May 28, 1928 (6 pages)

% » ’ Cent copper, er The Nugget is California’s Leading Mining Weekly ain evada City Nugget VOLUME Il, NUMBER: 28 THE GOLD CENTER NEVADA. CITY, NEVADA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, THE: COUNTY SEAT PAPER “MAY 28, 1928 PINE HILL MINE IS BEING REOPENED BIG MINING PURCHASE IS IMPENDING} Levi B. Jonoson wh who was a Nev. One of the largest transfers of . ada City visitor Thursday stated that mining property is expected to be— the Pine Hill mining property in the effected in the next few days in the . Wolf district is being reopened. This history of Nevada County gold minproperty which was a former produ; Ing. Pending the actual signing of cer became involved in litigation in the paper, The Nugget is not privi. 1902 and has been closed down since leged to publish the details of the . that time. ‘. transaction which has been © under This property which was opened way for some time. up some thirty years ago is now beAn extensive sampling of the proing made ready for operations again perty has been complete: and bears by Mr. Johnson. At the time the pro. out the statements made by the owperty was first opened a stamp mill ners and the buyers are reported as was put and complete surface works highly pleased with the outlook. but these were dismantled and reThe completion of the deal will moved from the property. see large developments under way at New owners have secured title to} nm early date as the purchasing inthe property and the old workings . terests as being amply financed, which consist of a vertical two com, partment shaft, 200 feet deep’ and comer to this section of California four tunnels, 800, 600 and two 400 and its engineers are checking up on foot. There are said to be 70, 000a number of properties with’a view tons of ore averaging from $6.50 to. ' to making Nevada City the hub of $7.50 blocked out ready for treat: i large production activities. ment. This ore is in a ledge nearly fifty feet between walls and is comRA ] posed of quartz, quartz porphyry G MMAR SCHOOL WILL and quartzite with barite scattered PRESENT FINE PROGRAM in gold and silver, in about two to : one proportion. The values occur in The program to be Bryer by the the quartz and quartz porphyry. In youngsters of the Washington gramalso a parallel vein carrying two per . yey evening is for the seouloeoes of with some values in the ilegennnsi tas damian aoe beautifygold and silver. This copper value is . ™& eM School premises. or no copper showing above the water level, although heavy iron sulphurets are found, through the mass. The values run addition to the main ledge, there is ,™@! School at the water level. There is mere . program as prepared: Mother Goose , Revue by the Ist, 2nd, and-—--3rd . grades. The following take part: Ruth Curnow : Daffy-Down-Dilly Margaret Smitcamp Walter Warnecke Marian German Arthur Isensee In addition to the gold and cop. Mother Goose, per showings there is a ledge of bar, ite of undetermined extent but analy-; My Son John ses show the barite to carry 93 per: Mary (Lamb) z cent barium sulphate. There is also Wee Willie Winkie a bed of 'pure white kaolin which Jack & Jill has never been been developed to. Ainsley Foyer, Virginia Tavlor learn whether there is. sufficient Little Boy Blue John Muscardini quantity for commercial development } Sheep, Bob-James, Tommy Sing, A ditch of the Nevada Irrigation DisDonald Worthley, Dennis Coughlan, trict passes through the property Raymond Davis, Everett Davis. which gives an available water supMistress Mary Rosemary Richards ply. . Little Bo Peep Betsy Bennetts Metallurgical tests recently mado Luev Locket Marguerete Hammond on the quartz ledge shows that it is Little Tommy Tucker readily adaptible to cyaniding and Elton Tobiassen the ore will lend itself to the flotaMaids in Mary’s Garden: Claire tion treatment. The mine is ideally Randall, Lucille Dunlap, Shirley Dalocated as to power as a highteunsion Vis, Agatha Gates, Ruth Godfrey line of the Pacific Gas and Electric Lorrain Lewis, Madeline Sibley. Company passes within a mile of the Next Half: property. Miss Muffet, A large amount of the kaolin was Jets Jack Horner contracted to Oakland parties but Pinpie Simon Catherin Stevens Clyde Warner Eimer Lewis DF : owin gto inability to use the state Birtige Nimbl R prey in highway bridge over the Bear river Jac Be ope enny Tam biyn Johnnie Jackson Englebright with large trucks and trailers the shipments have been held up. . Folk Dances by the.4th-Grade. Flag Drill by the 5th and 6th . Grade Boys. MINING LOCATIONS HAVE [Sinus ase can rive cio BEEN PUT ON RECORD “rots Dince vy cn cine urine The following’ mining slaim locations have been filed with County. Recorder Sam J. Clark:— South Diamond No. 1-On Spanish Mining Company in the Washington Mining District. and 6th Grades. Mary Marks, Alec Ostrom, LaVerne son, Melvin Clark, Alberta Bolton, Junior Worth, Helen Davidson, El, lard Gates, Alice Jean Graham, Virgil } Crystal Placer. claim by Rose; Roseborough, Rosie Solaro, sluaNehes Jones in the Quaker Hill Mining . Richard, Teddy Tucker, Elmer NorDistrict. ton, Phil Angrove, Billy Elkus. Divide Fault by Bert Davidson and The 8rd Graders in the progr” Carl T. Larson in the Graniteville ;are: Henrietta Jacobs, Walter It " Mining District. leit, Ida Pratti, Billie Sharp, Sylvia Dixie Queen quartz claim by Hen. Moody, Paul Phariss, Dorothy Win ry Clyde Cook and Glenn Bratsburg . ney, Hilton Sebley, Eleanor Jost, . in Meadow Lake Mining District. . Carl Tobiassen, Ida-Norton, Bobby The Geleana quartz claim by Ar-;Sharp, Adele Joersekke, Clemens Orthur E. Hammond in the Meadow gan, Mamie Fradelizzio, Max SautinLake Mining District. ,elle, Elizabeth Brisebill, Reno MaVelma quartz claim by Frank N. . cari, Coombe in the Eureka Mininy District. Elsie quartz claim by Frank N. Coombs in the Eureka Mining District. ; Eleanor Willoughby, Gordon Leary, Veronica Davies, Robert Graham. The 4th Graders are: Pauline Rozynski, Peter Orzalli, Charlotte, Pharris, Donald Jones, Lorene Myrtle quartz claim by Frank N,. Howard Worth, Mary Sing, Dick Coombs in the Eureka cy inks Dis. James, Gertrude Schrieber, Jim Stetrict. vens, Flossie Angrove, Raymond Peggie-quartz-claim by Frank N. .Dent, Susan Del Raoulls, Stanley Coombs in the Eureka Mining District. Vivian quartz claim by Frank N. Bernard, Sulomette Del Raoulls, Elden Feerth, Audrey Davis, Dick .BenNetts, Elizabeth Werry, Ameleo AngeCoombs in the Eureka Mining Dis. lini, Blanche Marthaler, Norman trict. Chatfiled. Work is to be rushed = on the Mrs. C. T. Worthley was here Camp Fire Girls’ lodge room and mess hall to be built at Camp Celio Some of the girls will be ready to come up from Oakland early in June A. A. Codd is here from Nevada for a stay of a few weeks at the Western Merger mine of which he is a principal owner, guest of Mrs. Martin Vanberg. from Berkeley. last wek to be at the bedside of her husband who is at the Nevada City Sanitarium, récovering from the effects of his-auto accident of a week ago, The company involved is a new-" at Redmen’s Hall next ! The following is a portion of the . Folk Dance by the Girls of the 5th’ . . Chorus by the 7th and 8th Grades . . The 2nd Graders taking part are: . Tucker, Willie Lewis, Edna RichardHelen Winney Max Dunlap, . } Smith, . last wek from Emigrant Gap as the’ Mrs. Thomas L. Woodruff came up. CITY OF SIX MINE WILL RESUME OPERATIONS Underground operations are to be resumed at the: City of Six mine south of Downieville in the next few , days, according to A. E. Hodginson, general manager who w was in Nevada City Friday on his way. to the prop,erty after spending the winter in ; Los Angeles. The operations were closed down last November for the winter. Present operations. will consist of driving the lower tunnel in to cut under the rich shoot encountered in the upper tunnel last year The face in the lower tunnel is now in a mineralized zone and the shoot may be encountered at any time galthough the maps indicate a possible 306 feet to g0.Some.crosscutting will be car: Tied on as the tunnel is driven. There is no milling equipment on the property and Mr. Hodgkinson states that none is contemplated until a sufficient tonnage of milling ore has been blocked out to insure. steai dy milling operations. About 3500 i feet of underground work was done . last year and about 600 feet of ore shoot was developed in the upper tunnel. Some surface buildings were : erected last year. The company holdings consist of ten full claims and a fraction, the Carson, Carson Extension, Contact, Minnesota, Dakota, Pudge, Imperator, Bob, Mt. Stephen, Conqueror and mens CHARLES EDEN ANI ANNOUNCES HIS CANDIDACY Charles Eden, a native of Nevada County has announced his candidacy for supervisor, at the August primary election. In an interview with The Nugget Mr. Eden says: “I take great pride in this county and am _ looking toward the future when Nevada coumty will have a good system of roads, mail routes and the county’s natural resources developed. I understand road building and bridge construc. tion, having been employed by the, Department of Public Works, Division of Highways, for seven years. During the time spent with the Divi sion of Highways, there has built a number of beautiful highway ! bridges, and I have had a great deal, lodge brethren at home. The galaxy ; ter hand of Edward C. con(of Grand Lodge officers present for jhand lettered throughout. of experience in modern road struction. \ “T favor a good road through Blue Tent as this is the gateway to the. scenic lakes and There also should be a good road to Camp Celio at Lake that may be traveled the year round with automobiles, as well as with horses: This, I believe, can be accomplished without a higher tax rate.’ Mr. Eden states that if elected he will see that the county’s money is i handled in the most economical manner, and that every man under his ‘supervision does an honest day’s work. His announcement of his candi‘dacy -appears in another column of this issue of The Eabeet. ‘ST. PATRICKS REBUILDING ». PLANS ARE PROGRESSING ; The new plan for financing the construction of much needed buildings at Grass Valley for St. Patrick’s , Orphanage are progressing nicely, ac. cordirg to the citizens’ eommittee headed by Judge George L. Jones. ; A. C. Dunning and L. V. Lonebottom representing a leading life insurance . SOlcety. have arrived to take up the work of putting the idea over and providing the work without making any\ direct solicitattons of funds. The plan is to utilize $10.30 of each annual premium on each life insurance po''ey erre?scad for a period of fifteen years and apply it toward the building fund, this amount to be paid by the company. Legal reserve insurance policies ere sold under this the diocese and the committee.HILLS IS AWARDED AN ORE BUYER'S LICENSE B. W. Hills, of the Grass Valley Assay Office has {been awarded an ore buyer’s license by the state -mineralogist. iB. W. Mrs. M. of Mike Coughlin, suffered a paralytic stroke yesterday. mountains. . Vera, a road , plan which has the endorsement of . owner and manager } M. Spellenburg, mother. PLACER. MINING TO BE FEATURED IN CELEBRATION Nevada City looks to be getting ready to stage a Fourth of July celebration with a real mining flavor to it with the flying start acquired at. the preliminary meeting called by the city trustees on Tiursday night to formulate plans for the obscrvanee, at the city hall. Frank Davies was selected as temporary chairman and M. D. Coughlin as temporary secretary. A second meeting will be held tonight at the city hall to which every2citizen who is interested in seeing Nevada City put over a -humdingerof a celebration, will not miss. The only committee appointed was one consisiting of E. C. Uren, EB. J. Kilroy and the publisher 02 The Nugget to look into the feasibility of having a placer mining exhibit in actual operation in one of the numerous diggings in the city. limits which would prove a great attraction to ‘city visitors. Edward C. Uren was responsible for the suggestion anda it mét with ready response. It is proposed to conduct a min iature hydaulic mine, and various other forms of placer gold extraction. Sluices would be rigged up, reckers and longt toms as well as ordinary panning. Hand rock drilling has also been proposed if suffcient contestants can be rounded up in these days of machine drills, to make an interesting contest. The meetng tonight will largely decide the type of celebration to be ‘staged and the make-up of the ven;eral and other committees who. will handle the affair. ‘JUDGE JONES WAS PAID FITTING COMPLIMENTS One of the outstanding features of the diamond jubilee ‘celebration of jeunes Lodge staged at Grass Valley Saturday afternoon and evening j-was the evidence of esteem in which our widely-loved fellow townsmen, . Judge George L. Jones, is held thrubeen bat the length and breadth of the;Color map of this section state “as well as in the hearts of his! {the occasion all did obeisance to the ilong service the Judge has rendered _in the field of Symbolic Masonry. Many members of Nevada Lodge . were present to felicitate Madison . Lodge on its anniversary. Past Mas:ter W. E. Meservey made the presentation of a beautiful silk American flag on behalf of Nevada Lodge and a touching speech was voiced hy M. Henry Argall. The flag was borne to the rostrum by John W. Daekr with Wm. Gracey and C. M. Ferguson acting as deacons. Grand Master Wi!l H. Fischer was presented with a spe,cimen of gold quartz and Grand Senlor Warden C. M. Wollenberg presented Madison Lodge with a gavel mace . from stone taken from King Solomon’s quarry and olive wood from the Mount of Olives. PLACER ANNEXATION IS CLAIMED TO BE FAULTY Attorney T. L. Chamberlain of Auburn is invoking Attorney General U. S. Webb’s permision to bring a suit to invalidate the entire Placer County annexation to the Nevada Irrigation District. The petition for exclusion of certain lands made ma‘ny allegations of irregularities in ihe annexation proceedings which are INDIAN HILL HYDRAULIC MINE IS OPERATING Hydraulicking operations are progresing at the Indian Hill mine above Camptonville and it is expected that 25,000 yards ef gravel will be washed this, season, according to P. H. Leonard, superintendent of operations. The property is on the North Yuba river and tailings*are impounded behind the Bullards Bar dam under government supervision hy the California Debris Commission. The property which has been operating since December 11, 1925, 1200 acres in its holdings of virg territory and it is estimoeted that there are four million yards ‘of gravel to wash. There are a2 number of quartz outcroppings an the property but these have not been prospected. The channe! runs up-to 125. feet in thickness and is 800 wide places. JOHN RAGON TAKES OWN LIFE SATURDAY NIGHT ‘The lifeless body of John Ragon was found early yesterday morning in the timber across the road from the county hospital by W? B. Glidden as he was coming to town from the Nelson place. He notified Dick Rodda who identified the body and had the remains removed to the Holmes Funeral Home. Mr. Ragon head taken a magazine the evening befere and started for a walk. It is presumed that he had procured some cyanide as he fro mtaking poison. He w has xin feet in as in poor aes and had been despondent. A brother George Ragon came from Lincoln yesterday and a sister Miss M. Ragon lives.on Grove street. NEW FOLDER IS ISSUED CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Copies of the handsome new folder of. the Chamber of Commerce are now being distributed public. One of the striking things to . commend attention aside from the . well chosen illustrations is the three to the of the state which was executed by the masUren and The publicity committee which pre‘pared the booklet of .G. J .Rector, W. 4H. Griffith. CONGRESSMAN AC’ ACTIVE MININS CONSTITUENCY Was composed Nevada City’s native son in legisla. tivehalls, Conrressman Harry L. Engelbright delivered a telling speech on the flcor of the House during the past few days in behalf of the mining industry. Our congressman is starting an educational campaign the purpose of advancing th industry before Congress. The Nugget has” ‘a copy o* the speech and will excerpt from the same at an early date. DOUBLE DANCES WILL ATTRACT TO SAN JUAN They are going to have a regular dancing festival up at North San Juan tomorrow night when two danees will be given in separate halls, one featuring the old time dances exclusively“&nd the other the new steps and jazz numbers. Two orchestras have been engaged according to Sam for es mining ; being made the basis of the proposedgpMcCullough, head of the San Juan uit. } The Nugget has it on good authorjity that the management of the Dis‘trict is demanding $90 per day for ithe hearing of the exclusion proposals, possibly for the purpose of. dis. couraging too. frequent requests: for such -proposals. A daughter was born Friday to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Deal at the Ne‘vada City Sanitarium. W. D. Hutchison who has been ; undersheriff under George R. Carter ‘for the past year and a half has tendered his resignation to take effect June lst. Mr. Hutchison has not announced his future plans. Mrs. Charles H. Ninnis is visiting jrelatives in Berkeley.Ridge Water Users Association which is'sponsoring the affair. An ail night eafetoria will be featured. The proceeds from these dances will be used to help keep up the water ditches-on the Ridge which are heinge tended by the Association. It will be a large night in the colorful history of North San Juan. Tiikets are $1.50 per coupie and are goon at either hal}. The final card party of the seires staged by the Woman’s Civie Improvement Club will be staged at the Masonic Temple tonight. : Newton Blough was down from the ‘Five Mile House last week on busiand a pleasant ‘caller at The ess \Nugget office. died ! were received the past few days and .2 Charles E. Parson and . SURVEY TO BEGIN ON TAHOE UKIAH ROUTE TO EAST State engineering crews with preSent headquarters at Dutch Flat are engaged in making a survey of-the proposed new route of the Victory Highway. The new routé,.a was completed portion of which -and thrown open to travel between Colfax and Gold Run last year, will leave the present road at Gold Run, keeping to the west of the present road and the Central Pacific railroad, passing across the . old hydraulic diggiigs directly through the. residential section of Dutch Flat, below the cemeteries to Bear River; then up Bear River, past the Zeibright mine to.Lake Spaulding, which it circles on the east side, Meeting the present road on the long flate below. Tamarack. The new route will attempt to negotiate the summit with grades not exCeeding 6 per cent andfcurves not exceeding 300 feet radius and it is believed at this time that it can be done. It will be free from snow earlier in the season road, especially -between Cisco and Dutch Flat, as it is considerably lower in elevation. than the present Surveys of the extension of the Tahoe-Ukiah route from Central House to Bear Valley will again be under way in a few weeks by the rews now working under Chief Irish on the Truckee route. FIRST PINE GUM TAKEN DEMONSTRATION TREES The first crop of pine gum has ; been harvested this week by F. C. Ernst who is here to sign up sufficient acreage to start a Pine Products Industry going in this section. Ernst is quite pleased with the gum obtained from his various trial tracts nd ‘he assures’ us that the quality ‘is every bit of what he expected. Last week he also made a few improvements on his tools to cut down the size of the faces without reducing the yield. Such small improvements will also tend to give a whiter grade of gum and since he must ‘beat a high production cost here, he everlastingly concentrates on quality improvements. The gum obtained was of a light .yellow and white color and should ‘make excellent rosin and turpentine. The essence contained is of the highest grade altho at present still small of percentage. Since the trees need . coaxing from 6 to 8 weeks the small and antity. obtained the first week permits the conclusion that a large flow j , of gum can be expected. Ernst . assures us climatie-—-conditions are ‘ideal and if the acreage necessary ean be obtained it seems that nothjing can stop the industry from start: ‘ing up here. Only 10,000 acres is now needed for signing up to make possible the establishment of the refinery in this county and this should be possible in the next few weeks. This will provice 500,000 more trees. Mr. Ernst reports that the timber stand of the trees he wants is of excellent size and age and should produce a life long supply of gum which would assure a large payroll industry for Nevada county, as several hundred Men would be regularly employed in addition to the large amount of money to be paid the timber owners for the use of their trees. The main difficulty encountered has been securing contiguous tracts which would make for economical production but this is gradually working out. The next few weeks. should see the work of securing the Necessary contracts completed if the timber owners’ will show speed in signing up. A large number of containers have been placed on specified tracts to show how the gum is secured and the method of working. Ez. J. Baker who attended the Native Son Grand Parlor at Redding — last week was injured in an auto accident when the machine in which he was riding to see Burney Falls, was. bumped into by another machine and he was pinned underneath. He was — cut about the head, bruised but suf-— fered no serious consequences. Hi jwas taken to the hospital ane ‘Was not ‘ang Peni ct ea

% » ’ Cent copper, er The Nugget is California’s Leading Mining Weekly ain evada City Nugget VOLUME Il, NUMBER: 28 THE GOLD CENTER NEVADA. CITY, NEVADA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, THE: COUNTY SEAT PAPER “MAY 28, 1928 PINE HILL MINE IS BEING REOPENED BIG MINING PURCHASE IS IMPENDING} Levi B. Jonoson wh who was a Nev. One of the largest transfers of . ada City visitor Thursday stated that mining property is expected to be— the Pine Hill mining property in the effected in the next few days in the . Wolf district is being reopened. This history of Nevada County gold minproperty which was a former produ; Ing. Pending the actual signing of cer became involved in litigation in the paper, The Nugget is not privi. 1902 and has been closed down since leged to publish the details of the . that time. ‘. transaction which has been © under This property which was opened way for some time. up some thirty years ago is now beAn extensive sampling of the proing made ready for operations again perty has been complete: and bears by Mr. Johnson. At the time the pro. out the statements made by the owperty was first opened a stamp mill ners and the buyers are reported as was put and complete surface works highly pleased with the outlook. but these were dismantled and reThe completion of the deal will moved from the property. see large developments under way at New owners have secured title to} nm early date as the purchasing inthe property and the old workings . terests as being amply financed, which consist of a vertical two com, partment shaft, 200 feet deep’ and comer to this section of California four tunnels, 800, 600 and two 400 and its engineers are checking up on foot. There are said to be 70, 000a number of properties with’a view tons of ore averaging from $6.50 to. ' to making Nevada City the hub of $7.50 blocked out ready for treat: i large production activities. ment. This ore is in a ledge nearly fifty feet between walls and is comRA ] posed of quartz, quartz porphyry G MMAR SCHOOL WILL and quartzite with barite scattered PRESENT FINE PROGRAM in gold and silver, in about two to : one proportion. The values occur in The program to be Bryer by the the quartz and quartz porphyry. In youngsters of the Washington gramalso a parallel vein carrying two per . yey evening is for the seouloeoes of with some values in the ilegennnsi tas damian aoe beautifygold and silver. This copper value is . ™& eM School premises. or no copper showing above the water level, although heavy iron sulphurets are found, through the mass. The values run addition to the main ledge, there is ,™@! School at the water level. There is mere . program as prepared: Mother Goose , Revue by the Ist, 2nd, and-—--3rd . grades. The following take part: Ruth Curnow : Daffy-Down-Dilly Margaret Smitcamp Walter Warnecke Marian German Arthur Isensee In addition to the gold and cop. Mother Goose, per showings there is a ledge of bar, ite of undetermined extent but analy-; My Son John ses show the barite to carry 93 per: Mary (Lamb) z cent barium sulphate. There is also Wee Willie Winkie a bed of 'pure white kaolin which Jack & Jill has never been been developed to. Ainsley Foyer, Virginia Tavlor learn whether there is. sufficient Little Boy Blue John Muscardini quantity for commercial development } Sheep, Bob-James, Tommy Sing, A ditch of the Nevada Irrigation DisDonald Worthley, Dennis Coughlan, trict passes through the property Raymond Davis, Everett Davis. which gives an available water supMistress Mary Rosemary Richards ply. . Little Bo Peep Betsy Bennetts Metallurgical tests recently mado Luev Locket Marguerete Hammond on the quartz ledge shows that it is Little Tommy Tucker readily adaptible to cyaniding and Elton Tobiassen the ore will lend itself to the flotaMaids in Mary’s Garden: Claire tion treatment. The mine is ideally Randall, Lucille Dunlap, Shirley Dalocated as to power as a highteunsion Vis, Agatha Gates, Ruth Godfrey line of the Pacific Gas and Electric Lorrain Lewis, Madeline Sibley. Company passes within a mile of the Next Half: property. Miss Muffet, A large amount of the kaolin was Jets Jack Horner contracted to Oakland parties but Pinpie Simon Catherin Stevens Clyde Warner Eimer Lewis DF : owin gto inability to use the state Birtige Nimbl R prey in highway bridge over the Bear river Jac Be ope enny Tam biyn Johnnie Jackson Englebright with large trucks and trailers the shipments have been held up. . Folk Dances by the.4th-Grade. Flag Drill by the 5th and 6th . Grade Boys. MINING LOCATIONS HAVE [Sinus ase can rive cio BEEN PUT ON RECORD “rots Dince vy cn cine urine The following’ mining slaim locations have been filed with County. Recorder Sam J. Clark:— South Diamond No. 1-On Spanish Mining Company in the Washington Mining District. and 6th Grades. Mary Marks, Alec Ostrom, LaVerne son, Melvin Clark, Alberta Bolton, Junior Worth, Helen Davidson, El, lard Gates, Alice Jean Graham, Virgil } Crystal Placer. claim by Rose; Roseborough, Rosie Solaro, sluaNehes Jones in the Quaker Hill Mining . Richard, Teddy Tucker, Elmer NorDistrict. ton, Phil Angrove, Billy Elkus. Divide Fault by Bert Davidson and The 8rd Graders in the progr” Carl T. Larson in the Graniteville ;are: Henrietta Jacobs, Walter It " Mining District. leit, Ida Pratti, Billie Sharp, Sylvia Dixie Queen quartz claim by Hen. Moody, Paul Phariss, Dorothy Win ry Clyde Cook and Glenn Bratsburg . ney, Hilton Sebley, Eleanor Jost, . in Meadow Lake Mining District. . Carl Tobiassen, Ida-Norton, Bobby The Geleana quartz claim by Ar-;Sharp, Adele Joersekke, Clemens Orthur E. Hammond in the Meadow gan, Mamie Fradelizzio, Max SautinLake Mining District. ,elle, Elizabeth Brisebill, Reno MaVelma quartz claim by Frank N. . cari, Coombe in the Eureka Mininy District. Elsie quartz claim by Frank N. Coombs in the Eureka Mining District. ; Eleanor Willoughby, Gordon Leary, Veronica Davies, Robert Graham. The 4th Graders are: Pauline Rozynski, Peter Orzalli, Charlotte, Pharris, Donald Jones, Lorene Myrtle quartz claim by Frank N,. Howard Worth, Mary Sing, Dick Coombs in the Eureka cy inks Dis. James, Gertrude Schrieber, Jim Stetrict. vens, Flossie Angrove, Raymond Peggie-quartz-claim by Frank N. .Dent, Susan Del Raoulls, Stanley Coombs in the Eureka Mining District. Vivian quartz claim by Frank N. Bernard, Sulomette Del Raoulls, Elden Feerth, Audrey Davis, Dick .BenNetts, Elizabeth Werry, Ameleo AngeCoombs in the Eureka Mining Dis. lini, Blanche Marthaler, Norman trict. Chatfiled. Work is to be rushed = on the Mrs. C. T. Worthley was here Camp Fire Girls’ lodge room and mess hall to be built at Camp Celio Some of the girls will be ready to come up from Oakland early in June A. A. Codd is here from Nevada for a stay of a few weeks at the Western Merger mine of which he is a principal owner, guest of Mrs. Martin Vanberg. from Berkeley. last wek to be at the bedside of her husband who is at the Nevada City Sanitarium, récovering from the effects of his-auto accident of a week ago, The company involved is a new-" at Redmen’s Hall next ! The following is a portion of the . Folk Dance by the Girls of the 5th’ . . Chorus by the 7th and 8th Grades . . The 2nd Graders taking part are: . Tucker, Willie Lewis, Edna RichardHelen Winney Max Dunlap, . } Smith, . last wek from Emigrant Gap as the’ Mrs. Thomas L. Woodruff came up. CITY OF SIX MINE WILL RESUME OPERATIONS Underground operations are to be resumed at the: City of Six mine south of Downieville in the next few , days, according to A. E. Hodginson, general manager who w was in Nevada City Friday on his way. to the prop,erty after spending the winter in ; Los Angeles. The operations were closed down last November for the winter. Present operations. will consist of driving the lower tunnel in to cut under the rich shoot encountered in the upper tunnel last year The face in the lower tunnel is now in a mineralized zone and the shoot may be encountered at any time galthough the maps indicate a possible 306 feet to g0.Some.crosscutting will be car: Tied on as the tunnel is driven. There is no milling equipment on the property and Mr. Hodgkinson states that none is contemplated until a sufficient tonnage of milling ore has been blocked out to insure. steai dy milling operations. About 3500 i feet of underground work was done . last year and about 600 feet of ore shoot was developed in the upper tunnel. Some surface buildings were : erected last year. The company holdings consist of ten full claims and a fraction, the Carson, Carson Extension, Contact, Minnesota, Dakota, Pudge, Imperator, Bob, Mt. Stephen, Conqueror and mens CHARLES EDEN ANI ANNOUNCES HIS CANDIDACY Charles Eden, a native of Nevada County has announced his candidacy for supervisor, at the August primary election. In an interview with The Nugget Mr. Eden says: “I take great pride in this county and am _ looking toward the future when Nevada coumty will have a good system of roads, mail routes and the county’s natural resources developed. I understand road building and bridge construc. tion, having been employed by the, Department of Public Works, Division of Highways, for seven years. During the time spent with the Divi sion of Highways, there has built a number of beautiful highway ! bridges, and I have had a great deal, lodge brethren at home. The galaxy ; ter hand of Edward C. con(of Grand Lodge officers present for jhand lettered throughout. of experience in modern road struction. \ “T favor a good road through Blue Tent as this is the gateway to the. scenic lakes and There also should be a good road to Camp Celio at Lake that may be traveled the year round with automobiles, as well as with horses: This, I believe, can be accomplished without a higher tax rate.’ Mr. Eden states that if elected he will see that the county’s money is i handled in the most economical manner, and that every man under his ‘supervision does an honest day’s work. His announcement of his candi‘dacy -appears in another column of this issue of The Eabeet. ‘ST. PATRICKS REBUILDING ». PLANS ARE PROGRESSING ; The new plan for financing the construction of much needed buildings at Grass Valley for St. Patrick’s , Orphanage are progressing nicely, ac. cordirg to the citizens’ eommittee headed by Judge George L. Jones. ; A. C. Dunning and L. V. Lonebottom representing a leading life insurance . SOlcety. have arrived to take up the work of putting the idea over and providing the work without making any\ direct solicitattons of funds. The plan is to utilize $10.30 of each annual premium on each life insurance po''ey erre?scad for a period of fifteen years and apply it toward the building fund, this amount to be paid by the company. Legal reserve insurance policies ere sold under this the diocese and the committee.HILLS IS AWARDED AN ORE BUYER'S LICENSE B. W. Hills, of the Grass Valley Assay Office has {been awarded an ore buyer’s license by the state -mineralogist. iB. W. Mrs. M. of Mike Coughlin, suffered a paralytic stroke yesterday. mountains. . Vera, a road , plan which has the endorsement of . owner and manager } M. Spellenburg, mother. PLACER. MINING TO BE FEATURED IN CELEBRATION Nevada City looks to be getting ready to stage a Fourth of July celebration with a real mining flavor to it with the flying start acquired at. the preliminary meeting called by the city trustees on Tiursday night to formulate plans for the obscrvanee, at the city hall. Frank Davies was selected as temporary chairman and M. D. Coughlin as temporary secretary. A second meeting will be held tonight at the city hall to which every2citizen who is interested in seeing Nevada City put over a -humdingerof a celebration, will not miss. The only committee appointed was

one consisiting of E. C. Uren, EB. J. Kilroy and the publisher 02 The Nugget to look into the feasibility of having a placer mining exhibit in actual operation in one of the numerous diggings in the city. limits which would prove a great attraction to ‘city visitors. Edward C. Uren was responsible for the suggestion anda it mét with ready response. It is proposed to conduct a min iature hydaulic mine, and various other forms of placer gold extraction. Sluices would be rigged up, reckers and longt toms as well as ordinary panning. Hand rock drilling has also been proposed if suffcient contestants can be rounded up in these days of machine drills, to make an interesting contest. The meetng tonight will largely decide the type of celebration to be ‘staged and the make-up of the ven;eral and other committees who. will handle the affair. ‘JUDGE JONES WAS PAID FITTING COMPLIMENTS One of the outstanding features of the diamond jubilee ‘celebration of jeunes Lodge staged at Grass Valley Saturday afternoon and evening j-was the evidence of esteem in which our widely-loved fellow townsmen, . Judge George L. Jones, is held thrubeen bat the length and breadth of the;Color map of this section state “as well as in the hearts of his! {the occasion all did obeisance to the ilong service the Judge has rendered _in the field of Symbolic Masonry. Many members of Nevada Lodge . were present to felicitate Madison . Lodge on its anniversary. Past Mas:ter W. E. Meservey made the presentation of a beautiful silk American flag on behalf of Nevada Lodge and a touching speech was voiced hy M. Henry Argall. The flag was borne to the rostrum by John W. Daekr with Wm. Gracey and C. M. Ferguson acting as deacons. Grand Master Wi!l H. Fischer was presented with a spe,cimen of gold quartz and Grand Senlor Warden C. M. Wollenberg presented Madison Lodge with a gavel mace . from stone taken from King Solomon’s quarry and olive wood from the Mount of Olives. PLACER ANNEXATION IS CLAIMED TO BE FAULTY Attorney T. L. Chamberlain of Auburn is invoking Attorney General U. S. Webb’s permision to bring a suit to invalidate the entire Placer County annexation to the Nevada Irrigation District. The petition for exclusion of certain lands made ma‘ny allegations of irregularities in ihe annexation proceedings which are INDIAN HILL HYDRAULIC MINE IS OPERATING Hydraulicking operations are progresing at the Indian Hill mine above Camptonville and it is expected that 25,000 yards ef gravel will be washed this, season, according to P. H. Leonard, superintendent of operations. The property is on the North Yuba river and tailings*are impounded behind the Bullards Bar dam under government supervision hy the California Debris Commission. The property which has been operating since December 11, 1925, 1200 acres in its holdings of virg territory and it is estimoeted that there are four million yards ‘of gravel to wash. There are a2 number of quartz outcroppings an the property but these have not been prospected. The channe! runs up-to 125. feet in thickness and is 800 wide places. JOHN RAGON TAKES OWN LIFE SATURDAY NIGHT ‘The lifeless body of John Ragon was found early yesterday morning in the timber across the road from the county hospital by W? B. Glidden as he was coming to town from the Nelson place. He notified Dick Rodda who identified the body and had the remains removed to the Holmes Funeral Home. Mr. Ragon head taken a magazine the evening befere and started for a walk. It is presumed that he had procured some cyanide as he fro mtaking poison. He w has xin feet in as in poor aes and had been despondent. A brother George Ragon came from Lincoln yesterday and a sister Miss M. Ragon lives.on Grove street. NEW FOLDER IS ISSUED CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Copies of the handsome new folder of. the Chamber of Commerce are now being distributed public. One of the striking things to . commend attention aside from the . well chosen illustrations is the three to the of the state which was executed by the masUren and The publicity committee which pre‘pared the booklet of .G. J .Rector, W. 4H. Griffith. CONGRESSMAN AC’ ACTIVE MININS CONSTITUENCY Was composed Nevada City’s native son in legisla. tivehalls, Conrressman Harry L. Engelbright delivered a telling speech on the flcor of the House during the past few days in behalf of the mining industry. Our congressman is starting an educational campaign the purpose of advancing th industry before Congress. The Nugget has” ‘a copy o* the speech and will excerpt from the same at an early date. DOUBLE DANCES WILL ATTRACT TO SAN JUAN They are going to have a regular dancing festival up at North San Juan tomorrow night when two danees will be given in separate halls, one featuring the old time dances exclusively“&nd the other the new steps and jazz numbers. Two orchestras have been engaged according to Sam for es mining ; being made the basis of the proposedgpMcCullough, head of the San Juan uit. } The Nugget has it on good authorjity that the management of the Dis‘trict is demanding $90 per day for ithe hearing of the exclusion proposals, possibly for the purpose of. dis. couraging too. frequent requests: for such -proposals. A daughter was born Friday to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Deal at the Ne‘vada City Sanitarium. W. D. Hutchison who has been ; undersheriff under George R. Carter ‘for the past year and a half has tendered his resignation to take effect June lst. Mr. Hutchison has not announced his future plans. Mrs. Charles H. Ninnis is visiting jrelatives in Berkeley.Ridge Water Users Association which is'sponsoring the affair. An ail night eafetoria will be featured. The proceeds from these dances will be used to help keep up the water ditches-on the Ridge which are heinge tended by the Association. It will be a large night in the colorful history of North San Juan. Tiikets are $1.50 per coupie and are goon at either hal}. The final card party of the seires staged by the Woman’s Civie Improvement Club will be staged at the Masonic Temple tonight. : Newton Blough was down from the ‘Five Mile House last week on busiand a pleasant ‘caller at The ess \Nugget office. died ! were received the past few days and .2 Charles E. Parson and . SURVEY TO BEGIN ON TAHOE UKIAH ROUTE TO EAST State engineering crews with preSent headquarters at Dutch Flat are engaged in making a survey of-the proposed new route of the Victory Highway. The new routé,.a was completed portion of which -and thrown open to travel between Colfax and Gold Run last year, will leave the present road at Gold Run, keeping to the west of the present road and the Central Pacific railroad, passing across the . old hydraulic diggiigs directly through the. residential section of Dutch Flat, below the cemeteries to Bear River; then up Bear River, past the Zeibright mine to.Lake Spaulding, which it circles on the east side, Meeting the present road on the long flate below. Tamarack. The new route will attempt to negotiate the summit with grades not exCeeding 6 per cent andfcurves not exceeding 300 feet radius and it is believed at this time that it can be done. It will be free from snow earlier in the season road, especially -between Cisco and Dutch Flat, as it is considerably lower in elevation. than the present Surveys of the extension of the Tahoe-Ukiah route from Central House to Bear Valley will again be under way in a few weeks by the rews now working under Chief Irish on the Truckee route. FIRST PINE GUM TAKEN DEMONSTRATION TREES The first crop of pine gum has ; been harvested this week by F. C. Ernst who is here to sign up sufficient acreage to start a Pine Products Industry going in this section. Ernst is quite pleased with the gum obtained from his various trial tracts nd ‘he assures’ us that the quality ‘is every bit of what he expected. Last week he also made a few improvements on his tools to cut down the size of the faces without reducing the yield. Such small improvements will also tend to give a whiter grade of gum and since he must ‘beat a high production cost here, he everlastingly concentrates on quality improvements. The gum obtained was of a light .yellow and white color and should ‘make excellent rosin and turpentine. The essence contained is of the highest grade altho at present still small of percentage. Since the trees need . coaxing from 6 to 8 weeks the small and antity. obtained the first week permits the conclusion that a large flow j , of gum can be expected. Ernst . assures us climatie-—-conditions are ‘ideal and if the acreage necessary ean be obtained it seems that nothjing can stop the industry from start: ‘ing up here. Only 10,000 acres is now needed for signing up to make possible the establishment of the refinery in this county and this should be possible in the next few weeks. This will provice 500,000 more trees. Mr. Ernst reports that the timber stand of the trees he wants is of excellent size and age and should produce a life long supply of gum which would assure a large payroll industry for Nevada county, as several hundred Men would be regularly employed in addition to the large amount of money to be paid the timber owners for the use of their trees. The main difficulty encountered has been securing contiguous tracts which would make for economical production but this is gradually working out. The next few weeks. should see the work of securing the Necessary contracts completed if the timber owners’ will show speed in signing up. A large number of containers have been placed on specified tracts to show how the gum is secured and the method of working. Ez. J. Baker who attended the Native Son Grand Parlor at Redding — last week was injured in an auto accident when the machine in which he was riding to see Burney Falls, was. bumped into by another machine and he was pinned underneath. He was — cut about the head, bruised but suf-— fered no serious consequences. Hi jwas taken to the hospital ane ‘Was not ‘ang Peni ct ea