July 23, 1942 (4 pages)

bo ye “God grants liberty only to those whe love it, and are ‘td to at and defend it.” — Daniel Webster . . The Nugget is delivered to : This paper gives you complete . yaa Wena twie a wouk coverage of all local happenings. for only 30 cents per V a a 1 . If you want to read about your month 5 friends, your neighbors, read ae The Nugget. gins oe ona b 4 Po es ¥. a JES 4 ts a x © : j i . x 5 . Se COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA Vol. 16, No. 59. The County Seat Paper NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA The Gold Center a THURSDAY, JULY. £3, Bshak Thinking Out. Loud By H. M. L. We would thank, most of us at any rate, Washington to say less and do more. The complaint coming from this or that official that the people of this country do not yet realize there is a war going on, is so far from the fact, that it only reveals to the country the small caliber of men who have been placed at the head of large war ‘enterprises. When death strikes down one of ‘our young men, who are serving in this country’s battle limes on a tworld-wide front, and we know the cruel burden of grief under which the dead youths family labors, all of us share that grief. And death has already struck, at random as it were, throughout this country. In the Philipines, Wake and Midiway Islands, at Pearl Harbor, in the Coral Sea, in Masacsar Stranghts, off Iceland, along our Atlantic shores, in (China, in AfTica, and even in Europe, our boys have made theultimate sarifice. , ““We the people’ know there is a war going on, but sometimes we doubt whether the talkers in Washington know it. No one complains of sugar rationing, at least we have not heard of such complaints. No one complains of tire shortage and rationing. No one complains of the taxes even though many do have to make great sacrifices to pay them. There are no complaints for the reason that everyone with a brain knows that these sacrifices are nothing compared with that a mother makes when she sees her son march off to battle. Every moment he is in the armed forces is a nightmare to every mother— and father. To their friends it’s a constant anxiety. Yes all of us, especially those who have given sons to do the fighting, are aware there is a war, a dreadful war, the worst in history. What we don’t like to hear from Washington is a forecast of further sacrifices. Whatever they are we at home are ready to make them. But we prefer that they be imposed upon us quietly and suddenly with a statement of the reasons that anyone can understand. In spite of a voceriferous yawping about there being plenty of rubber, most of us who know anything about rubber, and how we we came by it in the days before the war believe that there is a real rubber shortage, a_ critical shortage and we are planning to do the best we can with our tires as long as they last; and without them when we must quit rolling. We are not so sure about sugar, hut that’s all right to. We would de pleased if some authority like Brookings Institute ‘would firm the sugar scarcity, but most of us are willing to take that matter on trust. The health of a lot of people will improve less sugar. But we do wish the little men in ‘Washington ‘would quit debating it. It is so small a matter in the light of world events that it is hardly worth mentionthe. If there is.to be a coffee, and tea shortage, for heavens sake, let’s hear no more albout it, but clamp down now and here and ration them. When our friends get a telegram from Washington, .beginning: ‘We regret to inform you-——_—_’’, why in God*’s name, would anyone think of sugar, tea, coffee, rubber or taxes. There is something hideously trivial ahout many utterances that eminate from Washington. Clowns playing corn fiddles while a nation prays and strives for victory. Who is not making whatever sacrifices are needed for victory? , Yes, we will answer that one. The farm bloc, or rather a small eoterie of lobbyists, who live by preying onthe fears of congressmen and farmers. The labor rackketeers ‘who. livé by the same means. And. along with these are public servants more concerned with keeping their jobs than with: winning the war. Legislators who ‘straddle and side step. who do not lead until the wrath of con, with . Leaders (JULY MINING ISSUE Employment Increases In Gold Mines Nevada County gold mines employment increased slightly during the past month, due principally to the hiring of additional men at the Lava Cap Mining Corporation properties. The total number of men at the Lava Cap is now approximately 275, about 40 above the number at work a month ago. A survey revealed Nevada County mines now employ 1,304 men with a monthly payrolt of $195,600. Last month’s survey showed 1,282 men employed. The Empire-Star-Mines, Ltd., has approximately 500 men employed at its operating properties. .Approximately 400 are at work at the Idaho(Maryland Mines. The Spanish Mine, where 100 tons of baryte is being mined each day, has 30 men employed. Although piping has ceased at the Omega Mine, a crew of 38 men is still employed in cleaning up. The clean wp work will take about. another three weeks. The latest employment figures at the various mines are: Men = _—‘ Payroll Empire-Star Mines— HEMDIre Week Siac Estimated Pennsylania .... 500 Geibright Total Idaho-Maryland. Mines— Idaho-Maryland .. iNew: Brunswick .. Syndicate. 2 400 60,009 Lava Cap Mines— Contral: 2.6 .32n2. 186 27,900 PRAUSHGE 2c. ae 89 3,050 Others— pepring Hill. 18 2,700 Anchoe Erie ..2.2. 12 1,800 Mpanisn oe 3 4,500 COan 8 300 Placer Mines— : POOIS Nv 2,550 OM Gr a ee ol 38 5,700 Retief HU) 2.20. 12. 1,800 POP UAIS 2052s 1,304 $195,600 (DAHO DIVIDEND DEFERRED AGAIN Further deferment of dividend action was voted by the board of directors of the Idaho-Maryland Mines Corporation at the last meeting. The last dividend, amounting to five cents, was paid last.February from 1941 earnings. According-to W. H. French, secretary, ‘“‘the uncertainty ‘as to future labor conditions and tax}. obligations makes it imperative that ‘we preserve our present strong cash position until conditions are more stalbilized.’’ Returns To Napa— Beth Ebaugh returned Tuesday to Napa, where her husband, George, is employed, following a several days visit with friends and relatives here. a mighty people forces them _ to lead. Why are !we threatened with inflation and chaos? It is because men of little courage, or little understanding, have been afraid— that’s the word—to put a ceiling on wages, the largest factor in inflation. Why have we no centralized authority over navy and army? Because certain of our war chiefs aré more concerned ‘with their prestige than they are with ‘winning the war. The people of this country are neither morons nor children. They want no more sugar teats nor wrist slappings from Washington. They demand more fighting and less—much — less—talking. The ‘people will make ‘the sacrifices gladly. But please let us hear no more corn fiddling in the nation’s . ‘capitol. ‘We the people” have heard mothers weeping for oe sons. and general manager. Empire Oldest Operating Quartz Mine In Country The Empire Mine is in its 92nd a shutdown. The mine holds the record of being the oldest gold mine in continual operation in the United States. Interesting data on this famous Grass Valley Chamber of Commerce. It reveals the Empire Mine was. originally located by George D. Roberts“in Octobef 1850. When Woodbury, Park, and “others, enlarged their holdings by purchasing the Ophir Hill Claims in 1861, they named the mine “Empire” and _ this name has remainéd for this hist@ric and glamorous mine for 92 years. The Empire Mine has been a name that is a hotisehold word in every mining camp the world over for the past half centurg. Tt has become more than a name, more than. a mine, it has become an institution that is a living monument to fearless enterprise, bold adventure and limitless vision. ; In the spring of 1854 the Empire (Mining Company was incorporated. in 1865 new works were erected at an outlay of nearly $200,000 including a thirty stamp mill, then one of the finest in the state. In 1869, Wm. B. Bourne, Sr., purchased the Empire. At his death in 1873, William 8B. Bourne, Jr., left Oxford and came home, as his father’s financial affairs had suffered tremendously and the Empire Mines were about to be closed: The '‘manasers had decided to abandon the propert upon the advise of well known experts who pronounced the mine worked out and too deep for profitable working. Young Bourne disagreed with those findings, reorganized the company and C. F. Fargo Was the only one of the old shareholders to join the new venture. This was a period when belief iu California’s quartz mining was at its lowest ebb, Many times from 18 1883 it was only the courage, and foresight of the man who would not give up that kept the mine going. Times when bills had to ‘be’ met, with no money to meet them, and finally his efforts rewarded in 1883 when the old Empire entered a new era of prosperity. . Today this mine has over 190 miles of underground tunnels, the most modern mining machinery, and ‘produces annually 100,000 ounces of gold. The Empire Mine is the oldest quartz gold mine in continuous operation in the United States, having been in contant operation since 1850 without a shut down. Oles Boing to Hilda Isabel jHeffelfinger jand:} year of continuous operation without gold producer was secured by the 100 TONS PE DAY HANDLED ATSPANISH Production, at the Spanish Mine has been steppéd up to 100 tons ‘of barite ore per day. E \ This mine has been under. lease for the past four years to the Industrial Minerals and’ Chemical Company. Renyold J. Penrose is now superintendent in charge. A crew of 30 men is employed at present. A crew of 10 men was employed last winter in repairing a tram line 7,500 feet in length from the upper to the lower mine. A main haulage tunnel 175 feet long was run to tap the ore at the lowest point in the present development. The contracts for 1942 production re-. quire from 15,000 to 20,000 tons. A camp, boarding house, power lines and water system are located at the Spanish. amg ANNUAL PAL MEETING OF PBWC HELD LAST NIGHT The Nevada City Business and Professional Women’s -annual Pal Party was held last night at the National Hotel with Irene Solaro and Ruth Berggren as hostesses. adjourned to the upstairs dining room where games were played, prizRisley, ‘Nellie Schifiner, Teresa Alaria. Gifts were distributed to each member present and the Pal of last year revealed. ‘Irene Solaro, Pal chairman, distributed new Pals and the meeting was adjourned. Genevieve Plliott and Dorothy Adams will be co-hostesses for the month of August when a box lunch social is planned. Here From Oakland— Shirley Bastian and son, Lennie, are visiting here with Mrs. Bastian’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Anargus. GERMAN BAR WORK TOSTART ' The Arizona Mining Journal reports the German Bar Gold Mines, Inc., has ‘been reorganized and plans are being completed for active operations at its properties above Nor. Bloomfield. Eighteen men will be employed. : The mine is.,opened by 1,800 feet of tunnels and is equipped with a thirty ton flotation mill. Edward B. Bergin of San Francisco is president FRANK BURKHART DIES INS. F. (Frank Burkhart of San Francisco a former resident of Nevada City died Sunday from.aé heart ailment] which had troubled him for a long time. Word of Burkhart’s death was received here by Mrs.Max Weiss. The deceased leaves a wife and a sister. Mr, and Mrs. Burkhart owned a home near the Methodist Church in this city and resided here a number of years. Welcome strangers bible class business meeting and social hour this evening (Thursday) at 7:30 D. m. All members and friends are cordially invited. Mrs. H. Kjorlie, president. Mrs. F. T. Nilon who Spent the past few days at the National Hotel in Nevada City returned to her home in San Francisco yesterday. ‘. G. Beloud, William J. Torpie, RayNine Nevada Countyans departed for the army yesterday. The draftees were entertained prior to their departure by the Nevada City Rotary Club. The nine had previously passed their physical examination and were given the 14 day leave to return to their homes to settle their affairs. They are John D. Conway, ‘Charles mond M. Bartsch, William P. Bartle, Glen O. Allen, Albert J. Thomas, Richard A. Pitman, Donald H. Robertson: CAPTAIN KOLBERER VISITS HERE WITH MAX WEISS ‘Captain ‘Clem Kolberer and family of wife and two children were visitors this week .at the “Mr.-and (Mrs. Max Weiss-home here. Captain Kolberer arrived in Nevada City for the visit as a lieutenant in the army but while here he received a letter notifying him he was ‘promoted to the position of captain. (Captain Kolberer’ is stationed at Camp Cook near Santa Maria. The captain’s father and Max Weiss were very close friends and ‘Captain Kolberer continued the close relationship after the death of his father. Weiss is in a hospital here recovering from an operation and the visit of Captain Kolberer and his ‘Ifamily cheered him greatly. © ----—After a delicious dinner the group; Non Suit Is' Granted In Will Case A sudden end came to the trial of the Mary A. Jefford will contest late yesterday when Superior Judge George L. Jones granted a motion by Defense Attorney James Snell for a non-suit after the contestants, the three. daughters of the deceased, had completed the presentation of . their case. . Judge Jones’ ruling will enable the son, L R. (Bob) Jefford, administrator and chief beneficiary; to continue the probate of the estate, valuin excess of $10,000. The son and hi ; wife, Wilma, were the defendants in the contested action. The contestants were Mrs. Marion Jones of Oakland, formerly of Nevada City, Mrs. Irene Foote of Auburn and Mrs. Lucille Engle of Redding. The mother cut off he daughters in her last will, made ‘approximately a year before her death, with bequests of various diamonds The end of t trial came _ three days after it opened before Judge Jones and a jury of six men and six women. The chief Witnesses for the contestants were the &three daughters. Ne Judge Jones in his ruling granting the defense motion for a non suit said he was satisfied an insufficient showing had been made that “ eneral insanity, general vnaoundness mind’’ existed at the time the will was made. He stated if such a condition exists no doubt experts would have been called to testify to that effect. This was not done. pat contestants failed to prove the issue of mental incompetency and the al-+ legations of frayd. (Regarding the charge of undue influence by the son on Mrs. Jefford the court commented that ‘it must be admitted there was no direct evidence showing the son exercised undue influence on the mother.” He said although the son may have had the opportunity to use undue influence when his mother was at his home recovering from an illness there was no evidence of any particle to show this may have been the case. Mrs. Foote and Mrs. Engle were the witnesses on the stand yesterday for the contestants. Their testimony attempted to prove their mother was of unsound mind after she had suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and that their brother used ‘‘undue influence’ on Mrs. Jefford to the end that she made the new will. U.S.0. CARNIVAL SATURDAY NIGHT (Nevada Cityans are asked to attend’ in large numbers the gigantic fun carnival to be held Saturday night in Grass Valley at the Veterans Memorial Building for the benefit of the USO. : iMoney raised through the carnival will be applied to the Nevada County USO quota, which is $3500. USO committeemen point out those who attend and spend a little money are not only having a lot of pleasure but. are also aiding in raising funds to aid in entertaining the men who are fighting for our country. Several Nevada City organizations will have concessions at the carnival, which was originally scheduled to have been held in the streets of Grass Valley but for practical reasons was transferred to the Veterans ‘Building. . Visitor Here Yésterday— J. H. Lashbaugh, who has chrome and manganese interests in the Quincy area, was a visitor in Nevada City yesterday. é Visiting In Oubtana— Mrs. Esmond Hatch left yesterday for a few days visit with relatJudge Jones said he believed the! -éves-in Oakland. A LetterVirginia, Bobbie To Be Married. A romance which began in Nevada City several years ago will culminate in marriage soon. It is that of Virginia Gold Blackwood, formerly employed by Colley’s Confectionery here, and Robert Kellog Graham, son of the Charles Grahams of this city. Both have left Nevada City but they are going to return for the wedding ceremony. Virginia, daughter of ‘Mrs. Carney of this city, is employed in a Berkeley bank and Graham . is working at Mare Island. And speaking of romances, Miss Dorothy Roberts is engageu to wed Fred Juliff of Grass Valley. Miss Roberts is now employed at Bolton’s Variety Store. : We informed you before that Joe Sbhaffi, who went, to the Hawaiian Islands two years ago to work on a national defense project, enlisted in the army asa private. Sbaffi’s address, in case you care to write to him and no doubt he would like to receive letters from his friends, is” 367th Engrs., S. S. Co. A., A. P. O. No. 957 care Postmaster, San Francisco, Calif. Bob Paine is keeping him posted on Nevada City news by sending him The Nugget. 2 ’ The Clinton Whitaker family is preparing to leave Nevada City for Kelseyville, where Whitaker has the offer of a position in a drug store. The Whitakers have been here for several years and their departure *“ will ‘be regretted by all who have known them. Dick Lane is now clearing up his affairs in the service station business ayd it is his plan to soon enter defense’work of some description in the bay area. ‘Marlin Young=.will soon leave Nevada City for Marysville, where he __ will operate the projector in a motion picture house. Young for the past several years has been’ employed by Dave Richards’ butcher shop. Eddie Powell has signed enlistment papers in the Coast Guard. He will have his physical examination in San Francisco on Tuesday. : The Nevada City Miners Foundry and Supply Company’s no serious accident record was marred when James Morrison, son of the Merle Morrisons, suffered a broken leg when a steel] plate fell upon him. The accident was just one of those things that happen and fortunately Jim is recovering satisfactorily at the Miners Hospital. Federal and state officers report a large number of defense workers. use their cars to_reach the lakes and streams in the high Sierrras for fishng : g These officers are now reporting the license numbers on these cars. Henceforth defense workers using tires for purposes other than the Principal purpose of transportation to their jobs will be denied tires. The tire rationing board is attempting to impress upon the people that there is a war on. and rubber cannot be used indiscriminately. The rationing board is deluged with requests for tires but-only~a~few tan tbe issued each month so the general public must be emphatically educated to the fact that they must conserve their rubber because at least for the present no more are forthcoming. Dick Tuttle, passed through Nevada City Sunday with his fiancee, enroute to Reno, Nev., where they were-to be married. So far we haven't noted the license in the metroolitan newspapers but no doubt the marriage was consummated .Tuttle and his bride to. be stopped here for Bobbie Schiffner, who was to. Bee company them to Reno to act. as an attendant. but unfortunately Bobbie was not immediately available and the trip had to be made without hing. Tuttle, the youngest son of Mrs. ‘Raglan, Tuttle and the late Justice © Tuttle, attended Nevada City High School. Until next ‘week twe now say. adios. : 2. Mrs. Heelan Tuttle Ferguson at her . pate raed to her

bo ye “God grants liberty only to those whe love it, and are ‘td to at and defend it.” — Daniel Webster . . The Nugget is delivered to : This paper gives you complete . yaa Wena twie a wouk coverage of all local happenings. for only 30 cents per V a a 1 . If you want to read about your month 5 friends, your neighbors, read ae The Nugget. gins oe ona b 4 Po es ¥. a JES 4 ts a x © : j i . x 5 . Se COVERS RICHEST GOLD AREA IN CALIFORNIA Vol. 16, No. 59. The County Seat Paper NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA The Gold Center a THURSDAY, JULY. £3, Bshak Thinking Out. Loud By H. M. L. We would thank, most of us at any rate, Washington to say less and do more. The complaint coming from this or that official that the people of this country do not yet realize there is a war going on, is so far from the fact, that it only reveals to the country the small caliber of men who have been placed at the head of large war ‘enterprises. When death strikes down one of ‘our young men, who are serving in this country’s battle limes on a tworld-wide front, and we know the cruel burden of grief under which the dead youths family labors, all of us share that grief. And death has already struck, at random as it were, throughout this country. In the Philipines, Wake and Midiway Islands, at Pearl Harbor, in the Coral Sea, in Masacsar Stranghts, off Iceland, along our Atlantic shores, in (China, in AfTica, and even in Europe, our boys have made theultimate sarifice. , ““We the people’ know there is a war going on, but sometimes we doubt whether the talkers in Washington know it. No one complains of sugar rationing, at least we have not heard of such complaints. No one complains of tire shortage and rationing. No one complains of the taxes even though many do have to make great sacrifices to pay them. There are no complaints for the reason that everyone with a brain knows that these sacrifices are nothing compared with that a mother makes when she sees her son march off to battle. Every moment he is in the armed forces is a nightmare to every mother— and father. To their friends it’s a constant anxiety. Yes all of us, especially those who have given sons to do the fighting, are aware there is a war, a dreadful war, the worst in history. What we don’t like to hear from Washington is a forecast of further sacrifices. Whatever they are we at home are ready to make them. But we prefer that they be imposed upon us quietly and suddenly with a statement of the reasons that anyone can understand. In spite of a voceriferous yawping about there being plenty of rubber, most of us who know anything about rubber, and how we we came by it in the days before the war believe that there is a real rubber shortage, a_ critical shortage and we are planning to do the best we can with our tires as long as they last; and without them when we must quit rolling. We are not so sure about sugar, hut that’s all right to. We would de pleased if some authority like Brookings Institute ‘would firm the sugar scarcity, but most of us are willing to take that matter on trust. The health of a lot of people will improve less sugar. But we do wish the little men in ‘Washington ‘would quit debating it. It is so small a matter in the light of world events that it is hardly worth mentionthe. If there is.to be a coffee, and tea shortage, for heavens sake, let’s hear no more albout it, but clamp down now and here and ration them. When our friends get a telegram from Washington, .beginning: ‘We regret to inform you-——_—_’’, why in God*’s name, would anyone think of sugar, tea, coffee, rubber or taxes. There is something hideously trivial ahout many utterances that eminate from Washington. Clowns playing corn fiddles while a nation prays and strives for victory. Who is not making whatever sacrifices are needed for victory? , Yes, we will answer that one. The farm bloc, or rather a small eoterie of lobbyists, who live by preying onthe fears of congressmen and farmers. The labor rackketeers ‘who. livé by the same means. And. along with these are public servants more concerned with keeping their jobs than with: winning the war. Legislators who ‘straddle and side step. who do not lead until the wrath of con, with . Leaders (JULY MINING ISSUE Employment Increases In Gold Mines Nevada County gold mines employment increased slightly during the past month, due principally to the hiring of additional men at the Lava Cap Mining Corporation properties. The total number of men at the Lava Cap is now approximately 275, about 40 above the number at work a month ago. A survey revealed Nevada County mines now employ 1,304 men with a monthly payrolt of $195,600. Last month’s survey showed 1,282 men employed. The Empire-Star-Mines, Ltd., has approximately 500 men employed at its operating properties. .Approximately 400 are at work at the Idaho(Maryland Mines. The Spanish Mine, where 100 tons of baryte is being mined each day, has 30 men employed. Although piping has ceased at the Omega Mine, a crew of 38 men is still employed in cleaning up. The clean wp work will take about. another three weeks. The latest employment figures at the various mines are: Men = _—‘ Payroll Empire-Star Mines— HEMDIre Week Siac Estimated Pennsylania ....... 500 Geibright Total Idaho-Maryland. Mines— Idaho-Maryland .... iNew: Brunswick .... Syndicate. 2 400 60,009 Lava Cap Mines— Contral: 2.6 .32n2. 186 27,900 PRAUSHGE 2c. ae 89 3,050 Others— pepring Hill. 18 2,700 Anchoe Erie ....2.2.. 12 1,800 Mpanisn oe 3 4,500 COan 8 300 Placer Mines— : POOIS Nv 2,550 OM Gr a ee ol 38 5,700 Retief HU) 2.20. 12. 1,800 POP UAIS 2052s 1,304 $195,600 (DAHO DIVIDEND DEFERRED AGAIN Further deferment of dividend action was voted by the board of directors of the Idaho-Maryland Mines Corporation at the last meeting. The last dividend, amounting to five cents, was paid last.February from 1941 earnings. According-to W. H. French, secretary, ‘“‘the uncertainty ‘as to future labor conditions and tax}. obligations makes it imperative that ‘we preserve our present strong cash position until conditions are more stalbilized.’’ Returns To Napa— Beth Ebaugh returned Tuesday to Napa, where her husband, George, is employed, following a several days visit with friends and relatives here. a mighty people forces them _ to lead. Why are !we threatened with inflation and chaos? It is because men of little courage, or little understanding, have been afraid— that’s the word—to put a ceiling on wages, the largest factor in inflation. Why have we no centralized authority over navy and army? Because certain of our war chiefs aré more concerned ‘with their prestige than they are with ‘winning the war. The people of this country are neither morons nor children. They want no more sugar teats nor wrist slappings from Washington. They demand more fighting and less—much — less—talking. The ‘people will make ‘the sacrifices gladly. But please let us hear no more corn fiddling in the nation’s . ‘capitol. ‘We the people” have heard mothers weeping for oe sons. and general manager. Empire Oldest Operating Quartz Mine In Country The Empire Mine is in its 92nd a shutdown. The mine holds the record of being the oldest gold mine in continual operation in the United States. Interesting data on this famous Grass Valley Chamber of Commerce. It reveals the Empire Mine was. originally located by George D. Roberts“in Octobef 1850. When Woodbury, Park, and “others, enlarged their holdings by purchasing the Ophir Hill Claims in 1861, they named the mine “Empire” and _ this name has remainéd for this hist@ric and glamorous mine for 92 years. The Empire Mine has been a name that is a hotisehold word in every mining camp the world over for the past half centurg. Tt has become more than a name, more than. a mine, it has become an institution that is a living monument to fearless enterprise, bold adventure and limitless vision. ; In the spring of 1854 the Empire (Mining Company was incorporated. in 1865 new works were erected at an outlay of nearly $200,000 including a thirty stamp mill, then one of the finest in the state. In 1869, Wm. B. Bourne, Sr., purchased the Empire. At his death in 1873, William 8B. Bourne, Jr., left Oxford and came home, as his father’s financial affairs had suffered tremendously and the Empire Mines were about to be closed: The '‘manasers had decided to abandon the propert upon the advise of well known experts who pronounced the mine worked out and too deep for profitable working. Young Bourne disagreed with those findings, reorganized the company and C. F. Fargo Was the only one of the old shareholders to join the new venture. This was a period when belief iu California’s quartz mining was at its lowest ebb, Many times from 18 1883 it was only the courage, and foresight of the man who would not give up that kept the mine going. Times when bills had to ‘be’ met, with no money to meet them, and finally his efforts rewarded in 1883 when the old Empire entered a new era of prosperity. . Today this mine has over 190 miles of underground tunnels, the most modern mining machinery, and ‘produces annually 100,000 ounces of gold. The Empire Mine is the oldest quartz gold mine in continuous operation in the United States, having been in contant operation since 1850 without a shut down. Oles Boing to Hilda Isabel jHeffelfinger jand:} year of continuous operation without gold producer was secured by the 100 TONS PE

DAY HANDLED ATSPANISH Production, at the Spanish Mine has been steppéd up to 100 tons ‘of barite ore per day. E \ This mine has been under. lease for the past four years to the Industrial Minerals and’ Chemical Company. Renyold J. Penrose is now superintendent in charge. A crew of 30 men is employed at present. A crew of 10 men was employed last winter in repairing a tram line 7,500 feet in length from the upper to the lower mine. A main haulage tunnel 175 feet long was run to tap the ore at the lowest point in the present development. The contracts for 1942 production re-. quire from 15,000 to 20,000 tons. A camp, boarding house, power lines and water system are located at the Spanish. amg ANNUAL PAL MEETING OF PBWC HELD LAST NIGHT The Nevada City Business and Professional Women’s -annual Pal Party was held last night at the National Hotel with Irene Solaro and Ruth Berggren as hostesses. adjourned to the upstairs dining room where games were played, prizRisley, ‘Nellie Schifiner, Teresa Alaria. Gifts were distributed to each member present and the Pal of last year revealed. ‘Irene Solaro, Pal chairman, distributed new Pals and the meeting was adjourned. Genevieve Plliott and Dorothy Adams will be co-hostesses for the month of August when a box lunch social is planned. Here From Oakland— Shirley Bastian and son, Lennie, are visiting here with Mrs. Bastian’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Anargus. GERMAN BAR WORK TOSTART ' The Arizona Mining Journal reports the German Bar Gold Mines, Inc., has ‘been reorganized and plans are being completed for active operations at its properties above Nor. Bloomfield. Eighteen men will be employed. : The mine is.,opened by 1,800 feet of tunnels and is equipped with a thirty ton flotation mill. Edward B. Bergin of San Francisco is president FRANK BURKHART DIES INS. F. (Frank Burkhart of San Francisco a former resident of Nevada City died Sunday from.aé heart ailment] which had troubled him for a long time. Word of Burkhart’s death was received here by Mrs.Max Weiss. The deceased leaves a wife and a sister. Mr, and Mrs. Burkhart owned a home near the Methodist Church in this city and resided here a number of years. Welcome strangers bible class business meeting and social hour this evening (Thursday) at 7:30 D. m. All members and friends are cordially invited. Mrs. H. Kjorlie, president. Mrs. F. T. Nilon who Spent the past few days at the National Hotel in Nevada City returned to her home in San Francisco yesterday. ‘. G. Beloud, William J. Torpie, RayNine Nevada Countyans departed for the army yesterday. The draftees were entertained prior to their departure by the Nevada City Rotary Club. The nine had previously passed their physical examination and were given the 14 day leave to return to their homes to settle their affairs. They are John D. Conway, ‘Charles mond M. Bartsch, William P. Bartle, Glen O. Allen, Albert J. Thomas, Richard A. Pitman, Donald H. Robertson: CAPTAIN KOLBERER VISITS HERE WITH MAX WEISS ‘Captain ‘Clem Kolberer and family of wife and two children were visitors this week .at the “Mr.-and (Mrs. Max Weiss-home here. Captain Kolberer arrived in Nevada City for the visit as a lieutenant in the army but while here he received a letter notifying him he was ‘promoted to the position of captain. (Captain Kolberer’ is stationed at Camp Cook near Santa Maria. The captain’s father and Max Weiss were very close friends and ‘Captain Kolberer continued the close relationship after the death of his father. Weiss is in a hospital here recovering from an operation and the visit of Captain Kolberer and his ‘Ifamily cheered him greatly. © ----—After a delicious dinner the group; Non Suit Is' Granted In Will Case A sudden end came to the trial of the Mary A. Jefford will contest late yesterday when Superior Judge George L. Jones granted a motion by Defense Attorney James Snell for a non-suit after the contestants, the three. daughters of the deceased, had completed the presentation of . their case. . Judge Jones’ ruling will enable the son, L R. (Bob) Jefford, administrator and chief beneficiary; to continue the probate of the estate, valuin excess of $10,000. The son and hi ; wife, Wilma, were the defendants in the contested action. The contestants were Mrs. Marion Jones of Oakland, formerly of Nevada City, Mrs. Irene Foote of Auburn and Mrs. Lucille Engle of Redding. The mother cut off he daughters in her last will, made ‘approximately a year before her death, with bequests of various diamonds The end of t trial came _ three days after it opened before Judge Jones and a jury of six men and six women. The chief Witnesses for the contestants were the &three daughters. Ne Judge Jones in his ruling granting the defense motion for a non suit said he was satisfied an insufficient showing had been made that “ eneral insanity, general vnaoundness mind’’ existed at the time the will was made. He stated if such a condition exists no doubt experts would have been called to testify to that effect. This was not done. pat contestants failed to prove the issue of mental incompetency and the al-+ legations of frayd. (Regarding the charge of undue influence by the son on Mrs. Jefford the court commented that ‘it must be admitted there was no direct evidence showing the son exercised undue influence on the mother.” He said although the son may have had the opportunity to use undue influence when his mother was at his home recovering from an illness there was no evidence of any particle to show this may have been the case. Mrs. Foote and Mrs. Engle were the witnesses on the stand yesterday for the contestants. Their testimony attempted to prove their mother was of unsound mind after she had suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and that their brother used ‘‘undue influence’ on Mrs. Jefford to the end that she made the new will. U.S.0. CARNIVAL SATURDAY NIGHT (Nevada Cityans are asked to attend’ in large numbers the gigantic fun carnival to be held Saturday night in Grass Valley at the Veterans Memorial Building for the benefit of the USO. : iMoney raised through the carnival will be applied to the Nevada County USO quota, which is $3500. USO committeemen point out those who attend and spend a little money are not only having a lot of pleasure but. are also aiding in raising funds to aid in entertaining the men who are fighting for our country. Several Nevada City organizations will have concessions at the carnival, which was originally scheduled to have been held in the streets of Grass Valley but for practical reasons was transferred to the Veterans ‘Building. . Visitor Here Yésterday— J. H. Lashbaugh, who has chrome and manganese interests in the Quincy area, was a visitor in Nevada City yesterday. é Visiting In Oubtana— Mrs. Esmond Hatch left yesterday for a few days visit with relatJudge Jones said he believed the! -éves-in Oakland. A LetterVirginia, Bobbie To Be Married. A romance which began in Nevada City several years ago will culminate in marriage soon. It is that of Virginia Gold Blackwood, formerly employed by Colley’s Confectionery here, and Robert Kellog Graham, son of the Charles Grahams of this city. Both have left Nevada City but they are going to return for the wedding ceremony. Virginia, daughter of ‘Mrs. Carney of this city, is employed in a Berkeley bank and Graham . is working at Mare Island. And speaking of romances, Miss Dorothy Roberts is engageu to wed Fred Juliff of Grass Valley. Miss Roberts is now employed at Bolton’s Variety Store. : We informed you before that Joe Sbhaffi, who went, to the Hawaiian Islands two years ago to work on a national defense project, enlisted in the army asa private. Sbaffi’s address, in case you care to write to him and no doubt he would like to receive letters from his friends, is” 367th Engrs., S. S. Co. A., A. P. O. No. 957 care Postmaster, San Francisco, Calif. Bob Paine is keeping him posted on Nevada City news by sending him The Nugget. 2 ’ The Clinton Whitaker family is preparing to leave Nevada City for Kelseyville, where Whitaker has the offer of a position in a drug store. The Whitakers have been here for several years and their departure *“ will ‘be regretted by all who have known them. Dick Lane is now clearing up his affairs in the service station business ayd it is his plan to soon enter defense’work of some description in the bay area. ‘Marlin Young=.will soon leave Nevada City for Marysville, where he __ will operate the projector in a motion picture house. Young for the past several years has been’ employed by Dave Richards’ butcher shop. Eddie Powell has signed enlistment papers in the Coast Guard. He will have his physical examination in San Francisco on Tuesday. : The Nevada City Miners Foundry and Supply Company’s no serious accident record was marred when James Morrison, son of the Merle Morrisons, suffered a broken leg when a steel] plate fell upon him. The accident was just one of those things that happen and fortunately Jim is recovering satisfactorily at the Miners Hospital. Federal and state officers report a large number of defense workers. use their cars to_reach the lakes and streams in the high Sierrras for fishng : g These officers are now reporting the license numbers on these cars. Henceforth defense workers using tires for purposes other than the Principal purpose of transportation to their jobs will be denied tires. The tire rationing board is attempting to impress upon the people that there is a war on. and rubber cannot be used indiscriminately. The rationing board is deluged with requests for tires but-only~a~few tan tbe issued each month so the general public must be emphatically educated to the fact that they must conserve their rubber because at least for the present no more are forthcoming. Dick Tuttle, passed through Nevada City Sunday with his fiancee, enroute to Reno, Nev., where they were-to be married. So far we haven't noted the license in the metroolitan newspapers but no doubt the marriage was consummated .Tuttle and his bride to. be stopped here for Bobbie Schiffner, who was to. Bee company them to Reno to act. as an attendant. but unfortunately Bobbie was not immediately available and the trip had to be made without hing. Tuttle, the youngest son of Mrs. ‘Raglan, Tuttle and the late Justice © Tuttle, attended Nevada City High School. Until next ‘week twe now say. adios. : 2. Mrs. Heelan Tuttle Ferguson at her . pate raed to her