May 15, 1941 (6 pages)

. THURSDAY, MAY J, 1541. ‘Wilting PEBarite ag Continuing At Spanish Oadar the supervision of D. K. Ribble, the mining or barite yat the Spanish Mine near Washington is C¢LITY NUGCET NEN’ ADA ‘Edward Sandin of OF<ionel At Preparations Gridigwsiy To 7-Haioke WH Re ‘Abandon Murchie Mine Here eon Further rere Hit Good Ore At Black Prince Airplane Crashes PAGE FIVE Good ore was recentiv hit by leas Edward Sandin, well known local “ers at the Black Prince Mine, a propairplane pilot, who recently accepterty of Dr. Carl P. Jones, and one, The No. 1 tunnel at the Zeibright Phelong-expected abandonment of the Muchie Mine by the EmpireMine has been driven a distance of of the famous Mountaineer group of gta» Mines, Ltd., at last appears to be a reality. It is reported the leasers at the ed a contract to sow rice from an. 4,500 feet and will be extended eyen mines, Leasers continuing. Spanish have a 6,000 ton barite con tract’ to fill. The ore will be trucked , terday. to Modesto, No particulars of the accident have , been received as yet in this city but lit was understood even require Sandin will hospitalization. is ing. Sandin just recently received na tion wide attention through the press and on the radio for his daring feat in flying provisions into Ranger H. I. Snider, who was marooned in French Meadows. ROAD Concrete Material Pea Gravel RADIO Loud Speaker Systems for Rent Sale. Authorized Philco Auto Radiv Service. ART’S RADIO HOSPITA! —Specialists in Radio Ills, 113 South Church Street, Grass Valley Phone 984, 2-191f WATCHES CLEANED, $1.00. Mainsprings, $1.00. Watch Chrystals. round, 25c, fancy, 50c. All work guaranteed. J. M. Bertsche, Watch and Clock repairing.’ With Ray's Fixit Shop, New location, 109 West Main Street, Grass Valley. 12-11! Mautino are the * nent from underground, preparatory lease. Some of ore CONCILIATOR reportedly runs as high as $100 per ton, Nevada in Oakland the Ne elected For years the Murchie Mine was Nevada City’s leading gold producer fromhis > At ed by myself and the secretary of the with those we bargain with.” head of the years ago 300 gram,’ driving a 6,000 foot crosscut At present the driving of the tun nel is part of the huge development program being carried on at the Zeibright, a property of the Empire-Star Mines, Ltd, The Zeibright mill has been idle for nearly 18 months. Since the shutdown of the mill at the time the at the mine has been confined solely to development. It is expected the management’s decision to curtail op toward Banner Mountain. The crosserations will past ten days many men with familcut failed to reveal any promising Grass Valley report that during the named posse; several began an extensive development pro Business men in Nevada City and County ore bodies and as-a-resultthe disap pointing decision was pute ended. Most of them have pro‘abandon the: property. have a serious effect on the program of development. The total number of men at the mine is to now 90. reached “perty here, homes, or personal beGeneral Manager R. J. Hendricks Here On Business— “longings, and those with families ussaid an attempt will be made to se~C. E. Clark, in charge of operations Dennis Tobiassen J. peak In an effort to bring the Murchie ‘ies have gone elsewhere seeking emof-' ployment until the present labor disa meeting in the courthouse Mounted ‘Posse its further west. ‘eague. must keep to the terms of back to its former glory, the Empiretailings dam was washed out, work that contract. We must keep faith’ Star Company management last year Meeting Here reorganized io abandoning the property. men were employed at the property. Reorganizes At Sheriff Carl end (Continued Mounted Posse was ually leave them here until they can Jones, captain and Roy Terrill, sec cure employment at the other Emat the Relief Hill Hydraulic Mine, School and get established elsewhere. Some are pire-Star mines in the county for the and Mrs, Clark, were visitors in Neretary-treasurer. The directors, begoing to the Haiwiian Islands othMurchie men who will lose their jobs vada City yesterday, sides the three officers, inelude Louers to work in the Utah coal mines,’ is LeDuec and Russell Farley. Al some have found employment in Ne-! Newell and Claude Madearis were four from the grammar school will named drill sergeants. go. Jean Fitzsimmons and have City-Grass invited Valley members to the Nevada City High and Donald at the E Atkins of the grammar school and Clampus -Vitus -celebration in DowLouise Harms and Leland Smith of nieville on May 31st. They are exthe high school will attend. They pected to present a spectacular picwill go to Oakland with the Grass ture, attired in brilliant raiment and. Valley contingent in the Grass Valmounted on well groomed steeds. ley school bus. Mrs. Isebel Helfelfinger, schoo] nurse, will chaperone the Nevada City young people. proprietor of business visitor today. o’clock. FRIENDSHIP SERVICE THESE THINGS COUNT ANDY HOLMES ,Owner “Distinctive Funeral Service” 24 Hour Ambulance Service At Reasonable Prices Grass Valley, 150 8S. Auburn St. Phone 56 1. closing Smith presid classes meeting plans permanent men out of employment here. for Mrs. will serve Smith will future , employment 3. and name committees for wick —AGENTS FOR INGERSOLL RAND COMPANY CRUCIBLE STEEL COMPANY AIR REDUCTION SALES C9. elsewhere, COLUMBIA WIRE ROPE The prospect that the Brunswill be closed ployment future either permanently . On Business-Pleasure Trip— Mrs. Ralph Stocker left yesterday on a combined business and pleasure of 40 indefinitely. which would throw 414 miners ont of work. 4. Cancelling the total payroll of those thrown out of em activities work and programs. throwing 2. Pulling the pumps in the Scotia shaft of the Golden Center Mines, with the probability that 130 more men will have to find After the fashion show Miss Sev this The three ester. outline HOLMES FUNERAL HOME has resulted in: at cooking Mining Supplies new to The strike against meeting made by them during the past sem ourPeewee in your time of distress. organization the Bullion mine, parents and friends to attend. The tea. At an High girls will model and display garments. ertson’s with the Leland . (Continued from Page One) at ent of the P. T. A. cordially invites Sometimes, in grief, some of us lose our way and need the guidance of someone who can help us. We can extend ‘that help to you with the sure knowledge that we know what we are donig, and do it efficiently, respectfully and economically. Please let us extend to you Nevada City, 246 Sacramento St. Phone 203 Mrs. . four mines in this district to date the hold a fashion show . . . THINKING OUT LOUD this county, This afternoon at the high school Penrose Grocery, was a Sacramento Miss Severtson’s sewing class will) Penrose, the bay area to find work. but few) { can get placed there. un Fashion Show At P, T. A. Meeting In Sacramento Today— James ining Supplies vada mines, and a few have gone to The posse will perform School P. T. A. « the working here Tuesday night. convention over this: week vada REPAIRING — William temporarily involving over Household Goods, Furniture and All Kinds of Hrrdware and Mining Supplies — OUR STOCKS AND PRICES ENTITLE US TO YOUR CONSIDERATION or 1000 men, according to Olney Donnelly ALPHA STORES, LTD. of approximately $6,000 per diem. These four developments indi Nevada City Phone 5 cate that the strike is a big sucFrancisco, where she will visit her. , cess. The mine owners, some of trip to Southern California and San daughter. She plans to be away sev whom are quite wealthy, still pos eral weeks. sess all the gold that reposes in their mines, and the mine workers have had no wages for two weeks BiDIAMONBCMATCH CO. A FULL LINE OF. but they do have the solemn promise of the organizers that they TO EMPLOYEES OF IDAHO MARYLAND MINES © ORPORATION will get $4, a day in strike benefits just as soon as the word gets around in APL circles need it. . that they Moreover many of them who could move to greener past BUILDERS SUPPLIES ures have tried it, and found that they will have to stick strike hére employment where, before in by they AFL their can unions get else One hears a lot of loose talk about the mine owners being compelled under existing laws, Also: to run their mines regardless of the costs. But gradually word Many Idaho-Maryland employees have asked the Corporation to state its stand regarding the local labor dispute. Here it 1s: League is effective and binding. The League contract will remain in force until June 30, 1942. Until that time the Corporation will not bargain with anyorganization but the Mine Workers Protective League. It will make no contract that will endanger the job of a man who returns to work. May 14, 1941 ALBERT CRASE, General Manager. is get ting around that this just ain’t so. The practical closing of the necessitated not by the strike, by the high cost of Mining Timber, Wedges, Etc. REASONABLE PRICES AND PROMPT SERVICE but materials as ee against the low value of the ores, is an illustration in Lagging Zei bright and the Murchie, a closing point. A mine owner like a hhome owner, may close his gates or his. doors whenever he chooses. No policeman, as some of the strikers fond 735 Zion Street .@ NEVADA CITY Telephone 22 ly believe, will stop him. This ‘The working agreement with the Grass Valley Phone 88 Ga BXPERT at the mine have been given instructions to bring their operation to a close and a crew of men are salvaging rails and other equij+ ficers at Grass Valley Rock and Sand send delegates. Four members from Grass Valley Phone 45 and Sheriff’s The Junior Red Cross is holding a Building Rock Fill Material Peter Vanza The ~. Red Cross Members ROCK Attend Convention . Brick Luoselli, not It probable he will resume his rice sow CRUSHED Albert airplane near Willows, suffered min or cuts in a crackup of his plane yes country waits to hail a leader who will rouse the country to our perils at home. A leader is needed to disillusion the deluded, to awaken the land with a new ery of freedom, to call all citizens, either those who work with their heads or their hands, back to first principles, back to work, back to the old ideal of American thrift and security. A new leader crying: “Out with this new tyrany! Out with the petty bullies that thrive on labor disputes! Out with this confusion of law giving that strips the poor of their humble possessions! Our captains of industry suffered much have chastisement. The government has stripped them not only of their power to pile up reservgirs of capital, but has _ also stripped them in a large measure of their power to create wealth, in which in the past all the people have shared. Russia killed its creative men, its intellectuals, its engineers. By slower processes we are approaching the same goal. We are removing the incentive to create. The dead hand of bureaucracy presses heavier each year upon free enterprise, through which every man, even the humblest, might hope‘to rise to a place of security ‘by his own initiative vand industry. . When shopping mention the Newda WE SUPPLY— Complete Mining Plants Fabricated Mining Machinery of Every Kind STEEL SIDE AND END DUMP CARS —ELECTRIC AND ACETYLENE WELDING— We are equipped to make All Kinds of Machine Repairs WE CAST AND REPLACE BROKEN PARTS The Standad Mine of the Indian Valley Mining Company and the Cherokee Mine, both near Greenville, Plumas County, were fabricated and installed by us. MINERS FOUNDRY & SUPPLY CO. Corner Spring and Bridge Streets PHONE 10. NEVADA CITY. NEVADA CITY ASSAY AND REFINING OFFICE. Practical mining tests trom 75 to 1000 pounds, giving the free gold percentages of sulphurets, value of sulphurets and tailings.— Mail order check work promptly attended to. Assays made for gold, silver, lead and copper. Agent for New York-California Underwriters, Westchester and Delaware Underwriters Insurance Companies, Automobile Insurance — ~,E.LNOTT .=.

. THURSDAY, MAY J, 1541. ‘Wilting PEBarite ag Continuing At Spanish Oadar the supervision of D. K. Ribble, the mining or barite yat the Spanish Mine near Washington is C¢LITY NUGCET NEN’ ADA ‘Edward Sandin of OF<ionel At Preparations Gridigwsiy To 7-Haioke WH Re ‘Abandon Murchie Mine Here eon Further rere Hit Good Ore At Black Prince Airplane Crashes PAGE FIVE Good ore was recentiv hit by leas Edward Sandin, well known local “ers at the Black Prince Mine, a propairplane pilot, who recently accepterty of Dr. Carl P. Jones, and one, The No. 1 tunnel at the Zeibright Phelong-expected abandonment of the Muchie Mine by the EmpireMine has been driven a distance of of the famous Mountaineer group of gta» Mines, Ltd., at last appears to be a reality. It is reported the leasers at the ed a contract to sow rice from an. 4,500 feet and will be extended eyen mines, Leasers continuing. Spanish have a 6,000 ton barite con tract’ to fill. The ore will be trucked , terday. to Modesto, No particulars of the accident have , been received as yet in this city but lit was understood even require Sandin will hospitalization. is ing. Sandin just recently received na tion wide attention through the press and on the radio for his daring feat in flying provisions into Ranger H. I. Snider, who was marooned in French Meadows. ROAD Concrete Material Pea Gravel RADIO Loud Speaker Systems for Rent Sale. Authorized Philco Auto Radiv Service. ART’S RADIO HOSPITA! —Specialists in Radio Ills, 113 South Church Street, Grass Valley Phone 984, 2-191f WATCHES CLEANED, $1.00. Mainsprings, $1.00. Watch Chrystals. round, 25c, fancy, 50c. All work guaranteed. J. M. Bertsche, Watch and Clock repairing.’ With Ray's Fixit Shop, New location, 109 West Main Street, Grass Valley. 12-11! Mautino are the * nent from underground, preparatory lease. Some of ore CONCILIATOR reportedly runs as high as $100 per ton, Nevada in Oakland the Ne elected For years the Murchie Mine was Nevada City’s leading gold producer fromhis > At ed by myself and the secretary of the with those we bargain with.” head of the years ago 300 gram,’ driving a 6,000 foot crosscut At present the driving of the tun nel is part of the huge development program being carried on at the Zeibright, a property of the Empire-Star Mines, Ltd, The Zeibright mill has been idle for nearly 18 months. Since the shutdown of the mill at the time the at the mine has been confined solely to development. It is expected the management’s decision to curtail op toward Banner Mountain. The crosserations will past ten days many men with familcut failed to reveal any promising Grass Valley report that during the named posse; several began an extensive development pro Business men in Nevada City and County ore bodies and as-a-resultthe disap pointing decision was pute ended. Most of them have pro‘abandon the: property. have a serious effect on the program of development. The total number of men at the mine is to now 90. reached “perty here, homes, or personal beGeneral Manager R. J. Hendricks Here On Business— “longings, and those with families ussaid an attempt will be made to se~C. E. Clark, in charge of operations Dennis Tobiassen J. peak In an effort to bring the Murchie ‘ies have gone elsewhere seeking emof-' ployment until the present labor disa meeting in the courthouse Mounted ‘Posse its further west. ‘eague. must keep to the terms of back to its former glory, the Empiretailings dam was washed out, work that contract. We must keep faith’ Star Company management last year Meeting Here reorganized io abandoning the property. men were employed at the property. Reorganizes At Sheriff Carl end (Continued Mounted Posse was ually leave them here until they can Jones, captain and Roy Terrill, sec cure employment at the other Emat the Relief Hill Hydraulic Mine, School and get established elsewhere. Some are pire-Star mines in the county for the and Mrs, Clark, were visitors in Neretary-treasurer. The directors, begoing to the Haiwiian Islands othMurchie men who will lose their jobs vada City yesterday, sides the three officers, inelude Louers to work in the Utah coal mines,’ is LeDuec and Russell Farley. Al some have found employment in Ne-! Newell and Claude Madearis were four from the grammar school will named drill sergeants. go. Jean Fitzsimmons and have City-Grass invited Valley members to the Nevada City High and Donald at the E Atkins of the grammar school and Clampus -Vitus -celebration in DowLouise Harms and Leland Smith of nieville on May 31st. They are exthe high school will attend. They pected to present a spectacular picwill go to Oakland with the Grass ture, attired in brilliant raiment and. Valley contingent in the Grass Valmounted on well groomed steeds. ley school bus. Mrs. Isebel Helfelfinger, schoo] nurse, will chaperone the Nevada City young people. proprietor of business visitor today. o’clock. FRIENDSHIP SERVICE THESE THINGS COUNT ANDY HOLMES ,Owner “Distinctive Funeral Service” 24 Hour Ambulance Service At Reasonable Prices Grass Valley, 150 8S. Auburn St. Phone 56 1. closing Smith presid classes meeting plans permanent men out of employment here. for Mrs. will serve Smith will future , employment 3. and name committees for wick —AGENTS FOR INGERSOLL RAND COMPANY CRUCIBLE STEEL COMPANY AIR REDUCTION SALES C9. elsewhere, COLUMBIA WIRE ROPE The prospect that the Brunswill be closed ployment future either permanently . On Business-Pleasure Trip— Mrs. Ralph Stocker left yesterday on a combined business and pleasure of 40 indefinitely. which would throw 414 miners ont of work. 4. Cancelling the total payroll of those thrown out of em activities work and programs. throwing 2. Pulling the pumps in the Scotia shaft of the Golden Center Mines, with the probability that 130 more men will have to find After the fashion show Miss Sev this The three ester. outline HOLMES FUNERAL HOME has resulted in: at

cooking Mining Supplies new to The strike against meeting made by them during the past sem ourPeewee in your time of distress. organization the Bullion mine, parents and friends to attend. The tea. At an High girls will model and display garments. ertson’s with the Leland . (Continued from Page One) at ent of the P. T. A. cordially invites Sometimes, in grief, some of us lose our way and need the guidance of someone who can help us. We can extend ‘that help to you with the sure knowledge that we know what we are donig, and do it efficiently, respectfully and economically. Please let us extend to you Nevada City, 246 Sacramento St. Phone 203 Mrs. . four mines in this district to date the hold a fashion show . . . THINKING OUT LOUD this county, This afternoon at the high school Penrose Grocery, was a Sacramento Miss Severtson’s sewing class will) Penrose, the bay area to find work. but few) { can get placed there. un Fashion Show At P, T. A. Meeting In Sacramento Today— James ining Supplies vada mines, and a few have gone to The posse will perform School P. T. A. « the working here Tuesday night. convention over this: week vada REPAIRING — William temporarily involving over Household Goods, Furniture and All Kinds of Hrrdware and Mining Supplies — OUR STOCKS AND PRICES ENTITLE US TO YOUR CONSIDERATION or 1000 men, according to Olney Donnelly ALPHA STORES, LTD. of approximately $6,000 per diem. These four developments indi Nevada City Phone 5 cate that the strike is a big sucFrancisco, where she will visit her. , cess. The mine owners, some of trip to Southern California and San daughter. She plans to be away sev whom are quite wealthy, still pos eral weeks. sess all the gold that reposes in their mines, and the mine workers have had no wages for two weeks BiDIAMONBCMATCH CO. A FULL LINE OF.. but they do have the solemn promise of the organizers that they TO EMPLOYEES OF IDAHO MARYLAND MINES © ORPORATION will get $4, a day in strike benefits just as soon as the word gets around in APL circles need it. . that they Moreover many of them who could move to greener past BUILDERS SUPPLIES ures have tried it, and found that they will have to stick strike hére employment where, before in by they AFL their can unions get else One hears a lot of loose talk about the mine owners being compelled under existing laws, Also: to run their mines regardless of the costs. But gradually word Many Idaho-Maryland employees have asked the Corporation to state its stand regarding the local labor dispute. Here it 1s: League is effective and binding. The League contract will remain in force until June 30, 1942. Until that time the Corporation will not bargain with anyorganization but the Mine Workers Protective League. It will make no contract that will endanger the job of a man who returns to work. May 14, 1941 ALBERT CRASE, General Manager. is get ting around that this just ain’t so. The practical closing of the necessitated not by the strike, by the high cost of Mining Timber, Wedges, Etc. REASONABLE PRICES AND PROMPT SERVICE but materials as ee against the low value of the ores, is an illustration in Lagging Zei bright and the Murchie, a closing point. A mine owner like a hhome owner, may close his gates or his. doors whenever he chooses. No policeman, as some of the strikers fond 735 Zion Street .@ NEVADA CITY Telephone 22 ly believe, will stop him. This ‘The working agreement with the Grass Valley Phone 88 Ga BXPERT at the mine have been given instructions to bring their operation to a close and a crew of men are salvaging rails and other equij+ ficers at Grass Valley Rock and Sand send delegates. Four members from Grass Valley Phone 45 and Sheriff’s The Junior Red Cross is holding a Building Rock Fill Material Peter Vanza The ~. Red Cross Members ROCK Attend Convention . Brick Luoselli, not It probable he will resume his rice sow CRUSHED Albert airplane near Willows, suffered min or cuts in a crackup of his plane yes country waits to hail a leader who will rouse the country to our perils at home. A leader is needed to disillusion the deluded, to awaken the land with a new ery of freedom, to call all citizens, either those who work with their heads or their hands, back to first principles, back to work, back to the old ideal of American thrift and security. A new leader crying: “Out with this new tyrany! Out with the petty bullies that thrive on labor disputes! Out with this confusion of law giving that strips the poor of their humble possessions! Our captains of industry suffered much have chastisement. The government has stripped them not only of their power to pile up reservgirs of capital, but has _ also stripped them in a large measure of their power to create wealth, in which in the past all the people have shared. Russia killed its creative men, its intellectuals, its engineers. By slower processes we are approaching the same goal. We are removing the incentive to create. The dead hand of bureaucracy presses heavier each year upon free enterprise, through which every man, even the humblest, might hope‘to rise to a place of security ‘by his own initiative vand industry. . When shopping mention the Newda WE SUPPLY— Complete Mining Plants Fabricated Mining Machinery of Every Kind STEEL SIDE AND END DUMP CARS —ELECTRIC AND ACETYLENE WELDING— We are equipped to make All Kinds of Machine Repairs WE CAST AND REPLACE BROKEN PARTS The Standad Mine of the Indian Valley Mining Company and the Cherokee Mine, both near Greenville, Plumas County, were fabricated and installed by us. MINERS FOUNDRY & SUPPLY CO. Corner Spring and Bridge Streets PHONE 10. NEVADA CITY. NEVADA CITY ASSAY AND REFINING OFFICE. Practical mining tests trom 75 to 1000 pounds, giving the free gold percentages of sulphurets, value of sulphurets and tailings.— Mail order check work promptly attended to. Assays made for gold, silver, lead and copper. Agent for New York-California Underwriters, Westchester and Delaware Underwriters Insurance Companies, Automobile Insurance — ~,E.LNOTT .=.