August 26, 1929 (6 pages)

4 ‘J a y fl 7 ae: Pe re ee ty ds “tion practically impossible and spe-ed tobe in good health that day. ‘sewer fund 1le sesiaaesaimamaiaien The Nugget fs California's J.eading Mining Weekly evada City penne enema cree = a ETA VOLUME III, NUMBER. 41 THE GOLD CENTER NEVADA CITY, NEVADA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, ugget ania ~ 2 omer So THE COUNTY SEAT PAPER ie) 4 _ ae Me =. AUGUST 26, 1929. CONCENTRATES WORTH $2200 TON AT THE NEOCENE Concentrates. showing values in excess of $2200 per ton taken from the mill run of the Neocene Consolidated are on display in the windows of The Nugget and are creating no little amount of interest. They show an actual alloy of copper and gold which is said to be quite unusual, also gray copper, prominent traces of titanium zirconium in erystals, palladium "and platinum. The presence.of the copper in the rdinary amalgamagravels makes cial amalgamation methods quite difficult. By installing a rock ecrusher and concentrator the plant of the Neceene Consolidated can be made a real dividend payer. The metallurgical process involved in the handling of the Neocene gravel is quite interesting and has been scientifically studied out by C. A. Ackerman . superintendent at the plant. Mr. Ackerman metallurgist of conprominence on the ceast and his preliminary studies with the is a siderabie Neocene where he has been in a Colisuiuing Capucity for some weeks past Jeads him to behcve viat with proper methods the operitions at the Neoecene offer much promise as soon as proper facilities are installed. The plant has been operating with an Eltis ball mill and has been handling a large tonnage but with the. main values lying in the concentrates a great deal lost Ackerman of values have been heretofore, Mr. has been making a study of the geology of the property and finds that it shows formations of the cretaceous, jurassic . eocene and neocene periods. He maintains that what many have been calling bedrock is a granidiorite or a fallen hanging wall. Where white, blue or. purple clay occur, the concentrates. will run°’$1500 to $2000 per ton and the gold from such conentrates will run .990 to .999 fine. The ratio ot concentrates to tonnage at present shows about 1 in I0 where there is clay present. PROMINENT Baas te prominent ENGINEER HERE Whittlesey of Berkeley, mining engineer, was here on professional business. last week, He has been checking up on a mining deal in this seetion where a friend of his, owner of mining , a three year option to a promoter and trouble has arisen in securing the return of the property. Whittlesey stated that if owners of mining property would be careful iu having experts prepare the necessary papers in bonding and leasing their property that much trouble could be avoided. claims, had given A TREAT FOR THE KIDDIES Frank Merrill who played the part of.Tarzan in the recent serial at th Nevada Theater,, will appear in person at the theater in aspecial show on Thursday night. The picture is to be “The Fighting Doctor’ and Mr. Mervill will put on a skit of his own. Manager Tamblyn is happy over securing Merrill as he was very popular with the juveniles. JERRY HULSEMAN PASSES Jerry Hulseman. ,father of Mrs. Otis Hardt, passed away Thursday as the result of an attack of heart failure t the Crispin home in Grass Valley. He was native of Germany and was nearly 70 years’ of age. He hed but pecently returned from a visit at Red Bluff. He had appearCITY TAX RATE FIXED The Neyada City tax rate has been tixed at $1.90 divided as follows: General 19c; swimming pool 19¢e fire fund 20c, library fund 20c¢ street fund 6c, and water fund 25e. This makes a total rate the .same as last year. Taxes will shortly be due and payable and will be delinquent in October. — The Oakland school at Gold Flat will open next Monday for the fal! term. Miss Ruth Hogan and O. B. Lake, will be in charge. Henry Ponti of Downieville was MINING LOCATIONS ARE . PLACED COUNTY RECORD The following mining location was filed for record the _ past week— Hexagon placer claim by W. Darrell Coughlan in Canada Hill Mining District in Sec. 18 TI6N RYE. IRRIGATION DISTRICT WITHDRAWS APPLICATION The following official communication has been received from the California Debris commission. ‘This office wrote you on August 12. 1929, inelosing a circular anounceing that: “The California Debris Commission will hold a public hearing at 10:00 a. m. August 23, 1929, in Room 728 Wells Fargo Bidg., Sat: Francisco,, California to receive protests against granting the application of the Nevada Irrigation District, to use its Deer Creek diversion dam located on Deer Creek near Scott’s Flat, and its Van Giesen diverion dam located on Bear river near the Combie crossing . for storage of hydraulic mine debris tailings. The Nevada Irrigation District proposes to sell debris. storage pace to such hydraulic mines in the drainage areas above the dams, as desire to purchase it’’. : This Commission has just receiv ed notice from the Nevada [rrigation District that it: withdraws its application, It therefore appears that it will not be necessary for the California Debris Commission to take action in the matter. BLUE POINT MINE IS BEING REOPENED NOW The Blue Point mine near Smartville is being reopened again under the superintendency of. A. G. Wheaton. Considerable development work is projected for the property. SCHOOLS OPEN TODAY FOR THE FALL TERM Both the high and grammar schools in Nevada City open today for the fall term and prospects are for a large attendance in both shools. Principal B. F. Wilson, who has been principal of the Kelsey ville high sehool in Lake. county will be at the helm of the high school. and will have the same teaching staff as last year with the exception of Miss Mabel Main, who succeeds Miss Agnes Hoffman, as teacher of English. Walter Carlson, as_ principal of the Washington grammar _ school has been’ busy the past few days getting things ready for the starting of his Iimstitution. The same staff will be in attendance. Principal Carlson held office hours last week to expedite the registry of new students. ; MASONS VISIT AUBURN A large number of Nevada county Masons were in Auburn Wednesday to attend the distriet meeting iv honor. of the official visit of the Most Worshipful Grand Master Gustav A. Hutaff of Dunsmuir. The local delegation ‘was headed by Past Grand Master George L. Jones. Inspector, Gilbert J. Davis; and Worshipful Master John W. Darke. Others from here in atiendance were William E. Meservey, Joseph schools. Principal B. F. Wilson, whe and L. W. Jennings. “MONUMENT DEDICATION The dedication of the Pelton Monument’ will be held Saturday afternoon, August 3lst., at four o’clock, and we take this opportunity to invite the people of Nevada County to be ppevent, and participate with us in perpetuating the memory of this early Californian Pioneer, who gave so much to the world in his invention. Acton M. Cleveland, Frank M. Groves, Julius E. Pauly. A quartet of lion kittens was displayed several days last week in the Odd Fellows building at ten cents per peek. They will be taken in Nevada City recently. to the state fair, a IDAHO STRIKE IS CONTINUING FINE SAYS MACBOYLE The recent strike of specimen ore on the 1500 level in the Idaho Maryland shows some of the finest and heaviest rock yet taken from this famous old producer. Drifting on the vein in several wed on that level is continuing and the strike is holding up in fine shape. The strike appears to be an upper continuation of the rict’ shoot t& the Morehouse vein worked on the 2000 level. Bids are now being sought by the company for additional milling equipment to be installed on the Idaho. Manager MacBoyle stated Saturday that there is so much milling ore blocked out in the west end of the property that it looks to be the most economical method of milling rather than trying to centralize surface operations later at the Brunswick property. The Idaho 20 stamp mill has been running steadily on excellent roe from the development and with the shaft makes a large rehabilitation ofthe it possible to handle tonnage of ore for an In. creased milling capacity which may run to 40 or 60 stamps. Bail milling is also being considered. EXTENSIONS POWER LINES FINE FOR THE INDUSTRY Construction lines in of the new power Downieville and the Spanish mining group are now under way by the ‘Pacific Gas and Electric Company and the work will be rushed to early completion so as to be in service before the . winter storms set in. Three crews are now, engage din the work. a The Downlteville work involves the building of three miles of line from the present terminus at the Wisconsin mine and will give the Sierra county metropolis -its first taste of 24 hour. continuous dependable service. The old York plant has sufficed for lighting needs in the town for a number of years but has been hopelessly inadequate to provide for day time needs or power for the nearby mines. The Alleghany extension to the Spanish. group will open’ up the famous East Belt of the county and provide dependable power for many properties now lying idle. The Twin Sister group have contracted for: power. and are now building a branch line to connect with the main line. This promising property has been greatly held back in its development by lack . of sufficient power and with ample power it is expected that this property will shortly be in the producing class. L. L. Poates who has adjoining properties is expecting to make use of the new power supply. With ‘the logical extension of the power line from the Spanish group southward. to Deer Creek or Lake Spaulding to form a loop line, many properties around Washingtou and the South Yuba will me enabled to hook up and get under way again. es POWER LINE REBUILT The power line between Graag Valley and the Pittsburg wine bas been rebuilt during the past few weeks and is now in operation. The power was cut off in Nevada City’ Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons while the cutover was being made. But little inconvenience was caused a8 Manager Dan Stewart had caused sufficient notice to be given in the papers. The construction crews have been moved to the Downieville and Alleghany sections. where extensive construotion is to be undertaken. : icsieneagianueren 5 Mr. and Mrs. Charles Elifott are home, froma three week’s vacation in Washington and Oregon. They visited relatives In Seattle and Miss Charlotte. Elliott returned witb them for a visit, Mrs. A. C. Larsen and daughter, Gersldine, are home from a visit in San Jose with the fomer’s sister, Mrs. W. J. Charies. SOT FY SY Subscribe for The Nugget. operations . HOME COMING IS PLANNED FOR SAN JUAN RIDGE The San Juan Ridge is planning for a big home coming on Sunday and Monday, September 8th and ‘th and the former residents of the Ridge are given a hearty invitation to come up to the old familiar scene: and renew the days of old, once more The weekend holiday can well be used to make the trip. With a paved highway to Nevada City and _ the state highway to North San Juan practically a boulevard with its oiling the past summer, road conditlons are excellent at this time of year. The French Corral and North San Juan people have been givin: the plan quite a bit of study and the latchstring is out for the occasion. The committee in charge has listed all the addresses off ormer residents that it could get and is haying this issue of The Nugget sene out to all such to advise them that they are expected to answer to roll call that day. If you intend comings up at that time please write and ict any of the Ridge people know you will be on hand. Further’ information week. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE NAMES MINE DELEGATES President R. J. Bennetts as president of the Chamber of Commerce has named Arthur W. Hoge and A. A. Willoughby as delegates to represent the Chamber at the organization meeting of the state mining association to be held at Sacramento on September 4th under the auspice: of the Sacramento Chamber of Commerce. Hoge as one of the leading mining men of the district was an excellent choice. Willoughby hay been one of the original sponsors of the state organization in, conjuncetion with the Sacramento boost body. Congressman H. L. Engelbright is scheduled for an address at the meeting. : ALLEGHANY WONDER IS ‘MADE READY FOR WORK With .the Wonder group of claims at Alleghany being surveyed at present by George and Ross F. Taylor plans are for reopening the property at an early date. The 900 foot tunnel is being cleaned oui preparatoyy to extending it to cut into rich quartz exposed on the surface. The property is being developed by the Sierra Consolidated Mining Company. WALSH GARAGE BURNS AT SMARTVILLE FRIDAY SMARTVILLE, August 24 (Specjal to The Nugget)—-The garage” of W. P. Walsh was burned bere last night. A couple of beys who were stranded for gas stopped to ask for some. In filling a can iu the garage it ignited in some manner and set fire to the building. Two autos in the building were saved. The Smartville flre department which responded was able to keep th eflames from spreading to the other buildings. ANOTHER AUDIT BEING MADE DISTRICT BOOKS Another audit is now being made of the irrigation district books, the previous ones not providing sufficient information it is reported. Various audits have been made, none of them however going beyond the routine checking up to see whether warrants were issued for next and divers items. As to what the new audit will show remains to be seen. oe Mr. and Mrs. Merritt Nickerson of Sacramento are theguests of Mr. and Mrs, William Treglown. Miner’s Foundry. 24tf Ignition Parts and Accesories at numerous cash expended on sundry . }: years. AERIAL TRAM FOR THE NORTH STAR & EMPIRE The aerial tram’ which has been used at the Mason Valley near Mina, Nevada, is mantled and it to. be installed to operate between’ the Central shaft of the North Star and the Empire mill, according to reports. The tram line is 6000 feet in length. The Newmont interests have been using trucks to transport the ore to the Empire mill from the North Star but this has not proven satisfactory. The. company expects to. do its milMug at the Empire plant entirely. mines being disTABER MINE IS BEING A small crew of men is engaged in reopening the old Taber mine at Gibsonville and putting the surface plant in readiness for extensive development this fall. The track in the 3000 foot tunnel is being relayed and an incline’ will be sunk to get into the pay channel. The property has shown geod values in the past but owing to the diffieulty of getting the gravel out the mine has not been worked for some The channel. is said to be 1200 feet wide with a pay streak of 100 feet. The property is-held under bond by the Taber Development Con:puny pee Hal P. Taber, son of the orizinal locator, H. Spencer. ROYAL ARCH MASONS PLAN SEVERAL EVENTS The next Masonic event of importance in this section will be on Wednesday night when Grass Valley Royal Arch: Chapter officers will confer the Mark Master degree on five candidates from Roseville Chapter. The work will be conferred in the local Temple owing to the Grass Valley lodge room being rebuilt at the present . time. The official visitation of Grand High Priest Angus L. Cavanagh to and Mr. and Mrs. W. , this district will take place on Saturday night, September 21st when Delta Chapter of Auburn -will be host on that occasion. The crack degree team of California Chapter No. 5 of San Francisco: will confer the Royal Arch degree that evening on a team of candidates. of Rose ville Chapter. It will be the first time in this district that the beautiful colored lantern slides wili be used in illustrating the work and are sure to create a great deal oz interest. Practically all of the Grand Officers have expressed their intention of being present on that occasion. Early dinner at 7 o’clock will be served prior to the ceremonies. On Sunday following a buck venison stew is being arranged at Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Grass Valley Chapter with Nevada Chapter co operating. It will be in the nature oof a family pienie at noon and al} Royal Arch Masons and their families are welcome to attend. Frank Davies has agreed to furnish a fine fat buck .for the occasion. DUDLEY GETS NEW ROAD EQUIPMENT DISTRICT E. Brownie Dudley, popular supervisor of the third — district, has received the past week a __ portable compressor, rock crusher and maerine drills and they will first be used in improving the county road from Junction Housé to Washington. Last year the supervisors arranged for a right of way through the Fowler property and the road has been rerouted over this to Supervisor Dudley is to be complimented for the splendid way in whieh he has. kept up the roads in his district. A small cabin on Deer Creek near the Pine street bridge caught fire from a hot kitchen flue Saturday and brought’ the fire department out on an early morning cal. The roof was. badly gutted but ing to nearby structures. Subscribe for The Nugget. OPENED AT PRESENT! eliminate a bad piece of highway.: the flames were prevented from spreadERNST IS KILLED PLANT WRECKED BY FRIDAY BLAST A terrible accident in which Gen-™ eral Manager F. C. Ernst lost his life and the new refinery of the California Timber Products Incorporated lieS in ruins, is the result of an explosion which set fire to the plant at the time. Ernst behind the Friday afternoon. The large supply of raw pine gum which was stored preparatory to being worked up into” turpentine and resin fed _ fuel to the flames which leaped high into the air and soon reduced the plant to wreckage. Three men were working in the: plant at the time, ernst behind the boiler was the nearest to ‘the point of explosion and his pitch covered clothes made him a flaming torch almost intantly and on running into the open he was seized by the other employes who smothered the flames with a ack and dirt as speedily as ,; they could. He was rushed to the ‘Nevada City Sanitarium where Dr. ° . Tickell was summoned but he pass{ed away a short, time afterwards. . conscious almost to the last and suffering intense pain. Martin Royce, the engineer, was tending the two boilers at the time and had presence to turn off the oil burners and so soon was. the building afire that he had to fight his way through flames to reach outdoors. Walter Scadden, who was also inside the building at the time, fortunately escaped. M._L. Edminster, who had just. brought in a load of fresh gum and Millard Hurst, helper, were at the plant at the time. None of them were injured. The plant was being tested out for some days and it was to have been put into operation Saturday on regular schedule. Numerous leaks had developed during the testing of the lines and these were repaired of mind as they appeared. It is thought that a leak in one of the pipes was responsible for the explosion. There were more than 20 tons of raw gum at the plant ready for.re’ fining and this is a total loss. The premium rating of the plant for insurance had been made but the day before by representatives of tie Firé Underwriters on policies issued By oes Ne Oee: As soon ‘as the alarm came in the fire truck rushed the scene aud with the aid of the pumper on the small truck water was soon pouring on the flames and brought them under control after a hard fight. The Forest Service pumper had two streams playing on the blaze. The office was saved and the fire prevented from spreadi.yv to the surrounding timber. The company had hen operating in this section for s¢veral years past and has a large <ccreage under gontrat for tapping. The plant and the operations had been entirely under the supervision of Mr. Ernst, who was an_ expert chemist. The plant being installed here from Germany first of its kind in the United States. Tests made of the gum showed that it produced resin far clearer than the regular United States standard. Representatives of the company were at the site Saturday but had no statements to make regarding future operation. To find some one to replace Mr. Ernst would be the main obstacle as competent men are scarce. The company has some $50,000 already invested in its operations here and it is considered likely that some plan of operation will be considered as operations can — be made highly successful. ; Mrs. Ernst and,daughter who had recently returned to Berkeley were summoned by phone, but. reached. here too late to see their husband and father alive. They have the sincere deepfelt sympathy of the entire community in the affliction as _ .Mr. Ernst during his short stay here thad won many friends by his quiet unasuming manner. ior ’ and was the LE Tom Mooney, prominent resident of the Smartville section, was a Nevada City visitor Saturday. _ Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Hartman of Ellensburg, Washington, are the guests of Willia mGenasei for ‘ al weeks, exces “§ was brought «

4 ‘J a y fl 7 ae: Pe re ee ty ds “tion practically impossible and spe-ed tobe in good health that day. ‘sewer fund 1le sesiaaesaimamaiaien The Nugget fs California's J.eading Mining Weekly evada City penne enema cree = a ETA VOLUME III, NUMBER. 41 THE GOLD CENTER NEVADA CITY, NEVADA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, ugget ania ~ 2 omer So THE COUNTY SEAT PAPER ie) 4 _ ae Me =. AUGUST 26, 1929. CONCENTRATES WORTH $2200 TON AT THE NEOCENE Concentrates. showing values in excess of $2200 per ton taken from the mill run of the Neocene Consolidated are on display in the windows of The Nugget and are creating no little amount of interest. They show an actual alloy of copper and gold which is said to be quite unusual, also gray copper, prominent traces of titanium zirconium in erystals, palladium "and platinum. The presence.of the copper in the rdinary amalgamagravels makes cial amalgamation methods quite difficult. By installing a rock ecrusher and concentrator the plant of the Neceene Consolidated can be made a real dividend payer. The metallurgical process involved in the handling of the Neocene gravel is quite interesting and has been scientifically studied out by C. A. Ackerman . superintendent at the plant. Mr. Ackerman metallurgist of conprominence on the ceast and his preliminary studies with the is a siderabie Neocene where he has been in a Colisuiuing Capucity for some weeks past Jeads him to behcve viat with proper methods the operitions at the Neoecene offer much promise as soon as proper facilities are installed. The plant has been operating with an Eltis ball mill and has been handling a large tonnage but with the. main values lying in the concentrates a great deal lost Ackerman of values have been heretofore, Mr. has been making a study of the geology of the property and finds that it shows formations of the cretaceous, jurassic . eocene and neocene periods. He maintains that what many have been calling bedrock is a granidiorite or a fallen hanging wall. Where white, blue or. purple clay occur, the concentrates. will run°’$1500 to $2000 per ton and the gold from such conentrates will run .990 to .999 fine. The ratio ot concentrates to tonnage at present shows about 1 in I0 where there is clay present. PROMINENT Baas te prominent ENGINEER HERE Whittlesey of Berkeley, mining engineer, was here on professional business. last week, He has been checking up on a mining deal in this seetion where a friend of his, owner of mining , a three year option to a promoter and trouble has arisen in securing the return of the property. Whittlesey stated that if owners of mining property would be careful iu having experts prepare the necessary papers in bonding and leasing their property that much trouble could be avoided. claims, had given A TREAT FOR THE KIDDIES Frank Merrill who played the part of.Tarzan in the recent serial at th Nevada Theater,, will appear in person at the theater in aspecial show on Thursday night. The picture is to be “The Fighting Doctor’ and Mr. Mervill will put on a skit of his own. Manager Tamblyn is happy over securing Merrill as he was very popular with the juveniles. JERRY HULSEMAN PASSES Jerry Hulseman. ,father of Mrs. Otis Hardt, passed away Thursday as the result of an attack of heart failure t the Crispin home in Grass Valley. He was native of Germany and was nearly 70 years’ of age. He hed but pecently returned from a visit at Red Bluff. He had appearCITY TAX RATE FIXED The Neyada City tax rate has been tixed at $1.90 divided as follows: General 19c; swimming pool 19¢e fire fund 20c, library fund 20c¢ street fund 6c, and water fund 25e. This makes a total rate the .same as last year. Taxes will shortly be due and payable and will be delinquent in October. — The Oakland school at Gold Flat will open next Monday for the fal! term. Miss Ruth Hogan and O. B. Lake, will be in charge. Henry Ponti of Downieville was MINING LOCATIONS ARE . PLACED COUNTY RECORD The following mining location was filed for record the _ past week— Hexagon placer claim by W. Darrell Coughlan in Canada Hill Mining District in Sec. 18 TI6N RYE. IRRIGATION DISTRICT WITHDRAWS APPLICATION The following official communication has been received from the California Debris commission. ‘This office wrote you on August 12. 1929, inelosing a circular anounceing that: “The California Debris Commission will hold a public hearing at 10:00 a. m. August 23, 1929, in Room 728 Wells Fargo Bidg., Sat: Francisco,, California to receive protests against granting the application of the Nevada Irrigation District, to use its Deer Creek diversion dam located on Deer Creek near Scott’s Flat, and its Van Giesen diverion dam located on Bear river near the Combie crossing . for storage of hydraulic mine debris tailings. The Nevada Irrigation District proposes to sell debris. storage pace to such hydraulic mines in the drainage areas above the dams, as desire to purchase it’’. : This Commission has just receiv ed notice from the Nevada [rrigation District that it: withdraws its application, It therefore appears that it will not be necessary for the California Debris Commission to take action in the matter. BLUE POINT MINE IS BEING REOPENED NOW The Blue Point mine near Smartville is being reopened again under the superintendency of. A. G. Wheaton. Considerable development work is projected for the property. SCHOOLS OPEN TODAY FOR THE FALL TERM Both the high and grammar schools in Nevada City open today for the fall term and prospects are for a large attendance in both shools. Principal B. F. Wilson, who has been principal of the Kelsey ville high sehool in Lake. county will be at the helm of the high school. and will have the same teaching staff as last year with the exception of Miss Mabel Main, who succeeds Miss Agnes Hoffman, as teacher of English. Walter Carlson, as_ principal of the Washington grammar _ school has been’ busy the past few days getting things ready for the starting of his Iimstitution. The same staff will be in attendance. Principal Carlson held office hours last week to expedite the registry of new students. ; MASONS VISIT AUBURN A large number of Nevada county Masons were in Auburn Wednesday to attend the distriet meeting iv honor. of the official visit of the Most Worshipful Grand Master Gustav A. Hutaff of Dunsmuir. The local delegation ‘was headed by Past Grand Master George L. Jones. Inspector, Gilbert J. Davis; and Worshipful Master John W. Darke. Others from here in atiendance were William E. Meservey, Joseph schools. Principal B. F. Wilson, whe and L. W. Jennings. “MONUMENT DEDICATION The dedication of the Pelton Monument’ will be held Saturday afternoon, August 3lst., at four o’clock, and we take this opportunity to invite the people of Nevada County to be ppevent, and participate with us in perpetuating the memory of this early Californian Pioneer, who gave so much to the world in his invention. Acton M. Cleveland, Frank M. Groves, Julius E. Pauly. A quartet of lion kittens was displayed several days last week in the Odd Fellows building at ten cents per peek. They will be taken in Nevada City recently. to the state fair, a IDAHO STRIKE IS CONTINUING FINE SAYS MACBOYLE The recent strike of specimen ore on the 1500 level in the Idaho Maryland shows some of the finest and heaviest rock yet taken from this famous old producer. Drifting on the vein in several wed on that level is continuing and the strike is holding up in fine shape. The strike appears to be an upper continuation of the rict’ shoot t& the Morehouse vein worked on the 2000 level. Bids are now being sought by the company for additional milling equipment to be installed on the Idaho. Manager MacBoyle stated Saturday that there is so much milling ore blocked out in the west end of the property that it looks to be the most economical method of milling rather than trying to centralize surface operations later at the Brunswick property. The Idaho 20 stamp mill has been running steadily on excellent roe from the development and with the shaft makes a large rehabilitation ofthe it possible to handle tonnage of ore for an In. creased milling capacity which may run to 40 or 60 stamps. Bail milling is also being considered. EXTENSIONS POWER LINES FINE FOR THE INDUSTRY Construction lines in of the new power Downieville and the Spanish mining group are now under way by the ‘Pacific Gas and Electric Company and the work will be rushed to early completion so as to be in service before the . winter storms set in. Three crews are now, engage din the work. a The Downlteville work involves the building of three miles of line from the present terminus at the Wisconsin mine and will give the Sierra county metropolis -its first taste of 24 hour. continuous dependable service. The old York plant has sufficed for lighting needs in the town for a number of years but has been hopelessly inadequate to provide for day time needs or power for the nearby mines. The Alleghany extension to the Spanish. group will open’ up the famous East Belt of the county and provide dependable power for many properties now lying idle. The Twin Sister group have contracted for: power. and are now building a branch line to connect with the main line. This promising property has been greatly held back in its development by lack . of sufficient power and with ample power it is expected that this property will shortly be in the producing class. L. L. Poates who has adjoining properties is expecting to make use of the new power supply. With ‘the logical extension of the power line from the Spanish group southward. to Deer Creek or Lake Spaulding to form a loop line, many properties around Washingtou and the South Yuba will me enabled to hook up and get under way again. es POWER LINE REBUILT The power line between Graag Valley and the Pittsburg wine bas been rebuilt during the past few weeks and is now in operation. The power was cut off in Nevada City’ Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons while the cutover was being made. But little inconvenience was caused a8 Manager Dan Stewart had caused sufficient notice to be given in the papers. The construction crews have been moved to the Downieville and Alleghany sections. where extensive construotion is to be undertaken. :

icsieneagianueren 5 Mr. and Mrs. Charles Elifott are home, froma three week’s vacation in Washington and Oregon. They visited relatives In Seattle and Miss Charlotte. Elliott returned witb them for a visit, Mrs. A. C. Larsen and daughter, Gersldine, are home from a visit in San Jose with the fomer’s sister, Mrs. W. J. Charies. SOT FY SY Subscribe for The Nugget. operations . HOME COMING IS PLANNED FOR SAN JUAN RIDGE The San Juan Ridge is planning for a big home coming on Sunday and Monday, September 8th and ‘th and the former residents of the Ridge are given a hearty invitation to come up to the old familiar scene: and renew the days of old, once more The weekend holiday can well be used to make the trip. With a paved highway to Nevada City and _ the state highway to North San Juan practically a boulevard with its oiling the past summer, road conditlons are excellent at this time of year. The French Corral and North San Juan people have been givin: the plan quite a bit of study and the latchstring is out for the occasion. The committee in charge has listed all the addresses off ormer residents that it could get and is haying this issue of The Nugget sene out to all such to advise them that they are expected to answer to roll call that day. If you intend comings up at that time please write and ict any of the Ridge people know you will be on hand. Further’ information week. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE NAMES MINE DELEGATES President R. J. Bennetts as president of the Chamber of Commerce has named Arthur W. Hoge and A. A. Willoughby as delegates to represent the Chamber at the organization meeting of the state mining association to be held at Sacramento on September 4th under the auspice: of the Sacramento Chamber of Commerce. Hoge as one of the leading mining men of the district was an excellent choice. Willoughby hay been one of the original sponsors of the state organization in, conjuncetion with the Sacramento boost body. Congressman H. L. Engelbright is scheduled for an address at the meeting. : ALLEGHANY WONDER IS ‘MADE READY FOR WORK With .the Wonder group of claims at Alleghany being surveyed at present by George and Ross F. Taylor plans are for reopening the property at an early date. The 900 foot tunnel is being cleaned oui preparatoyy to extending it to cut into rich quartz exposed on the surface. The property is being developed by the Sierra Consolidated Mining Company. WALSH GARAGE BURNS AT SMARTVILLE FRIDAY SMARTVILLE, August 24 (Specjal to The Nugget)—-The garage” of W. P. Walsh was burned bere last night. A couple of beys who were stranded for gas stopped to ask for some. In filling a can iu the garage it ignited in some manner and set fire to the building. Two autos in the building were saved. The Smartville flre department which responded was able to keep th eflames from spreading to the other buildings. ANOTHER AUDIT BEING MADE DISTRICT BOOKS Another audit is now being made of the irrigation district books, the previous ones not providing sufficient information it is reported. Various audits have been made, none of them however going beyond the routine checking up to see whether warrants were issued for next and divers items. As to what the new audit will show remains to be seen. oe Mr. and Mrs. Merritt Nickerson of Sacramento are theguests of Mr. and Mrs, William Treglown. Miner’s Foundry. 24tf Ignition Parts and Accesories at numerous cash expended on sundry . }: years. AERIAL TRAM FOR THE NORTH STAR & EMPIRE The aerial tram’ which has been used at the Mason Valley near Mina, Nevada, is mantled and it to. be installed to operate between’ the Central shaft of the North Star and the Empire mill, according to reports. The tram line is 6000 feet in length. The Newmont interests have been using trucks to transport the ore to the Empire mill from the North Star but this has not proven satisfactory. The. company expects to. do its milMug at the Empire plant entirely. mines being disTABER MINE IS BEING A small crew of men is engaged in reopening the old Taber mine at Gibsonville and putting the surface plant in readiness for extensive development this fall. The track in the 3000 foot tunnel is being relayed and an incline’ will be sunk to get into the pay channel. The property has shown geod values in the past but owing to the diffieulty of getting the gravel out the mine has not been worked for some The channel. is said to be 1200 feet wide with a pay streak of 100 feet. The property is-held under bond by the Taber Development Con:puny pee Hal P. Taber, son of the orizinal locator, H. Spencer. ROYAL ARCH MASONS PLAN SEVERAL EVENTS The next Masonic event of importance in this section will be on Wednesday night when Grass Valley Royal Arch: Chapter officers will confer the Mark Master degree on five candidates from Roseville Chapter. The work will be conferred in the local Temple owing to the Grass Valley lodge room being rebuilt at the present . time. The official visitation of Grand High Priest Angus L. Cavanagh to and Mr. and Mrs. W. , this district will take place on Saturday night, September 21st when Delta Chapter of Auburn -will be host on that occasion. The crack degree team of California Chapter No. 5 of San Francisco: will confer the Royal Arch degree that evening on a team of candidates. of Rose ville Chapter. It will be the first time in this district that the beautiful colored lantern slides wili be used in illustrating the work and are sure to create a great deal oz interest. Practically all of the Grand Officers have expressed their intention of being present on that occasion. Early dinner at 7 o’clock will be served prior to the ceremonies. On Sunday following a buck venison stew is being arranged at Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Grass Valley Chapter with Nevada Chapter co operating. It will be in the nature oof a family pienie at noon and al} Royal Arch Masons and their families are welcome to attend. Frank Davies has agreed to furnish a fine fat buck .for the occasion. DUDLEY GETS NEW ROAD EQUIPMENT DISTRICT E. Brownie Dudley, popular supervisor of the third — district, has received the past week a __ portable compressor, rock crusher and maerine drills and they will first be used in improving the county road from Junction Housé to Washington. Last year the supervisors arranged for a right of way through the Fowler property and the road has been rerouted over this to Supervisor Dudley is to be complimented for the splendid way in whieh he has. kept up the roads in his district. A small cabin on Deer Creek near the Pine street bridge caught fire from a hot kitchen flue Saturday and brought’ the fire department out on an early morning cal. The roof was. badly gutted but ing to nearby structures. Subscribe for The Nugget. OPENED AT PRESENT! eliminate a bad piece of highway.: the flames were prevented from spreadERNST IS KILLED PLANT WRECKED BY FRIDAY BLAST A terrible accident in which Gen-™ eral Manager F. C. Ernst lost his life and the new refinery of the California Timber Products Incorporated lieS in ruins, is the result of an explosion which set fire to the plant at the time. Ernst behind the Friday afternoon. The large supply of raw pine gum which was stored preparatory to being worked up into” turpentine and resin fed _ fuel to the flames which leaped high into the air and soon reduced the plant to wreckage. Three men were working in the: plant at the time, ernst behind the boiler was the nearest to ‘the point of explosion and his pitch covered clothes made him a flaming torch almost intantly and on running into the open he was seized by the other employes who smothered the flames with a ack and dirt as speedily as ,; they could. He was rushed to the ‘Nevada City Sanitarium where Dr. ° . Tickell was summoned but he pass{ed away a short, time afterwards. . conscious almost to the last and suffering intense pain. Martin Royce, the engineer, was tending the two boilers at the time and had presence to turn off the oil burners and so soon was. the building afire that he had to fight his way through flames to reach outdoors. Walter Scadden, who was also inside the building at the time, fortunately escaped. M._L. Edminster, who had just. brought in a load of fresh gum and Millard Hurst, helper, were at the plant at the time. None of them were injured. The plant was being tested out for some days and it was to have been put into operation Saturday on regular schedule. Numerous leaks had developed during the testing of the lines and these were repaired of mind as they appeared. It is thought that a leak in one of the pipes was responsible for the explosion. There were more than 20 tons of raw gum at the plant ready for.re’ fining and this is a total loss. The premium rating of the plant for insurance had been made but the day before by representatives of tie Firé Underwriters on policies issued By oes Ne Oee: As soon ‘as the alarm came in the fire truck rushed the scene aud with the aid of the pumper on the small truck water was soon pouring on the flames and brought them under control after a hard fight. The Forest Service pumper had two streams playing on the blaze. The office was saved and the fire prevented from spreadi.yv to the surrounding timber. The company had hen operating in this section for s¢veral years past and has a large <ccreage under gontrat for tapping. The plant and the operations had been entirely under the supervision of Mr. Ernst, who was an_ expert chemist. The plant being installed here from Germany first of its kind in the United States. Tests made of the gum showed that it produced resin far clearer than the regular United States standard. Representatives of the company were at the site Saturday but had no statements to make regarding future operation. To find some one to replace Mr. Ernst would be the main obstacle as competent men are scarce. The company has some $50,000 already invested in its operations here and it is considered likely that some plan of operation will be considered as operations can — be made highly successful. ; Mrs. Ernst and,daughter who had recently returned to Berkeley were summoned by phone, but. reached. here too late to see their husband and father alive. They have the sincere deepfelt sympathy of the entire community in the affliction as _ .Mr. Ernst during his short stay here thad won many friends by his quiet unasuming manner. ior ’ and was the LE Tom Mooney, prominent resident of the Smartville section, was a Nevada City visitor Saturday. _ Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Hartman of Ellensburg, Washington, are the guests of Willia mGenasei for ‘ al weeks, exces “§ was brought «