December 5, 1932 (4 pages)

NEVADA CITY ® Where Climate, Good Water and Gold Invite the World. Nev da Cit ugget Published in ‘The Best Little City in the Mother Lode District Nevada City Nugget A LIVE NEWSPAPER published in a live town. VOL. VII, No. 13 = § The GOLD Center NEVADA CITY, CALIF ORNIA . The County Seat Paper MONDAY, DEC. 2 1932 HEAD OF STATE MINING DEPT VISITS DISTRICT Walter A. Bradley Spends Séveral Days in Nevada City District State Mineralogist, Walter A. Bradley, has been spending the past three days visiting the mines in this district, to acquaint himself first hand with the conditions here. He has visited North Star, Empire, Empress, Idaho.Maryland and the Silver Pick group on Deer Creek. He states that while there is a great activity in mining in all parts of the state, there is more in this section than in any other given area. He found the old mines all on production. records and the San Francisco and Los Angeles offices have been flooded with inquiries and information. So large was the number of inquiries that a special bulletin was published. The supply of the Placer Bulletin was exhausted in three weeks and the second printing is also almost gone. Mr. Bradley made:an extensive trip throughout the Mother Lode district last summer, visiting the placer miners along the creek and found the conditions for most parts pitiable. He warned the mountain towns that they would have a problem on their hands when the winter rains and snow drove these people in from the creek and rivers. The mining industry of California is fortunate to have at its head a man of Mr. Bradleys ability, with 21 years expeience in the department of mines and who gives to the prospector and small operator the same courtesy and service that he gives to the large properties. GUILD ENTERTAINED BY JOINT HOSTESSES Mrs. Robert Nye and Mrs. Chas. ¥. Parsons were joint hostesses Thursday afternoon at a delightful card party for the benefit of St. Agnes Guild. The party was held at the home of Mrs. Nye on Broad street and a very Pleasant afternoon was enjoyed. Contract, Auction Bridge, and Mah Jongg, were played, prizes being awarded as follows: Miss Winnie Mulloy, first, prize; Miss . Goyne, consolation; Mrs. Bernheim, high auction prize; Mrs. George Calanan, auction consolation prize. Mrs. P. G. Seadden.and Mrs. W: G: Richards ‘received the Mah Jongg prizes, Mrs. Arthur Hoge Sr., winning the free for all prize. After cards a dainty luncheon was served and the ladies all voted the affair a big success. ‘ HAPPY CAMP MINE NEAR . DOWNIEVILLE IS LEASED E. J. Hazard of Los Angeles, has leased the Happy Camp Gravel mine near Downieville, from Joseph Nipp & of that city. Two men have been put to work cutting timber and preparing for the winters work. Underground work will start at an early date. The Happy Camp mine includes 110 acres and adjoins the Kirkpatrick mine on the west. Water cutting through a ravine had opened up a gravel channel rich in gold many years ago. The mine has. been worked to some extent near the ravine where the gravel was easily accessable. Now it is necessary to tunnel in to where the _virgin gravel is. A tunnel has been run in over 100. feet. Hazard plans to continue the tunneling for another 200 feet, where he expects to strike the rich paying gravel. YELLOW JACKET MINE . AT ALLEGHANY BUSY William Lichtenburg, superintendent of: the Yellow Jacket mine at Alleghany, was in Nevada City Friday, accompanied by his brother, R. G. Lichtenburg. : _ Mr. Lichtenburg reports that the Osceola mine, which adjoins the Yellow Jacket and is owned by the same ‘ company, is adding new equipment and increasing their activities. The Yellow Jacket is employing six men. The properties are owned by the Perens Jacket Consolidated Gold Mi‘sport. . THE HUSSEY MINE STARTS ACTIVE WORK Tom Coan, who recent!y took out some good.ore at the Hussey mine in Willow Valley, informs the Nugget that active wrok has begun at the mine. Through the efforts of Ellsworth . Wood of Sacramento, Detroit capital has been secured to develop the mine and it is planned to start work immediately on installing electric power. In a short time machinery will be installed and a crew of men will be working at the property. Early in August Mr. Coan found some good ore on the Hussey property and samples of the ore have been displayed in the window of the Nugget office, -Mr. Coan has been working for several months in Willow Valley and has done a great deal of preliminary work himself. Some of the ore uncovered by Mr. Coan ran $50 a ton and the property undoubtedly has a good future. Mr. Coan is to be congratulated and the Nugget wished him all the luck in the -world. CHRISTMAS MAILING NOW IN FULL SWING The Christmas mailing of packages has begun and the post offica force will be fully occupied until the first of the year. Nevada ‘City people should try and do their mailing as early as possible in order to avoid congestion in the postoffice the last few days before Christmas. All parcels should be securely wrapped or packed. Usé strong paper and heavy twine. Special attention should be given to packing certain articles, such as umbrellas, golf sticks, ete. Fragile articles must be securely wrapped and crated and boxed. Parcels containing perishable matter must be marked “perishable” and packed in suitable container. Addresses should be complete, with house number and name of street, post office box or rural route. A return card should be placed in the upper left hand corner of each package. No parcel may be more than 100 inches in length and ‘girth combined nor exceed 70 pounds in weight. Valuable packages should be insured or registered. : SPANISH AM. WAR VETS INITIATE AT ROSEVILLE Spanish American War, Veterans from. Oakland, Sacramento, Gridley, ‘Roseville, Grass Valley and Nevada City, attended the initiation of members into the order of Snakes at Roseville last Saturday night. J. H. Richards, and Jack Hanson Whiting of “Grass Valley and Al Kelliher of Nevada City were among those present from this district. The evenr was held at the new Veterans’ Memorial Building. The Grand Gu Gu Grandisimo McFarland, Commander Hanson, Grand Thrice Inferior Gu Gu Wessel, Gu Gu Grandisimos Hickman, Gilliam, and Swartz, Slick and Slimy Keepers of the Ophidian Hanson, Whiting and Larming, Twice Inferior Gu Gu McCall, Past Gu Gu Grandisimo and Supreme Slave of the Ophidian Wilson, Captains Van Note and Lowery, Comrade McKelvy, Past Commander Warren, Adjutant Trumby, Comrade Pinell, and Lord High Keeper of the Amphoriam Bass were among those on hand. After the meeting and initiation ceremonies, all repaired to the dining hall and’ enjoyed a Mallard Ducn stew. It was planned at the meeting to establish a Veterans’ camp in the Nevada City district. A number of the Vets expressed the desire to build a summer home somewheres in the Sierras: A Nevada City site was looked on with much favor. We have here hunting, gishing, winter sports, swimming, boating, hiking and in fact almost:every out of doors There is no doubt but that we are ideally situated in that regard. ; Merchants ‘of Nevada City should encourage such a proposition. It means more ‘people and more people means more business. Fort Bragg—T. R. O’Rayley has opened a radio-repair shop at 120 . obtain Christmas seals at The Nughumanity. . that ‘‘Pop’’ Warner, famous football Radioevam Says Repeal Loses by Three Votes A radiogram picked up this morning from Washington, D. C. stated that the votes on repealing the Highteenth Amendment resulted in a victory for the drys by 3 votes. _ The vate as received over the raido was: For repeal, 272; against repeal, 144. The wets lacked three votes of having a two-thirds majority. GRAVEL MINE NEAR IOWA HILL SOLD LAST WEEK The Pine Avente mine, once known as the Old King’s Hill property, was sold to a group of five mining. men last week. Work has started now on the property and the new owners expect good returns in due time. The new owners are C. M. Ziehn, E. H. Ferrell, H. B. Starr, W. A. Gilardin and G. W. Smith. Starr and Smith are present. holders of a lease on the Annie Laurie mine between Colfax and Forest Hill. The Annie Laurie mine consists of a whole hill of low paying mineralized rock requiring the milling of many tons each day. The Pine Avenue mine is located four miles from Iowa Hill and six miles from the Yankee Jim district. It was originally owned by Tim Powers, now dead some ten years. Powers drifted on the bed rock in his day and found the gravel there to Tun between $2 and $4 per cubic yard. The original King’s Hill. channel proper, which runs near the Pine Avenue mine, never paid to work. The Pine Avenue mine is apparently. one of the primary over flows connected ‘with the Big Dipper channel, which produced many millions of dollars in gold. The Big Dipper channel is connected with the Yankee Jim deposits. : The Iowa Hill district has been very rich from a_ gravel mining standpoint. Within a radius of two miles of Iowa Hill over sixty millions’ have been taken from gravel mines. Much of this production record was taken from drift mines, although hydraulic mining also contributed heavily. There is also plenty of quartz mining possibilities in the Iowa Hill district, some of which assay and mill tests prove to be in well paying quantities. As yet however, quartz mining has not been developed in that district because of the ricn gravel deposits that have stolen the show. Nevada City is the best trading center for that district. It is but 12 miles southeast from here, but a direct road has never been put through. The road via Colfax is the easiest route at this time. CAMPTONVILLE SCHOOL GIVES PRIZE TO STUDENTS CAMPTONVILLE, Nov 30.—As a stimulation to better work in the local branch of the Marysville Union high school, the teacher, Mrs. Kate Hope Livingston, a few years ago established a plan of awarding prizes to those who presented the best work in various studies. The regular English: prizes which were given in the Freshman and Sophorome classes for the highest grades in their respective classes, were won by Livingston Cloman, Freshman, and Miss Dorothea Marx Sophomore. ‘ A special prize for English for work in English composition, was won by Miss Lola Chatfield. CHRISTMAS SEALS ON SALE AT THE NUGGET OFFICE We are happy to gay that you can get office. The funds derived from the'sale of these seals goes to ‘help stamp out the white plague which is certainly a worthy objective and we ; strongly urge all who can to avail themselves. of thts opportunity ‘of helping to maintain the high standard heretofore available to suffering -T. A. are the sponsors in thd/sale: .of Christmas seals. POP WARNER RESIGNS : A radiogram this morning states coach at Stanford University has resigned and that Ernie Nevers will: ning Company. ‘Laurel Street. be his successor. mine, the Empire mine and other ROAD TO BE BUILT T¢ T0 EMPIRE RANCH COUNTRY Some weeks ago the Nugget published a piece about the Forest Service building a road into the Empire Ranch and Lavezzola_ properties about six miles northeast of Downteville: Later we had to contradict that story for the appropriations’ to be devoted to that work were taken away from the Downieville district and given to the Forest Hill section because of the acute unemployment situation in Placer county. Last. week word was received by the Tahoe Forest Service office in -this city that $10,000 will be aL building project by the government. The building of the Empire Ranch road will fill a lone. need in Sierra county. Ever since the early fifties miners have snaked heavy machinery, lumber, pipe, mining equipment and building material of all discriptions over a narrow trail into the gravel mining district northeast of Downieville. Whole houses been built by hauling the building material by pack animals into that country.The Empire Ranch is owned by Joseph McCullough of North San Juan. Of late several, interested parties have been examining the 150 acre property with the hydraulicing Possibilities as thei aim. In the old days plenty of gold was taken out of that country. At this time there are gevera) mines operating on a small scale between the Empire Ranch and Downieville. The Lavezzola. Ranch is a mile further out than the Empire Ranch and is owned by .Tony Lavezzolu, proprietor of the hotel in Downieville. Several weeks ago, lumber torn from buildings and a 50” circular ‘Saw were stolen and carted 5 miles out to Downieville along the trail from the Empire Ranch. McC€u:lough made the trip to his ranch the following day and discovered the loss. How the thieves ever made good their get away remains a mystery. The ivcthibiree of a eel into the heavily wooded district will greatly help fire ‘fighting crews if needed there, FOREST SERVICE EXTENDS FIRE SEASON TO DEC, 1 CAMPTONVILLE, Nov 28.—District Ranger, Frank W. Meggers, in charge of the local Forest Service office, has had to make an announcement, calling attention to-the fact the government forest rules had been changed, making the fire seaSon one month longer to December Ist, instead of November Ist, as a date when light burning and brush burning could be done. The unusual dryness this late in the season has been very deceiving, a fire burning with almost as much ferocity as in the summer months. Three fires have taken place in this section during the last month, due to brush fires getting beyond control of the person starting them, as well as other fires in the neighboring districts. In future the department will not permit a brush fire prior to December. 1st, _ without a written government permit. Newmont Company Executive Now Here From New York Coming from New York, Fred Searles, Jr., Vice President of the Newmont Company, is to remain here for several days on business matters in Nevada City. The Newmont Company owns and operates the Murchie: mine, the North’ Star properties in this district. _ For the past few days Mr. Searles. has been opening up the Zeibright mine, a quartz proposition in Bear Valley. Prospecting and sampling work has been in progress at the Zeibright for the past two months under the direction of Elsworth’ Bennetts. Elsworth’ Bennetts is a brother to Clayton Bennetts, Mine Superintendent of the 16 to 1 mine. ANOTHER SCOTCHMAN ARRIVES Born—To Mr. and Mrs. Robert McAfee, of Nevada, City, a séven pound boy, November 27th. Mother and son are both in good health. San Francisco —Consolidation ot Pacific Public Service Company with Pacific Gas and Electric. Company has been granted. propriated to the Downieville road have . : Forester for the Tahoe National Takes Part in Discussion \e Assemblyman Mayo TRUE GRIT MINE SOON TO BE IN OPERATION Camptonville, Dec. 2.—Word has recently been received here that the Oregon Creek company, a Sacramento corporation which last spring took over the True Grit mining property, located nine miles north of here, and owned by John C. Donnelly of Oakland, work on which »roperty has been stopped for the past month and a half, has furmulated plans for the continuation of work at this time. The True Grit is an old time gravel property representing a large deposit of virgin gravel which shows very good values. The company started to do development work last summer, put in a pumping plant and Pipe line from Orgeon Creek and forced the water to the monitors in this style a revolution in hydraulic mining. The expreminet is said to have worked well, and the company now Plans the replacement of the gas engines by electric motors with which to pump the water. Power is to be furnished by the Pacific Gas and Electric company, which it is understood plans to tap their Alleghany line in the vicinity of Plum Valley. Mrs.O. A. Johnson of Sacramento is president of the corporation and other prominent Sacramento business people aré connected with the enterprise. CAMPTONVILLE GARAGE IS HEADLIGHT STATION. CAMPTONVILLE, Nov. 29.—The Department of Motor Vehicles, has designated and appointed the Lang Garage, as the Official Headlight Station No. 403, for testing and adjusting headlights in this section, both Mr. Lang and his mechanic, having received certificates of proficiency in this work. This is the only headlight station north of Nevada City, and will serve for all the mountaih people, being considerable of convenience to them, and will work in co-operation with Traffic Officer A. J. Ponta, who has charge of all traffic work in Sierra and northern Yuba Counties. POPULAR FAMILY WILL MOVE FROM NEVADA CITY THIS WEEK Mr. and Mrs. George R. Schrader, will drive to Quincy early tomorrow. Mr. Schrader will return Wednesday before finally moving all belongings to his new home in Quincy. For the past eighteen months Nevada City has enjoyed the Schrader family. Many have. expressed their sorrow upon learning that the popular family is moving away. Mr. Schrader, who has been Junior Forest Service with headquarters in this city, has been transferred to the Quincy office where he will work in the same capacity. SOCIAL CLUB ENTERTAINS Mrs. Kopp, entertained the Social Club Thursday afternoon. Bridge was played and a dainty luncheon served. Prizes were awarded Mrs. Lloyd Dudley, first; Mrs. Schreier, . why the rate should have been Important Meeting on Compensation Insurance Meeting at Sacramento With Governor Rolph Gives Promise of Results HEAD OF DEPARTMENT. GRILLED BY GOVERNOR Leading Part is Taken by Men From Nevada City and Grass Valley Governor ~“Rolph Compensation Insurance Fund, the Industrial Accident Commission and the Inspectors Rating Bureau “on the mat’’ at the meeting called for the purpose of discussing compensation insurance as it affects mining. For the first time in the history of the state a real concerted effort has been made to stop the rising cost of insurance, which has reached the point where it is strangling the mining industry. almost entirely to Mayor Brock of . Grass Valley, who’ inspired the meeting and assisted the governor ia making arrangements. The Nevada City-Grass Valley section predominated the meeting. Arthur Foote of Grass Valley gave one of the outstanding talks. Mr. Foote has given considerable thought and hif talk Friday to give not only the faults of the present method of hand~ ling compensation insurance, but also to suggest remedies. Governor Rolph immediately asked Mr. Foote to draft bills along the lines suggested. Later, however, i was decided to appoint a committe to work with Foote. The committee which was at first.seven in number, was raised to fifteen. are mining men, five of whom are from Grass Valley and vicinity, and are: Arthur Foote, Mayor Brock, George Starr, H. R. Plate, and C. EK. Crampton. Two members of the committee represent insurance companies, two labor, and one the state chamber of commerce, which has been making an extensive study of compensation insurance. Walter W. Bradley, state mineralogist, is to act as secretary ex-officio of the committee. Mr. Bradley was one of the early speakers at the Friday meeting. The governor seems pleased with Mr. Bradley’s work in the.mining department. and. there. is no doubt but that he will be retained in his office. Charles L. Gilmore, of Sacramento, who has worked on the subject for many months as chairman of a committee from the Mining Association of California, submitted to the governor a comprehensive’ report which was read by Mrs. Gilmore, as Mr. Gilmore was unable ot be present. Mr. Gilmore was made a member of the committee to draft the bills. Others called upon to speak were several legislators, including Jesse M. Mayo,’ the newly elected assemblyman from this district. Mr. Mayo has also gone deeply into the subject and is anxious to serve his district, of which mining is the chief industry. The bombardment,however, was reserved for the afternoon session, when the governor called one after the other of the men connected in any way with the insurance department of the state. Frank J. Creede, manager of the State Compensation Insurance Fund, was the main target. He confessed that the mining rate was too high and that it should be 6 per cent, amd that 3 per cent was within the realm of possibility. The governor, at the conclusion of Mr. Creede’s talk, said, ‘‘Can you give these people the assurance that the rate will be lowered?’’ “No, your honor, I can’t.” “Then, what do you mean by saying that the rate could be three percent?” The governor also took exceptionto the fact that the fund had . 700,000. surplus in the state ury lying idle while the rate constantly mounting. He also in his administration by ap of former governors. consolation. put the State _ Credit for Friday’s meeting is duestudy to the subject and was able in: Ten members —

NEVADA CITY ® Where Climate, Good Water and Gold Invite the World. Nev da Cit ugget Published in ‘The Best Little City in the Mother Lode District Nevada City Nugget A LIVE NEWSPAPER published in a live town. VOL. VII, No. 13 = § The GOLD Center NEVADA CITY, CALIF ORNIA . The County Seat Paper MONDAY, DEC. 2 1932 HEAD OF STATE MINING DEPT VISITS DISTRICT Walter A. Bradley Spends Séveral Days in Nevada City District State Mineralogist, Walter A. Bradley, has been spending the past three days visiting the mines in this district, to acquaint himself first hand with the conditions here. He has visited North Star, Empire, Empress, Idaho.Maryland and the Silver Pick group on Deer Creek. He states that while there is a great activity in mining in all parts of the state, there is more in this section than in any other given area. He found the old mines all on production. records and the San Francisco and Los Angeles offices have been flooded with inquiries and information. So large was the number of inquiries that a special bulletin was published. The supply of the Placer Bulletin was exhausted in three weeks and the second printing is also almost gone. Mr. Bradley made:an extensive trip throughout the Mother Lode district last summer, visiting the placer miners along the creek and found the conditions for most parts pitiable. He warned the mountain towns that they would have a problem on their hands when the winter rains and snow drove these people in from the creek and rivers. The mining industry of California is fortunate to have at its head a man of Mr. Bradleys ability, with 21 years expeience in the department of mines and who gives to the prospector and small operator the same courtesy and service that he gives to the large properties. GUILD ENTERTAINED BY JOINT HOSTESSES Mrs. Robert Nye and Mrs. Chas. ¥. Parsons were joint hostesses Thursday afternoon at a delightful card party for the benefit of St. Agnes Guild. The party was held at the home of Mrs. Nye on Broad street and a very Pleasant afternoon was enjoyed. Contract, Auction Bridge, and Mah Jongg, were played, prizes being awarded as follows: Miss Winnie Mulloy, first, prize; Miss . Goyne, consolation; Mrs. Bernheim, high auction prize; Mrs. George Calanan, auction consolation prize. Mrs. P. G. Seadden.and Mrs. W: G: Richards ‘received the Mah Jongg prizes, Mrs. Arthur Hoge Sr., winning the free for all prize. After cards a dainty luncheon was served and the ladies all voted the affair a big success. ‘ HAPPY CAMP MINE NEAR . DOWNIEVILLE IS LEASED E. J. Hazard of Los Angeles, has leased the Happy Camp Gravel mine near Downieville, from Joseph Nipp & of that city. Two men have been put to work cutting timber and preparing for the winters work. Underground work will start at an early date. The Happy Camp mine includes 110 acres and adjoins the Kirkpatrick mine on the west. Water cutting through a ravine had opened up a gravel channel rich in gold many years ago. The mine has. been worked to some extent near the ravine where the gravel was easily accessable. Now it is necessary to tunnel in to where the _virgin gravel is. A tunnel has been run in over 100. feet. Hazard plans to continue the tunneling for another 200 feet, where he expects to strike the rich paying gravel. YELLOW JACKET MINE . AT ALLEGHANY BUSY William Lichtenburg, superintendent of: the Yellow Jacket mine at Alleghany, was in Nevada City Friday, accompanied by his brother, R. G. Lichtenburg. : _ Mr. Lichtenburg reports that the Osceola mine, which adjoins the Yellow Jacket and is owned by the same ‘ company, is adding new equipment and increasing their activities. The Yellow Jacket is employing six men. The properties are owned by the Perens Jacket Consolidated Gold Mi‘sport. . THE HUSSEY MINE STARTS ACTIVE WORK Tom Coan, who recent!y took out some good.ore at the Hussey mine in Willow Valley, informs the Nugget that active wrok has begun at the mine. Through the efforts of Ellsworth . Wood of Sacramento, Detroit capital has been secured to develop the mine and it is planned to start work immediately on installing electric power. In a short time machinery will be installed and a crew of men will be working at the property. Early in August Mr. Coan found some good ore on the Hussey property and samples of the ore have been displayed in the window of the Nugget office, -Mr. Coan has been working for several months in Willow Valley and has done a great deal of preliminary work himself. Some of the ore uncovered by Mr. Coan ran $50 a ton and the property undoubtedly has a good future. Mr. Coan is to be congratulated and the Nugget wished him all the luck in the -world. CHRISTMAS MAILING NOW IN FULL SWING The Christmas mailing of packages has begun and the post offica force will be fully occupied until the first of the year. Nevada ‘City people should try and do their mailing as early as possible in order to avoid congestion in the postoffice the last few days before Christmas. All parcels should be securely wrapped or packed. Usé strong paper and heavy twine. Special attention should be given to packing certain articles, such as umbrellas, golf sticks, ete. Fragile articles must be securely wrapped and crated and boxed. Parcels containing perishable matter must be marked “perishable” and packed in suitable container. Addresses should be complete, with house number and name of street, post office box or rural route. A return card should be placed in the upper left hand corner of each package. No parcel may be more than 100 inches in length and ‘girth combined nor exceed 70 pounds in weight. Valuable packages should be insured or registered. : SPANISH AM. WAR VETS INITIATE AT ROSEVILLE Spanish American War, Veterans from. Oakland, Sacramento, Gridley, ‘Roseville, Grass Valley and Nevada City, attended the initiation of members into the order of Snakes at Roseville last Saturday night. J. H. Richards, and Jack Hanson Whiting of “Grass Valley and Al Kelliher of Nevada City were among those present from this district. The evenr was held at the new Veterans’ Memorial Building. The Grand Gu Gu Grandisimo McFarland, Commander Hanson, Grand Thrice Inferior Gu Gu Wessel, Gu Gu Grandisimos Hickman, Gilliam, and Swartz, Slick and Slimy Keepers of the Ophidian Hanson, Whiting and Larming, Twice Inferior Gu Gu McCall, Past Gu Gu Grandisimo and Supreme Slave of the Ophidian Wilson, Captains Van Note and Lowery, Comrade McKelvy, Past Commander Warren, Adjutant Trumby, Comrade Pinell, and Lord High Keeper of the Amphoriam Bass were among those on hand. After the meeting and initiation ceremonies, all repaired to the dining hall and’ enjoyed a Mallard Ducn stew. It was planned at the meeting to establish a Veterans’ camp in the Nevada City district. A number of the Vets expressed the desire to build a summer home somewheres in the Sierras: A Nevada City site was looked on with much favor. We have here hunting, gishing, winter sports, swimming, boating, hiking and in fact almost:every out of doors There is no doubt but that we are ideally situated in that regard. ; Merchants ‘of Nevada City should encourage such a proposition. It means more ‘people and more people means more business. Fort Bragg—T. R. O’Rayley has opened a radio-repair shop at 120 . obtain Christmas seals at The Nughumanity. . that ‘‘Pop’’ Warner, famous football Radioevam Says Repeal Loses by Three Votes A radiogram picked up this morning from Washington, D. C. stated that the votes on repealing the Highteenth Amendment resulted in a victory for the drys by 3 votes. _ The vate as received over the raido was: For repeal, 272; against repeal, 144. The wets lacked three votes of having a two-thirds majority. GRAVEL MINE NEAR IOWA HILL SOLD LAST WEEK The Pine Avente mine, once known as the Old King’s Hill property, was sold to a group of five mining. men last week. Work has started now on the property and the new owners expect good returns in due time. The new owners are C. M. Ziehn, E. H. Ferrell, H. B. Starr, W. A. Gilardin and G. W. Smith. Starr and Smith are present. holders of a lease on the Annie Laurie mine between Colfax and Forest Hill. The Annie Laurie mine consists of a whole hill of low paying mineralized rock requiring the milling of many tons each day. The Pine Avenue mine is located four miles from Iowa Hill and six miles from the Yankee Jim district. It was originally owned by Tim Powers, now dead some ten years. Powers drifted on the bed rock in his day and found the gravel there to Tun between $2 and $4 per cubic yard. The original King’s Hill. channel proper, which runs near the Pine Avenue mine, never paid to work. The Pine Avenue mine is apparently. one of the primary over flows connected ‘with the Big Dipper channel, which produced many millions of dollars in gold. The Big Dipper channel is connected with the Yankee Jim deposits. : The Iowa Hill district has been very rich from a_ gravel mining standpoint. Within a radius of two miles of Iowa Hill over sixty millions’ have been taken from gravel mines. Much of this production record was taken from drift mines, although hydraulic mining also contributed heavily. There is also plenty of quartz mining possibilities in the Iowa Hill district, some of which assay and mill tests prove to be in well paying quantities. As yet however, quartz mining has not been developed in that district because of the ricn gravel deposits that have stolen the show. Nevada City is the best trading center for that district. It is but 12 miles southeast from here, but a direct road has never been put through. The road via Colfax is the easiest route at this time. CAMPTONVILLE SCHOOL GIVES PRIZE TO STUDENTS CAMPTONVILLE, Nov 30.—As a stimulation to better work in the local branch of the Marysville Union high school, the teacher, Mrs. Kate Hope Livingston, a few years ago established a plan of awarding prizes to those who presented the best work in various studies. The regular English: prizes which were given in the Freshman and Sophorome classes for the highest grades in their respective classes, were won by Livingston Cloman, Freshman, and Miss Dorothea Marx Sophomore. ‘ A special prize for English for work in English composition, was won by Miss Lola Chatfield. CHRISTMAS SEALS ON SALE AT THE NUGGET OFFICE We are happy to gay that you can get office. The funds derived from the'sale of these seals goes to ‘help stamp out the white plague which is

certainly a worthy objective and we ; strongly urge all who can to avail themselves. of thts opportunity ‘of helping to maintain the high standard heretofore available to suffering -T. A. are the sponsors in thd/sale: .of Christmas seals. POP WARNER RESIGNS : A radiogram this morning states coach at Stanford University has resigned and that Ernie Nevers will: ning Company. ‘Laurel Street. be his successor. mine, the Empire mine and other ROAD TO BE BUILT T¢ T0 EMPIRE RANCH COUNTRY Some weeks ago the Nugget published a piece about the Forest Service building a road into the Empire Ranch and Lavezzola_ properties about six miles northeast of Downteville: Later we had to contradict that story for the appropriations’ to be devoted to that work were taken away from the Downieville district and given to the Forest Hill section because of the acute unemployment situation in Placer county. Last. week word was received by the Tahoe Forest Service office in -this city that $10,000 will be aL building project by the government. The building of the Empire Ranch road will fill a lone. need in Sierra county. Ever since the early fifties miners have snaked heavy machinery, lumber, pipe, mining equipment and building material of all discriptions over a narrow trail into the gravel mining district northeast of Downieville. Whole houses been built by hauling the building material by pack animals into that country.The Empire Ranch is owned by Joseph McCullough of North San Juan. Of late several, interested parties have been examining the 150 acre property with the hydraulicing Possibilities as thei aim. In the old days plenty of gold was taken out of that country. At this time there are gevera) mines operating on a small scale between the Empire Ranch and Downieville. The Lavezzola. Ranch is a mile further out than the Empire Ranch and is owned by .Tony Lavezzolu, proprietor of the hotel in Downieville. Several weeks ago, lumber torn from buildings and a 50” circular ‘Saw were stolen and carted 5 miles out to Downieville along the trail from the Empire Ranch. McC€u:lough made the trip to his ranch the following day and discovered the loss. How the thieves ever made good their get away remains a mystery. The ivcthibiree of a eel into the heavily wooded district will greatly help fire ‘fighting crews if needed there, FOREST SERVICE EXTENDS FIRE SEASON TO DEC, 1 CAMPTONVILLE, Nov 28.—District Ranger, Frank W. Meggers, in charge of the local Forest Service office, has had to make an announcement, calling attention to-the fact the government forest rules had been changed, making the fire seaSon one month longer to December Ist, instead of November Ist, as a date when light burning and brush burning could be done. The unusual dryness this late in the season has been very deceiving, a fire burning with almost as much ferocity as in the summer months. Three fires have taken place in this section during the last month, due to brush fires getting beyond control of the person starting them, as well as other fires in the neighboring districts. In future the department will not permit a brush fire prior to December. 1st, _ without a written government permit. Newmont Company Executive Now Here From New York Coming from New York, Fred Searles, Jr., Vice President of the Newmont Company, is to remain here for several days on business matters in Nevada City. The Newmont Company owns and operates the Murchie: mine, the North’ Star properties in this district. _ For the past few days Mr. Searles. has been opening up the Zeibright mine, a quartz proposition in Bear Valley. Prospecting and sampling work has been in progress at the Zeibright for the past two months under the direction of Elsworth’ Bennetts. Elsworth’ Bennetts is a brother to Clayton Bennetts, Mine Superintendent of the 16 to 1 mine. ANOTHER SCOTCHMAN ARRIVES Born—To Mr. and Mrs. Robert McAfee, of Nevada, City, a séven pound boy, November 27th. Mother and son are both in good health. San Francisco —Consolidation ot Pacific Public Service Company with Pacific Gas and Electric. Company has been granted. propriated to the Downieville road have . : Forester for the Tahoe National Takes Part in Discussion \e Assemblyman Mayo TRUE GRIT MINE SOON TO BE IN OPERATION Camptonville, Dec. 2.—Word has recently been received here that the Oregon Creek company, a Sacramento corporation which last spring took over the True Grit mining property, located nine miles north of here, and owned by John C. Donnelly of Oakland, work on which »roperty has been stopped for the past month and a half, has furmulated plans for the continuation of work at this time. The True Grit is an old time gravel property representing a large deposit of virgin gravel which shows very good values. The company started to do development work last summer, put in a pumping plant and Pipe line from Orgeon Creek and forced the water to the monitors in this style a revolution in hydraulic mining. The expreminet is said to have worked well, and the company now Plans the replacement of the gas engines by electric motors with which to pump the water. Power is to be furnished by the Pacific Gas and Electric company, which it is understood plans to tap their Alleghany line in the vicinity of Plum Valley. Mrs.O. A. Johnson of Sacramento is president of the corporation and other prominent Sacramento business people aré connected with the enterprise. CAMPTONVILLE GARAGE IS HEADLIGHT STATION. CAMPTONVILLE, Nov. 29.—The Department of Motor Vehicles, has designated and appointed the Lang Garage, as the Official Headlight Station No. 403, for testing and adjusting headlights in this section, both Mr. Lang and his mechanic, having received certificates of proficiency in this work. This is the only headlight station north of Nevada City, and will serve for all the mountaih people, being considerable of convenience to them, and will work in co-operation with Traffic Officer A. J. Ponta, who has charge of all traffic work in Sierra and northern Yuba Counties. POPULAR FAMILY WILL MOVE FROM NEVADA CITY THIS WEEK Mr. and Mrs. George R. Schrader, will drive to Quincy early tomorrow. Mr. Schrader will return Wednesday before finally moving all belongings to his new home in Quincy. For the past eighteen months Nevada City has enjoyed the Schrader family. Many have. expressed their sorrow upon learning that the popular family is moving away. Mr. Schrader, who has been Junior Forest Service with headquarters in this city, has been transferred to the Quincy office where he will work in the same capacity. SOCIAL CLUB ENTERTAINS Mrs. Kopp, entertained the Social Club Thursday afternoon. Bridge was played and a dainty luncheon served. Prizes were awarded Mrs. Lloyd Dudley, first; Mrs. Schreier, . why the rate should have been Important Meeting on Compensation Insurance Meeting at Sacramento With Governor Rolph Gives Promise of Results HEAD OF DEPARTMENT. GRILLED BY GOVERNOR Leading Part is Taken by Men From Nevada City and Grass Valley Governor ~“Rolph Compensation Insurance Fund, the Industrial Accident Commission and the Inspectors Rating Bureau “on the mat’’ at the meeting called for the purpose of discussing compensation insurance as it affects mining. For the first time in the history of the state a real concerted effort has been made to stop the rising cost of insurance, which has reached the point where it is strangling the mining industry. almost entirely to Mayor Brock of . Grass Valley, who’ inspired the meeting and assisted the governor ia making arrangements. The Nevada City-Grass Valley section predominated the meeting. Arthur Foote of Grass Valley gave one of the outstanding talks. Mr. Foote has given considerable thought and hif talk Friday to give not only the faults of the present method of hand~ ling compensation insurance, but also to suggest remedies. Governor Rolph immediately asked Mr. Foote to draft bills along the lines suggested. Later, however, i was decided to appoint a committe to work with Foote. The committee which was at first.seven in number, was raised to fifteen. are mining men, five of whom are from Grass Valley and vicinity, and are: Arthur Foote, Mayor Brock, George Starr, H. R. Plate, and C. EK. Crampton. Two members of the committee represent insurance companies, two labor, and one the state chamber of commerce, which has been making an extensive study of compensation insurance. Walter W. Bradley, state mineralogist, is to act as secretary ex-officio of the committee. Mr. Bradley was one of the early speakers at the Friday meeting. The governor seems pleased with Mr. Bradley’s work in the.mining department. and. there. is no doubt but that he will be retained in his office. Charles L. Gilmore, of Sacramento, who has worked on the subject for many months as chairman of a committee from the Mining Association of California, submitted to the governor a comprehensive’ report which was read by Mrs. Gilmore, as Mr. Gilmore was unable ot be present. Mr. Gilmore was made a member of the committee to draft the bills. Others called upon to speak were several legislators, including Jesse M. Mayo,’ the newly elected assemblyman from this district. Mr. Mayo has also gone deeply into the subject and is anxious to serve his district, of which mining is the chief industry. The bombardment,however, was reserved for the afternoon session, when the governor called one after the other of the men connected in any way with the insurance department of the state. Frank J. Creede, manager of the State Compensation Insurance Fund, was the main target. He confessed that the mining rate was too high and that it should be 6 per cent, amd that 3 per cent was within the realm of possibility. The governor, at the conclusion of Mr. Creede’s talk, said, ‘‘Can you give these people the assurance that the rate will be lowered?’’ “No, your honor, I can’t.” “Then, what do you mean by saying that the rate could be three percent?” The governor also took exceptionto the fact that the fund had . 700,000. surplus in the state ury lying idle while the rate constantly mounting. He also in his administration by ap of former governors. consolation. put the State _ Credit for Friday’s meeting is duestudy to the subject and was able in: Ten members —