeper levels will be opened up to the 600 foot level! and the probabilities are that there will be a developed tonnage of at'2 200 ton, 24-hour least 40,000 tons when the program is completed. Messrs. Hoge and Searles are old friends, and they are both to be con_ . Sinking; Allison Ranch unwatering. Statulated upon having made a satisfactory deal that will undoubtedly be ‘of benefit to their respective companies and at last, but not least, j also for the benefit of Nevada City, the home of the two principals in HIGH GRADE ORE FOUND IN JAY MINING CLAIM Mr. Peterson of the North Bloomfield District has struck high prede ore in a 150 foot tunnel driven into!” a slate and porphyry ledge six feet

in width. It is free milling rock and samples have been sent away for an assay. The ledge shows up on the sur_ face and Mr. Peterson run the tunnel in at a lower level in order to test the quality of the ore and get exact width of the ledge at depth. The ledge so far is holding to the six foot width. This property is east of the town of North Bloomfield and Mr. Peterson should be richly rewarded for perserverance in the opening of this property. He has been working on Carter Bros. who are working the old Indian mine are not far from The shaft raise is connecting the 16 tunnel to No. 4 tunnel with 255 feet -between tracks, with cage and hoist. This new mine has two stopes opened up. The distance between the hanging and foot walls varies from 2 to 12 feet. The character of} the rock is. slate formation. The ledge being worked at present is on the footwall of a big dyke of quart. ‘zite. There is enough ore in sight to last 50 years. The workings are so situated as to give them 800 feet of backs, in fact it is a mountain the company is working into. The ore is composed of bornite and gold, with the ledge matter now being worked 4 feet thick on the hanging wall, which is very nearly pure barite. Barite is used in paint and cement work. This cement is of a very peculiar quality, being used in the cementing in of oil wells in capping operations. It is also used in capping oil wells where heavy pressure is found in the oil wells with a heavy flow of natural gas. Recent state rulings on oil wells has reduced the sale of barite to a certain extent. There is often a great per cent of iron mixed in much of the barite which makes ex. traction costly. Such is not the case at the Spanish Mine. capacity _ ball mill with flotation process if 3 shifts of miners are working. At present 30 men are working 2 shifts. The mine is shipping concentrates regularly to. Selby’s over the Nar_ row Gauge Railroad from Nevada The Spanish Mine is equipped with} consultant for King. Gillett in his . Mexican mining operations. From . Tennessee, he was more recently with the Idaho_Maryland Mine on flotation and joins the Hoff forces} with an ample background of ex_ perience in the work he is undertaking. A force of men are now at work on the old surface structures and the shaft. The Federal Loan Mine! headframe is being moved to the Bellefontaine and compressor pipe line is being run from the St. Louis ti the new operations and new sets of timber are being placed. Esuip_ ment for the Bellefontaine is being moved from the old Montock Mine east of Auburn on the Rattlesnake Road. This property, shut down for the laregst stope in the mine whicl: is only stoped up about forty feet. The Iength of the stope on this levefi is only one hundred feet long. Work has-been planned to drift out om the four hundred foot level ta pick: up the ore body under this stape. The Bellefontaine Mill is being overhauled and re-timbered and will be equipped with flotation cells. A ball mill is being hauled to the mill site and ten 1150 pound stamps. will be operated. ‘ Announcement of operations at the Bellefontaine cbmes incident. tm the organization” of the Nevada Mines Corporation by Mr. Hoff and A. Gordon Nicolson, President of the Company. Henry Davidson, en_ gineer in charge of all the Hoff many is owned by Mebius and Drescher of Sacramento and is: to be later surveyed for possible de_ velopment by Hoff. Fire recently destroyed the surfoce structures on this property but left the machinery and equipment unimparied. The Bellefontaine. Mine is located on Deer Crtek just south of the St. Louis and Jackson Mines, now unyears, organization work, will have general supervision of Bellefontaine opera, — tions at the St. Louis Mill and the Constitution, Cyane, Jackson and St. Louis’ Mines. The Hoff organizatiom is in control of some _ twenty-two claims on Deer Creek immediately tast of .the Murchie Mine, which Hoff de watered and placed in pro, duction three years ago. BALL MILL INSTALLED AT IDAHO-MARYLAND. SEEK ORE VALUES AT BOSS MINE NEAR SAN JUAN. A ball mill is being conditioned in San Francisco for shipment to} the Idaho-Maryland mine and ek be installed at the Brunswick mill. . The ball mill. which is 5x7 in di_ mension is to be used for the finer grinding necessary for the recenily installed flotation plant which hes made excellent showinz under the City. The mine is entirely electrically : equipped, having electric haulage,. Maryland is being continued. They ‘and all machinery is -electrically driven’ saving much time and ex. pense in operations. Power is ob-. tained from the recently constructed power line coming in from AlL leghany. Mr. Phil Bradley, son of the original owner of the mine, is-sup_ erintendent of the property. The Spanish Mine is one of about six large propeities held and operated by the Bradley Interests. Some of them are Juneau-Alaska in Alas. ka,; Treadwell Youkon Company, Bunker Hill & Sullivan Concentrat_ ed Co., subsidiary to Juneau Alaska; with a large holding at Bodie, near the Nevada state line in Cali_ fornia situated in about the middle of the state; and large holdings in Idaho and Arizona. ————---0 GOYNE ELECTED FIRE CHIEF At a recent election of Nevada City Fire Department, Richar Goyne was elected Chief of Pennsylvania Engine Co., No. 2 and Ryron Lan. drigan of Nevada City Hose Co. No 1 is assistant. Otis Hardt is retiring . chief. He served well and faithfully. . Mr. Peterson’s property. —— { Right About Face at the Fair UI )NEVER SAW SO) . MANY FUNNY LOOKING . . PEOPLE IN ALL MY TIME ed in this issue of The Nugget: Thursday afternoon which requested . the following properties be mention_ condition. Development work at the Idahoare working upward from the 2000 foot level and are. planning to cut 4 atution at the 14°79 foor Jovel. INDIAN MINE RUNS TUNNEL ON THE YUBA RIVER Mr. A. G. Martin hasa_ lease and bond the old Carter mine, also known as the Indian Mine, on the Yuba River. In the last four months he has driven a 360 foot tunnel:in which he expects to contact a ledge that crops out higher up on the mountain. Mr. Martin dropped down the mountain 240 feet from where the ledge shows onthesurface and started operations. This mine is in the serpentine and slate belt where many gold producing mines are located. Track has been laid in the tunnel and ore cars are used to carry away muck to the dump. ‘ —_——_0—____ MRS. WILL YOUNG UNDERGOES A PAINFUL FOOT OPERATION Mrs. Will Young was _ operated upon the middle of last week for an injury to her foot. It is proving quite painful and she will be laid up for seme time. EL ORO AND CLIPPER SHIP TAKEN OVER BY EASTERNS The El Oro mine about 11 miles above Nevada City and the Clipper Ship near Sierra ‘City have been taken over by Eastern mining men. These are both gravel properties the Clipper Ship comprising about 56 acres. This property has a past production of $40,000 as listed in county records. Mr. Abadie, mining man of Nevada City. brought in a_ telegram that the news of the taking over of More will follow in another issue;‘vada City for a ‘time,’ The Boss mine which was leased by the Bradley months ago is working a crew of three men, The property is situated about two and a half miles west of San Juan. There is a 400 foot shaft on the property with four drifts off of the shaft. Sulphides were stwuck recently and a test is being made of the ore. interests several They are cutting through 150 feet of ledge matter consisting principally of porphyry, and it is in this: that they have struck the promising Yooking sulphides. If the property proves up to expectations a 2000 foot tunnel will be run from the’ opposite side of the mountain, it is reported. GOLDEN CENTER COLLAR SHAFT WAS REBUILT A crew of ten men have been em_ ployed for the last three weeks re_ building the old collar shaft at the Golden Center Mine and removing many tons of earth of a cave_inz which has occurred since the mine was closed down. Retimbering was done to a depth of 110 feet, where it was found the timbers were im good condition. Another crew of men are to be put to work unwatering the mine. the water being at the 500 fear level. Reopening the Golden Center af-ter several years of idleness is pregressing well under the direction of C. H. Brickington, veteran mine manager there. ~ MINING PERSONALS Mr. and Mrs. J. Trembath, are im Nevada City looking over the dis~ trict with.a view of settling here. He is a mining engineer from the state of Nevada. g 4 Mrs. Harry B. Skewes of =] e Valley is home after spending ¢ 2 BS time with her husband at Ag ® He is connected with tRe iS 7 hs to One mine. Mr Skew@s Ba g eee FB of the Western Mergergné: T. Burke of gh Spaffi te a Nevada Civ, itor ng A. C. Somnersgot t connected? vite Ge Bg ing injerést ns =