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The Nugget is California's leading Mining Weekly
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VOLUME IV, ‘NUMBER 13
“THE GOLD CENTER NEVADA CIry, NEVADA. COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, THE, COUNTY SEAT PAPER _
owes. cane oe
_FEBRUARY 10, Al Aad
transaction
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PAINE MINE HAS
BEEN BONDED BY
ROHM CHATFIELD
By virtue of papers placed on record the past week the four Paine wi
brothers have optioned their mining
properties in the Kennebec district
_north of town to Charles E. Rohm. a :
his community. He has been an important figure in East Belt mining
circles for many. years and is the
owner of various properties, a leadand Clayton Chatfield.
The properties involved
are the Golden
Golden Age No. 2, Nut Pihe,
Pine Extension, Rocky Point, Biue in
in the
Age,
Nut
Bell,. Blue Bell No. 2 and Porphory has a past production record of!ievel and with 800 feet of backs! tention of the city dads that: sever[ : ;
Hill Diggings, in Sections 9, 15, 16. $125,000. He predicts a g: raat fu1to work, there is plenty of ore in] al ‘septic tanks empty into the eréek SIERRA CITY MINING : of
TI7N ROE. : ture for the East Belt with its . sient for a long time ahead.’ Wiih!above the site, and that the swampy:}. RB Noe
Considerable development work vast potential riches, through the . the larger compressor equipment ini character of the. land would make IS. LOOKING UP FINE =e
has becti done the past. few years. coming of adequate electric power . use, thé ore has been kept: well. it difficult to build. and maintain put
on the property. When under bond] and looks to see his section teeming] ahead of the mill. Superintenden!/a pcol. The trustees are but luke-. phat the Sierra City. mining disto R. BE. Miesse and associates, a. with activity once more within the! Lichtenberg is expecting to stari,warm on ihe matter of spending . triet ig destned to céme back in! th
Huntington mill was set up on the next few abs haneteas pan upraise to connect with the old. that amount of mouey on something . eonyincing fashion after a number
property, a tramway installed and More power to him! workings on the upper levels and. that it will be a heavy expense tol ope months of comparative quiet.
considerable surface trenching done, . determine the nature of previous. maintain once it is built and feel. one’ “of the leading priperties is. th
opening up a ledge for a distance RIFTING operations. : that the matter should be submitied . likely to change hands shortly ae-’
of some 800 feet up the hillside HOGE STARTS D There. is but little snow lef {to the people as to whether the. .9rdine to information passing . m
above the mill site and giving 4 ON THE 300 LEVEL around tha surface works and the}mouey should not be spent on! through The Nugget office which has
large amount of backs for working. road has bean broken through be-. smething imu,e ui iturian and meed-. peen instrumental in contacting the The croppings show a lot of gosgan which pans well and the property has good prospects for profitable productten.
————$—$
RISCLU ION PRAISE
WORK OF THE PRESS
ee
In a series of resolutions passed
Vv
p
teachers’ institute held here last
ion and The Nugget is praised for. ¢
their faithfulness and accuracy in
informing the public of the proceedngs and programs. Other subjects
covered are favoring joining the
northern section of institu at the
next meeting and to nowdh e next
institute in the ciunty at Truckee;
any change in the text
book law as at present constituted;
favoring a raodification of the law
affecting the retirement of teach“-ers; favorng—a-ehange—in—-taxation
so tht more money may be secured
for the schools; that no drastic action be taken in the’ tenure act;
expressing thanks to the Nevada
“opposing
MAYOR MCLEAN VISITS
ville, .
county for many years, was in town
several days last week while om his
way home from a ‘six week’s visit
mistic
2 is every indication that they pervy the resolutions committee of the. gist to depth. Drifts and crosscuts
will be run in sufficient number to
~ week, the work of the Morning Un-. thoriughly open up the ground bemilling facilites.
GEORGE MOTT PASSING
George M. Mott removes one of the
veterans of the Grand Army of the
Republic, a past department grand
. continander
‘NEVADA CITY AGAIN
of Granitein Nevada
Mayor Bill McLean
familiar figure
th relatives in San Leandro.
His honor is one of those optoindividuals who always has
good word for his home town and
g one being the Republic which
‘centintiniaamasanre
been
north of Company
the 16
The compan yhas piended up some
ery promising orebodies on the uper levels the past year and there
a real
ore planning on the istallation of
Sonoma
capital.
REMOVES OLD RESIDENT
Wednesday of
The passing last
bid for
of the order. He had
discouraging
ly repay handsome dividends in the
course of time.
. president
the operating
BRUSH CREEK IS
SHOWING GOOD
PRODUCTI NL
Reports from
mine show that the mine enjoyed a
profitable run last month and that
conditions
ture of the company.
~The mill is operating steadily on
a 12 hour
said to be encouraging. Drifting is
in progress on the ledge and_ stoping is being done on the lower 310. of the title it
look
basis
>tween Mountain
Drifts have been started east and! years so that the
west of the main shaft on the 300
level_at the properties of the Hoge
Development
town the past few days and will be
run with day and night crews.
able to get out.
The Brush Creek
veloping--into one of
most profitable producers aside from
: and the faith of the
Kate Hardy interests that they had
mine there
reports made will like-. the busines
10.1
Marking sunny i Gaiternia! s initial
as the
such_a—classic, the first annual Na
fame
SUE
IFE ONCE Hi
— — ————
a ah: Brien Creek One of the interesting
a TING POOL
E COME rte
items of
business in the meeting of the city
MINING LOCATIONS ARE
PLACED COTNTY RECORD.
The following mining locations
have been filed for record the past
month: :
Yellow Gold placer by F.C. Foote,
Fred Williams, Charles E.Alpers,
‘George H. Alpers, -Carl Alpers, Artrustees on Thursday right was the! thur Boundy, James Rickard and. no
bright for the fu-. resurrecting. of. that age old pro-. James W. James, in NW% Sec 18
blem of ‘four $10,000 swimming . T17N R9E, North Columbia Hiil
pool’. :
and returns are “Ginee tentatively fixing
Marsh tract on Park avenu
has come
:
The mattet’ did not get
House and Guoded, lowners with Los Angeles interests . ¢,
mine truck has! the “verbal ‘stage, “but it is likely. who propose taking over the prop{that by the time that elections rol nt and put on 4 large crew at an1around something delinite will have . early date. This property on producme
‘“tooks to be de
Serra county’: been arrived at.
Gonsiderable discus
to the matter’ol
which the
over
lighting » system’
somipany has been demonstr
33 district.
the
maintaining
in the fate of
The
ee by company
Stalling and
flav system being
, . ) there is not much
setting for; fone will be contracted for.
Conver gation asus ual
suffered a previous paralytic stroke. tional Ski Jumping Tourn: yment . into the evening betore the
gome nine years previous and the{will be held on the precipitous . adjourned.
last one came in his sleep and ren-. slopes of a mountain . rising sec
dering him unconscious to the last. the north shore of Lake Tahoe, . prRApAGCTH
months agdtand having an peut
td-the~
sion was given .
ifre ne
the
WATER RAISE
Mining District.
on the! Lucky Boy placer by H.R. Bayes
e some in SE corner. SEY Sec. 6, TI8N
ree Bureka Mining District.
nu
beyond
. tion oneé more would go far tow ard
reviving the district
‘one of the lve
state. 2
. 1c
Development work is progressin?
. staedily at ‘the Primrose mine being
for in-. operated by the Burkhard interests
Seen) OF Los Angeles. This mine has exW sireet sections of the
power
ating in
price as
Ben I’. BalNard of Santa Rosa te ee appears to everyone to be) cellent. prospects for large .operaand general manager of . most reasonabie and much interest . ions. i
company and operahe anus With the program} 4 ten stamp mill is being agaetet a
tions have been largely financed by} to be given at the Chamber of Com-. on the Young America property
and Mendocino — county Lees PORT EOW night on the sub. operated by the Loefler interests.
parece it Oe: felt that the matter ine mill is to be driven by water
lis wuld be pear Tn oe definitely . power, The tunnel is reported into} a
Ski TOURNAMENT 1S jin the near Luture, pba eu WiC i the pay shoot with good backs. ¢
SET FOR LAKE TARO s} oe ae ioe Colombo mine west of town to act!in many
as been enthusiastic over a sini‘as a drainage tunnel and to cut the!f
instailed here and “jay shoot encountered in the wpper; pected that any contender will arise
doubt but what’ yeyelg and it is expected that work. in the newly added portion of the
be commenced this! distiict
Forrest Young
‘esented
session is understood to be keeping
'on this will
ran well. sprne.
i
niceili VE} W.,
. pecting
W. Casserly
the Monumental
has been pros-;i
property
; Brass roots. This prperty at one
ELECTION TIME
GIVES INTEREST
‘OVER THE STATE
While the primary
some months away,
pective candidates
county offices
county as evidenced
ning in the columns’
Republican Press. /
ready in the running for the office
time in letting the people know that
Up this way it is said to be a last
minute
keeping
contests noted for county offices so
ar and definite announcements may
he-expetied
. offices
ibe voted on at the August primary
and making it} 9,
cmes in this year and with the new
districting, Sierra, Plumas and Lassen counties have been tacked onto
the former district. While Jerry Seawell has made no formal announcement
-aown that on ‘account of his splenlast legislature, that there is strong
sentiment
tention.on the job. Jerry more than
and reports a. good showing on the out of the
. with the heavy’voting population in
elections are
‘there has been .
dearth of interest among prosfor the various
over in Mendocino
by the large =
mber of political, cards now runof the Ukiah
There’ are five candidates alassemblyman now held by In1s. There is not much contest deloping among the county offices
the incumbents are losing no
ey desire ‘to continue on the job.
in most cases alcounty has. been
for some
affair
ough Placer
the pot boiling
onths.
Locally there have been but two’
future in
All county
judge. wiilin the near
least one particular.
except superior
August 26th.
The post of assemblyman also
of his candidacy it is well
id service given his district in the
everywhere for his rejade good in the estimation of his
constituency and gave us the best
epresentation this district had had
years. His election is a
orgone conclusion as it is not ex-tangling with ,him.
of Quincy who rep1
section -inthe last___J
to try
that
assembly situation and
Vy InNoOY ny *
ue rite ah ce Sie Born in Norwich, Connecticut, dhdaloas 22 28, according to plans. RUPUDED 'time produced one of California's this end of the district, a northernto the National Hotel forthe hos-;Avsist 29, 1844, ‘he spent his youth scape ron : GETS FARMER PROTE ST largest nuggets. It is connected with . er would not stand much chance of
pitality shown; appreciation and/!® Detroit until the outbreak of ee ai Hea Hon pace ee ie Sierra Buttes property owned by . pulling through. There nas been unieratitude “to the outside punaieeaes 120 Civil War when he enlisted in, fue riders’’—cehkebrities _ “ — a . the Haye brothers of San Jose. . versal satisfaction with Jerry’s work
who gave of their time and talent; the Union army. Following its close continents——will sompete sb alee) 2 ule proposal of the irrigation . It is reported that the Keystone; all the way down the line and the
and grateful thanks to Mre, Bile M. he came to California and engaged yan under the authority and sup-. district management to give the . mine is to be reopened this apring compliment paid him iy a veteranAustin for the aplendid progem whe in mining in Nevada county to the errinee of the American ie Anne> 19.0 water Pies around a el na Ernest Innes as soon as supplies. legislator, “that he wa. he highest
arranged. Newtown district and later was secse on with the shattering of ex-. jhoist has hit a snags with the can be taken in. It is at this prop-. type of man that couid be elected
retary of the North ° Bloomfield isting wirld’s records held a distinct ; farmers who have been holding , erty that water coming from the) to legislative d ities ind: that this
s Mining ‘Company prior to the hypossibility. meetings to discuss the situation . tunnel is dropped 1200 feet down. district was ex remels -1ortunate in
WRIGHT 1S VISITOR aD draulic ban. In 1873 he married] Tahie Tavern, scene of the run-. Phe propos ed raise does not set . the hillside to a generator and. the Freving man of hi: abilty for ;
Miss Nancy Clark and he took up ened of the second annual Tahoe; weil with a lot of the_tillers-of jaa Bee: taken back up the hilt to run} sscenrly man, -was ents-cly deserved —
Williams Wright was here from his residence “in Sacramento ast 5 ne — eat Bboy = ihe Mee eee short ese — paeicicg bbe ofte ot ene eres: biti: Smarwilie Thutaday 6s buatwase manager of a large stationery house, — aye ee — RE oad faecal Lad ihe = . me — not be vous on untiete The
and was ‘a pleasant caller -at The . er sole to Berkeley to make his) ied a te’ Wie . i es ‘ eal a ek seit ate MINING PERSONALS tigate district now will include
Nugget office. Mr. Wright was one . ome . ov cee] c getting Sierra, Nevada, and P.cer counties
ss Construction in a mountainside aj) above the $18 mark while the maninstead of the former ive county of the early subscribers to this paSurviving are the sorrowing wi-. mite from there of a giant trajec. sgoment is trying to get it to «. Leuis Nonnemann, prominent! gigtrict. ; ‘ per and he took out a three year. dow and three daughters, Mrs./iory, gaid to be the finest in. point where it will help to. meet Meat packing man of San Francisco, her a
in advance subscription while here. George L. Jones, Mrs. G. J. Rector,} ,neriea, has been completed under tt ne chligations of the district. The Ate his attorney, Peter tum Suden,. , piney genserns 5 to express his interest which is of . and , Mrs. Guy H. Chick; one 80N,; tho supervision’ of Lars ances (mest pela last week did not-ar-. attended to legal affairs here durrevolution ais — bes) belie course greatly appreciated by the. Captain G, M. Mott, Jr. One 305! .iyon-times national champiin, who. rive at any definite conclusions. jing the week. Mr. Nonneman is the suneta ee thick of
DUR ehete passed away in 1902. \wiil be among the competitors. TOTS SUSU een the owner of the Delhi mine, which Eaee ¢ The distrigt attorney hes Ga.
Private funeral services were held. famous ski artists included in the, pg ae RI INCRS 5 ; has produced vast sums of money in uecaa the servees of Jesse W. Cari
Una and Dennie Coughlan spent . from the late home Friday morn-. list of entrants gee been eS OGAI N At WN OUNC a HOE . the past. ter of Redding, nemesis of the
institute week with relatives in. ing and the remains were taken t0]aunounced by G.C. Torguson, pre1M aN? ' Tom Bigelow, mining man of Moceye Aaage he compelled. Sym
North Columbia. Racramonte for cremation. . sident of the a. Ski Associ = BARG! \INS FOR THIS WEEK North Columbia, was a business vise aig $10,000," to the Benes
, tion, as fillows: . sitor in Nevada City during the pede tree ae law thats
MINING CELEBRATION FOR NEVADA CITY IS PROJECTED . Anders. Haugen, former Olympic; _ Hogan’s leading shoe store if Ne-. Past week. : oe re — one place Oe
‘stay and four times national cham: . vada City is announcing special .barSuperintendent William Litchen_— 5 ustutis firm--The elder_MGGge j
INTENDED T0 BOOST ITS MAJOR IMPORTANCE TO STATE, pion;. Ted Rex, present American . gains va thrifty shoe purechsers this . berg, of the Brush Creek mine, was gee oe ge — mortgage
champion; Halvor Walstad, known l week that are real buys. It is a good here-on a short business trip. to oe! aa cuacn oO “oe
Pins are now being formulated for
the puiting on of an eld time mining celebratiqgn at Nevada City in
the next few weeks, which will attract the practical help of the public of California to the gold minng
industry. Another prelminary meet‘ing is scheduled for this week to]
consider final details: for the celebration.
Certain mining men and local eitizens request that all who have reljes of the early mining days, should
list them with The Nugget office as
it is propesed to assemble a collection of relics such as has never been
Anything : “gotten. together before.
from a pan to a stage coach is ellgible.
It is proposed to give aia for
hand steel drilling, drill sharpening
tug cf war, even down to old time
e
ladies’ dresses.
The plans for the proposed celebration are still in the embryo stage
but. further announcement may be
expected in the aa few days.
Such a celebration would tend in
no uncertain manner to focus attention on Nevada City and her boundless mineral resources, and her age
gurd
ver
boy c
of gold in California. Tlall.
$f the idea can be put over in
convineing fashion, it would -bring
to Nevada City untold publicity.
One of the leadng newspaper men
Lars
rysville to cover the celebration in}
tha teity the past few days, was in. §
Nevada City yesterday and was enthusistie over the possibilities of
. a celebration in this the cradle ‘of,
California’s gold mining industry.
If the event can be put over it
will be a big feather in Nevads City’s cap.
as th
week.
2 ee
Cc. J. Vermilion, naturalization examiner of San Francisco, conducted °
examinations for ‘citizenship “in Ne
city
east
vada county aapattor. court the pasi is assistant
_ (the: Ricimond high school.
as the “dare-devil if the skis’; Si
Norwegian star; Hal. while the sale is on this week.
Ulland,
vor Bjorngaard,
Katdahl,
hampion;
old connection with the production . Alf Matheson, Gar! Hall and Henry}
Haugen
dizzy speed over the hoads of awestruck throngs
of the Pacific Coast-who was in Ma-. }of the mountain below.
e winter
entire West.
\ :
time to replenish the foot
-PAST. HXAUTEDS
night
Alfred Engen, Olifive timés — American!
Stephen Trogstad, . Next, Friday is t
. night in Neveda City
In exhibition jumps. last Sunday, . it is on. that hiyht that the
leaped 195 feet at. Corner get out to show ft!
generation how it
that lined the base; There will be a turkey
The Washington’s Birthday clas-. pay his offictal visit on that eccasie Will mark the second bid of the! sien. Several neophytes have. been sa Doi . Z
Tahoe region this month for fame. elected to take the. infiiatory cereMr. and Mrs. E.’C. Uren have as
sports mecca of the . mony and. it is expected
. will be a large. outpouring of -broFrancisco,
ss =! ‘ther Bills. Mrs. Geirge Rogers. came down
Frank S. Wood of Freneh Corral . from Washington to attend the
visited in Nevada City during the Mrs. Francis -Hogan and Mrs. teachers institute. —
Fred Breese, acoempanied by Mias. Mrs. V. V. Foley and little daughEarl Kitts, former resident of this} Ruth Hogan, made a br
is visiting
’ Phil Hempler arrived from Rich .
mond for a week end visit. Hemple:
athletic
with relatives. . San Francisco,
Mr.
lin Lake county recently.
instructor at .
4 Miuer’s Foundry. —
NIGHT °
observanee of Past Exalted
Elks ledge for
should be
17 and the district deputy will also
and Mrs. Charles Eden vaited
Ignitiom: Paris and Accesc ries at
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Jurs of San
Francisco were in Grass Valley, during the past week, He is head of
the mining department of the Bethhe annual, lehem Steel company.
William McLean, postmaster and
wardrobe
Ruiers’
ernor Richardson, proceeded to see
that a large amount of county patronage got into the family plant.
The case was <arried to the pee)
preme court and Carter susta
hotelman of Graniteville visited relatives in San Leandro for a_ time
io younger . returning home last week. 7°"
done, H. G. Kaufman of Berkeley was
at. here in a business trip. He is interested in mining paired in North
Bloomfield.
Sen
diner
a visitor, Miss Emily Uren of San
that there
. is here visiting relatives. ; .
It has been freely predicted t
about the only county officers
survive the .axe will be.
elerk Arihur S. Fleming and }
ly Sheriff Elmer Gum, bot
whom stand very high with the
0 : D {
cinemas ceil Bide
H. J. MeNeif, ex-serviea!
Goodyears Bar, was visiting”
vada City during’ the past:
irs. George C. ‘Shaw,
former resident of Ne
ter are home from a vigit in Brent: .
wood with relatives.
ief visit in,
gdudge J. B. Landis’ -of Awburn dents, arrived to
gate . held court in Nevada City last week, end . ERY
= ot
ne %
George R. Carter was an official
. visitor in North San Juan last week.
"Hubert Shearer
William snaveak:
now, ‘Sacramenti