August 15, 1940 (6 pages)

THURSDAY, AUGUST 15 , 1940. NEVADA CITY NUGGET al STEADY OPERATIONS PROCEEDING AT NEVADA CITY-GRASS VALLEY MINES All But 100 of Men Employed'In Mining Industry Here Are At Work In the Twenty-Nine Quartz Properties Normal, but steady, operations are proceeding at the Ne-’ . vada City-G-ass Valley district sold mines, reports from the various mine company offices mum at most of the mines while considerable development , work is being carried on at ot Most of the activity is confined to lode mines, where all but approxi. show. Production is at a maxihers. mately 100 of the men engaged in the mining industry in Nevada, County are employed. Reports from various mines follow: + . LAVA CAP General Manager Otto Schiffner . . MURCHIE-ZEIBRIGHT . . The 6,000 foot cross cut being OPTION TAKEN ON La here, has optioned gravel on inia Hydraulic Mining Association. The River about one half mile long and 200 feet wide. iary-shaft at the Empire property is continuing. Normal operations are . reported at both the Pennsylvania . and North Star. Mines. RELIEF. HILL announced today the cyanide plant. driven at the Murchie to connect with’ being constructed at the Lava Cap ‘Mine will be ready for operations by the middle of next month. The cyanide plant will eliminate the necessity of shipping the mine’s concentrates to the smelter at Selby. A strike has been in progress at Selby for the past two months and the Lava! Cap concentrates are being stored in railroad cars in Colfax. : pleted. by the latter month, This was announced here by Genpart of . . more than 5,000 feet already driven ; On the cross cut has revealed nothing very encouraging. The miners are averaging 25 feet per day on the cross cut. Schiffrer, who is also vice presi-. dent of the Lava Cap Mines, said if the strike is not settled before the. cyanide plant is completed, the con-' centrates may be returned to the mine here for treatment. Employment at the Lava Cap continues to advance. The number of meniat both the Central and Banner mines is now 379. . IDAHO-MARYLAND . Mining operations proceeded gidad.! ily at the Idaho-Maryland Mines Cor-, poration properties, the Idaho-Mary-, land, New Brunswick and Bullion, . during the past month. Employment remained practically the same as in July, Rapid vrogress is being made in the insta’ling of new hoisting and other equipment at the New Brunswick, It is probable the machinery will be placed into use by September first with no time lost at the mine while the change is being made. . at the Zeibright is confined to deThe employment at both the Murchie and the Zeibright in Bear Valley, which is also under the management of Hendrickis, !remained the same during the past month. Work velopment only. The huge mill is being remodeled. A survey for a new tailings dam to replace the one washed out the latter part of February is proceedng. EMPIRE-NORTH STAR PENNSYLVANIA A slight advancement in employment during the past month is not-. ed _atboth the Empire-and North Star Mines in the.Grass Valley disthe North.-Banner Mine will be coin-. eral Manager R. J.°Hendricks. The. C. E. Clark, manager of the Renext; lief Hill and Union Blue mines inj the North Bloomfield area, said work ‘at the two. properties is confined princinally to preparations for ' draulicing when. the Upper Narrows Dam at Smartville. is. completed. Clark was a visitor in Nevada City Tuesday. The mine manager erable flume and ditch work is being done hydraulicing in the spring. MIDNIGHT Operating on a sublease, a group of Nevada City miners are working the Midnight Mine on Deer Creek below the Gault Bridge. The Midnight has a’ good production record. The tunnel] is being reopened and a-drift will be driven in an efort to contact the Midnight vein. Richard Haddy is in charge. WOLF CREE! vada City and George Rotcher -of trict while the total number of men employed at the Pennsylvania locat-. ed between the two mines.remained . the same, Los Angeles are interested in fit on Deer Creek below Grass Valley, Janis and Rotchler are personally supervising the operations. BEAR RIVER GRAVEL Hughes of the Rising Sun Mine near Colfax, it is understood . the Property to Cal Haffey and W. W. Similar Project, Designed to Unwater All Mines of Area, ™°"y Shop, Grass Valley. Esterley. Haffey is vice president A AER SRS and Esterly secretary of the Califor-' ground optioned to the two mining men is on Bear River, giving Work on the sinking of an auxilhystated consid-! Ted Janis and Ha! Draper of Ne-! the ; operation of a dragline dredging out-' depth was found the peculiar blue . “The mines of Cripple Creek onc ore annually but water now slogs the deep shafts. Similar Tunnel Here % A similar tunnel to drain the mines in the Nevada City distr‘! {has been provosed several times but ; nothing has ever been done about it. t Bore Six Miles The firm-financing the Cripple Creek drainage tunnel] belies six mile :long, nine foot wide bore will make the drained mines productive for another twenty years. Drilling was started on July 18. ; 1929. At the present rate of drilling ; officials said, the tunnels will be ‘finished by the summer of 1941, a full year ahead of schedule. Miners in the Cripple Creek area 4 he long have beelieved that veins in the rezion converge in a great yellow ‘mass at the throat of the extinct vol cano on which the gold field stands . They hope the drainage tunnel ma), permit mining deep enough to reach the voleano throat. . . GREENSARN (Continued from Page. One) les grave! from the surface to a bed . of cemented sravel varied from 80; to 18 feet. In the underlying cement , gravel, averaging about 50 feet in clay from which the ‘Weiiye Lead” name CRIPPLE CREEK DRAINAGE TUNNEL PROJECT WATCHED WITHINTEREST “""""" Proposed for Nevada City At Various Times Mining men in this vicinity are awaitins with jr*~e ¢ t them a strip of gravel along Bear Practicability of a $2,000,000 drainase tunnel heine deives i the historic Cripple Creek gol@ minin~ district jC2?--5) , The tunnel is designed to drain water from deep nvine14-7 . area of thirty square miles with the exnectation p-0merity will . . ten nightly to ARNO at 5.70 be restored to the famous gold mining camp. was derived. if . Once again the Greenhorn district Considerable of the gravel on the jg coming to the fore after pract?eo!; is announced as 408 and at the North stream bed was sold to the state for: ly being idJe sineé the Sawyer Act Star, 308. One hundred and fifteen the road work on the Auburn High. closed down hydraulic mines, This are employed at the Pennsylvania. way. The total émployed at the Empite ‘tine or “doodlebvo” dreders, At the present time at least thres STEP UP LAGGING APPETITES WITH THESE TASTY SUGGESTIONS th SHSM WINE Fifth Botti Fidelis Burgundy or Sauterne PINEAPPLE JUICE 2 Dole No. 211 Can GINGER ALE Quart boittl Cliguot Club TEA Black TEA TEA Canterbury KOOL AID Assorted Flavors HIRES ROOT BEER 3 26 oz, bottle 14 pound pa 3 packag: BCR a CO AA 2 I PEN SA 2 PONS HE =A TOMATO SAUCE & oz. cans 3 tor 10¢ Del Monte DEViLED MEAT No. 4 cans ibbys F BISCUIT FLOUR = 40 oz. Globe A-1 cat SHORTENING Royal Satin MARGARINE Sunnybank CORN STARCH Pound Kivesfords DEVILED HAM No. 4 _ Underwoods . COMFORT TISSUE Reg. roll, 4 for 19c ZEE TISSUE Regular Rolls 4 for ]15c pound package Package of 25 bags 3 lbs. tins Pound carton . ly . dredges are in operation ‘in the \ . Ge<enhorn hasin, reworking the vast 1 wi raceumulation of ‘nose gravel taf ives j from the old hydravlic a*4 agravel ‘‘diggings.”’ at one time amorg the most extensive in Colifarnia Three Dredges Working Outfits engaged in reworking the old tailings include the Wyandotte the Climax and the Willard and De»vine dredges. The story of the Greenhorn '“diggings’’ which will never be adegold eg . auste’y told, is a fascinating and sig PRICES ERPECTIVIs FROM AUG ; nificant chapter in thé* history of 16 TO 20 INCLUSIVE ™ gravel mining in California. a . The contribution of this area to ! the wealth of the State of California enormous. The You RBetRed Dog: diggings produced more than $3,000,000, Dutch Flat possibly, “an equal amount and from the Little York area more than $1,000.000 was, recovered. . In the hey-day of this area there were, in addition to the great hydraulic operations, innumerable drift mines, tunnels driven into the hillsides to cut and develop the lower reaches’ of the ancient river ROOT BEER Qt. bottles 3 for 95c Snowy Peak ORANGE 6 for 25c if Snowy Peak i GRAPEFRUIT JUICE No. 2 can 2, 15< Pown House TOMATO JUICE No. 2 cans 2 for ]5¢ GRAPE JUICE Quart bottle 39c Sunny Dawn Welches 4 for 25c e 2 5c 25¢ 25c 49¢ 19¢ has been . ' { i i 12 oz. bottles es 3 for ckase BEER 11 oz. steinies Brown Derby—PIus Bottle Deposit echan5 Cc es 10¢ CRAB Reg. yy, cans 2 for A43c nels. The hills in the Greenhorn dis: irae X tricy are honeycombed with \long for 25¢ MAYONNAISE Quart jar 33¢ abandoned tunnels from which forPiedmont : tunes were gained. Stamps Abundant In 1868 there were in this area 164 stamps, installed in 19 mills. At Red Dog, then a prosperous town with hotels, numerous stores, saloons and gambling places, there were four stamp mills. At You Bet, another ghost town, there were six mills, at Little York three and at Hunt’s Hill three. There was a mill at Dutch Flat, one at Gold Run and another at Green Mountain. COFFEE 3 pourd Airway COFFEE Reg or drip grind Ib. can 20¢ 39c Pound package Ac package pkgs 6c 43¢ IIc 2 pound Edwards BIRD SEED Frenchs package time the mining is done with do>ff PAGE FIVE — Ted LeMaire, manager of the Three Kings Mine near Alleghany, was in Nevada City on business durBluebird records -25c. The Harpene Bias ce el JUNG MINING Write for latest P=ked the new: Qiinn strike at Junge: also aout the eequiring of a large. Washington prod.y ine pro:erty. 67 or 670 on your Radio Dial. ‘e yielded $18.000.000 wort! of gold JURG 1147 Hast Reno, Nev. MINING CO Fourth Sir Phone 23859 New 1941 Zenith Radios, The Harmony Shop, Grass Valley. ining SUPPLIES FOR MINES AND MINERS Machinery and equipment to insure speedy and efficient performance saves money in mining. es WE SUPPLY—Rock Drills and Drill Steel, Mild Steel Plates and Bars, Wire Rope, Steel Rails, Chemicals, Pipe, Cement and Nails. OUR SERVICE—In grading, excavating, road or driveway building with our Caterpillar Tractor and Bull Dozer Units and our Auto Patrol Scarifier, does a relatively inexpensive job quickly and efficiently. Phone Us For Estimates and Save Money CLINCH MERCANTILE CO. Phone 911 Grass Valley E. Bennet Street WE SUPPLY— Complete Mining Plants Fabricated Mining Machinery of Every Kind STEEL SIDE AND END. DUMP CARS —ELECTRIC AND ACETYLENE WELDING— We are equipped to make All Kinds of Machine Repairs WE CAST AND REPLACE BROKEN PARTS The Standad Mine of the Indian Valley Mining Company and the Cherokee Mine, both near Greenville, Plumas County, were fabricated and installed by us. MINERS FOUNDRY & SUPPLY CO. Corner Spring and Bridge Streets PHONE 10 NEVADA CITY ee Poe enccine ition neni rene <tr PRL WE JiGS! JIGS! JIGS! JIGS! ECONOM'CAL — EFFICIENT IN SIX DIFFERENT SiZES TS SUIT EVRY N&ED Testimoni-'> From Practical Mining Men Available To nen einen vecarees Those Interested in Saving GOLD AND MONEY 8 me Hal D. Draper, Ph. D. DISTRIBUTOR = Assayer — Chemist Commercial and Main Streets, Nevada City, Phone 364 10 ounce package ]7c CORN_ Cream Style No. 2 cans carton Qc Davis Collects Data . ic Country Home 10 PANCAKE FLOUR 28 oz. pkg. ]6c SperrysH. P. Davis, Nevada City mining) engineer and author of several books, i who is collecting material for a his-! torical review of mining in Nevada' County, cans I2¢ gathered the foregoing in-! teresting information on the’ Greenhorn district. % “While no profitably productive quartz lodes have, as yet, been located in this area,’’ Davis states, ‘‘gold mining operations have been carried on at intervals since the fall of 1850, when prospectors: cleaned up a large amount of gold from superficial placer workings in a ravine heading into Bear River. “In the Spring of 1851 a number of outfits located here and in ’52 the SIERRA PINE TOILET SOAP Reg. bars 3 for 19 Sunmaid Nectar RAISINS 15 oz. packages so~called ‘hill diggings’, gravel banks of the ancient river channels, were profitably worked by tunnels in the cemented portion of the gravel deposits, Later ditches to bring water to the diggings were constructeed:”’ Xo ur Grocer Zenith Radios, Always a Year Ahead. The Harmony Shop, Grass Valley. ies Mining Supplies —AGENTS FOR : , INGERSOLL RAND COMPANY . CRUCIBLE STEEL COMPANY wey. COLUMBIA WIRE R Household Goods, Furniture and Alll Kinds of Hirdware _ and Mining Supplies OUR STOCKS AND PRICES ENTITLE US TO YOUR CONSIDERATION _ALPHA STORES, Nevada City Phone 5

THURSDAY, AUGUST 15 , 1940. NEVADA CITY NUGGET al STEADY OPERATIONS PROCEEDING AT NEVADA CITY-GRASS VALLEY MINES All But 100 of Men Employed'In Mining Industry Here Are At Work In the Twenty-Nine Quartz Properties Normal, but steady, operations are proceeding at the Ne-’ . vada City-G-ass Valley district sold mines, reports from the various mine company offices mum at most of the mines while considerable development , work is being carried on at ot Most of the activity is confined to lode mines, where all but approxi. show. Production is at a maxihers. mately 100 of the men engaged in the mining industry in Nevada, County are employed. Reports from various mines follow: + . LAVA CAP General Manager Otto Schiffner . . MURCHIE-ZEIBRIGHT . . The 6,000 foot cross cut being OPTION TAKEN ON La here, has optioned gravel on inia Hydraulic Mining Association. The River about one half mile long and 200 feet wide. iary-shaft at the Empire property is continuing. Normal operations are . reported at both the Pennsylvania . and North Star. Mines. RELIEF. HILL announced today the cyanide plant. driven at the Murchie to connect with’ being constructed at the Lava Cap ‘Mine will be ready for operations by the middle of next month. The cyanide plant will eliminate the necessity of shipping the mine’s concentrates to the smelter at Selby. A strike has been in progress at Selby for the past two months and the Lava! Cap concentrates are being stored in railroad cars in Colfax. : pleted. by the latter month, This was announced here by Genpart of . . more than 5,000 feet already driven ; On the cross cut has revealed nothing very encouraging. The miners are averaging 25 feet per day on the cross cut. Schiffrer, who is also vice presi-. dent of the Lava Cap Mines, said if the strike is not settled before the. cyanide plant is completed, the con-' centrates may be returned to the mine here for treatment. Employment at the Lava Cap continues to advance. The number of meniat both the Central and Banner mines is now 379. . IDAHO-MARYLAND . Mining operations proceeded gidad.! ily at the Idaho-Maryland Mines Cor-, poration properties, the Idaho-Mary-, land, New Brunswick and Bullion, . during the past month. Employment remained practically the same as in July, Rapid vrogress is being made in the insta’ling of new hoisting and other equipment at the New Brunswick, It is probable the machinery will be placed into use by September first with no time lost at the mine while the change is being made. . at the Zeibright is confined to deThe employment at both the Murchie and the Zeibright in Bear Valley, which is also under the management of Hendrickis, !remained the same during the past month. Work velopment only. The huge mill is being remodeled. A survey for a new tailings dam to replace the one washed out the latter part of February is proceedng. EMPIRE-NORTH STAR PENNSYLVANIA A slight advancement in employment during the past month is not-. ed _atboth the Empire-and North Star Mines in the.Grass Valley disthe North.-Banner Mine will be coin-. eral Manager R. J.°Hendricks. The. C. E. Clark, manager of the Renext; lief Hill and Union Blue mines inj the North Bloomfield area, said work ‘at the two. properties is confined princinally to preparations for ' draulicing when. the Upper Narrows Dam at Smartville. is. completed. Clark was a visitor in Nevada City Tuesday. The mine manager erable flume and ditch work is being done hydraulicing in the spring. MIDNIGHT Operating on a sublease, a group of Nevada City miners are working the Midnight Mine on Deer Creek below the Gault Bridge. The Midnight has a’ good production record. The tunnel] is being reopened and a-drift will be driven in an efort to contact the Midnight vein. Richard Haddy is in charge. WOLF CREE! vada City and George Rotcher -of trict while the total number of men employed at the Pennsylvania locat-. ed between the two mines.remained . the same, Los Angeles are interested in fit on Deer Creek below Grass Valley, Janis and Rotchler are personally supervising the operations. BEAR RIVER GRAVEL Hughes of the Rising Sun Mine near Colfax, it is understood . the Property to Cal Haffey and W. W. Similar Project, Designed to Unwater All Mines of Area, ™°"y Shop, Grass Valley. Esterley. Haffey is vice president A AER SRS and Esterly secretary of the Califor-' ground optioned to the two mining men is on Bear River, giving Work on the sinking of an auxilhystated consid-! Ted Janis and Ha! Draper of Ne-! the ; operation of a dragline dredging out-' depth was found the peculiar blue . “The mines of Cripple Creek onc ore annually but water now slogs the deep shafts. Similar Tunnel Here % A similar tunnel to drain the mines in the Nevada City distr‘! {has been provosed several times but ; nothing has ever been done about it. t Bore Six Miles The firm-financing the Cripple Creek drainage tunnel] belies six mile :long, nine foot wide bore will make the drained mines productive for another twenty years. Drilling was started on July 18. ; 1929. At the present rate of drilling ; officials said, the tunnels will be ‘finished by the summer of 1941, a full year ahead of schedule. Miners in the Cripple Creek area 4 he long have beelieved that veins in the rezion converge in a great yellow ‘mass at the throat of the extinct vol cano on which the gold field stands . They hope the drainage tunnel ma), permit mining deep enough to reach the voleano throat. . . GREENSARN (Continued from Page. One) les grave! from the surface to a bed . of cemented sravel varied from 80; to 18 feet. In the underlying cement , gravel, averaging about 50 feet in clay from which the ‘Weiiye Lead” name CRIPPLE CREEK DRAINAGE TUNNEL PROJECT WATCHED WITHINTEREST “""""" Proposed for Nevada City At Various Times Mining men in this vicinity are awaitins with jr*~e ¢ t them a strip of gravel along Bear Practicability of a $2,000,000 drainase tunnel heine deives i the historic Cripple Creek gol@ minin~ district jC2?--5) , The tunnel is designed to drain water from deep nvine14-7 . area of thirty square miles with the exnectation p-0merity will . . ten nightly to ARNO at 5.70 be restored to the famous gold mining camp. was derived. if . Once again the Greenhorn district Considerable of the gravel on the jg coming to the fore after pract?eo!; is announced as 408 and at the North stream bed was sold to the state for: ly being idJe sineé the Sawyer Act Star, 308. One hundred and fifteen the road work on the Auburn High. closed down hydraulic mines, This are employed at the Pennsylvania. way. The total émployed at the Empite ‘tine or “doodlebvo” dreders, At the present time at least thres STEP UP LAGGING APPETITES WITH THESE TASTY SUGGESTIONS th SHSM WINE Fifth Botti Fidelis Burgundy or Sauterne PINEAPPLE JUICE 2 Dole No. 211 Can GINGER ALE Quart boittl Cliguot Club TEA Black TEA TEA Canterbury KOOL AID Assorted Flavors HIRES ROOT BEER 3 26 oz, bottle 14 pound pa 3 packag: BCR a CO AA 2 I PEN SA 2 PONS HE =A TOMATO SAUCE & oz. cans 3 tor 10¢ Del Monte DEViLED MEAT No. 4 cans ibbys F BISCUIT FLOUR = 40 oz. Globe A-1 cat SHORTENING Royal Satin MARGARINE Sunnybank CORN STARCH Pound

Kivesfords DEVILED HAM No. 4 _ Underwoods . COMFORT TISSUE Reg. roll, 4 for 19c ZEE TISSUE Regular Rolls 4 for ]15c pound package Package of 25 bags 3 lbs. tins Pound carton . ly . dredges are in operation ‘in the \ . Ge<enhorn hasin, reworking the vast 1 wi raceumulation of ‘nose gravel taf ives j from the old hydravlic a*4 agravel ‘‘diggings.”’ at one time amorg the most extensive in Colifarnia Three Dredges Working Outfits engaged in reworking the old tailings include the Wyandotte the Climax and the Willard and De»vine dredges. The story of the Greenhorn '“diggings’’ which will never be adegold eg . auste’y told, is a fascinating and sig PRICES ERPECTIVIs FROM AUG ; nificant chapter in thé* history of 16 TO 20 INCLUSIVE ™ gravel mining in California. a . The contribution of this area to ! the wealth of the State of California enormous. The You RBetRed Dog: diggings produced more than $3,000,000, Dutch Flat possibly, “an equal amount and from the Little York area more than $1,000.000 was, recovered. . In the hey-day of this area there were, in addition to the great hydraulic operations, innumerable drift mines, tunnels driven into the hillsides to cut and develop the lower reaches’ of the ancient river ROOT BEER Qt. bottles 3 for 95c Snowy Peak ORANGE 6 for 25c if Snowy Peak i GRAPEFRUIT JUICE No. 2 can 2, 15< Pown House TOMATO JUICE No. 2 cans 2 for ]5¢ GRAPE JUICE Quart bottle 39c Sunny Dawn Welches 4 for 25c e 2 5c 25¢ 25c 49¢ 19¢ has been . ' { i i 12 oz. bottles es 3 for ckase BEER 11 oz. steinies Brown Derby—PIus Bottle Deposit echan5 Cc es 10¢ CRAB Reg. yy, cans 2 for A43c nels. The hills in the Greenhorn dis: irae X tricy are honeycombed with \long for 25¢ MAYONNAISE Quart jar 33¢ abandoned tunnels from which forPiedmont : tunes were gained. Stamps Abundant In 1868 there were in this area 164 stamps, installed in 19 mills. At Red Dog, then a prosperous town with hotels, numerous stores, saloons and gambling places, there were four stamp mills. At You Bet, another ghost town, there were six mills, at Little York three and at Hunt’s Hill three. There was a mill at Dutch Flat, one at Gold Run and another at Green Mountain. COFFEE 3 pourd Airway COFFEE Reg or drip grind Ib. can 20¢ 39c Pound package Ac package pkgs 6c 43¢ IIc 2 pound Edwards BIRD SEED Frenchs package time the mining is done with do>ff PAGE FIVE — Ted LeMaire, manager of the Three Kings Mine near Alleghany, was in Nevada City on business durBluebird records -25c.. The Harpene Bias ce el JUNG MINING Write for latest P=ked the new: Qiinn strike at Junge: also aout the eequiring of a large. Washington prod.y ine pro:erty. 67 or 670 on your Radio Dial. ‘e yielded $18.000.000 wort! of gold JURG 1147 Hast Reno, Nev. MINING CO Fourth Sir Phone 23859 New 1941 Zenith Radios, The Harmony Shop, Grass Valley. ining SUPPLIES FOR MINES AND MINERS Machinery and equipment to insure speedy and efficient performance saves money in mining. es WE SUPPLY—Rock Drills and Drill Steel, Mild Steel Plates and Bars, Wire Rope, Steel Rails, Chemicals, Pipe, Cement and Nails. OUR SERVICE—In grading, excavating, road or driveway building with our Caterpillar Tractor and Bull Dozer Units and our Auto Patrol Scarifier, does a relatively inexpensive job quickly and efficiently. Phone Us For Estimates and Save Money CLINCH MERCANTILE CO. Phone 911 Grass Valley E. Bennet Street WE SUPPLY— Complete Mining Plants Fabricated Mining Machinery of Every Kind STEEL SIDE AND END. DUMP CARS —ELECTRIC AND ACETYLENE WELDING— We are equipped to make All Kinds of Machine Repairs WE CAST AND REPLACE BROKEN PARTS The Standad Mine of the Indian Valley Mining Company and the Cherokee Mine, both near Greenville, Plumas County, were fabricated and installed by us. MINERS FOUNDRY & SUPPLY CO. Corner Spring and Bridge Streets PHONE 10 NEVADA CITY ee Poe enccine ition neni rene <tr PRL WE JiGS! JIGS! JIGS! JIGS! ECONOM'CAL — EFFICIENT IN SIX DIFFERENT SiZES TS SUIT EVRY N&ED Testimoni-'> From Practical Mining Men Available To nen einen vecarees Those Interested in Saving GOLD AND MONEY 8 me Hal D. Draper, Ph. D. DISTRIBUTOR = Assayer — Chemist Commercial and Main Streets, Nevada City, Phone 364 10 ounce package ]7c CORN_ Cream Style No. 2 cans carton Qc Davis Collects Data . ic Country Home 10 PANCAKE FLOUR 28 oz. pkg. ]6c SperrysH. P. Davis, Nevada City mining) engineer and author of several books, i who is collecting material for a his-! torical review of mining in Nevada' County, cans I2¢ gathered the foregoing in-! teresting information on the’ Greenhorn district. % “While no profitably productive quartz lodes have, as yet, been located in this area,’’ Davis states, ‘‘gold mining operations have been carried on at intervals since the fall of 1850, when prospectors: cleaned up a large amount of gold from superficial placer workings in a ravine heading into Bear River. “In the Spring of 1851 a number of outfits located here and in ’52 the SIERRA PINE TOILET SOAP Reg. bars 3 for 19 Sunmaid Nectar RAISINS 15 oz. packages so~called ‘hill diggings’, gravel banks of the ancient river channels, were profitably worked by tunnels in the cemented portion of the gravel deposits, Later ditches to bring water to the diggings were constructeed:”’ Xo ur Grocer Zenith Radios, Always a Year Ahead. The Harmony Shop, Grass Valley. ies Mining Supplies —AGENTS FOR : , INGERSOLL RAND COMPANY . CRUCIBLE STEEL COMPANY wey. COLUMBIA WIRE R Household Goods, Furniture and Alll Kinds of Hirdware _ and Mining Supplies OUR STOCKS AND PRICES ENTITLE US TO YOUR CONSIDERATION _ALPHA STORES, Nevada City Phone 5