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The Nugget Is California’ s Leading Mining Weekly
‘evada Ci ty Nugget.
»GREYSTONE MINE
+» 10 BEREOPENED
NEVADA CITY, NEVADA COUNTY. CALIFORNIA
THE GOLD CENTER
VOLUME V, NUMBER 26
tHE COUN! Y SEAL PAPER FRIDAY, MAY 29, 1931
PIONEER MOTHER PASSES HOFF REOPENS
iG VN. C MINES HAVE GOOD
INPLEASANT tant GROUP OF MINES
PRODUCTION RECORD IN PAST;
SKI CLUB T0-HOLD
PICNIC JUNE 21 ST;
Senean , mother of .
Mrs. Gophie Schwartz
A meeting was held on WednesThe Federal Laat Consolidatedmt
and
prominent
Nevada’
a large
d ay evening by Ski Association
of 3000 feet on the vein at its lowt
the
time
of
the
Irish
M. Hoff, manager, have:
In
1896,
a
of San
composed
company
‘A
County family, passed away at her Mines ay
! Benefit Committee. Richard Goyne American— North
of mines Om
litigation, est point at the time of-its closing
griup
Star
a
‘over
Pleasant
Valley’ taken”
amily
hame in
Francisco and Alaska business men
p resided. Wm. Griffith was appointthe North Star Mine was considered in 1921. It was not the failure in f
mine:
Murchie
the
above
Creek
Deer
bond
after having
an option and
afternoon
have secured
e d secretary. A benefit picnic will bottomed at the 2400 level; in fact the value of the ore which led to its Monday
old shafts and
ning.
reope
and
are
seven
property
ireached the ripe old age of 83.
on the Greystone
b e held Sunday, June 21ts at Sport
a great deal of de~
no drifting had,been done below the closing but post war conditions:
from the
Four nionths ago Mrs. Schwartz P lanning to do
miles above Washington
Field of the Ski course. “
which,
made
it
impossible
to
finance
.
years
two
than
more
for
level
2300
with paralysis which velopment work.
' was stricken
Hegarty interests and are proceeding
H. W. Robinson
was appointed and attention
had been turned to further development.
The group includes Federal Loata
she endured with uncomplaining forto open it at once.
chairman of the day. The following whatever ore remained in the upper,
The ore bodies close to the shaft:
; Le Comp—
eleven
of
The property consists
: titude until death.came as arelease Which has a g0 od record
c ommittees were appointed:
levels of the mine. The total prowere somewhat too narrow for sinkwas a ~
which
o her suffering. She was constantly‘ton of E.J. N. Ott,
claims, covering two distinct lodes
Lm
past;
the
in
producer
big
@
by
illness
last
her
during
attended
aera
anda
time
the
at
on
ing
been,
had
time
that
to
up
Music—H. Hartung, Meyers Mob-] duction
f nani than
a 6000 feet along their
ley
oe
i
h
i
seer
;
Its
cece.
G
pson,
;
the! tier, Nevada City.
Lindgren,
cee
6
ieber.
W.
ran
. up
ae
an intrusive
man,
prow
Gee niles Pe Central Shaft
tapping
ae
planned
which har lnving aud devotee dauebiers
She
.
:
was born in
Quincy,
Belle group owned’
ts;
a
Illinois,. terests;
by Mebius in~
&
Cyane
Constitution,
gong Py ae
ted.
Aahiystapas ‘barnpien taken: tree‘of, Sophie and Adolph. Hartung. In
oa
spi aes a Ps nee . the plains to California.
ye oe
1853 Mr. and Mrs. Hartung crossed . 2nd
was sunk . eed
of 1600: feet
an excellent body
was
ld have tapped ore shoots which
Never
Thebaaane
Peter Taulpuas
faith: Were known to exist further sasay ‘¥e 1848, the eR mes child;lowest
dacecs,
Mi Lows,heirs;
in depth and after much diffi
the formation, and its dip is about/Ingram, J. W. O’Neil, O. D. Wood-. vertically to a depth
est
60d egrees west.
‘had
Manager A. D. Foote
For
about, development
that a new ore field could be opened
—E.
course
apes sas with .
ie por
to
—Eben Smart, W. M./ $5,000,000.
Gils Valley.-J. J.
ih bisa ag ay geek mu
of from two to six feet, is in
area adjoining
diabase-slate
*laccording
“"OVieence ran
as
Bish
as
Being reluctant to subject a child!
Per’
Associated,
the Ore Here SOM”
Work at the present
a general average of; . . 11, ‘tender age o f three to the ing concentrated
of org ‘8 8nd showed
:
:
=
time is tee
mainly:
‘
quartz-porphyry
i
a
ae
:
on the vein
3
lef
Illinois with an ing
been the
erecte
dike! 10, stoll, H. W. Robinson, W. B. 4000 level, or 1600 feet 12700 stopes were carried as wide
as Sophie ogee
old shaft begun.
a¢ faults kG Walla and thet ®aunt, Mrs. J. C. Saybold, the wife
below.the2400 level.
~some~ 600 feet-in length and-about} yw iiont
150 feet in width, from which has
been mined and sluiced by hydrau
licking it is said, about
$100,000 in
A
The mine
iSports—Chas. Leiter, Dan Stewart
Francis Hogan, Ed Baker.
Tran sportation — James
is now at
Inspector
. Low of the Industrial Accident Gam—
‘ mission visited the shaft on Wednes~ ~
the 9000,‘vein was still continuing at the bot-!,of a Lutheran minister.
level and still producing, 80 years tom of the lowest workings with PONTE
on the
gail zener the Christian atmos'day and complimented the manager
Dolan,
. after its discovery. The total produces. great strength h as at any point Ke
phere she 1871
grew she to¢ young
womanolan,
above. hood. th
to. Galifor; on
the safety devices used.
gold. A two-stamp mill was erected Sokeuh Huchone:
tion is setimated
at $32,000 ,0005 .
Tie biakety gaal gad ocrenent. of, 00
n
she came to
Ca
An
air compressor has been im
in 1890: and yielded about $34,000
Fi
oa os eek Cates
J. E. More than 80 per cent of which hag silke' hithen: oF bath Grass Valley and ‘nia to join her parents and younger
q_
Stalled
and a generator which wil®
ithin the dike
—
:
:
from ore below the 2000 level”.
; brothers and sisters whom she ha
os
Soh mate et
Gooding,
Horace
-Curnow,
Rollo,come Ir
ore
°
e
; Nevada City Districts are therefore} deded ales.
lights underground. About
H
furnish
material.
:
Wright.
:
The Empire mine, discovered in!-of great vital interest in respect to
.
are already
at work.
d I twerity men
The McKaig shaft was sunk on
Nast
“Sunday
momning
at
10 1850, and working continuously ever * the: tant
that
See been
fetmen:!
Two years later she bail a
‘doing
two
shifts.
The
work
ib alf
Mt by
1
Sch
t
to this
the yas tom Mepes Of 300. Beet: Det o’clock the committee will meet at; Since, has produced nearly $50,000,strated by actual workings that. we
Encore
Pa
ae
being
pushed
as
rapidly
as
possible:
no drifting was done: Ore from this .
ten children were born, eight
%It has reached
a depth of gepth has had no appreciable effect. union
the Chamber of Commerce to go to 000.
bt whom. sieving tk pe
and a remarkable showing has beem
shaft is said to have plated $10 per
sports field to decide
what is ne7600 feet on the vein and has @ on ‘the strength of the vein systems!
made in the six weeks. work.
ton in free gold.
Mr. Sehwartz
passed
away
in
of more
cessary to put it in 1st class conditotal
than 60 miles of eyen at what may be considered an. {
The problem
of unwatering ther.
A tunnel 900 feet in length tap,-!
1910
but
Mrs.
Schwartz
continued
drifts. Last year the gross produc-. extreme limit, nor has it as yet been!
tion.
shaft
was
quickly
and easily handle#®
ping the vein about 340 feet verticombined
properties, demonstrated that depth has resultto live in her Pleasant Valley home
Tentative plans call for a program tion of the
by
running
a
drift
tunnel from tha
cally below the McKaig shaft was
; until the time of her death, in her
to include foot races, horse racing which are now operated by the Newed in
producing an ore of lower
shaft
to
Deer
creek.
:
run by George W. Hegarty in 1910quiet way.
and other events. There will be a mont Mining Company of New York, value.
In fact, in most instances,
The
St.
Louis
mill
is
being
put:
11. It is through this tunnel that it
.
Funeral
services were
held at
was better than $1,600,000 and in} the contrary has been true.
base ball game.
is now proposed to develop the vein
p. Pleasant Valley Wednesday
afterinto shape to handle the ore from
neither
property
has
the
vein
been
It is hoped by the committee to
We therefore believe, on accoun
laterally by drifting under the Mc-,
. noo n with interment in Pine Grove all the properties. It contains tem
raise enough money to pay off the bottomed.
of these
outstanding
examples of
stamph. A ball mill will also beKaig shoot and also toward the
While the Kénnedy Mine at Jaci deep mining, that we have in these}. eemetery in Nevada City. Reverend
indebtedness.
installed
to.
crush
the ore finee
dike enriched erea to the north.
. Buckner conducted the services and}
son is said to be the deepest gold districts the best
known field for
enough
so
that
it
can
be handled
The property immediately adjoins .
Mrs. Lydia Talbot sang. The family
mine in the world at.4760 feet vergold mining there is in existence.
by the
flotation
plant
which is;_
the Spanish Mine, now being ex-.
lot
was
completely
covered
wh
tically, it does not reach the total
‘There is still
a great potential
being
installed
by
the
Industrial
tensively
operated
by Fred
w.
beautiful floral
offerings, a mute!
depth along the vein of the Empire field here for the
development o f:
i Mines ‘Company. The flotation maBradley, on the
wes, and is in al
by 2800 feet, nosth of the
North large productive properties. All that . a
ee
ee ee . chinery is of the
very latest type:
very promising area along the belt
Star’s two vein systems by morélis needed are capital and develop-. VER STSHIS -WUG Wee Hee:
and severa] improvements have beer;
extending through the Twin Sisters,
ns “ment atong the lines of good judgeThis is the
état
first es a series of than 4000 feet.
agape aac eaaaeiniatiny ee made. The inventor claims to save:
northerly toward the Plumbago and
The Champion-Providence group! ment.
articles of explanation of Bills in=e
depute beni
panshenssnet 98% of the gold. Under the old
the Alleghany District.
troduced by Assemblyman Seawell at Neveds City had reached a depth
Theodore,
ERE ORNG, OOO TANG process the sulphides could not bes
“FINIS”.
is to
have
Charles A. Hegarty
Ernest Sihwartz; Mrs. H. O. Kohler,
that passed both Houses of the Legsaved and a large percentage of its
charge of operations
at the mine
Mrs.
Rose
Grissel
and
Fannie
islature.
values found their way ¢o the creek.
and will
leave the latter
part of;
. Schwartz.
Step children
are Mrs.
The purpose of this is to allow the
The new plant is being instaHed
this week to get things
in readiE
a Hartung, Mrs. Mary FitzgerPeople
of
his
district
to
know
what
under
the direction of R.+«N. Diggles:
SELF WITH
ness for active oe reeeent:
PISTOL . = :and William Schwartz. Brothers
their representative has been doing
A pipe line ih being run from thes
nd sisters are A. Hartung, Nevada
in Sacramento, and the type of. legpe
H. W Hartung, Grass Valley, Snow Mountain ditch to the St.
To Grass Valley
this year falls
Buckley Wells formerly associated
. islation that he has introduced be. and Mrs. Amelia McCoy, Cold Water Louis mill.
Harry Pane Whitney in re. Ohio.
Mr. Hoff plans to lease some of*
} lieving the same to be of benefit to the lot of celebrating the nations with
birthday and they have chosen to Opening the Idaho Maryland Mine
his claims on a royalty .basis. Hes
the District.
Grandchildren are, Teddy Schwartz
take advantage of the week-end shot and killed himself Tuesday.
will handle the ore from the leaserss
Jerrold L. Seawell
George Kohler,
Berkley Schwartz,
holiday by combining the celebration
*
*
*
at the St. Louis mill.
Mr. Hoff is
Mr. Wells, a
prominent mining Milton Schwartz.
The following resolution. was preof the 4th with a big home coming.!
also
encouraging
prospectors’
ta
man
once
reputed
to
be
ees
sented to the Nevada Chapter of the Assembly Bill No. 412
Bert Chegwidden is ch i?man
‘come
into
the
territory
and
offers
The
State
Judges
Salary
Bill
and iS wealthy, was despondent over the
California Mining Association by the
to crush their ore at the St. Louisy
Asembly Mill no. 412 by Assemblyselecting co mmitties to assist him.
loss of his wealth. He shared an of-;
California Legislature:
;
also.
'The
celebration
will
begin
on
the
1
man
Jerry
Seawell
has
been
recogfice
in
the
Hobart
Building
with’
CALIFORNIA
LEGISLATUREThe first car load
of ore will gay
ASSEMBLY
CHAMBER. nized by the metropolitan Press as evening of the 38rd when the Amer-' Joseph O’Brien who had gone tothe
to Selbys on Saturday.
one of the outstanding bills to pass ican Legion Drum Corps will combank to draw $20 to loan his friend:
FORTY-NINTH SESSION
A number of men are at work
: the last Session of the Legislature. pete for a trophy. There will be at when the shooting occurred.
Sacramento, Cal,
H. Kjorlie who has beein acting' opening up different drifts or im~
least
six
corps
in
the
contest.
‘This
bill
provides
that
the
State
RESOLUTION
Fate which first smiled upon him} as vice principal was elected princi. proving
the
road
to
the mines,
shall pay $4000.00 toward the salarThe big parade on the morning of turned to frown.
Missing the rich pal of the High School by action of
By
’
which is in a very bad condition.
HONORABLE BERT B. SNYDER ies of all the superior Judges in the the 4th will be in the form of a vein
of the Idaho Maryland by the city board last night.
1In all 40 men are employed.
. State of California. In the past paid pagent depicting the history of our inches
Representing the Forty-Second
the mine was
abandoned.
‘Mr. Kjorlie has eight years of i
omce.
hasbe enclbh
.
$4090.00
toward
the
salary
of
the
Nation from the Indians down to When the new owners reopened the’
Assembly District
, teaching experience to his credit.
Se
Soa
Judges
in
Los
Angles
and
San
Franthe present day.
WHEREAS, The Nevada, Placer,
mine they found where a drill had .
During his three years work in
Sierra and Yuba chapter of the Cal-, cisco Counties with a sliding scale
broken off.
The first blast ' the Nevada City High School Mr. PENROSE GROCERY The rest of the day will be given been’
ifornia Mining Association presented. for the other metropolitan counties.
the-rock where the drill:
over to contests of various kinds! loo ened
Kjorlie has been a favorite of the!
It was the usual practice of the including all kinds
to the members of this Assembly ae
of sports an rock had struck. There on the other , Pupils who are dilighted to have him
invitation to attend the meeting of! State in the rural Counties to pay drilling
and
shoveling
contests. side within a few inches of the drill, promoted to principal.
said chapter held at Nevada City‘one-half of the salary to the Judges There will. be races for all ages and: hole wes free gold in quantity.
‘Mr. and Mrs. Kjorlie have both '
The grocery store of James Pen~
on the afternoon of March 7th,. and the County pay the balance. Unboth sex.
His power : project
on the Yuba;. been identified with eivic affairs ; Tose is undergoing a complete ren-1931, which invitation extended to! der the provisions of this bill the
In the evening there will be a dis-. River faited and the . stock market ;and the people of the community ovation.
include dinner, entertainment and State pays $4000.00 toward the salarplay of fir
crash of 1929 completed his financie-works.
The major
improvement is thee
are rejoicing that they find it un-;
hotel accomodations on the evening! ies of all Superior Judges and the
For~SundayJuly 5th~a baseball @! failure.
‘fridigaire
window
which is being innecessary
to
change
their
residence.
ra
of March 7th and a visit to certain! differences between what the State
game and golf tournament is being
!
stalled.
The
fridigaire
will be 10 bywill
pay
under
this
bill
and
what
it
The
Nugget
joins
the
many,
operating gold mines on March 8th;
_RESPOND TO EMERGENCY CALL
planned.
now pays is returned to the General
. friends in congragulating Mr. Kjor1? feet in size taking ,up the entire
and
About 30 answered test.
In all Grass Velley plans to make”
north window.st wil have a triple: —
lie.
WHEREAS, A goodly appeeaias Fund of the several Counties.
The emergency call of the fire
it, the biggest and best celebration
‘
;
glass
all aroun . Milk, cream, But—
Providing the Judges salaries are
0.
tion of this Assembly accepted such
alarm and signid up.
in years.
ter,
cheese,
yeast,
smoked
srsatas
not
raised
by
the
counties
themselves
'
QUILL OFF PRESS
invitation
and participated of the
‘Two bells rung three thimes in the!.
.
and
vegetables
will
be
on
@iplay.
the
rural
sections
of
California
will
hospitality. of said chapter; and
call given out in times of emerdoors and’ 2& walkitm
The 1931 Quill, the annual proTwo service
WHEREAS, The gold mining insave approximately $67,500.00 anngency
to
which
Legionaires
are
ex.
'door
will
give
entrance inte tite: re~
duction of the Nevada City High,
dustry long has been and still is one ually. In his particular district with
MEET ON JUNE DP grse we —
frigerator.
This
is the very latest
School is off the press and is a
of the leading
industries
of this the raises granted there will be a
type
of
fridigaire
and the only one
savings
of
$65,000.00
. eredit to the school and staff of
during the
State and its problems are deservNevada County
Chapter
ATTENDS CONCERT
Mining
.
of
its
kind
in
this
sectiom
term
of
office
to
which
officers.
the
judges
ing of continued study -and assisAsociation of California will hold a'
A large crowd attended the con0Vv
Other improvements will include
are elected.
tanee; now, therefore, be it
busness meeting Tuesday evening: cert at the theatre given by the
He believes this bill is an excepCHICKEN STEW AT UNCLE TOMS lowering of the shelves. The counRESOLVED, Tha; the thanks of
June 2
at the Chamber of Com -. Music
department
of
the
high
.
) ters will be moved’ to the center oft
tionally
fair one, due to the fact,
this Assembly. be extended to said
SEAWELL EXPLAINS
ASSEMBLY BILLS
G. V. T0 CELEBRATE
BUCKLEY WELLS SHOOTS
NATIONS BIRTHDAY
ASSEMBLY THANKS
MINING ASSOCIATION
‘KJORUIE IS ELECTED
.
. PRINCIPAL HIGH SCHOOL:
MAKES IMPROVEMENTS
MINING ASSOCIATION TO .
chapter through James D. Stewart,
Esquire, its
president; and
Mrs.
Elsie Willoughby, its. secretary, for
said invitation, and to the Honorable Jerrold L. Seawell, a member
of this Assembly,
through
whose
cooperation the success of the said
meeting
and
entertainment
was
assured; and be it further
merce in Nevada City. Arthur Foote
school and grammar_ school under.
{the store and the entire imteriorthat the Judicial Council of CaliUncle Tom will hold a_ special
of Grass Valley, the new president , the directions of Harold. George, .
will
be repainted @ gloss white
fornia takes the Judges from the
Memorial Day Dance Saturday night
of the chapter, will preside.
Miss
Gray
and
Miss
Nightingale:
with
red
trimmings.
rural.counties and uses them in the
at his hall on the Downieville Road
Howard
Penrose is now associat
large centers of population, that it
»
Special ‘chicken stew will be
is only fair that the State should!
pay the larger portion of the salaries, .
as they are no longer County Judges
but are reality in the employ of the
State.
0
:
RESOLVED, Tha; this resolution
be printed in the Journal of this EAGLE BIRD MINE EMPLOYEE
Assembly, and a copy thereof sent SUFFERS INFECTED LEG INJURY
to the said James D. Stewart, the
Ivan Kendall,
employee
of the
said
Elsie Willougby,
and said
Eagle Bird mine, above Washington
Jerrold L. Seawell.
:
Resolution sead, and on motion, is suffering from an infected leg
injury. Dr.“R. F. Werner is attendunanimously adopted.
ing him at the Nevada City SanitarEDGAR C. LEVEY.
Speaker. . jum.
.
;
.
SWIMMING POOL OR STREETS AND SEWERS
Today the saat of Nevada City will go to the poles
to decide whether or not the $10,000 which ‘was
voted five years ago to build a swimming pool will be
converted to use for the purpose of improving streets
and sewers or not.
However the general opinion seems to be that since
the people voted 5 to . in favor of the swimming pool
five years ago they will not vote to have the money di
verted for other purposes.
ed with his father who has been a
. i served at midnight for which the Nevada
— small sum of 25. cents will be 21 years.City merchant for the paste
, charged.
.
0
With the
; Summer
coming of the
Uncle Tom’s
warm
Cabin is a ED WILLIS VICTIM
_ delightful place to spend a pleasant
,evening dancing to the strains of
j the beautiful music which the ‘host
‘always provides for his guests.
.
Word was. received in this city by
A large number of former resirelatives of the death last week of
_dents will spend the week end here Ed. N. Willis of Berkeley who was:
_
. and many of them . remember the victim of a car accident. He
happy times they used to have at husband of
Uncle Tom’s Cabin and will no
, doubt again find their way there.
Organ of
was the: .
the former Miss Vera,
this city. Besides the
widow two ire pedis: Seca