July 23, 1928 (6 pages)

* what is now the Miners Foundry of The scene was well chosen for thie —— in sneredtet to that of its . Nevada City Thursday on his way to such a simple instrument. ie ee of The Nugget on : this city. Camptonville is also interadjoining neighbor the famous Idaho . the property to assume charge. They are: cotton, zine, pig iron, . 8076 £0 wore at four o'clock that ested jac history of this inventor gee and us the ditch crew four ' Maryland mine, which has a record; The read to the property is to be lead, copper, tin, flax, hemp,. silk, hea ape! esac 2 elects of smoke who made hig. home there for a ee ae Se of nearly $28,000,000 put in repair and the main tunnel rubber, silver, nickel, aluminum, ae trom ieee as uhh number ‘df years and-—eonducted a . , ee 2 ; & . end old-timers are wondering if this opened up as the preliminary operatussah silk, asphalt, zine ore, spooled ute eee a bs ws hs es sais : something to happen. Water to turn. ).rtormance might not be duplicated tions. The holdings taken over concotton -wool, hermatite or iron ore ‘house and the big truck with Herbert workshop there. : _jinto the flume to put out the fife . . ag Michell sroend ae af : : oe Se ’ Hallett wt the wheel was speeding to His first wheel which was of tiN . } was refused until one of the ere pe peice ete casio 07 aI eleven clatna _ Including, the -Gabialtte of. the fire. The building was one mass cans) was made-te run iia pewitle . wick aWince Grdered fe done in of its favorable location with respect Belmont group of six. The property , The tlephone company is making : es : Ses me michine of Mrs. Groves, mother Sti . fe = jto the Idaho Maryland as well as is equipped with two compressors, a steady advancement and gain. ot Game pis 6008 twelve streams 0 EN a eT Garipionvilis the aed the ever nee: other big producers. of the District, new ten stamp mill with 1200 pound The operators are given praise for ‘water were pouring into the interior ca & still snarenod eee bani ay = bad Metis eae over . The ground, covering a territory of stamps, a 20 h. p. gas engine, Johni their courtesies to the public. Parti*from both ends and in an hour's” : 3 : the situation and developments may . 4¢9 acres has a wonderful vein sys. son concentrating tables, rock crushcular praise.is to be given the Ne. time the flames were under control. Oey wid a. screen. with ee vem. ers and blacksmith shop vada City nicht aerator Miss janie The concrete floor saved the base> was made in the ee Foundry and The width of the shoot varies from The former developments consist Springer, for the capable manner in pee vce oe Less nen geet experiments with it. were made in GRASS VALLEY CHAMBER eight inches to two feet and shows . ota 77 foor eripuemt Adit to the (When she Bendied this Oh at ee i ee age ape ne Deer creek. The first one sold for ‘plenty of free gold and sulphides. . Big vein which is on the famous Alleurday morriing when the Alpha Hard. 1 , ak : fae baré so As mining purposes was purchased by. MOVES NEW QUARTERS Five tons: of rock already milled . Ghany Plumbago system with fabuware Store was burning. rounded (200 ee The Nugget is California’s Leading Mining Weekly evada City Nugget “y VOLUME Il, NUMBER 36 THE GOLD CENTER. _NEVADA CITY, ‘NEVADA. COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, yee COUN ry SEAT PAPER “JULY. 23, 1928 PELTON WHEEL SAW LIGHT DAY IN THIS SECTION It may not be generally known to the newer arrivals in this community. that Lester A. Pelton, who revolutionized the generation of power from water flow, did his experimental work in Nevada City and built his commercial water wheel in the late W. H. Martin for use at the 2 x : returns on the concentrs feet of drifting was done on the Big A ae Mayflower mine which he was then The Grass Valley Chamber of . : : Be not val itl ee — — TR FFIC RDINANCE [vi ault was begun.and temporary ofoperating. It was a wooden wheel . , j this ae __ in. The present drift will be continu. Y°!" Mul Venous= cross ee feces were opened in the Lee Leiter ommerce is, making a great tor: ‘block of ground, 40X120 and from < with iron buckets which was used for many years. There isan old legend that Pelton got his idea of the shape \ of the buckets which was the basis ‘of his successful application of water directed against a wheel to produce pow er, from a peculiar incident. It ‘is said that when he was watering his\ FIRE BURNS OUT BIG PART BLOOMFIELD FLUME Fire which looks to have been deN liberately set burned out about forty boxes of the upper end of the North Bloomfield flume at Bowman Saturday and has caused a serious setback to the plans of the San Juan Ridgé Water Users Association to put this ditch system in operation in a few weeks. According to Sam McCullough the fire was apparently set by some person wearing a No. 7 shoe with new rubber heels. ward move in its proud record of achievement in opening up a com-: munity center and offices in the former Fred C. Foote quarters on Mill , Street. It has hitherto had offices in ,the Bret Harte building. \ In the new location will also Bey housed an imposing mineral exhibit and mining information will be} .how as strong a winze will be blacksmith shop. MITCHELL MINE . STANDARD MINE _ISSCENE STRIKE . PURCHASED. BY SPECIMEN ROCK! NEW INTERESTS : An ore shoot on the GC. C. Mitchell The Standard mining properties property recently acquired by G. R. north of Downieville which have Gibson and Frank U. Lassen has. been recently purchased by George been opened up on the 70 foot level. H. Marshail and Frank L. DeWolf for 260 feet with fine ore still in the . of Los Angeles are now being made face of the drift. Considerable speci. ready for extensive operations acmen rock has already been taken out . cording to Mr. Marshall who was in showed values of, $52. per ton with ;lous production. Several hundred ed and if the values continue to sunk . ° to 8 feet was stoped on the cross and ground blocked out for milling vein and produced $55,000 in past ore. _/. days. The Big vein is quartz with gouge and tale in places near the serpentine and porphyry contact. The iwalls are porphyry, the distance between walls being an average of 14 ~The surface gasoline works hoist, air consist of a compressor and Messrs. Gibson and Lassen have a {a fine display of all the ‘used in the manufacture of a teleFINE DISPLAY MATERIALS ~ MADE TELEPHONE OFFICE J. E. Gooding, who fs in charge of the Nevada City and Grass FIREGUTS ALPHA =~ STORE IN EARLY MORNING BLAZE Manager Valley telephone exchanges, re ceived materials A destructive fire early Saturday entirely gutted the interior of the fine store building of the Al& Supply Company caused_a fire loss running into many phone, from San Francisco Saturday morning. He placed them in the window of the local morning office where they interest. to old pha Hardware ! and young. Few realize the . variety of materials used in making will prove of great people thousands of dollars. ‘coon as the building had cooled suf. ficiently the work of opening the ~ NOW GOES IN AFFECT store trough ine courtesy of Mr. Leiter. Another token of disaster was Springer moticing the at the Alpha go dead about the time the fire i The long worked over traffic ordin. ance was. passed to a final vote of the city trustees at their regular meeting on Thursday night and with its publication in this issue of The Miss Janie phones discovered immediately called the was and she bond and lease on the property, and . feet and the average width of the . National Hotel on the line to discover the trouble. Intense heat ecausNugget, the city official paper, it beCn EE a DS Oe ee ee at cu sk! { . j act ea ake i . 1s duly enacted into law. garden that astray cow charged : : €lare in charge of operations. They vein is five feet. The ore carries free . comes sos : : fae = 2 ae Fim. ta furaing the lose on ber, he vailable to all interested, something 'y, erated together in the old Fair. 8014 and is oxidized near the surface. Relative t parking and designates ge G ee — oe : : ses re : in Grass alle Thi Z z : = So diene : 4. + across the street to crack an urnated that-her-nostiile divided. the : hey — in Grass Valley ann view and Rand districts in Nevada The trike is N. 40°W. and the dip . ing certain Atreets as boulevards, it Lae a ee ee i ‘ . some ars aS : CNo ° : a tno " 5 . . ! 5 il os &: 2 SCe 2 atpenn ot water pesisetly and front! nes are eee = ae for a number of years. They are 50° to 60 Mast. and. its proven brings a number of state ton . wide age eR Se that simple hint, proceeded the flex aintained a > ne ppeieee ake “highly pleased “ with the showing in length on the surface is 1500 feet. iscsi to eas on jes conditions. Sick ee? blowing ie of tile baukel desien The Chamber in making this move is tpeir new holdings which lie between The cross vein carries free gold and . Diagonal parking Is to prevail on * 2 Pa 7 : : S rea : oo = a = + ae ae ; ime or a more serious conflagration Previgusly’ all mine hoists ana oo oe eee value of the the railroad tracks and the highway 'arsenical pyrites. It crosses the forthe eau ae of Broad street in so oi aes been ried Wen Wad been rin by. steam of with overshot mining in patry in this section land just. north of the Idaho Marymation layers of back. porphyry, business district and parallel Pee eed : : ae ae : vee ee ue we ed an The destinies of the Chamber are ‘jang group strikes east, dips 45° and is from. on the nerth side. Parking lines are . Mave been aifficull to hance. Oe a ~esided ovek by J. E. G ing i : : : * F ly every available foot of hose was hold fast and it was not long before presid ve y E Goren ; the Se es ee three to four feet in width. to be laid out with paint shortly and i in Wek ana ee ower ie : j popular manager of the Pacific TeleThe mine is equipped with 42 . boulevard stop signs will be anes . aes H : s equipT ith a 42 9 Pelton water wheels were widely . ) tank Pan COMPR ; prevented more lines being run. The used. Mr. Pelton unfortunately let ; PHORC & Telegraph Company activiR K IS \eubie foot upright duplex compressor, There is a posibility that a special , ee . 2 : : : : ties in this and Sierra counties, as a 350 foot ditch delivers a minimum . traffic officer will be appointed to Grass Valley department sent over oe ee president and the Rev. E. O. Chapel CAUSE NEVERSWEAT STOP: f 12 inch d if see that the terms of the provisions 'ene-of its big trucks and did fine which doubtless cost him many thou9. oo etary. The ae i Se See ee ee af eee ‘ : esl eerviaa. . sands of dollars in royalties. K : y‘ er See eman 500 inches under a 125 foot head . are carried out. s Whe loss in the stere “btoek wall Gas of the lascece Pelton whet Ure ee to Se P. Operations at them oe ee ee The matter of all night parking . 4 . ! aes munity by his genial, Winning manperations at the Neversweat minMarshall, who is one of the own-. Was taken up and hereafter machines ,7UD 2Bto many thousands of dollars ever cast is still in use at the Murner and his frank, readx smile for ing property on Deer Creek have}. f ly sal e must not be parked all, night on the and no figures are available until a chie mine and was cast by the Min: : : : been held up the past few days aah wee ormerly sales manager for : : = ES complete checking can be made, stat: ; : __. everyone. : the Ellis Mill Company of New York, . Streets or they will be subject to. ee : : ers Foundry. It has a diameter of ‘ owing to the air compressor breakj eae ; ed Mr. Cassidy Pe ; The Nugget bespeaks the San Francisco and Los Angeles, and being tagged. This is in line with : aoe y 15 feet and was cast in one solid : eer _ jing down. < : i i {Burning embers dr ing 2 ; Grass Valley organization prosis well known in the mining world. . parking restrictions quite generally ; urning embers dropping on nearpiece which was a large piece of : Drifting operations will be continrs incipi F perous, happy future and a continu‘He has formed the Standard Mining . followed throughout the state. by roofs started incipient blazes work. The foundry has a picture of ued, the face of the drif b : : ried ths. Standard SIninS . . S : : ation of its forward looking polikies. ,U@0: ‘© tace © 1e drift now being Company to ‘operate the properties . The city now has authority to dewhich were soon quelled. the completed casting and city clerk . in 2000 feet : 1 ; ctonee ast : nEeoe : i See : purchased signate parking, zoning and loading , It is expected that the work of reGeorge H. Calanan, who. assisted in : : F aces : : ee er FINE CABINET SHOP —_ spaces and compel their observance. building the handsome structure iat steal fol ad ee : l ifo , oe a STAGE DRIVER PIERCE SON OF FIRST SUPERIOR l york street by this ordinan ce and which has been a distinct eredit to “yme rm. j . . ms = : é : vE eye = . . V . resolution will not permit parking Nevada City’s business section will be Before Pelton canio.to this oqum. 4 SEES BEAR ON HOOD between Broad and Pine streets, commenced as soon as.the insurance try he was engaged in the fishing ¢ . JUDGE IS VISITOR something the firemen have been adjusters have completed their work. business on the Sacramento river. As Nevada City’s newest industry is a ee ~ ' seeking for a tong time to allow free = vada Ully § : 8 f J § SS Sa if : s a 10n2 a be i tes renee! Saeare eer oree completely equipped: cabinet and Frank Pierce of the Citizens Auto Marion F. Caswell of Berkeley, passage of fire fighting apparatus RPAIN ABCES CAUSES ie . mt De nee S. = wood working shop which has been Stage, régeived quite a thrill this. son of the first superior judge of to the north section of the city. . Mun HK iv S ee bors seems cane ee opened by J. L. Smith & Sonin the week.whenr a brown bear jumped on . Nevada county was a Sunday visitor Machines are not permitted to foe D TH BRI H H : : ; old Lane biuldingon lower Broad the hood o{\his stage. Pierce was] j Jev oF i ing low fire apparatus within a block of EA G T C ILD a workshop in the lower part Of street and i ae for busicoming.down he Foote grade when 2 Age See SOT anne Aue he same and must keep fr se tact town Gampionvilie Js siauink Street and is now open or bDusla the st. 5 time he had visited here since leavthe same an must Keep irom any : ; ; as 8 ness. Mr. Smith has been in the: buPear the idden ugget Mine aling i , sw rho regisfire area. ittle daug r ou Geacting a ynonument to “hie Neca s . c pee es ing in 1878. sue Caswell, WHO TORI se ee re The little dqushter of Rytherford memory and to that end the Pelton winees tor Tite xente eek S80, 6 8 ae oe ; tered at the National Hotel, is con. All night parking was a fruitful stephens died Friday morning from Water Wheel Goan has donated eee at hie trade. His son, Lawbounced, of he os nag nected with the general freight deSource of gossip on Friday and there ‘g brain. abscess caused from the cut© 7 ash oak PS 2 be Sica a rence, i asociated with him. landed. He evident was surprised partment of the Southern Pacific in is much talk pro and con. The cars ting of teeth. The. little one was eee a sees : The shop is equipped with every at the sudden approach of the car,. the San Francisco offices. He expressparked near the Alpha on Saturday . than two years of age and was loved, ake ‘necessary device known to the cabwhile on his way down the moun-j. eq a keen interest in the old town morning were nicely scorched before ‘by all for her sweet sunny disposiThe manufaeture of Pelton wheels jnet trade and has a band saw, 20th , tain and became confused jumping. where he was born and spent his they were gotten out of the way. tion. The illness lasted only a few has been a large item in the busiCentury woodworker, wood turning , on the car. A , few seconds later he. early years, and his grandson, who . The penalties prescribed are upto . gays. a8 16 the mua _— dathe, ward mortiner; saw gummer, a the auto. A few seconds later and . accompanied him was regaled with $50 for the first offense and with a] She is survived by her father, her 1as been intimately. associate with @rills, boring machines, routers and , W ould have landed in it. ne many old time remniscences. 'maximum of $100 on the third . Nevada City history since the early laid hi \ ff ithi Lexaverarne ee — 2 al s ‘ 2 @ @2 a daido machine. = a offense within a year. : e = My: i 5Oties. It was formerly known as!. All kinds of cabinet work will be x Mrs. W. E. Wright left Paesday . The ordinance appears in full on ford Hi. Stephens, Mr. aad * the Nevada F dev 1 Pi ! : Z : : MRS: JESSE LADUE 1S \ : : & i Poles, two uncles,. Harry and Jim 1e Nevada Foundry and out at Pine handled and jobbing work including . *** \ . to spend the rest of the summer: page four of this issue and is wor-! Stephens, two aunts Catherine Grove cemetery lying in the same special orders, odd _ sized screens Ti with her daught 5 2 ory > : $ d s, s § Ss, ghter, Miss Eug enie, . thy a perusal by every citizen. : ms plot are the two. founders of the bu' doors and windows. KILLED YREKA ACCIDEN in Oakland. Not much else of interest was i stephens and Olga: Shashelevr, siness Messrs. Heugh & Hhom. SurA fine electrical installation was eee eee Mrs. P. G. Seadden is home from , transacted by the city dads. Ses ve rounding the plot is an: iron fence. made by Lloyd Hiscox, local electriThe sad news came here of the. a Yisit with her daughter, Mrs. W. SSeS mae PONEMAR COUNCH ELECTS x Some time ago, Mrs. R. R. Goyne cian. death of Mrs. Jesse LaDue through, H. Moore and husband, of Pittsburg, . Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Fallon and’ two j DELEGATES MONDAY NI@HT -~-eanre-aeroess-the-patterns-fronr whieh eT Ae ee an auto accident near ee ee Contra Costa county; Mr>-Moore-has~-daughter arrived-Sunday foro Nish b . a rg ren this fence was made many years ago. ODD FELLOWS TOWS INSTALL husband attempted to pass another! recovered from a recent serious illwith her parents, Mr.,and Mrs. J. B.}) OD . Monday. evening Ponemahy eo Mr. Martin operated the foundry car and the accident happened. He ness. . Young. They drove up from Long ‘Council conferred the adoption defOr eerie years connection wih. NEW ELECTED OFFICERS escaped with minor bruises. Mr. La-; Mrs. AnR Davies and daughter, Beach in one’ day. gree on two palefaces. his wiceebrens munings enterprises j a 2 Due was grief stricken over the acciMiss Martha, who have ben visiting Miss Dorothy Baker has. as a guest Delegates were elected to repreand at his death Mr. and Mrs. Rich: dent. ate . her son, Frank and family, are Now. Miss Harriet Jackson of San Fransent the local couneil at Sacramento ard ao and ne William pcan District Deputy Grand Master J. She was a:former. resident ‘of visiting at their old home at Forest. . cisco. when the Great Council convenes in . succeeded to the’ business, . Mrs. ; : inatalle ° F t 2 . 3 G d Mr. Martin being daugl A. Grant, of Auburn installed the . W ashington and was Miss Theresa . Miss. Josophine Genasci is home Will Barnes, mining man of North the month of August. . oyne an = artin being daugh. newly elected officers of Oustomah MecCulla. Two brothers, Ben and Ed after a month’s visit in Sacramento. . qojymbia, was in town Monday. Aleene Lewis was recommended Dister and son of the deceased. Lodge Monday evening. The degree . MeCulla and a sister, Mrs. Bennett F,.W. Kuhlfeld was down from : 5 trict Deputy, the appointment. to wt team was composed of members of . Survive her Forest last week and a pleasant callRalph Gaylord is a patient at the . takes place at the Great Council Sesj Mr. and Mrs. Will Nilon, who Neweaslte and Auburn lodges and Her body was shipped to the. er at The Nugget office. a — ee ae 7 sion. 2 La spent last week here with his parthe work was splendidly carried out. . Holmes Funeral Homs. Judge Edward W. Engs of Sierra 4 ce = . Pi 2 oe ss : ‘a Many chiefs were raised to their { . ents, Judge and Mrs. F. T. Nilon, The following were installed: H. <= = county, was here Friday from Dowpate _— arene Tet eee: Bee respective stations. ' left early in the week, she going to D. Shearer, N. G.; F. X. Ducotey, Mrs. Carl Ivey and Miss Estelle . nieville and held court for Judge — xr area k = t Lake Tahoe and he going.to his; VGi L. F. Whitney, W.; C. S. Paine of Chico. were the guests of . Tuttle. Mrs. R. M. Ewing spent two weeks Rey. Father O’Reilley. spent the ‘ yi » ine ie : ~ om . business in San Francisco. . Arbogast, C.; S. H. Roberts, R. S. { relatives here over the week end. W. P. Rich, Marysville attorney, . ¢ Withus Spring where she went to we end in North Columbia with the 4 . Dr. RE. Werner. drove to San N G.; Walter Carlson; L. S. N. G.; Miss Nadine Neagle is in Oakland! was in Nevada City Saturday where vecam her usualy good health. Her Coughlan family. He celebrated mass ~ it Francisco Saturday and returned W. JTickell, I. G.; R. N. Heeker,! visiting with her brother, George; he appeared on professional . busifriends hope, for her a speedy recovSunday at Cherokee. i with his wife, who has spent a-week OG.; C. R. Murchie, R. S.S.; H. . Neagle, Jr. ness in the loal superior court. Sry Mrs. doe Werry of Prospect Hill . ; . there visiting. They were accompaniM. Clendenen, L. S. S.; Jonathan The many friends. of Mr. A. C. Mrs. M. Lang and daughters, Miss Mr. and Mrs. Jim Dolan are home jas as a guest her son, Miles of E ed by Dr. and Mrs. Snyder who will Pascoe, Chaplain . Larson. will be pleased to learn that . Hazel and Mrs. J. Schwartz all of ‘again after a pleasant two week’s Berkeley. ‘a eo ip visit here a short time. —————— . ne has_recovered from a recent. bad Santa Cruz, are spending a short va. vacation spent in Berkeley and = wr, and Mrs. H. O. Kohidt of . EB. J. N. Ott spent last week end Mrs. Rachel Moore and son, John fall from a building at his home on cation here with relatives. lother bay cities. ‘Washington were in Nevada City swith his son and family in Sacramenreturned to their home in ‘San FranPine street. Henry -Huckins “came down from: Fire completely destroyed the Monday to see their son, who was to. Mrs. Ott, Sr., is visiting her. son eisco Wednesday after a visit here Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Angove and North San Juan Friday to attend to Washington school house in Grass operated upon at the. Nevada City x and family for a time. with-hersister, Mrs. F, T, Nilon, ‘family’ spen Sunday in Sacrameno,. business affairs here, Valley Saturday. Sanitarium,

* what is now the Miners Foundry of The scene was well chosen for thie —— in sneredtet to that of its . Nevada City Thursday on his way to such a simple instrument. ie ee of The Nugget on : this city. Camptonville is also interadjoining neighbor the famous Idaho . the property to assume charge. They are: cotton, zine, pig iron, . 8076 £0 wore at four o'clock that ested jac history of this inventor gee and us the ditch crew four ' Maryland mine, which has a record; The read to the property is to be lead, copper, tin, flax, hemp,. silk, hea ape! esac 2 elects of smoke who made hig. home there for a ee ae Se of nearly $28,000,000 put in repair and the main tunnel rubber, silver, nickel, aluminum, ae trom ieee as uhh number ‘df years and-—eonducted a . , ee 2 ; & . end old-timers are wondering if this opened up as the preliminary operatussah silk, asphalt, zine ore, spooled ute eee a bs ws hs es sais : something to happen. Water to turn. ).rtormance might not be duplicated tions. The holdings taken over concotton -wool, hermatite or iron ore ‘house and the big truck with Herbert workshop there. : _jinto the flume to put out the fife . . ag Michell sroend ae af : : oe Se ’ Hallett wt the wheel was speeding to His first wheel which was of tiN . } was refused until one of the ere pe peice ete casio 07 aI eleven clatna _ Including, the -Gabialtte of. the fire. The building was one mass cans) was made-te run iia pewitle . wick aWince Grdered fe done in of its favorable location with respect Belmont group of six. The property , The tlephone company is making : es : Ses me michine of Mrs. Groves, mother Sti . fe = jto the Idaho Maryland as well as is equipped with two compressors, a steady advancement and gain. ot Game pis 6008 twelve streams 0 EN a eT Garipionvilis the aed the ever nee: other big producers. of the District, new ten stamp mill with 1200 pound The operators are given praise for ‘water were pouring into the interior ca & still snarenod eee bani ay = bad Metis eae over . The ground, covering a territory of stamps, a 20 h. p. gas engine, Johni their courtesies to the public. Parti*from both ends and in an hour's” : 3 : the situation and developments may . 4¢9 acres has a wonderful vein sys. son concentrating tables, rock crushcular praise.is to be given the Ne. time the flames were under control. Oey wid a. screen. with ee vem. ers and blacksmith shop vada City nicht aerator Miss janie The concrete floor saved the base> was made in the ee Foundry and The width of the shoot varies from The former developments consist Springer, for the capable manner in pee vce oe Less nen geet experiments with it. were made in GRASS VALLEY CHAMBER eight inches to two feet and shows . ota 77 foor eripuemt Adit to the (When she Bendied this Oh at ee i ee age ape ne Deer creek. The first one sold for ‘plenty of free gold and sulphides. . Big vein which is on the famous Alleurday morriing when the Alpha Hard. 1 , ak : fae baré so As mining purposes was purchased by. MOVES NEW QUARTERS Five tons: of rock already milled . Ghany Plumbago system with fabuware Store was burning. rounded (200 ee The Nugget is California’s Leading Mining Weekly evada City Nugget “y VOLUME Il, NUMBER 36 THE GOLD CENTER. _NEVADA CITY, ‘NEVADA. COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, yee COUN ry SEAT PAPER “JULY. 23, 1928 PELTON WHEEL SAW LIGHT DAY IN THIS SECTION It may not be generally known to the newer arrivals in this community. that Lester A. Pelton, who revolutionized the generation of power from water flow, did his experimental work in Nevada City and built his commercial water wheel in the late W. H. Martin for use at the 2 x : returns on the concentrs feet of drifting was done on the Big A ae Mayflower mine which he was then The Grass Valley Chamber of . : : Be not val itl ee — — TR FFIC RDINANCE [vi ault was begun.and temporary ofoperating. It was a wooden wheel . , j this ae __ in. The present drift will be continu. Y°!" Mul Venous= cross ee feces were opened in the Lee Leiter ommerce is, making a great tor: ‘block of ground, 40X120 and from < with iron buckets which was used for many years. There isan old legend that Pelton got his idea of the shape \ of the buckets which was the basis ‘of his successful application of water directed against a wheel to produce pow er, from a peculiar incident. It ‘is said that when he was watering his\ FIRE BURNS OUT BIG PART BLOOMFIELD FLUME Fire which looks to have been deN liberately set burned out about forty boxes of the upper end of the North Bloomfield flume at Bowman Saturday and has caused a serious setback to the plans of the San Juan Ridgé Water Users Association to put this ditch system in operation in a few weeks. According to Sam McCullough the fire was apparently set by some person wearing a No. 7 shoe with new rubber heels. ward move in its proud record of achievement in opening up a com-: munity center and offices in the former Fred C. Foote quarters on Mill , Street. It has hitherto had offices in ,the Bret Harte building. \ In the new location will also Bey housed an imposing mineral exhibit and mining information will be} .how as strong a winze will be blacksmith shop. MITCHELL MINE . STANDARD MINE _ISSCENE STRIKE . PURCHASED. BY SPECIMEN ROCK! NEW INTERESTS : An ore shoot on the GC. C. Mitchell The Standard mining properties property recently acquired by G. R. north of Downieville which have Gibson and Frank U. Lassen has. been recently purchased by George been opened up on the 70 foot level. H. Marshail and Frank L. DeWolf for 260 feet with fine ore still in the . of Los Angeles are now being made face of the drift. Considerable speci. ready for extensive operations acmen rock has already been taken out . cording to Mr. Marshall who was in showed values of, $52. per ton with ;lous production. Several hundred ed and if the values continue to sunk . ° to 8 feet was stoped on the cross and ground blocked out for milling vein and produced $55,000 in past ore. _/. days. The Big vein is quartz with gouge and tale in places near the serpentine and porphyry contact. The iwalls are porphyry, the distance between walls being an average of 14 ~The surface gasoline works hoist, air consist of a compressor and Messrs. Gibson and Lassen have a {a fine display of all the ‘used in the manufacture of a teleFINE DISPLAY MATERIALS ~ MADE TELEPHONE OFFICE J. E. Gooding, who fs in charge of the Nevada City and Grass FIREGUTS ALPHA =~ STORE IN EARLY MORNING BLAZE Manager Valley telephone exchanges, re ceived materials A destructive fire early Saturday entirely gutted the interior of the fine store building of the Al& Supply Company caused_a fire loss running into many phone, from San Francisco Saturday morning. He placed them in the window of the local morning office where they interest. to old pha Hardware ! and young. Few realize the . variety of materials used in making will prove of great people thousands of dollars. ‘coon as the building had cooled suf. ficiently the work of opening the ~ NOW GOES IN AFFECT store trough ine courtesy of Mr. Leiter. Another token of disaster was Springer moticing the at the Alpha go dead about the time the fire i The long worked over traffic ordin. ance was. passed to a final vote of the city trustees at their regular meeting on Thursday night and with its publication in this issue of The Miss Janie phones discovered immediately called the was and she bond and lease on the property, and . feet and the average width of the . National Hotel on the line to discover the trouble. Intense heat ecausNugget, the city official paper, it beCn EE a DS Oe ee ee at cu sk! { . j act ea ake i . 1s duly enacted into law. garden that astray cow charged : : €lare in charge of operations. They vein is five feet. The ore carries free . comes sos : : fae = 2 ae Fim. ta furaing the lose on ber, he vailable to all interested, something 'y, erated together in the old Fair. 8014 and is oxidized near the surface. Relative t parking and designates ge G ee — oe : : ses re : in Grass alle Thi Z z : = So diene : 4. + across the street to crack an urnated that-her-nostiile divided. the : hey — in Grass Valley ann view and Rand districts in Nevada The trike is N. 40°W. and the dip . ing certain Atreets as boulevards, it Lae a ee ee i ‘ . some ars aS : CNo ° : a tno " 5 . . ! 5 il os &: 2 SCe 2 atpenn ot water pesisetly and front! nes are eee = ae for a number of years. They are 50° to 60 Mast. and. its proven brings a number of state ton . wide age eR Se that simple hint, proceeded the flex aintained a > ne ppeieee ake “highly pleased “ with the showing in length on the surface is 1500 feet. iscsi to eas on jes conditions. Sick ee? blowing ie of tile baukel desien The Chamber in making this move is tpeir new holdings which lie between The cross vein carries free gold and . Diagonal parking Is to prevail on * 2 Pa 7 : : S rea : oo = a = + ae ae ; ime or a more serious conflagration

Previgusly’ all mine hoists ana oo oe eee value of the the railroad tracks and the highway 'arsenical pyrites. It crosses the forthe eau ae of Broad street in so oi aes been ried Wen Wad been rin by. steam of with overshot mining in patry in this section land just. north of the Idaho Marymation layers of back. porphyry, business district and parallel Pee eed : : ae ae : vee ee ue we ed an The destinies of the Chamber are ‘jang group strikes east, dips 45° and is from. on the nerth side. Parking lines are . Mave been aifficull to hance. Oe a ~esided ovek by J. E. G ing i : : : * F ly every available foot of hose was hold fast and it was not long before presid ve y E Goren ; the Se es ee three to four feet in width. to be laid out with paint shortly and i in Wek ana ee ower ie : j popular manager of the Pacific TeleThe mine is equipped with 42 . boulevard stop signs will be anes . aes H : s equipT ith a 42 9 Pelton water wheels were widely . ) tank Pan COMPR ; prevented more lines being run. The used. Mr. Pelton unfortunately let ; PHORC & Telegraph Company activiR K IS \eubie foot upright duplex compressor, There is a posibility that a special , ee . 2 : : : : ties in this and Sierra counties, as a 350 foot ditch delivers a minimum . traffic officer will be appointed to Grass Valley department sent over oe ee president and the Rev. E. O. Chapel CAUSE NEVERSWEAT STOP: f 12 inch d if see that the terms of the provisions 'ene-of its big trucks and did fine which doubtless cost him many thou9. oo etary. The ae i Se See ee ee af eee ‘ : esl eerviaa. . sands of dollars in royalties. K : y‘ er See eman 500 inches under a 125 foot head . are carried out. s Whe loss in the stere “btoek wall Gas of the lascece Pelton whet Ure ee to Se P. Operations at them oe ee ee The matter of all night parking . 4 . ! aes munity by his genial, Winning manperations at the Neversweat minMarshall, who is one of the own-. Was taken up and hereafter machines ,7UD 2Bto many thousands of dollars ever cast is still in use at the Murner and his frank, readx smile for ing property on Deer Creek have}.. f ly sal e must not be parked all, night on the and no figures are available until a chie mine and was cast by the Min: : : : been held up the past few days aah wee ormerly sales manager for : : = ES complete checking can be made, stat: ; : __. everyone. : the Ellis Mill Company of New York, . Streets or they will be subject to. ee : : ers Foundry. It has a diameter of ‘ owing to the air compressor breakj eae ; ed Mr. Cassidy Pe ; The Nugget bespeaks the San Francisco and Los Angeles, and being tagged. This is in line with : aoe y 15 feet and was cast in one solid : eer _ jing down. < : i i {Burning embers dr ing 2 ; Grass Valley organization prosis well known in the mining world. . parking restrictions quite generally ; urning embers dropping on nearpiece which was a large piece of : Drifting operations will be continrs incipi F perous, happy future and a continu‘He has formed the Standard Mining . followed throughout the state. by roofs started incipient blazes work. The foundry has a picture of ued, the face of the drif b : : ried ths. Standard SIninS . . S : : ation of its forward looking polikies. ,U@0: ‘© tace © 1e drift now being Company to ‘operate the properties . The city now has authority to dewhich were soon quelled. the completed casting and city clerk . in 2000 feet : 1 ; ctonee ast : nEeoe : i See : purchased signate parking, zoning and loading , It is expected that the work of reGeorge H. Calanan, who. assisted in : : F aces : : ee er FINE CABINET SHOP —_ spaces and compel their observance. building the handsome structure iat steal fol ad ee : l ifo , oe a STAGE DRIVER PIERCE SON OF FIRST SUPERIOR l york street by this ordinan ce and which has been a distinct eredit to “yme rm. j . . ms = : é : vE eye = . . V . resolution will not permit parking Nevada City’s business section will be Before Pelton canio.to this oqum. 4 SEES BEAR ON HOOD between Broad and Pine streets, commenced as soon as.the insurance try he was engaged in the fishing ¢ . JUDGE IS VISITOR something the firemen have been adjusters have completed their work. business on the Sacramento river. As Nevada City’s newest industry is a ee ~ ' seeking for a tong time to allow free = vada Ully § : 8 f J § SS Sa if : s a 10n2 a be i tes renee! Saeare eer oree completely equipped: cabinet and Frank Pierce of the Citizens Auto Marion F. Caswell of Berkeley, passage of fire fighting apparatus RPAIN ABCES CAUSES ie . mt De nee S. = wood working shop which has been Stage, régeived quite a thrill this. son of the first superior judge of to the north section of the city. . Mun HK iv S ee bors seems cane ee opened by J. L. Smith & Sonin the week.whenr a brown bear jumped on . Nevada county was a Sunday visitor Machines are not permitted to foe D TH BRI H H : : ; old Lane biuldingon lower Broad the hood o{\his stage. Pierce was] j Jev oF i ing low fire apparatus within a block of EA G T C ILD a workshop in the lower part Of street and i ae for busicoming.down he Foote grade when 2 Age See SOT anne Aue he same and must keep fr se tact town Gampionvilie Js siauink Street and is now open or bDusla the st. 5 time he had visited here since leavthe same an must Keep irom any : ; ; as 8 ness. Mr. Smith has been in the: buPear the idden ugget Mine aling i , sw rho regisfire area. ittle daug r ou Geacting a ynonument to “hie Neca s . c pee es ing in 1878. sue Caswell, WHO TORI se ee re The little dqushter of Rytherford memory and to that end the Pelton winees tor Tite xente eek S80, 6 8 ae oe ; tered at the National Hotel, is con. All night parking was a fruitful stephens died Friday morning from Water Wheel Goan has donated eee at hie trade. His son, Lawbounced, of he os nag nected with the general freight deSource of gossip on Friday and there ‘g brain. abscess caused from the cut© 7 ash oak PS 2 be Sica a rence, i asociated with him. landed. He evident was surprised partment of the Southern Pacific in is much talk pro and con. The cars ting of teeth. The. little one was eee a sees : The shop is equipped with every at the sudden approach of the car,. the San Francisco offices. He expressparked near the Alpha on Saturday . than two years of age and was loved, ake ‘necessary device known to the cabwhile on his way down the moun-j. eq a keen interest in the old town morning were nicely scorched before ‘by all for her sweet sunny disposiThe manufaeture of Pelton wheels jnet trade and has a band saw, 20th , tain and became confused jumping. where he was born and spent his they were gotten out of the way. tion. The illness lasted only a few has been a large item in the busiCentury woodworker, wood turning , on the car. A , few seconds later he. early years, and his grandson, who . The penalties prescribed are upto . gays. a8 16 the mua _— dathe, ward mortiner; saw gummer, a the auto. A few seconds later and . accompanied him was regaled with $50 for the first offense and with a] She is survived by her father, her 1as been intimately. associate with @rills, boring machines, routers and , W ould have landed in it. ne many old time remniscences. 'maximum of $100 on the third . Nevada City history since the early laid hi \ ff ithi Lexaverarne ee — 2 al s ‘ 2 @ @2 a daido machine. = a offense within a year. : e = My: i 5Oties. It was formerly known as!. All kinds of cabinet work will be x Mrs. W. E. Wright left Paesday . The ordinance appears in full on ford Hi. Stephens, Mr. aad * the Nevada F dev 1 Pi ! : Z : : MRS: JESSE LADUE 1S \ : : & i Poles, two uncles,. Harry and Jim 1e Nevada Foundry and out at Pine handled and jobbing work including . *** \ . to spend the rest of the summer: page four of this issue and is wor-! Stephens, two aunts Catherine Grove cemetery lying in the same special orders, odd _ sized screens Ti with her daught 5 2 ory > : $ d s, s § Ss, ghter, Miss Eug enie, . thy a perusal by every citizen. : ms plot are the two. founders of the bu' doors and windows. KILLED YREKA ACCIDEN in Oakland. Not much else of interest was i stephens and Olga: Shashelevr, siness Messrs. Heugh & Hhom. SurA fine electrical installation was eee eee Mrs. P. G. Seadden is home from , transacted by the city dads. Ses ve rounding the plot is an: iron fence. made by Lloyd Hiscox, local electriThe sad news came here of the. a Yisit with her daughter, Mrs. W. SSeS mae PONEMAR COUNCH ELECTS x Some time ago, Mrs. R. R. Goyne cian. death of Mrs. Jesse LaDue through, H. Moore and husband, of Pittsburg, . Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Fallon and’ two j DELEGATES MONDAY NI@HT -~-eanre-aeroess-the-patterns-fronr whieh eT Ae ee an auto accident near ee ee Contra Costa county; Mr>-Moore-has~-daughter arrived-Sunday foro Nish b . a rg ren this fence was made many years ago. ODD FELLOWS TOWS INSTALL husband attempted to pass another! recovered from a recent serious illwith her parents, Mr.,and Mrs. J. B.}) OD . Monday. evening Ponemahy eo Mr. Martin operated the foundry car and the accident happened. He ness. . Young. They drove up from Long ‘Council conferred the adoption defOr eerie years connection wih. NEW ELECTED OFFICERS escaped with minor bruises. Mr. La-; Mrs. AnR Davies and daughter, Beach in one’ day. gree on two palefaces. his wiceebrens munings enterprises j a 2 Due was grief stricken over the acciMiss Martha, who have ben visiting Miss Dorothy Baker has. as a guest Delegates were elected to repreand at his death Mr. and Mrs. Rich: dent. ate . her son, Frank and family, are Now. Miss Harriet Jackson of San Fransent the local couneil at Sacramento ard ao and ne William pcan District Deputy Grand Master J. She was a:former. resident ‘of visiting at their old home at Forest. . cisco. when the Great Council convenes in . succeeded to the’ business, . Mrs. ; : inatalle ° F t 2 . 3 G d Mr. Martin being daugl A. Grant, of Auburn installed the . W ashington and was Miss Theresa . Miss. Josophine Genasci is home Will Barnes, mining man of North the month of August. . oyne an = artin being daugh. newly elected officers of Oustomah MecCulla. Two brothers, Ben and Ed after a month’s visit in Sacramento. . qojymbia, was in town Monday. Aleene Lewis was recommended Dister and son of the deceased. Lodge Monday evening. The degree . MeCulla and a sister, Mrs. Bennett F,.W. Kuhlfeld was down from : 5 trict Deputy, the appointment. to wt team was composed of members of . Survive her Forest last week and a pleasant callRalph Gaylord is a patient at the . takes place at the Great Council Sesj Mr. and Mrs. Will Nilon, who Neweaslte and Auburn lodges and Her body was shipped to the. er at The Nugget office. a — ee ae 7 sion. 2 La spent last week here with his parthe work was splendidly carried out. . Holmes Funeral Homs. Judge Edward W. Engs of Sierra 4 ce = . Pi 2 oe ss : ‘a Many chiefs were raised to their { . ents, Judge and Mrs. F. T. Nilon, The following were installed: H. <= = county, was here Friday from Dowpate _— arene Tet eee: Bee respective stations. ' left early in the week, she going to D. Shearer, N. G.; F. X. Ducotey, Mrs. Carl Ivey and Miss Estelle . nieville and held court for Judge — xr area k = t Lake Tahoe and he going.to his; VGi L. F. Whitney, W.; C. S. Paine of Chico. were the guests of . Tuttle. Mrs. R. M. Ewing spent two weeks Rey. Father O’Reilley. spent the ‘ yi » ine ie : ~ om . business in San Francisco. . Arbogast, C.; S. H. Roberts, R. S. { relatives here over the week end. W. P. Rich, Marysville attorney, . ¢ Withus Spring where she went to we end in North Columbia with the 4 . Dr. RE. Werner. drove to San N G.; Walter Carlson; L. S. N. G.; Miss Nadine Neagle is in Oakland! was in Nevada City Saturday where vecam her usualy good health. Her Coughlan family. He celebrated mass ~ it Francisco Saturday and returned W. JTickell, I. G.; R. N. Heeker,! visiting with her brother, George; he appeared on professional . busifriends hope, for her a speedy recovSunday at Cherokee. i with his wife, who has spent a-week OG.; C. R. Murchie, R. S.S.; H. . Neagle, Jr. ness in the loal superior court. Sry Mrs. doe Werry of Prospect Hill . ; . there visiting. They were accompaniM. Clendenen, L. S. S.; Jonathan The many friends. of Mr. A. C. Mrs. M. Lang and daughters, Miss Mr. and Mrs. Jim Dolan are home jas as a guest her son, Miles of E ed by Dr. and Mrs. Snyder who will Pascoe, Chaplain . Larson. will be pleased to learn that . Hazel and Mrs. J. Schwartz all of ‘again after a pleasant two week’s Berkeley. ‘a eo ip visit here a short time. —————— . ne has_recovered from a recent. bad Santa Cruz, are spending a short va. vacation spent in Berkeley and = wr, and Mrs. H. O. Kohidt of . EB. J. N. Ott spent last week end Mrs. Rachel Moore and son, John fall from a building at his home on cation here with relatives. lother bay cities. ‘Washington were in Nevada City swith his son and family in Sacramenreturned to their home in ‘San FranPine street. Henry -Huckins “came down from: Fire completely destroyed the Monday to see their son, who was to. Mrs. Ott, Sr., is visiting her. son eisco Wednesday after a visit here Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Angove and North San Juan Friday to attend to Washington school house in Grass operated upon at the. Nevada City x and family for a time. with-hersister, Mrs. F, T, Nilon, ‘family’ spen Sunday in Sacrameno,. business affairs here, Valley Saturday.. Sanitarium,