March 15, 1935 (6 pages)

nn 6 i ' ! i This Spa per. worth while. scribe for it? aa is Nevada City’s’ ONLY Hometown Newsit supports things Do you subMarch Mining ; Develo Nevada City Nugget Nevada City Nugget is a Member of the United Press ~-And California aides ar! Publishers Association i pment Extra! com Y paper advertisers good builder. é our Hometown Newshelps build your Readers and it munity. make a Vol. IX, No. 38. Ths County ‘Beat Paper NEVADA ciry, —— anminien CALIFORN 1A The GOLD Corner FRIDAY, "MARCH 15, 1935. MINING “MPLOYS Mining activity continues energet. along the same high level re. irvally ported summary. ties, notably the idaho Maryland have increased their working Beginnings in the Nugeget’s February . forces. been, made during the month in resuming work on older mines, notably the Federal Loan and St. Louis in Willow Valley. In this connection it i interesting to note the statement of Au OW. effect in another column to the Great Northern Hoge that ine plans development of its holdings ad. . ers of jaeent to the Murchie holdings. A properties this report of the operative mining month reveals-a total {will soon ef 2,154 miners and. executives emmloyed with a payroll that tops . $300,000 per month. SPENCEVILLE MINE The P:. G. & E. company has con} structed a power line to the Spenceville mine connecting neat the D. N. Jones residence-to operate the gold ; cyanide plant at the old dump of tee Spenceville mine, which is being . "e-opened by Sidney Woods Louis Hinds. The excavation is comthe mill and framing of underway. It under. stood the old dump assays about $3 ton in gold content. Sixteen men and pleted for timbers is is r.7e employed. QUEEN LIL MINE Queen Lil mill near Nevada run during the winter custom from the Buifington Brothers lease on which the will is located. A test run of concenirates for the Salmon Mine near Tylox has just been completed. BULLION MINE The City has on ore and ore Lava Cap and the}have; \snow at the top of the dam. ‘carried through an GERMAN BAR at the MINE Operations German Bat . } have been delayed to some ex-} i: mine Some of the large proper. _ rainfall. will within a loads snow and the full capacity Several truck 'machinery the Thomas itent by heavy understood property be workiie short ‘time, and equipment late of last Auburn property. EN MOUNTAIN PROPERTY Charles and Kistle, the Mountain adjoins the Murchie ‘en to property Stephens is in‘terested in the j . Gi { > 13) Norman ownGreen property i Which , the ) : itimbered mine on have cleaned the tunnel, i blocked and caved, a distance 1150 feet. Two men are employed and ‘taking out of ore is to start the jnext day two. A: five mill installed on east out and rewhich was for of in stamp the or be prop' pene P.G.AND E. MAN [S DROWNED IN _ SPAULDING LAKE L. Jensen, 53, P. employee Jens . company G. &\E. . lost his life by ‘falling into the lake at the Spauld-\ ‘ing Dam of the Pacific Gas and Elecon Tuesday afternoon. he lost -his footing trie’ Co;, thought the He was outlet gate in and, ‘tumbled 200 feet to the rough boul. Between 55 and 65 tons of-ore per day are being mined at the Bullion ders below. His body {E. Bishop, was discovered a company by Alva employee. of big mine! fall. . It is MINE R KILLED. WHEN DRILL HITS Harry ed on William Pine Welsh, who near the in Nevada City, street sion bridge ed at 12: 10 yesterday. morning hole on the 800-foot level of the Ban-; Weisbine and the G. ner mine of the, Lava Cap. 2100 MEN MISSED HOLE resiasuspenwas killwheu it is thought he drilled into-a missed . yada City, IN NEVADA FED ERAL LOs ANDST. LOUIS Welsh was born March 5, 1903, in. Geljo of Nevada City and E. J. HenColumbus, Ohio, making him 32 negsy of-Grass-Valley and others, years of age. He had resided in Calirespectively. Five. men-are employed fornia eleven years and had worked'. jn mining operations. there. ,at the Lava Cap mine about five. . $t is planned to start the mill Sunmonths. day. It will handle 80 tons of ore Left to mourn his untimely pass*. per day. ing are a wife; two children, Evelyn,! “ir. Syms, mining engineer, is sup‘9 years old, Walter, 7 years, of Ne-jerintendent of the property. Old ‘vada City; co Son funeral home in Grass Valfuneral word from with lawaiting east. SHERIFF TOBIASSEN “CROWDED INTO DITCH arrangements relatives in the BY RECKLESS DRIVER transferring Kimo Evanos, adjudged mentally ill, from this city o the Stockton State ' While . Hawaiian, Miine and trucked to the 20-stamp: Coroner L. R. Jefford and Deputy. hospital Wednesday, Sheriff Carl Tomill at the Idaho-Maryland mine. LAVA CAP MINE Ore is being mined from all levels %. the Central and Banner tue Lava Cap mine southeast of Neyida City. The sinking: from the 1,200 to the 1,400 level has been aceopmplished and a station is being vat. The mine is employing 140 men and 200 tons of ore is being milled shafts ©. ‘per day ‘in the 300 ton daily capacity he ie Coroner Merritt. Smith. recovered.the ; body with the assistance of P. G. employees of The men who helped to rescue the body and bring it by toboggan sevyeral miles to the funeral car were ee oP Leslie Swing, Alva E. Bishop. The body Funeral chapel. Clarence Swing and! now at the Funeral is arrangeA { Spaulding Camp. Landsburg, James Campbell, . Jeffora . Jered as follows: ae: +biassen ‘met an enforced accident x crowded} boulevard, a' Sacramento into youth driving recklessly him off the Stockton ‘few miles south of the ditch. One wheel was smashed and an axle broken. He was delayed three hours as result of the mishap. Evanos formerly resided Dog Bar on the Bear river and is reputed to have been the conductor, impres‘rio and manager of the Kimo Royal; at parents, Mr. and Mrs. workings consist of a 2,500 foot tunWilliam Welsh of Columbus, Ohio; a] nel on the St. Louis and a~1,600_. brother, Elmer Welsh, Columbus,. /rg6t shaft on the Federal Loan '\Ohio; two sisters, Mrs. Florence Emground. tbey, Columbus, Ohio; and Mrs. 7%, H. Syms issoperating the Black Helen Keller, Cleveland, Ohio.Bear or Schroeder mine near Rough! The body lies at the W. R. Jefford}ay and Ready for terests. He is GC to get under the Cooley Butler ina resident of Nevada way BUILDING PLANS The Nevada City school board, ; meeting Monday evening, gave furdiscussion ‘to building plans. board has an application filed with the PWA director in San Fran‘cisco for $160,000-for a new grammar school building and an addition to the high school of a gymnasium, new class rooms and heating plant. Reports received wee that the schools would be given preferential consideration, if and when, 800,000,000 PWA_ relief bill is ladopted in Congress. Arrangements . were made to ask the architects who ‘have prepared Nevada City’s preliminary school plans, to consult with the State School Planning board in ; Hawaiian orekieen which some. "years ago toured the Uniied States. ,vf late months hhas heen aflicted j with blindness. ‘.n top of this has come his mental deterioration, causing his removal ©» the Stockton hospital. BANNER xi The Banner iitain Post, V. F. W., rally anda program held in Pythian Castle last evening was a most enjoyable event. Four candidates were initiated into the order after which a splendid program was rendErnest Carnes, violin solo; W. James, accordion solo; Herman Kreuger, of Grass Valley, vocal solo; and A. Abrams, of Grass Valley, accordion solo. Mrs.C. 3B. Bosworth was accompanied for the musical numbers. Decorated lunch boxes sold well for the box social that followed. ’, POST Mov: Sacramento in order that plans may conform to the state regulations gov. erning construction of school buildings. This was done in ordér that when funds do become available, there need be cause in beginning work. Operations at the Omega have’ been held up temporarily on the account of storage facilities, company is planning upon arrange-. ments for active operations at an early date. In the meantime, the ditch system is being maintained and everything kept in good shape for operations as soon as weather conditions are suitable to get started -on , the same. the Inc., Arthur W. Hoge of Northern Gold Mines, that the company Great states its regular force and with very good results. He likewise states that the by it expects to materially increase their operations within the near fu, . ture. ° low Valley group of properties which . adjoin the Murchie holdings, and) mill. O. E. Schiffner is superintendments await the arrival of relatives, ent. ‘from Santa Cruz. QUARTZ NUMBHR MINE OR GRAVEL LOCATION. EMPLOYED PAYROLL . tlnegitecns arg /. quartz Grass Valley 740 103,600 srunswick and idaho Maryland quartz NE Grass Valley 525 ee = Murchie quartz, E of Nev. City ; 285_ 89,900 — Great” Northern ~~ quartz, Harmony Ridge ae ves 2,100 ~ Golden Center quartz Grass Valley 100 14,000 Republic Gold quartz, Newton 50 6,000 re Spring Hill quartz, NE Grass Valley 22 3,080 Lava Cap quartz Banner Mt. 140 19,600 Ancho Erie quartz Graniteville 18 . 2,520 Bullion quartz EK of Grass Valley 60 = 8,400 You Bet Mining’ ‘gravel You Bet. s RO = esti Spanish quartz Washington 30 4,200 Mattie Gold Co. quartz S of Grass Valley 6 840 Schroeder quartz W of Grass Val. 12 1,680 “eibright quartz, : of Nev. City 40 5,600 . Birchville gravel French Corrat . 700 Alta Hill gravel W. Grass Valley io 1,400 Bushnell gravel French Corral 2 280 2 ‘German Bar quartz N. Bloomfield 560 Alaska quartz N. Nev. City 3 420 ‘Remington Hill gravel KE. of Nev. City 3 420 if Prescott Hill quartz K. Grass Valley 12 1,680 French Corral gravel French Corral 1,120 Optimo gravel Nor. Nev. City 6 840 Phoenix quartz So. G. V. 3 420 : Omega gravel N. Washington 3 420 Gracey Glencoe quartz S of Nev. City 5 700 Morning Star quartz Nor. Columbia 2 280 “Green Mountain — quartz OB. Nevada City ee ~~ 380° s Spenceville quartz Spenceville 16 2,240 Clerkin on ae gravel French Cor ‘al are ; 840 F Ieard Ranch quartz W. Grass Valley 6 840 “Federal Loan quartz . S, Nevada City ie. Mey eo aie Pennsylvania “quartz ‘Brow ns “Waller ees 42 4.689 8 ~ Salmon quaitz Tyler 4 560 f TOTAL 2154 $301 1560" which is recognized as being one of ; ‘the outstanding groups of preperties bery and the complaining witness is . drifts in the Nevada City area, because its values have already been proven by. robbed him of $60 while all were . an air shaft umerous small shafts that have heen sunk on the various opetations in the early days'and which is in the formation and same’ on the same contact’ and also in the same vein vstem as the Murchie group. is still operating ie company has plans underway where. The company has plans underway . for the development of its large Wil-) Willow Valley Mines Resuming Operation TRIAL SET FOR TWO CHARGED WITH ASSAULT In their preliminary hearing before Justice of the Peace Walter Mobley yesterday afternoon Robert . souseholder ‘and Jerry Healy, charg. led with assault and battery, pleaded not guilty, and their trial was set for 10 o’clock, March 25. The two men were arrested ‘upon a charge of robTony Wrthneik, who-alleges the tw more or less under the influence of liquor. The charge was reduced, on request of District Attorney Vernon . Stoll battery. from robbery to assault and! MINES LEASED: . This is the first large project! this year. the $4,-. no delay from that! STORAGE LACK HAMPERS OMEGA but the) #. H. Syms and associates have . jtakén a lease on the Federal Loan . and St. Louis properties in the Wil-. y low Valley district north-east of Ne-. The Chamber of Commerce of Ne: which are owned by Mr, . Yada City meeting Tuesday evening H. Mellon es. re-elected the officers and board of tate of San Francisco and by W. B./@irectors of the past year. They are . as follows: Fred F. Cassidy, President; R. . Goyne, Vice-President; and W. H. triffith, Secretary. Directors—Judge Raglan Tuttle. E:.M. Reetor, R. J. Bennetts, W. E. . Wright, EK. W. Schrieber, George Caljanan, W. W. Waggoner and executive . officers. President Fred F. that he had served two years and . now thought that the office of president should be given to some othei member. A. W. Hoge and R. J. Beninetts, however, assured him that they . had served three years each, so that 'a precedent had been established. Fred E. Conner was. placed ,homination, for the presidency but . felt obliged to decline for business , j} reasons, promising to take the office . . next year, provided the chamber i members wished to confer that honor ' : }upon him then. in . Following Conner’s statement, iJudge Raglan Tuttle moved that all the officers of the past year be re,elected, and this motion carried. Ed. C. Uren of the airport com; mittee reported that there had been . ‘no! new development in regard to lcompleting the Nevada City Airport. \° An application for $21,000 had been . made to the PWA director for ie purpose of putting six inches of' broken rock saturated with oil and . ‘weed killer on the runways and the! ;other necessary work. He stated he had received a questionaire regarding the airport which indicated that! the aviation authorities were asking . a higher standard than would. be pos-— sible without the expenditure of al great deal more money. R. J. Bennetts, chairman of the, airport committee,’ stated that he was in receipt of a letter from the San Francisco Bay Airdome in which jit was stated that an invitation sent . by im to visit this city, had been accepted. It was indicated that a flight of this association of plane owners! Phat be made to Nevada City ‘Airport ‘sometime this spring. The arrival of these pilots in their. planes is always an event of gala iii . portance. On a recent flight to Oro; ville, the aviators were hospitably . ‘entertained by organizations and private individuals. The manager of the airdrome is R. U. St., John. Judge Raglan Tuttle called attention to the importance of the bills! now before the legislature relating to county roads. One bill backed by Governor Merriam and the _ State Board of Public Works calls for the surrender of all county roads to the state highway department. Judge Tuttle referred to some of the ob. Jections which have been made to this measure and also cited the bill offered by the northern section of the State Chamber of Commerce, which provides that counties may surrender all their roads to the state highway department on vote of the IDAHO MARYLAND FORCE NOW 525; A winze was sunk 50 feet on the ibottom level of the New Brunswick ' shaft where an ore bin is being cut. . ‘Diamond drilling has been used to . determine, a program of future development. Ore is being mined in several in the old Brunswick shaft, . it is used for the most part as . and auxiliary exit. . About 100 men are employed at the [Brunswick mine making a force of. 525 men for the Idaho Maryland . . properties. About 225 tons of ore and. 75 tons of old mill tailings are’ “but Iheing treated each day at the Idaho. Chamber of Commerce Elects Officers: S. F. Airmen To Fly Here Cassidy stated . ‘amental democratic principle of local led, ‘NEV. CO. LUMBER jner in the management of the local ‘with the Shasta Lumber Company ;there. When the (pany, in 1926, Odegaard became the ;will continue to make his home in ‘Nevada City and that he will engage ‘evening, he declined a nomination to . Wright, COUNTY . people and under conditions whieh jsafeguard road maintenance and con. struction. A letter from the state supervisors ‘association received by the Nevada. . City Nugget cites these objections jto Governor Merriams bill, which . would arbitrarily place county roads junder the state highway administra. tion: : 4 ™ That the proposal would’ not produce either economy or efficiency jas claimed by the proponents, . That it would set-up a, potential political machine which could whip loealities into line. 3. That it would destroy the fundsolution of local problems., 4. That it would disrupt the present successful spina of highway financing. : 5. That it would revive sectional controversies which were ironed out when the present system was adoptThat it would repudiate the mandate of the people with respect to meddliinge--with the gasoline tax money. Secretary W. H. Griffith was asked communicate with the State Automobile Association and ask that . highway signs at Auburn and at the jjunetion of Tahoe-Ukiah highway, with No. 40 near Emigrant Gap inlude the distances therefrom to Nevada City along with those of other cities. 6. to COMPANY UNDER NEW MANAGER until early this Fred E. Conner, week, secretary-manager of the Ne‘vada County Lumber Company, has ;severed his relation. with that organization. Oscar J. Odegaard, who resigns his position as manager of the Diamond Match Co. at Marysjville on April 1, will succeed Conlumber company. Mr. Odegaard has purchased an. interest in the _ business. : Odegaard has resided in Marysville with his family for the past 14 . years, and was formerly connected Diamond Match Company purchased the Shasta commanager. He took an active part ‘in all community activities of Marysville and for some time has been president of the Merchants association of that city. Mrs. Odegaard has also been prominent in relief and lodge work there. The family will not remove to Nevada City until the end of the school term. but Odegaard. will take charge here on April 1. The many friends of Fred E. Conner will be pleased to learn that he in business here. At a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce Tuesday be president of the chamber, owing, he stated, to the press of business. COUNTY BAR ASSN. MET MONDAY EVENING A dinner meeting was held by the Nevada County Bar Association at the National Hotel Monday evening. Nearly all the members of the bar of the county were present. W. EL. president, presided at the , meeting. E. H. Armstrong performed the secretarial duties. es a . Maryland since completion of the big ‘mill. The circular shaft is down a lit ‘tle over 320 feet. Errol Maco general MODBESE,

nn 6 i ' ! i This Spa per. worth while. scribe for it? aa is Nevada City’s’ ONLY Hometown Newsit supports things Do you subMarch Mining ; Develo Nevada City Nugget Nevada City Nugget is a Member of the United Press ~-And California aides ar! Publishers Association i pment Extra! com Y paper advertisers good builder. é our Hometown Newshelps build your Readers and it munity. make a Vol. IX, No. 38. Ths County ‘Beat Paper NEVADA ciry, —— anminien CALIFORN 1A The GOLD Corner FRIDAY, "MARCH 15, 1935. MINING “MPLOYS Mining activity continues energet. along the same high level re. irvally ported summary. ties, notably the idaho Maryland have increased their working Beginnings in the Nugeget’s February . forces. been, made during the month in resuming work on older mines, notably the Federal Loan and St. Louis in Willow Valley. In this connection it i interesting to note the statement of Au OW. effect in another column to the Great Northern Hoge that ine plans development of its holdings ad. . ers of jaeent to the Murchie holdings. A properties this report of the operative mining month reveals-a total {will soon ef 2,154 miners and. executives emmloyed with a payroll that tops . $300,000 per month. SPENCEVILLE MINE The P:. G. & E. company has con} structed a power line to the Spenceville mine connecting neat the D. N. Jones residence-to operate the gold ; cyanide plant at the old dump of tee Spenceville mine, which is being . "e-opened by Sidney Woods Louis Hinds. The excavation is comthe mill and framing of underway. It under. stood the old dump assays about $3 ton in gold content. Sixteen men and pleted for timbers is is r.7e employed. QUEEN LIL MINE Queen Lil mill near Nevada run during the winter custom from the Buifington Brothers lease on which the will is located. A test run of concenirates for the Salmon Mine near Tylox has just been completed. BULLION MINE The City has on ore and ore Lava Cap and the}have; \snow at the top of the dam. ‘carried through an GERMAN BAR at the MINE Operations German Bat . } have been delayed to some ex-} i: mine Some of the large proper. _ rainfall. will within a loads snow and the full capacity Several truck 'machinery the Thomas itent by heavy understood property be workiie short ‘time, and equipment late of last Auburn property. EN MOUNTAIN PROPERTY Charles and Kistle, the Mountain adjoins the Murchie ‘en to property Stephens is in‘terested in the j . Gi { > 13) Norman ownGreen property i Which , the ) : itimbered mine on have cleaned the tunnel, i blocked and caved, a distance 1150 feet. Two men are employed and ‘taking out of ore is to start the jnext day two. A: five mill installed on east out and rewhich was for of in stamp the or be prop' pene P.G.AND E. MAN [S DROWNED IN _ SPAULDING LAKE L. Jensen, 53, P. employee Jens . company G. &\E. . lost his life by ‘falling into the lake at the Spauld-\ ‘ing Dam of the Pacific Gas and Elecon Tuesday afternoon. he lost -his footing trie’ Co;, thought the He was outlet gate in and, ‘tumbled 200 feet to the rough boul. Between 55 and 65 tons of-ore per day are being mined at the Bullion ders below. His body {E. Bishop, was discovered a company by Alva employee. of big mine! fall. . It is MINE R KILLED. WHEN DRILL HITS Harry ed on William Pine Welsh, who near the in Nevada City, street sion bridge ed at 12: 10 yesterday. morning hole on the 800-foot level of the Ban-; Weisbine and the G. ner mine of the, Lava Cap. 2100 MEN MISSED HOLE resiasuspenwas killwheu it is thought he drilled into-a missed . yada City, IN NEVADA FED ERAL LOs ANDST. LOUIS Welsh was born March 5, 1903, in. Geljo of Nevada City and E. J. HenColumbus, Ohio, making him 32 negsy of-Grass-Valley and others, years of age. He had resided in Calirespectively. Five. men-are employed fornia eleven years and had worked'. jn mining operations. there. ,at the Lava Cap mine about five. . $t is planned to start the mill Sunmonths. day. It will handle 80 tons of ore Left to mourn his untimely pass*. per day. ing are a wife; two children, Evelyn,! “ir. Syms, mining engineer, is sup‘9 years old, Walter, 7 years, of Ne-jerintendent of the property. Old ‘vada City; co Son funeral home in Grass Valfuneral word from with lawaiting east. SHERIFF TOBIASSEN “CROWDED INTO DITCH arrangements relatives in the BY RECKLESS DRIVER transferring Kimo Evanos, adjudged mentally ill, from this city o the Stockton State ' While . Hawaiian, Miine and trucked to the 20-stamp: Coroner L. R. Jefford and Deputy. hospital Wednesday, Sheriff Carl Tomill at the Idaho-Maryland mine. LAVA CAP MINE Ore is being mined from all levels %. the Central and Banner tue Lava Cap mine southeast of Neyida City. The sinking: from the 1,200 to the 1,400 level has been aceopmplished and a station is being vat. The mine is employing 140 men and 200 tons of ore is being milled shafts ©. ‘per day ‘in the 300 ton daily capacity he ie Coroner Merritt. Smith. recovered.the ; body with the assistance of P. G. employees of The men who helped to rescue the body and bring it by toboggan sevyeral miles to the funeral car were ee oP Leslie Swing, Alva E. Bishop. The body Funeral chapel. Clarence Swing and! now at the Funeral is arrangeA { Spaulding Camp. Landsburg, James Campbell, . Jeffora . Jered as follows: ae: +biassen ‘met an enforced accident x crowded} boulevard, a' Sacramento into youth driving recklessly him off the Stockton ‘few miles south of the ditch. One wheel was smashed and an axle broken. He was delayed three hours as result of the mishap. Evanos formerly resided Dog Bar on the Bear river and is reputed to have been the conductor, impres‘rio and manager of the Kimo Royal; at parents, Mr. and Mrs. workings consist of a 2,500 foot tunWilliam Welsh of Columbus, Ohio; a] nel on the St. Louis and a~1,600_. brother, Elmer Welsh, Columbus,. /rg6t shaft on the Federal Loan '\Ohio; two sisters, Mrs. Florence Emground. tbey, Columbus, Ohio; and Mrs. 7%, H. Syms issoperating the Black Helen Keller, Cleveland, Ohio.Bear or Schroeder mine near Rough! The body lies at the W. R. Jefford}ay and Ready for terests. He is GC to get under the Cooley Butler ina resident of Nevada way BUILDING PLANS The Nevada City school board, ; meeting Monday evening, gave furdiscussion ‘to building plans. board has an application filed with the PWA director in San Fran‘cisco for $160,000-for a new grammar school building and an addition to the high school of a gymnasium, new class rooms and heating plant. Reports received wee that the schools would be given preferential consideration, if and when, 800,000,000 PWA_ relief bill is ladopted in Congress. Arrangements . were made to ask the architects who ‘have prepared Nevada City’s preliminary school plans, to consult with the State School Planning board in ; Hawaiian orekieen which some. "years ago toured the Uniied States. ,vf late months hhas heen aflicted j with blindness. ‘.n top of this has come his mental deterioration, causing his removal ©» the Stockton hospital. BANNER xi The Banner iitain Post, V. F. W., rally anda program held in Pythian Castle last evening was a most

enjoyable event. Four candidates were initiated into the order after which a splendid program was rendErnest Carnes, violin solo; W. James, accordion solo; Herman Kreuger, of Grass Valley, vocal solo; and A. Abrams, of Grass Valley, accordion solo. Mrs.C. 3B. Bosworth was accompanied for the musical numbers. Decorated lunch boxes sold well for the box social that followed. ’, POST Mov: Sacramento in order that plans may conform to the state regulations gov. erning construction of school buildings. This was done in ordér that when funds do become available, there need be cause in beginning work. Operations at the Omega have’ been held up temporarily on the account of storage facilities, company is planning upon arrange-. ments for active operations at an early date. In the meantime, the ditch system is being maintained and everything kept in good shape for operations as soon as weather conditions are suitable to get started -on , the same. the Inc., Arthur W. Hoge of Northern Gold Mines, that the company Great states its regular force and with very good results. He likewise states that the by it expects to materially increase their operations within the near fu, . ture. ° low Valley group of properties which . adjoin the Murchie holdings, and) mill. O. E. Schiffner is superintendments await the arrival of relatives, ent. ‘from Santa Cruz. QUARTZ NUMBHR MINE OR GRAVEL LOCATION. EMPLOYED PAYROLL . tlnegitecns arg /. quartz Grass Valley 740 103,600 srunswick and idaho Maryland quartz NE Grass Valley 525 ee = Murchie quartz, E of Nev. City ; 285_ 89,900 — Great” Northern ~~ quartz, Harmony Ridge ae ves 2,100 ~ Golden Center quartz Grass Valley 100 14,000 Republic Gold quartz, Newton 50 6,000 re Spring Hill quartz, NE Grass Valley 22 3,080 Lava Cap quartz Banner Mt. 140 19,600 Ancho Erie quartz Graniteville 18 . 2,520 Bullion quartz EK of Grass Valley 60 = 8,400 You Bet Mining’ ‘gravel You Bet. s RO = esti Spanish quartz Washington 30 4,200 Mattie Gold Co. quartz S of Grass Valley 6 840 Schroeder quartz W of Grass Val. 12 1,680 “eibright quartz, : of Nev. City 40 5,600 . Birchville gravel French Corrat . 700 Alta Hill gravel W. Grass Valley io 1,400 Bushnell gravel French Corral 2 280 2 ‘German Bar quartz N. Bloomfield 560 Alaska quartz N. Nev. City 3 420 ‘Remington Hill gravel KE. of Nev. City 3 420 if Prescott Hill quartz K. Grass Valley 12 1,680 French Corral gravel French Corral 1,120 Optimo gravel Nor. Nev. City 6 840 Phoenix quartz So. G. V. 3 420 : Omega gravel N. Washington 3 420 Gracey Glencoe quartz S of Nev. City 5 700 Morning Star quartz Nor. Columbia 2 280 “Green Mountain — quartz OB. Nevada City ee ~~ 380° s Spenceville quartz Spenceville 16 2,240 Clerkin on ae gravel French Cor ‘al are ; 840 F Ieard Ranch quartz W. Grass Valley 6 840 “Federal Loan quartz . S, Nevada City ie. Mey eo aie Pennsylvania “quartz ‘Brow ns “Waller ees 42 4.689 8 ~ Salmon quaitz Tyler 4 560 f TOTAL 2154 $301 1560" which is recognized as being one of ; ‘the outstanding groups of preperties bery and the complaining witness is . drifts in the Nevada City area, because its values have already been proven by. robbed him of $60 while all were . an air shaft umerous small shafts that have heen sunk on the various opetations in the early days'and which is in the formation and same’ on the same contact’ and also in the same vein vstem as the Murchie group. is still operating ie company has plans underway where. The company has plans underway . for the development of its large Wil-) Willow Valley Mines Resuming Operation TRIAL SET FOR TWO CHARGED WITH ASSAULT In their preliminary hearing before Justice of the Peace Walter Mobley yesterday afternoon Robert . souseholder ‘and Jerry Healy, charg. led with assault and battery, pleaded not guilty, and their trial was set for 10 o’clock, March 25. The two men were arrested ‘upon a charge of robTony Wrthneik, who-alleges the tw more or less under the influence of liquor. The charge was reduced, on request of District Attorney Vernon . Stoll battery. from robbery to assault and! MINES LEASED: . This is the first large project! this year. the $4,-. no delay from that! STORAGE LACK HAMPERS OMEGA but the) #. H. Syms and associates have . jtakén a lease on the Federal Loan . and St. Louis properties in the Wil-. y low Valley district north-east of Ne-. The Chamber of Commerce of Ne: which are owned by Mr, . Yada City meeting Tuesday evening H. Mellon es. re-elected the officers and board of tate of San Francisco and by W. B./@irectors of the past year. They are . as follows: Fred F. Cassidy, President; R. . Goyne, Vice-President; and W. H. triffith, Secretary. Directors—Judge Raglan Tuttle. E:.M. Reetor, R. J. Bennetts, W. E. . Wright, EK. W. Schrieber, George Caljanan, W. W. Waggoner and executive . officers. President Fred F. that he had served two years and . now thought that the office of president should be given to some othei member. A. W. Hoge and R. J. Beninetts, however, assured him that they . had served three years each, so that 'a precedent had been established. Fred E. Conner was. placed ,homination, for the presidency but . felt obliged to decline for business , j} reasons, promising to take the office . . next year, provided the chamber i members wished to confer that honor ' : }upon him then. in . Following Conner’s statement, iJudge Raglan Tuttle moved that all the officers of the past year be re,elected, and this motion carried. Ed. C. Uren of the airport com; mittee reported that there had been . ‘no! new development in regard to lcompleting the Nevada City Airport. \° An application for $21,000 had been . made to the PWA director for ie purpose of putting six inches of' broken rock saturated with oil and . ‘weed killer on the runways and the! ;other necessary work. He stated he had received a questionaire regarding the airport which indicated that! the aviation authorities were asking . a higher standard than would. be pos-— sible without the expenditure of al great deal more money. R. J. Bennetts, chairman of the, airport committee,’ stated that he was in receipt of a letter from the San Francisco Bay Airdome in which jit was stated that an invitation sent . by im to visit this city, had been accepted. It was indicated that a flight of this association of plane owners! Phat be made to Nevada City ‘Airport ‘sometime this spring. The arrival of these pilots in their. planes is always an event of gala iii . portance. On a recent flight to Oro; ville, the aviators were hospitably . ‘entertained by organizations and private individuals. The manager of the airdrome is R. U. St., John. Judge Raglan Tuttle called attention to the importance of the bills! now before the legislature relating to county roads. One bill backed by Governor Merriam and the _ State Board of Public Works calls for the surrender of all county roads to the state highway department. Judge Tuttle referred to some of the ob. Jections which have been made to this measure and also cited the bill offered by the northern section of the State Chamber of Commerce, which provides that counties may surrender all their roads to the state highway department on vote of the IDAHO MARYLAND FORCE NOW 525; A winze was sunk 50 feet on the ibottom level of the New Brunswick ' shaft where an ore bin is being cut. . ‘Diamond drilling has been used to . determine, a program of future development. Ore is being mined in several in the old Brunswick shaft, . it is used for the most part as . and auxiliary exit. . About 100 men are employed at the [Brunswick mine making a force of. 525 men for the Idaho Maryland . . properties. About 225 tons of ore and. 75 tons of old mill tailings are’ “but Iheing treated each day at the Idaho. Chamber of Commerce Elects Officers: S. F. Airmen To Fly Here Cassidy stated . ‘amental democratic principle of local led, ‘NEV. CO. LUMBER jner in the management of the local ‘with the Shasta Lumber Company ;there. When the (pany, in 1926, Odegaard became the ;will continue to make his home in ‘Nevada City and that he will engage ‘evening, he declined a nomination to . Wright, COUNTY . people and under conditions whieh jsafeguard road maintenance and con. struction. A letter from the state supervisors ‘association received by the Nevada. . City Nugget cites these objections jto Governor Merriams bill, which . would arbitrarily place county roads junder the state highway administra. tion: : 4 ™ That the proposal would’ not produce either economy or efficiency jas claimed by the proponents, . That it would set-up a, potential political machine which could whip loealities into line. 3. That it would destroy the fundsolution of local problems., 4. That it would disrupt the present successful spina of highway financing. : 5. That it would revive sectional controversies which were ironed out when the present system was adoptThat it would repudiate the mandate of the people with respect to meddliinge--with the gasoline tax money. Secretary W. H. Griffith was asked communicate with the State Automobile Association and ask that . highway signs at Auburn and at the jjunetion of Tahoe-Ukiah highway, with No. 40 near Emigrant Gap inlude the distances therefrom to Nevada City along with those of other cities. 6. to COMPANY UNDER NEW MANAGER until early this Fred E. Conner, week, secretary-manager of the Ne‘vada County Lumber Company, has ;severed his relation. with that organization. Oscar J. Odegaard, who resigns his position as manager of the Diamond Match Co. at Marysjville on April 1, will succeed Conlumber company. Mr. Odegaard has purchased an. interest in the _ business. : Odegaard has resided in Marysville with his family for the past 14 . years, and was formerly connected Diamond Match Company purchased the Shasta commanager. He took an active part ‘in all community activities of Marysville and for some time has been president of the Merchants association of that city. Mrs. Odegaard has also been prominent in relief and lodge work there. The family will not remove to Nevada City until the end of the school term. but Odegaard. will take charge here on April 1. The many friends of Fred E. Conner will be pleased to learn that he in business here. At a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce Tuesday be president of the chamber, owing, he stated, to the press of business. COUNTY BAR ASSN. MET MONDAY EVENING A dinner meeting was held by the Nevada County Bar Association at the National Hotel Monday evening. Nearly all the members of the bar of the county were present. W. EL. president, presided at the , meeting. E. H. Armstrong performed the secretarial duties. es a . Maryland since completion of the big ‘mill. The circular shaft is down a lit ‘tle over 320 feet. Errol Maco general MODBESE,