February 13, 1931 (6 pages)

* a eee ee ee a ee ee f ey a The Nugget is California's Leading Mining Weeity evada City Nugget VOLUME V, NUMBER 11 THE GOLD CENTER _ NEVADA CITY, NEVADA COUNTY, CALIF ORNIA THE COUNTY SEAT PAPER FEBRUARY 13, 199k FINDINGS OF 2 \ a g SENATE COM. ? It has been learned from very ‘good sources that the Senate Investigation of the State Insurance Fund resulted in finding that in so far as the mines were concerned they were in the red with the state and that instead of the state making money from the mines they actually were out money. The result is seen in the raise of the insurance rate from $9.33 to $10.54. Further it has been learned that the conclusion to. which the Investigating Committee arrived wis to the effect that a great deal of the trouble is due to the carelessness of the miners themselves. Often uncrupulous doctors in the larger centers prolong the treatment of the injured men beyond the necessary time for the sake of the additional fee. This condition is not found where the local doctors are themselves interested in the welfare of the mines. -A suggestion has been made that the mines follow the plan of the Southern Pa¢ific in having the Safety Organization. Through this method the Southern Pacific has been able to cut down their accidents to a Jarge extent. We have not the exact figures but the number of accidents Jessens each year while the mine accidents increases. Lack of proper inspection is another cause contributing to the large percentage of accidents. Under the present system there is not enough men in the department . to give adequate mine inspection, Assemblyman Seawell plans to take up the matter with Vandergrift and see 11 more appropriations could be given to the department to allow for more inspectors. Much has been‘said relative to the low-rate charged mines. in states in comparison with the California rate but this is because California is more generous to the men. Nevada for instance with a low rate of 2 plus allows a death benefit of only $500 whereas in this state $5000 is given. The Senate committee have not yet completed their investigations. A complete report will be given later. 0. VISITED RURAL SCHOOLS Mrs. Ella M. Austin, County Superintendent of schools, has spent several busy weeks paying official visits to distant rural schools. Most of the outlying schools have been visited by Mrs. Austin, she announced. } [ta 0 BOOK REVIEWER Mrs. George Hampton, daughter of Judge and Mrs. F. T. Nilon of this city, is acquiring quite a reputation in giving entertaining book reviews before various clubs in San Francisco. On Monday she talked before the Sorosis Club in San Francisco, giving a review of the late book “Ange] Pavement.’’ She has also reviewed books before other prominent clubs in the bay city. ABRAHAM LINCOLN Thursday, Feb. 12, was the anniversary of one of the greatest men America ever knew either as President or otherwise. A simple democratic man, who did what he thought best regardless of the advice’ of those around him. In doing this he made enemies within his own cabinet and how Congress fought him! And yet time proved him not only right but wise in his judgment, and today, not ‘only the United States, but all the world honors Abraham Lincoln. Today we have as the President of this great United States a man who has tried to run the business of this great nation in a businesslike manner instead of politically and diplomatically, as has been done in the past. nI doing sv he has been done in the past. In doing so he has been severely criticized on every side and again we find a fighting Congress. ‘Time will tell whether Herbert Hoover is wise in his handling ofthe government or not. Surely he has faced a great crisis. In his keen desire to serve his country he has broken his own health. Let us not wait until the Great Master calls President Hoover before recognizing his worth. I FN other! . gents, representing the Nevada City . ARGONAUT MINE STRIKES ‘EXTREME LACK OF SNOW HIGH GRADE ORE IN SHAFT . . NOTED IN MOUNTAINS A new high grade ore discovery . The seriousness of the present seuhas been made on the bottom Or] Ons Be theese e: ee ee: ro ' e 2 g +4 1 5,800-foot level of the famous Argo-. brought oe the a eae S ye naut mine, on the outskirts of Jack-, traveling into the higher moutains. son, it is learned from an. authentic For the first time in many years source. Exploratory work is being, it is now possible, in the middle of vigorously prosecuted to determines February, to drive from Nevada City the importance on magnitude of the‘to Sierra City in less than three new find. The bottom or 5,8000-foot! hours. The roads are in excellent level of the mine is slightly more Shape ,in fact they are somewhat than 4,600 feet vertically below the; dusty into Sierra City. ' surface. . The Kennedy Mining and Milling , ¢rTa City nor is there any o* Company, operating the Kennedy)Yreached along the highway untilea mine, the deppest gold mine in the: Point about five miles above ‘that United States, having a vertica] POint-is reached. depth of 4,800 feet and adjoing the On the south side of the Sierra Argonant mine on the north, is meet-! Buttes ‘there is no snow below the ing with success in its experiments: 5590 foot contour 1300 feet above with the oil flotation process in the} Sierra City. In normal years there treatment of its ore, it is learned. Should be eight or ‘ten feet at this By the addition of that méthod to: elevation. amalgamation, and concentration losses i tailings have been reduced from $2., to less than 80 cents a ton. As the Kenned’y 60-stamp mill treats; Sunshine. Unless an abundance of an average of 7,000 tons of ore! snow falls within the next three monthly, this saving of around $1, 20; weeks it is feared there will be a a ton, less cost of oil flotation,: is serious water — highly important. . MOVING CON: CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY ON HIGHWAY who built the Several rattlesnakes have been recently killed in this vicinity, being lured from their dens by the warm An entirely new orebody has been disclosed in the Old Eureka mine often referred typ as the Hetty Green mine, at Sutter Creek, acquired five years agoand at present being ex-. tensively operated by the Central! Eureka Mining Company. On 2,100-foot level of the Old Bureka, . ¥@Y above Nevada City, was busy at a point about 550 feet from the’ Moving five truck loads of equipment shaft, the north drift recentlyre . 10 Downieville yesterday preparatory vealed the new shoot. Thus far the: ‘© Starting the grading of ~ rer ‘find has been explored for a latera) ' ™aining 4.8 miles of new highway distance of more than 125 feet, with . Just east of that place. found. Foptrhern o limityet rthmo. This will eliminate the last northern limit yet to be found. For: Stretch of old road between Downiethe length followed the orebody has. Ville and Sierra City and will comshown an average width of seven} Plete the last link of the Yuba Pass feet and yigided average of $13., a! hihway between Nevada City and ton in gold, it is officially stated. j Sierraville, on the other side of the . The north drifts on the 2,000 and . Summit. <i 2;800-foot levels of the shaft are Mr. and Mrs. Adams moved to being advanced to disclose the upDownieville which will be their heaaward and downward extensions of! Guarters during the the new find, as well as tg further; Work. They have leased a house in open up previously known orebodies. ; Downieville. Local mining men attach great The work on the new unit will significance to thenew discovery. begin ni about two weeks according Robert and Edward Irion, mining . t© Mrs. Adams, men of Los Angles, have acquired, eee Oe develop erent or anes ana resumed’ FUNERAL SERVICES HELD ' FOR WM. J. FLEWEiEN Contractor Adams, a mile north of Pioneer Station. Past operations on the property include the extension of a 1,000-foot drift : The “ésteem tunnel, which in a distance of 690 9 ins oo ee feet shows three ore shoots, qnch . ) ometien Mae held ae City, measuring 100 feet or mare in length,. "!S home from early hay’ ood, was attested Wednesday when te funeral ser¥fces were held in St. Canice Catholic Church. The’ casket was covered with many beautiful flowers that vary from three’ to four feet in width and yield assays ranging from $15., to $100., a ton in gold. The new: operators have started stoping requiem mass, with Cummerford, McCabe of San Francisco and Scott of North Columbia in the sanctuary. Interment was made in the Catholic cemetery on West: Broad street, After an enforced idlesness of seyeral months, due to shortage of water sinoWilliam , Edward and Toby Lagomarsino, brothers, of Sutte Creek , are again active incident to the early resumption hydraulic if ae j of 78 walks and the following acted as pall bearplacer mining operations with two+ i 3 ;ers: E. M. Rector, Sherman Costello, monitors on the Elephant mine, near : 2 R. R. Goyne, David T. Richards, Volcano and about 13 -miles east of James P. ‘Coughlan d William Sutter Creek, which they hold under eee ° = igs eee Genasci. lease and bond from the William Pundrsi ace t ; Crocker Estate “Of San Francisco, ay Atrengements were 30 charge of the Holmes Funeral Home. 0 G. W. Hauskins’ of the Valley Meat Company has moved his family from Sacramento where they formerly resided to this city. the owner. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HOLDS REGULAR MEETING construction ; these oregodies from the tunnel level to ies by sorrowing relatives and thesurface, 400 feet on he dip of the AvIOHGA. vein, Rev. Father O’Reilly celebrated a! ! vein, There is no snow whatever at Si-' FORD MINE PREPARING PARTICIPATE AMERICAN . TO START OPERATIONS) TREE ASSOCIATION The Calaveras Development ComLaurel Parlor N. D. G. W. is prepany, controlled by I. E. Selix, San] paring to enroll on the National HonFrancisco merchant, and or List of the American Tree Asso: ciation by planting a tree in anticipation of the Bi-Centennial of Washington in 1932. A nation wide movement is well under way toward a celebration of that event and the Commission cre‘ated by Calvin Coolidge when Presi/ ident, is sponsoring the idea of planting trees as a fitting Memorial to the Father of our Country. associates, has completed the dewatering and retimbering of the incline shaft-on the Ford mine, a’half mile northeast of San Andres, from the collar to the sump bottom, a depth of 750 feet on the dip of its huge Center or main and is proceeding with preliminaries incident to the operation of the property on a large scale. The normal flow of mine water has been Laurel Parlor is the first to anestablished as 65,000 gallons daily,,nounce cooperation in this city and which is being easily handled by the} will celebrate Arbor Day of this bailer. . year by the effort. The location and Measurements made on the vari; other details are not eompleted and ous levels shows the Center vein, tojthe public is invited to make suithe depth thus far opened up, to have. gestions toward the success of the an average width of 38 feet. To the. affair. east 250 feet lies the high grade or East vein, which has an average width of eight. feet. On the 100-foot level, an east crosscut from the shaft to the East vein is at present being Forest Supervisor, R. L. P. Bigelow is giving his approval and support to the committee composed of ; the following: Mehdames Belle Doug. lass, Nellie Clarke, Bessie Treglown, ,Cleaned out and retimbered, where Mary Martin, Adeiine O’Connor; necessary. On the 400 and 700-foot. Misses W. A. Mulloy, Gertrude levels, Supt. Joseph E. King is now Goyne. systematically sampling the ore showIt is-hoye? that other organiza-}mining locations made in California. . adorned the casket: 000. the! last unit of the Tahoe-Ukiah high-. Rev. Fathers lof West Point Then he was apprenticed to learn “of Mokelumne 1Till. They have rethe carpenter’s trade and he became timbered a 170-foot tunnel and exan expert workman. Rey. H. H. . 155-foot of: ore ‘mining man, and Charles Golta, of ings in both veins and will follow in order to make a complete assay the same course on the other levels map of the mine which is credited with an early day production of $300, , in high grade ore and estimated by engineers to contain immense tonnages of available mill or lower grade ore. The Woodhouse Mining Company, a close California corporation, ownea H by W. W. Gibson, inventor of mill IN NORTH SAN JUAN: and other ore reducing epuipment, and eastern associates , working a Meny S telanda tron, from along the Ridge force of seven miners in the developeeteiel in the Methodist ehurch at . ment of the Woodhouse mine, three North San Juan Monday to attend miles south of West Point and 14{the funeral of the late Miss Mary miles northwest of Mokelumne Hill.! mlizabeth Wood, for more than half Official records show that the Wood-! 4 century a resident of the little! i house mine was one of the first lode . town. Many beautiful floral tokens: tions and individuals will follow the example cf ihe Native Daughters and literature on the subject m: ay be procured without expense from the American Tree Association, Washifiston, D. C. Readers will find these pampliiecs interesting and instructive. M'SS WOOD BURIED It was located in 1850 by a party of! 16 sailors. who deserted their ship dist church conducted the services. atSan Francisco and each nf whom, Mrs. Charles Pilliott, with “wae a thg gtery een, Wade dil in! Buckner as accompanist sang ‘‘Abide operations a period of one year! With Me’’ and “I Need Thee very through surface operations. Current : Hour.” : ppm hepa oa pee * Funeral arrangements were oe ie id the vein, averaging four . charge of W. R. ake and Son. feet in width, on the 100 and 170oe eo 'ALBERT NELS NELSON FU FUNERAL . HELD AT SIERRA CITY: the 100-ton plant on the property . yielded returns by amalgamation . Most of the people of the town of Sierra City and a large gathering and concentration of $6.50 a ton in. from Downieville attended the gold, Q funeral of Albert Nelson which was J. H. Farrel and Fred Gibbons, mining engineers of San Francisco j held Tuesday from the Methodist church in Sierra City. Rev. H. H. Buckner of the Methoin and Humbolt, Arizona, respectively, are mailing excellent progress in the reopening and renewed development; under a lease and bond, of the property of Fred P. Plagemann, of San Francisco, two and a half miles east and 19 miles northeast He was born in Sierra City on November 4, 1869 and attended school until he was’ sixteen years of age tended it an additional 130 feet on the vein, in additio: to sinking. a i Saving $40., to $50., a ion in cold with small silver values, above the 100-foot level. beauty of the impressiveness of the At their Paymaster proj erty, one service, and a quarter miles northwest of 0 West Point, Jack Munson, aNevada ORIENTAL MINE PLANNING TO OPEN UP ON LARGER SCALE Buckner conducted the funeral services and delivered a brief eulogy in memory of the deceased. A choir rendered several hymns adding to the West Point, are sinking a compartment and manway incline shaft on a Andy Carey, mill man _ for assays $40., a ton in gold, with small . Oriental, mine near Alleghany, the 1s vein showing six inches »° ore tha ! tome for a few days. Silver and lead values. Tlicy have aiThe Oriental Mine is planning to salned: & Gent of 35 font. _._. }open up later on a larger scale. A deeper shaft will be sunk. At its meeting Tuesday night the Nevada City chamber of commerce ~aad W. A. Hooton is superintendent of the mine. ; transacted routine business. The regular monthly bills were allowed and ordered paid. Judge Raglan Tuttle was re-elected for a two-year term as a member ‘of the Nevada County Board of ReChamber of Commerce. SecretaryManager W. H. Griffiths is the other representative of the local promotional body. 0 MINERS RECEIVE INJURIES Two men came down from the Spanish mine Wednesday for treatment of minor injuries. Dr. A Ay Tickell giving the necessary surgica attention. H. Dallas sustained a crushed toe when a piece of rock dropped on his foot, J. E. Pomeroy had a cut in his cheek caused by a power drill striking him, What Are We Going to Do About It? Na FP le — “ccna VMN a / Do You ous eS: la say Bo BAT WASHINGTON S BIRTHDAY COMES ON SUNDAY TiS YEAR ? vu BIGLOW MINE UNDER LEASE MT. W. Callender and associates, who have a working lease on the Biglow property at Sierra City from the W. H. Martin heirs, are operating their ten-stamp mill rontinuously on ore carrying a fair percentage of iron and sulphide. This shoot, it is believed ,wili prove to be a extension of the Pearson shoot which was worked in the upper tunnel and produced very’ high grade ore from a point on the north side of Reis ravine. 0 LOCAL COUPLE WED IN AUBURN 9 —-Earl Blevins, formerly connected with the Smith Paekage Store of! of this city and Eula Wilhite also of this. city were married in Auburn last week, fighting MINING MEN TO ‘CONFER WITH GOV A call has gone out from the Min ing Association of California to. alk, mining men to assemble at the StateCapitol at Sacramento on Tuesday, February 17 at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, to confer with the governuu upon the present situation of the mining industry, and receive his: statement defining his propose& policy. The main object. of the conferences is to see that.the mining industry~ will have as their director a mar. thoroughly versed in the knowledge of mining. On December 6th at the: annual meeting of the Mining Asso-— ciation of California Chafles-Gilmorereceived the uanimous endorsement. of the Association. In a talk with the Executive Sec— retary of Governor Rolph early thas week Mr. Cocrane assured the er tor that the Governor was anxious: !to learn the wants and desires of the people most concerned in making his appointments. If this be so it is mest important that a large representative group go on Tuesday before the gevernor and it is sincerely hoped that Nevada and Sierra Counties will send a large delegation. The Mining Association has been: the battles for the mining Mr. Gilmore and_ Mr,. Brooks have spent their own money” in taking trips to San Francisco amd elsewhere to see that justice was given to the industry. Now comes. the opportunity to show that you_are interested in your own industry. industry. As has been stated heretofore in the columns of The Nugget a large number of bills benefitting the min° ing industry have been offered in the legislature this session, The majority of these wére prepared through the direction of the Mining Association. Mariposa and El Dorado County: are sending large delegations to the meeting “next Tuesday, and other counties will be represented. The Independent Petroleum Producers of California will join in the conference next Tuesday. 4 MINING INSURANCE RATE IS BOOSTED Compensation Insurance increases. on March 1, 1931, from $9.42 to $10.54, minimum, on every $100 payroll. On the average miner’s wage this means a tax, in addition to his wage; of approximately fifty cents a day. No business can support such a burden. If this rate is permitted to go into effect it means: 1. The gradual extinction of al¥ gold mining properties not already in profitable production. 2. The deflection of all mining capital from California properties. 3. The termination of all further prospecting, without which no new mines can: be located. ~ 4. The eventual extinction of sold mining in California, 5. The aggravation of the non~ employment -situation through depriving miners of their means of livelihood. 6. Restriction of the outlet of agricultural and general supplies in the mining counties. 7. The immediate reduction of mine wages to offset excessive com~ pensation cost. tee 8. Increase of the growing discon tent and unrest caused by ill-advisee and subversive legislation which is becoming a national menace; : 0. ‘ BOB CARR IMPROVING —_— Robert Carr, who was removed from the Jones “Memorial Hospitat where he was recovering from am amputation of his leg following a hunting accident, is continuing toa improve at his home here. He is kept busy receiving numerous eallers.as Bob has many friends who regretted his accident and are anxious to make is convalescence as cheerful as possible. .0. 4 ATTENDED ASSOCIATION. MERE Mrs. Clara Weeks, rural supervisor of the Nevada County Publie school, has’ returned from Chico where she attended a meeting of the Rural Supervisors Association of Northern California. There ‘were a number of fine talks made by lead— ing educators and Mrs. Weeks: ad ports the meeting well Saad: i

* a eee ee ee a ee ee f ey a The Nugget is California's Leading Mining Weeity evada City Nugget VOLUME V, NUMBER 11 THE GOLD CENTER _ NEVADA CITY, NEVADA COUNTY, CALIF ORNIA THE COUNTY SEAT PAPER FEBRUARY 13, 199k FINDINGS OF 2 \ a g SENATE COM. ? It has been learned from very ‘good sources that the Senate Investigation of the State Insurance Fund resulted in finding that in so far as the mines were concerned they were in the red with the state and that instead of the state making money from the mines they actually were out money. The result is seen in the raise of the insurance rate from $9.33 to $10.54. Further it has been learned that the conclusion to. which the Investigating Committee arrived wis to the effect that a great deal of the trouble is due to the carelessness of the miners themselves. Often uncrupulous doctors in the larger centers prolong the treatment of the injured men beyond the necessary time for the sake of the additional fee. This condition is not found where the local doctors are themselves interested in the welfare of the mines. -A suggestion has been made that the mines follow the plan of the Southern Pa¢ific in having the Safety Organization. Through this method the Southern Pacific has been able to cut down their accidents to a Jarge extent. We have not the exact figures but the number of accidents Jessens each year while the mine accidents increases. Lack of proper inspection is another cause contributing to the large percentage of accidents. Under the present system there is not enough men in the department . to give adequate mine inspection, Assemblyman Seawell plans to take up the matter with Vandergrift and see 11 more appropriations could be given to the department to allow for more inspectors. Much has been‘said relative to the low-rate charged mines. in states in comparison with the California rate but this is because California is more generous to the men. Nevada for instance with a low rate of 2 plus allows a death benefit of only $500 whereas in this state $5000 is given. The Senate committee have not yet completed their investigations. A complete report will be given later. 0. VISITED RURAL SCHOOLS Mrs. Ella M. Austin, County Superintendent of schools, has spent several busy weeks paying official visits to distant rural schools. Most of the outlying schools have been visited by Mrs. Austin, she announced. } [ta 0 BOOK REVIEWER Mrs. George Hampton, daughter of Judge and Mrs. F. T. Nilon of this city, is acquiring quite a reputation in giving entertaining book reviews before various clubs in San Francisco. On Monday she talked before the Sorosis Club in San Francisco, giving a review of the late book “Ange] Pavement.’’ She has also reviewed books before other prominent clubs in the bay city. ABRAHAM LINCOLN Thursday, Feb. 12, was the anniversary of one of the greatest men America ever knew either as President or otherwise. A simple democratic man, who did what he thought best regardless of the advice’ of those around him. In doing this he made enemies within his own cabinet and how Congress fought him! And yet time proved him not only right but wise in his judgment, and today, not ‘only the United States, but all the world honors Abraham Lincoln. Today we have as the President of this great United States a man who has tried to run the business of this great nation in a businesslike manner instead of politically and diplomatically, as has been done in the past. nI doing sv he has been done in the past. In doing so he has been severely criticized on every side and again we find a fighting Congress. ‘Time will tell whether Herbert Hoover is wise in his handling ofthe government or not. Surely he has faced a great crisis. In his keen desire to serve his country he has broken his own health. Let us not wait until the Great Master calls President Hoover before recognizing his worth. I FN other! . gents, representing the Nevada City . ARGONAUT MINE STRIKES ‘EXTREME LACK OF SNOW HIGH GRADE ORE IN SHAFT . . NOTED IN MOUNTAINS A new high grade ore discovery . The seriousness of the present seuhas been made on the bottom Or] Ons Be theese e: ee ee: ro ' e 2 g +4 1 5,800-foot level of the famous Argo-. brought oe the a eae S ye naut mine, on the outskirts of Jack-, traveling into the higher moutains. son, it is learned from an. authentic For the first time in many years source. Exploratory work is being, it is now possible, in the middle of vigorously prosecuted to determines February, to drive from Nevada City the importance on magnitude of the‘to Sierra City in less than three new find. The bottom or 5,8000-foot! hours. The roads are in excellent level of the mine is slightly more Shape ,in fact they are somewhat than 4,600 feet vertically below the; dusty into Sierra City. ' surface. . The Kennedy Mining and Milling , ¢rTa City nor is there any o* Company, operating the Kennedy)Yreached along the highway untilea mine, the deppest gold mine in the: Point about five miles above ‘that United States, having a vertica] POint-is reached. depth of 4,800 feet and adjoing the On the south side of the Sierra Argonant mine on the north, is meet-! Buttes ‘there is no snow below the ing with success in its experiments: 5590 foot contour 1300 feet above with the oil flotation process in the} Sierra City. In normal years there treatment of its ore, it is learned. Should be eight or ‘ten feet at this By the addition of that méthod to: elevation. amalgamation, and concentration losses i tailings have been reduced from $2., to less than 80 cents a ton. As the Kenned’y 60-stamp mill treats; Sunshine. Unless an abundance of an average of 7,000 tons of ore! snow falls within the next three monthly, this saving of around $1, 20; weeks it is feared there will be a a ton, less cost of oil flotation,: is serious water — highly important. . MOVING CON: CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY ON HIGHWAY who built the Several rattlesnakes have been recently killed in this vicinity, being lured from their dens by the warm An entirely new orebody has been disclosed in the Old Eureka mine often referred typ as the Hetty Green mine, at Sutter Creek, acquired five years agoand at present being ex-. tensively operated by the Central! Eureka Mining Company. On 2,100-foot level of the Old Bureka, . ¥@Y above Nevada City, was busy at a point about 550 feet from the’ Moving five truck loads of equipment shaft, the north drift recentlyre . 10 Downieville yesterday preparatory vealed the new shoot. Thus far the: ‘© Starting the grading of ~ rer ‘find has been explored for a latera) ' ™aining 4.8 miles of new highway distance of more than 125 feet, with . Just east of that place. found. Foptrhern o limityet rthmo. This will eliminate the last northern limit yet to be found. For: Stretch of old road between Downiethe length followed the orebody has. Ville and Sierra City and will comshown an average width of seven} Plete the last link of the Yuba Pass feet and yigided average of $13., a! hihway between Nevada City and ton in gold, it is officially stated. j Sierraville, on the other side of the . The north drifts on the 2,000 and . Summit. <i 2;800-foot levels of the shaft are Mr. and Mrs. Adams moved to being advanced to disclose the upDownieville which will be their heaaward and downward extensions of! Guarters during the the new find, as well as tg further; Work. They have leased a house in open up previously known orebodies. ; Downieville. Local mining men attach great The work on the new unit will significance to thenew discovery. begin ni about two weeks according Robert and Edward Irion, mining . t© Mrs. Adams, men of Los Angles, have acquired, eee Oe develop erent or anes ana resumed’ FUNERAL SERVICES HELD ' FOR WM. J. FLEWEiEN Contractor Adams, a mile north of Pioneer Station. Past operations on the property include the extension of a 1,000-foot drift : The “ésteem tunnel, which in a distance of 690 9 ins oo ee feet shows three ore shoots, qnch . ) ometien Mae held ae City, measuring 100 feet or mare in length,. "!S home from early hay’ ood, was attested Wednesday when te funeral ser¥fces were held in St. Canice Catholic Church. The’ casket was covered with many beautiful flowers that vary from three’ to four feet in width and yield assays ranging from $15., to $100., a ton in gold. The new: operators have started stoping requiem mass, with Cummerford, McCabe of San Francisco and Scott of North Columbia in the sanctuary. Interment was made in the Catholic cemetery on West: Broad street, After an enforced idlesness of seyeral months, due to shortage of water sinoWilliam , Edward and Toby Lagomarsino, brothers, of Sutte Creek , are again active incident to the early resumption hydraulic if ae j of 78 walks and the following acted as pall bearplacer mining operations with two+ i 3 ;ers: E. M. Rector, Sherman Costello, monitors on the Elephant mine, near : 2 R. R. Goyne, David T. Richards, Volcano and about 13 -miles east of James P. ‘Coughlan d William Sutter Creek, which they hold under eee ° = igs eee Genasci. lease and bond from the William Pundrsi ace t ; Crocker Estate “Of San Francisco, ay Atrengements were 30 charge of the Holmes Funeral Home. 0 G. W. Hauskins’ of the Valley Meat Company has moved his family from Sacramento where they formerly resided to this city. the owner. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HOLDS REGULAR MEETING construction ; these oregodies from the tunnel level to ies by sorrowing relatives and thesurface, 400 feet on he dip of the AvIOHGA. vein, Rev. Father O’Reilly celebrated a! ! vein, There is no snow whatever at Si-' FORD MINE PREPARING PARTICIPATE AMERICAN . TO START OPERATIONS) TREE ASSOCIATION The Calaveras Development ComLaurel Parlor N. D. G. W. is prepany, controlled by I. E. Selix, San] paring to enroll on the National HonFrancisco merchant, and or List of the American Tree Asso: ciation by planting a tree in anticipation of the Bi-Centennial of Washington in 1932. A nation wide movement is well under way toward a celebration of that event and the Commission cre‘ated by Calvin Coolidge when Presi/ ident, is sponsoring the idea of planting trees as a fitting Memorial to the Father of our Country. associates, has completed the dewatering and retimbering of the incline shaft-on the Ford mine, a’half mile northeast of San Andres, from the collar to the sump bottom, a depth of 750 feet on the dip of its huge Center or main and is proceeding with preliminaries incident to the operation of the property on a large scale. The normal flow of mine water has been Laurel Parlor is the first to anestablished as 65,000 gallons daily,,nounce cooperation in this city and which is being easily handled by the} will celebrate Arbor Day of this bailer. . year by the effort. The location and Measurements made on the vari; other details are not eompleted and ous levels shows the Center vein, tojthe public is invited to make suithe depth thus far opened up, to have. gestions toward the success of the an average width of 38 feet. To the. affair. east 250 feet lies the high grade or East vein, which has an average width of eight. feet. On the 100-foot level, an east crosscut from the shaft to the East vein is at present being

Forest Supervisor, R. L. P. Bigelow is giving his approval and support to the committee composed of ; the following: Mehdames Belle Doug. lass, Nellie Clarke, Bessie Treglown, ,Cleaned out and retimbered, where Mary Martin, Adeiine O’Connor; necessary. On the 400 and 700-foot. Misses W. A. Mulloy, Gertrude levels, Supt. Joseph E. King is now Goyne. systematically sampling the ore showIt is-hoye? that other organiza-}mining locations made in California. . adorned the casket: 000. the! last unit of the Tahoe-Ukiah high-. Rev. Fathers lof West Point Then he was apprenticed to learn “of Mokelumne 1Till. They have rethe carpenter’s trade and he became timbered a 170-foot tunnel and exan expert workman. Rey. H. H. . 155-foot of: ore ‘mining man, and Charles Golta, of ings in both veins and will follow in order to make a complete assay the same course on the other levels map of the mine which is credited with an early day production of $300, , in high grade ore and estimated by engineers to contain immense tonnages of available mill or lower grade ore. The Woodhouse Mining Company, a close California corporation, ownea H by W. W. Gibson, inventor of mill IN NORTH SAN JUAN: and other ore reducing epuipment, and eastern associates , working a Meny S telanda tron, from along the Ridge force of seven miners in the developeeteiel in the Methodist ehurch at . ment of the Woodhouse mine, three North San Juan Monday to attend miles south of West Point and 14{the funeral of the late Miss Mary miles northwest of Mokelumne Hill.! mlizabeth Wood, for more than half Official records show that the Wood-! 4 century a resident of the little! i house mine was one of the first lode . town. Many beautiful floral tokens: tions and individuals will follow the example cf ihe Native Daughters and literature on the subject m: ay be procured without expense from the American Tree Association, Washifiston, D. C. Readers will find these pampliiecs interesting and instructive. M'SS WOOD BURIED It was located in 1850 by a party of! 16 sailors. who deserted their ship dist church conducted the services. atSan Francisco and each nf whom, Mrs. Charles Pilliott, with “wae a thg gtery een, Wade dil in! Buckner as accompanist sang ‘‘Abide operations a period of one year! With Me’’ and “I Need Thee very through surface operations. Current : Hour.” : ppm hepa oa pee * Funeral arrangements were oe ie id the vein, averaging four . charge of W. R. ake and Son. feet in width, on the 100 and 170oe eo 'ALBERT NELS NELSON FU FUNERAL . HELD AT SIERRA CITY: the 100-ton plant on the property . yielded returns by amalgamation . Most of the people of the town of Sierra City and a large gathering and concentration of $6.50 a ton in. from Downieville attended the gold, Q funeral of Albert Nelson which was J. H. Farrel and Fred Gibbons, mining engineers of San Francisco j held Tuesday from the Methodist church in Sierra City. Rev. H. H. Buckner of the Methoin and Humbolt, Arizona, respectively, are mailing excellent progress in the reopening and renewed development; under a lease and bond, of the property of Fred P. Plagemann, of San Francisco, two and a half miles east and 19 miles northeast He was born in Sierra City on November 4, 1869 and attended school until he was’ sixteen years of age tended it an additional 130 feet on the vein, in additio: to sinking. a i Saving $40., to $50., a ion in cold with small silver values, above the 100-foot level. beauty of the impressiveness of the At their Paymaster proj erty, one service, and a quarter miles northwest of 0 West Point, Jack Munson, aNevada ORIENTAL MINE PLANNING TO OPEN UP ON LARGER SCALE Buckner conducted the funeral services and delivered a brief eulogy in memory of the deceased. A choir rendered several hymns adding to the West Point, are sinking a compartment and manway incline shaft on a Andy Carey, mill man _ for assays $40., a ton in gold, with small . Oriental, mine near Alleghany, the 1s vein showing six inches »° ore tha ! tome for a few days. Silver and lead values. Tlicy have aiThe Oriental Mine is planning to salned: & Gent of 35 font. _.._.. }open up later on a larger scale. A deeper shaft will be sunk. At its meeting Tuesday night the Nevada City chamber of commerce ~aad W. A. Hooton is superintendent of the mine. ; transacted routine business. The regular monthly bills were allowed and ordered paid. Judge Raglan Tuttle was re-elected for a two-year term as a member ‘of the Nevada County Board of ReChamber of Commerce. SecretaryManager W. H. Griffiths is the other representative of the local promotional body. 0 MINERS RECEIVE INJURIES Two men came down from the Spanish mine Wednesday for treatment of minor injuries. Dr. A Ay Tickell giving the necessary surgica attention. H. Dallas sustained a crushed toe when a piece of rock dropped on his foot, J. E. Pomeroy had a cut in his cheek caused by a power drill striking him, What Are We Going to Do About It? Na FP le — “ccna VMN a / Do You ous eS: la say Bo BAT WASHINGTON S BIRTHDAY COMES ON SUNDAY TiS YEAR ? vu BIGLOW MINE UNDER LEASE MT. W. Callender and associates, who have a working lease on the Biglow property at Sierra City from the W. H. Martin heirs, are operating their ten-stamp mill rontinuously on ore carrying a fair percentage of iron and sulphide. This shoot, it is believed ,wili prove to be a extension of the Pearson shoot which was worked in the upper tunnel and produced very’ high grade ore from a point on the north side of Reis ravine. 0 LOCAL COUPLE WED IN AUBURN 9 —-Earl Blevins, formerly connected with the Smith Paekage Store of! of this city and Eula Wilhite also of this. city were married in Auburn last week, fighting MINING MEN TO ‘CONFER WITH GOV A call has gone out from the Min ing Association of California to. alk, mining men to assemble at the StateCapitol at Sacramento on Tuesday, February 17 at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, to confer with the governuu upon the present situation of the mining industry, and receive his: statement defining his propose& policy. The main object. of the conferences is to see that.the mining industry~ will have as their director a mar. thoroughly versed in the knowledge of mining. On December 6th at the: annual meeting of the Mining Asso-— ciation of California Chafles-Gilmorereceived the uanimous endorsement. of the Association. In a talk with the Executive Sec— retary of Governor Rolph early thas week Mr. Cocrane assured the er tor that the Governor was anxious: !to learn the wants and desires of the people most concerned in making his appointments. If this be so it is mest important that a large representative group go on Tuesday before the gevernor and it is sincerely hoped that Nevada and Sierra Counties will send a large delegation. The Mining Association has been: the battles for the mining Mr. Gilmore and_ Mr,. Brooks have spent their own money” in taking trips to San Francisco amd elsewhere to see that justice was given to the industry. Now comes. the opportunity to show that you_are interested in your own industry. industry. As has been stated heretofore in the columns of The Nugget a large number of bills benefitting the min° ing industry have been offered in the legislature this session, The majority of these wére prepared through the direction of the Mining Association. Mariposa and El Dorado County: are sending large delegations to the meeting “next Tuesday, and other counties will be represented. The Independent Petroleum Producers of California will join in the conference next Tuesday. 4 MINING INSURANCE RATE IS BOOSTED Compensation Insurance increases. on March 1, 1931, from $9.42 to $10.54, minimum, on every $100 payroll. On the average miner’s wage this means a tax, in addition to his wage; of approximately fifty cents a day. No business can support such a burden. If this rate is permitted to go into effect it means: 1. The gradual extinction of al¥ gold mining properties not already in profitable production. 2. The deflection of all mining capital from California properties. 3. The termination of all further prospecting, without which no new mines can: be located. ~ 4. The eventual extinction of sold mining in California, 5. The aggravation of the non~ employment -situation through depriving miners of their means of livelihood. 6. Restriction of the outlet of agricultural and general supplies in the mining counties. 7. The immediate reduction of mine wages to offset excessive com~ pensation cost. tee 8. Increase of the growing discon tent and unrest caused by ill-advisee and subversive legislation which is becoming a national menace; : 0. ‘ BOB CARR IMPROVING —_— Robert Carr, who was removed from the Jones “Memorial Hospitat where he was recovering from am amputation of his leg following a hunting accident, is continuing toa improve at his home here. He is kept busy receiving numerous eallers.as Bob has many friends who regretted his accident and are anxious to make is convalescence as cheerful as possible. .0. 4 ATTENDED ASSOCIATION. MERE Mrs. Clara Weeks, rural supervisor of the Nevada County Publie school, has’ returned from Chico where she attended a meeting of the Rural Supervisors Association of Northern California. There ‘were a number of fine talks made by lead— ing educators and Mrs. Weeks: ad ports the meeting well Saad: i