December 12, 1930 (10 pages)

Se & Ms a WEE ts metal ia se al” ms: i i in rata ehaivesl i gtr ieee soci s,, gcse ul s { 4 ag ¥ § < 3 x _VOLUME V, NUMBER 3 “Second ia State Ass’n held at the Travelers Hotel, in Sac. vey of California now under way in corresponding U. The Nugget is California’s Leading Mining Weekiy vada City Nugget THE GOLD CENTER ‘ NEV ADA CITY, NEVADA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, THE COUNTY SEAT PAPER _DECEMBER 12 he 1930 MINE MEETING GRAND SUCCESS Meeting Enthusiastic Affair ‘Nearly one hunted delegates attended the second annual meeting of the Mining Association of California, and first Mining Congress ramento last Saturday. The meeting opened at 10 o'clock A. M. and was presided over by J. C. Kemp Van Fe, Jr., of San Francisco, Cait, President of the Association, C. S. Brooks of Sacramento, officiating as Secretary. _Shortly after opening the meeting the President requestd Charles L.} Gilmore of Sacramento to preside. Walter W. Bradley of San Francisco, State Mineralogist, addressed the meeting and explained the work of his department on the’ topographical maps, and new geological surhis department in conjunction with S. engineers. The chairman of the ten chapters of the association, representing 18. ° counties, were called upon for -reports from their respective chapters. . A committee to nominate twelve . directors to succeed the same num . ber of outgoing dirctors, was appointed as follows: . Fred W. Bunyan, Sacramento; L. Kimmel, Modesto; Joe King, George Young, San R. San Andreas; Francisco. Later in the day, they reported 412 names, which were approved by the meeting. Including two holdovers, and the Chapter Chairman, , who are ex-officio directors, the; Board of Directors now comprises the following: J. C. Kemp Van Eee, Bee, Jr.; F. F. Behneman, Fletcher Hamilton, Lloyd L. Root, all of San; Francisco; Roscoe J. Anderson and George Gronwoldt, both of Redding; Fred W. Bunyan and W. F. Coxm-} ley, both. of Sacramento; L. D. Hop. field, Natoma, Sacramento Co.; Er-. rol MacBoyle, Grass Valley; Arthur W. Hoge, Nevada City; O. A. McCreaney, Nevada City; C. M. Salyer,, Salyer, Trinity County; W. A. Hunter, Plumas County; H. E. Dillinger and E A. Green, both of Placerville; James D.°*Stewart, Auburn; Albion S. Howe, Sutter Creek; W.H. Clary, San Andreas; Mathew Ha&milton, Stockton, J. W. Warford, Mariposa; R. L. Gilmore, Bakersfield; Walter Gordon Clark and B. M. Snyder, Los Angeles. At a later meeting to be held probably in January, these directors will choose four additional directors at large, two of them’ replacing two holdovers: in above list. The officers will be chosen at the same time. Resolutions were read in full and ‘and adopted by the meeting, providing in substance as follows: Request increase to $110,0000 in the item allotted to the State Engineer’s office for ‘‘topograppic mapping” for the coming biennium. (Continued on page 6) IDAHO MINES GO ON CURTAILED SCHEDULE Two of the SEE silver-lead-zinc producing properties of the Coeur d’Alene district went on a curtailed schedule last week. This is done, on account of the weakened condition of the ore market and and also for the purpose of avoiding reduction of forces. The mines states that they have either to reduce working days or their force of miners and during the prevailing depfession in metal, prices and unusual hard times they have decided to keep their entire working force but will close down everything two days a week. H. C. Washburn, manager of the Federal ' Mining and Smelting Company, who operate the Morning Star and the Page mines, said that commencing next week all mines, mills, smelter, and surface works of all kinds will be closed down on Saturdays and Sundays reducing the output approx-{o imately 20 per cent. The Hecla Mining Company has also adopted this schedule. By. this means the working forces at the miines, mills and smelters will be retained and their organizations will of Grass Valley, closed a deal last week wherein he came into possession through a lease of 200 acres of well known and well mining ‘lode ground located in this district. One hundred acres covered by the, lease claims. ute, or Black Ledge, New Rocky Bar and Jrish-American vein. systems apexing Nin a net work of cross veins at the surface and parallel veins intersecting on their dip with dppth beneath the ground. and in the records of high. production from exceptionally rich ores are from shallow depth of workings in the ‘Hogsbaek” vein and it was from this vein that some $300,000 or more was taken in-the late ’70s or early eral vein systems are probably the Star mines, still remaining unexplorbut a few hundred feet distant from . the North Star. :one piece weighing 250 pounds and yielding $6,000 in gold which was the = OLD PROVEN PROPERTY Fred M. Miller, mining engineer proven old consists patented ‘ of The lode cialis contain the TribHudson Bay, The most noted, both geologically 80s at a depth of not over 180 feet. ‘These tracts of land and thein sevmost extensive area and the most promising group of gold bearing quartz veins of the famous North en, They are situated just west and From the New Rocky Bar workings in 1879 and 1880 many large specimens of ‘high value were found, equivalent of $46,000 to the ton of ore. j The exceedingly richness of this vein territory was the small’ area that was known as the Ford-McDonald and Mullen group in which it is said in October, 1880, ‘‘there had been sufficient development in this claim to prove it the richest spot of ground in California and no piece of quartz ground ever yielded as much gold te the same space of territory and there is no indications that this rich deposit of ore has ever been worked out. i poe Just what Mr. Miller’s intentions are in regard to developing this property we do not know at this time, but have no doubt but that it will ‘lead up to the opening up. of this valuable old property in the course of time. { FAMOUS OLD VIRGINIA TO BE OPERATED AGAIN LOCAL ENGINEER BONDS . RIVER PLACERS LIMITED, IS THE MOST UNIQUE MINE IN THE STATE, 4 Gal Success Attends Daring eae to . Work Rich Pay Channel Far Below Waters of Middle Yuba River—Scheme Meets with Success Probably-one of the nrost bets and we might say daring, mining ventures being carried on in this state is that of the River Placers Ltd., lo. cated on the Middle fork of the Yuba . river about two miles below the foot} man property. This property was leased from the Hastings and Poorman people by the River Placers Limited, a California corporation. The lease runs for a period of eight years. This company conceived the scheme of sinking a shaft down to the lower channel below bead rock of the river and then driving a crosscut or drift across under the flow of the Yuba and tapping the old pay channel that they’ had every reason to believe: was hiddn thére. So far their scheme has worked admirably and they now have every evidence of actually tapping the old bonanza pay channel that farther up and down , the Yuba yielded many millions to placer miners in the olden days. While in the city last week, Mr. L. A. Smith, general manager and who has actual charge of development work at the mine, gave us the following. short preg of their operations: 4 : “Actual work,” said Mr. Smith, ‘was began in June and has been prosecuted as rapidly as possible since that time. At present we have ten men working steadily on the property. Development up to date consists of a vertical shaft which is down 40 feet to beadrock. The beadrock lies some thirty feet under the level of the waters of the Yuba river. The channel has been reached at 80 feet from the shaft and is four feet lower than the bottom of the of the main shaft. .At present the company drainage from this channel and will probably be ready to open the channel bottom in a week or ten days from now. Coarse, reddish gold has been found in encouraging quantities on the bed rock and in drive point samples taken in the channel. velopment is the fact that drift mining beneath the bed of the river can be done at all and this is in all prodfamous old Virginia mine vicinity of Coulerville has been taken over by a group of Nevada capold producer on her feet once more. ed in the near future. ' fortunes were taken from its depths. Bln property was shaft “has been Kent dry. BUNKER HILL—SULLIVAN The Bunker Hill & Sullivan Min ing and Concentration Company re-ports_an operating inlome of $187,620 for the month of Ohtober,-eompared with $291,419 in September, and an operating income for the ten mionths ending October 31 of $2,180954. } Common ‘dividends, paid to date in the current year now aggregating $1,716,750 and preferred dividends of $65,940. Since its organization the company has paid a total of $47,891,242 in common and preferred dividends. ‘ Effective with the regular monthly Report is current that the once italists who are planning to put the! It is said that work will be commencThe Virginia has been operated from time to time for the past sixey years and is renowned for its production. In the olden days several closed down ut two years ago but has been in good shape and the main REPORTS FOR OCTOBER . ability the only mine in the west that in the is attempting and succeeding in doing this. The company owes its success in p being able‘to get to bed in handling the water that portions of the river is a geological Middle freak. Briefly, this unusual this bed of clay lies the old channe ranging in depth from a few inche to ten feet in the deepest part of th channel-so far encountered. ©~= — bridge on the old Hastings and aor is taking up.bead rock in order to getj The unusual feature of this de-} rock and to the fact Yuba This; time and sunk a shaft in the stream freak in formation was taken advan-. bed, They had considerable trouble tage of and made the work possible. formation eonsists of a thick bed of black compacted silted clay’ wich underlies the river channel from bank to bank and for a distance of about two miles along the stream. This, bed of clay is 28 feet thick where the company’s way through sand bars and boulders laying on top of the clay. Beneath When the main shaft first tapped this strata, the water rose very rap-_ idly in the shaft under a trementwo feet higher than the adjacent river flow. A large pumping plant was installed and in time the water was controlled as the flow . under pressure gradually. subsided as the gravel beds beneath the clay were ‘GOOD PROGRESS BEING rushed to completion in order that it may meet of the California State Ski Association on January 8. working on the course last Sunday and. considerable work was accomplished but there remains a good deal .of work to be done on the professional ski course in order to it in first class condition. work will be resumed next Sunday and it is hoped > MADE AT SKI CLUB Work: on the ski course is being be ready for the competitive ‘There were about a score of men put Volunteer a large number of ‘MINING BOOM IS ‘COMING BACK Boom Days of California Gold Mining Due to Return This Spring Ray D. Harris, (says ihe Los An geles Times) who has been actively idertified with Los Angeles stock and bond circles for more than tem years, has just returned from a three weeks’ mother lode mining districts in Tuolume, Calveras and Amador countour of inspection of the drained. At this yee . men and boys will turn out with . ties. Yr ¢ en or : , 2. not making enough water their axes and other necessary imHe reports the mining activity sluicing purposes. : = : : g purp plements in order that the work) ¢tpye, both in lode and placer proper» It is interesting to learn the method used be nature to form this bed of clay in a fast flowing mountain river. About a mile and a half down 4;eam from the company’s holdings a huge land slide once upon a time in the long ages past occurred— a thousand or more years ago. This great land slide completely damed the Middle Channel of -the river and caused a large lake to form above it The mud, or clay, from the glacial regions above came down and were desosited in the bottom of this lake [and built_up slowly, layer by layer and year by year until it reached its present thickness of 28 feet. In the company’s shaft these layers can be readily ccunted and from this an estimate can easily be formed as to how long this ancient lake existed and we have figured it out and believe we are correct in making it an-average of about 900 years. This is the figures given by three prominent engineers. cf This clay bed completely buried the old pay gravels and prevented the old timers from working them and hence have been left for modern gees and modern methods to come ;at their hidden riches. The sands of . the Yuba river were very rich in gold just below this old dam across the river and for many years old time placer miners reaped a rich reward from the bars running into the millions of dollars. This was especially true at the point on the river called Frenchman’s bar where more than $870,000 in raw gold was extracted by the old fashioned sluice and rocker, in 1852 and 1853. The river above this point was also very rich as was Indian Creek, Kanaka, Bloody Run and other tributary streams emptyholdings. i The River Placer Co. Ltd., holdmay be completed on that day. j very few’ years the annual producing into the Middle Yuba above our: ‘The next work on hand will be to} put the barn in shape as a warming shed. A coat of whitewash will be given to the old building and general repairs made. Windows will be: placed in the building for lighting ‘@acilities. The work of putting the course in shape has required a large amount of money and more money will be needed to complete the work’started. ‘The beautiful spot.on which the course is located is an ideal one and will attract many out of town visitors to Nevada. City, CHROME MAY BRING . BACK BOOM MINING DAYS: SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 8,—Olden days of the gold rush for the state of. California may return once more is the opinion of A. H. Wild, miniag expert, visiting this city. “This return of the old mining days will be more decorus and sedate but none the less as valuable to the state at large. This: will result from the opening. up of the vast, deposits of chrome to be found in the! state. An alloy of chrome metal with iron produces a.fine, rustless steel and the demand for this product is increasing by laps and bounds. We venture the prediction that within a tion of chrome in this state will be not less than $70, we 000 per _ COMMUNITY TREE ON THURSDAY EVENING The “White Xmas’ Community ings consists of 90 acres of patented river bed claims running lengthwise tance of three miles from the Foot Bridge Crossing down stream. The owners from whom the company hold an eigt year lease have proven 1897 they diverted the river by the . use of a wing dam early in the spring ! with surface water_but in the course of timie reached bed rock. Delays caused by their having to. drift for the channel took them away into the fall before the channel was finally reached. They then took over $20,000 in coarse gold out in just nine working shifts when a freshet obmain shaft went through it and is. literated their diversion dam and impevrous to water. Above this clay. the river flowed back into its bed strata the present river plows its] and: destroyed their workings. their shaft located high above high round as river diversion and wing daming not being thanks to the clay bed that not only S a e, ods. FATAL ACCIDENT ON A fatal accident occurred half-way between Grass Valley an dvidend of 25 cents, payable January 6, 1931, the company will discontinue the extra 25 cents payment on dividends which it paid during the current year. Discontinuance ‘of this extra is due to the heavy increase in the stocks of lead by this and other companies, and’an effort will be made to decrease these inpanied by Virgil Giani. passing another auto ventories before further extras are distributed.» ney was killed instantly, but h companon escaped wthout injury. HIGHWAY, THURSDAY early Thursday afternoon on the highway Rough and Rready which cost the life of Ace Whitney. He was accomThey were which was headed towards Grass Valley when the accident occurred near the Fred the road hitting a barb wire fence. WhitPIONEER OF MOORE'S Mrs, late Joseph H. d. Francisco last Sunday evening. Bitney place. The car, which Whitney was driving, skidded off a nimber of grand children. is the Bay City. of the river for approximately a dis. repeated this year. The club women the property to some extent as in. The River Placers Company have}, 1' water stage and will work the year filled with old boulders and. gravel, ‘ necessary— preserved this channel from ye old timer but makes it possible: for the present operators to drift mine it ‘without the expense and uncertainty dous pressure similar to that of an incident to the river diversion methartisian well flow to a point som FLAT PASSES AWAY Ella Vizzard, widow of the Vizzard, died in San She was stopping with her daugter) in San Francisco when the end came. She leaves to mourn her loss: Misses Nellie and Mary Vizzard and Mrs. Lillian Kinsley; Edward, Robert and Albert Vizzard of San Francisco and William’ Vizzard of Moore’s Flat and The funeral was held Tuesday aftesrnoon and. interment was made in Tree which was inaugerated a year ago by the Women’s Civic Improvement Club of Nevada City will be . head the list of donations with $10. . . ‘All Clubs and Faternal organizations are being asked to donate to. wards this. fund and the committee . is meeting with a ready response. School children who are. able are ask-ed to give food either in pounds or in cans. Outgrown clothes, which ties is undergo vival with Los Angeles and Souther ing_a remarkable reCalifornia capital playing a conspicuous part in the new era of develop-ment. : “As in the days of Civil War strife when they poured forth their treas~ ure and contributed in no small way to the preservation of the Union, the: Mother Lode of California seemes destined to help materially in relieving the present shortage of gold,’” says Mr. Harris. In a tour of the various camps i Tuolumne, Calveras and Amador __ counties my observations amazed me so great are the activities, particularly in Amador county and Calvares: countys. I found that capital fronr all parts of the nation, but especially {from Los Angeles and San Francisco is taking hold of both the oid and the new lode and placer properties and that is not all, they are obtaining remarkably good results in most instances. The mine and claim owners are Going their bit to help the situation by turning over their properties on very attractive terms te incoming. capital. z “Jackson, in Amador county is @ particularly active center of operations. There are located the famous Argonaut and Kennedy mines. While ‘it is not generally known, the Argon— aut mine is controHed by interests closely affiliated with one of the bie. automobile industries. “At a depth of 5,800 feet on the dip of the vein, or a vertical depth of around 4,200 feet, the Argonaut. is opening up an ore body running better than $25 a ton for over fifty feet, and with only one wall of the vein exposed. The real magnitude of the discovery is yet to be determined. “At similar depth the Kennedy is: obtaining excellent results. Both companies are operating their mills at capacity and profits are repidly piling up. Due particularly to these ore disclosures at great depth other properties not only at Jackson but” for miles north and south are sinking or preparing to do so. “Among the properties I visited im which Los Angeles men are heavily interested is the Boundary Cone Con— solidated at Mokelume Hill. This are clean and wearable are also acceptable. All the packages are to be wrapped in white paper and labled as to contents. They will be placed company has done a great deal of development work on its placer prop— erty and the condition I found preunder the Community Tree and later distributed to the needy families. { The Community Tree will be held Thursday evening December 18 at 7 P. M. The tree is already in place in the vacant lot between the Nevada City Cleaners and the Alpha. “Let us give Christmas cheer to all’, is the slogan used by the Womens Civic Improvement Club as a Seasons Greeting. Donations will be received at the office of the Morning Union and at the Nugget offcice. 0 LOCAL COUPLE daughter of Mr. and Mrs. ed her education at” St. Academy in Sacramento. neer family. -The contracting couple are wel RECENTLY MARRIED Notice has been received of the rerent marriage of Mr. Charles Harrold Parr to Miss Marguerite Camenzind, Charles Camenzind of Sacramento. Mrs. Pass is employed by the state and receivJoseph’s The groom is a son of Mrs. Charles Parr of Grass Valley, the owner of the Atlanta mine on the South fork of the Yuba river and is a member of an old and highly respected pioknown and highly respected by a} large circle of friends in both Grass . ) (Continued on Page 6) MINING MAN SUED BY HIS CREDITORS. The Hanson-Rickle Gold Reclaim— ing Machine Company, who set up operations over near Colfax some time ago, have gotten into difficuF ties and litigation is said to have re~ sulted. In speaking of the matter tlie Colfax Record says: “J. E. Hanson, W. C. Rickle and the Columbia Steez Tank Company are the defendants fir suits filed recently by J. B. McCleary rigi and H. D. Pounds are also ine ‘ terested. . ; \: Hanson, who was here to intro~ duce the Hanson-Rickle Gold Reclaiming Machine got into debt while here and then left without liquidating. He left the machine here and also a truck. These have been attach— ed. : ; The Bisna suit is for $299.9 limit in a justices court. of this. $206 is a labor claim of Bosna, 99 is a claim of C. Arrighi is due H. D. Pounds, 1 Valley and Nevada City. Valley. They will be at home at 519 Grass} vailing there indicate that it should ~~ and Arthur Bosna in which ©. Ar—

Se & Ms a WEE ts metal ia se al” ms: i i in rata ehaivesl i gtr ieee soci s,, gcse ul s { 4 ag ¥ § < 3 x _VOLUME V, NUMBER 3 “Second ia State Ass’n held at the Travelers Hotel, in Sac. vey of California now under way in corresponding U. The Nugget is California’s Leading Mining Weekiy vada City Nugget THE GOLD CENTER ‘ NEV ADA CITY, NEVADA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, THE COUNTY SEAT PAPER _DECEMBER 12 he 1930 MINE MEETING GRAND SUCCESS Meeting Enthusiastic Affair ‘Nearly one hunted delegates attended the second annual meeting of the Mining Association of California, and first Mining Congress ramento last Saturday. The meeting opened at 10 o'clock A. M. and was presided over by J. C. Kemp Van Fe, Jr., of San Francisco, Cait, President of the Association, C. S. Brooks of Sacramento, officiating as Secretary. _Shortly after opening the meeting the President requestd Charles L.} Gilmore of Sacramento to preside. Walter W. Bradley of San Francisco, State Mineralogist, addressed the meeting and explained the work of his department on the’ topographical maps, and new geological surhis department in conjunction with S. engineers. The chairman of the ten chapters of the association, representing 18. ° counties, were called upon for -reports from their respective chapters. . A committee to nominate twelve . directors to succeed the same num . ber of outgoing dirctors, was appointed as follows: . Fred W. Bunyan, Sacramento; L. Kimmel, Modesto; Joe King, George Young, San R. San Andreas; Francisco. Later in the day, they reported 412 names, which were approved by the meeting. Including two holdovers, and the Chapter Chairman, , who are ex-officio directors, the; Board of Directors now comprises the following: J. C. Kemp Van Eee, Bee, Jr.; F. F. Behneman, Fletcher Hamilton, Lloyd L. Root, all of San; Francisco; Roscoe J. Anderson and George Gronwoldt, both of Redding; Fred W. Bunyan and W. F. Coxm-} ley, both. of Sacramento; L. D. Hop. field, Natoma, Sacramento Co.; Er-. rol MacBoyle, Grass Valley; Arthur W. Hoge, Nevada City; O. A. McCreaney, Nevada City; C. M. Salyer,, Salyer, Trinity County; W. A. Hunter, Plumas County; H. E. Dillinger and E A. Green, both of Placerville; James D.°*Stewart, Auburn; Albion S. Howe, Sutter Creek; W.H. Clary, San Andreas; Mathew Ha&milton, Stockton, J. W. Warford, Mariposa; R. L. Gilmore, Bakersfield; Walter Gordon Clark and B. M. Snyder, Los Angeles. At a later meeting to be held probably in January, these directors will choose four additional directors at large, two of them’ replacing two holdovers: in above list. The officers will be chosen at the same time. Resolutions were read in full and ‘and adopted by the meeting, providing in substance as follows: Request increase to $110,0000 in the item allotted to the State Engineer’s office for ‘‘topograppic mapping” for the coming biennium. (Continued on page 6) IDAHO MINES GO ON CURTAILED SCHEDULE Two of the SEE silver-lead-zinc producing properties of the Coeur d’Alene district went on a curtailed schedule last week. This is done, on account of the weakened condition of the ore market and and also for the purpose of avoiding reduction of forces. The mines states that they have either to reduce working days or their force of miners and during the prevailing depfession in metal, prices and unusual hard times they have decided to keep their entire working force but will close down everything two days a week. H. C. Washburn, manager of the Federal ' Mining and Smelting Company, who operate the Morning Star and the Page mines, said that commencing next week all mines, mills, smelter, and surface works of all kinds will be closed down on Saturdays and Sundays reducing the output approx-{o imately 20 per cent. The Hecla Mining Company has also adopted this schedule. By. this means the working forces at the miines, mills and smelters will be retained and their organizations will of Grass Valley, closed a deal last week wherein he came into possession through a lease of 200 acres of well known and well mining ‘lode ground located in this district. One hundred acres covered by the, lease claims. ute, or Black Ledge, New Rocky Bar and Jrish-American vein. systems apexing Nin a net work of cross veins at the surface and parallel veins intersecting on their dip with dppth beneath the ground. and in the records of high. production from exceptionally rich ores are from shallow depth of workings in the ‘Hogsbaek” vein and it was from this vein that some $300,000 or more was taken in-the late ’70s or early eral vein systems are probably the Star mines, still remaining unexplorbut a few hundred feet distant from . the North Star. :one piece weighing 250 pounds and yielding $6,000 in gold which was the = OLD PROVEN PROPERTY Fred M. Miller, mining engineer proven old consists patented ‘ of The lode cialis contain the TribHudson Bay, The most noted, both geologically 80s at a depth of not over 180 feet. ‘These tracts of land and thein sevmost extensive area and the most promising group of gold bearing quartz veins of the famous North en, They are situated just west and From the New Rocky Bar workings in 1879 and 1880 many large specimens of ‘high value were found, equivalent of $46,000 to the ton of ore. j The exceedingly richness of this vein territory was the small’ area that was known as the Ford-McDonald and Mullen group in which it is said in October, 1880, ‘‘there had been sufficient development in this claim to prove it the richest spot of ground in California and no piece of quartz ground ever yielded as much gold te the same space of territory and there is no indications that this rich deposit of ore has ever been worked out. i poe Just what Mr. Miller’s intentions are in regard to developing this property we do not know at this time, but have no doubt but that it will ‘lead up to the opening up. of this valuable old property in the course of time. { FAMOUS OLD VIRGINIA TO BE OPERATED AGAIN LOCAL ENGINEER BONDS . RIVER PLACERS LIMITED, IS THE MOST UNIQUE MINE IN THE STATE, 4 Gal Success Attends Daring eae to . Work Rich Pay Channel Far Below Waters of Middle Yuba River—Scheme Meets with Success Probably-one of the nrost bets and we might say daring, mining ventures being carried on in this state is that of the River Placers Ltd., lo. cated on the Middle fork of the Yuba . river about two miles below the foot} man property. This property was leased from the Hastings and Poorman people by the River Placers Limited, a California corporation. The lease runs for a period of eight years. This company conceived the scheme of sinking a shaft down to the lower channel below bead rock of the river and then driving a crosscut or drift across under the flow of the Yuba and tapping the old pay channel that they’ had every reason to believe: was hiddn thére. So far their scheme has worked admirably and they now have every evidence of actually tapping the old bonanza pay channel that farther up and down , the Yuba yielded many millions to placer miners in the olden days. While in the city last week, Mr. L. A. Smith, general manager and who has actual charge of development work at the mine, gave us the following. short preg of their operations: 4 : “Actual work,” said Mr. Smith, ‘was began in June and has been prosecuted as rapidly as possible since that time. At present we have ten men working steadily on the property. Development up to date consists of a vertical shaft which is down 40 feet to beadrock. The beadrock lies some thirty feet under the level of the waters of the Yuba river. The channel has been reached at 80 feet from the shaft and is four feet lower than the bottom of the of the main shaft. .At present the company drainage from this channel and will probably be ready to open the channel bottom in a week or ten days from now. Coarse, reddish gold has been found in encouraging quantities on the bed rock and in drive point samples taken in the channel. velopment is the fact that drift mining beneath the bed of the river can be done at all and this is in all prodfamous old Virginia mine vicinity of Coulerville has been taken over by a group of Nevada capold producer on her feet once more. ed in the near future. ' fortunes were taken from its depths. Bln property was shaft “has been Kent dry. BUNKER HILL—SULLIVAN The Bunker Hill & Sullivan Min ing and Concentration Company re-ports_an operating inlome of $187,620 for the month of Ohtober,-eompared with $291,419 in September, and an operating income for the ten mionths ending October 31 of $2,180954. } Common ‘dividends, paid to date in the current year now aggregating $1,716,750 and preferred dividends of $65,940. Since its organization the company has paid a total of $47,891,242 in common and preferred dividends. ‘ Effective with the regular monthly Report is current that the once italists who are planning to put the! It is said that work will be commencThe Virginia has been operated from time to time for the past sixey years and is renowned for its production. In the olden days several closed down ut two years ago but has been in good shape and the main REPORTS FOR OCTOBER . ability the only mine in the west that in the is attempting and succeeding in doing this. The company owes its success in p being able‘to get to bed in handling the water that portions of the river is a geological Middle freak. Briefly, this unusual this bed of clay lies the old channe ranging in depth from a few inche to ten feet in the deepest part of th channel-so far encountered. ©~= — bridge on the old Hastings and aor is taking up.bead rock in order to getj The unusual feature of this de-} rock and to the fact Yuba This; time and sunk a shaft in the stream freak in formation was taken advan-. bed, They had considerable trouble tage of and made the work possible. formation eonsists of a thick bed of black compacted silted clay’ wich underlies the river channel from bank to bank and for a distance of about two miles along the stream. This, bed of clay is 28 feet thick where the company’s way through sand bars and boulders laying on top of the clay. Beneath When the main shaft first tapped this strata, the water rose very rap-_ idly in the shaft under a trementwo feet higher than the adjacent river flow. A large pumping plant was installed and in time the water was controlled as the flow . under pressure gradually. subsided as the gravel beds beneath the clay were ‘GOOD PROGRESS BEING rushed to completion in order that it may meet of the California State Ski Association on January 8. working on the course last Sunday and. considerable work was accomplished but there remains a good deal .of work to be done on the professional ski course in order to

it in first class condition. work will be resumed next Sunday and it is hoped > MADE AT SKI CLUB Work: on the ski course is being be ready for the competitive ‘There were about a score of men put Volunteer a large number of ‘MINING BOOM IS ‘COMING BACK Boom Days of California Gold Mining Due to Return This Spring Ray D. Harris, (says ihe Los An geles Times) who has been actively idertified with Los Angeles stock and bond circles for more than tem years, has just returned from a three weeks’ mother lode mining districts in Tuolume, Calveras and Amador countour of inspection of the drained. At this yee . men and boys will turn out with . ties. Yr ¢ en or : , 2. not making enough water their axes and other necessary imHe reports the mining activity sluicing purposes. : = : : g purp plements in order that the work) ¢tpye, both in lode and placer proper» It is interesting to learn the method used be nature to form this bed of clay in a fast flowing mountain river. About a mile and a half down 4;eam from the company’s holdings a huge land slide once upon a time in the long ages past occurred— a thousand or more years ago. This great land slide completely damed the Middle Channel of -the river and caused a large lake to form above it The mud, or clay, from the glacial regions above came down and were desosited in the bottom of this lake [and built_up slowly, layer by layer and year by year until it reached its present thickness of 28 feet. In the company’s shaft these layers can be readily ccunted and from this an estimate can easily be formed as to how long this ancient lake existed and we have figured it out and believe we are correct in making it an-average of about 900 years. This is the figures given by three prominent engineers. cf This clay bed completely buried the old pay gravels and prevented the old timers from working them and hence have been left for modern gees and modern methods to come ;at their hidden riches. The sands of . the Yuba river were very rich in gold just below this old dam across the river and for many years old time placer miners reaped a rich reward from the bars running into the millions of dollars. This was especially true at the point on the river called Frenchman’s bar where more than $870,000 in raw gold was extracted by the old fashioned sluice and rocker, in 1852 and 1853. The river above this point was also very rich as was Indian Creek, Kanaka, Bloody Run and other tributary streams emptyholdings. i The River Placer Co. Ltd., holdmay be completed on that day. j very few’ years the annual producing into the Middle Yuba above our: ‘The next work on hand will be to} put the barn in shape as a warming shed. A coat of whitewash will be given to the old building and general repairs made. Windows will be: placed in the building for lighting ‘@acilities. The work of putting the course in shape has required a large amount of money and more money will be needed to complete the work’started. ‘The beautiful spot.on which the course is located is an ideal one and will attract many out of town visitors to Nevada. City, CHROME MAY BRING . BACK BOOM MINING DAYS: SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 8,—Olden days of the gold rush for the state of. California may return once more is the opinion of A. H. Wild, miniag expert, visiting this city. “This return of the old mining days will be more decorus and sedate but none the less as valuable to the state at large. This: will result from the opening. up of the vast, deposits of chrome to be found in the! state. An alloy of chrome metal with iron produces a.fine, rustless steel and the demand for this product is increasing by laps and bounds. We venture the prediction that within a tion of chrome in this state will be not less than $70, we 000 per _ COMMUNITY TREE ON THURSDAY EVENING The “White Xmas’ Community ings consists of 90 acres of patented river bed claims running lengthwise tance of three miles from the Foot Bridge Crossing down stream. The owners from whom the company hold an eigt year lease have proven 1897 they diverted the river by the . use of a wing dam early in the spring ! with surface water_but in the course of timie reached bed rock. Delays caused by their having to. drift for the channel took them away into the fall before the channel was finally reached. They then took over $20,000 in coarse gold out in just nine working shifts when a freshet obmain shaft went through it and is. literated their diversion dam and impevrous to water. Above this clay. the river flowed back into its bed strata the present river plows its] and: destroyed their workings. their shaft located high above high round as river diversion and wing daming not being thanks to the clay bed that not only S a e, ods. FATAL ACCIDENT ON A fatal accident occurred half-way between Grass Valley an dvidend of 25 cents, payable January 6, 1931, the company will discontinue the extra 25 cents payment on dividends which it paid during the current year. Discontinuance ‘of this extra is due to the heavy increase in the stocks of lead by this and other companies, and’an effort will be made to decrease these inpanied by Virgil Giani. passing another auto ventories before further extras are distributed.» ney was killed instantly, but h companon escaped wthout injury. HIGHWAY, THURSDAY early Thursday afternoon on the highway Rough and Rready which cost the life of Ace Whitney. He was accomThey were which was headed towards Grass Valley when the accident occurred near the Fred the road hitting a barb wire fence. WhitPIONEER OF MOORE'S Mrs, late Joseph H. d. Francisco last Sunday evening. Bitney place. The car, which Whitney was driving, skidded off a nimber of grand children. is the Bay City. of the river for approximately a dis. repeated this year. The club women the property to some extent as in. The River Placers Company have}, 1' water stage and will work the year filled with old boulders and. gravel, ‘ necessary— preserved this channel from ye old timer but makes it possible: for the present operators to drift mine it ‘without the expense and uncertainty dous pressure similar to that of an incident to the river diversion methartisian well flow to a point som FLAT PASSES AWAY Ella Vizzard, widow of the Vizzard, died in San She was stopping with her daugter) in San Francisco when the end came. She leaves to mourn her loss: Misses Nellie and Mary Vizzard and Mrs. Lillian Kinsley; Edward, Robert and Albert Vizzard of San Francisco and William’ Vizzard of Moore’s Flat and The funeral was held Tuesday aftesrnoon and. interment was made in Tree which was inaugerated a year ago by the Women’s Civic Improvement Club of Nevada City will be . head the list of donations with $10. . . ‘All Clubs and Faternal organizations are being asked to donate to. wards this. fund and the committee . is meeting with a ready response. School children who are. able are ask-ed to give food either in pounds or in cans. Outgrown clothes, which ties is undergo vival with Los Angeles and Souther ing_a remarkable reCalifornia capital playing a conspicuous part in the new era of develop-ment. : “As in the days of Civil War strife when they poured forth their treas~ ure and contributed in no small way to the preservation of the Union, the: Mother Lode of California seemes destined to help materially in relieving the present shortage of gold,’” says Mr. Harris. In a tour of the various camps i Tuolumne, Calveras and Amador __ counties my observations amazed me so great are the activities, particularly in Amador county and Calvares: countys. I found that capital fronr all parts of the nation, but especially {from Los Angeles and San Francisco is taking hold of both the oid and the new lode and placer properties and that is not all, they are obtaining remarkably good results in most instances. The mine and claim owners are Going their bit to help the situation by turning over their properties on very attractive terms te incoming. capital. z “Jackson, in Amador county is @ particularly active center of operations. There are located the famous Argonaut and Kennedy mines. While ‘it is not generally known, the Argon— aut mine is controHed by interests closely affiliated with one of the bie. automobile industries. “At a depth of 5,800 feet on the dip of the vein, or a vertical depth of around 4,200 feet, the Argonaut. is opening up an ore body running better than $25 a ton for over fifty feet, and with only one wall of the vein exposed. The real magnitude of the discovery is yet to be determined. “At similar depth the Kennedy is: obtaining excellent results. Both companies are operating their mills at capacity and profits are repidly piling up. Due particularly to these ore disclosures at great depth other properties not only at Jackson but” for miles north and south are sinking or preparing to do so. “Among the properties I visited im which Los Angeles men are heavily interested is the Boundary Cone Con— solidated at Mokelume Hill. This are clean and wearable are also acceptable. All the packages are to be wrapped in white paper and labled as to contents. They will be placed company has done a great deal of development work on its placer prop— erty and the condition I found preunder the Community Tree and later distributed to the needy families. { The Community Tree will be held Thursday evening December 18 at 7 P. M. The tree is already in place in the vacant lot between the Nevada City Cleaners and the Alpha. “Let us give Christmas cheer to all’, is the slogan used by the Womens Civic Improvement Club as a Seasons Greeting. Donations will be received at the office of the Morning Union and at the Nugget offcice. 0 LOCAL COUPLE daughter of Mr. and Mrs. ed her education at” St. Academy in Sacramento. neer family. -The contracting couple are wel RECENTLY MARRIED Notice has been received of the rerent marriage of Mr. Charles Harrold Parr to Miss Marguerite Camenzind, Charles Camenzind of Sacramento. Mrs. Pass is employed by the state and receivJoseph’s The groom is a son of Mrs. Charles Parr of Grass Valley, the owner of the Atlanta mine on the South fork of the Yuba river and is a member of an old and highly respected pioknown and highly respected by a} large circle of friends in both Grass . ) (Continued on Page 6) MINING MAN SUED BY HIS CREDITORS. The Hanson-Rickle Gold Reclaim— ing Machine Company, who set up operations over near Colfax some time ago, have gotten into difficuF ties and litigation is said to have re~ sulted. In speaking of the matter tlie Colfax Record says: “J. E. Hanson, W. C. Rickle and the Columbia Steez Tank Company are the defendants fir suits filed recently by J. B. McCleary rigi and H. D. Pounds are also ine ‘ terested. . ; \: Hanson, who was here to intro~ duce the Hanson-Rickle Gold Reclaiming Machine got into debt while here and then left without liquidating. He left the machine here and also a truck. These have been attach— ed. : ; The Bisna suit is for $299.9 limit in a justices court. of this. $206 is a labor claim of Bosna, 99 is a claim of C. Arrighi is due H. D. Pounds, 1 Valley and Nevada City. Valley. They will be at home at 519 Grass} vailing there indicate that it should ~~ and Arthur Bosna in which ©. Ar—