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THE GOLD CENTER _ NEVADA CITY, NEVADA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, THE COUNTY SEAT PAPER
VOLUME Ill, NUMBER 32
se
—
JUNE 24, 1929
LOCATIONS ARE NEW MACHINERY ARRIVES FOR NEVADA CITY NEW TURPENTINE REFINERY
YELLOW JACKET MINING
PLACED COUNTY RECORD
PLANT WILL BE IN OPERATION BY AUGUST WITH BIG PRODUCTION AHEAD
WILL RESUME
{GRIMES TO COMMENCE
MINING ASSOCIATION
ITS OPERATIONS
The
following
mining
locations
have been filed for record the past
week: «
.
Slip’n
Find
quartz
by
J. T.
~ IS BEING PROMOTED
Smythe in Washington Mining Dis
The Nugget is pleased to announce
trict.
Lily
that negotiations are at present unreopening
gravel
by Lillian
Yreka
has been
James Grimes of Oakland, princi
chosen as the
next meeting place of the Northern
Mountain Quail placer Nos. 1, 2,
in the next two
AMERICAN FLAG WORK
V. Stuart
in Washington Mining District.
der way which will doubtless result
in the
:
pal
owner
in the
American
har of Cleveland, Ohio, a stockholder; were
Saturday
Margaret Laughlin, Mrs. M. E. Ship
the
afternoon.on their way to the prop
ler, Eugene Shipler, Lillie Edwards,
dustry.
weeks of the famous Yellow Jacket
mine
at Alleghany,
Alleghany
owned
by: the
El Dorado Gold
Mining
Company. Superintendent B. A.
ber,
Charles E.
land, director, and
erty.
to
Carl
in Nevada
F. Krum
City
reopening
and
Lena Christensen.
which was T1I9N R12E.
of the mine
last
fall owing to fin
At the
property
time the
was
Superintendent Reber
closed down,
In Sec 15
ore in the
No. 2 raise
of the
mining
in
cut ledges known
to run
county
seat of one
now showing
of the
greatest
counties
promise in
Quite a bit of prospecting is be
At the Weaverville meeting of the
association George Gronwoldt, Redwhich had all the earmarks of being ing done® in this mining
district
ding, president,
appointed a coma rael strike for Alleghany, which ths
spring, and the
possibility of
mittee
to
plan
the
seven planks platis rather blase on the subject
of finding further mines is encouragform upon which miners will base
specimen rock.
The
Yellow Jacket
ing.
which
had been
owned by the Gil
Allen
lespie estate, was purchased outright
by the
Aiieghany
El Dorado
Chester
has_
established
inter
himself’ at Dead Horse Ravine, and
is giving
ects and quite a bit of development
that piece
to exist, and
cross cuts.
Three
of
been done.
prior to the
of country a
going over. Chester comes here from
the state of Nevada and bears the
will be welcome news to the mining
discovering
industry in general and to Alleghany
has remained dormant.
Ross Zaring recently located the
in particular.
NEW SIDEWALKS WILL
BUILD SAY TRUSTEES
Property
owners
on Main
Sacramento
streets
who have not
put in cement
sidewalks
and
lation completed
commence
also
manufacturing
served
on them’
that
must proceed
with such
improve
ment at once
or the
permits
the
the cost
city
they
the property.
item
of
to proceed
This
business
shortest regular
lien
and
against
was the main
in one
believe that
quartz
city will do
as a
of the
sessions ever held
by the city dads, which most times
up a quan
property
a very
good
lies in. that
neigh
borhood.
Wm. Mansfield,
Klamath
a
third
>
serve
the
trustees
notice
want
at once
immediate
will
Youngs
who lives near
Hill, ‘near
Falls
and
party
R. H. Deal’s
eut seme of this valuable metal.
It is reported that Frank Pendola
intends to begin operations within
time at the
Honey Comb
and shows up some very good rock
with
action.
some high grade ore.
the
possibility
of
The winze
being sunk
urday. and is going
their industry.
The pay
an
adjusted
system
compensation
of workmen’s
insurance
-rates and
the development of chromium
min
It is expected
that every
equable
legislation,
striking
The Boundary
mine
which
The boat was put in
peddler
been
which
ihe light
of past efforts.
Benj. Hall has, been appointed to
the board of library trustees. to fill
a vacancy.
NATIVE. SONS GIVE AN
OUTDOOR INITIATION
gravel
is run
through
it. They
are
been in progress between the dredg
The operators’
orful in the history of the associa
Great Eastern
ages and for $100,000
that
claim.
owned
for the working
The claim has
for
many years
of
beer:
by S.
F.
and E. J. Price, B. T. and Beorge
and William Williams, and William.
Noble McCormack is superintendent
is brought
for $100,000
.and
the’
be
of
tonnage will
Construction
be
and
Sierra
. menced
from
of manutacutre
The gum
is. a
City
on
Brown,
production.
process
work
on the Yuba
Pass Highway between
Downieville
actively com
Monday
holder of
when
Curley
a _
sub-contract
A. J. Fairbanks,
commenced
operations
is first
was
at
Loganville, an.
old
mining settlement near Sierra City.
large aluminum
bucket
kettle
in this
elevator.
which
kettle, the
is used
The highway
holds
to all
proA
and will remove
to handle
one of the worst
stretches of the thirteen mile buga
th
the
boo. I is four and a half miles in
kettle. From the kettle the gum goes
extent. It is hoped that the balance
French
Coral by T. J. Meyer.
up to eigh
inches in
egum
between
the vats
and
from
a
which
is a regulator for the
ef the route
three distinct blowouts and hte sur
features of the plant. The steam is
face of the ground
indicates that
they: connect at depth.
Great
copper once more, greater attention
has been
exciting a
great deal
oi
intreest.
ELKS STAGE PLAYTIME
~ WITH MODESTO FRATERS
In
one
of
the
most
entertaining
dience.
Following
the
humorous
presentaion which was presened with
all
the trills on a neophyte of He
generated
.and.is one of the
by means
main
of oil burners.
is necessary
accuracy
in
the
Gathering
to insure the highest
heat control
grade
EACLE WILL SCREAM AT
GRASS VALLEY FOURTH
steam
generator
can be taken care of
the coming year.
“‘dam pheiss-wasser-ofen’”’,
width. The samples were takne trom
With the high prevailing values in
royalty pay
will be closed
travel between July 15th and August
from
ments claimed due. A temporary inbraic persuasion, the vistors unco1
junction was issued out of superior ked some sparkling and musica! tal
court Wednesday and a writ of atent that was
most
entertaining
tachment
given to the sheriff to The presence of “Sunny Jim’’ Mec.
serve.
Cormick, the blind member whose
momentum
rorce after
products.
a delayed
in
great
start, Grass
Valley is going to stage a Fourth of
The melter and
the main
kettle
July celebration ,that premises to be
ean also’ be used in combination ora real whoopee maker, i‘rank Davies
singly for making
pine needie exand
Elza Kilroy
representing last
tracts. They are connected with conlyear’s
successful
densing coils
whith in turn segre‘hand at a
large
gate the various lighter and heavier
Grass
Valley
oils extracted from the pine gum.
night
and
event were on
meeiing
of the
commit:ve
informed
Thursday
sister city
OV?
Everything is being rushed
to get lthat Nevada City would puta willing
'
completed {shoulder to the
whee: und make a
but the first ;real showing
to help put over a
the work of installation
‘as
as possible,
soon
week of August should see the plan!
fine celebration.
in operation, after which time visitors will be welcomed
at
during working
to see
hours
any
igpirit
of drums . has arrived
shown
for holding the various manufactur
sible
to put
will
rank
products at-~the outset will be rosin
fledged
and
turpentine
away and
in
pharmaceutical
will
uses
be. used
and
for
paint making. There will be refined
two
grades.
of’ turpentine,
by the
ally the past
ed products for shipping. The main
which
some
time as if
Grass Valley would ha,e to pass up
how!
j this year’s celebration but with. the
the plant is operated.
A ¢aricad
It looked for
time
ade.
Citizens
week it
over
gold
event
which
best.
<A full
an
with the
-mine_
gener
will’ be pos
will be given
there will be a fine par
A dance
will be’
staged the
night of the 3rd at Elks Hall.
tour
the Felix Gillet Nursery, left Satur
Bar,
day
in hopes of!finding
the chan
on
September list,
1925 was for a
period of two years and was after
Kelly, has
years
ago
run about
400
and
of the Order, proved a happy event.
A buffet luncheon was served.
was
feet
of
him
following it up, making an in
reported
that
the
operators
were
he past week by the county board oi
over education, with an averag egrade of
the property under the terms of the 92.
ready
some
time ago
to take
about completed. When he gets be
Officers
yond this uplift, he expects to find
ineluding Dis
IS STARTED IN SIERRA
to The Nugget office the past week
in stringers
dam
members. A large number of Grand
present
ready
to maximum
The
Seme fine specimene were brought
last
the presence of a large audience of
was
gum_
plant is in operation to bring it up
RK.
‘HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION.
tion of the machinery and is of sub
pushed as fast as possible -after the
has
option but the transaction.
was not
cline of about forty feet, which is completed.
—
in
acreage’ in a
stantial design. There are two 6-ton
claims
group.
additional
grades of rosin oil, four
grades Gt
Rolands.
:
rosin, ester, two grades of extracts
agaii® forgings
John J. Kelly is
The complaint
sets up that the Mother’s Day ritual is being considahead
his tunnel at Slate Range bond and _ option originally. given ered for inclusion in the ceremonies and two grades of medicinal oils.
tion. A large class of initiates was tunnel, and recently struck a solid
uplift, which
necessitated
inducted into the ‘mysteres
of the granite
team
readi
hold a bond and option on the three
wards extended but that the option
Assembly of Past Presidents, Native
expired on the 16th of March last
Miss Alberta Baker, reent graduSons, held.at Uncle
Tom’s’
Cabin very rich, but there remains a porand that defendants
have been in ate of the local high school, ranked
yesterday was one of the most coltion which is st?il. virgin ground. possession since that time.
It was firs in the teachers’ examination held
degree
in
through
Wright as attorney for the owners,
suit
worked many
picked
been
ald Woodrum and James R. Kenna
of the
brought suit
ing company and the owners of the
nel which went
through that secA part of this
country was
The meeting of Fred H. Greeley tion.
a
has
full
chief offender,
he refusing to now going over some of the ground year to determine the legality of a meetings eer stagedv by the Nevada
use the railroad to ship ia his prothat the former
company worked, certain alleged transfer of stock of City Elks, the well known degree
duct.
:
and still have sme new ground to D. W. Wulzen made by M. J. Brock team from ‘Modeso staged their bur
The city recorder’s court has been dredge. Besides this, the Great Easand other officials of the Boundary lesque degree known as the ‘‘Warts’
providing a little
wherewithal for tern Mining Claim lays adjacent te Mines Company. In the present acin the local lodge room Saturday
which
was filed
by W. K. . befor ea large and appreciative au
the city treasury, the fines for the the dredger and negotiations have tion
by
building
started
the
Order
The
ness for some time for the installa.
to
included in the
handle
large amount. and hose first signing
are of Span-.
ish design.
down steadily.
is showing
been developed
the past couple of
is being paid to opening up new de
years under a bond and lease by a
posits and the
French Corral find
group of Alaska
operators is now
sure will stand the acid test.
is a respectable showing in
the patented features
are now
BOUNDARY MINE WILL
HAVE COURT HEARING
the mea
$72.25
is of the latest de
pine
but to aid in
good condition before they started America pending settlement
One this time, and a large quantity of action.
totalling
The machinery
storage vats which
not only to attempt to obtain more
able ground.
month
shipment through the custom house. can
eess occupying two to six hours.
ry rock recently uncovered has been
past
coming hte company is assured in a considthe’ erabie degree. The company however
and to clear.
of industry. The purpose of the asso
seized and is being held at Bank of
oil has
the steamer
Germany
L5ih. The present contract runs be
shifts a day, and covering consider
of lubricating
from
tween Sierra City and Lady Canyon
hereafter and try the process of law
board that in his opinion
_of sufficient property owners to sign
three: tons at one loading. The guni
its owners the past week. The jewel
as city attorney Nilon informed the
attaining
is melted
ner, of Menlo Park is running three
into
in
sign throughout and was built espeiup will get the first start on drawcially for the plant here.
Some of ‘ing prefits naturally.
from the
able to that of the agricultural in
court
-will be haled
be
COPPER SPECIMENS FROM
FRENCH CORRAL G00D
terests of the state and other types
sheriff’s office in a suit brought by
dinance
shoot
week o meet
mining
der the superintendency of A. Ber.
license
will
maximum production through failure
being fabricatey _ timberlands. Sufficient acreage has
in Germany. General Manager F. C,
' already
been signed
to make for
Ernst went to
San Francisco
last large production and the future of
in charge of operations.
or
city
ex
pitches almost perpendicularly. Don
ing in California.
under writ of attachment from the
the
the refinery and the only
limitations
exploring the ridge
found some good ground and takings
a short
produced
special maehinery
helpful — legis170 level. at the Gracey property
the volume of had reached a depth of 56 feet Sat
legislation, obtain
lation, and develop
The Garden Valley Dredger, un
to pay
come from
They were obtained
at a depth of into a_
filter and
thense into the
the general development of minfng
six feet below the surface and the main kettle which is in the form of
in California.—Siskiyou
near his place, is looking for a de industries
ledge
matters
shows
five feet in
large pipe coils heated with steam
posit of platinum and claims to have News.
width at that point. The values run
place has been’
as the
Truck operators who have been refusing
It is
pected that the plant will be in oper
GRACEY WINZE DOWN ©
56 FEET ALREADY!
ciation, it was pointed out, will be~
in the past have stretched well into: Mine and drive the
tunnel farther
the evening.
ahead. This property is an old mine,
City Superintendent Shearer
operations.
now
possibilities for
There lis already a great demand
with
the storage vats into a
the work under an ordinance which
charge
early dae
turpentine
spells great
for the’ various preducts which will
so that work may
at an
taken from
section
color than the finest grade
our new industry.
will be rushed on getting the instal-—
in an effort
tity of fine gold in the old days, gates to the meeting
organization comparand has an excellent showing of to create an
given
which
of town
one.
Union Alley and the depot will have
notice
part
east
fascinating
quartz on it, and the people of this
between
in the
section of California will send dele
ravine has’
clearer in
refinery, the plant American
has assumed a busy aspect and work.
are 13
comprise the ownership.
their efforts to control _. hampering
‘something that so far protected by tariffs, the adoption of
old Tapioca Claims at the head of
Campbells Gulch, and expects to do
a little exploration
work thereon.
This
ever produced commercially. f is tar
newest -induSstry,
the California” Timber Products
Company
good
Chief
among the _ projects for
values all the
way down.
and the
closing. It is expected that all the reputation of an
excellent pocket which the miners will organize will
orebody
is holding
up in extent.
difficulties will be ironed out this hunter and vein
finder, and it is be the establishment of protection Sinking will be continued. The ledge
week and operations resumed, ‘which hoped that he will be successful in on certain species of metal not now
work had
City’s
the turpentine’
new mining enterprises.
:
. had just struck into a rich shoot of
specimen
rejuvenation
Nevada
_Yreka was selected as the meetclaims in the property and there are ation in the next six weeks.
"up
but is it not expected
ing place at which this organization five ledges carrying good values exThe completion of the plant has , that there wlil be any difficulty on
is to be effected, leaders of the asposed on the surface.
been
hung
up for
the
past ten this sccre as there has been a wideMr. Grimes with S. E. Martin of j months waiting
sociation
said,
because it is
the
for the arrival of ,Spread interest taken by owners of
CAMPTONVILLE MINES
ARE BEING PROSPECTED
difficulties.
for
See
make arrangements-for-the
closed down
ancial
Re
Ferreira of Oak
With the arrival of the machinery
Flag
quartz mine near Sleighville House,
14 TA9N. California Mining Association.
arrived
in
Nevada City last week
At
the
Yreka
meeting,
to
be
held
R12E by F. J. Shipler, D. A. Van
preparatory to resuming
operations
‘in
August,
members
of
the
associaHorn and W. H. Collins
at
the
property
:
following
a shut
tion
propose
to
effect
the
oragnizaFederal Gold placer Nos. 1, 2, 3,
4, 5, 6, 7, 8, in
Nevada County tion of a state wide body representdown for the winter. He will let i
Mining District
by W. H. Collins, ing all mining interests and to contract to extend the present tunF. J.
.Shipler,
H. A. Van Horn, adopt a seven planks platform for nel from its 1600 foot terminus to
3, 4, 5,6, 7, 8,.in
Large Installation Will Be Ru shed To An Early Completion
Ten Tons Raw Gum Already Collected For Operations
40,000 Trees Now Tapped, Total 2,000,000 Expected
Jack Totten who is connected with
one
of
the
large
oil
companies
at
The case promises to be a bitterOleum and living at Rodeo, has been
ly fought one.
the guest of his sister, Mrs.
duction in year past. Henry had a
Mr. and Mrs. Theo.
H. D.
Mr.
Ernst also expects to instal!
a small
lamp
black
care of the waste
plant
to take
produets in the
refinery.
The trees now
being tapped
for
gum total 40,000 and gum is being
regularly collected and stored awaiting
manufacture. It is expected to
run the tree total up to two million
which
will
make
for large
manu
PARSONS GOES EAST
Charles E. Parsons, proprietor of
noon
trip which
on
an
will
extended
take
Lynn,
Massachusetts,
home.
He is
route and
Grand
going
Fastern
him as far as
his
the
former
southern
will Visit Los Angeles, the
Canyon
and other points on
his way east and will attend a nurseryman’s
whil
convention
in
Boston
eaway. He expects to be gone
six weeks.
:
facturing operations. Those property
owners
who had the _
foresight to
B. F. BLACK REVISITS +
aign up their acreage and make pos
j
B. F. Black of San Francisco, for
of-this in(eleven years a resident of Nevada
sible the establishment
a very good run of gravel.
:
Shearer.
dustry in Nevada county’ are to be
F.
W.
Camp
is
still
able
to
do
a
fuch of the ‘eredit due for the
. City, came up the past week to reHenry Goering
came
down from
highly commended for their willingMrs.
Raymond
C.
Rossen
is
here.
. suecessful meeting can b egiven to little placer mining at Indian Hill,
. visit the
oi town and
renew acSierra
county Thursday
from his for a visit with Miss Mary Rossen ness to get back of the
movement
Cc. W. Chapman, the indefatigable the late rains having prolonged his
'quaintanceships.
He
was
on’
his way
which will bring many thousands of
water season. They had some bad Big Nugget property where he has and mother, and friends.
secretary of Hydraulic Parlor.
to Lake Tahoe and Yosemite Valley
been doing his
annual assessment
dollars into the county
and put it
Seott Rundy, student at the Col
he dance staged at Uncle Toms luck during the season but will get
on a ¥acation trip with his son,
work. The property is located three lege of the Pacific at Stockton, re
into local circulation. There are now
things
in
order
to
do
a
good
rup
Saturday night drew a large throng.
Henry Black and wife.
Mr. Black
the coming winter. They recently ran miles east of the Gold Lake road turned in the last few days to spend nine tracts under tapping operaran the gas works for six years. He
through some bed rock gravel which and has seen some large nugget prohis vacation here with his parents, tions, a tract having been added at
trict Deputy E. J. Kilroy.
The departing time of trains from
paid very well.
likely
looking
10:00 a. m. and 3:00 p. m. Connec-. Henry Harrison is progressing at stuff with him.
on
Indian
Creek,
being
tions for the evening train are nowjhis claims
Nevada City at present is 5:20 and
Fundy.
Relief Hill only recenly, it being on
took occasion while here to enter a. —
for The Nugget. so as
real ’ Born to Mr. and~
Mrs. Fred T. a poundage basis.
to
keep
p@sted
on the doings here.
A sample of_the
first rosin proDeal, at the
Nevada City Sanitarduced
by
Mr.
Ernst
is
on
display
in
Tie local Leaguers captured the ium, June 16, 1929, a daughter.
made. with No. 20 leaving San Franbothered with very heavy. boulders
Ignition Parts and Accesories at
Mrs. Nellie Clark is entertaining the windows of The Nugget and is
banner for general efficiency awarwhich
cover
a
quantity
of
virgin
cisco at 11:00 a. m.
Miner's
Foundry.
24tf +
some
of
the
finest
and
clearest
rosin
company
from
San
Francisco.
ded ai the Shasta Assembly last week
Continued on page four
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