June 23, 1930 (8 pages)

i P ‘Devélopment of this property has ~w~.gun and well under way to conof permanency and justifies the abanA. Zanocco. ,was instantly killed at and failing to find Zanocco at his’ staing removed to the Holmes Funeral -perty belonging to Latta and Mills, , for the season, the water having fail—% e \ The Nugget is California’ s Leading Mining Weeldy Nevada City Nugget = VOLUME IV, NUMBER 31 THE GOLD CENTER NEVADA CITY, NEVADA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, THE COUNTY SEAT PAPER JUNE 23, 1930 JOHNSON BUYS SIERRA COUNTY MINING CLAIMS' We are informed that State Treasurer Charles G:dahnson has purchased the group of claims owned by the Strand interests near Downieville, knwn as the Fafayette, Buckeye and Extension, together with G. and C laims. This makes the Kirkpatrick mining property. cntiguous, with a total of eighteen claims. tact with the tunnels of the Magnolia claim, in which has been Iocated a definite gravel channel. Crosscutting of the west rim, through a gravel bed eight._to sixteen feet in. } in depth, with values running from $4 to $6 per car, is now in progress. This tunnel is said to give evidence donment of the present equipment and the installation of electric power and more modern machinery. Water rights have been acquired which will permit of sluicing during the entire year. The Kirkpatrick mines, under the Management of George Nightengale, will develop increased production immediately and in the judgment of good mining authorities, the claims now owned by the company are considered one of the strongest and best mining properties in the state. JAKE ZANOCCO KILLED ~ AT MURCHIE THURSDAY One of Nevada City’s most promising and best loved young men, Jake the Murchie mine about 1 o’clock Thursday morning by, in some ‘unknown manner, falling from the 1100 level to the bottom of the’ sump, about 150 feet. He was the skip tender at the 1100 level, and when he failed to respond to the signal for the skip shortly after 1 o’clock, felJew workers were sent to investigate. tion ordered the skip lowered to the bottom of the shaft and there in the sump was fund the crushed and mangled body. Dr. Swayze was immediately summoned and pronounced the young man dead, the body beHome. Jake Zanocco was a native of Nevada City, having been born here November 8, 1906. After graduating from the ~-Nevada — City -grammar school he was for a time employed by his father in his teaming business, later working as a truck driver. He had been at-the Murchie for the past eight months. 3 To his many friends Jake was known as a jolly, happy and carefree young man who was always ready to do his part: in any undertaking and he will be sadly missed by all who knew him. Surviving him are his father ‘and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Jake Zanocco, two brothers Fred and William and a sister, Mrs. Jessie Costa, all of Nevada City and Mrs. Jane Harris of Sacramento and Mrs. Loretta Mrandi of Grass Valley, sisters. The funeral was held from the Holmes Funeral Home last Sunday at 3:30 o’clock, Rev. H. H. Buckner officiating. SIERRA COUNTY MINING DOWNIEVILLE, June 21.—(Special to The Nugget )—-Addison Brown is well underway with his shaft at the Triple Pocket mine, south of Downieville. The shaft is to be 200 feet deep, following the footwall of ‘ 3 Triple Pocket vein. Brown has a crew of three men eniployed at the present time. County Surveyor Geo. F. Taylor, J. K. Latta and D, W. Mills left Thursday for Crescent Mills, Plumas Co., where they will survey mining proThe Montrose Hydraulic Mine, east of Downieville, has closed down ed. Superintendent Davison reports a@ poor water season. __ R. F. Taylor.and Lavier Thomas returned from the gravel mines of northern Sierra County where ;:they have been surveying. ff. Vv Orange Ice now en sale ‘at Colley’s POWER AND LIGHTS WILL BE TURNED OFF The power will be off from 1 p.m. until 4 p. m. on Monday; Wednesday and Friday, June 23, 25 and 27. This is done to remove the danger to the workmen, and expedite the work of changing the wires for the installation of the new street lights, which the P. G. & E. Company hope:to have installed by July Ist. The work of changing the 4000 lines is very dangerous when handled aliye, and has to be done with the utmost care; rubber mats and }hose have to be placed on the wires, and the workmen use rubber gloves at all times. The corner, or junction poles, where the wires go off in different directions are especially damgérous, and it is from these poles that the men have their greatest risks. There are several of these poles on this job, which starts at the Nevada City sub station, continues to Broad street, Broad street from the Plaza to the Tahoe-Ukiah highway, from the Pine street bridge to Commercial street, down Commercial street to the Plaza. The poles, about thirty in number have all been set, and the stringing in of the mew wires will start Monday. The Auburn boys, who are doing this work under the supervision of Harry Couger, are very grateful to! ; celebration two years ago. the business men, and the larger users of electricity, who have consented to this shut down, and also to all others who venienced by the turning ff ofthe ; power on these days. JOHN ANDREW JAMES PASSES AWAY SUNDAY . FOURTH OF JULY NEVADA CITY WILL CELEBRATION AT BE GREAT SUCCESS An enthusiastic and rousing meeting was held Saturday evening for the purpose of making definite plans for the Fourth of July celebration. Over forty people attended and all; promised with one and possibly two pledged themselves to help out in the preparations necessary to get ready for the big celebration. Chairman Ed Uren of the Concessions Committee declared himself the store windows .The store owners have offered to cooperate by placing the relics in their display windows. The parade committee reported that 30 floats of all nature had been covered wagons. An ox team may be: procured. Spanish, War Veterans of Roseville have accepted the invitation of the committee to partciipate in the parade and plan to come here discouraged by the lack of coopera-'! tion and rather overwhelmed by the tremendous task and was in favor, of postponing the matter to.a later i date. However, since the invitations ; riages and another section will carry have gone out and many have been , accepted for a ’49 celebration it was decided that everyone should put their shoulder to the wheel and put the thing over even though the time is short to do so. General Chairman Frank Davies urged the importance of everyone in the community getting behind and helping as it is too big a task to be-handled by a handful of people. Vincent Foley of the finance com-; program will contain a coupon which mittee reported that his committee, thad raised almost the amount necespeople more to see. There was a substantial amount left over from the It was suggested that the ’49 featurés be kept to Commercial street . may be incon} and this was decided upon as most . feasible. Arbogast Brothers have offered to donate slabs from their saw; mill to be used on the fronts of the buildings to give them the atmosphere of the early days. The—old brick buildings will be left as they are and only the more modern wood' en ones converted. Many of the old Jobn Andrew Janek of Lost Hil. buildings will be converted into conpassed away late Sunday evening after an illness of two years. He was the oldest son of Mrs. Nancy James and the late Andrew James who passed away just seven months ago. John James was born in Central City, North Dakota, May 18, 1905. When the lad was six years old the family moved to Nevada City where the family have resided ever since with the exception of nine months spent in Arizona in 1918. He attended the local schools. For two years he worked for the American Railway -xpress Company and won. many friends by his quiet manner and kind thoughtfulness. He was taken ill with influenza two years ago and tuberculosis developed from which he never recovered. He leaves to mourn him besides his sorrowing mother, three brothers, William, Richard and Robert, all of Nevada City. .He also leaves a grandmother, Mrs. Mary Hill, who came up from Sacramento to be with Mrs. James and was accompaiiied by her daughters, Mrs. G. M. Cookie and Mrs. Bessie Renfree. Other aunts and uncles live in other states. John James is an uncle of the deceased. No arrangements have been made for the funeral. ARIZONA MINE WILL START WASHING GRAVEL DOWNIEVILLE, June 22.—(Special to The Nugget.)—-Washing of gravel will start within a few days at the Arizona Mine, according to H/ B. McCormick, one of the owners. While McCormick makes no predictions as to the value of the gravel, he declares that is is of good quality, and believes that he is near the edge of the disturbed ground. Several months ago The Nugget published a story about the striking of pipe-clay at the Arizona. The present find 6f gravel is evidence that McCormick is near the pay-streak. WATER CONSUMPTION MUST BE CURTAILED Figures compiled by L. W.: Jennings, superintendent of the local water system, show the daily -per capita water consumption of Nevada City to be 1300 gallons. If this rate . of using water is continued it will be necessary to establish certain hours for irrigating as this amount of water is several times in excess of the needed water to supply all the needs of the community. ' cessions of the ’49er featurer. Chairman Frank Davies explained that some of the townspeople misunderstood the idea of the °49 camp. While the atmosphere will be of the! *49 there will be nothing of roughness about the concessions. Paper money will be printed and sold for 50 cents a stack. All buying and gaming will be done with the paper money and everyone is guaranteed to ‘get their money’s worth for the 50 cents. The main idea of carrying out the "49 camp was to raise enough money enough to finance the airport which. is so dear to the heart of every loyal Nevada Citian. Miss Lenore Stenger was appoint-/ ed as chairman of the committee ko gather antiques to be displayed/in . in the wonderful gold mine sary for the budget with about 20) thirty strong. It is impossible to get enough horses to use. for the floats’ so one ‘division will be devoted to horse carout the idea with motor driven. vehicles. Chief Jim Dick and his: tribe ‘of Indians will be here again ‘this year. Another colorful feature of the parade will be the old Chinese characters which were an important part . of the early day life in this section of California. Programs are being raneed and! will be’sold at a nominal sum: Each will entitle the holder to a chance and homesite which is t obe given away. This is one of the: very special feat-! ures of the celebration and should } draw many people from out of town. The mining location is being donated by Carl Tobiassen. The assessment . work has been done. Lying-as it does in the Champion district it may prove a bonanza. However, it is worth taking a chance on. vs Ed Baker is planning a program of sports with some new features added to the usual list.of gameS and contests. E. L. Kilroy announecéd that Horace H. Greeley of arveil Past Grand President of/the Native Sons, has accepted the Ainvitation ot the committee to be /orator of the day. Other features /of the Literary Program are being /arranged. A number of Valley towns including Roseville, Auburn and Marysville are not featuring. a Fourth of July Celebration’ And. have expressed the willihenkes to cooperate with Nevada City and have assured the committee that large delegations wili be present from each of these towns. bration that will linger long in their memory and to endear Nevada City to every visitor. In order to .do this the citizens of Nevada City must work as a unit and everyone do their part to aid the hard working. ¢ommittee. NEVADA CITY OWNS STREETS OF GOLD NEVADA CITY, June 20 (PCNS). —The phrase, “streets of gold,” has a literal meaning when applied to Nevada City. During excavation for the erection of a power pole at the main junction of streets in the business section, a highly ‘mineralized quartz ledge was uncovered Friday by workmen. Free /gold was found in the rock and opily the fact that the “strike” is located in the town's main street kept mihers from locating the claim. ‘ The power company in installing a new set of poles along the business MARTINS HAVE REFURNED TO THEIR OLD: HAUNTS! People on the streets of Nevada . City have been surprised of late to be greeted by the merry chatter of the martins who have sought out nesting places in the Odd Fellows’ building, in back of the court house homelike birds have been around It has been many years since these homelike birds have been around Nevada City and bird lovers generally are glad to see them return. For_many years bird houses were. maintained on the roofs of many pf the business houses and the birds would take possession in April and (Continued on Page 8) 4 (Continued on Page 8) The June Bride . U “AND THOMAS \S FOND OF CHICKEN ISNT HE . SURELY, tay DEAR [UL Tent, YOU GRANDMA, DO TELL ME HOW YOU PREPARE CAICKEN, TOM JUST RAVES WONDERFUL CHICKEN DINNERS. Ess anil oe MANPRE PARES. GIOCOLATE » . MUS BAKE Ir. ‘Er POE. Hou, Beans ee AND— ItI is {mportant to give them ‘a Sale. d . rs Home, the officers of the Elks CONDEMNATION MINING CASE CONTINUED In’ the condemnation suit against Arthur W. Nicholls before Judge Raglan Tuttle at Auburn, the P. G. & E.-Co._who are the plaintiffs, after a preliminary statement of. their case rested and were followed by the defendant Nicholls who seeks to prove a value of the Consolidated Junction and Sailor Claims on Bear; River, just west of Dutch Flat, of about $200,000 for mining purposes. To support his contention C. S. Haley was present with a plan for working the gravels, which have a width of about 200 feet and a depth of perhaps 70 feet, by means of the steam shovel at a cost of about 10 cents per yard. Haley believes that the gravel will run 30 cents per yard. Haley believes that the gravel will run 30 cents: per yard and would yield a nice profit. Mr. Haley was follwed _by Fletcher Hamilton and Bert Austin, who supported his ideas. To convert _this / testimony the plaintiffs placed upon the stand Geo. K. Woods and Gus Wilkie ,two old residents of Dutch Flat who testified that in working the most productive top gravels joy shoveling in boxes their usual / /wage was in the neighborhood of a dollar a day. 55 E. C. Uren testified for the plaintiffs that his family had been owners with Nichols in more than five! miles of Bear River for more than . 50/years. He had also worked in the béd of the river with similar results As to pay and that he did not believe the gravel would go over five ' cents per yard as a whole. Practically all of the co-owners! except Nicholls disposed of their title to the P. G. & EB. in 1927. The trial; which is before a jury, has been continued until Thursday morning. RUTHERFORD STEPHENS PASSED AWAY FRIDAY. Rutherford C. Stephens, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Stephens of Nevada City, died at his home Friday afternoon after a long but unsuccessful fight against tuberculosis. He was born in Nevada City January 24 ,1904, graduated from high school here with the class of 1922. ; While attending school he worked . in the R. J. ‘Begnetts’ drug Store and became so interested in the work that after leaving high school he went to San Francisco and took a eOurse in pharmacy. After completing his course and passing the state examination with honor he returned here for a time was with Mr. Ben-. netts and his successor, R. E. Curtis. He then went to Saeramento where ‘he ‘was employed by the Allee Pharmacy. His health failed while in the latter position and he returned here for his health and after recovering, returned to his work. About a year ago he was again stricken and this time his brave fight was lost. Rutherford C. Stephens was a young man in his prime, possessed of a striking personality, and a happy disposition which made friends for: him where ever he went. His Passing will be deeply mourned by all who had the pleasure of pei . him. He was a member of the Order of Red Men, having held every office to the presiding office anl was district deputy Grand Sachem of this district; also a member‘ of B. uae? E. lodge N. 518 of Nevada City. He leaves, besides his heartbroken parents, two brothers, Harry and Jim, a sister,“Catherine a srand-. mother, Mrs/ Josephine Schwartz and his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Schwartz, all of Nevada City. Funeral services were held Sunafternoon at 5 o’clock from the and Rev. Father 0’ Reilly conducting the services, : 0 Dr. and Mrs. C. R. Basford of Santa Rosa are Spending a week in Nevada City as the guest of Mrs. Elsie Willoughby. Dr. Basford is very much interested in the pear blight, having extensive pear orchards in Potter Valley where he spends a part of his‘time, He plans to visit the pear orchards in the vicinity to learn what is being done to counteract the spread of the blight. He will~also visit the Placerville section. tlead and zine. Now, GOLD MINING INDUSTRY MORE — ENCOURAGING __ By Errol MacBoyte Since the beginning of the World” War and especially during the past. decade, gold mining has dJanguished . owing to the high cost of materials. and labor and other adverse economic: conditions. The public’s lack of interest in gold mining has been evic-. denced by the steady decline in the: production of gold. ‘During the last ten years the in-terest of the general public has been diverted from the mining industry tothe stock market where it was sup-~posed enormous profits could be realized in industrial, vestment trust stocks in a very short time. It is a sad commentary on the wisdom of the small investor that so few of them cashed in their paper profits durire,the bull market of 1929 and that so many lost their whole invested capital or are still holding stocks which have declined to even one-fifth of the inflated prices . of the ‘‘new era market” of 1929. Another factor which helped to depress the gold mining industry during the post-war period was the fact that most of the large mining corporation confined their attention to mineral deposits of copper, silver,. however, the metal picture is entirely changed. Copin the past few months has fallen in price from 18 to 114% cents per pound silver from 6 cents to 32 cents, and lead and zine are a drug on the market. Copper, silver, lea& and zinc mines throughout the world are closing down as only the so-called low cost producers can make @ profit and then. only a small one at the present prices of metals. The future outlook for these me— tals if far from encouraging as worlé economic conditions point to a lone period of deflation with declining demand for all commodities. This wilt mean of course declining commodity, living and labor costs and it is im such a period that the gold mining industry prospers. It is therefore evi-dent that the various gold mining districts of the world and particularly: those of California are destined to see a general revival in gold mining and a new era of increasing prosperity. That this era is being rapidly ushered in is evidenced by the sudden demand for gold mines by ‘the large copper and silver mining corporations whose scouts are now combing: the various gold mining districts for attractive gold mines. The gold min-.ing counties of California are alk i ready feeling. the impetus of thie“ changed attitude toward gold mifi~ ing. In the Grass Valley listricté the consolidation ofe the Empire and North Star mines by the Newmont. {company in 1929 showed the foresight of that organization and marked the beginning of tevival of golé ° mining in our local area. It is ree ported that. the results of the ine -:. tensive development campaign carried on at the Empire and North Star mines has been very satisfactory and that 20 stamps will be immediately added to the 80 stamp mill, giy— ing a capacity of from 12,000 to 15,900 tons per month. One of the outstanding successfuk gold mining operations in the GraseValley district in the Past year has: been the rapid blocking out of highgrade milling ore in the new ore— shoots of the Idaho-Maryland mine It is reported that one ore shoo as been developed for a length,6! 1000 feet on the 1900-level and byraises and intermediate drifts to & point 500 feet above this level. On the 1600 intermediate level the vein: is said to vary in width from 3 to 1& feet and the 20 stamp mill is being: kept in continuous operation on the: development ore //om the nine de~ ‘velopment faces being driven in the: nw orebody It. is said that this de~ velopment ore is running from. $12. 50 to $15.00 per ton.and that the opera— tion. for, the past 6 months have — shown a “monthly. net profit above alk operating and development costs, Various metallurgical experiments: _ are now being carried no to determine the most efficient and econo~ mical method of treatment of the ore. Upon the completion of these — tests in the next month, the capacity” ‘é . of the mill will be increased to 4000@rl (Continued on page 8) bank and n=

i P ‘Devélopment of this property has ~w~.gun and well under way to conof permanency and justifies the abanA. Zanocco. ,was instantly killed at and failing to find Zanocco at his’ staing removed to the Holmes Funeral -perty belonging to Latta and Mills, , for the season, the water having fail—% e \ The Nugget is California’ s Leading Mining Weeldy Nevada City Nugget = VOLUME IV, NUMBER 31 THE GOLD CENTER NEVADA CITY, NEVADA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, THE COUNTY SEAT PAPER JUNE 23, 1930 JOHNSON BUYS SIERRA COUNTY MINING CLAIMS' We are informed that State Treasurer Charles G:dahnson has purchased the group of claims owned by the Strand interests near Downieville, knwn as the Fafayette, Buckeye and Extension, together with G. and C laims. This makes the Kirkpatrick mining property. cntiguous, with a total of eighteen claims. tact with the tunnels of the Magnolia claim, in which has been Iocated a definite gravel channel. Crosscutting of the west rim, through a gravel bed eight._to sixteen feet in. } in depth, with values running from $4 to $6 per car, is now in progress. This tunnel is said to give evidence donment of the present equipment and the installation of electric power and more modern machinery. Water rights have been acquired which will permit of sluicing during the entire year. The Kirkpatrick mines, under the Management of George Nightengale, will develop increased production immediately and in the judgment of good mining authorities, the claims now owned by the company are considered one of the strongest and best mining properties in the state. JAKE ZANOCCO KILLED ~ AT MURCHIE THURSDAY One of Nevada City’s most promising and best loved young men, Jake the Murchie mine about 1 o’clock Thursday morning by, in some ‘unknown manner, falling from the 1100 level to the bottom of the’ sump, about 150 feet. He was the skip tender at the 1100 level, and when he failed to respond to the signal for the skip shortly after 1 o’clock, felJew workers were sent to investigate. tion ordered the skip lowered to the bottom of the shaft and there in the sump was fund the crushed and mangled body. Dr. Swayze was immediately summoned and pronounced the young man dead, the body beHome. Jake Zanocco was a native of Nevada City, having been born here November 8, 1906. After graduating from the ~-Nevada — City -grammar school he was for a time employed by his father in his teaming business, later working as a truck driver. He had been at-the Murchie for the past eight months. 3 To his many friends Jake was known as a jolly, happy and carefree young man who was always ready to do his part: in any undertaking and he will be sadly missed by all who knew him. Surviving him are his father ‘and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Jake Zanocco, two brothers Fred and William and a sister, Mrs. Jessie Costa, all of Nevada City and Mrs. Jane Harris of Sacramento and Mrs. Loretta Mrandi of Grass Valley, sisters. The funeral was held from the Holmes Funeral Home last Sunday at 3:30 o’clock, Rev. H. H. Buckner officiating. SIERRA COUNTY MINING DOWNIEVILLE, June 21.—(Special to The Nugget )—-Addison Brown is well underway with his shaft at the Triple Pocket mine, south of Downieville. The shaft is to be 200 feet deep, following the footwall of ‘ 3 Triple Pocket vein. Brown has a crew of three men eniployed at the present time. County Surveyor Geo. F. Taylor, J. K. Latta and D, W. Mills left Thursday for Crescent Mills, Plumas Co., where they will survey mining proThe Montrose Hydraulic Mine, east of Downieville, has closed down ed. Superintendent Davison reports a@ poor water season. __ R. F. Taylor.and Lavier Thomas returned from the gravel mines of northern Sierra County where ;:they have been surveying. ff. Vv Orange Ice now en sale ‘at Colley’s POWER AND LIGHTS WILL BE TURNED OFF The power will be off from 1 p.m. until 4 p. m. on Monday; Wednesday and Friday, June 23, 25 and 27. This is done to remove the danger to the workmen, and expedite the work of changing the wires for the installation of the new street lights, which the P. G. & E. Company hope:to have installed by July Ist. The work of changing the 4000 lines is very dangerous when handled aliye, and has to be done with the utmost care; rubber mats and }hose have to be placed on the wires, and the workmen use rubber gloves at all times. The corner, or junction poles, where the wires go off in different directions are especially damgérous, and it is from these poles that the men have their greatest risks. There are several of these poles on this job, which starts at the Nevada City sub station, continues to Broad street, Broad street from the Plaza to the Tahoe-Ukiah highway, from the Pine street bridge to Commercial street, down Commercial street to the Plaza. The poles, about thirty in number have all been set, and the stringing in of the mew wires will start Monday. The Auburn boys, who are doing this work under the supervision of Harry Couger, are very grateful to! ; celebration two years ago. the business men, and the larger users of electricity, who have consented to this shut down, and also to all others who venienced by the turning ff ofthe ; power on these days. JOHN ANDREW JAMES PASSES AWAY SUNDAY . FOURTH OF JULY NEVADA CITY WILL CELEBRATION AT BE GREAT SUCCESS An enthusiastic and rousing meeting was held Saturday evening for the purpose of making definite plans for the Fourth of July celebration. Over forty people attended and all; promised with one and possibly two pledged themselves to help out in the preparations necessary to get ready for the big celebration. Chairman Ed Uren of the Concessions Committee declared himself the store windows .The store owners have offered to cooperate by placing the relics in their display windows. The parade committee reported that 30 floats of all nature had been covered wagons. An ox team may be: procured. Spanish, War Veterans of Roseville have accepted the invitation of the committee to partciipate in the parade and plan to come here discouraged by the lack of coopera-'! tion and rather overwhelmed by the tremendous task and was in favor, of postponing the matter to.a later i date. However, since the invitations ; riages and another section will carry have gone out and many have been , accepted for a ’49 celebration it was decided that everyone should put their shoulder to the wheel and put the thing over even though the time is short to do so. General Chairman Frank Davies urged the importance of everyone in the community getting behind and helping as it is too big a task to be-handled by a handful of people. Vincent Foley of the finance com-; program will contain a coupon which mittee reported that his committee, thad raised almost the amount necespeople more to see. There was a substantial amount left over from the It was suggested that the ’49 featurés be kept to Commercial street . may be incon} and this was decided upon as most . feasible. Arbogast Brothers have offered to donate slabs from their saw; mill to be used on the fronts of the buildings to give them the atmosphere of the early days. The—old brick buildings will be left as they are and only the more modern wood' en ones converted. Many of the old Jobn Andrew Janek of Lost Hil. buildings will be converted into conpassed away late Sunday evening after an illness of two years. He was the oldest son of Mrs. Nancy James and the late Andrew James who passed away just seven months ago. John James was born in Central City, North Dakota, May 18, 1905. When the lad was six years old the family moved to Nevada City where the family have resided ever since with the exception of nine months spent in Arizona in 1918. He attended the local schools. For two years he worked for the American Railway -xpress Company and won.. many friends by his quiet manner and kind thoughtfulness. He was taken ill with influenza two years ago and tuberculosis developed from which he never recovered. He leaves to mourn him besides his sorrowing mother, three brothers, William, Richard and Robert, all of Nevada City. .He also leaves a grandmother, Mrs. Mary Hill, who came up from Sacramento to be with Mrs. James and was accompaiiied by her daughters, Mrs. G. M. Cookie and Mrs. Bessie Renfree. Other aunts and uncles live in other states. John James is an uncle of the deceased. No arrangements have been made for the funeral. ARIZONA MINE WILL START WASHING GRAVEL DOWNIEVILLE, June 22.—(Special to The Nugget.)—-Washing of gravel will start within a few days at the Arizona Mine, according to H/ B. McCormick, one of the owners. While McCormick makes no predictions as to the value of the gravel, he declares that is is of good quality, and believes that he is near the edge of the disturbed ground. Several months ago The Nugget published a story about the striking of pipe-clay at the Arizona. The present find 6f gravel is evidence that McCormick is near the pay-streak. WATER CONSUMPTION MUST BE CURTAILED Figures compiled by L. W.: Jennings, superintendent of the local water system, show the daily -per capita water consumption of Nevada City to be 1300 gallons. If this rate . of using water is continued it will be necessary to establish certain hours for irrigating as this amount of water is several times in excess of the needed water to supply all the needs of the community. ' cessions of the ’49er featurer. Chairman Frank Davies explained that some of the townspeople misunderstood the idea of the °49 camp. While the atmosphere will be of the! *49 there will be nothing of roughness about the concessions. Paper money will be printed and sold for 50 cents a stack. All buying and gaming will be done with the paper money and everyone is guaranteed to ‘get their money’s worth for the 50 cents. The main idea of carrying out the "49 camp was to raise enough money enough to finance the airport which. is so dear to the heart of every loyal Nevada Citian. Miss Lenore Stenger was appoint-/ ed as chairman of the committee ko gather antiques to be displayed/in . in the wonderful gold mine sary for the budget with about 20) thirty strong. It is impossible to get enough horses to use. for the floats’ so one ‘division will be devoted to horse carout the idea with motor driven. vehicles. Chief Jim Dick and his: tribe ‘of Indians will be here again ‘this year. Another colorful feature of the parade will be the old Chinese characters which were an important part . of the early day life in this section of California. Programs are being raneed and! will be’sold at a nominal sum: Each will entitle the holder to a chance and homesite which is t obe given away. This is one of the: very special feat-! ures of the celebration and should } draw many people from out of town. The mining location is being donated by Carl Tobiassen. The assessment . work has been done. Lying-as it does

in the Champion district it may prove a bonanza. However, it is worth taking a chance on. vs Ed Baker is planning a program of sports with some new features added to the usual list.of gameS and contests. E. L. Kilroy announecéd that Horace H. Greeley of arveil Past Grand President of/the Native Sons, has accepted the Ainvitation ot the committee to be /orator of the day. Other features /of the Literary Program are being /arranged. A number of Valley towns including Roseville, Auburn and Marysville are not featuring. a Fourth of July Celebration’ And. have expressed the willihenkes to cooperate with Nevada City and have assured the committee that large delegations wili be present from each of these towns. bration that will linger long in their memory and to endear Nevada City to every visitor. In order to .do this the citizens of Nevada City must work as a unit and everyone do their part to aid the hard working. ¢ommittee. NEVADA CITY OWNS STREETS OF GOLD NEVADA CITY, June 20 (PCNS). —The phrase, “streets of gold,” has a literal meaning when applied to Nevada City. During excavation for the erection of a power pole at the main junction of streets in the business section, a highly ‘mineralized quartz ledge was uncovered Friday by workmen. Free /gold was found in the rock and opily the fact that the “strike” is located in the town's main street kept mihers from locating the claim. ‘ The power company in installing a new set of poles along the business MARTINS HAVE REFURNED TO THEIR OLD: HAUNTS! People on the streets of Nevada . City have been surprised of late to be greeted by the merry chatter of the martins who have sought out nesting places in the Odd Fellows’ building, in back of the court house homelike birds have been around It has been many years since these homelike birds have been around Nevada City and bird lovers generally are glad to see them return. For_many years bird houses were. maintained on the roofs of many pf the business houses and the birds would take possession in April and (Continued on Page 8) 4 (Continued on Page 8) The June Bride . U “AND THOMAS \S FOND OF CHICKEN ISNT HE . SURELY, tay DEAR [UL Tent, YOU GRANDMA, DO TELL ME HOW YOU PREPARE CAICKEN, TOM JUST RAVES WONDERFUL CHICKEN DINNERS. Ess anil oe MANPRE PARES. GIOCOLATE » . MUS BAKE Ir. ‘Er POE. Hou, Beans ee AND— ItI is {mportant to give them ‘a Sale. d . rs Home, the officers of the Elks CONDEMNATION MINING CASE CONTINUED In’ the condemnation suit against Arthur W. Nicholls before Judge Raglan Tuttle at Auburn, the P. G. & E.-Co._who are the plaintiffs, after a preliminary statement of. their case rested and were followed by the defendant Nicholls who seeks to prove a value of the Consolidated Junction and Sailor Claims on Bear; River, just west of Dutch Flat, of about $200,000 for mining purposes. To support his contention C. S. Haley was present with a plan for working the gravels, which have a width of about 200 feet and a depth of perhaps 70 feet, by means of the steam shovel at a cost of about 10 cents per yard. Haley believes that the gravel will run 30 cents per yard. Haley believes that the gravel will run 30 cents: per yard and would yield a nice profit. Mr. Haley was follwed _by Fletcher Hamilton and Bert Austin, who supported his ideas. To convert _this / testimony the plaintiffs placed upon the stand Geo. K. Woods and Gus Wilkie ,two old residents of Dutch Flat who testified that in working the most productive top gravels joy shoveling in boxes their usual / /wage was in the neighborhood of a dollar a day. 55 E. C. Uren testified for the plaintiffs that his family had been owners with Nichols in more than five! miles of Bear River for more than . 50/years. He had also worked in the béd of the river with similar results As to pay and that he did not believe the gravel would go over five ' cents per yard as a whole. Practically all of the co-owners! except Nicholls disposed of their title to the P. G. & EB. in 1927. The trial; which is before a jury, has been continued until Thursday morning. RUTHERFORD STEPHENS PASSED AWAY FRIDAY. Rutherford C. Stephens, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Stephens of Nevada City, died at his home Friday afternoon after a long but unsuccessful fight against tuberculosis. He was born in Nevada City January 24 ,1904, graduated from high school here with the class of 1922. ; While attending school he worked . in the R. J. ‘Begnetts’ drug Store and became so interested in the work that after leaving high school he went to San Francisco and took a eOurse in pharmacy. After completing his course and passing the state examination with honor he returned here for a time was with Mr. Ben-. netts and his successor, R. E. Curtis. He then went to Saeramento where ‘he ‘was employed by the Allee Pharmacy. His health failed while in the latter position and he returned here for his health and after recovering, returned to his work. About a year ago he was again stricken and this time his brave fight was lost. Rutherford C. Stephens was a young man in his prime, possessed of a striking personality, and a happy disposition which made friends for: him where ever he went. His Passing will be deeply mourned by all who had the pleasure of pei . him. He was a member of the Order of Red Men, having held every office to the presiding office anl was district deputy Grand Sachem of this district; also a member‘ of B. uae? E. lodge N. 518 of Nevada City. He leaves, besides his heartbroken parents, two brothers, Harry and Jim, a sister,“Catherine a srand-. mother, Mrs/ Josephine Schwartz and his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Schwartz, all of Nevada City. Funeral services were held Sunafternoon at 5 o’clock from the and Rev. Father 0’ Reilly conducting the services, : 0 Dr. and Mrs. C. R. Basford of Santa Rosa are Spending a week in Nevada City as the guest of Mrs. Elsie Willoughby. Dr. Basford is very much interested in the pear blight, having extensive pear orchards in Potter Valley where he spends a part of his‘time, He plans to visit the pear orchards in the vicinity to learn what is being done to counteract the spread of the blight. He will~also visit the Placerville section. tlead and zine. Now, GOLD MINING INDUSTRY MORE — ENCOURAGING __ By Errol MacBoyte Since the beginning of the World” War and especially during the past. decade, gold mining has dJanguished . owing to the high cost of materials. and labor and other adverse economic: conditions. The public’s lack of interest in gold mining has been evic-. denced by the steady decline in the: production of gold. ‘During the last ten years the in-terest of the general public has been diverted from the mining industry tothe stock market where it was sup-~posed enormous profits could be realized in industrial, vestment trust stocks in a very short time. It is a sad commentary on the wisdom of the small investor that so few of them cashed in their paper profits durire,the bull market of 1929 and that so many lost their whole invested capital or are still holding stocks which have declined to even one-fifth of the inflated prices . of the ‘‘new era market” of 1929. Another factor which helped to depress the gold mining industry during the post-war period was the fact that most of the large mining corporation confined their attention to mineral deposits of copper, silver,. however, the metal picture is entirely changed. Copin the past few months has fallen in price from 18 to 114% cents per pound silver from 6 cents to 32 cents, and lead and zine are a drug on the market. Copper, silver, lea& and zinc mines throughout the world are closing down as only the so-called low cost producers can make @ profit and then. only a small one at the present prices of metals. The future outlook for these me— tals if far from encouraging as worlé economic conditions point to a lone period of deflation with declining demand for all commodities. This wilt mean of course declining commodity, living and labor costs and it is im such a period that the gold mining industry prospers. It is therefore evi-dent that the various gold mining districts of the world and particularly: those of California are destined to see a general revival in gold mining and a new era of increasing prosperity. That this era is being rapidly ushered in is evidenced by the sudden demand for gold mines by ‘the large copper and silver mining corporations whose scouts are now combing: the various gold mining districts for attractive gold mines. The gold min-.ing counties of California are alk i ready feeling. the impetus of thie“ changed attitude toward gold mifi~ ing. In the Grass Valley listricté the consolidation ofe the Empire and North Star mines by the Newmont. {company in 1929 showed the foresight of that organization and marked the beginning of tevival of golé ° mining in our local area. It is ree ported that. the results of the ine -:. tensive development campaign carried on at the Empire and North Star mines has been very satisfactory and that 20 stamps will be immediately added to the 80 stamp mill, giy— ing a capacity of from 12,000 to 15,900 tons per month. One of the outstanding successfuk gold mining operations in the GraseValley district in the Past year has: been the rapid blocking out of highgrade milling ore in the new ore— shoots of the Idaho-Maryland mine It is reported that one ore shoo as been developed for a length,6! 1000 feet on the 1900-level and byraises and intermediate drifts to & point 500 feet above this level. On the 1600 intermediate level the vein: is said to vary in width from 3 to 1& feet and the 20 stamp mill is being: kept in continuous operation on the: development ore //om the nine de~ ‘velopment faces being driven in the: nw orebody It. is said that this de~ velopment ore is running from. $12. 50 to $15.00 per ton.and that the opera— tion. for, the past 6 months have — shown a “monthly. net profit above alk operating and development costs, Various metallurgical experiments: _ are now being carried no to determine the most efficient and econo~ mical method of treatment of the ore. Upon the completion of these — tests in the next month, the capacity” ‘é . of the mill will be increased to 4000@rl (Continued on page 8) bank and n=