March 24, 1933 (10 pages)

sammencoe eee Vol. VII, No. 42 ale I ‘county has had ‘TION of gen PRT OS See e Day Special Editio NEVADA . CITY Where Climate, and Gold Invite the World. . evada City Nugge ' Nevada City Nugget Good Water i] A gi nietie sie ii . : Sarre Nevada City Nugget is a Member of the United Press fener ee ee ern The Couey Seat Paper NEVADA GIFTY; CALIFORNIA The GOLD Center FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 1933 Twelve Hundred Men at Work In Twelve Nevada Co. Mines t Twelve mines in the vicinity of Nevada City and Grass Valley employing . 1200 men. monthly payroll, very conservatively These men are paid are today “every two weeks, and the estimated at $4.25 per day per»man for 30 days a month amounts to $164,052. This does not take into account many smaller mining operations in gravel and quartz development that are going farward. throughout the county. How much this amounts tu per. month, anyone as well as a newspaper writer, can guess. But this is the biggest payroll this in many a long day, and. this PAY DAY SPECIAL BEDE the Nevada City Nugget is issued to eall this strong revival strated by the number ployed, and_illustrated _ below. attention to in mining as demonof men emin_the table A BIG INDUSTRY From any point of view the North Star-Empire, Pemnsylvania and Murchie group of mines, employing 775 men, kind have a larger force working at this time. The Idaho-Maryland, which has just declared a dividend, has a number of stock ‘holéers in this vicinity. Aside from the wages paid out, a considerable proportion of the diviis one of the big enterprises of; ‘California. Few corporations of any} ° who sell their service, and those who deal in the busy marts of<trade: that means everybody. HOGE DEVELOPMENT Co. The Hoge Development company another of the producers of this section, in addition ‘to its operation of the Hoge preparing to develop the Lava Cap. This company, as well asthe Murchie, mine, is employs Nevada City miners almost exclusively. This city feels the immediate effect of the semi-monthly distribu: tion of wages. The Lava Cap soon will be in a position to begin development work, when it is expected to employ 25 men. The Golden Center,mine in Grass Valley has recently made an interesting strike. The miners were putting a “last shot’ into a_ drift, in . which, if nething worth while showed up, work was to have been abandoned. The shot revealed a two foot Jedge, richly ‘mineralized and showing free gold. The Bullion mine is being rehabhoist. . . . the smaller properties, . méntioned that of Remingwhich employed 12 men the AS soon as principal owner of this Frank Crampton, prolarge crew at work Among might be ton Hill, throughout the mine, winter. posible gravel poses to puta sluicing .the gravel. belonging to this company have recently been expanded so that there are now 1700 acres in its holdings, most of which ear be worked. Lack of water. at Camptonville, Relief Hill and at, other localities where gravel-mining predominates, and, in the higher’ sections, too much snow, are delaying resumption of work in gravel. At -Relief Hill development work is going forThe ward and as soon as water is available, hydraulicking will begin. LARGE DEALS PENDING Several. large mining transactions are now in the course of negotiation. Some of these will be concluded and there will be further increases in the mine payroll of this section. The table below naming mining properties, their location, the number of men employed, is the first to be compiled by any newspaper in recent years. From time toe time, as ONTHLY MINE PAYROLL NOW $1€ PEOPLE SOON TO. CAST BALLOT ON WATER PROBLEM The city met Wednesday a special session: and the procedure for calling an election at which the people will be given an . . obportunity to express their will re-. the swim. eouncil in discussed . garding the transfer (of ee fund to water pairs and to the water bond funa. . the . ming system -reIf the city votes to thansfer : swimming pool fund a $10,000 bond . properties . issue voted some with interest, amounting to $11,000, to the repairing and modernizing of . the water systeny, and to the bond fund, the city council it will be able to reduce the tax to be fixed in August, years ago, now, water . believes . rate, 25 cents, or to $1.65 per $1.00 assessed valuation. Lezal advice received by the city council shows ‘clearly that any change of the swimming pool fund to-any other usé will require a two thirds majority vote. City Clerk George Calanan made this statement yesterday and read the law pertaining thereto to a_ representative of the Nugget. The resolution on which the ordinance will be based, is now being prepared and will be presented for adoption at the next regular meeting of the’ board, which falls on Thursday, April 6. An ordinance calling a special election will follow shortly. : i x i: ilitated. A vrew of men are at work. the list of mines in operation grows dend money goes into circulation in i By : : = ‘ ‘ clearing the ground for a head-. this table will be corrected, exiis county. Everybody benetite, not frame, preparatory to installi tended d blished. It follows: only the merchants, but all those . . 1 PEOVER y to installing a nded and republished. It follows DEVELOPMENT Gravel MINE OR or LOCALTY Number MONTHLY PRODUCTION Quartz Employed Payroll Nor. Star-Hmpire Pennsylvania production quartz Grass Valley 600 $86,500 "Brunswick & “West of Hdaho-Mary land preduction quartz Nevada City 200 25,500 East of Murchie production quartz Nevada City 175 22,500 Hege Dev. Co. production quartz Harmony Ridge 65 8,250 Gelden Center development quartz Grass Valley 65 8,250 — production quartz Newtown 40 5,400 mo 2 West of Spring ‘Hill development quartz Nevada City 15 1,912 Laya Cap development quartz Banner Mt. 12 1,500 Relief Hill development gravel Relief Hill 10 1,325 a Ancho development quartz ‘Washington 10 1,325 : e South of Stockton Hill development quartz Grass Valley 6 765 Bullion development quartz Grass Valley 10 1,325 TOTAL 1,208 $164.052 HOGE MILL RUNS 60 TONS DAILY Superintendent Arthur M. Hoge reperts that everything is going on in fine shape at the Hoge Development company's mine. The flotation plant according to last aceounts Was milling 60 tons of ore daily jn their mill of 50 tons rating. In February a station was cut at the 800 level in fine ore. Within tae last few weeks a 200 foot winze was sunk on one of their most promising —ledges. Development work is being carried on at the mine with the view of always having a good supply of ore in readiness for work. ral 0 Mrs. Karl Kopp left yesterday to spend about ten days with her daughter, Mrs. Cereseto and family, in Oakland. While there Mrs. Cereseto will give a birthday party it , being her birth day. Sata Mrs. W. L. Mobley is from a severe sick spell. fo t,-d(o3 nwugeriSirecovering SLEIGH STILL TAKES MAIL TO WASHINGTON According to Frank Davies, who holds the mail stage franchise between Nevada City and Alleghany, he has been able to make the trip the last few days without chains. There is still some snow on the ground, the worst section of the route being near the Red Tedge mine eight miles-this side of Alleghany. The road to Washington, east of Nevada City, is still blocked with snow to such an extent that a sleigh is still delivering mail the lest few miles. Joe Lopez, who holds the mail contract, thinks that the road will be open to auto travel about Monday. Judge and Mrs. George L. Jones are spending a few days in San Francisco on a business and pleasure trip. E. R. Bundy, proprietor of the Leather Shop in Grass Valley, has . leased the premises now occupied by the Western Union and _ will soon move from his present quarters, 123 Mill stret, SPANISH MINE WAITS ON SNOW James Bradley came up last week to look over conditions at the Spanish mine of which he is supérintendent. He stated that work will start at the mine, which is three miles north east of Washington, as soon as the road to that town is cleared of snow. It will probably be only a matter of a few weeks until operations will start up. It is understood that the mine will. employ about 40 men when it is ready to operate. Mr. Bradley is related to our State Mineralogist Fred Bradley and it was at this property that the Bradley family first became famous in the mining world. ,) ——s ae Ben Ballard of Santa Rosa, who is superintendent of the Kate Hardy Mining company, which operates the Brush Creek mine near Alleghany, was a Nevada City visitor’ Wednesday, Plans are to reopen the Brush Creek “mine a little later on in the season. ee se = Subscribe For The Nugget. 'RED CROSS FUND ; to Chamber Asks Voters To Switch Pool F und — Chamber of last ‘endorsing the hold The , Nevada Commerce City meeting evening . Dagsed a resolution . proposal of the a special election for the city council to the purpose of voting upon proposal to ‘transfer fund the mains which the swimming pool . . bond the replacement of water water system fund for are old and a menace ‘to the city’s safety. The chamber also endorsed the dance to be given by. Nevada CityGrass Valley Ski ciub Saturday, . April 29. President Fred Cassidy announced the aprointmen: of the following directors and committees: Directors—S. Lee Leiter, Judge Raglan Tuttle, E. M. Bennetts, WW. Hh. Wright, — 8. George Ho Richard Goyne, Ww. Fred W. 4H. schreiver, Calanan, E. Cassidy, Griffiths. Committee MeCraneyv, Waggoner, E. C. Mine Opera Mines and Minchairman; O. <A. WwW. W. E. Barker. Commiton Hoge, Gordon $Bettles, Uren, E. tors Advisory tee:James Bradley, Wm. A. Simpkins,-E.C.-Jatobs, H.U. Maxfietd; Fred J. Joubert, A. A. Hoffman, F. A. Crampton, G. W. Starr, Errol MacBoyle, Cooley Butler, A. R. Archibald, Charles G. Johnson. Winter Sports—George R.: Carter, F. F. Breese,C. W. Leiter, John Tognarelli, E. W. Schreiber, Walter Carlson, Karl Kopp. Advertising and Promoting— J. “GROWS SLOWLY ~INNEVADA CITY . Judge George L. Jones, Red Cross chairman for this section states that Nevada City is lagging in contributing its quota. Judge Jones yesterday ing the situation, said: “Nevada City has been asked to contribute the sum of $200 to the fund~of $500,000 which the American Red Cross is raising for the relief of earthquake — sufferers Southern California. “In answer to the appeals which have been made. Only $67,00 has been contributed to our quota, and as chairman of Nevada City Chapter, A. R. C., I urge-those who are able to do so, to make their contributions without delay. “The need for relief is great and, unless the People quickly respond, the Red Cross cannot carry on its work in the stricken area. When called on in the past, this community has donated liberally to relief work in sections visited by calamity and we should not now. fail to help those who have been sorely stricken by the destructive earthquake shocks in our state.’ The following is a complete list in diseussin of those who have subscribed to ‘date: Nevada City Nugget, $5.00; Mr. and Mrs. A. Hartung, $5.00; Mr. and -Mrs. Wade Armstrong, $2.50; Miss Minnie Brand, $1.00; Ed Murchie and daughter, $1.00; Miss Kate Kinkead, $1.00; Mrs. Jas. Penrose, $1.00; Joe O'Neill, $1. Mr. and Mrs. R: J. ‘Bennetts, $2.00; O. McCraney, $1.00; Mr. and Mrs. George L. Jones, $2.50; Walter Carlson, $1.00; George —Calanan, $1.00; Alice Langman, $1.00; Mr. and Mrs, E. C. Uren, $1.00; Chas. Graham, $1.00; John Webster, $1. Mrs. Mary Robbins, $1.00; Dr. Suss, $1.00; Pieckney Armstrong, $1.00; Benj. Hall, $1.00; Cash, 50 cents; W. B. Telfer, $1.00; Mrs.Mary Warnecke, $1.00; Miss Mulloy, $1.00; Mrs. Dellea, $1.00; Mrs. Lon. Paine, $.50; Elza Kilroy, $1.00; Neva Rebekah Lodge, $5.00; Mrs. Joanna Springer, $1.00; Mr. and Mrs. A. Seaman, $1.00; C. S. Arbogast, $1.00; Miss Elizabeth Watson, $1.00; Miss Laura Peterson. $1.00; Mr. and Mrs. CG. R. BULLION GETS W. O'Neill, H. M. Leete, Fred C. Worth, Fred Connor. Reception and Entertainment— Hector; Red. . WHEREAS: i Chestér Scheemer, R. L. P. Bigelow, Thomes W. Richards; . James Pen+rose, J. J. Fortier, Frank Ghidottt, J. J. Jackson, P. G. Scadden, *. Prof. H. E. Kjortie. Finance-—-H. A. Curnow,’ R. N. McCormack, C. R. Murchie. ~. Membership—-W. L. Mobley, J. F. Colley, W. B. Celi RESOLUT TIONS Resolutions endorsing transfer of the swimming "peol bond fund to the city water system fund follows: WHEREAS: an emergency exists . in the Nevada City Water Distri. buting System and in accordance with a recommendation from City . Engineer Uren and representatives . of the Nevada: City Fire Department . that the main line be replaced to seye a dependable supply of water ana WHEREAS, the present tax rate . in this city is deemed high and bur. densome, and the construction of swimming pool would charge to be over-taxed the proposed create a further fixed borne by the already property owner, BE IT RESOLVED: that the Nevada City Chamber of Commerce recommends to the voters of this when .the matter is brought up for action, that they favor the transfer of the sum set aside for the city, construction of the swimming. pool to a new fund to be used ‘for the construction of a new pipe line, and any remaining after said pipe line constructed be used the outstand-sum has been the retirement of bonds. for }ing water READY TO OPEN The Bullion Consolidated Mining company, recently organized, has an option on 1,000 acres of land on the west slope of Odgen hill and running down Wolf ¢réek westerly for one mile. The property includes ten different veins. The depest development of any of these veins is in the Bullion inclined shaft, 1500 feet in depth. Miners who worked in that property when it closed because of water difficulties in 1907, declare that the last samples taken at that level ran thousands of dollars per ton. Contracts are let for erecting a 80 foot head frame. Sixteen thousand feet of lumber were on the ground Wednesday. The Pacific Gas and Electric company is stringing the power lines and the are already delivered. transfermers The company is employing 21 men clearing brush away from the collar of the shaft and from _ proposed roads and building sites. Charles A. Brockington, superintendent of the Bullion, is now opening his tenth shaft in the Grass Valley district. PHILIP HOUCK HOME SOLD AND IMPROVED Mr. and Mrs. Everett Robinson have recently purchased from Philip Houck his property on West Broad street which was formerly known as the Barry place. The property is. loecated just beyond the Catholic eémetery and consists of about two acres of ground on which stands a large house with a_ splendid stone cellar, or basement. Murchie, $1.00; Miss Frieda Hier-, onimous, $1.00; Mrs. S. Trevethick.’ $1.00; J. F. Colley, $1.00; Miss M. Meservey, $1.00;-R. E. Harris, $1. J, Huy, $.50; Cash, $.50;. . Mrs. Frank Wilson, $1.00; Friend, $1.00; Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Goyne, $2.00; Mr. and Mrs. BE. B. Braker, $2.00; Mrs. M, A, Langley, $1.00. eePROGRESS MADE IN CANADA HILL AND ANCHO MINE Despite serious Weather interrup= tions, operations. at the Ancho-Erie mine of West Mines Corporation, near Washington, have made steady progress all winter. Production is on the increase and it is hoped that a few more months of work will place the properties in a position to operate on a large tonnage basis. There are ten men employed at the property. H.C. Lewis, a leaser on the Ancho-Erie property, had a clean-up last month of about $1500. He reported splendid eonditions underground at the mine. CANADA HILL MINE Orlando MeCraney, president ofthe West mines has announced that work on the Canada Hill mine, south east of Nevada City, will be definitely started at an early date. % Plans for this property’s development are wide in their scope and require detailed preparation. The preliminary \ work will be rushed through in record time in, order to get work started on the lowe vels of the mine, where it is rg that extensive ore reserves will be opened up with a moderate amount of new development. FLIES OVER HIS HOME Captain J. C. Kennedy came ‘up from Crissy Field’ Tuesday to return with Captain. Allen Chapmaty U.S. A. RC. to-othatstation. Captain Chapman met Neve at geese more flying field atts ; flew over Nevada Git invalid mother Be gn ce “her Porch, might see them. Cai ® a good psrsinides 4h Chapman’s little daughter i ee . bo siiecsh these ne tema lation tas ne

sammencoe eee Vol. VII, No. 42 ale I ‘county has had ‘TION of gen PRT OS See e Day Special Editio NEVADA . CITY Where Climate, and Gold Invite the World. . evada City Nugge ' Nevada City Nugget Good Water i] A gi nietie sie ii . : Sarre Nevada City Nugget is a Member of the United Press fener ee ee ern The Couey Seat Paper NEVADA GIFTY; CALIFORNIA The GOLD Center FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 1933 Twelve Hundred Men at Work In Twelve Nevada Co. Mines t Twelve mines in the vicinity of Nevada City and Grass Valley employing . 1200 men. monthly payroll, very conservatively These men are paid are today “every two weeks, and the estimated at $4.25 per day per»man for 30 days a month amounts to $164,052. This does not take into account many smaller mining operations in gravel and quartz development that are going farward. throughout the county. How much this amounts tu per. month, anyone as well as a newspaper writer, can guess. But this is the biggest payroll this in many a long day, and. this PAY DAY SPECIAL BEDE the Nevada City Nugget is issued to eall this strong revival strated by the number ployed, and_illustrated _ below. attention to in mining as demonof men emin_the table A BIG INDUSTRY From any point of view the North Star-Empire, Pemnsylvania and Murchie group of mines, employing 775 men, kind have a larger force working at this time. The Idaho-Maryland, which has just declared a dividend, has a number of stock ‘holéers in this vicinity. Aside from the wages paid out, a considerable proportion of the diviis one of the big enterprises of; ‘California. Few corporations of any} ° who sell their service, and those who deal in the busy marts of<trade: that means everybody. HOGE DEVELOPMENT Co. The Hoge Development company another of the producers of this section, in addition ‘to its operation of the Hoge preparing to develop the Lava Cap. This company, as well asthe Murchie, mine, is employs Nevada City miners almost exclusively. This city feels the immediate effect of the semi-monthly distribu: tion of wages. The Lava Cap soon will be in a position to begin development work, when it is expected to employ 25 men. The Golden Center,mine in Grass Valley has recently made an interesting strike. The miners were putting a “last shot’ into a_ drift, in . which, if nething worth while showed up, work was to have been abandoned. The shot revealed a two foot Jedge, richly ‘mineralized and showing free gold. The Bullion mine is being rehabhoist. . . . the smaller properties, . méntioned that of Remingwhich employed 12 men the AS soon as principal owner of this Frank Crampton, prolarge crew at work Among might be ton Hill, throughout the mine, winter. posible gravel poses to puta sluicing .the gravel. belonging to this company have recently been expanded so that there are now 1700 acres in its holdings, most of which ear be worked. Lack of water. at Camptonville, Relief Hill and at, other localities where gravel-mining predominates, and, in the higher’ sections, too much snow, are delaying resumption of work in gravel. At -Relief Hill development work is going forThe ward and as soon as water is available, hydraulicking will begin. LARGE DEALS PENDING Several. large mining transactions are now in the course of negotiation. Some of these will be concluded and there will be further increases in the mine payroll of this section. The table below naming mining properties, their location, the number of men employed, is the first to be compiled by any newspaper in recent years. From time toe time, as ONTHLY MINE PAYROLL NOW $1€ PEOPLE SOON TO. CAST BALLOT ON WATER PROBLEM The city met Wednesday a special session: and the procedure for calling an election at which the people will be given an . . obportunity to express their will re-. the swim. eouncil in discussed . garding the transfer (of ee fund to water pairs and to the water bond funa. . the . ming system -reIf the city votes to thansfer : swimming pool fund a $10,000 bond . properties . issue voted some with interest, amounting to $11,000, to the repairing and modernizing of . the water systeny, and to the bond fund, the city council it will be able to reduce the tax to be fixed in August, years ago, now, water . believes . rate, 25 cents, or to $1.65 per $1.00 assessed valuation. Lezal advice received by the city council shows ‘clearly that any change of the swimming pool fund to-any other usé will require a two thirds majority vote. City Clerk George Calanan made this statement yesterday and read the law pertaining thereto to a_ representative of the Nugget. The resolution on which the ordinance will be based, is now being prepared and will be presented for adoption at the next regular meeting of the’ board, which falls on Thursday, April 6. An ordinance calling a special election will follow shortly. : i x i: ilitated. A vrew of men are at work. the list of mines in operation grows dend money goes into circulation in i By : : = ‘ ‘ clearing the ground for a head-. this table will be corrected, exiis county. Everybody benetite, not frame, preparatory to installi tended d blished. It follows: only the merchants, but all those . . 1 PEOVER y to installing a nded and republished. It follows DEVELOPMENT Gravel MINE OR or LOCALTY Number MONTHLY PRODUCTION Quartz Employed Payroll Nor. Star-Hmpire Pennsylvania production quartz Grass Valley 600 $86,500 "Brunswick & “West of Hdaho-Mary land preduction quartz Nevada City 200 25,500 East of Murchie production quartz Nevada City 175 22,500 Hege Dev. Co. production quartz Harmony Ridge 65 8,250 Gelden Center development quartz Grass Valley 65 8,250 — production quartz Newtown 40 5,400 mo 2 West of Spring ‘Hill development quartz Nevada City 15 1,912 Laya Cap development quartz Banner Mt. 12 1,500 Relief Hill development gravel Relief Hill 10 1,325 a Ancho development quartz ‘Washington 10 1,325 : e South of Stockton Hill development quartz Grass Valley 6 765 Bullion development quartz Grass Valley 10 1,325 TOTAL 1,208 $164.052 HOGE MILL RUNS 60 TONS DAILY Superintendent Arthur M. Hoge reperts that everything is going on in fine shape at the Hoge Development company's mine. The flotation plant according to last aceounts Was milling 60 tons of ore daily jn their mill of 50 tons rating. In February a station was cut at the 800 level in fine ore. Within tae last few weeks a 200 foot winze was sunk on one of their most promising —ledges. Development work is being carried on at the mine with the view of always having a good supply of ore in readiness for work. ral 0 Mrs. Karl Kopp left yesterday to spend about ten days with her daughter, Mrs. Cereseto and family, in Oakland. While there Mrs. Cereseto will give a birthday party it , being her birth day. Sata Mrs. W. L. Mobley is from a severe sick spell. fo t,-d(o3 nwugeriSirecovering SLEIGH STILL TAKES MAIL TO WASHINGTON According to Frank Davies, who holds the mail stage franchise between Nevada City and Alleghany, he has been able to make the trip the last few days without chains. There is still some snow on the ground, the worst section of the route being near the Red Tedge mine eight miles-this side of Alleghany. The road to Washington, east of Nevada City, is still blocked with snow to such an extent that a sleigh is still delivering mail the lest few miles. Joe Lopez, who holds the mail contract, thinks that the road will be open to auto travel about Monday. Judge and Mrs. George L. Jones are spending a few days in San Francisco on a business and pleasure trip. E. R. Bundy, proprietor of the Leather Shop in Grass Valley, has . leased the premises now occupied by the Western Union and _ will soon move from his present quarters, 123 Mill stret, SPANISH MINE WAITS ON SNOW James Bradley came up last week to look over conditions at the Spanish mine of which he is supérintendent. He stated that work will start at the mine, which is three miles north east of Washington, as soon as the road to that town is cleared of snow. It will probably be only a matter of a few weeks until operations will start up. It is understood that the mine will. employ about 40 men when it is ready to operate. Mr. Bradley is related to our State Mineralogist Fred Bradley and it was at this property that the Bradley family first became famous in the mining world. ,) ——s ae Ben Ballard of Santa Rosa, who is superintendent of the Kate Hardy Mining company, which operates the

Brush Creek mine near Alleghany, was a Nevada City visitor’ Wednesday, Plans are to reopen the Brush Creek “mine a little later on in the season. ee se = Subscribe For The Nugget. 'RED CROSS FUND ; to Chamber Asks Voters To Switch Pool F und — Chamber of last ‘endorsing the hold The , Nevada Commerce City meeting evening . Dagsed a resolution . proposal of the a special election for the city council to the purpose of voting upon proposal to ‘transfer fund the mains which the swimming pool . . bond the replacement of water water system fund for are old and a menace ‘to the city’s safety. The chamber also endorsed the dance to be given by. Nevada CityGrass Valley Ski ciub Saturday, . April 29. President Fred Cassidy announced the aprointmen: of the following directors and committees: Directors—S. Lee Leiter, Judge Raglan Tuttle, E. M. Bennetts, WW. Hh. Wright, — 8. George Ho Richard Goyne, Ww. Fred W. 4H. schreiver, Calanan, E. Cassidy, Griffiths. Committee MeCraneyv, Waggoner, E. C. Mine Opera Mines and Minchairman; O. <A. WwW. W. E. Barker. Commiton Hoge, Gordon $Bettles, Uren, E. tors Advisory tee:James Bradley, Wm. A. Simpkins,-E.C.-Jatobs, H.U. Maxfietd; Fred J. Joubert, A. A. Hoffman, F. A. Crampton, G. W. Starr, Errol MacBoyle, Cooley Butler, A. R. Archibald, Charles G. Johnson. Winter Sports—George R.: Carter, F. F. Breese,C. W. Leiter, John Tognarelli, E. W. Schreiber, Walter Carlson, Karl Kopp. Advertising and Promoting— J. “GROWS SLOWLY ~INNEVADA CITY . Judge George L. Jones, Red Cross chairman for this section states that Nevada City is lagging in contributing its quota. Judge Jones yesterday ing the situation, said: “Nevada City has been asked to contribute the sum of $200 to the fund~of $500,000 which the American Red Cross is raising for the relief of earthquake — sufferers Southern California. “In answer to the appeals which have been made. Only $67,00 has been contributed to our quota, and as chairman of Nevada City Chapter, A. R. C., I urge-those who are able to do so, to make their contributions without delay. “The need for relief is great and, unless the People quickly respond, the Red Cross cannot carry on its work in the stricken area. When called on in the past, this community has donated liberally to relief work in sections visited by calamity and we should not now. fail to help those who have been sorely stricken by the destructive earthquake shocks in our state.’ The following is a complete list in diseussin of those who have subscribed to ‘date: Nevada City Nugget, $5.00; Mr. and Mrs. A. Hartung, $5.00; Mr. and -Mrs. Wade Armstrong, $2.50; Miss Minnie Brand, $1.00; Ed Murchie and daughter, $1.00; Miss Kate Kinkead, $1.00; Mrs. Jas. Penrose, $1.00; Joe O'Neill, $1. Mr. and Mrs. R: J. ‘Bennetts, $2.00; O. McCraney, $1.00; Mr. and Mrs. George L. Jones, $2.50; Walter Carlson, $1.00; George —Calanan, $1.00; Alice Langman, $1.00; Mr. and Mrs, E. C. Uren, $1.00; Chas. Graham, $1.00; John Webster, $1. Mrs. Mary Robbins, $1.00; Dr. Suss, $1.00; Pieckney Armstrong, $1.00; Benj. Hall, $1.00; Cash, 50 cents; W. B. Telfer, $1.00; Mrs.Mary Warnecke, $1.00; Miss Mulloy, $1.00; Mrs. Dellea, $1.00; Mrs. Lon. Paine, $.50; Elza Kilroy, $1.00; Neva Rebekah Lodge, $5.00; Mrs. Joanna Springer, $1.00; Mr. and Mrs. A. Seaman, $1.00; C. S. Arbogast, $1.00; Miss Elizabeth Watson, $1.00; Miss Laura Peterson. $1.00; Mr. and Mrs. CG. R. BULLION GETS W. O'Neill, H. M. Leete, Fred C. Worth, Fred Connor. Reception and Entertainment— Hector; Red. . WHEREAS: i Chestér Scheemer, R. L. P. Bigelow, Thomes W. Richards; . James Pen+rose, J. J. Fortier, Frank Ghidottt, J. J. Jackson, P. G. Scadden, *. Prof. H. E. Kjortie. Finance-—-H. A. Curnow,’ R. N. McCormack, C. R. Murchie. ~. Membership—-W. L. Mobley, J. F. Colley, W. B. Celi RESOLUT TIONS Resolutions endorsing transfer of the swimming "peol bond fund to the city water system fund follows: WHEREAS: an emergency exists . in the Nevada City Water Distri. buting System and in accordance with a recommendation from City . Engineer Uren and representatives . of the Nevada: City Fire Department . that the main line be replaced to seye a dependable supply of water ana WHEREAS, the present tax rate . in this city is deemed high and bur. densome, and the construction of swimming pool would charge to be over-taxed the proposed create a further fixed borne by the already property owner, BE IT RESOLVED: that the Nevada City Chamber of Commerce recommends to the voters of this when .the matter is brought up for action, that they favor the transfer of the sum set aside for the city, construction of the swimming. pool to a new fund to be used ‘for the construction of a new pipe line, and any remaining after said pipe line constructed be used the outstand-sum has been the retirement of bonds. for }ing water READY TO OPEN The Bullion Consolidated Mining company, recently organized, has an option on 1,000 acres of land on the west slope of Odgen hill and running down Wolf ¢réek westerly for one mile. The property includes ten different veins. The depest development of any of these veins is in the Bullion inclined shaft, 1500 feet in depth. Miners who worked in that property when it closed because of water difficulties in 1907, declare that the last samples taken at that level ran thousands of dollars per ton. Contracts are let for erecting a 80 foot head frame. Sixteen thousand feet of lumber were on the ground Wednesday. The Pacific Gas and Electric company is stringing the power lines and the are already delivered. transfermers The company is employing 21 men clearing brush away from the collar of the shaft and from _ proposed roads and building sites. Charles A. Brockington, superintendent of the Bullion, is now opening his tenth shaft in the Grass Valley district. PHILIP HOUCK HOME SOLD AND IMPROVED Mr. and Mrs. Everett Robinson have recently purchased from Philip Houck his property on West Broad street which was formerly known as the Barry place. The property is. loecated just beyond the Catholic eémetery and consists of about two acres of ground on which stands a large house with a_ splendid stone cellar, or basement. Murchie, $1.00; Miss Frieda Hier-, onimous, $1.00; Mrs. S. Trevethick.’ $1.00; J. F. Colley, $1.00; Miss M. Meservey, $1.00;-R. E. Harris, $1. J, Huy, $.50; Cash, $.50;. . Mrs. Frank Wilson, $1.00; Friend, $1.00; Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Goyne, $2.00; Mr. and Mrs. BE. B. Braker, $2.00; Mrs. M, A, Langley, $1.00. eePROGRESS MADE IN CANADA HILL AND ANCHO MINE Despite serious Weather interrup= tions, operations. at the Ancho-Erie mine of West Mines Corporation, near Washington, have made steady progress all winter. Production is on the increase and it is hoped that a few more months of work will place the properties in a position to operate on a large tonnage basis. There are ten men employed at the property. H.C. Lewis, a leaser on the Ancho-Erie property, had a clean-up last month of about $1500. He reported splendid eonditions underground at the mine. CANADA HILL MINE Orlando MeCraney, president ofthe West mines has announced that work on the Canada Hill mine, south east of Nevada City, will be definitely started at an early date. % Plans for this property’s development are wide in their scope and require detailed preparation. The preliminary \ work will be rushed through in record time in, order to get work started on the lowe vels of the mine, where it is rg that extensive ore reserves will be opened up with a moderate amount of new development. FLIES OVER HIS HOME Captain J. C. Kennedy came ‘up from Crissy Field’ Tuesday to return with Captain. Allen Chapmaty U.S. A. RC. to-othatstation.. Captain Chapman met Neve at geese more flying field atts ; flew over Nevada Git invalid mother Be gn ce “her Porch, might see them. Cai ® a good psrsinides 4h Chapman’s little daughter i ee . bo siiecsh these ne tema lation tas ne