July 8, 1929 (6 pages)

% VOLUME III, NUMBER 34 2a _of the proofs of labor eg Lucky Strike Nos. aciemianiael The Nugi¢/ is California's Leading Mining Weeldy Nevada City. Nugget THE GOLD CENTER w a ala NEVADA CITY, NEVADA.COUNTY, _CALIFORNIA, _ THE COUNTY SEAT PAPER _ JULY 8, 192° 1929 PROOFS LABOR MINING CLAIMS CROWD RECORDS continuation of mining claims printed in last week’s issue of The Nugget: Stella, Mobens and Cross Ldge in Carlyle Mining District . by J. W. Barton and Robert L. Mann. Mountaineer claim by M. J. Hanrahan for Mrs. Jessie Fleming. The following is a Black Hawk claim by H. M. Stark. Tom and Jerry Nos. 1 and 2 by W.-G._Fenton. White Queen, Little Gold Pan, Little Gold Pan West, South Bend, Twin Ledges, and White Queen Ext. quartz by C. C. Bennetts. Risk, Risk Ext. Tip Top, Golden and Eagle quartz by G. W. Erway. Jenny Lind Cons. quartz by Golden F, Sherwood. Stella, Landers and Consolidated quartz by Vera “Tittles et al. Gamblers, South Scotia and Chureh Hill quartz by M. J. Brock and Joseph Slye. Kennebec Cons. Cc. B O’Connor. Hughes Ledge quartz’ Hughes et el Pacific quartz by P. J. Riley. Carson quartz by Mrs. Bessie L. H. King for Baltic Gravel Mining Co. Little Baltic placer Hare et al. Mt. Auburn Gold qua quartz by Mrs. by E. F. by Sallie C. Theresa White, Thos. Snell, nd Alfred H. White. Waukesha placer by Theodore Larsen. Mt. Emily Marguerita quartz by Charles Faulkner et al. , Posey quartz by Ollie Donnelly. Charleston quartz by W. H. Landrigan. Rising Sun and Leader quartz by Middy Benoit. Caribou mine by Wm. Maguire. Mountain Chief and Ext. by Sherman Hecker. Lupine placer by Mary Mainhart Valley View, Jackson Lake and Randolph Cons. by H. C. Schroeder Eureka placer by Theodore Largen. Thelma Agnes placer. by M. L. Edminster. : Freedom and Daybreak quartz by W. H. Norton: Deer Lick. quartz by Henry D. Emerson. Jennings placer by Mrs. George Fortier et al. Fairy quartz and Protection placer by N. F. Fairbanks. Stever quartz by M. M.Coughlan. Acton quartz by Ethel A. Counghlan. New Years, Ah Moon or Hiawatha and_ Illinois Bar placer by Eleanore Hoeft De Wein. Flat Ledge Ext. quartz by R. N. ” MeCormack. Golden Edna Martine. Big Hill placer by Ed M. quartz by Sherman Warner and Ibert McCrae. Surprise quartz, Washington and Superior “Placers by M. Crowley. “Washington Tunnel gravel by B. Pp. McCulla. 12°94, by “D. Keller. Yuba No. 1 3, Gray Eagle, Central and Blue Jay quartz by EF. tk. Sizer. Bonanza quartz by James T. Diljon. Davis Flat placer by B. Moscatelli Lucky Strike placer and Rainbows End Cons. quartz by T. C. McGagin ee Miss Christy Jane Holmes of Sacramento is visiting her father, A. M. Holmes and family. L. L. Poates, mining man of Los Angeles, is visiting Buck Bros. and looking over his mining property at Snow Point. — Miss Ada Rich has as ~ visitors -her sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.N. J. Rohr. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Bennetts of Sacramento visited relatives over the 4th in Nevada City. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Veale are here ‘ visting his old time friends in Nevada City. A Mexican was brought over by Sheriff. Carter early last week from Truckee tto do a fifty day stretch at the county rooming — house for startnea fire. . SALMON MINE LOOKS FINE WITH PAY ORE Excellent reports continue to come from the Salmon mine = at Badger Hill, which is being developed by the Parnall Gold Mines Corporation of Los Angeles. W. D. Hill managing director. The drif on the 150 level which recently opened up a very promising shoot, has a six foo tshowing of ore in the face at the present time. The high grade rock is being sacked for’ the smelter shipment while a large quantity of good milling rock is being accumulated on the dumps. A ten stamp mill is contemplated for erection this year. R. C. Leadbetter is superintendent of operations: ee = GASTON MINE SHOWS — PROMISING VALUES is being opened up on the 1500 tunnel level property at the Gaston. mine which carries much promise with it. There is a good streak of high grade running through it. President Sam Shannon. of the Rescue Eula interests operating the property, reports that June milling approximated 1500 ons of ore with the ore averaging better than previous runs, which is encouraging. The first 650 tons of the mill run produced $2000. The Gaston ore has always been a comparatively low grade proposition but the immense ore bodies on the property coupled. with its being ena working makes the handling and milling inexpensive and for good net production returns. The early installation of electric power due to the extension of the Alleghany line into ‘the Gason section, should make the Gaston one of the large producers of the county the coming year. CHATFIELD APPOINTED MINE SUPERINTENDENT Solon S. Chatfield, well known local mining man, has been appointed underground superintendent for the Humboldt Sulphur Company, operating a large property at Sulphur, near Winnemucca, Nevada. He left Friday to take up his new duties. His family will leave later to join him. : The property has been in Htigation the past year and this having been recently cleared up, the company is resuming operations on a large scale. There is a ledge ten feet wide and the ore looks like green glassy quartz. The ore is run through a 176 ton MHardinge bal) mill and concentrated. Mr. Chatfield is well and favorably known here, the family hav. ing been connected with the mining industry in this and Sierra counties for a number of years. He has lately been connected with the Murchie property for the past two ‘years. ' SEVERAL HEADS CUT OFF AT GRASS VALLEY The: inauguration .of the new city council at Grass Valley lopped off a number from the city pay roll last week. Our neighboring municipality will worry along with a smaller stock of blue coats on patrol duty, while.C. F. Lobecker, who has been city clerk for a) number of years, was retired from active duty as was Police Judge John Mulroy and City Attorney Lynne Kelly. With regard to the latter office, the council proposes to go it legally on a free lance basis, calling in the barristers as necessary. Miss Bertha Fuller is acting city clerk, George Bennetts as superintendent of public works, T. H. Williams water consultant, John Northway and Otto Rust police force. Frank Kitto dog warden and Jack Faucette garbage undertaker. _ Mrs. Mattie Eddy had as a visitor over the Fourth her sister, Miss Mina Hartman, of Sacramento. Visitors at the Charles Genasci home over the 4th were: Misses Verna Genasci, Marie Eustis,, Wil! and Leslie Ramsey, and -Mr. and Mrs, John Ramsey. A large vein. of good milling rock GRACIE SHAFT IS. BEING SUNK 150. FEET AT PRESENT Sinking of the Gracey shaft was commenced the past week and Saturday afternoon saw three sets of timbers in place. The shaf’ which is now to the 170 level is to be earried 150 deeper at nce. A winze was sunk in the drift to a deph of 56 feet on tthe vein and the or shoot continued in good values all the way which has encouraged the management to sink the shaft at once and extensive dedevelopment is to be undertaken. The property which consists of three claims on the faomus Orleans yein system was equipped with a ten stamp mill last year, and electric hoist and with a vertical two compartment shaft newly timbered -in massive fashion looks to become one of the district’s large producers in the next few years as soon as sufficient development work has been done o warrant steady operation of the mill. The Orleans vein system extending a distance of four miles from the noted Champion property on Deer.creek to Banner Mountain which contains vast mineral wealth, runs directly through the Gracie holdings and this property is in a strategic position with egard to the running of the projected four mile drain tunnel which has been held up by: litigation for the past year. SURFACE WORK STARTING AT GRAY EAGLE MINE Two new levels are being started at the Gray Eagle mine east of Downieville by the Yellow Tiger Consolidated to intersect the pay shoot picked up on the present tunnel level. These are being run in from the surface to develop further the ore body on the tunnel level, and also to intersect another ore shoot known to exist further along. If the present summer developments warrant it, new milling facilities will be installed this fall. Gordon M. Bettles is general manager and superintendent in charge of operations. © WORK AT GASTON IS PROCEEDING NICELY In the illness of general manager Otto B. Schiffner of the Rescue Eula interests, Gordon M. Bettles is looking after the Gaston — property and keeping the wheels moving. The last cleanup at the mill has proved somewhat more satisfactory than had been expected. Development work is proceeding steadily and with the installation of electric power facilities it is expected that developmient work on a much lareer scale will be undertaken. The main system exposes an enormous ore body which is characteristic of the Gaston property. ROLLO WRIGHT NAMED TITLE COMPANY AGENT Rollo Wright, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Wright has been named as manager of the Nevada County business of the Inter County -Title Company, succeeding Mrs. Anna Tucker who has been acting in that capacity for some years past. The appointment came in the nature of a great surprise as Mrs. Tucker has been exceedingly popular with those who have occasion to transact business at the court house and with the title company. The change was effective Monday. Mr. Wright has been connected with the company office at Sacramento and is well versed in title matters and. will make his company an efficient representative. Fred Kuhfield of Forest City was in Nevada City over the Fourth. He Jstated great Jnterest waa being taken in mining in that scction. Miss Fidella Legg came trom Cooperston, N. Y., for a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George A. Lege. t TURPENTINE 10 BE REFINED BY END OF MONTH Work of installing the ery of the California Timber Products, Inc., is progressing satisfactorily and the new plant should be ready to function by the end of the present month, according to normal calculations. There are sixteen. tons of raw gum ready for the refinery already in storage and there will be around 20 tons ready operations. The plant when operation will utilize around ten tons per day which willl call for a much larger production from tapping. ss The brick work surrounding the pipe coils is now being installed by E. S. Matteson and will be rushed to completion. A new steam boiler has been purchased and will be installed at once. An item of interest is that some of the best workers in the timber who were able to make but 500 cuts per day at the start have now been able to work up to 2000 cuts per day which is the eastern standard. Visitors at Lake Vera are able to observe some of the tapping operations along the roadside. on the Tom Mooney tract. More cuts are being used on some of the trees than are regularly employed as those heavily tapped are to be cut off later. By the present method of tapping, the trees are preserved indefinitely where the owner does not desire to utilize the tree for wood or: lumber. The company’ gives a written guarantee that it will not destroy any timber by reason of tapping. The coming of the turpentine industry to Nevada county means a great deal for the future prosperity of the county and Nevada City This major industry was one of the accomplishments of the Chamber of Commerce and the local papers. PROMOTION BODY ASKS $5000 APPROPRIATION At a meeting of the Directors of the Development Asasociation and the Promotion Board held in the supervsors’ chambers Monday night, the proposal that the sum of $5000 be included in the next tax budget for the use of the Promotion Board was made. It was” estimated that this would raise the tax rate considerably. The proposition was also put forward to amalgamate the two organizations, the Development Association presumably to lose its identity in the process and its fund of $2000 annually to be added to the $5000. The Promotion Board was well represented at the meeting and many arguments were advanced in behali of the $5000 proposal. At the meeting for the opening of in. full of the board of supervisors Tuesday morning the request for the appropriation was formally made and a recital of the accomplishments of the Promotion, Board for the past year was given, together with endorsement by the Grass Valley Chamber of Commerce the Truckee Chamber of Commerce and the. Nevada County Farm Bureau. The matter was taken under advisement by the board. NEW PUMPER UNIT ON FIRE TRUCK ISNTALLED The new pumper unit which. has been installed on Truck No. 3 of the Nevada City Fire Deparment has been given its initial .tests and is now ready for:use. It is attached on the front end of the truck and ‘delivers two full streams with greater pressure than the gravity pressure used here. The purchase of: the unit was made from. the department funds. Arthur Kent of Bisbee, Arizona, Was a recent guest of his cousin, Miss Marie Jeffrey. Miss Alex Donaldson of Valley Ranch, New Mexico, is here visiting Mrs: W. C. Austin. the 4h of July in Nevada City. MINING LOCATIONS ARE PLACED COl COUNTY RECORD The following mining: locations equipment at the turpentine Tee . have been filed for record at the court house the past week: et : Caledonia placer claim in French new , Corral ravine by Lawrence E. Calanan. Bear River and Polar Bear quartz in Bear River Mining Disrict by George H. Shirkey. The Bear Cat quartz in Bear River Mining District by Grass Valley Chamber of Commerce. Esther placer, in Bridgeport Mining District by O. F. Donnelly. Caribou placer amended location in Little York Mining District ‘by William Maguire. Snow Angel claim in Bowman Ravine by W. H. Clarke. Commonwealth Mining District by W. H. Clarke. Neversweat quartz ‘claim A. 7 in bDureka Keller and in Washington Mining District by Thomas Henry Compton. Hidden Treasure quartz in Washington Mining District by Lester . Bell. JACK POT SHOWING DEVELOPMENT WORK The. Jack Pot gold eret Canyon east mine in Seof Downieville is making good progress in the tunnel! development work. A 300-foot nel has been completed asfaras a fissure vein and a drift on the vein un; has been run 25 feet. The work tunnel is to .be run another 100 feet to tap a known pay shoot, which will give 150 feet of backs and from which it is reported that $30,000 was taken out in the early days in the first 40 feet. This was milled -with an arastra using water from Secret Canyon for power. ‘in Secret .Girls was a bower Bradley Arnhart of Roseville spent . The vein is a true fissure vein running 4 to 20 feet wide, crosscutting country rock stone and porphyry. that the erosion of slate, sandIt is tnought of this vein was one of the feeders of the placer gold Canyon which prduced thousands in the early days, with no showing of washed boulders in the dumps of that day. many Charles Brewer is in charge of operations. GRASS VALLEY SHOWS * FINE CELEBRATION The Fourth of July celebration staged by public spirited citizens of Grass Valley was one of tie ‘tines! yet held in the county, particularly so when it was on such short notice. The parade was one of startline beauty and many . striking de signs . were worked out in the floats. The float designed for. the Chamber of Cmmerece and Pocahontas of beauty ,being covered with flowers and having three charming young ladies as its occupants, the Misses Alberta Baker, Eileen Huy and Zoe Tredennick. Sargent Huson of the craft as navigator. was apretty float with a Nevada City Golden Key was much com mented on, Frank Davies The parking well carried out confusion in the visiting cars. well carried acted as pilot Muller Chapman Hydraulie Parlor and one and and was. prepared by and Elza Kilroy. arrangements were and there was no large number of The celebration out throughout. To Rey. E. O. Chapel and William Sampson who sponsored the affair is due much credit as well as the many workers who stepped to help. was in Miss Luellle own, New York, father, Sher Mr. and Los Angeles Marsh is here visiting her aan Marsh. {rs. Curtis Locklin. of were he guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Eden’ over he 4th Mr. and Mrs. I. J. Dubourdieu are here from Taft on a vsit with her parents, Mr. and. Mrs. J. B. Young. Mrs. B. Manchester of Sacramento has been a guest of the Dubourdieus Ellsworth Colley of Tudor’ was a visitor at his father’s home over the 4th of July. Miss Marie Young has returned from a visit’in_the southern part of of Coopers‘ounces of gold valued at $1,955,307. j but the output is negligible, the totul production being but $162,372. Siskiyou shows 14 quartz and 65— placer with a total production of $85,717. Placer county with 6 quartz and 88 placer shows production of $71,959. Plumas with 10 quartz and 36 placer produced ~ . $332,634. Yuba county leads in toNEVADA COUNTY PRODUCES NEAR 2 MILLIONS GOLD By the figures just released by the United States Deparment of Commerce, the production of gold in Nevada county the past year reached almost two miliion dollars from 16 quartz and 34 placer operating properties. The exact amount recorded was $1,994,002. : There were 219,264 tons of ore mined to produce 94,587.98 fine Amador county which leads slightly in gold production shows 107,55-64 fine ounces from 408,045 tons of ore which Nevada county ore to be much in gold content than the Mother lode country, by @ considerable margin in fact nearly 100 per cent better. From an investment standpoint this is of considerable interest as showing that our ore is of high value. Amador has thirteen working quartz mines against. sixteen for Nevada while Nevada has 34. placer’ properties , operating as aganst 12 for Amador. Calaveras county shows 23 quartz and 25 gravel properties working shows higher tal suadueien with $2 most entirely from Hammonton. Sierra county has a respectable output of gold with 11 quartz and 30 placer properties showing a total production of $674,855. From 31,796 ,304,377, althe dredgers at tons of ore came 31,117.42 unces of gold, or nearly an ounce per ton which is quite some showing, largely due to the production of che famous Sixteen to-One at Alleghany. ae California’s gold production dropped off nearly a million dollars in 1928 over 1927 but showed an increase in production of quartz gold of over $100,000 which is a favorable omen. The Sacramento Valley farmers: with their age old prejudice against the production of placer gold can be charged with the decrease in that department. WILTSEE PRODUC. AN INTERESTING ARTICLE Ernest Wiltsee, and old time miner cf the Grass Valley d:.trict and at one time assistant nager of the Empire Ceorge Starr, has written an interesting story enmy mine under titled, ‘When The P.ck Mule Express Was The United “tates Mail’. The ‘article was first printed in the Apr, 1929, issue. Some very , interesting pictures of exprss stamps covering postage are printed in the article. A copy of the article is at this office and\may be seen by any interested persons. SUBSCRIBER ASKS FOR GOOD LOOKING MINES ee An eastern subscriber to The Nugget writes the following letter which we are publishing. Being a recent subscirber i to your paper I would gladly appreciate if you would kindly answer these judge: 1. What is oe ared County? _ 2. How many profitable mines are there in. theNevada City District actually producing? 3 Could you name two or three mines which are at present in the develupmentstage and are most likely to become real producers.? I shall appreciate your reply very much. of Nevada Here is a chane. for evreybody who thinks they have a good looking property in this vicinity to write. to this paper telling what they think their prospects are and— ‘we will forward them to the party in question. Get ‘busy. ignition Parts and Accesories at : the state. Miner’s Foundry. ‘24tt

% VOLUME III, NUMBER 34 2a _of the proofs of labor eg Lucky Strike Nos. aciemianiael The Nugi¢/ is California's Leading Mining Weeldy Nevada City. Nugget THE GOLD CENTER w a ala NEVADA CITY, NEVADA.COUNTY, _CALIFORNIA, _ THE COUNTY SEAT PAPER _ JULY 8, 192° 1929 PROOFS LABOR MINING CLAIMS CROWD RECORDS continuation of mining claims printed in last week’s issue of The Nugget: Stella, Mobens and Cross Ldge in Carlyle Mining District . by J. W. Barton and Robert L. Mann. Mountaineer claim by M. J. Hanrahan for Mrs. Jessie Fleming. The following is a Black Hawk claim by H. M. Stark. Tom and Jerry Nos. 1 and 2 by W.-G._Fenton. White Queen, Little Gold Pan, Little Gold Pan West, South Bend, Twin Ledges, and White Queen Ext. quartz by C. C. Bennetts. Risk, Risk Ext. Tip Top, Golden and Eagle quartz by G. W. Erway. Jenny Lind Cons. quartz by Golden F, Sherwood. Stella, Landers and Consolidated quartz by Vera “Tittles et al. Gamblers, South Scotia and Chureh Hill quartz by M. J. Brock and Joseph Slye. Kennebec Cons. Cc. B O’Connor. Hughes Ledge quartz’ Hughes et el Pacific quartz by P. J. Riley. Carson quartz by Mrs. Bessie L. H. King for Baltic Gravel Mining Co. Little Baltic placer Hare et al. Mt. Auburn Gold qua quartz by Mrs. by E. F. by Sallie C. Theresa White, Thos. Snell, nd Alfred H. White. Waukesha placer by Theodore Larsen. Mt. Emily Marguerita quartz by Charles Faulkner et al. , Posey quartz by Ollie Donnelly. Charleston quartz by W. H. Landrigan. Rising Sun and Leader quartz by Middy Benoit. Caribou mine by Wm. Maguire. Mountain Chief and Ext. by Sherman Hecker. Lupine placer by Mary Mainhart Valley View, Jackson Lake and Randolph Cons. by H. C. Schroeder Eureka placer by Theodore Largen. Thelma Agnes placer. by M. L. Edminster. : Freedom and Daybreak quartz by W. H. Norton: Deer Lick. quartz by Henry D. Emerson. Jennings placer by Mrs. George Fortier et al. Fairy quartz and Protection placer by N. F. Fairbanks. Stever quartz by M. M.Coughlan. Acton quartz by Ethel A. Counghlan. New Years, Ah Moon or Hiawatha and_ Illinois Bar placer by Eleanore Hoeft De Wein. Flat Ledge Ext. quartz by R. N. ” MeCormack. Golden Edna Martine. Big Hill placer by Ed M. quartz by Sherman Warner and Ibert McCrae. Surprise quartz, Washington and Superior “Placers by M. Crowley. “Washington Tunnel gravel by B. Pp. McCulla. 12°94, by “D. Keller. Yuba No. 1 3, Gray Eagle, Central and Blue Jay quartz by EF. tk. Sizer. Bonanza quartz by James T. Diljon. Davis Flat placer by B. Moscatelli Lucky Strike placer and Rainbows End Cons. quartz by T. C. McGagin ee Miss Christy Jane Holmes of Sacramento is visiting her father, A. M. Holmes and family. L. L. Poates, mining man of Los Angeles, is visiting Buck Bros. and looking over his mining property at Snow Point. — Miss Ada Rich has as ~ visitors -her sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.N. J. Rohr. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Bennetts of Sacramento visited relatives over the 4th in Nevada City. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Veale are here ‘ visting his old time friends in Nevada City. A Mexican was brought over by Sheriff. Carter early last week from Truckee tto do a fifty day stretch at the county rooming — house for startnea fire. . SALMON MINE LOOKS FINE WITH PAY ORE Excellent reports continue to come from the Salmon mine = at Badger Hill, which is being developed by the Parnall Gold Mines Corporation of Los Angeles. W. D. Hill managing director. The drif on the 150 level which recently opened up a very promising shoot, has a six foo tshowing of ore in the face at the present time. The high grade rock is being sacked for’ the smelter shipment while a large quantity of good milling rock is being accumulated on the dumps. A ten stamp mill is contemplated for erection this year. R. C. Leadbetter is superintendent of operations: ee = GASTON MINE SHOWS — PROMISING VALUES is being opened up on the 1500 tunnel level property at the Gaston. mine which carries much promise with it. There is a good streak of high grade running through it. President Sam Shannon. of the Rescue Eula interests operating the property, reports that June milling approximated 1500 ons of ore with the ore averaging better than previous runs, which is encouraging. The first 650 tons of the mill run produced $2000. The Gaston ore has always been a comparatively low grade proposition but the immense ore bodies on the property coupled. with its being ena working makes the handling and milling inexpensive and for good net production returns. The early installation of electric power due to the extension of the Alleghany line into ‘the Gason section, should make the Gaston one of the large producers of the county the coming year. CHATFIELD APPOINTED MINE SUPERINTENDENT Solon S. Chatfield, well known local mining man, has been appointed underground superintendent for the Humboldt Sulphur Company, operating a large property at Sulphur, near Winnemucca, Nevada. He left Friday to take up his new duties. His family will leave later to join him. : The property has been in Htigation the past year and this having been recently cleared up, the company is resuming operations on a large scale. There is a ledge ten feet wide and the ore looks like green glassy quartz. The ore is run through a 176 ton MHardinge bal) mill and concentrated. Mr. Chatfield is well and favorably known here, the family hav. ing been connected with the mining industry in this and Sierra counties for a number of years. He has lately been connected with the Murchie property for the past two ‘years. ' SEVERAL HEADS CUT OFF AT GRASS VALLEY The: inauguration .of the new city council at Grass Valley lopped off a number from the city pay roll last week. Our neighboring municipality will worry along with a smaller stock of blue coats on patrol duty, while.C. F. Lobecker, who has been city clerk for a) number of years, was retired from active duty as was Police Judge John Mulroy and City Attorney Lynne Kelly. With regard to the latter office, the council proposes to go it legally on a free lance basis, calling in the barristers as necessary. Miss Bertha Fuller is acting city clerk, George Bennetts as superintendent of public works, T. H. Williams water consultant, John Northway and Otto Rust police force. Frank Kitto dog warden and Jack Faucette garbage undertaker. _ Mrs. Mattie Eddy had as a visitor over the Fourth her sister, Miss Mina Hartman, of Sacramento. Visitors at the Charles Genasci home over the 4th were: Misses Verna Genasci, Marie Eustis,, Wil! and Leslie Ramsey, and -Mr. and Mrs, John Ramsey. A large vein. of good milling rock GRACIE SHAFT IS. BEING SUNK 150. FEET AT PRESENT Sinking of the Gracey shaft was commenced the past week and Saturday afternoon saw three sets of timbers in place. The shaf’ which is now to the 170 level is to be earried 150 deeper at nce. A winze was sunk in the drift to a deph of 56 feet on tthe vein and the or shoot continued in good values all the way which has encouraged the management to sink the shaft at once and extensive dedevelopment is to be undertaken. The property which consists of three claims on the faomus Orleans yein system was equipped with a ten stamp mill last year, and electric hoist and with a vertical two compartment shaft newly timbered -in massive fashion looks to become one of the district’s large producers in the next few years as soon as sufficient development work has been done o warrant steady operation of the mill. The Orleans vein system extending a distance of four miles from the noted Champion property on Deer.creek to Banner Mountain which contains vast mineral wealth, runs directly through the Gracie holdings and this property is in a strategic position with egard to the running of the projected four mile drain tunnel which has been held up by: litigation for the past year. SURFACE WORK STARTING AT GRAY EAGLE MINE Two new levels are being started at the Gray Eagle mine east of Downieville by the Yellow Tiger Consolidated to intersect the pay shoot picked up on the present tunnel level. These are being run in from the surface to develop further the ore body on the tunnel level, and also to intersect another ore shoot known to exist further along. If the present summer developments warrant it, new milling facilities will be installed this fall. Gordon M. Bettles is general manager and superintendent in charge of operations. © WORK AT GASTON IS PROCEEDING NICELY In the illness of general manager Otto B. Schiffner of the Rescue Eula interests, Gordon M. Bettles is looking after the Gaston — property and keeping the wheels moving. The last cleanup at the mill has proved somewhat more satisfactory than had been expected. Development work is proceeding steadily and with the installation of electric power facilities it is expected that developmient work on a much lareer scale will be undertaken. The main system exposes an enormous ore body which is characteristic of the Gaston property. ROLLO WRIGHT NAMED TITLE COMPANY AGENT Rollo Wright, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Wright has been named as manager of the Nevada County business of the Inter County -Title Company, succeeding Mrs. Anna Tucker who has been acting in that capacity for some years past. The appointment came in the nature of a great surprise as Mrs. Tucker has been exceedingly popular with those who have occasion to transact business at the court house and with the title company. The change was effective Monday. Mr. Wright has been connected with the company office at Sacramento and is well versed in title matters and. will make his company an efficient representative. Fred Kuhfield of Forest City was in Nevada City over the Fourth. He Jstated great Jnterest waa being taken in mining in that scction. Miss Fidella Legg came trom Cooperston, N. Y., for a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George A. Lege. t TURPENTINE 10 BE REFINED BY END OF MONTH Work of installing the ery of the California Timber Products, Inc., is progressing satisfactorily and the new plant should be ready to function by the end of the present month, according to normal calculations. There are sixteen. tons of raw gum ready for the refinery already in storage and there will be around 20 tons ready operations. The plant when

operation will utilize around ten tons per day which willl call for a much larger production from tapping. ss The brick work surrounding the pipe coils is now being installed by E. S. Matteson and will be rushed to completion. A new steam boiler has been purchased and will be installed at once. An item of interest is that some of the best workers in the timber who were able to make but 500 cuts per day at the start have now been able to work up to 2000 cuts per day which is the eastern standard. Visitors at Lake Vera are able to observe some of the tapping operations along the roadside. on the Tom Mooney tract. More cuts are being used on some of the trees than are regularly employed as those heavily tapped are to be cut off later. By the present method of tapping, the trees are preserved indefinitely where the owner does not desire to utilize the tree for wood or: lumber. The company’ gives a written guarantee that it will not destroy any timber by reason of tapping. The coming of the turpentine industry to Nevada county means a great deal for the future prosperity of the county and Nevada City This major industry was one of the accomplishments of the Chamber of Commerce and the local papers. PROMOTION BODY ASKS $5000 APPROPRIATION At a meeting of the Directors of the Development Asasociation and the Promotion Board held in the supervsors’ chambers Monday night, the proposal that the sum of $5000 be included in the next tax budget for the use of the Promotion Board was made. It was” estimated that this would raise the tax rate considerably. The proposition was also put forward to amalgamate the two organizations, the Development Association presumably to lose its identity in the process and its fund of $2000 annually to be added to the $5000. The Promotion Board was well represented at the meeting and many arguments were advanced in behali of the $5000 proposal. At the meeting for the opening of in. full of the board of supervisors Tuesday morning the request for the appropriation was formally made and a recital of the accomplishments of the Promotion, Board for the past year was given, together with endorsement by the Grass Valley Chamber of Commerce the Truckee Chamber of Commerce and the. Nevada County Farm Bureau. The matter was taken under advisement by the board. NEW PUMPER UNIT ON FIRE TRUCK ISNTALLED The new pumper unit which. has been installed on Truck No. 3 of the Nevada City Fire Deparment has been given its initial .tests and is now ready for:use. It is attached on the front end of the truck and ‘delivers two full streams with greater pressure than the gravity pressure used here. The purchase of: the unit was made from. the department funds. Arthur Kent of Bisbee, Arizona, Was a recent guest of his cousin, Miss Marie Jeffrey. Miss Alex Donaldson of Valley Ranch, New Mexico, is here visiting Mrs: W. C. Austin. the 4h of July in Nevada City. MINING LOCATIONS ARE PLACED COl COUNTY RECORD The following mining: locations equipment at the turpentine Tee . have been filed for record at the court house the past week: et : Caledonia placer claim in French new , Corral ravine by Lawrence E. Calanan. Bear River and Polar Bear quartz in Bear River Mining Disrict by George H. Shirkey. The Bear Cat quartz in Bear River Mining District by Grass Valley Chamber of Commerce. Esther placer, in Bridgeport Mining District by O. F. Donnelly. Caribou placer amended location in Little York Mining District ‘by William Maguire. Snow Angel claim in Bowman Ravine by W. H. Clarke. Commonwealth Mining District by W. H. Clarke. Neversweat quartz ‘claim A. 7 in bDureka Keller and in Washington Mining District by Thomas Henry Compton. Hidden Treasure quartz in Washington Mining District by Lester . Bell. JACK POT SHOWING DEVELOPMENT WORK The. Jack Pot gold eret Canyon east mine in Seof Downieville is making good progress in the tunnel! development work. A 300-foot nel has been completed asfaras a fissure vein and a drift on the vein un; has been run 25 feet. The work tunnel is to .be run another 100 feet to tap a known pay shoot, which will give 150 feet of backs and from which it is reported that $30,000 was taken out in the early days in the first 40 feet.. This was milled -with an arastra using water from Secret Canyon for power. ‘in Secret .Girls was a bower Bradley Arnhart of Roseville spent . The vein is a true fissure vein running 4 to 20 feet wide, crosscutting country rock stone and porphyry. that the erosion of slate, sandIt is tnought of this vein was one of the feeders of the placer gold Canyon which prduced thousands in the early days, with no showing of washed boulders in the dumps of that day. many Charles Brewer is in charge of operations. GRASS VALLEY SHOWS * FINE CELEBRATION The Fourth of July celebration staged by public spirited citizens of Grass Valley was one of tie ‘tines! yet held in the county, particularly so when it was on such short notice. The parade was one of startline beauty and many . striking de signs . were worked out in the floats. The float designed for. the Chamber of Cmmerece and Pocahontas of beauty ,being covered with flowers and having three charming young ladies as its occupants, the Misses Alberta Baker, Eileen Huy and Zoe Tredennick. Sargent Huson of the craft as navigator. was apretty float with a Nevada City Golden Key was much com mented on, Frank Davies The parking well carried out confusion in the visiting cars. well carried acted as pilot Muller Chapman Hydraulie Parlor and one and and was. prepared by and Elza Kilroy. arrangements were and there was no large number of The celebration out throughout. To Rey. E. O. Chapel and William Sampson who sponsored the affair is due much credit as well as the many workers who stepped to help. was in Miss Luellle own, New York, father, Sher Mr. and Los Angeles Marsh is here visiting her aan Marsh. {rs. Curtis Locklin. of were he guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Eden’ over he 4th Mr. and Mrs. I. J. Dubourdieu are here from Taft on a vsit with her parents, Mr. and. Mrs. J. B. Young. Mrs. B. Manchester of Sacramento has been a guest of the Dubourdieus Ellsworth Colley of Tudor’ was a visitor at his father’s home over the 4th of July. Miss Marie Young has returned from a visit’in_the southern part of of Coopers‘ounces of gold valued at $1,955,307. j but the output is negligible, the totul production being but $162,372. Siskiyou shows 14 quartz and 65— placer with a total production of $85,717. Placer county with 6 quartz and 88 placer shows production of $71,959. Plumas with 10 quartz and 36 placer produced ~ . $332,634. Yuba county leads in toNEVADA COUNTY PRODUCES NEAR 2 MILLIONS GOLD By the figures just released by the United States Deparment of Commerce, the production of gold in Nevada county the past year reached almost two miliion dollars from 16 quartz and 34 placer operating properties. The exact amount recorded was $1,994,002. : There were 219,264 tons of ore mined to produce 94,587.98 fine Amador county which leads slightly in gold production shows 107,55-64 fine ounces from 408,045 tons of ore which Nevada county ore to be much in gold content than the Mother lode country, by @ considerable margin in fact nearly 100 per cent better. From an investment standpoint this is of considerable interest as showing that our ore is of high value. Amador has thirteen working quartz mines against. sixteen for Nevada while Nevada has 34. placer’ properties , operating as aganst 12 for Amador. Calaveras county shows 23 quartz and 25 gravel properties working shows higher tal suadueien with $2 most entirely from Hammonton. Sierra county has a respectable output of gold with 11 quartz and 30 placer properties showing a total production of $674,855. From 31,796 ,304,377, althe dredgers at tons of ore came 31,117.42 unces of gold, or nearly an ounce per ton which is quite some showing, largely due to the production of che famous Sixteen to-One at Alleghany. ae California’s gold production dropped off nearly a million dollars in 1928 over 1927 but showed an increase in production of quartz gold of over $100,000 which is a favorable omen. The Sacramento Valley farmers: with their age old prejudice against the production of placer gold can be charged with the decrease in that department. WILTSEE PRODUC. AN INTERESTING ARTICLE Ernest Wiltsee, and old time miner cf the Grass Valley d:.trict and at one time assistant nager of the Empire Ceorge Starr, has written an interesting story enmy mine under titled, ‘When The P.ck Mule Express Was The United “tates Mail’. The ‘article was first printed in the Apr, 1929, issue. Some very , interesting pictures of exprss stamps covering postage are printed in the article. A copy of the article is at this office and\may be seen by any interested persons. SUBSCRIBER ASKS FOR GOOD LOOKING MINES ee An eastern subscriber to The Nugget writes the following letter which we are publishing. Being a recent subscirber i to your paper I would gladly appreciate if you would kindly answer these judge: 1. What is oe ared County? _ 2. How many profitable mines are there in. theNevada City District actually producing? 3 Could you name two or three mines which are at present in the develupmentstage and are most likely to become real producers.? I shall appreciate your reply very much. of Nevada Here is a chane. for evreybody who thinks they have a good looking property in this vicinity to write. to this paper telling what they think their prospects are and— ‘we will forward them to the party in question. Get ‘busy. ignition Parts and Accesories at : the state. Miner’s Foundry. ‘24tt