March 4, 1929 (6 pages)

The Nugget is Califoritia’s Leading Mining Weekly __ ae VOLUME Ill, NUMBER 16 = THE GOLD CENTER NEVADA CTY, NEVADA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA; _ THE COUNTY SEAT. PAPER TWO SHIFTS NOW BEING USED AT GERMAN BAR Work is proceeding steadily at the German Bar ‘mine property at Snow Point which is being developed by the Sunnyside Consolidated interests. Consulting Engineer Thomas E. Stephens came in from the property Saturday -on his way to the city on business connected with company affairs and reported things as looking in nice shape. Two shifts will now’ be used in both tunnels Nos. 2. and 3 and push ahead the work of opening up the mine. Both drifts are being run on the vein ‘which carries values of milling ore. The progress to date in No. 3 tunnel has been 73 feet since drilling was started with the jackhamer and 38 feet in No. 2. Average progress in No. 2 has been 14 inches per shift and 35-8 feet in No.'3. With the txtra shift working will double this footage readily. The dssay plant has been compie.cl nud a competent assayer is handling samples from all three *tunnels so that the milling ore left between the old stopes where enrichments were found in the early day development of the property can be diagrammed and mapped -out ready for the mill installation in the late spring or early summer of this year. The German Bar has the makings of a large producer when its workings are fully opened up. JEFFRIES CASE IN LOCAL COURT IS RECALLED RENO, NEVADA, March 4, (Exclusive Nugget Dispatch)—In 1910 when the firm of Stout & Miller sued James J. Jeffries, then heavyweight boxing champion of the world, for $5000 in an effort to collect an alleged gambling debt, Attorney Norman J. Barry reprsented that firm when the case was called in Nevada City. Jeffriea wss then in training in Reno for his fight with Jack Johnson, and could not leave his training quarters to attend his trial. Jeffries sought a continuance but this was denied by the court and Jeffries was compelled to compromise the case for a substantian sum. Numerous other legal incidents have also.been recalled by the old timers following the election of Mr. Barry of Rone to head the state’s lgal organization for 1929, when the board of governors of.the State Bar of Nevada recently convened, Back of 37 years before the courts of northesastern California and western Nevada, “Judge’’ Barry has figured in the early pioneer life, driving an ox team from his native *state of Missouri, to settle in the western frontier and follow his chosen calling, important cases which ranged from cattle rustling to divoree proceedings. ® He was defnse attorney in California’s famous ‘‘mule’’ case wherein it was held that by the supreme eourt of California that where hay hands staged a wild west show on the lands of their employer on Sunday and one of them was injured riding his employer’s animal, he suffred such injury at his own risk and could not hold employer liable. It was soon after this case that he was chosen attorney for the plaintiff in the noted divore case of Nat Goodwin vs Maxine Goodwin (Maxine flliott.) LINCOLN GOLFERS PROVE VICTORS OVER LOCALS The elay city golfers took the local divot producers into camp by a two to one margin ‘yesterday on the Lineoln course. W. E. Wright scored a 92 for the 18 holes to lead the local scoring. NEVADA LODGE, F. & A. M. Rehearsal for the third degree on Friday night at Masonic Temple at 7:30. Officers please take notice. John W. Darke, W. M. TWIN SISTER MINE HAS HOPES ELECTRIC POWER The short water supply and the freezing weather has hampered winter operations at the Twin . Sister mine. Fair progress has been made in the big No. 3 tunnel however, and it is now in 750 feet with approximately 300 feet to go to get under the rich ore’ shoots encountered in the upper levels. With an ample power supply provided rapid progress will be made. Thawing weather or rains will insure plenty of water to operate the Pelton plant until June at which time it is hoped that an adequate power supply will be arranged, Arrangements are now being undertaken to secure electric power. President R. O. Foster, who was at the property the past few days spotted out a site for a transmission line. from the German Bar = property which. is to be connected with the Alleghany line at an early date. The Alleghany line is the logical solution of the power problem for the entire east belt extending down to the Gaston property and it is to be hoped that the power company will take steps this spring to. hook up the properties and make possible the opening up of the mines in that section on a large scale. The rock in the face of the No. 3 tunnel has improved and shows much mineral. Every stringer encountered shows uslphurets various kinds and which are highly mineralized. President Fuster expressed himself as highly pleased with prospects at the property. TRADE IN MINING SHARES IS GROWING The stupendous mining share market in New York and _ Boston and on the different western mining exchanges is a part of the growing boom in the mining industry. California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah and Colorado camps are already experiencing a marked reviv‘al over operations im 1928. Reports raching The Nugget from all over the west, from Mexico, British Columbia and Alaska tell the: same story. Mining is booming and a great wave of prosperity is sweeping the industry. Records for sales of mining shares are being broken’ on the New York exchange. On _ Friday, February 8, transactions in American Smelting and Refining company on the New York board totaled approximately $2,510,000; Anaconda Copper traded in 138,000 shares with an aggregate value of approximately $17,489,000; Kennecott Copper sales resulted in a turnover of 38,900 shares representing a total value of $5,030,000; Nevada Consolidated Copper showed transactions of approximately $1,900,000 and Cerro de Pasco $1,540,000. This is a record for one day only and this big mining market has been boiling for many weeks. The west is alive to the wonder-. ful expansion and resultant demand for metals. Electric power lines are furnishing needed power where before is was necessary to, haul coal u steep mountains. The auto truck is another economical factor in mine develoment. Selective flotation is adding millions to profits from the mines. Greater demand for metals is causing higher quotations and this means increased prrofits for teh producers. Promoters of new mining companies are meeting with greater success in their financing because there are thousands of men with money for investment who ‘have sensed the new opportunities in mine development. The year 1929 promises to be a banner 12 months in the mining industry. R. E. Miesse, mining man associated with Paine Bros. in mining, returned Friday from Los Angeles wher his mother was operated on for appendicitis and was making a good recovery. Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Ewing spent three days visiting with Peter Rachels and son and daughter at Goodyear Bar. : Visitors at the E. W: Smith home are, Miss Edna Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hall of Folsom, andMartin Randall of Martinez. Miss Smith will remain here for a_ visit of OPTION IS TAKEN GARESIO MINE The Garesio mine west of town on the Downieville highway is reported bonded to capitalists who have taken a thirty day option on the property which is on the MeDonald vein system. By the terms of the option work must be begun within the option period and it is reported that development is being undertaken teday. The property is a former produeer and is in a very promising terfront in the next few years as the mining revival in this section gets fully under way. W. O. Gruenewald isopening up a prospect on the same vein system. The terrritory to the west of Nevada City for a few miles contains some of the most promising quartz prospects to be found in the county and is practically virgin ground. It is a continuation of the Champion and the Grass Valley vein systems which have roduced so-many millions. ~ a WEST OF TOWN ritory which will be coming to the! NEW COMPANIES SEEKING MINES IN THIS SECTION At least three large mining companies are preparing to enter the local field this spring as soon as suitable properties can be located, is the good news The Nugget has to offer its readers this week. 5 7 This paper has been commissioned by two of them to locate desirable holdings and listings on several have already been submitted to them and will shortly be inspected. Owners having properties availaible for development will do well to keep in touch with this office provided their purchase price is reasonable and the terms attractive. A big mining revival is coming on jin this ceunty this spring. The freezing weather of the past month has greatly curtailed operations at the Sierra Buttes mine at Sierra City, owned by the Hayes brothers of San Jose. The long flume line around the Buttes is frozen up. (By James D. Stewart) Continued from last week The proponents of hydraulic mining were practically all engineers, who dealt in facts and figures based on life-long experience or careful study. The opponents, with one exception, were politicians. All of the proponents were there on _ their own, paying their own. way. As-far as the writer knows, the opponents were all directly paid or else holding down public jobs .that paid them indirectly. The hydraulic miners, Roy H. Elliott, Pierre Bouery, the writer and others, knew the cost of mining as from neering. None engia movantage of trained of them for farming from No such eosts and methods of an authorative standpoint. modesty held back his pseudo _ politician, townsman spokesman. lawyer or They told how hydraulic mining was conducted, how it ought to be, what the values were and computed the profits. ‘And it’s safe to say hydraulic giant from the pimple on a hen’s nose. One table-pounder worked himself into a frenzy telling how. there 800,000,000 cubic yards of gravel in the North Bloomfield mine alone that was to eome down in the form of an avalanche behind the Bullards Bar Dam, eaacity of but 50,000,000 yards. were that the drains into the South Yuba of 80,000,000 cubic yards. Later, this same speaker series of quotations from engineering reports and from one to six words, changing the meaning, congressman’s letter as an neer’s report. This was so raw, the ‘chairnian to check his done’ and the corrections made matter of record. One of Otto Von Geldern’s pers was. published form by the farmers with the caption: gineer of California. consulting engineer. Another speaker tried angels wings on the (spies) sent ganizations they . might as well have make wings of wax stick watchmar in days gone bye, bu who knew how these frugal spie wh .h_ to pur;hase flour ranches, business blocks. J. Stenger, Secy. / some time. e ize of their speakers laid grea JIM STEWART WRITES OF EARLY PLACER MINING DAYS from a practical standpoint as well, ment would presume to discuss the , the farmer or, none of them knew the nozzle of a; that had a cubic The only discrepancies here are North Bloomfield mine river and the Bullards Bar. Dam is on the North Yuba river and has a capacity This was even distributed in pamphlet form. gave a, different left out entirely and read a engithat appointed a committee paper and report back at a subsequent meeting. This was a pain pamphlet of Sutter county and. given) wide distribution Otto Vor Geldern, Consulting Ento The Commonwealth Club The Commonwealth Club has no te place) out by the valley ortried to. to the . devil for around the table were men’ stress on the ocean going steamers that navigated the Sacramento river as far as Red Bluff. However, no information was forthcoming as to how’ much water these boats drew. In 1924, A. E. Anderson had. however, stated to Warren H. Me. Bride that there was a_greate: depth of water in the Sacramentc river below Sacramento than at any time in the 50’s. Ag ee One speaker _ stoutly maintained that the farming interests were entitled to government aid without limit but that the mining fraternity were conducting a private business and were not ntitled to any aid. In fact, these meetings brought home to the writer the most aggravated ease of single minded — selfishness that could possibly be imagined. The Sutter county farmer stood ready to claim anything and everything ‘that might benefit him without . rime, favor or reason and ,oncede nothing to his opponent. Their speakers stood up and argued till they were purple over the right to take the hydraulic miner to their courts for trial instead of . before some impartial unbiased tribunal. They were Wisker showed S aghast when A. L. that the farmer should have nothing to fear from the miner and that they could and should go hand in hand. Time after time, before the Commonwealth Club meetings and during them, the leader of the Sutter county farmers was asked: ‘If we can satisfy you or your engineers that hydraulic mining can be conducted so you are absolutely = safeguarded from injury will you cease to object?’’ And the answer was always ‘“No’’, and not a courteous “no’’, but like the snarl of a wolfhound that has had its tail stepped on. What can one do or say in the face of such pig-headed selfishness? give them battle and -lean them up, and that’s the job ahead of us. To be continued TRIPLE POCKET MINE SIERRA COUNTY SOLD The sale of the Triple Pocket quartz mine in Slug Canyon, Sierra county, by Henry Rosenfeld to C. J. York and Allison Brown is reported Mr. York was the first locator of the property, selling it to the RosMINING LOCATIONS ARE The following mining claims have been filed for record the Double A No: past week: 8 Lode by quartz A. A. Codd in Nevada Mining District. Double A No. 4 Lode quartz by A. A. Codd in Nevada’ Mining District. Double -A No.5 Lode quartz by A. A. Codd -in Nevada Mining District. Double <A No. 6 Lode quartz by A. A. Codd in Nevada Mining Di: trict. Double ‘A No. 7 Lode quartz b A. A. Codd in Nevada Mining Dis trict. The: Water Lad quartz by Henry Wilson and C. C. Bennett in Mountain Mining The Leona Lode quartz by District. trict. LOWER TUNNEL BEING RUN AT 1000 AND 1 — Anew tunnel to cut under the gravel channel is being run in the Thousand and One mine near Sier ra City, being developed by Seaitie interests. A crew of six men is en gaged in running the tunnel in-two shifts and are making good progress Arthur Pride is in charge of ope~ rations. BEN PRESTON PASSES Finis was writ Saturday afternoon to the life on earth of Ben H. Pres ton, for the past quarter of a century a resident of this community. The end came peacefully with the devoted wife in attendance. Fueral services will be held this afternoon at 1:30 from the Holmes Funeral Heme Mr. Preston was born near Lincoln Septmber 9, 1864 and for some year: was engaged in the newspaper bu siness in Sacramento. About. twen ty five vears aso he came to. this community and took up~ mining. About nine years ago he opened up the. newsstand which he had _ sinee conducted. ; Surviving are. the wife and. on brother Harry ef Oakland. Remains will be taken to Sacra mento for cremation and interment in the family plot. MARKET QUOTATIONS ON SUNNYSIDE PUBLISHED The “New York Herald-Tribune”’ . Franciseo. Miss Mary Schmidt returned to enfeld interests and now buying it back again. The Rosenfelds operated it for some years. until the water got the best of them with the facilities they had at hand and they nj; closed it down. Rossen is home from relat Mrs. Mary a visit of several weeks with tives: in Oakland. The Coxey Bros. of Grouse creek during the winter equipped on an extensive scale. James Bradbury of t spent a few days here AHeghany visiting. their i at $3.00 per day, saved funds with placer mine and are now operating . mills, PLACED COUNTY RECORD Round . Leona . Kenny in Grass Valley Mining Dis trict. Columbia Extension Lode quartz by Joseph ‘P. Kenny in.Grass Valley Mining District. Columbia Lode quartz by Cooley Butler -in Grass Valley Mining District. Double. A No.1 Lode quartz by A. A. Codd in. Nevada Mining. District. Double A No. 2 Lode quartz by . A. A. Codd in Nevada Mining Disnow publishes the daily quotations onthe Sunnyside Consolidated under the Los Angeles Curb excaangé head, giving total sales, the hig! and low andthe last sale. This fa cility should be appreciated by the} western people who ‘have occasion . to be in the east so as to keep in touch with the market develop ments. Elton Davies, . son of Frank Davies had an abscess opened and dressed by Dr. R. F. Werner last Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. James Hutchison had a sguests, Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Hutchison: and little son of: Sar MARCH 4, 1 2 CEM “3-7 CERENT GRAVEL TO BE EANDLE Favorable developments are still proceeding at the property of the Neocene Gold Incorporated where the sensational gravel strike was made a few weeks aco a; announceed in these columns. It is possible that the contemplated mill construec-. tion to handle the cemented gravel . will be .within the-next 30 days aec-cording to President C. H. Manker, In. the -north -eross ‘cut large quariz' eravel is beings encountered which indicates the nearness. of . ledge matter which may have an imertent hearines “eon the fauture= de. velopment of the property. The j}ma’n crosseut is still in ihe blue }gravel which is getting coarser lcrained. This ecrosseut is five feet ; above the bedrock which fs still Paes deeply. Good values are found in the gravel being. taken out . from the drift. . A test mill run has been made on . sampies of the gravel .and it, has 'becn found that the largér values jrun in the coneentrates than in the ree. goid. -The company will use ; inigamation in the sluices and ee concentrating tables in connec. tion with the mill. . A. number. of people are confusjing this preperty with the Neocene . Property at Round Mountain. This . property is on the north _ side of . Cement Hill just west of Sugar Loaf and the large deposits of auriferous: gravel being eneountered apparently a continuation of the famous old Manzanita Channel which produced se—heavily_ir farmer years io the -east._-Fhe—-water problem caused previous owners to pass up its operation but the water situation is not. causing trouble at present, ; due to its efficient handline. (MSR ELIZA RO RERTS CROSSES INTO BEYOND . Mrs. Eliza Roberts, for over a century a resident of this city . passed away early last week follow. ing a lingering illness. She had . been waking ‘her howe .with her ughter, Mrs. R. J. ““remaine. In. ternrent was made Frid-y. Deceased was the relict of the late . Stephen Roberts, for" erty. oa: Mere chant here. She was &” vars of age iat the time of her pa.’ng and was . widly loved for. her any virtues. . Surviving are one Gouchter; Mrs. . Esther Tremaine;. thr: sons, James. Les JOR: OL) oan. cisco, and . Stephen of this city. The funerel service were largely attended. Beautifu music was* rendered by John Ha’ v. with Mrs. Harry at the piano. pall bearers were Charles Nin.is, William . Jeffry, William Tamb! u, John Pettingill, Al Seaman and William G. Richards. The funeral rangements were in charge of W. R. Jefford and Son. . es eee . MRs. CARL KITTS . HAS PASSED AWAY . ; . Mrs. Carl Kitts, daughter of . Mr. and Mrs. William. IF. Sharpe passed away early last week quite suddenly. Funral services were held Thursday afternoon from the . Holmes Funeral Home. She was a native of this city and was a membér of the 1926 graduating elass of the high sehool. She was wed to Carl Kitts July Ist of last year and the young couple had resided in Grass. Valley and Allghany. She had been. sick but a week and an emergency operation at The Nevada pres sonese Teretey Suet 8 er City Sanitaruim disclosed the fact visit here with her parents, Mr. and iat che was suitlering tenes ae ‘Mrs. EB. W. Schmidt. he ag i ee ee Sargent Chapman of Oakland, ploded: appendix. . Survtyng ace am and: Muller Chaman of Sacramento husband, the parents, and ihnes . spent the week end here with their made a good recovery cent serious operation. Mr. and Mrs. have had as visitors, Mrs. Schaffer of Davis and Edwin ell of San Francisco. winter with relatives in Oakland. parents, Dr. and Mrs. C. W. Chapman. Mrs. Mamie Parsons was a visitor in Woodland: Saturday. She has from a reE. T. R. Powell Henry PowMr. and Mrs. J. S. King’ spent the brothers, Charles, Robert and WilPonuwwert and Mow of Grass Vailiy hurt Sundad . aeroplane accra: nt. BORN—-To Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Haddy, Friday, February 22,1929, in Nevada City, a son, Alfred Leroy. W. L. Mobley spent a few days in Yreka last week.

The Nugget is Califoritia’s Leading Mining Weekly __ ae VOLUME Ill, NUMBER 16 = THE GOLD CENTER NEVADA CTY, NEVADA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA; _ THE COUNTY SEAT. PAPER TWO SHIFTS NOW BEING USED AT GERMAN BAR Work is proceeding steadily at the German Bar ‘mine property at Snow Point which is being developed by the Sunnyside Consolidated interests. Consulting Engineer Thomas E. Stephens came in from the property Saturday -on his way to the city on business connected with company affairs and reported things as looking in nice shape. Two shifts will now’ be used in both tunnels Nos. 2. and 3 and push ahead the work of opening up the mine. Both drifts are being run on the vein ‘which carries values of milling ore. The progress to date in No. 3 tunnel has been 73 feet since drilling was started with the jackhamer and 38 feet in No. 2. Average progress in No. 2 has been 14 inches per shift and 35-8 feet in No.'3. With the txtra shift working will double this footage readily. The dssay plant has been compie.cl nud a competent assayer is handling samples from all three *tunnels so that the milling ore left between the old stopes where enrichments were found in the early day development of the property can be diagrammed and mapped -out ready for the mill installation in the late spring or early summer of this year. The German Bar has the makings of a large producer when its workings are fully opened up. JEFFRIES CASE IN LOCAL COURT IS RECALLED RENO, NEVADA, March 4, (Exclusive Nugget Dispatch)—In 1910 when the firm of Stout & Miller sued James J. Jeffries, then heavyweight boxing champion of the world, for $5000 in an effort to collect an alleged gambling debt, Attorney Norman J. Barry reprsented that firm when the case was called in Nevada City. Jeffriea wss then in training in Reno for his fight with Jack Johnson, and could not leave his training quarters to attend his trial. Jeffries sought a continuance but this was denied by the court and Jeffries was compelled to compromise the case for a substantian sum. Numerous other legal incidents have also.been recalled by the old timers following the election of Mr. Barry of Rone to head the state’s lgal organization for 1929, when the board of governors of.the State Bar of Nevada recently convened, Back of 37 years before the courts of northesastern California and western Nevada, “Judge’’ Barry has figured in the early pioneer life, driving an ox team from his native *state of Missouri, to settle in the western frontier and follow his chosen calling, important cases which ranged from cattle rustling to divoree proceedings. ® He was defnse attorney in California’s famous ‘‘mule’’ case wherein it was held that by the supreme eourt of California that where hay hands staged a wild west show on the lands of their employer on Sunday and one of them was injured riding his employer’s animal, he suffred such injury at his own risk and could not hold employer liable. It was soon after this case that he was chosen attorney for the plaintiff in the noted divore case of Nat Goodwin vs Maxine Goodwin (Maxine flliott.) LINCOLN GOLFERS PROVE VICTORS OVER LOCALS The elay city golfers took the local divot producers into camp by a two to one margin ‘yesterday on the Lineoln course. W. E. Wright scored a 92 for the 18 holes to lead the local scoring. NEVADA LODGE, F. & A. M. Rehearsal for the third degree on Friday night at Masonic Temple at 7:30. Officers please take notice. John W. Darke, W. M. TWIN SISTER MINE HAS HOPES ELECTRIC POWER The short water supply and the freezing weather has hampered winter operations at the Twin . Sister mine. Fair progress has been made in the big No. 3 tunnel however, and it is now in 750 feet with approximately 300 feet to go to get under the rich ore’ shoots encountered in the upper levels. With an ample power supply provided rapid progress will be made. Thawing weather or rains will insure plenty of water to operate the Pelton plant until June at which time it is hoped that an adequate power supply will be arranged, Arrangements are now being undertaken to secure electric power. President R. O. Foster, who was at the property the past few days spotted out a site for a transmission line. from the German Bar = property which. is to be connected with the Alleghany line at an early date. The Alleghany line is the logical solution of the power problem for the entire east belt extending down to the Gaston property and it is to be hoped that the power company will take steps this spring to. hook up the properties and make possible the opening up of the mines in that section on a large scale. The rock in the face of the No. 3 tunnel has improved and shows much mineral. Every stringer encountered shows uslphurets various kinds and which are highly mineralized. President Fuster expressed himself as highly pleased with prospects at the property. TRADE IN MINING SHARES IS GROWING The stupendous mining share market in New York and _ Boston and on the different western mining exchanges is a part of the growing boom in the mining industry. California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah and Colorado camps are already experiencing a marked reviv‘al over operations im 1928. Reports raching The Nugget from all over the west, from Mexico, British Columbia and Alaska tell the: same story. Mining is booming and a great wave of prosperity is sweeping the industry. Records for sales of mining shares are being broken’ on the New York exchange. On _ Friday, February 8, transactions in American Smelting and Refining company on the New York board totaled approximately $2,510,000; Anaconda Copper traded in 138,000 shares with an aggregate value of approximately $17,489,000; Kennecott Copper sales resulted in a turnover of 38,900 shares representing a total value of $5,030,000; Nevada Consolidated Copper showed transactions of approximately $1,900,000 and Cerro de Pasco $1,540,000. This is a record for one day only and this big mining market has been boiling for many weeks. The west is alive to the wonder-. ful expansion and resultant demand for metals. Electric power lines are furnishing needed power where before is was necessary to, haul coal u steep mountains. The auto truck is another economical factor in mine develoment. Selective flotation is adding millions to profits from the mines. Greater demand for metals is causing higher quotations and this means increased prrofits for teh producers. Promoters of new mining companies are meeting with greater success in their financing because there are thousands of men with money for investment who ‘have sensed the new opportunities in mine development. The year 1929 promises to be a banner 12 months in the mining industry. R. E. Miesse, mining man associated with Paine Bros. in mining, returned Friday from Los Angeles wher his mother was operated on for appendicitis and was making a good recovery. Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Ewing spent three days visiting with Peter Rachels and son and daughter at Goodyear Bar. : Visitors at the E. W: Smith home are, Miss Edna Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hall of Folsom, andMartin Randall of Martinez. Miss Smith will remain here for a_ visit of OPTION IS TAKEN GARESIO MINE The Garesio mine west of town on the Downieville highway is reported bonded to capitalists who have taken a thirty day option on the property which is on the MeDonald vein system. By the terms of the option work must be begun within the option period and it is reported that development is being undertaken teday. The property is a former produeer and is in a very promising terfront in the next few years as the mining revival in this section gets fully under way. W. O. Gruenewald isopening up a prospect on the same vein system. The terrritory to the west of Nevada City for a few miles contains some of the most promising quartz prospects to be found in the county and is practically virgin ground. It is a continuation of the Champion and the Grass Valley vein systems which have roduced so-many millions. ~ a WEST OF TOWN ritory which will be coming to the! NEW COMPANIES SEEKING MINES IN THIS SECTION At least three large mining companies are preparing to enter the local field this spring as soon as suitable properties can be located, is the good news The Nugget has to offer its readers this week. 5 7 This paper has been commissioned by two of them to locate desirable holdings and listings on several have already been submitted to them and will shortly be inspected. Owners having properties availaible for development will do well to keep in touch with this office provided their purchase price is reasonable and the terms attractive. A big mining revival is coming on jin this ceunty this spring. The freezing weather of the past month has greatly curtailed operations at the Sierra Buttes mine at Sierra City, owned by the Hayes brothers of San Jose. The long flume line around the Buttes is frozen up. (By James D. Stewart) Continued from last week The proponents of hydraulic mining were practically all engineers, who dealt in facts and figures based on life-long experience or careful study. The opponents, with one exception, were politicians. All of the proponents were there on _ their own, paying their own. way. As-far as the writer knows, the opponents were all directly paid or else holding down public jobs .that paid them indirectly. The hydraulic miners, Roy H. Elliott, Pierre Bouery, the writer and others, knew the cost of mining as from neering. None engia movantage of trained of them for farming from No such eosts and methods of an authorative standpoint. modesty held back his pseudo _ politician, townsman spokesman. lawyer or They told how hydraulic mining was conducted, how it ought to be, what the values were and computed the profits. ‘And it’s safe to say hydraulic giant from the pimple on a hen’s nose. One table-pounder worked himself into a frenzy telling how. there 800,000,000 cubic yards of gravel in the North Bloomfield mine alone that was to eome down in the form of an avalanche behind the Bullards Bar Dam, eaacity of but 50,000,000 yards. were that the drains into the South Yuba of 80,000,000 cubic yards. Later, this same speaker series of quotations from engineering reports and from one to six words, changing the meaning, congressman’s letter as an neer’s report. This was so raw, the ‘chairnian to check his done’ and the corrections made matter of record. One of Otto Von Geldern’s pers was. published form by the farmers with the caption: gineer of California. consulting engineer. Another speaker tried angels wings on the (spies) sent ganizations they . might as well have make wings of wax stick watchmar in days gone bye, bu who knew how these frugal spie wh .h_ to pur;hase flour ranches, business blocks. J.. Stenger, Secy. / some time. e ize of their speakers laid grea JIM STEWART WRITES OF EARLY PLACER MINING DAYS from a practical standpoint as well, ment would presume to discuss the ,

the farmer or, none of them knew the nozzle of a; that had a cubic The only discrepancies here are North Bloomfield mine river and the Bullards Bar. Dam is on the North Yuba river and has a capacity This was even distributed in pamphlet form. gave a, different left out entirely and read a engithat appointed a committee paper and report back at a subsequent meeting. This was a pain pamphlet of Sutter county and. given) wide distribution Otto Vor Geldern, Consulting Ento The Commonwealth Club The Commonwealth Club has no te place) out by the valley ortried to. to the . devil for around the table were men’ stress on the ocean going steamers that navigated the Sacramento river as far as Red Bluff. However, no information was forthcoming as to how’ much water these boats drew. In 1924, A. E. Anderson had. however, stated to Warren H. Me. Bride that there was a_greate: depth of water in the Sacramentc river below Sacramento than at any time in the 50’s. Ag ee One speaker _ stoutly maintained that the farming interests were entitled to government aid without limit but that the mining fraternity were conducting a private business and were not ntitled to any aid. In fact, these meetings brought home to the writer the most aggravated ease of single minded — selfishness that could possibly be imagined. The Sutter county farmer stood ready to claim anything and everything ‘that might benefit him without . rime, favor or reason and ,oncede nothing to his opponent. Their speakers stood up and argued till they were purple over the right to take the hydraulic miner to their courts for trial instead of . before some impartial unbiased tribunal. They were Wisker showed S aghast when A. L. that the farmer should have nothing to fear from the miner and that they could and should go hand in hand. Time after time, before the Commonwealth Club meetings and during them, the leader of the Sutter county farmers was asked: ‘If we can satisfy you or your engineers that hydraulic mining can be conducted so you are absolutely = safeguarded from injury will you cease to object?’’ And the answer was always ‘“No’’, and not a courteous “no’’, but like the snarl of a wolfhound that has had its tail stepped on. What can one do or say in the face of such pig-headed selfishness? give them battle and -lean them up, and that’s the job ahead of us. To be continued TRIPLE POCKET MINE SIERRA COUNTY SOLD The sale of the Triple Pocket quartz mine in Slug Canyon, Sierra county, by Henry Rosenfeld to C. J. York and Allison Brown is reported Mr. York was the first locator of the property, selling it to the RosMINING LOCATIONS ARE The following mining claims have been filed for record the Double A No: past week: 8 Lode by quartz A. A. Codd in Nevada Mining District. Double A No. 4 Lode quartz by A. A. Codd in Nevada’ Mining District. Double -A No.5 Lode quartz by A. A. Codd -in Nevada Mining District. Double <A No. 6 Lode quartz by A. A. Codd in Nevada Mining Di: trict. Double ‘A No. 7 Lode quartz b A. A. Codd in Nevada Mining Dis trict. The: Water Lad quartz by Henry Wilson and C. C. Bennett in Mountain Mining The Leona Lode quartz by District. trict. LOWER TUNNEL BEING RUN AT 1000 AND 1 — Anew tunnel to cut under the gravel channel is being run in the Thousand and One mine near Sier ra City, being developed by Seaitie interests. A crew of six men is en gaged in running the tunnel in-two shifts and are making good progress Arthur Pride is in charge of ope~ rations. BEN PRESTON PASSES Finis was writ Saturday afternoon to the life on earth of Ben H. Pres ton, for the past quarter of a century a resident of this community. The end came peacefully with the devoted wife in attendance. Fueral services will be held this afternoon at 1:30 from the Holmes Funeral Heme Mr. Preston was born near Lincoln Septmber 9, 1864 and for some year: was engaged in the newspaper bu siness in Sacramento. About. twen ty five vears aso he came to. this community and took up~ mining. About nine years ago he opened up the. newsstand which he had _ sinee conducted. ; Surviving are. the wife and. on brother Harry ef Oakland. Remains will be taken to Sacra mento for cremation and interment in the family plot. MARKET QUOTATIONS ON SUNNYSIDE PUBLISHED The “New York Herald-Tribune”’ . Franciseo. Miss Mary Schmidt returned to enfeld interests and now buying it back again. The Rosenfelds operated it for some years. until the water got the best of them with the facilities they had at hand and they nj; closed it down. Rossen is home from relat Mrs. Mary a visit of several weeks with tives: in Oakland. The Coxey Bros. of Grouse creek during the winter equipped on an extensive scale. James Bradbury of t spent a few days here AHeghany visiting. their i at $3.00 per day, saved funds with placer mine and are now operating . mills, PLACED COUNTY RECORD Round . Leona . Kenny in Grass Valley Mining Dis trict. Columbia Extension Lode quartz by Joseph ‘P. Kenny in.Grass Valley Mining District. Columbia Lode quartz by Cooley Butler -in Grass Valley Mining District. Double. A No.1 Lode quartz by A. A. Codd in. Nevada Mining. District. Double A No. 2 Lode quartz by . A. A. Codd in Nevada Mining Disnow publishes the daily quotations onthe Sunnyside Consolidated under the Los Angeles Curb excaangé head, giving total sales, the hig! and low andthe last sale. This fa cility should be appreciated by the} western people who ‘have occasion . to be in the east so as to keep in touch with the market develop ments. Elton Davies, . son of Frank Davies had an abscess opened and dressed by Dr. R. F. Werner last Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. James Hutchison had a sguests, Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Hutchison: and little son of: Sar MARCH 4, 1 2 CEM “3-7 CERENT GRAVEL TO BE EANDLE Favorable developments are still proceeding at the property of the Neocene Gold Incorporated where the sensational gravel strike was made a few weeks aco a; announceed in these columns. It is possible that the contemplated mill construec-. tion to handle the cemented gravel . will be .within the-next 30 days aec-cording to President C. H. Manker, In. the -north -eross ‘cut large quariz' eravel is beings encountered which indicates the nearness. of . ledge matter which may have an imertent hearines “eon the fauture= de. velopment of the property. The j}ma’n crosseut is still in ihe blue }gravel which is getting coarser lcrained. This ecrosseut is five feet ; above the bedrock which fs still Paes deeply. Good values are found in the gravel being. taken out . from the drift. . A test mill run has been made on . sampies of the gravel .and it, has 'becn found that the largér values jrun in the coneentrates than in the ree. goid. -The company will use ; inigamation in the sluices and ee concentrating tables in connec. tion with the mill. . A. number. of people are confusjing this preperty with the Neocene . Property at Round Mountain. This . property is on the north _ side of . Cement Hill just west of Sugar Loaf and the large deposits of auriferous: gravel being eneountered apparently a continuation of the famous old Manzanita Channel which produced se—heavily_ir farmer years io the -east._-Fhe—-water problem caused previous owners to pass up its operation but the water situation is not. causing trouble at present, ; due to its efficient handline. (MSR ELIZA RO RERTS CROSSES INTO BEYOND . Mrs. Eliza Roberts, for over a century a resident of this city . passed away early last week follow. ing a lingering illness. She had . been waking ‘her howe .with her ughter, Mrs. R. J. ““remaine. In. ternrent was made Frid-y. Deceased was the relict of the late . Stephen Roberts, for" erty. oa: Mere chant here. She was &” vars of age iat the time of her pa.’ng and was . widly loved for. her any virtues. . Surviving are one Gouchter; Mrs. . Esther Tremaine;. thr: sons, James. Les JOR: OL) oan. cisco, and . Stephen of this city. The funerel service were largely attended. Beautifu music was* rendered by John Ha’ v. with Mrs. Harry at the piano. pall bearers were Charles Nin.is, William . Jeffry, William Tamb! u, John Pettingill, Al Seaman and William G. Richards. The funeral rangements were in charge of W. R. Jefford and Son. . es eee . MRs. CARL KITTS . HAS PASSED AWAY . ; . Mrs. Carl Kitts, daughter of . Mr. and Mrs. William. IF. Sharpe passed away early last week quite suddenly. Funral services were held Thursday afternoon from the . Holmes Funeral Home. She was a native of this city and was a membér of the 1926 graduating elass of the high sehool. She was wed to Carl Kitts July Ist of last year and the young couple had resided in Grass. Valley and Allghany. She had been. sick but a week and an emergency operation at The Nevada pres sonese Teretey Suet 8 er City Sanitaruim disclosed the fact visit here with her parents, Mr. and iat che was suitlering tenes ae ‘Mrs. EB. W. Schmidt. he ag i ee ee Sargent Chapman of Oakland, ploded: appendix. . Survtyng ace am and: Muller Chaman of Sacramento husband, the parents, and ihnes . spent the week end here with their made a good recovery cent serious operation. Mr. and Mrs. have had as visitors, Mrs. Schaffer of Davis and Edwin ell of San Francisco. winter with relatives in Oakland. parents, Dr. and Mrs. C. W. Chapman. Mrs. Mamie Parsons was a visitor in Woodland: Saturday. She has from a reE. T. R. Powell Henry PowMr. and Mrs. J. S. King’ spent the brothers, Charles, Robert and WilPonuwwert and Mow of Grass Vailiy hurt Sundad . aeroplane accra: nt. BORN—-To Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Haddy, Friday, February 22,1929, in Nevada City, a son, Alfred Leroy. W. L. Mobley spent a few days in Yreka last week.