July 15, 1932 (4 pages)

N The Nugget Is California’s Leading Mining Weekly —s VOL. VI, NO. 36 NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA The GOLD Center COUNTY RECEIPTS FOR LAST MONTH ARE ITEMIZED Carvin Property in Yuba Pass to Be Explored Having taken over the Carvin property in Yuba Pass, the Yuba Pass Mining & Resort, Inc., plans are being made to develop the property in the near. future. The property consists of five mining claims and a suitable mill site. Two tunnels During June $12,577.95 was paid driven have uncovered ore which is into the county treasury, according said to contain gold, molybdite; te the report made by County Treassilver and other values. Plans con x : urer Frank Steel. template a large scale development. (Of this sum $4302.42 was reThe property has a good water rign. ceived from County Assessor J. M. 0. Hammill for personal property taxes collected by his office from persons owning personal property, taxes due on which were unsecured by property. real The following is the de tailed statement of the amounts and the sources: First National Bank in Grass Val ley, interest, $66.97; R. W. Rodda, maintenance at county hospital, $200; Lila M. Champion, public adm. fees, Mulcahy estate, $293.32; Bank MINING PERMITS NOT ‘REQUIRED ON PRESERVES Permits are not required for placer mining on the national forests of California, according to word given out by Supervisor R. L. P. Bigelow of the Tahoe.National Forest. Hunof America of T. S. A., interest, dreds of men, otherwise out of em$104.12; M. C. Miller, redemption of ployment, have ventured into areas taxes $15.77; Agnes Worthley, re ~ demption of taxes $12.95; Arthur W. Hoge, redemption of taxes $3.56; Billa M. Austin, Teachers Pr. Ret. Fund col.,, $284; Nevada County Farm, sale of produce to hospital, $260.40; Pauline Jarvis, redemption of taxes, $283.34; Thomas N. Coan, redemption of taxes $7.43; John A. Mendall, redemption taxes $18.85; Inter County Title Co., redemption of taxexs, $74,87; Mrs. Laura King, postponement of tax sale, $5.29; Carl Penrose, superior court fine payment, $10; Henry Clark, postponement of tax sale, $15.44; Lud al wig Netz, redemption of taxes, $17.93; Anna C. Tucker, redemption of taxes, $24; C. A. Ocker, justice fines, $50; George R. Carter, redemption of taxes, $45.28; Dave Cabona, redemption of taxes $13.93; R. W. Rodda, maintenance at county hospital, $117.50; R. N. McCormack, elerk’s fees and Law. Lib. tax, $255.75; George R. Carter, sheriff’s fees, $4.50; S. J. Clark, recorder’s fees, $273.35; John M. Hammill, personal prop. collections, $4320.42; collected 4 : month of June, $2909.66. tion of taxes, $6.21; Elsie Long, re a picnic at Masonic picnic grounds above Sierra City. The picnic site is four miles west of the summit of the pass and is said to be an ideal spot. It is easily. reached over good state and federal highways. tary, $3.67; Ella M. Austin, teachers the board of supervisors of Sierra county and will be taged under aus The celebration is sponsored by certificates, $24; Elia M. Austin, teachers pr. ret. fund col., $108; pices of the Native Sons and Native J. M. McMahon of Sadie F. Clauson, redemption of Daughters. district attorney, is taxes, $16.79; Ella M. Austin, Downieville, teachers pr. ret. fund col., $6; W. chairman of the committee of arF. Stoneback, postponement of tax rangements. The public is invited to participate sale, $113.38; Placer Union High School, tuition to M. L. H. H. Dist., in the festivities. $80; Lyman H. Gilmore, postponement of tax sale, $48.48; estate of postponement of tax sale, $1,510.0; Charles A. Morandi, redemption of taxes, $11.77; Eugene Morris, et al, redemption of taxes, $63.35; Frank Steel, bids on sale of state property, June 20, 1932, $203.26. x ). NEW MINE FILINGS Dallas, Ryan, placer—G. E. Ryan, et al, Quaker Hill Mg. Dist. Dallas, Ryan, placer—G. E. Ryan et al, Quaker Hill Mg. Dist. in Sec. (oT Le ke On: Gold Standard—R. A. Dunann et al, in Nevada county. NEVADA COUNTY HAS ~ GAIN INTAX ROLLS} Last Chance, qtz.—E. Penrose, in Rought and Ready Mg. Dist. Kavy .-Atamptor,.-placer->—H.: F. Vanderpool et al, in See. 24, Little York twp. Nevada county is ‘one of the few Larsen .Nos. 1, 2 and 3—-Theodore California counties which-shows an increase in its taxable property. The report of County Assessor John M. Hammil filed with the board of su Larsen et al, Wash. Mg. Dist. Sunny Boy—wW. H. Stevens, pervisors shows an increase in et ux, Rough and Ready Mg. Dist. Golden Horn—C. L. Sidelinger, in Rough and Ready Mg. Dist. The C.B/C., atz.—Henry (Clark, Meadow Lake Meg. Dist. the taxable wealth of $94,035. The total value of county property to taxation for county governmental purposes is $6,154,620. Last year the valuation was $6,060,585. The cities of Nevada City and Grass Valley. showed substantial gains, due, according. to Mr. Hammil, to new buildings and\remodeling of Fr. Corral Mg. Dist: Lula Belle, placer—C. H. Marsh, The Fraction—-H. Clark, Meadow Lake Mg. Dist. Glacier Lode—C. C. Hughes, in Washington Mg. Dist. Kahn, Big Chief, Evelyn, North present structures. The gain in NeMagnetic—Bradley Mg. Co., et al, in vada City was $21,875\and Grass Mississippi Valley Mg. Dist. Friday Thirteenth—J. D. Hill, et Valley, $11,880. : 0. al, in Quaker Hill Mg. Dist, Sec. 19. Iona—Dewey Colligan; et al, in Phone Line to Ranger Eureka or Graniteville Mg. Dist. Station Is Severed Someone maliciously cut about 150 feet out of the forest service telephone line running from the local \ headquarters \ to the. Pike County Five Nugget, qtz.— G. W. Steele, Oaldand\ Man Peon Strange Playmate Gracie—S. Colt, Eureka Mg. Dist. Border, placer—E. W. Norton, et al, Sec. 32, Quaker Hill Mg. Dist. Washington Mg. Dist. > ‘Owens, placer—I. J. Owens, et al, See. 5 Quaker Hill Mg. Dist. Elmo Nevada—c. R. Hichelberger et al, Washington Mg. Dist. Mottell, qtz.—Jack Anderson et al, Eureka Mg. Dist. First Chance, Blue Fox, Lake, qtz. —A. H. Johnson, et al, in Eureka Mg. Dist. “swith a 7-foot king around his neck and a smaller one Lula No: 1—E. H. Ingraham, No. in his pocket, but: Saturday afterSan Juan Mg. Dist. noon C. W. Pickens. of-. Oakland Ofwhat No. 2—A. H. Johnson, ev A few wee ~ ef Los Angeles, ago ben C. Stamey oO was camping at doubled the thrill by coming into a, al, Eureka Mg. Dist. ~ ‘ Camptonville store with a large Ofwhat No. 1, Dam End, Bonanza t ; nake’s back and the reptile grinned key, Bear River Mg. Dist. ne Star—E. NEW STATEBOOK EXPLAINS PLACER MINING METHODS Register Before July 21 If Your Desire to Vote If you want to vote at the primary election on August 30 you must register not later than July 21. You may not be much interested in polities but it will not cost you anything to register. Something might turn up by election day and you, as a In contrast with the grizzled “old citizen, should register your vote for times’’ so often pictured with pan or against any man or measure that and rocker, the streams and gulches ~—. appears on the ballot. Register of the western mining states are now today. lined with another generation of young and middle-aged ‘‘amateur’’ placer gold miners. Railroad men, salesmen, bookkeepers, chauffeurs, clerks arid stenographers—for the role of. novice gold ‘‘diggers’ includes women and children—make up the list of jobless who are bringCalifornia’s original gold mills of ing forth new wealth in many of the the Arrasta, nature are coming “back, western states. The gold produtthe first one in late years to be intion in California in 1930 exceeded troduced to the Rand mining district that\of 1929 by nearly one miilion OLD TIME ARRASTA ATTRACTS ATTENTION by Frank Feldman, on his Pinmore mine lease, near Johannesburg, is now making good. Feldman, like all good mining prospectors, has but sittle money to equip a gold saving dollars and the production in 1931 exceeded that of 1930 by more than a million dollars, and 1932 promises to even further increase the output of the precious metal. 4 It -is true-theindividual’s~-return———--~ plant that will bring returns; fo. the present working of gold saver, the capacity of a ton and a half is of the Arrasta will not probably averaging less is enough to buy ‘“‘Brub and overalls’’” and incidentally the gold Satisfied that the present operations small, than $1 per day per person, but it shows successful returns. ex ceed 150 gallons of water to a ton of ore, Feldman in the near future vill increase the plant to a four and, one-half tons for an eight-hour shitt. ‘his increase will mean additional anks, clean and. settling; the power seeker gets a healthy holiday from the city and he is out of sight of a breadline. It is estimated that there are in excess of 12,000 persons now hand-mining on a small scale. All must learn the knack of recovering the precious flakes and grains from a\Henry coupe, proving satis from the gold-bearing sand and factory, will be continued. gravel, and government agencies “We know that we do get_all of have been swamped with requests the values in the ore milled,’’ is the for information. Small-scale placer warrantee for the proposal. This process of handling ore will mining has been particularly active in Colorado. Idaho, Washington, :ean an incentive to prospectors to set out and find new leads from California and Arizona. Information grass roots. — Randsbury-Mojave circulars hastily published to meet the demand have become quickly Record-Times. exhausted. In order to assist this new industry to the fullest extent possible, the California State Division of Mines, under the direction of Walter W. Bradley, state mineralogist, has for some time been distributing literaA find vividly reminiscent of the ture giving information as to localisurface mining days on the Forest ties where placer gold may be found, and genial ways they will prove a grammar school, hearing: on which Hi.l divide during the early ‘50s is how it can be recovered, where sold, welcome addition to our community. will be held at the same time. The reported by fermer Supervisor G. H. manner of locating claims and many present heating system is somewhat Bisbee, now residing on his 160-acre other related questions. antiquated and in the opinion of the ranch at Paradise, near Forest Hill. The latest publication issued is school board in order for the buildWith his daughter, Mrs. Sarah Mc“Mining in Califernia’’. April, 1932, ing to be properly heated it will be Kenzie, helping him, a seam of gold quarterly chapter of State Mineralonecessary to install a new heating that netted $1,000 during the last gist’s Report XXVII. This. quarsystem or make extensive repairs to week was found. terly contains an article on ElemenBids have -State Forest Ranger W. F. Sharp the present facilities. Bisbee’ took the gold to the Placer tary Placer Mining Methods and and Assistant Geo. Howe, of the state called for such remodelling or new County Bank at AADUEH er Pause GoldSaving Devises which describes division of forestry, are well preinstallation as may be necessary tu ping it “to the rats : “7 oa Anggeg if 7 a pared for the fire hazard this seatake care of the needs of the buildsco, to have ‘the atwe watinated: both for wet and dry placers, the son. This year the state has alloted ing. This improvement is estimated fee says he has not exhausted the treatment of black sands, use of This a force of 20 men to each fire disto cost approximately $500. sodium amalgam in cleaning up, and seam yet. trict. At present Mr. Sharp has a one item will account for the major Bisbee segregaied about $100 of marketing of gold, platinum and erew of 11 men and as the danger of part of the $635 increase in the elethe gold which he brought to Au‘ black sand. In another article the Decreases fire increases more men are to be mentary school budget. burn, and the rest was taken in its uses of the pan, rocker and sluice are noted in several items of ex-: added. By the middle of néxt week natural state in the porphyry, which box are described and cuts show how he will hav a full fire crew of a pense in the administration of the he found in the seam between the they are constructed. The use of the instruction cost of Nevada City’s cook, camp tenders, crew leaders and pan in prospecting for vein deposits slate and the quartz. bs fire fighters. The men stay at Mr. grammar school pupils. In finding this seam, Bisbee and is described in another article. The ft). Sharp’s office in readiness for the his daughter brought to light gold “dry” placers of Southern California call of fire from the various lookout that had been overlooked by his own are also discussed, and an extensive stations placed at advantageous pofather, who worked the same lana selected biblography on placer minsitions over the district. Mr. Sharp» in 1857. ing is given for those who wish to By JO. P. CARROLL district is Nevada county outside of The elder Bisbee stayed in Calidelve further into the subject. The the Tahoe national forest. fornia only during the gold rush quarterly referred to may be ‘obLet it be stated that none of the period, returning to his home in the cained at any of the offices of the Last year Mr. Sharp and Mr. Howe were nearly worn out fighting fires large activties in the present prosNew England states to remain there State Division of Mines at 25c per and for days at a time they did not. pective stage are being done by prountil 1898, when he returned to copy. take their clothes off to sleep the motion or stock selling concerns. Placer county, and was followed by few hours they were able to get beWith the:state mining bureau engithe son in 1899. néérs, W. B. Tucker and B. J: Samp= tween calis. Méanwhilé the property “had beThe rate last year was fairly high son, constantly on the job for the longed to many other persons, but California Division of in 1902 Bisbee purchased the propfor hourly pay to fire fighters, conSouthern sequently many fires were thought Mines, aiding the Los Angeles Chamerty from Sam Pullen, former Placer to be of incendiary origin. This year ber of Commerce, wild-cat promoters county clerk of the superior court the state decided to hire men at $25 will be checked up good and hard. and father of Judge J. F. Pullen of Having acquires an option on the And to the spreaders of idle stateSacramento county. a month and board and lodging, Spring Hill property, east of Grass holding them in readiness for call. ments as to the dollars per yard, Bisbee’s ranch adjoins the propValley from the Lakenan Investment This should prove cheaper in the will be called on to make good, fo: erty of Bowman Brothers, on which “Company, H. R. Place, San Franlong run and discourage setting of when the Los Angeles Chamber of was found an “egg” nugget several cisco mining engineer, and associates fires, as those setting fires were often Commerce takes a hand in anything month ago that netted the finders are planning reopening of the proppicked up and taken to fight res, concerning the welfare of Southern about $600.—Roseville Tribune. erty, which has long been inactive. 0 thereby making money from the evil California, there will be results. Mr. Place, who was in the district Britton and Murphy have had durpractice of destroying the state and this week, following up his investiPOWDER FOR MURCHIE MINE people’s’ timber and feed for stocx, ing the past year a thorough prosgations made on a previous visit of and also demolishing the muchpecting examination and sampling of More than 500 boxes of powder several months ago, states that work needed trees on the water-sheds of their holdings in both Sand and will open next week on a conservaGoler Canyons; spending their own passed through Nevada City yesterthe mountains. day morning on a truck and trailer tive scale with a small crew of men The state forest service has a powmoney weil up in five figures, and coming from Los Angeles and enwho have rT been onion erful, well, equipped truck with are now at a satisfactory stage of route to the Miurchie mine, east of which to haul the men and equipwithin the next week or ten days of This is the second loaa starting their large sluicing plant the city. ment to the fires. in that has been shipped to the mine Pay Ledge Sere 0). for a steady run. by the Newmont company, owners The Gold Dust Company, section The McFarland Mine 26, is now sinking a double comof the mine. FOREST HILL RANCHER FINDS BIGGOLD STREAK STATE FORESTERS READY FOR DANGEROUS SEASON RANDSBURG MINE NEWS SPRING HILL MINE TO START DEVELOPMENTS Honey Lake Mine partment shaft on their holdings, Will Be Developed one and one-half miles north of The old McFarland mine near Hazel Green is to be developed again according to a report reaching here this week. The McFarland mine has been worked off and on for many years but was never placed on a paying basis although there has been some Randsburg, on the Johannesburg channel, besides having a number of drillings made by a well drilling rig to further develop the channel diggings at a depth of 60 feet to bedrock. Headed by L. L. Locke, prominent Los Angeles building contractor, r) Superintendent H. Sundberg has money in proving up the ground, in‘announced that the ledge has been cluding an 8-inch pipe line connectstruck in the lower tunnel of the ing with the Yellow Aster’s water wells, a mile distant. A representative of southern cap Honey Lake Valley gold mine. Three tunnels have been cut into the mountain. Sundberg states that they have the same formation on four different. levels, ‘representing several poate italists is now completing an exam ination of the Yellow Aster choice holdings in Goler. A favorable report will mean the immediate bring feet in depth. The lower tunn tends into the mountain about 2,0 with associates, Roy Robert, T. B. ing in of a large capacity gold savfine ore shoots developed. John Mcfeet. It is planned to install a m Weller and C. F. Leichan, the lattér ing plant. now Farland is to take charge of the andcommence’ > sha is ore. two in charge of all developments. Smaller plants of a hundred yard work, Before any gold saving machinery is capacity are being constructed south The McFarland mine was discovplanned by.the close partnership the of the Black Hawk mine, south of ered by a dream, the late John Mcextensive prospecting, examination Randsburg, one wet, the other dry, Farland, Sr., having gone directly to Staff of —_— of . and sampling must be carried out. both machines are within one-half the spot where the vein’ was found H. T. Morse, mining engineer, in mile of each other, but the builders after the vision came to him in his the interests of Los Angeles capitas yet have not seen the other masleep. alists, is continuing an exhaustive chine. They are of the trommel have been wane to th } and widespread examination of type. Either one of them. proving Bank of America San Juan Mg. Dist. their hundreds of acres situated one successful would mean the chance vada City andG W. Starr, W. FF. hos and R. Little Maud, placer—Lula Inmile south of the Atolia Tungsten for prospectors of small means. graham, No. San Juan Mgi Dist. mining company’s No. 1 shaft. BedWith the nearness of the several Bennetts have eeu added to the a North Aetna, qtz.—Albert Garesio ock is foun dat 17 feet and less; operations in the districts mentioned visory board of the institutions, ees ‘in Indian Flat Mg. Dist. samplings of a 100-ton nature are a revival of placer and channel minBullion,, qtz.—M. Jorgensen et satisfactorily handled by a small ing would follow in the Summit Digal, Meadow Lake Mg. Dist. Ainley wet gold saver on the ground. gings, Last Chance, old Goler, Black Mariposa No. 2—L. H. Hillman, A Glendale group brought in a Canyon, Red Rock and other canA new re Meadow Lake Mg. Dist. large capacity gold dredger on their yons and gulches, following south the location of Yuba. River gravel mine—R. C. proven holdings in Benson Gulch the “stringer” near Randsburg, Nevada Ci ~hone . Dare, et al, San Juan Mg. Dist, 10 in the Goler Canyon district, failure Black Hawk, Atolia and one to the by the Nugget. ee) ose who do acres in Yuba county and 10 acres of the machine to handle the clay, Barstow placers. In the dull times receive one. in Nevada county. operations have been temporarily of '93-’95, hundreds and hundreds] through our Woodwardia, Dorothy M. suspended or to such time that conof dry wash mines got by; true, at the N 0: Hanna, pis et al,aan umbid Hill Mg. D. struction engineers can recommena wages and commodities were lower,. free of charge ‘Humdinger, qtz.— A. H. Miller, in a gold saving plant that will handle the hot miners were not afraid of i Announces Additionsae rattlesnake in the bosom of his shirt. —J. Anderson, Eureka Mg. Dist. He found the snake on the Pike City Silver Thistle, qtz.—C. C. Meyer. road, picked it up, tucked it away, ’ Golden Glow, qtz.—Mable Hardenand only took it from his shirt for brook. display purposes. .Be stroked the Mill site location, Geo. H. ShirRelief Hill a Dist. ag though they were old friends. Four and one-half feet of fray gravel has been reported as uncoy ered in Hole No. 6, bottomed on bedrock at 76 feet, in the diamond drilling of the Broder ranch, three and of Folsom, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence of San one-half miles northeast Francisco have purchased about 80 by the Gray Wing Extension Mining acres on the left side of the TahoeCo. The discovery of the gravel was Ukiah highway about a mile north of announced by Ernie R. Gray, superNevada City, known as the old Arnintendent of the company. Gray also said this hole proved the bar they hart’ place. They see a splendid future for this were drilling into to be the largest ever encountered in the Blue Ravine section and have started to improve the property. It is situated north of channel, the buried ancient course of Nevada City and overlooks the town the American river. The holes, all of which have exand the beautiful valley surroundposed four to nine feet of rich pay ing it. If present plans are carried out gravel ,are being drilled in a straizht this should be one of the most atline across the channel, which makes tractive camps in the whole district. a horseshoe bend at that point, and At present they are leveling a knoll prove the bar to be 250 feet wide, in; front of the two houses on the with no indication of the rim at either end. property where. they will erect a Operations started at this property service station and. machine shop. west of the old town of You Bet on Little York Mg. Dist. East Montana, qtz.—A. M. Hoge, Willow Valley Mg. Dist. lookout station a few days ago. The line was severed at a location about Bonita, Nos. 2#-R. Haddy, Nethree miles south of here and thrown vada City Mg. Dist. \ into the brush, indicating that it Bonita No. 1, stz. \ KR. Szeikowas done purposely to sever comwitz et al, Nevada City \ Mg. Dist. ~ munication between the two points, Forty Nine, placer—H. P. Mc\. probably for the purpose of setting ist. Calla, Washington re. There is a severe penalty atOre La La—O. Lemay, et al, in ‘a .ched to this crime and there is a Washington Mg. Dist. possibility of an arrest with a repetiCasa De Oro—A.Matteri, Eureka tion\of the act.—Mountain MessenMg. Dist. ger, deities Big Slide— C. M. Smitih, et al, oa ‘ON GRAY WING LAND): SCHOOL BUDGETS SHOW HEALTHY CONDITION demption of taxes, $58.16; Ella M. Austin, rebate to’ Nevada HElemen A. P. McGee, postponement of tax sale, $7.73; You Bet Mining Co., PAY GRAVEL STRUCK The building will be 45x130 feet, early this spring and as drilling: adsubstantially all-steel cons truction, vances the new company feels asor large scale and-are seeking gold with plate-glass front and skylights. sured of a vast depesit-of rich gravel. {). in this fashion. Many a vacant cabin A large stock of parts and accesof past years is again occupied, a sories will make this one of the most fact which travelers along the hignup-to-date shops in this section. ways and streams have noticed. A beautiful camp site to the west Not only are mining operations of the houses has been cleared, leavbeing carried on, but many of the ing the pine timber. Water is to be squatters have garden plots and are piped to the ground and several With a decrease in the budget for raising vegetables in the hope of procabins’ will be built soon. There is viding enough food for the winter an abundance of spring water which the Nevada City high school district months. The “back to the land’’ has a 90-pound pressure at this of $15,852. the proposed outlay for movement, involuntary though it level. As time goes on plans are to the coming year is submitted for has been, has been gaining force increase the number of buildings consideration and will be open to hearing at 8 p.m., July 18, at the each week since spring. until they will have a modern camp The forest service makes no charge ground: A tractor is being used to chamber of commerce rooms, to for mining efforts on its lands in move earth from the knoll and make which taxpayers are specially inthis region. Ranger stations are exa fill in the ravine, which fill comvited. This decrease has been accomcepted from the open areas, and the bined with cement work will make forest users must comply with fire a swimming hole between the ma plished without reducing the salaries of teachers or other personnel. The and sanitation regulations. Otherchine shop and cabins. reduction of expense is mainly dut wise they may labor as they wish. The location selected for the camp ra) to absence of outlay which in 1931grounds is one of the best in this 32 was increased because of the fire section. It will accommodate a large last year which necessitated repairs number of tourists and any who deon the high school building. A sire to use the facilities. slight decrease is also made in fixed Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence are recent charges and operation of school arrivals in our district and we unplant proposed expenditures. derstand they are. to move here to A problem of grave importance. is Celebration of completion of the make their home. By their kindly found in the proposed budget of th® Yuba Pass national forest highway SIERRA COUNTY WILL CELEBRATE SUNDAY FRIDAY, JULY 15, 1932 The County Seat Paper suitable for placer mining on a small Oscar E. Winburn, justice court fines, $55; W. T. Mobley, justice court fines, $63; Frank Steel, taxes will be held Sunday, July 17, with Total. amount paid into treasury, June, 1932 $12,577.95. Total paid out of treasury June, 1932, $38,019.80. Annie T. Sherman, redemp NEW AUTO CAMP PLANNED NORTH OF NEVADA CITY e Nevada City Nugget Eastern a H. Ingraham, ‘No. ‘Wash! Mg. =3 the material from ihe Jaree gravel banks opened pS ‘group from Steep Hollow ck. Glendale _has considerable lacer—H. Leo e sunshinenor the ‘absence o a can-opener, Ten hours a shift1 the rule for a ot ‘in : eae a ‘ ,

N The Nugget Is California’s Leading Mining Weekly —s VOL. VI, NO. 36 NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA The GOLD Center COUNTY RECEIPTS FOR LAST MONTH ARE ITEMIZED Carvin Property in Yuba Pass to Be Explored Having taken over the Carvin property in Yuba Pass, the Yuba Pass Mining & Resort, Inc., plans are being made to develop the property in the near. future. The property consists of five mining claims and a suitable mill site. Two tunnels During June $12,577.95 was paid driven have uncovered ore which is into the county treasury, according said to contain gold, molybdite; te the report made by County Treassilver and other values. Plans con x : urer Frank Steel. template a large scale development. (Of this sum $4302.42 was reThe property has a good water rign. ceived from County Assessor J. M. 0. Hammill for personal property taxes collected by his office from persons owning personal property, taxes due on which were unsecured by property. real The following is the de tailed statement of the amounts and the sources: First National Bank in Grass Val ley, interest, $66.97; R. W. Rodda, maintenance at county hospital, $200; Lila M. Champion, public adm. fees, Mulcahy estate, $293.32; Bank MINING PERMITS NOT ‘REQUIRED ON PRESERVES Permits are not required for placer mining on the national forests of California, according to word given out by Supervisor R. L. P. Bigelow of the Tahoe.National Forest. Hunof America of T. S. A., interest, dreds of men, otherwise out of em$104.12; M. C. Miller, redemption of ployment, have ventured into areas taxes $15.77; Agnes Worthley, re ~ demption of taxes $12.95; Arthur W. Hoge, redemption of taxes $3.56; Billa M. Austin, Teachers Pr. Ret. Fund col.,, $284; Nevada County Farm, sale of produce to hospital, $260.40; Pauline Jarvis, redemption of taxes, $283.34; Thomas N. Coan, redemption of taxes $7.43; John A. Mendall, redemption taxes $18.85; Inter County Title Co., redemption of taxexs, $74,87; Mrs. Laura King, postponement of tax sale, $5.29; Carl Penrose, superior court fine payment, $10; Henry Clark, postponement of tax sale, $15.44; Lud al wig Netz, redemption of taxes, $17.93; Anna C. Tucker, redemption of taxes, $24; C. A. Ocker, justice fines, $50; George R. Carter, redemption of taxes, $45.28; Dave Cabona, redemption of taxes $13.93; R. W. Rodda, maintenance at county hospital, $117.50; R. N. McCormack, elerk’s fees and Law. Lib. tax, $255.75; George R. Carter, sheriff’s fees, $4.50; S. J. Clark, recorder’s fees, $273.35; John M. Hammill, personal prop. collections, $4320.42; collected 4 : month of June, $2909.66. tion of taxes, $6.21; Elsie Long, re a picnic at Masonic picnic grounds above Sierra City. The picnic site is four miles west of the summit of the pass and is said to be an ideal spot. It is easily. reached over good state and federal highways. tary, $3.67; Ella M. Austin, teachers the board of supervisors of Sierra county and will be taged under aus The celebration is sponsored by certificates, $24; Elia M. Austin, teachers pr. ret. fund col., $108; pices of the Native Sons and Native J. M. McMahon of Sadie F. Clauson, redemption of Daughters. district attorney, is taxes, $16.79; Ella M. Austin, Downieville, teachers pr. ret. fund col., $6; W. chairman of the committee of arF. Stoneback, postponement of tax rangements. The public is invited to participate sale, $113.38; Placer Union High School, tuition to M. L. H. H. Dist., in the festivities. $80; Lyman H. Gilmore, postponement of tax sale, $48.48; estate of postponement of tax sale, $1,510.0; Charles A. Morandi, redemption of taxes, $11.77; Eugene Morris, et al, redemption of taxes, $63.35; Frank Steel, bids on sale of state property, June 20, 1932, $203.26. x ). NEW MINE FILINGS Dallas, Ryan, placer—G. E. Ryan, et al, Quaker Hill Mg. Dist. Dallas, Ryan, placer—G. E. Ryan et al, Quaker Hill Mg. Dist. in Sec. (oT Le ke On: Gold Standard—R. A. Dunann et al, in Nevada county. NEVADA COUNTY HAS ~ GAIN INTAX ROLLS} Last Chance, qtz.—E. Penrose, in Rought and Ready Mg. Dist. Kavy .-Atamptor,.-placer->—H.: F. Vanderpool et al, in See. 24, Little York twp. Nevada county is ‘one of the few Larsen .Nos. 1, 2 and 3—-Theodore California counties which-shows an increase in its taxable property. The report of County Assessor John M. Hammil filed with the board of su Larsen et al, Wash. Mg. Dist. Sunny Boy—wW. H. Stevens, pervisors shows an increase in et ux, Rough and Ready Mg. Dist. Golden Horn—C. L. Sidelinger, in Rough and Ready Mg. Dist. The C.B/C., atz.—Henry (Clark, Meadow Lake Meg. Dist. the taxable wealth of $94,035. The total value of county property to taxation for county governmental purposes is $6,154,620. Last year the valuation was $6,060,585. The cities of Nevada City and Grass Valley. showed substantial gains, due, according. to Mr. Hammil, to new buildings and\remodeling of Fr. Corral Mg. Dist: Lula Belle, placer—C. H. Marsh, The Fraction—-H. Clark, Meadow Lake Mg. Dist. Glacier Lode—C. C. Hughes, in Washington Mg. Dist. Kahn, Big Chief, Evelyn, North present structures. The gain in NeMagnetic—Bradley Mg. Co., et al, in vada City was $21,875\and Grass Mississippi Valley Mg. Dist. Friday Thirteenth—J. D. Hill, et Valley, $11,880. : 0. al, in Quaker Hill Mg. Dist, Sec. 19. Iona—Dewey Colligan; et al, in Phone Line to Ranger Eureka or Graniteville Mg. Dist. Station Is Severed Someone maliciously cut about 150 feet out of the forest service telephone line running from the local \ headquarters \ to the. Pike County Five Nugget, qtz.— G. W. Steele, Oaldand\ Man Peon Strange Playmate Gracie—S. Colt, Eureka Mg. Dist. Border, placer—E. W. Norton, et al, Sec. 32, Quaker Hill Mg. Dist. Washington Mg. Dist. > ‘Owens, placer—I. J. Owens, et al, See. 5 Quaker Hill Mg. Dist. Elmo Nevada—c. R. Hichelberger et al, Washington Mg. Dist. Mottell, qtz.—Jack Anderson et al, Eureka Mg. Dist. First Chance, Blue Fox, Lake, qtz. —A. H. Johnson, et al, in Eureka Mg. Dist. “swith a 7-foot king around his neck and a smaller one Lula No: 1—E. H. Ingraham, No. in his pocket, but: Saturday afterSan Juan Mg. Dist. noon C. W. Pickens. of-. Oakland Ofwhat No. 2—A. H. Johnson, ev A few wee ~ ef Los Angeles, ago ben C. Stamey oO was camping at doubled the thrill by coming into a, al, Eureka Mg. Dist. ~ ‘ Camptonville store with a large Ofwhat No. 1, Dam End, Bonanza t ; nake’s back and the reptile grinned key, Bear River Mg. Dist. ne Star—E. NEW STATEBOOK EXPLAINS PLACER MINING METHODS Register Before July 21 If Your Desire to Vote If you want to vote at the primary election on August 30 you must register not later than July 21. You may not be much interested in polities but it will not cost you anything to register. Something might turn up by election day and you, as a In contrast with the grizzled “old citizen, should register your vote for times’’ so often pictured with pan or against any man or measure that and rocker, the streams and gulches ~—. appears on the ballot. Register of the western mining states are now today. lined with another generation of young and middle-aged ‘‘amateur’’ placer gold miners. Railroad men, salesmen, bookkeepers, chauffeurs, clerks arid stenographers—for the role of. novice gold ‘‘diggers’ includes women and children—make up the list of jobless who are bringCalifornia’s original gold mills of ing forth new wealth in many of the the Arrasta, nature are coming “back, western states. The gold produtthe first one in late years to be intion in California in 1930 exceeded troduced to the Rand mining district that\of 1929 by nearly one miilion OLD TIME ARRASTA ATTRACTS ATTENTION by Frank Feldman, on his Pinmore mine lease, near Johannesburg, is now making good. Feldman, like all good mining prospectors, has but sittle money to equip a gold saving dollars and the production in 1931 exceeded that of 1930 by more than a million dollars, and 1932 promises to even further increase the output of the precious metal. 4 It -is true-theindividual’s~-return———--~ plant that will bring returns; fo. the present working of gold saver, the capacity of a ton and a half is of the Arrasta will not probably averaging less is enough to buy ‘“‘Brub and overalls’’” and incidentally the gold Satisfied that the present operations small, than $1 per day per person, but it shows successful returns. ex ceed 150 gallons of water to a ton of ore, Feldman in the near future vill increase the plant to a four and, one-half tons for an eight-hour shitt. ‘his increase will mean additional anks, clean and. settling; the power seeker gets a healthy holiday from the city and he is out of sight of a breadline. It is estimated that there are in excess of 12,000 persons now hand-mining on a small scale. All must learn the knack of recovering the precious flakes and grains from a\Henry coupe, proving satis from the gold-bearing sand and factory, will be continued. gravel, and government agencies “We know that we do get_all of have been swamped with requests the values in the ore milled,’’ is the for information. Small-scale placer warrantee for the proposal. This process of handling ore will mining has been particularly active in Colorado. Idaho, Washington, :ean an incentive to prospectors to set out and find new leads from California and Arizona. Information grass roots. — Randsbury-Mojave circulars hastily published to meet the demand have become quickly Record-Times. exhausted. In order to assist this new industry to the fullest extent possible, the California State Division of Mines, under the direction of Walter W. Bradley, state mineralogist, has for some time been distributing literaA find vividly reminiscent of the ture giving information as to localisurface mining days on the Forest ties where placer gold may be found, and genial ways they will prove a grammar school, hearing: on which Hi.l divide during the early ‘50s is how it can be recovered, where sold, welcome addition to our community. will be held at the same time. The reported by fermer Supervisor G. H. manner of locating claims and many present heating system is somewhat Bisbee, now residing on his 160-acre other related questions. antiquated and in the opinion of the ranch at Paradise, near Forest Hill.

The latest publication issued is school board in order for the buildWith his daughter, Mrs. Sarah Mc“Mining in Califernia’’. April, 1932, ing to be properly heated it will be Kenzie, helping him, a seam of gold quarterly chapter of State Mineralonecessary to install a new heating that netted $1,000 during the last gist’s Report XXVII. This. quarsystem or make extensive repairs to week was found. terly contains an article on ElemenBids have -State Forest Ranger W. F. Sharp the present facilities. Bisbee’ took the gold to the Placer tary Placer Mining Methods and and Assistant Geo. Howe, of the state called for such remodelling or new County Bank at AADUEH er Pause GoldSaving Devises which describes division of forestry, are well preinstallation as may be necessary tu ping it “to the rats : “7 oa Anggeg if 7 a pared for the fire hazard this seatake care of the needs of the buildsco, to have ‘the atwe watinated: both for wet and dry placers, the son. This year the state has alloted ing. This improvement is estimated fee says he has not exhausted the treatment of black sands, use of This a force of 20 men to each fire disto cost approximately $500. sodium amalgam in cleaning up, and seam yet. trict. At present Mr. Sharp has a one item will account for the major Bisbee segregaied about $100 of marketing of gold, platinum and erew of 11 men and as the danger of part of the $635 increase in the elethe gold which he brought to Au‘ black sand. In another article the Decreases fire increases more men are to be mentary school budget. burn, and the rest was taken in its uses of the pan, rocker and sluice are noted in several items of ex-: added. By the middle of néxt week natural state in the porphyry, which box are described and cuts show how he will hav a full fire crew of a pense in the administration of the he found in the seam between the they are constructed. The use of the instruction cost of Nevada City’s cook, camp tenders, crew leaders and pan in prospecting for vein deposits slate and the quartz. bs fire fighters. The men stay at Mr. grammar school pupils. In finding this seam, Bisbee and is described in another article. The ft). Sharp’s office in readiness for the his daughter brought to light gold “dry” placers of Southern California call of fire from the various lookout that had been overlooked by his own are also discussed, and an extensive stations placed at advantageous pofather, who worked the same lana selected biblography on placer minsitions over the district. Mr. Sharp» in 1857. ing is given for those who wish to By JO. P. CARROLL district is Nevada county outside of The elder Bisbee stayed in Calidelve further into the subject. The the Tahoe national forest. fornia only during the gold rush quarterly referred to may be ‘obLet it be stated that none of the period, returning to his home in the cained at any of the offices of the Last year Mr. Sharp and Mr. Howe were nearly worn out fighting fires large activties in the present prosNew England states to remain there State Division of Mines at 25c per and for days at a time they did not. pective stage are being done by prountil 1898, when he returned to copy. take their clothes off to sleep the motion or stock selling concerns. Placer county, and was followed by few hours they were able to get beWith the:state mining bureau engithe son in 1899. néérs, W. B. Tucker and B. J: Samp= tween calis. Méanwhilé the property “had beThe rate last year was fairly high son, constantly on the job for the longed to many other persons, but California Division of in 1902 Bisbee purchased the propfor hourly pay to fire fighters, conSouthern sequently many fires were thought Mines, aiding the Los Angeles Chamerty from Sam Pullen, former Placer to be of incendiary origin. This year ber of Commerce, wild-cat promoters county clerk of the superior court the state decided to hire men at $25 will be checked up good and hard. and father of Judge J. F. Pullen of Having acquires an option on the And to the spreaders of idle stateSacramento county. a month and board and lodging, Spring Hill property, east of Grass holding them in readiness for call. ments as to the dollars per yard, Bisbee’s ranch adjoins the propValley from the Lakenan Investment This should prove cheaper in the will be called on to make good, fo: erty of Bowman Brothers, on which “Company, H. R. Place, San Franlong run and discourage setting of when the Los Angeles Chamber of was found an “egg” nugget several cisco mining engineer, and associates fires, as those setting fires were often Commerce takes a hand in anything month ago that netted the finders are planning reopening of the proppicked up and taken to fight res, concerning the welfare of Southern about $600.—Roseville Tribune. erty, which has long been inactive. 0 thereby making money from the evil California, there will be results. Mr. Place, who was in the district Britton and Murphy have had durpractice of destroying the state and this week, following up his investiPOWDER FOR MURCHIE MINE people’s’ timber and feed for stocx, ing the past year a thorough prosgations made on a previous visit of and also demolishing the muchpecting examination and sampling of More than 500 boxes of powder several months ago, states that work needed trees on the water-sheds of their holdings in both Sand and will open next week on a conservaGoler Canyons; spending their own passed through Nevada City yesterthe mountains. day morning on a truck and trailer tive scale with a small crew of men The state forest service has a powmoney weil up in five figures, and coming from Los Angeles and enwho have rT been onion erful, well, equipped truck with are now at a satisfactory stage of route to the Miurchie mine, east of which to haul the men and equipwithin the next week or ten days of This is the second loaa starting their large sluicing plant the city. ment to the fires. in that has been shipped to the mine Pay Ledge Sere 0). for a steady run. by the Newmont company, owners The Gold Dust Company, section The McFarland Mine 26, is now sinking a double comof the mine. FOREST HILL RANCHER FINDS BIGGOLD STREAK STATE FORESTERS READY FOR DANGEROUS SEASON RANDSBURG MINE NEWS SPRING HILL MINE TO START DEVELOPMENTS Honey Lake Mine partment shaft on their holdings, Will Be Developed one and one-half miles north of The old McFarland mine near Hazel Green is to be developed again according to a report reaching here this week. The McFarland mine has been worked off and on for many years but was never placed on a paying basis although there has been some Randsburg, on the Johannesburg channel, besides having a number of drillings made by a well drilling rig to further develop the channel diggings at a depth of 60 feet to bedrock. Headed by L. L. Locke, prominent Los Angeles building contractor, r) Superintendent H. Sundberg has money in proving up the ground, in‘announced that the ledge has been cluding an 8-inch pipe line connectstruck in the lower tunnel of the ing with the Yellow Aster’s water wells, a mile distant. A representative of southern cap Honey Lake Valley gold mine. Three tunnels have been cut into the mountain. Sundberg states that they have the same formation on four different. levels, ‘representing several poate italists is now completing an exam ination of the Yellow Aster choice holdings in Goler. A favorable report will mean the immediate bring feet in depth. The lower tunn tends into the mountain about 2,0 with associates, Roy Robert, T. B. ing in of a large capacity gold savfine ore shoots developed. John Mcfeet. It is planned to install a m Weller and C. F. Leichan, the lattér ing plant. now Farland is to take charge of the andcommence’ > sha is ore. two in charge of all developments. Smaller plants of a hundred yard work, Before any gold saving machinery is capacity are being constructed south The McFarland mine was discovplanned by.the close partnership the of the Black Hawk mine, south of ered by a dream, the late John Mcextensive prospecting, examination Randsburg, one wet, the other dry, Farland, Sr., having gone directly to Staff of —_— of . and sampling must be carried out. both machines are within one-half the spot where the vein’ was found H. T. Morse, mining engineer, in mile of each other, but the builders after the vision came to him in his the interests of Los Angeles capitas yet have not seen the other masleep. alists, is continuing an exhaustive chine. They are of the trommel have been wane to th } and widespread examination of type. Either one of them. proving Bank of America San Juan Mg. Dist. their hundreds of acres situated one successful would mean the chance vada City andG W. Starr, W. FF. hos and R. Little Maud, placer—Lula Inmile south of the Atolia Tungsten for prospectors of small means. graham, No. San Juan Mgi Dist. mining company’s No. 1 shaft. BedWith the nearness of the several Bennetts have eeu added to the a North Aetna, qtz.—Albert Garesio ock is foun dat 17 feet and less; operations in the districts mentioned visory board of the institutions, ees ‘in Indian Flat Mg. Dist. samplings of a 100-ton nature are a revival of placer and channel minBullion,, qtz.—M. Jorgensen et satisfactorily handled by a small ing would follow in the Summit Digal, Meadow Lake Mg. Dist. Ainley wet gold saver on the ground. gings, Last Chance, old Goler, Black Mariposa No. 2—L. H. Hillman, A Glendale group brought in a Canyon, Red Rock and other canA new re Meadow Lake Mg. Dist. large capacity gold dredger on their yons and gulches, following south the location of Yuba. River gravel mine—R. C. proven holdings in Benson Gulch the “stringer” near Randsburg, Nevada Ci ~hone . Dare, et al, San Juan Mg. Dist, 10 in the Goler Canyon district, failure Black Hawk, Atolia and one to the by the Nugget. ee) ose who do acres in Yuba county and 10 acres of the machine to handle the clay, Barstow placers. In the dull times receive one. in Nevada county. operations have been temporarily of '93-’95, hundreds and hundreds] through our Woodwardia, Dorothy M. suspended or to such time that conof dry wash mines got by; true, at the N 0: Hanna, pis et al,aan umbid Hill Mg. D. struction engineers can recommena wages and commodities were lower,. free of charge ‘Humdinger, qtz.— A. H. Miller, in a gold saving plant that will handle the hot miners were not afraid of i Announces Additionsae rattlesnake in the bosom of his shirt. —J. Anderson, Eureka Mg. Dist. He found the snake on the Pike City Silver Thistle, qtz.—C. C. Meyer. road, picked it up, tucked it away, ’ Golden Glow, qtz.—Mable Hardenand only took it from his shirt for brook. display purposes. .Be stroked the Mill site location, Geo. H. ShirRelief Hill a Dist. ag though they were old friends. Four and one-half feet of fray gravel has been reported as uncoy ered in Hole No. 6, bottomed on bedrock at 76 feet, in the diamond drilling of the Broder ranch, three and of Folsom, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence of San one-half miles northeast Francisco have purchased about 80 by the Gray Wing Extension Mining acres on the left side of the TahoeCo. The discovery of the gravel was Ukiah highway about a mile north of announced by Ernie R. Gray, superNevada City, known as the old Arnintendent of the company. Gray also said this hole proved the bar they hart’ place. They see a splendid future for this were drilling into to be the largest ever encountered in the Blue Ravine section and have started to improve the property. It is situated north of channel, the buried ancient course of Nevada City and overlooks the town the American river. The holes, all of which have exand the beautiful valley surroundposed four to nine feet of rich pay ing it. If present plans are carried out gravel ,are being drilled in a straizht this should be one of the most atline across the channel, which makes tractive camps in the whole district. a horseshoe bend at that point, and At present they are leveling a knoll prove the bar to be 250 feet wide, in; front of the two houses on the with no indication of the rim at either end. property where. they will erect a Operations started at this property service station and. machine shop. west of the old town of You Bet on Little York Mg. Dist. East Montana, qtz.—A. M. Hoge, Willow Valley Mg. Dist. lookout station a few days ago. The line was severed at a location about Bonita, Nos. 2#-R. Haddy, Nethree miles south of here and thrown vada City Mg. Dist. \ into the brush, indicating that it Bonita No. 1, stz. \ KR. Szeikowas done purposely to sever comwitz et al, Nevada City \ Mg. Dist. ~ munication between the two points, Forty Nine, placer—H. P. Mc\. probably for the purpose of setting ist. Calla, Washington re. There is a severe penalty atOre La La—O. Lemay, et al, in ‘a .ched to this crime and there is a Washington Mg. Dist. possibility of an arrest with a repetiCasa De Oro—A.Matteri, Eureka tion\of the act.—Mountain MessenMg. Dist. ger, deities Big Slide— C. M. Smitih, et al, oa ‘ON GRAY WING LAND): SCHOOL BUDGETS SHOW HEALTHY CONDITION demption of taxes, $58.16; Ella M. Austin, rebate to’ Nevada HElemen A. P. McGee, postponement of tax sale, $7.73; You Bet Mining Co., PAY GRAVEL STRUCK The building will be 45x130 feet, early this spring and as drilling: adsubstantially all-steel cons truction, vances the new company feels asor large scale and-are seeking gold with plate-glass front and skylights. sured of a vast depesit-of rich gravel. {). in this fashion. Many a vacant cabin A large stock of parts and accesof past years is again occupied, a sories will make this one of the most fact which travelers along the hignup-to-date shops in this section. ways and streams have noticed. A beautiful camp site to the west Not only are mining operations of the houses has been cleared, leavbeing carried on, but many of the ing the pine timber. Water is to be squatters have garden plots and are piped to the ground and several With a decrease in the budget for raising vegetables in the hope of procabins’ will be built soon. There is viding enough food for the winter an abundance of spring water which the Nevada City high school district months. The “back to the land’’ has a 90-pound pressure at this of $15,852. the proposed outlay for movement, involuntary though it level. As time goes on plans are to the coming year is submitted for has been, has been gaining force increase the number of buildings consideration and will be open to hearing at 8 p.m., July 18, at the each week since spring. until they will have a modern camp The forest service makes no charge ground: A tractor is being used to chamber of commerce rooms, to for mining efforts on its lands in move earth from the knoll and make which taxpayers are specially inthis region. Ranger stations are exa fill in the ravine, which fill comvited. This decrease has been accomcepted from the open areas, and the bined with cement work will make forest users must comply with fire a swimming hole between the ma plished without reducing the salaries of teachers or other personnel. The and sanitation regulations. Otherchine shop and cabins. reduction of expense is mainly dut wise they may labor as they wish. The location selected for the camp ra) to absence of outlay which in 1931grounds is one of the best in this 32 was increased because of the fire section. It will accommodate a large last year which necessitated repairs number of tourists and any who deon the high school building. A sire to use the facilities. slight decrease is also made in fixed Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence are recent charges and operation of school arrivals in our district and we unplant proposed expenditures. derstand they are. to move here to A problem of grave importance. is Celebration of completion of the make their home. By their kindly found in the proposed budget of th® Yuba Pass national forest highway SIERRA COUNTY WILL CELEBRATE SUNDAY FRIDAY, JULY 15, 1932 The County Seat Paper suitable for placer mining on a small Oscar E. Winburn, justice court fines, $55; W. T. Mobley, justice court fines, $63; Frank Steel, taxes will be held Sunday, July 17, with Total. amount paid into treasury, June, 1932 $12,577.95. Total paid out of treasury June, 1932, $38,019.80. Annie T. Sherman, redemp NEW AUTO CAMP PLANNED NORTH OF NEVADA CITY e Nevada City Nugget Eastern a H. Ingraham, ‘No. ‘Wash! Mg. =3 the material from ihe Jaree gravel banks opened pS ‘group from Steep Hollow ck. Glendale _has considerable lacer—H. Leo e sunshinenor the ‘absence o a can-opener, Ten hours a shift1 the rule for a ot ‘in : eae a ‘ ,