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Collection: Newspapers > Nevada City Nugget

June 23, 1933 (8 pages)

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ee re ae 2 Tiree Ain wae acaba : SHE NEVADA CITY No et un — Flowers Plants Cut flowers for weddings, Birthdays, Graduations, Funerals Bedding plants of all kinds for your garden Grass Valley Flower Shop Phone 707 Grass Valley 123 Mili St j Nevada City Garage PHONE 133 OPEN DAY AND NIGHT and EQUIPPED TO DO ALL KINDS OF AUTO REPAIRING and MAINTAINANCE. SPEEDY SERVICE and Reasonable Charges C. E. WAITE CHAS. W. LEITER, Proprietor In Charge of Shop /bed them. (Continued From Page One) PLACER MINE ACT. Ine owner to 5 votes. If less than $5,000.00 the owner is still entitled te one vote. No mine owner can be forced into the district if he does not desire to. participate. BONDS MAY BE ISSUED The act provides for the issuance of bonds -which bear not more than 8 per cent interest. The distrfct may also generate and sell power or sell the energy of the water and let someone else genrate the power from it. Tthte act also provides for the Dissolution of . the District. The salability of the bonds of the district to provide funds to: procure water for mining and ‘storage facilities for the tailings depends on how valuable the mining properties are and the ability of the. management. This act sets up means and points the way for the small fellow to get together and mine and united they can also repel blackcailing racketeers who, for fifty years have robThey are too much for the single operator, but they will be fair game for a district. HOW TO ORGANIZE To organize a placer mining district, first ascertain where you can develop a water supply to operate your mine, find out where you can successfuly and economically store its tailings. Then get up a list of other mine operators who could use the same facilities. Get together and figure out how many of you want to go into the organization. Then have an engineer, figure your costs and an attorney to help you go through the legal formalities and you’re on your way. This bill is not a royal road to wealth, but a safe feasible one for Placer Miners with faith, patience and the desire to get the values from their mines. The writer wil lbe glad’ to give preliminary advice to the first group to organize. On your way! AND SETS NEW STANDARDS OF BEAUTY, QUALITY, CONVENIENCE AND ECONOMY We want you to see this new Frigidaire. With its smooth flowing lines, panelled design and sparkling lifetime porcelain it introduces an entirely new trend in refrigerator style and beauty. Never before have so many conveniences been assembled in one refrigerator—Yy more food space with no increase in outside dimensions—automatic tray releasing that causes the ice trays to float out at the touch of a finger’ —shelves that are adjustable—a frozen storage compartment—double Hydrator capacity—interior light—automatic many other features that save time, work and trouble. “There is a tax paid. The efficiency of Frigidaire’s ‘famous two-cylinder unit has been increased twenty per cent. It uses only a small amount of electricity—no matter how In its chromium fittings, porcelain model Standard Series priced as low as $99.50 plus. freight—installation and Federal Super Series Frigidaire reflects that quality which means inbuilt dependability and longer life in the home. Undoubtedly, these are the finest Frigidaires we ever have had on our showroom floor. Stop in and see them today. Delivered to your home in Nevada City or Grass Valley in our regular delivery zones. Alpha Stores, Ltd. in -the Frigidaire FRIDAY, JUNE 2 23,1933 — ie" ed* Values to date are low, but. definitely encouraging toward further exploration. %, RUBY The Sierra Pacific Gold, Ltd., is rushing the development of the fa_ mous Ruby gravel mine between Forest and Downieville; with 12 men and they expect to. Have it. on a production basis this summer, according to C. E. Gilman, general man‘ager and consulting engineer. Twelve up raises have been. driven to the channel from the 2,000 foot tunnel and at present they are sinking on a quartz ledge that carries good values. : Cc. L. Best of San Francisco, is president; G. C. Dickerman is. mine superintendent, with-E.: J. Engeman as foreman. BELLE UNION © Superintendent Victor Grace is moving the hoist and headframe at the Belle Union mine south of Grass Valley, from the vertical. shaft to a new incline shaft that has holed through at the surface. This incline foliows a vein that the former vertical shaft. Nine men are employed at the property. “ FRENCH CORRAL Superintendent Ben Maddox of the Frenh Corral Mining Company, near French Corral and 18 miles north of Nevada City, has installed a thréedrill compressor at its gravel property. Gold recovery equipment. has been ordered. from Oakland. At present the company is using gasoline to generate power. Fourteen men are employed at the property. MADAM QUEEN About June first the Madam Queen Mining Association resumed the driving of a water grade tunnel to tap the old Howland Flat, Port Wine channel. The work had passed the 262 foot point and ,required 80 feet to go. Twelve men are employed at the property according to M. D. Howse one of the three directors. ANCHO-ERIE A crew of six men are employed at the Ancho-Erie gold mine at Washington in mining and milling the ore. Plans are to add more men before long. : The California Consolidated Mines that comprise the Constitution and Federal Loan east of Nevada City in the Willow Valley section have completed the stringing of the mile of wire to bring electricity to the prop, erty. At present a crew of four men are coupling up the machinery with the power line, and putting in a compressor and hoist. A group of San Francisco people interested in ithe properties are expected up within a few days. Phil Folck of: Grass Valley is superintendent of the mine. CUSTOM MILL The custom mill operated by the West Mines Corporation, on the Buffington property’ west of Nevada City, is running part time crushing gold bearing ore for parties testing lots of ore, or for prospective mines in which some ore has been found, but not enough to warrant erection of a mill. IOWA HILL At the Iowa Hill gold mines, a gravel property twelve miles east. of
Nevada City, they are running a drain tunnel and are now in 1200 feer. They will soon raise to reach a low grade channel known to exist at this location and sufficient gold can be taken out to pay to operate. This property adjoins the old Blue Channel mine where Lyman Gilmore and his brother C. H. Gilmore, worked about seven years ago. It also adjoins the well known old Morning Star mine which was operated by Coleman Brothers years ago and on which there is-a 4000 foot tunnel. Mr. Gilmore states that in the latest operations at the Iowa Hill, they will do development work on the rim of the channel in order to take out enough gold to drive a tunnel into the known channel in the Blue Channel mine. Those interested in the Iowa Hill are Lyman Gilmore, C. H. Gilmore, of Nevada City; O. C. Poff, and Dr. William E. Schwartz of Los Angeles. SAN JUAN MINE The North San Juan mine, located near the town of North San Juan, has just shipped 100 tons of ore from its property for tests and looks \promising according to, re_ ports. Ledge matter on the surface is over 80 feet wide. The property j:comprises over 200 acres of ground. interests, that are re. The Bradley opening the Spanish mine at Washington, are developing this ground. Ait present they have a crew of 15 men employed. C. J. Lyser is superintendent. " . had been cut at the 60 foot point in . QUEEN LIL Indicative of. the increased mining ‘activity in the district, the Queen Lil mill of West Mines Corporation, located just outside the city, has been operating recently on several lots of eustom ore. In addi_ ‘tion the bins are being made ready preparations are in pro(land, and: other cess of completion for the treatment of ore from. the company’s Canada‘ Hill mine and: the Ragon mine, which are expected to be in production in the near future. CANADA HILL With the shaft unwatered to a point below the 500 level, work at the Canada HiNmine of West Mines Corporation will shortly be directed to the repairing of the sixth level in preparation for removal of a considerable block of ore reported as already exposed there. Unwatering operations will be continued at the same time in order, that as soon as possible a drive at depth may be made on the St. Louis vein, which has remained untapped in the Canada Hill property. RAGON MINE Rapid progress continues at the Comstock’ Gold Point Mines company’s Ragon mine two miles northwest of here. Initial shaft timbering has been completed and new hoist is being installed, replacing ~ the small temporary plant. Compressor, pump and other equipment is already: on the ground and good headway has been made in clearing the caved portion of the old shaft. Open shaft is expected to be reached soon and it is believed the unwatering will require little time. Ore already exposed in the mine will be treated -at the Queen Lil mill and the development plans call for early, driving on the famous Merrifield vein. LAVA CAP MINE One hundred tons has been shipped from the north and will soon arrive in Nevada City for the Lava Cap mine. It includes eomplete 200 ton ball mill, hoisting apparatus, etc. Rapid progress has been made at reopening this old property since it was started a few months ago. motors, of equipment . . JUNE N Mining Developments PILGRIM MINE The Pilgrim mine located near the famous old 16-to-1, at Alleghany, is now operating a force of men on its valuable holdings and plans are being rushed for the installation of a 100 ton mill on the property. It comprises 343 acres of patenied The ore bodies on the Pilgrim range in width from five feet to 50 feet and the main vein is traceable on the surface for nearly a mile. . Gorge Goeppert, Jr., of Piedmont is president, of the: Pilgrim,’ Frank Myrback executive vice president in charge of operations, Howard Hall, Oakland, secretary-treasurer; while Calvin H. Barkdull is consulting engineer. All of these men are prominent business men of the bay re_ gion. LUCKY STRIKE MINING CO. The Lucky Strike Mining Company, has acquired 335 acres of ground Adjacent to the North Star anm Empire Mines, east of Grass Valley. A 55 foot shaft, which has uneovered a 17 foot vein of $3.50 ore will be deepened and a new hoist, compressor, headframe and _ toher equipment installed to carry on deeper exploration. : According ito manager L. M. Dull, the property is traversed by the same dike in which the North Star recently opened’ a 73 foot width of $12 ore'on its 400 foot level. EMPRESS The Empress mine, has just about completed the sinking of their shaft to the 1000 foot level. They will now sink another 40 feet for a sump. Cross-cutting will start now for a distance of 60 or 80 feet to cut back to the vein. In sinking operations the shaft was cut to facilitate economical operation, leaving the vein a few feet above the present level. Ed C. Jacobs, superintendent, is in Los Angeles on business connected‘ with thé property. There are about 25 men employed at the property three shifts. working jin Subscribe fe pee NUGGET! COA HEEB UB RUB BUBURU Eee Alfalfa. and Grain POULTRY & DAIRY FEEDS : Phone W.KOTCHAPAW ca bk ehh tener ee ase eet Lettie latte ete atte eM ba La Le Lia ahaa he Me bala at ad alie ealia iah of ‘a HAY THERE! TEN RUBE OSUE BRIBES L & WOOD. QUICK DELIVERY 394 Nevada City EK. Spring St. SUS UBUNB NSEC RS PHONE 302 fish Thursdays and Friday National Market FREE DELIVERY BROAD ST. Fresh and salted meats—Poultry of all kinds—Fresh for fresh killed ‘Turkeys arene NEVADA CITY s—Place your order ahead THORTON SATURDAY NIGHT LAKE OLYMPIA “Bill” Heater and “Ronnie” Clark Present ROSS FORD’S VERSATILE, CAPTIVATING BAND —_DANCING—— SUNDAY EVENING Eddie Norman Presents Garret “Dusty” Price ge THE RADIO FAVORITE, MISS DEDE FOX pee ale Tap Dancers De Luxe SISTERS Show at 8:45 p. -< ADULTS 40c SONGS, DANCES and COMEDY 7 DANCING STUDENTS CARDS 25¢ ‘ ?