July 10, 1931 (6 pages)

— . a The Nugget IsCalifornia’s Leading Mining Weekly Nevada City Nugget a vs NEVADA CITY, NEVADA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA THE COUNTY SEAT PAPER FRIDAY, JULY 10, 193% THE GOLD CENTER VOLUME V, NUMBER 30. . MOVING PICTURES TAKEN BROCKINGTON ASSUMES FIRE AT BIRCHVILLE HODGKINSON HAS WAS A FIERCE ONE, OF MINING PROPERTY FAITH IN CITY OF SIX CHARGE GOLDEN CENTER SEES MINING BOOM RRASS VALLEY FOURTH, GOODYEARS BAR IS SUCCESSFUL EVEN A Gordon Nicilson, President of. Charles C. ‘Brockingtion has asBirehville, July 7th, 1931, (Spe-} Mr. Hodgkinson, who is from Los he Fourth of July ‘celebration Mining in the Goodyears Bar SecNevada County Mines Corporathe about At — Nugget) The sumed the management of the Golto of cial City the of in Grass Valley has been proclaimtion is progressing at a_ lively rate Angeles. and owner recently orza nize® ,which was tion the morning .Menday o'clock den Center mine under the Colley eleven four has lle Downievi ed a success by all who. attended. with many mines being opened and Six mine above kened' to take over and operate the BelleBirchville,awa Butler regime, represented by L. Ss. little town of or five men employed. “the4parade which lasted 1% hours reopened. itself in the path of one of} fontaine Mine on Deer Creek, aS one find to Wincapaw. y The pack train went in Thursda ‘was enjoyed for the beauty of the operating units im A Wincapaw. Downieville. Mr. Brockington is*73 the hottest and fiercly burning fires] 9¢ the J. M. Hoff with supplies from flovits or depicting little glimpses of fome great events in the past history of our country, with a few comic ones thrown in for measure. To Mr. Bert Chegwidden credit is due for good COLD BAR MINE ON ROCK CREEK blower was taken in Wednesday to] years of add to the present machinery. age but sibility with In 1929 a rich strike of ore was years and knowledge made in the City of Six just before ing of this great the able manner jm which he carried out the four days of events. Messrs. Frank Davies and Elza Kilroy of Nevada City are assumes wisdom of respon of the work property as he was in closing down for the winter months. charge:'13 years before when it was In 1929 the City of Six was oper-; closed down. ated through a tunnel 2400 feet in C. Layboyteaux of Pasadena has a crew of 6 men-driving atunnel in the Gold Bar mine. This tunnel is being driven to cut two veins on tne Alleghany contact. The formation is serpentine and is in the rich Alle ever to hit the San Juan ridge in’ this district, has spent several days noticed. The fire was burning occupied by Mr. when first jn the city.and at the mine, as well in the oldjas visiting some of the other work mature many years. A crew of 7men are employed re Skeahan place, which was formerlyjincluding the St. Louis mill, whiel Will Clerkin and}, practeally ready for operation just across the creek and above the -Belle sister, Miss Millie Clerkin. The wind was blowing in an east-j; fontaine. Several hundred feet of moving gave 800 feet of backs. timbering the first 100 feet of the erly direction and as the Skehan} by Mr. NicofThis property -is on a contact shaft. It was found that timbers are field below the house, was covered! pictures were taken that runs into the Alleghany district ingood condition from the 100 level by tall dry grass, it didn't take son up and down Deer Creek and am also to be praised for preparing the fire tocross this field, the several Hoff properties. Underthe for long and passes through the north of the to the 500 level. Retimbering will Nevada City floats and having everyghany belt. jump across the old Cherokee road,! ground operations were also filmed , Ruby holdings Dolan and others. mine is de-: thing go off so smoothly. It is follow as fast: as the ~A ten stamp mill and compressor to the big hill, above by Mr. Nicolson and-all together A novel has been written on the watered. When the cleaning out and and then thought that fully 10,000 people are onthe property. The machinery amd the Skeahan Ranch. A large brushy very fair run of properties City of Six which gave it great nowere on~-the streets during the is. run by gasoline and crude oil, retimbering are complete it will this on shown are operations made’ which hill, covered grass and i terity at the time. : parade take only a few days. to install with motive power generated by a Mr. Hodgkinson has _ patiently . electricity. A crew of men will then a nice furnace for a fire, was soon! tootage The Nevada City floats were as deisel engine. work on the water line fier worked this mine about 19 _ years be put towork developing the mine é covered with flames, which rapidly; follows: This property is situated a short rapid%e eomspread and soon were right in the the st. Louis mill is and reports recently were that he into one of the big producers of Ed M.Martine preparing hot cakes distance above Goodyears Bar on heart of Birchville. pleting and ore will be milled from. had struck it rich. the Grass Valley District. for breakfast with 83 year old Rock Creek. The school house, which for Many the Constitution, the Bellefontaine When a man has the courage to Charles Alford. operating the old The property is in the heart of years has been the foundation for ang the Cyane. Mr. Ed Urem, has Andrew Carey is amalgamator ‘at stay with a mine that long developfashioned gravel rocker, entered by the property. the town of Grass Valley. Mr. Colthe education of many young MeN peen retained to do sampling wot ing and opening up the property The Nevada City Nugget. length that by.the all we can say is we hope that he Chamber. of Commerce, with little Tommy Barry and Helen Holmes sit will fulfill his long cherished desire Homes Among the Hills, BRUSH CREEK MINE IS ON PAYING BASIS Modern Prospectors, Milton Mas ting in domestic content. ters and Carl Hieronimus, in a rickety automobile of popular make Mrs. Talbots class attired in gay tri-colors, entered by Hydraulic Par A 40-foot shaft has just been completed at the Brush Creek Mine, to make a rich paying property. ley Butler will use this property to run a tunnel into other priperties adjacent. NEW MACHINERYFOR LASSEN COUNTY THE MT ALTA MINE MINING NEWS OF NOTE and women of that little town, Was in the properties and facilitate the totally destreyed. It was however, ' operations of the engineers in mines: several these up opening which insurance $1000. by covered will assist partly in rebuilding the Last week Mr. Lloyd Root, former building. ' State Minerologist, visited the propThen the old Sneath Ranch reerties and was enthusiastic over oat cently sold to a Mr. ‘May of Sac-! what is beings done. ramento and who had just finished Mr. Nicolson returns to Sant Fr putting up a small house and tent ¢cigci_ this week are was conipletely destroyed. The fire the company. Mines, Inc., The Diamond preparing to install a mill on their worked on both sides of the road. which work has been going on since January. There has been no inter end on business of ‘ ' me 6 A gold saver is being installed lor No. 56 Native Sons; camposed ruption ,however, in the production in the Mt. Alta mine according to of Dave McCraney, Walter War-; Mountain. The old Thomas Fogarty Ranch and Diamond: on ‘at this property. : Mrs. Nels Chatfield, superintendent, property necke, Margaret Smittcamp, Annie] t of all the Pullgrnee were burned. aisoi FOURTH GOLD MINE presiden is MecDow N. George The new shaft is a continuation of who was in Nevada City Thursday. Lou McCraney, Betty George, Sylvia . Doyle and revel AWARD DECISION TUES the old one-and opens up a body of Minerh have been quite busy: the company and states they have the old Kyle, Moody, Mary Warnecke, Violet Rolfor out blocked ore of tons 100,000 places were burned. ore estimated at approximately There has’ been plenty of water man, Betsy Bennett, Alberta Bolton, There is an abundance of 35,000 tons of good milling rock. The Thomas Hull residence had a noes ff to proceed in the gravel sluicing at milling. Marian. German, Adele Curnow, About 100 tons of ore per month the Mt. Alta mine this . season. A water for milling which is welcome very narrow escape, as did the old Holder of ‘the first 10’ numbers Jean Roesner and Rut Curnow. The mine Maroney house, have been put thru the mill at this'‘erew ofmen have been employed for during this dry season. now occuvied by! drawn at the 4th of July celebraNevada City Fire Department, on the Mrs. Williams. Engels, of north miles six is property during the last15 months,;:;} some time at the property. At the Hall resition ticket sale have had am oppor. credit for decorating is given Mrs. This property is situated near Honey Lake Valley side of Diamond dence the barn and wood shed were tunity to register their tickets at Herbert Hallett, Gilbert Clarke and! according to Ben F. Ballard, superdestroyed. ‘intendent. The Brush Creek has been;'Camptonville and there are several Mountain. three day intervals. 1295 was the Otis Hardt. It represented a gay on production for that length of others nearby, among A large crew of willing and hard first number drawn Reports from the Honey Lake them being and it had te w#peed boat with pastoral colorings. time, with no assessments having the gravel mine of Fred J. Joubert, Gold Mining and Development Comworking men from the’ Ridge and be presented Tuesday to hold the Ray Teale entered a taxidermy been levied on the stockholders. ‘ Nevada City, and a favorable wind, mine. The second number was hel@ pany near Milford, are that the and the ~ Garden Valley district . float showing his skill in munting ’ Fifteen men are employed, and ——— a dredger has been aperae company has driven into a large mostly local animals and birds and: the vein where encountered by the. ing onthe stream. water ledge in the tunnel they are luck thrown in, were all that saved! view, Oakland. euring of skins. . of Birchville, and even new shaft will be prospected both driving. They were seeking water the rest e s are n umber Marsh Lumber Company and the} The following posnorth and south. Mountain Mes‘a and and found it in this ledge compossafe to say Sweetland, County Farm had _ the mythical} 604, 1468, and 1380. The last num-~ed of porphyry, tale and other volsibly North San Juan. Uncle Tom's cabin. Eva and Topsy . senger. ber is held by W. S. Wheeler, 117% At the lowest estimate there were canic sediment. 10-1450 pound stamps were added! were Mynolla Marsh and .Lorraine! Spruce Street, Berkeley. the latter About seven feet per day were at least 75 men on this fire. Lewis, while Mr. Burke accepted the. to the Brush Creek mill It is to be hoped that the pertw part of 1928. A 90 foot drift showA crew of 4 or 5 men are emaveraged until the water was enrole of Uncle Tom. that draws this mining claim wilt? mine on countered. Timbering has had to be The decorated cars were, Nevada ed values running from $7 to $9 it ployed at the Greystone proceed to do as the lady who drew was said. the Spanish Ridge. Charles Hegarty resorted to through this vein. A Officials, Miss Helen Chapman, Elza the claim two years ago. She is not In July 1928, 5 stamps were! is the owner and is superintending diamond drill was used in exploring. Kilroy, Frank Davies and Marshal) only doing her assessment wark, but of ore picked! the work at the property. added. A rich shoot It has shown that this water ledge Giselman. cameto The Nugget office ame pur} The formation is serpentine and is about 35 feet wide, however the In conclusion we wish to make! up.in 1927 was passed and the ledge chased filing locations for two or Word has been received in Neparticular mention of Fire Chief Otis: matter showed excellent width, the . slate. Mr. Hegarty plans to continue} 30 foot ledge just beyond carries three claims adjoining the first ome was 16 feet be. driving “tunnel until they strike a satisfactory values. A 50 ton unit vada City of the death in Quebec, which is located in the You Ket Hardt, Mrs. Herbert Hallett, Gilbert average distance of’ . big ledge that is known to exist of the mill will be built as soon/as {Canada, on June 22nd, 1931, Clarke and Joe O’Neil who worked tween walls. . Mining District. ; Kirby Thomas, internationally . The Kate Hardy Company had . and which carries satisfactory values more ore is exposed in planned ali of Friday night on the Fire Deengineer and wine! along the, feet of property 0 tunnelling. Sundbury is manager of ‘kn6wn mining partment float. when they had al-: 3000 journalist. Thomas was fatally, which made it’ main vein system, NEW MINING JOURNAL the property. ready spent several evenings earlier stricken while inspecting a mining possible for large scale operations SOON TO BE PUBLISHED, 0 in the week on another float. property near Amoa, Quebec. development work An announcement was made in BALLARD MINE IS It was the unanimous opinion that after sufficient Kirby Thomas had been a fre. last Friday's issue of The Nugget{ TO BE DEVELOPED the Nevada City Fire Department had been done. quent visitor in this section during Three thousand feet of air pipe was that the publisher was preparing to. float would have won second honors The Twin Cities Danes Pavitiom magazine in con-; deal Roy H. recent years, having inspected sevhad a Through a recent if the Fourth of July Committee , run from the surface to the bottom: issue a monthly big night on July 3rd ,or ‘nection with The Nugget. Shettle of Jackson sold the Ballard eral mines in this district for eastheir opening night. It was reported of Grass Valley had been giving of the shaft. A new electric hoist was installed . Since that time 20 subscriptions mine to Los Angeles mining intertern capitalists. prizes. The float represented a speed! that there were 600 couples on the in June of 1928, in the_ shaft. ‘have come in some from leng disests, from J. Ratto of Sutter Creek. He was a subscriber to the Neva-! floor at one time besides many speeboat: in pastoral shades. . We have known for some time, tances. Conciderable development work has da City Nugget for some time. His} tators. Also Mrs. Talbot should have spe‘that Mr. Ben F. Ballard,, superin-: Advertising is coming in at a been done on this property. Surface reports on mines are quoted as! cial praise in preparing the 12 kidThe parking space was filled am® tendent, has had the mine on a pay-. good rate and the first issue will among the most reliable engineers. cars were was installed during the. equipment dies to represent an_ interpretation parked on each side of ing basis. j Soon be on the press. time Lopez and associates operated and he had the name of being able tojtne highway for quite a distance: of our national colors. . Get your orders in early so as to the mine. raise large sums of money for mine] gach way. secure a copy as soon as they are The new owners are unwatering development and purchasing of! phe dance music was enjoyed an@ completed. the 200 foot two compartment shaft. . mines. ' . many words ofpraise were heard om A number of excellent articles on They plan to drift on the hanging 9 dlcmaaegs effects. over the dance: mining are to be written by men wall or Spanish vein and cross cutt. FRENCH BROS CLEANERS of wide experience along mining ing to the main footwall. They will 6. v Mr. Armstrong, superintendent lines, and this book will be not only also sink an additional 200 feet in}The Ruby ine is being opened : daa for a back fire, and some real good. py Mrs. Mary Kenny, 2585 Oceam . GREYSTONE MINE HAS . CREW OF MEN AT WORK KIRBY THOMAS MINE ENGINEER IS DEAD. TWIN CITIES ‘DANCE PAVILION DRAWS DRAM CROWD WORK PROGRESSING AT RUBY MINE HAS TIM DOLAN MINE: CREW MEN WORKING OPEN BRANCH SHOP H. A. Derrer, mining} up ata 'apid rate with 20 men emthé Tim Dolan” quartz mine, -has-at interesting but of value to minnig the main shaft. crew of men at work in the mine. men as well as ‘mine investors. engineer is in charge. Ployed. This is a gravel property He plans to sink the shaft 150 feet French Bros. Cleaners, are openand derives its name from the rubies. before doing exploration ing a branch shop in the Ben Bost pent AESS vies found in the gravel with the gold, deeper building on lower Broad _ Street. This mine has a past production rework. Robert Locke, mining mran ftom: A gallows frame has been erected. Mr. Jeffrey, who sold out to) near Gold Lake spent the week emi cord of $2,000,000. The ground is French Brothers’ in-Gra@ss Valley, in Nevada: City. patented and consists of 435 acres. . This property is above Goodyears A drift tunnel is being run and Bar on Rock. ren Chas. Avery, D: Reed, 4. W. Me in Stee Se business a here of tie: Eagle \S JUST RUNNING He is not a stranger Arthur, W. Briscoe this district. gravel is being washed. They have: as he has been in the business for Bird mine spent the 4th im Mavada plenty of water. l An Obnoxious Weed ~ [ OW DEAR, THAT TERRIBLE ‘KIRKPATRICKMINE WORKS SMALL CREW The vein system of Alleghany in! which are located Tightner, Red Star Sixteen to One, and numerous others, enter the Ruby on the south. On the same contact that passes Mr. Nightengale, who is superinthrough ground. on the north lie tendent of the Kirkpatrick gravel ~ City of Six, Dolan and others. 1 mine, has four or five men employfrom $10 to! ed. There is plenty of water in Nuggets ranging $660 are often found in the &ravel Rock Creek for mine operations and a number of properties are working. channel. This mine is situated on the ridge Sullivan com: In 1929 a 10X12 perssor was installed and electric above Goodyears Bar and water from power from. Alleghany-Downieville the mine empties into Rock Creek Ne ewas . installed at an approxiabove town. mate cost of $1,600. Several quartz ledges have been ent and good values nr Mr. and Mrs. Frank Solus and are known to family of Edgewood, Siskiyou Coun exist. Mr. Craig is the mine. ; superintendent ggiee ee =,., 3) ty spent the July 4th holidays at of: Mr. and Mrs. Earl Covey’s in Grass j Valley. Mrs. Covey is their daughter WED 8 9 KILLING THINGS RIGAT AND LEET two years. The new owners plan to carry on the business along the same lines as Mr. Jeffrey has conducted it: This is one of the new business houses opening in our town and is welcomed cordially into our midst. 0 SHORTAGE OF HOUSES IN TOWN OF GOODYEARS BAR There is a shortage Goodyears Bar at the City. Lloyd Root, former state visiabs: ologist, was in Nevada City recently looking over some ties. mining proper— % Wm. Lichtenberg, mining man of Alleghany, “spent the week end bare ; Nevada City. R. O. Foster, superintendent of ae of houses in the Twin Sisters mine, spent the ~ present time of July in Nevada City. Mr. Erway, mine owner, and several have had to move to Downieville to find accomodations. Nevada City Thursday. pa The Brockles Hotel has a road crew that assessment work had been com= of 22 men rooming and boarding ‘pleted with greater interest.than im plan on foot to many years in the North -G put up tents to accomodate a crew district. Quite a lot of. there. There is a of surveyors that are coming im the near future. work has also been carried on . different properties, = ;

— . a The Nugget IsCalifornia’s Leading Mining Weekly Nevada City Nugget a vs NEVADA CITY, NEVADA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA THE COUNTY SEAT PAPER FRIDAY, JULY 10, 193% THE GOLD CENTER VOLUME V, NUMBER 30. . MOVING PICTURES TAKEN BROCKINGTON ASSUMES FIRE AT BIRCHVILLE HODGKINSON HAS WAS A FIERCE ONE, OF MINING PROPERTY FAITH IN CITY OF SIX CHARGE GOLDEN CENTER SEES MINING BOOM RRASS VALLEY FOURTH, GOODYEARS BAR IS SUCCESSFUL EVEN A Gordon Nicilson, President of. Charles C. ‘Brockingtion has asBirehville, July 7th, 1931, (Spe-} Mr. Hodgkinson, who is from Los he Fourth of July ‘celebration Mining in the Goodyears Bar SecNevada County Mines Corporathe about At — Nugget) The sumed the management of the Golto of cial City the of in Grass Valley has been proclaimtion is progressing at a_ lively rate Angeles. and owner recently orza nize® ,which was tion the morning .Menday o'clock den Center mine under the Colley eleven four has lle Downievi ed a success by all who. attended. with many mines being opened and Six mine above kened' to take over and operate the BelleBirchville,awa Butler regime, represented by L. Ss. little town of or five men employed. “the4parade which lasted 1% hours reopened. itself in the path of one of} fontaine Mine on Deer Creek, aS one find to Wincapaw. y The pack train went in Thursda ‘was enjoyed for the beauty of the operating units im A Wincapaw. Downieville. Mr. Brockington is*73 the hottest and fiercly burning fires] 9¢ the J. M. Hoff with supplies from flovits or depicting little glimpses of fome great events in the past history of our country, with a few comic ones thrown in for measure. To Mr. Bert Chegwidden credit is due for good COLD BAR MINE ON ROCK CREEK blower was taken in Wednesday to] years of add to the present machinery. age but sibility with In 1929 a rich strike of ore was years and knowledge made in the City of Six just before ing of this great the able manner jm which he carried out the four days of events. Messrs. Frank Davies and Elza Kilroy of Nevada City are assumes wisdom of respon of the work property as he was in closing down for the winter months. charge:'13 years before when it was In 1929 the City of Six was oper-; closed down. ated through a tunnel 2400 feet in C. Layboyteaux of Pasadena has a crew of 6 men-driving atunnel in the Gold Bar mine. This tunnel is being driven to cut two veins on tne Alleghany contact. The formation is serpentine and is in the rich Alle ever to hit the San Juan ridge in’ this district, has spent several days noticed. The fire was burning occupied by Mr. when first jn the city.and at the mine, as well in the oldjas visiting some of the other work mature many years. A crew of 7men are employed re Skeahan place, which was formerlyjincluding the St. Louis mill, whiel Will Clerkin and}, practeally ready for operation just across the creek and above the -Belle sister, Miss Millie Clerkin. The wind was blowing in an east-j; fontaine. Several hundred feet of moving gave 800 feet of backs. timbering the first 100 feet of the erly direction and as the Skehan} by Mr. NicofThis property -is on a contact shaft. It was found that timbers are field below the house, was covered! pictures were taken that runs into the Alleghany district ingood condition from the 100 level by tall dry grass, it didn't take son up and down Deer Creek and am also to be praised for preparing the fire tocross this field, the several Hoff properties. Underthe for long and passes through the north of the to the 500 level. Retimbering will Nevada City floats and having everyghany belt. jump across the old Cherokee road,! ground operations were also filmed , Ruby holdings Dolan and others. mine is de-: thing go off so smoothly. It is follow as fast: as the ~A ten stamp mill and compressor to the big hill, above by Mr. Nicolson and-all together A novel has been written on the watered. When the cleaning out and and then thought that fully 10,000 people are onthe property. The machinery amd the Skeahan Ranch. A large brushy very fair run of properties City of Six which gave it great nowere on~-the streets during the is. run by gasoline and crude oil, retimbering are complete it will this on shown are operations made’ which hill, covered grass and i terity at the time. : parade take only a few days. to install with motive power generated by a Mr. Hodgkinson has _ patiently . electricity. A crew of men will then a nice furnace for a fire, was soon! tootage The Nevada City floats were as deisel engine. work on the water line fier worked this mine about 19 _ years be put towork developing the mine é covered with flames, which rapidly; follows: This property is situated a short rapid%e eomspread and soon were right in the the st. Louis mill is and reports recently were that he into one of the big producers of Ed M.Martine preparing hot cakes distance above Goodyears Bar on heart of Birchville. pleting and ore will be milled from. had struck it rich. the Grass Valley District. for breakfast with 83 year old Rock Creek. The school house, which for Many the Constitution, the Bellefontaine When a man has the courage to Charles Alford. operating the old The property is in the heart of years has been the foundation for ang the Cyane. Mr. Ed Urem, has Andrew Carey is amalgamator ‘at stay with a mine that long developfashioned gravel rocker, entered by the property. the town of Grass Valley. Mr. Colthe education of many young MeN peen retained to do sampling wot ing and opening up the property The Nevada City Nugget. length that by.the all we can say is we hope that he Chamber. of Commerce, with little Tommy Barry and Helen Holmes sit will fulfill his long cherished desire Homes Among the Hills, BRUSH CREEK MINE IS ON PAYING BASIS Modern Prospectors, Milton Mas ting in domestic content. ters and Carl Hieronimus, in a rickety automobile of popular make Mrs. Talbots class attired in gay tri-colors, entered by Hydraulic Par A 40-foot shaft has just been completed at the Brush Creek Mine, to make a rich paying property. ley Butler will use this property to run a tunnel into other priperties adjacent. NEW MACHINERYFOR LASSEN COUNTY THE MT ALTA MINE MINING NEWS OF NOTE and women of that little town, Was in the properties and facilitate the totally destreyed. It was however, ' operations of the engineers in mines: several these up opening which insurance $1000. by covered will assist partly in rebuilding the Last week Mr. Lloyd Root, former building. ' State Minerologist, visited the propThen the old Sneath Ranch reerties and was enthusiastic over oat cently sold to a Mr. ‘May of Sac-! what is beings done. ramento and who had just finished Mr. Nicolson returns to Sant Fr putting up a small house and tent ¢cigci_ this week are was conipletely destroyed. The fire the company. Mines, Inc., The Diamond preparing to install a mill on their worked on both sides of the road. which work has been going on since January. There has been no inter end on business of ‘ ' me 6 A gold saver is being installed lor No. 56 Native Sons; camposed ruption ,however, in the production in the Mt. Alta mine according to of Dave McCraney, Walter War-; Mountain. The old Thomas Fogarty Ranch and Diamond: on ‘at this property. : Mrs. Nels Chatfield, superintendent, property necke, Margaret Smittcamp, Annie] t of all the Pullgrnee were burned. aisoi FOURTH GOLD MINE presiden is MecDow N. George The new shaft is a continuation of who was in Nevada City Thursday. Lou McCraney, Betty George, Sylvia . Doyle and revel AWARD DECISION TUES the old one-and opens up a body of Minerh have been quite busy: the company and states they have the old Kyle, Moody, Mary Warnecke, Violet Rolfor out blocked ore of tons 100,000 places were burned. ore estimated at approximately There has’ been plenty of water man, Betsy Bennett, Alberta Bolton, There is an abundance of 35,000 tons of good milling rock. The Thomas Hull residence had a noes ff to proceed in the gravel sluicing at milling. Marian. German, Adele Curnow, About 100 tons of ore per month the Mt. Alta mine this . season. A water for milling which is welcome very narrow escape, as did the old Holder of ‘the first 10’ numbers Jean Roesner and Rut Curnow. The mine Maroney house, have been put thru the mill at this'‘erew ofmen have been employed for during this dry season. now occuvied by! drawn at the 4th of July celebraNevada City Fire Department, on the Mrs. Williams. Engels, of north miles six is property during the last15 months,;:;} some time at the property. At the Hall resition ticket sale have had am oppor. credit for decorating is given Mrs. This property is situated near Honey Lake Valley side of Diamond dence the barn and wood shed were tunity to register their tickets at Herbert Hallett, Gilbert Clarke and! according to Ben F. Ballard, superdestroyed. ‘intendent. The Brush Creek has been;'Camptonville and there are several Mountain. three day intervals. 1295 was the Otis Hardt. It represented a gay on production for that length of others nearby, among A large crew of willing and hard first number drawn Reports from the Honey Lake them being and it had te w#peed boat with pastoral colorings. time, with no assessments having the gravel mine of Fred J. Joubert, Gold Mining and Development Comworking men from the’ Ridge and be presented

Tuesday to hold the Ray Teale entered a taxidermy been levied on the stockholders. ‘ Nevada City, and a favorable wind, mine. The second number was hel@ pany near Milford, are that the and the ~ Garden Valley district . float showing his skill in munting ’ Fifteen men are employed, and ——— a dredger has been aperae company has driven into a large mostly local animals and birds and: the vein where encountered by the. ing onthe stream. water ledge in the tunnel they are luck thrown in, were all that saved! view, Oakland. euring of skins. . of Birchville, and even new shaft will be prospected both driving. They were seeking water the rest e s are n umber Marsh Lumber Company and the} The following posnorth and south. Mountain Mes‘a and and found it in this ledge compossafe to say Sweetland, County Farm had _ the mythical} 604, 1468, and 1380. The last num-~ed of porphyry, tale and other volsibly North San Juan. Uncle Tom's cabin. Eva and Topsy . senger. ber is held by W. S. Wheeler, 117% At the lowest estimate there were canic sediment. 10-1450 pound stamps were added! were Mynolla Marsh and .Lorraine! Spruce Street, Berkeley. the latter About seven feet per day were at least 75 men on this fire. Lewis, while Mr. Burke accepted the. to the Brush Creek mill It is to be hoped that the pertw part of 1928. A 90 foot drift showA crew of 4 or 5 men are emaveraged until the water was enrole of Uncle Tom. that draws this mining claim wilt? mine on countered. Timbering has had to be The decorated cars were, Nevada ed values running from $7 to $9 it ployed at the Greystone proceed to do as the lady who drew was said. the Spanish Ridge. Charles Hegarty resorted to through this vein. A Officials, Miss Helen Chapman, Elza the claim two years ago. She is not In July 1928, 5 stamps were! is the owner and is superintending diamond drill was used in exploring. Kilroy, Frank Davies and Marshal) only doing her assessment wark, but of ore picked! the work at the property. added. A rich shoot It has shown that this water ledge Giselman. cameto The Nugget office ame pur} The formation is serpentine and is about 35 feet wide, however the In conclusion we wish to make! up.in 1927 was passed and the ledge chased filing locations for two or Word has been received in Neparticular mention of Fire Chief Otis: matter showed excellent width, the . slate. Mr. Hegarty plans to continue} 30 foot ledge just beyond carries three claims adjoining the first ome was 16 feet be. driving “tunnel until they strike a satisfactory values. A 50 ton unit vada City of the death in Quebec, which is located in the You Ket Hardt, Mrs. Herbert Hallett, Gilbert average distance of’ . big ledge that is known to exist of the mill will be built as soon/as {Canada, on June 22nd, 1931, Clarke and Joe O’Neil who worked tween walls. . Mining District. ; Kirby Thomas, internationally . The Kate Hardy Company had . and which carries satisfactory values more ore is exposed in planned ali of Friday night on the Fire Deengineer and wine! along the, feet of property 0 tunnelling. Sundbury is manager of ‘kn6wn mining partment float. when they had al-: 3000 journalist. Thomas was fatally, which made it’ main vein system, NEW MINING JOURNAL the property. ready spent several evenings earlier stricken while inspecting a mining possible for large scale operations SOON TO BE PUBLISHED, 0 in the week on another float. property near Amoa, Quebec. development work An announcement was made in BALLARD MINE IS It was the unanimous opinion that after sufficient Kirby Thomas had been a fre. last Friday's issue of The Nugget{ TO BE DEVELOPED the Nevada City Fire Department had been done. quent visitor in this section during Three thousand feet of air pipe was that the publisher was preparing to. float would have won second honors The Twin Cities Danes Pavitiom magazine in con-; deal Roy H. recent years, having inspected sevhad a Through a recent if the Fourth of July Committee , run from the surface to the bottom: issue a monthly big night on July 3rd ,or ‘nection with The Nugget. Shettle of Jackson sold the Ballard eral mines in this district for eastheir opening night. It was reported of Grass Valley had been giving of the shaft. A new electric hoist was installed . Since that time 20 subscriptions mine to Los Angeles mining intertern capitalists. prizes. The float represented a speed! that there were 600 couples on the in June of 1928, in the_ shaft. ‘have come in some from leng disests, from J. Ratto of Sutter Creek. He was a subscriber to the Neva-! floor at one time besides many speeboat: in pastoral shades. . We have known for some time, tances. Conciderable development work has da City Nugget for some time. His} tators. Also Mrs. Talbot should have spe‘that Mr. Ben F. Ballard,, superin-: Advertising is coming in at a been done on this property. Surface reports on mines are quoted as! cial praise in preparing the 12 kidThe parking space was filled am® tendent, has had the mine on a pay-. good rate and the first issue will among the most reliable engineers. cars were was installed during the. equipment dies to represent an_ interpretation parked on each side of ing basis. j Soon be on the press. time Lopez and associates operated and he had the name of being able tojtne highway for quite a distance: of our national colors. . Get your orders in early so as to the mine. raise large sums of money for mine] gach way. secure a copy as soon as they are The new owners are unwatering development and purchasing of! phe dance music was enjoyed an@ completed. the 200 foot two compartment shaft. . mines. ' . many words ofpraise were heard om A number of excellent articles on They plan to drift on the hanging 9 dlcmaaegs effects. over the dance: mining are to be written by men wall or Spanish vein and cross cutt. FRENCH BROS CLEANERS of wide experience along mining ing to the main footwall. They will 6. v Mr. Armstrong, superintendent lines, and this book will be not only also sink an additional 200 feet in}The Ruby ine is being opened : daa for a back fire, and some real good. py Mrs. Mary Kenny, 2585 Oceam . GREYSTONE MINE HAS . CREW OF MEN AT WORK KIRBY THOMAS MINE ENGINEER IS DEAD. TWIN CITIES ‘DANCE PAVILION DRAWS DRAM CROWD WORK PROGRESSING AT RUBY MINE HAS TIM DOLAN MINE: CREW MEN WORKING OPEN BRANCH SHOP H. A. Derrer, mining} up ata 'apid rate with 20 men emthé Tim Dolan” quartz mine, -has-at interesting but of value to minnig the main shaft. crew of men at work in the mine. men as well as ‘mine investors. engineer is in charge. Ployed. This is a gravel property He plans to sink the shaft 150 feet French Bros. Cleaners, are openand derives its name from the rubies. before doing exploration ing a branch shop in the Ben Bost pent AESS vies found in the gravel with the gold, deeper building on lower Broad _ Street. This mine has a past production rework. Robert Locke, mining mran ftom: A gallows frame has been erected. Mr. Jeffrey, who sold out to) near Gold Lake spent the week emi cord of $2,000,000. The ground is French Brothers’ in-Gra@ss Valley, in Nevada: City. patented and consists of 435 acres. . This property is above Goodyears A drift tunnel is being run and Bar on Rock. ren Chas. Avery, D: Reed, 4. W. Me in Stee Se business a here of tie: Eagle \S JUST RUNNING He is not a stranger Arthur, W. Briscoe this district. gravel is being washed. They have: as he has been in the business for Bird mine spent the 4th im Mavada plenty of water. l An Obnoxious Weed ~ [ OW DEAR, THAT TERRIBLE ‘KIRKPATRICKMINE WORKS SMALL CREW The vein system of Alleghany in! which are located Tightner, Red Star Sixteen to One, and numerous others, enter the Ruby on the south. On the same contact that passes Mr. Nightengale, who is superinthrough ground. on the north lie tendent of the Kirkpatrick gravel ~ City of Six, Dolan and others. 1 mine, has four or five men employfrom $10 to! ed. There is plenty of water in Nuggets ranging $660 are often found in the &ravel Rock Creek for mine operations and a number of properties are working. channel. This mine is situated on the ridge Sullivan com: In 1929 a 10X12 perssor was installed and electric above Goodyears Bar and water from power from. Alleghany-Downieville the mine empties into Rock Creek Ne ewas . installed at an approxiabove town. mate cost of $1,600. Several quartz ledges have been ent and good values nr Mr. and Mrs. Frank Solus and are known to family of Edgewood, Siskiyou Coun exist. Mr. Craig is the mine. ; superintendent ggiee ee =,., 3) ty spent the July 4th holidays at of: Mr. and Mrs. Earl Covey’s in Grass j Valley. Mrs. Covey is their daughter WED 8 9 KILLING THINGS RIGAT AND LEET two years. The new owners plan to carry on the business along the same lines as Mr. Jeffrey has conducted it: This is one of the new business houses opening in our town and is welcomed cordially into our midst. 0 SHORTAGE OF HOUSES IN TOWN OF GOODYEARS BAR There is a shortage Goodyears Bar at the City. Lloyd Root, former state visiabs: ologist, was in Nevada City recently looking over some ties. mining proper— % Wm. Lichtenberg, mining man of Alleghany, “spent the week end bare ; Nevada City. R. O. Foster, superintendent of ae of houses in the Twin Sisters mine, spent the ~ present time of July in Nevada City. Mr. Erway, mine owner, and several have had to move to Downieville to find accomodations. Nevada City Thursday. pa The Brockles Hotel has a road crew that assessment work had been com= of 22 men rooming and boarding ‘pleted with greater interest.than im plan on foot to many years in the North -G put up tents to accomodate a crew district. Quite a lot of. there. There is a of surveyors that are coming im the near future. work has also been carried on . different properties, = ;