December 4, 1931 (4 pages)

8 Y ) vada _— The Nugget Is California’s Leading Mining Weekly VOLUME. Vv, NUMB BER 47 ‘THE GOLD CENTER ‘THE NEVADA CITY NUGGET, CALIFORNIA TE iE COUNTY § SE. COMMITTIES ARE NAME FOR FIREMAN’S BALL so gress . Fire Chief Eichard R. Coyne has hamed the following committies who . be} have charge of the coming annu-! masquerade ball which is to be} held New Year's Eve at the Redmen’s hall. This event is always , looked forward to with great pleasure by Nevada City and the surrounding communities, The net proceeds ofthe ball are used for the upkeep of the departments fire fighting equipment. None of this fund is used for social purPoses as the dues paid monthly by the firemen pay for their social meetings. (ee The following have been chosen on the various committies: General Committee: R. R. Goyne, chairman; Roland Wright, secretary. . Finance Committee: W. M. Gracey T. W. Richards, John J. Fortier, C. R. Murchie, Prize Committee: Otis Hardt, Byron Landrigan, C. W. Leiter, R. R.} Goyne, L. W. Kopp, Carl Taote, V. } V. Foley,.Stenger Williamson, Miles} D. Coughlin, David T. Richards. (Costumes: -J. F. Dolan, James. Penrose, Ray Wilde, Herbert Hallett Hall:Committee: Byron Landrigan} Herbert C. Hallett, J. J. Jackson. Door Committee: W. M. Gracey,. George H: Calanan, Dr. C: W. Chap-! man, H. Hutchison, Ben A. Bost, Joe. O'Neill. Music Committee: Meyers Mobley, Howard Penrose, Gilbert Clarke. Advertising and Publicity: Miles D. Coughlin, R. L. P. Bigelow, EB. J. Kilroy, Dr. C. W: Chapman, J. W. O’Neill, Roland Wright. Floor Managers: George E. Walling. Meyers Mobley, Floor Committee: R. N. McCormack, Don Stenger, Leon Christenson, A. M. Hoge, Wade Armstrong, ! E. J. N. Ott, Tony Rore, Francis Hogan,.G.T. Larson, Luther March, W. C. Perry, Nick Sandow, George Sandow. Special Features Committee: Meyers Mobley, C: W. Leiter, -R. R Goyne. Decoration Committee: Lloyd Pen-rose, James Penrose, E. J. Baker, L. W. Kopp, Alfred Eddy, Gilbert Clarke, Fritz Pitz, Bud Sharpe, Ray Davis, R. P. Fitzsimmons. L. W. Kopp. 4 0 = MRS. LEAN PASSES ON Mrs. Lean, mother of Mrs. Emma Avery, passed away Thursday after. noon. INSTALLATION OF POWER FOLLOWS DEVELOPMENT Angels Camp, Calif. Nov. 30— With installation of electric power completed and a large supply of mining timbers delivered on the ground, the rehabilitation of the McCormack Mine, a mile and a half east of Jacksonville on the Tuolumne river, and idle since 1917, is underway. Six miners have been put to work by M. Maher, veteran California and Nevada._mine operator, who with Victor Lemoge of San Francisco and associates, recently ‘Concessions: acquired the property under lease and bond from Andrew McCormick of Stockton. For the immediate future ground work will timbering and reconditioning two drift tunnels extended more than 20 years ago. Number 1 or upper, is in 2400 feet and the other, Number 2 or lower, 850 feet in length. The vertical depth between the two adits is 700 feet and the lower workings gives a vertical depth on the vein of 2060 feet. “ "Three shoots of ore, measuring in length from 30 to 60 feet and in width from eight to ten feet have been exposed in the past operations. Ore extracted from these shoots and reduced in the 50-ton stamp and rod mill on the property in such operations yielded an average of $31 a ton in gold. The mine has a total-past production record of ,$1,000,000. Manager Maher éativnat { lower tunnel gives virgin stoping ‘backs’ of 1850: feet on the three ore ‘ bodies. In addition to the mill the property has a complete mining equipment and housing accomodaunder~. ANOTHER NEW iness to investigate and accidentaliy be confined to re-. es that the] EEOC) if nmuUS FOR NEVADA CITY) s Mrs. who recently . purchased the old § toward the high school is erecting . a cottage on the back of the lot. It . will be rented as soon as completed. . She is also having a two car garage built between the present house and the new one. (Mr. and Mrs. Woods are from Alleghany, where he is employed in the Sixteen to One Mine. Mrs. Woods moved here to send the children to high school. They have purchased another property which is on Coyote Street. MRS. KATE SULLIVAN HAS A BAD FALL of . James Woods, Snell property out . correspondent french Corral, Mrs. Kate Sullivan, was seriously injured last Thanksgiving eve. Hearing the bawling of a calf she went out into the darnThe Nugget ‘stepped on the rotted boards of an abandoned well and fell through, the! boards falling in upon her in such ay manner—as to hold her securely for over 12 hours. The next morning, . the Browning children on their way to the store were attracted tothe? well by the barking of Mrs. Sulit. . van's dog and immediately sum-. moned help. She was brought to the Nevada City Sanitarium in the Holmes ambulance. Dr. A. H. Tickell found she had a broken shoulder, several severe cuts and bruises. ; Mrs. Sullivan has stood the shock of the terrible experience remark-. ably well. She is making a good recovery from it and her many friends hope for her a quick return to her usual good health. Her cheery message given so willingly to the whole world each week through the colums~ of The Nugget wlil be missed. Thursday was.’ Mrs. Sullivan's birthday and a number of friends called at the Sanitarium with ice cream. and cookies and spent a very pleasant afternoon with her. PROFESSOR DAVIFS IS Professor John R. Davies passed away Wednesday forenoon at the ripe old age of 84. He was the last of his family to:go, leaving to survive him only two granddaughters and two grandsons. One by one he laid his dear ones away in the cemetery at North San Juan and courageously went on. John Davies was born in England but came to California as a young Horace Curnow, manager of the Bank of America, stated that Nev‘ada City Christmas club members ‘will receive over $5,000 which they have deposited in the local bank during the past 50 weeks. It is thouhgt that a large percent\age of this sum will be used in the purchase of gifts at Christmas time \here in Nevada City. There are 738,000 members of the Bank of Ameri. CALLED TO LAST REST: "wry There are a number of estates in} . DAG BEAU YE Moise WiLL vl ak ry’ \GLAN ib UIT LAY Bit WASHING i ROY oe ok ba! suaily i MCLEGD i ‘ALLS wi Fal Leer OGN START OPERATIONS, CLOSE OLD ESTA ATES SUCCESSFUL ON DESERT" NIC Cr “PAY SHENT Be use . ei aes ee se The Riglow mine which was re-! Judge Raglan Tuttle of the Neva-. . Randsburg, Cal. Nov. 30—‘‘Does John MeLeod, veteran retired . cently taken over by Mr. Duttoa of;da County Superior Court has made gry washing pay?”’.can-be-readily ditch tender,-slipped-ot the icy paves Los. Angeles is ready to begin op-jan order directing all administrators . answered by a visit to any spot: ment on Boulder-Street in front of erations soon as the new owner ar-!of estates and executors of wills, a here an experienced worker is the Wm. B. Celio home last Saturday rives from the southern City. Hej;pointed since January 1, 1926 to aphandling the dirt. and was. serevely.injured. He was was delayed in coming up last week. Pear in court Friday, December 18, . Two camps a short distance from {rushed to the Nevada City Sante ‘but is expected _toarrive within the and show cause why their letters ithe Atle tupasteh mtie. shatt No tanum winters “eA: i. , Tickell next few days. should not be revoked. Ia, would be worth while for many of found he had fractured his ieft hip The Bigelow Mine adjoins the fa‘the immediate gold seekers to visit. ‘and received a cut over one eye mous Sierra Buttes Mine which is which no steps have os taken to: ‘A idit Ob @ few HOGiE Would-be of . The fractured bone was set Sunclassed as one of the largest and. Close them. The order is made ‘0 . more practical exeprience than alijday and Mr. McLeod is making as most consistent producers of phe . compel executors and administratgood progress toward precious metal in California. It yas OTs or their attorneys to take steps discovered in the early fifties and is to that end. credited with having paid $16,000,CSENe a eet . 000 in dividends to stockholders. SEND GREETINGS TO j their traveling, looking for nuggeis; besides it would ‘of what real work was, and a touch of the rough, tough life fa real gold. finder and saver, of the Mohave derecovery ag can be expected. MAGRUDER MINE AT SAWgive them an idea The Morri £ el, one of the! twart. . RAY ¢ pees deveepaias. of the Ariel NEVADA CITY PEOPLE. Two sets are now making cleanGHB FLAT 10 START WORK vein of the Sierra Buttes and Bige-. (ups of old tailings (dirt that has is credited with a produc$30,000 from a 45 foo low Mines, ‘3 ee (. the Citizens of Nevada City: ion of ove ‘Greetings! made by the Idaho-Maryland mine was broken Wednesday when Cecil< Norris of Grass Valley met his death . in a shaft accident. ‘make the most of them is evidenced, iby your enthusiasm. Californians Ine., engaged in tell-. ing the people of the nation what; northern and centrai California have! to offer, is inspired by the awakened spirit of Nevada City. . Our hats are off to you. You have our best wishes The accident, as described by George Beck, who was working with Norris is as follows: Cecil Norris was engaged in sending rock down an ore chute in a stope on the 1500 level, standing for that purpose upon a platform. Falling with the ore was a large rock Sincerely, weighing several hundred pounds. John Cuddy, Managing Director This presumably struck one of the of Californians Oe aa that you undertake. We , Citizens of Nevada City! salute you, supports of the platform, eregeiee . the structure and hurling the min P T A. CARD PARTY down the 100-foot chute, probably; head-foremost. The chute filled} rapidly, burying the unfortunate workman. Mr. Norris has been with the Ida--! ho-Maryland ever since the The Pi. oD, vA. ae party held present . Wednesday evening at Elks’ hall, 1eir best and He regarded as one of t} most faithful workmen. , tables of players in all, many aswell as was tickets sold which were not ca Christmas club in 415 branches tions for about 40 working men. of the Bank of America, (béen run through by workers years ago when tungtsen was much in defor the success of all the geod things iad SUCCESSFUL AFFAIR . cent publications, which I read from SONORA, CALIF., Dec. 2.—Under lease and bond from the Louis Pages ng ed 3 a grt ' ~te + ¢ 412 y Vs tunnel. This tunnel is above the pre: 'mand) are ‘makin’ better than; estate of Columbia, C. W. Jackman, : P : ; . With mutual understanding and z : s Bate oticae ae ee sent workings and is part of the att ' pees ual beans.’ . Los Angeles mining engineer, in asi dings hiet t--of . ~ appreciation that hay usec . : . sociation with Frank Shoffstall amd Bigelow holdings —-whieh consis o One waar Bihall waned Ny Ss € as ¢ ‘ « : y pt a ; (tional since the earliest days of Gold ne pair has a e a pe hat otte. hae over 75 acres with mill site. eater a e ne iL. M. Loud, also of that eity, has in California, Nevada City and San‘ dry washer operated without a crank . a : ; dat of the Ma 3} tc “ 7 j iv ; A resumed the development of the 3 iat The mill is located immediately pyancisco today look forward confi-'and the only thing that had to be : ; — ut Plat fdle adjoining. the townsite Of: omaré dently to the realization of a greater! purchased was a small bellows. ce sh a pee City and near the state highway . : . ‘for several yaers. The crew of minJECY eee att ? eee eae ‘and more glorious California in the! ‘The second camp has a better and ; employed dacat previak sleseiee +e ; . : : : 1 : . € Uiproyee oe A Eat aries The Monumental Mine produced yew period that is dawning. llarger gold saver with a laundty. ind’ ehuspane an lk eee the second largest nugget ever found All the world is coming to realize’ machine mo‘or; besides so much less eee ee = Sexi ROS ee with a eavedlin the state of California. It Was that there is more Gold in CaMfornia *manual labor in feeding. in 90-foot vertical shaft, which, aevalued at $66,000, This nugget we than the . Forty-Niners ever found. from the absence of placer tung-. cordin: to reports, was sun early ;found at a cornerstone on the Monupart of it is in the diversified re! sten I uid thus far found,:cnanish o bute The face of the mental Mine property tha 1djoins sources of_the.state, part in_the tra-. 4) 06 $4-mer-——~workers——knew-——their Pinna IE Ws Stated han ee tee “HIgTOW: . ditions and spirit of our people and} ground, must have had better made'face of ore which vielded $25 a ton The late W. H. Martin purchased in the life we live. ; machines than are found on the de-'jn gold on the plates of a small mill ‘3 Salifornis is < favore regi . mp} 14447 : at i E ‘ . the Bigelow Mine just after the Saw: California’ is a favored region of . sert. Phe little machine owners stat-. operated on the property a few yéars Francisco earthquake. His widow, ‘the earth, and in that favor Nevada . , ,d that they were recovering tHul gen: Mrs. W. H. Martin of Nevada City, . City and her adjacent territory are . aotiars ind fifty cente a day “It's! ee ; . re i aU Ganetihitas . alee Se . n drifting north on the 215-foot has bonded the property to Mr. Dut-,unexcelied. They constitute a shrines; i right; said one of the pair— “we. level ot ince Oa i Sa cn ; « evel iB the 422U-TC inci Sila ton. of California. history and tedition, . are eating,” pe the Hendvickssn ming at Saaaee : and are rich in resources sie: make} ; ae E <i : * E s BS : : 1 Nt Se The old “grizzley” incharge of the. Flat, miners employed by John D. seine : MINE ACCIDENT 1S aoe rile re ie jworks. of the’ larger gold ‘savel . Gars iventa and Odillo Restano of Se3 Noth gre L lis he! : Bae > es aurea eee) cece secomsi tstated that the tailings run at 55. nora have exposed a four-inch streak ;ed without vision and enthusiasm. ; ‘ Ac Sees F : FATAL TO ¢C. NORRIS: _ tabl ; Z tl }eents to the ton. His machine han-! of ore assaying $400 a ton in gold. ; e e g ? ee = e ee ss OG ees “. dles one ton an hour and they ave:-; The find is considered a forerunner people o evada City ou have . Pees LE oS tl f ‘age $4.50 a day. In his story of one. of the disclosure of the downward fo _q. caugh 1e€ new vision of your possi. The excellent accident record) “ Pp . of the well equipped outfits that find. extension of a shoot of high-grade ‘bilities, and your determination to . making a, picture rock whieh on and above the stopover for a short visit, the princi-. 165-foot level ot hte surface proved 18 inches wide and 12 feet long and ul queried as to where h ld fi nd . fees SS o Coe yielded $80,000.more than 20 years their way over to Atolia, \richer ground. The old timer Pane a, “ is decarted Tha new ee {that if there were better diggings, on the 215-foot level has been 2 ‘that he knew of, he would be thereiyanced 25 feet: It is ccleulaied by right now. ‘Mr. Garaventa, who is supervis'ng ee ee ;operations, that only about 16 feet of additional drifting will be required to reach the objective point. Clinton 5. Brewer, &5-year-olé of Yankee Hill, recentty ‘found and located an unstaked frac‘. tional claim of three acres adjoining on the southwest the grounds of the . historie St. Ann’s Catholic chureh ia. 'the heart of Columbia, nugget gold producer extraordinary in the early days of California which. Jost to Sacusent SENATOR TO HELP IN REGARD NAT. FOREST MINING] LOS ANGELES, Dec. Willoughby, Editor Nevada Nugget, Nevada City, California. Dear Editor: prospector City I have noticed’in two of your recompany has been operating and was' was most successful, there being 18 . ‘men who spend their lives seeking, . he man and settled in North San ‘Juan held in high regard by all “who knew used. : Se er him. The money willbe used in assistwhen that was a thriving settlement. : : é He -taush? music hére, ton ‘and met He was born in Lovelock, Butte ing with the annual community! and wooed the utara Mie. fowiae county, 40 years ago. He is sur-; Christmas tree and to replace books tiv rate i f y é i he ig §s i ry Thich who became the mother of his two wired By s — bey set M4 sae Sie Ge Sunapee pcet Rasa daughters and one son. senior in le Gras: alley shi ) n arly in ¢ e year. He was greatly loved by all the . school. . The prizes were awarded as foleos eee : i eis H ras vido re > Ar residents of the Ridge as well as Seep eer . lows: Bridge Bees P. _ STORE many of Nevada City residents as} Mrs. Kate Broyles and her daugh-!and George Walling, -high score; ere > icrame Ted. 2eland Smith and Mr. Farmer he journeyed here every week until ter drove up from = amento bugil an Leland Smith and Mr. Farmer recently giving lessons. nesday to attend the funeral of low. He was most generous in lending Henry Barrons at Frenqh Corral. . Contract—Maude Hays and Wade; his talent at all Sion and tGr ee They also called at the sanitarium La ses aboceaet high-score; G: -.Goyne, . years led the choirs at the St eRe ot see their old friend, Mrs. Kate'low score. . and Trinity churches : Sullivan. Mah Jong——Mrs. Walter Mobley. . ! He will be laid away in the San = a Juan cemetery—besides his wife. Funeral services will be held at 10:3 i he Local Weather Bureau A. M. at the little church in San Juan where he presided for so many ASH ME v1M years at the» organ. Special muHERETO TELL You sic has been arranged by some of CONS COLD A his former pupils. Holmes Funeral WAN TER -LOOK Home has charge of arrangements. AV TART CAITTERS PELT. SHE AINT HAD A COAT LIKE CHRISTMAS CLUB PAYS yee NY SEASONS IN LARGE PERCENTAGE. . {( We sever seed time to time, the same being iramento by a narrow margin in the to me by my mining associate of 25 . legislature selection as the state cap. years’ standing, Mr. C. D. Wickes, . 44) in that stirring period. The small who is now in charge of the Salmon . tract, situated in an area held under tae series articles relative to the ocation or patent since the days of National Eves Reserve threatening . "49, is regarded as practically virgin to keep out mines and mining. eee having been only superficial= Some time ago I took this matter: ly worked ‘by white and up with Senator Samuel Shortridge, . onin, ge miners due the endoune before he left for the East, for the . tering of water at shallow depth present session of Congress, and the’! ‘with which they could not ‘cope at Senator advised he would use . that time. Contrary eeneral beevery effort at his command to stop lief. records the ground any legislation that’ might tend aR aw had aotuac any way to interfere with gold min-. . é : : for a half ing and gold operations discoveredits true after and restartea in search gold. Nothis advanced years, the highly enthusiastie and is confident that will develop it into a paying mine. pioneer to to that Brewer show claimed by ly been century. status open He and, its to location in Califorstaking location, has . Sinking a shaft to bedrock of placer and ‘“pocket’’ withstanding octogenarian over { { . 2s know Se t S rtridge ; . ee known Senator Shortridge cording for some 27 years and being familiar with his attitude toward California iand her basic industry and most his. torical industry, and knowing the rloyalty of Senator Shortridge to the. is his ‘‘find”’ . developing and operating gold mines in our Mother Lode district and to the North, I feel confident in stat-'f/ ing that I do not believe that these! MINING PERSONALS people who are attempting to close 4 the Forest Reserve’ to legitimate — Mr. R. and R. G. Lichtenberger of Alleghany were Nevada City visitors Saturday. C.E. LeBoyteau. came up from Pasadena stopping over at the National Hotel. He has mining interests near Goodyears Bar. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Parks and sons of the bay region spent a few days in Nevada City. The men were looking after mining interests near here. Mrs. James Woods and children motored to Aleghany Thanksgiving eve and spent the holidays there with her husband. They returned home Sunday afternoon. T. Campbell, mining man of. Sier=ra City stopped over Wednesday night in Nevada City. enroute home from a trip to San Francisco. . mining will, have any success. I am sure that with the unalloyed support of Senator Shortridge, and Congressman Englebright and the} other Congressmen from the Mother Lode district, that no change ' will be made in the rules, regulations and laws that will create any more hardships for those of us who have for years spent our time and money in prospecting, mining and developing property. But, of course, the Nugget and the ‘Journal cannot do too much to offset this move that is being made by those who would close our National Forests to this enterprise. Keep up the good work. Yours very truly, CLARENCE B., COLIN. 4 ; : DR eC se

8 Y ) vada _— The Nugget Is California’s Leading Mining Weekly VOLUME. Vv, NUMB BER 47 ‘THE GOLD CENTER ‘THE NEVADA CITY NUGGET, CALIFORNIA TE iE COUNTY § SE. COMMITTIES ARE NAME FOR FIREMAN’S BALL so gress . Fire Chief Eichard R. Coyne has hamed the following committies who . be} have charge of the coming annu-! masquerade ball which is to be} held New Year's Eve at the Redmen’s hall. This event is always , looked forward to with great pleasure by Nevada City and the surrounding communities, The net proceeds ofthe ball are used for the upkeep of the departments fire fighting equipment. None of this fund is used for social purPoses as the dues paid monthly by the firemen pay for their social meetings. (ee The following have been chosen on the various committies: General Committee: R. R. Goyne, chairman; Roland Wright, secretary. . Finance Committee: W. M. Gracey T. W. Richards, John J. Fortier, C. R. Murchie, Prize Committee: Otis Hardt, Byron Landrigan, C. W. Leiter, R. R.} Goyne, L. W. Kopp, Carl Taote, V. } V. Foley,.Stenger Williamson, Miles} D. Coughlin, David T. Richards. (Costumes: -J. F. Dolan, James. Penrose, Ray Wilde, Herbert Hallett Hall:Committee: Byron Landrigan} Herbert C. Hallett, J. J. Jackson. Door Committee: W. M. Gracey,. George H: Calanan, Dr. C: W. Chap-! man, H. Hutchison, Ben A. Bost, Joe. O'Neill. Music Committee: Meyers Mobley, Howard Penrose, Gilbert Clarke. Advertising and Publicity: Miles D. Coughlin, R. L. P. Bigelow, EB. J. Kilroy, Dr. C. W: Chapman, J. W. O’Neill, Roland Wright. Floor Managers: George E. Walling. Meyers Mobley, Floor Committee: R. N. McCormack, Don Stenger, Leon Christenson, A. M. Hoge, Wade Armstrong, ! E. J. N. Ott, Tony Rore, Francis Hogan,.G.T. Larson, Luther March, W. C. Perry, Nick Sandow, George Sandow. Special Features Committee: Meyers Mobley, C: W. Leiter, -R. R Goyne. Decoration Committee: Lloyd Pen-rose, James Penrose, E. J. Baker, L. W. Kopp, Alfred Eddy, Gilbert Clarke, Fritz Pitz, Bud Sharpe, Ray Davis, R. P. Fitzsimmons. L. W. Kopp. 4 0 = MRS. LEAN PASSES ON Mrs. Lean, mother of Mrs. Emma Avery, passed away Thursday after. noon. INSTALLATION OF POWER FOLLOWS DEVELOPMENT Angels Camp, Calif. Nov. 30— With installation of electric power completed and a large supply of mining timbers delivered on the ground, the rehabilitation of the McCormack Mine, a mile and a half east of Jacksonville on the Tuolumne river, and idle since 1917, is underway. Six miners have been put to work by M. Maher, veteran California and Nevada._mine operator, who with Victor Lemoge of San Francisco and associates, recently ‘Concessions: acquired the property under lease and bond from Andrew McCormick of Stockton. For the immediate future ground work will timbering and reconditioning two drift tunnels extended more than 20 years ago. Number 1 or upper, is in 2400 feet and the other, Number 2 or lower, 850 feet in length. The vertical depth between the two adits is 700 feet and the lower workings gives a vertical depth on the vein of 2060 feet. “ "Three shoots of ore, measuring in length from 30 to 60 feet and in width from eight to ten feet have been exposed in the past operations. Ore extracted from these shoots and reduced in the 50-ton stamp and rod mill on the property in such operations yielded an average of $31 a ton in gold. The mine has a total-past production record of ,$1,000,000. Manager Maher éativnat { lower tunnel gives virgin stoping ‘backs’ of 1850: feet on the three ore ‘ bodies. In addition to the mill the property has a complete mining equipment and housing accomodaunder~. ANOTHER NEW iness to investigate and accidentaliy be confined to re-. es that the] EEOC) if nmuUS FOR NEVADA CITY) s Mrs. who recently . purchased the old § toward the high school is erecting . a cottage on the back of the lot. It . will be rented as soon as completed. . She is also having a two car garage built between the present house and the new one. (Mr. and Mrs. Woods are from Alleghany, where he is employed in the Sixteen to One Mine. Mrs. Woods moved here to send the children to high school. They have purchased another property which is on Coyote Street. MRS. KATE SULLIVAN HAS A BAD FALL of . James Woods, Snell property out . correspondent french Corral, Mrs. Kate Sullivan, was seriously injured last Thanksgiving eve. Hearing the bawling of a calf she went out into the darnThe Nugget ‘stepped on the rotted boards of an abandoned well and fell through, the! boards falling in upon her in such ay manner—as to hold her securely for over 12 hours. The next morning, . the Browning children on their way to the store were attracted tothe? well by the barking of Mrs. Sulit. . van's dog and immediately sum-. moned help. She was brought to the Nevada City Sanitarium in the Holmes ambulance. Dr. A. H. Tickell found she had a broken shoulder, several severe cuts and bruises. ; Mrs. Sullivan has stood the shock of the terrible experience remark-. ably well. She is making a good recovery from it and her many friends hope for her a quick return to her usual good health. Her cheery message given so willingly to the whole world each week through the colums~ of The Nugget wlil be missed. Thursday was.’ Mrs. Sullivan's birthday and a number of friends called at the Sanitarium with ice cream. and cookies and spent a very pleasant afternoon with her. PROFESSOR DAVIFS IS Professor John R. Davies passed away Wednesday forenoon at the ripe old age of 84. He was the last of his family to:go, leaving to survive him only two granddaughters and two grandsons. One by one he laid his dear ones away in the cemetery at North San Juan and courageously went on. John Davies was born in England but came to California as a young Horace Curnow, manager of the Bank of America, stated that Nev‘ada City Christmas club members ‘will receive over $5,000 which they have deposited in the local bank during the past 50 weeks. It is thouhgt that a large percent\age of this sum will be used in the purchase of gifts at Christmas time \here in Nevada City. There are 738,000 members of the Bank of Ameri. CALLED TO LAST REST: "wry There are a number of estates in} . DAG BEAU YE Moise WiLL vl ak ry’ \GLAN ib UIT LAY Bit WASHING i ROY oe ok ba! suaily i MCLEGD i ‘ALLS wi Fal Leer OGN START OPERATIONS, CLOSE OLD ESTA ATES SUCCESSFUL ON DESERT" NIC Cr “PAY SHENT Be use . ei aes ee se The Riglow mine which was re-! Judge Raglan Tuttle of the Neva-. . Randsburg, Cal. Nov. 30—‘‘Does John MeLeod, veteran retired . cently taken over by Mr. Duttoa of;da County Superior Court has made gry washing pay?”’..can-be-readily ditch tender,-slipped-ot the icy paves Los. Angeles is ready to begin op-jan order directing all administrators . answered by a visit to any spot: ment on Boulder-Street in front of erations soon as the new owner ar-!of estates and executors of wills, a here an experienced worker is the Wm. B. Celio home last Saturday rives from the southern City. Hej;pointed since January 1, 1926 to aphandling the dirt. and was. serevely.injured. He was was delayed in coming up last week. Pear in court Friday, December 18, . Two camps a short distance from {rushed to the Nevada City Sante ‘but is expected _toarrive within the and show cause why their letters ithe Atle tupasteh mtie. shatt No tanum winters “eA: i. , Tickell next few days. should not be revoked. Ia, would be worth while for many of found he had fractured his ieft hip The Bigelow Mine adjoins the fa‘the immediate gold seekers to visit. ‘and received a cut over one eye mous Sierra Buttes Mine which is which no steps have os taken to: ‘A idit Ob @ few HOGiE Would-be of . The fractured bone was set Sunclassed as one of the largest and. Close them. The order is made ‘0 . more practical exeprience than alijday and Mr. McLeod is making as most consistent producers of phe . compel executors and administratgood progress toward precious metal in California. It yas OTs or their attorneys to take steps discovered in the early fifties and is to that end. credited with having paid $16,000,CSENe a eet . 000 in dividends to stockholders. SEND GREETINGS TO j their traveling, looking for nuggeis; besides it would ‘of what real work was, and a touch of the rough, tough life fa real gold. finder and saver, of the Mohave derecovery ag can be expected. MAGRUDER MINE AT SAWgive them an idea The Morri £ el, one of the! twart. . RAY ¢ pees deveepaias. of the Ariel NEVADA CITY PEOPLE. Two sets are now making cleanGHB FLAT 10 START WORK vein of the Sierra Buttes and Bige-. (ups of old tailings (dirt that has is credited with a produc$30,000 from a 45 foo low Mines, ‘3 ee (. the Citizens of Nevada City: ion of ove ‘Greetings! made by the Idaho-Maryland mine was broken Wednesday when Cecil< Norris of Grass Valley met his death . in a shaft accident. ‘make the most of them is evidenced, iby your enthusiasm. Californians Ine., engaged in tell-. ing the people of the nation what; northern and centrai California have! to offer, is inspired by the awakened spirit of Nevada City. . Our hats are off to you. You have our best wishes The accident, as described by George Beck, who was working with Norris is as follows: Cecil Norris was engaged in sending rock down an ore chute in a stope on the 1500 level, standing for

that purpose upon a platform. Falling with the ore was a large rock Sincerely, weighing several hundred pounds. John Cuddy, Managing Director This presumably struck one of the of Californians Oe aa that you undertake. We , Citizens of Nevada City! salute you, supports of the platform, eregeiee . the structure and hurling the min P T A. CARD PARTY down the 100-foot chute, probably; head-foremost. The chute filled} rapidly, burying the unfortunate workman. Mr. Norris has been with the Ida--! ho-Maryland ever since the The Pi. oD, vA. ae party held present . Wednesday evening at Elks’ hall, 1eir best and He regarded as one of t} most faithful workmen. , tables of players in all, many aswell as was tickets sold which were not ca Christmas club in 415 branches tions for about 40 working men. of the Bank of America, (béen run through by workers years ago when tungtsen was much in defor the success of all the geod things iad SUCCESSFUL AFFAIR . cent publications, which I read from SONORA, CALIF., Dec. 2.—Under lease and bond from the Louis Pages ng ed 3 a grt ' ~te + ¢ 412 y Vs tunnel. This tunnel is above the pre: 'mand) are ‘makin’ better than; estate of Columbia, C. W. Jackman, : P : ; . With mutual understanding and z : s Bate oticae ae ee sent workings and is part of the att ' pees ual beans.’ . Los Angeles mining engineer, in asi dings hiet t--of . ~ appreciation that hay usec . : . sociation with Frank Shoffstall amd Bigelow holdings —-whieh consis o One waar Bihall waned Ny Ss € as ¢ ‘ « : y pt a ; (tional since the earliest days of Gold ne pair has a e a pe hat otte. hae over 75 acres with mill site. eater a e ne iL. M. Loud, also of that eity, has in California, Nevada City and San‘ dry washer operated without a crank . a : ; dat of the Ma 3} tc “ 7 j iv ; A resumed the development of the 3 iat The mill is located immediately pyancisco today look forward confi-'and the only thing that had to be : ; — ut Plat fdle adjoining. the townsite Of: omaré dently to the realization of a greater! purchased was a small bellows. ce sh a pee City and near the state highway . : . ‘for several yaers. The crew of minJECY eee att ? eee eae ‘and more glorious California in the! ‘The second camp has a better and ; employed dacat previak sleseiee +e ; . : : : 1 : .. € Uiproyee oe A Eat aries The Monumental Mine produced yew period that is dawning. llarger gold saver with a laundty. ind’ ehuspane an lk eee the second largest nugget ever found All the world is coming to realize’ machine mo‘or; besides so much less eee ee = Sexi ROS ee with a eavedlin the state of California. It Was that there is more Gold in CaMfornia *manual labor in feeding. in 90-foot vertical shaft, which, aevalued at $66,000, This nugget we than the . Forty-Niners ever found. from the absence of placer tung-. cordin: to reports, was sun early ;found at a cornerstone on the Monupart of it is in the diversified re! sten I uid thus far found,:cnanish o bute The face of the mental Mine property tha 1djoins sources of_the.state, part in_the tra-. 4) 06 $4-mer-——~workers——knew-——their Pinna IE Ws Stated han ee tee “HIgTOW: . ditions and spirit of our people and} ground, must have had better made'face of ore which vielded $25 a ton The late W. H. Martin purchased in the life we live. ; machines than are found on the de-'jn gold on the plates of a small mill ‘3 Salifornis is < favore regi . mp} 14447 : at i E ‘ . the Bigelow Mine just after the Saw: California’ is a favored region of . sert. Phe little machine owners stat-. operated on the property a few yéars Francisco earthquake. His widow, ‘the earth, and in that favor Nevada . , ,d that they were recovering tHul gen: Mrs. W. H. Martin of Nevada City, . City and her adjacent territory are . aotiars ind fifty cente a day “It's! ee ; . re i aU Ganetihitas . alee Se . n drifting north on the 215-foot has bonded the property to Mr. Dut-,unexcelied. They constitute a shrines; i right; said one of the pair— “we. level ot ince Oa i Sa cn ; « evel iB the 422U-TC inci Sila ton. of California. history and tedition, . are eating,” pe the Hendvickssn ming at Saaaee : and are rich in resources sie: make} ; ae E <i : * E s BS : : 1 Nt Se The old “grizzley” incharge of the. Flat, miners employed by John D. seine : MINE ACCIDENT 1S aoe rile re ie jworks. of the’ larger gold ‘savel . Gars iventa and Odillo Restano of Se3 Noth gre L lis he! : Bae > es aurea eee) cece secomsi tstated that the tailings run at 55. nora have exposed a four-inch streak ;ed without vision and enthusiasm. ; ‘ Ac Sees F : FATAL TO ¢C. NORRIS: _ tabl ; Z tl }eents to the ton. His machine han-! of ore assaying $400 a ton in gold. ; e e g ? ee = e ee ss OG ees “. dles one ton an hour and they ave:-; The find is considered a forerunner people o evada City ou have . Pees LE oS tl f ‘age $4.50 a day. In his story of one. of the disclosure of the downward fo _q. caugh 1e€ new vision of your possi. The excellent accident record) “ Pp . of the well equipped outfits that find. extension of a shoot of high-grade ‘bilities, and your determination to . making a, picture rock whieh on and above the stopover for a short visit, the princi-. 165-foot level ot hte surface proved 18 inches wide and 12 feet long and ul queried as to where h ld fi nd . fees SS o Coe yielded $80,000.more than 20 years their way over to Atolia, \richer ground. The old timer Pane a, “ is decarted Tha new ee {that if there were better diggings, on the 215-foot level has been 2 ‘that he knew of, he would be thereiyanced 25 feet: It is ccleulaied by right now. ‘Mr. Garaventa, who is supervis'ng ee ee ;operations, that only about 16 feet of additional drifting will be required to reach the objective point. Clinton 5. Brewer, &5-year-olé of Yankee Hill, recentty ‘found and located an unstaked frac‘. tional claim of three acres adjoining on the southwest the grounds of the . historie St. Ann’s Catholic chureh ia. 'the heart of Columbia, nugget gold producer extraordinary in the early days of California which. Jost to Sacusent SENATOR TO HELP IN REGARD NAT. FOREST MINING] LOS ANGELES, Dec. Willoughby, Editor Nevada Nugget, Nevada City, California. Dear Editor: prospector City I have noticed’in two of your recompany has been operating and was' was most successful, there being 18 . ‘men who spend their lives seeking, . he man and settled in North San ‘Juan held in high regard by all “who knew used. : Se er him. The money willbe used in assistwhen that was a thriving settlement. : : é He -taush? music hére, ton ‘and met He was born in Lovelock, Butte ing with the annual community! and wooed the utara Mie. fowiae county, 40 years ago. He is sur-; Christmas tree and to replace books tiv rate i f y é i he ig §s i ry Thich who became the mother of his two wired By s — bey set M4 sae Sie Ge Sunapee pcet Rasa daughters and one son. senior in le Gras: alley shi ) n arly in ¢ e year. He was greatly loved by all the . school. . The prizes were awarded as foleos eee : i eis H ras vido re > Ar residents of the Ridge as well as Seep eer . lows: Bridge Bees P. _ STORE many of Nevada City residents as} Mrs. Kate Broyles and her daugh-!and George Walling, -high score; ere > icrame Ted. 2eland Smith and Mr. Farmer he journeyed here every week until ter drove up from = amento bugil an Leland Smith and Mr. Farmer recently giving lessons. nesday to attend the funeral of low. He was most generous in lending Henry Barrons at Frenqh Corral. . Contract—Maude Hays and Wade; his talent at all Sion and tGr ee They also called at the sanitarium La ses aboceaet high-score; G: -.Goyne, . years led the choirs at the St eRe ot see their old friend, Mrs. Kate'low score. . and Trinity churches : Sullivan. Mah Jong——Mrs. Walter Mobley. . ! He will be laid away in the San = a Juan cemetery—besides his wife. Funeral services will be held at 10:3 i he Local Weather Bureau A. M. at the little church in San Juan where he presided for so many ASH ME v1M years at the» organ. Special muHERETO TELL You sic has been arranged by some of CONS COLD A his former pupils. Holmes Funeral WAN TER -LOOK Home has charge of arrangements. AV TART CAITTERS PELT. SHE AINT HAD A COAT LIKE CHRISTMAS CLUB PAYS yee NY SEASONS IN LARGE PERCENTAGE. . {( We sever seed time to time, the same being iramento by a narrow margin in the to me by my mining associate of 25 . legislature selection as the state cap. years’ standing, Mr. C. D. Wickes, . 44) in that stirring period. The small who is now in charge of the Salmon . tract, situated in an area held under tae series articles relative to the ocation or patent since the days of National Eves Reserve threatening . "49, is regarded as practically virgin to keep out mines and mining. eee having been only superficial= Some time ago I took this matter: ly worked ‘by white and up with Senator Samuel Shortridge, . onin, ge miners due the endoune before he left for the East, for the . tering of water at shallow depth present session of Congress, and the’! ‘with which they could not ‘cope at Senator advised he would use . that time. Contrary eeneral beevery effort at his command to stop lief. records the ground any legislation that’ might tend aR aw had aotuac any way to interfere with gold min-. . é : : for a half ing and gold operations discoveredits true after and restartea in search gold. Nothis advanced years, the highly enthusiastie and is confident that will develop it into a paying mine. pioneer to to that Brewer show claimed by ly been century. status open He and, its to location in Califorstaking location, has . Sinking a shaft to bedrock of placer and ‘“pocket’’ withstanding octogenarian over { { . 2s know Se t S rtridge ; . ee known Senator Shortridge cording for some 27 years and being familiar with his attitude toward California iand her basic industry and most his. torical industry, and knowing the rloyalty of Senator Shortridge to the. is his ‘‘find”’ . developing and operating gold mines in our Mother Lode district and to the North, I feel confident in stat-'f/ ing that I do not believe that these! MINING PERSONALS people who are attempting to close 4 the Forest Reserve’ to legitimate — Mr. R. and R. G. Lichtenberger of Alleghany were Nevada City visitors Saturday. C.E. LeBoyteau. came up from Pasadena stopping over at the National Hotel. He has mining interests near Goodyears Bar. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Parks and sons of the bay region spent a few days in Nevada City. The men were looking after mining interests near here. Mrs. James Woods and children motored to Aleghany Thanksgiving eve and spent the holidays there with her husband. They returned home Sunday afternoon. T. Campbell, mining man of. Sier=ra City stopped over Wednesday night in Nevada City. enroute home from a trip to San Francisco. . mining will, have any success. I am sure that with the unalloyed support of Senator Shortridge, and Congressman Englebright and the} other Congressmen from the Mother Lode district, that no change ' will be made in the rules, regulations and laws that will create any more hardships for those of us who have for years spent our time and money in prospecting, mining and developing property. But, of course, the Nugget and the ‘Journal cannot do too much to offset this move that is being made by those who would close our National Forests to this enterprise. Keep up the good work. Yours very truly, CLARENCE B., COLIN. 4 ; : DR eC se