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May 29, 1931 (6 pages)

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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