November 4, 1929 (6 pages)

The Nugget is California’s Leading Mining Weeldy Nevada City Nugget ETAT 8 : — bos 7 VOLUME III, NUMBER 51____ THE GOLD CENTER SIERRA HOMESTAKE HAS GOOD OPPORTUNITIES ener Henry C. Goering has returned from a business trip to Sierra City. He is interested in the Sierra Homestake mine near there and brought down some beautiful specimens from the property which are on display at The Nugget office. The ore is. highly mineralized and shows gold, silver, copper and molyobdenite in generous quantity. ; The property is well located on the highway and has valuable water rights. There are four claims in the property iscluding a fine millsite. CAPITALISTS ARE SEEKING MINING PROPERTY HERE Hardly a day passes that some intending investor in Nevada county mining properties does not visit The Nugget office to obtain information on certain properties or on the mineral situation in general in this section. Most of them openly say that Nevada City is fortunate to have a central bureau of information available. __ STATE MINERS GET PUBLICITY IN NEWSPAPERS This week The Nugget presents the views of the Placerville Rpublican anent the value of the mew state association to the mining industry at large and how important it is that a large membership be acquired to give it instant standing in legislative halls and make it possible to combat successfully the many obstacles the industry is having to hurdle’ to get on its feet again: Keep Up The Good Work Definite action has been started on the formation of a local chapter of the mining’ association of California, and there are at present more than 20 members actually signed up in the organization. The drive for members ‘which is to be earried on immediately under Giof the chamber of commeree niines and mining committee deserves your support, whether you are directly interested in mining or not. For upon the improvement of conditions under which mining is carried on and in the ati:ulation the which is natural consequence of such an Grganization as that proposed, every business in Placerville and El Dorado County is bound to benefit. Just as one man said following the meeting Monday night, “I didn’t realize miners of the county were so completely unorganized. They are like a bunch of sheep—running around without anything to tie them together’. This man is right. There has been, in the past, a lack of organization in mining not known to any other industry—not only this couty, but in the state and nation as a whole. And to this fact may safely be attributed a large portion of the ills of the “basic industry”, as mining is justly called. Of the fifteen states which have mining’ on a scale large jenough to make the industry an important factor in their development, one— Idaho —maintains an, office in Washington, for the sole purpose of keeping a weather eye upon developmnts in the halls of the legislature, and for the purpose of fostering those measures which will benefit the industry. Other states fail to carry. on that work, because of shortage of funds, lack of interest, lack of organization among the miners, and for various other reasons of one sort or another. The same condition of apathy and lack of organization exists all over the west—-which is the seat of mining. State organizations, where they exist at all, are usually emall in membership; poorly finaneed; impotent as to influence; secondary in importance to every other industry and interest in the state. No wonder that the miner gets what he gets ‘‘in the neck’’ or the seat of . the pants—or gets ndthing. The movement .launched§ ata meeting in Sacramento some: time ago for formation of a new statewide mining orgenization is apparently based on a thorough understanding of the conditions and a determination on the part of leaders to remedy matters. It has every . indication of being the proper method of procedure and of offering a solution to the problem. Formation of Chapter No. One of such an organization is thus — properly to El Dorado County as a rightful heritage and a_ privilege by reason of her If we fail to carry out that organization now that it has been started or if we fail ta make full use of the . opportunity to better, ourselves through organi zation, we are losing something valuable. And, more, we are keeping ourselves on a plane of development no higher than we deserve by reason of that failure. Opportunity is here; we have but to seize it. rection Gi indusury a Friday morning were two people in representing Oakland capital who are. seeking a good _ prospect that can be developed with a reasonable expenditure and where they are willing to put in the money to thoroughly develop it in a systematic way. This is an excellent opportunity for some of our prospectors to get busy and tie up with a good proposition. Some of our properties are held with the idea that the local owners are to do all the spending of the cash and be superintendent and manager. The present people in mind will furnish an experienced man to superintend the operations and handle the property. If you think your property will fill the bill, come in and leave your name and description of the property and any samples showing the mineral character of the ore and they will be furnished the inquirers on their arrival here in the next few weeks. The people in question have spent the past four years in other parts of the state and have come to the conclusion that Nevada county offers the best mineral opportunities to them. . The Nugget is happy’ to be of service to the mining industry in any way it can. Its extensive library of information and maps are available to all inquirers at any time. It furnishes a Hsting service of all properties available for purchase or bonding and in most cases, has samples of the ore. Mail contracts on the routes of Nevada City ville, Alleghany, Graniteville and Washington are being advertised for by the government up to next January 14th, to call for service commencing on July Ist next. There was spirited bidding the last time bids were called for. The Downie ville route this time ealls for bids to Sierra City. j Miss Kate Kinkead attended a conference. of chief operators Sacramento last week. various to Downiein basis. With individual membership: . costing but five dollars per year, there is no reasonable excuse for every person connected with mining in. any way not belonging. One half of the individual dues are used by the local chapter in its work anc one half goes into the state associalion treasury. Five dollars covers the entire cost of membership and there is no initiation fee. El Dorado Chapter has started off with charter members . and Calaveraz Chapter with 22 and they are each expecting to run their membership well over the 100 mark. The locai chapter started off with almost 60 ou its charter list and this is being added to now. Our membership mark has been set at 250 and this can easily be reached if each will do his part. Membership cards are available traditions. oO" ow Judging from the number of in-quiries reaching this office, the new association is, making good headway in creating interest in its intents to help the industry acquire some of its former importance. As s00n as.the dates are arranged for mere meetings in the district. covered by the local charpter§ am intensive membership campaign will be put oy to put the chapter on a sound ‘trom members of the membership, . committee, and at The Nugget ofoffice in Grass Valley. MUNRO PROPOSES PLACER MINING ON SAN One of the biggest forward looking movements toward the resumption of placer mining on the San Juan Ridge in many years is seen in the application made the past few days by Charlies H. Munro, eminent mining engineer of San Frascisco and Berkeley, for filings on Bloody Run and six tributaries of the Middle Yuba _ river in the amount of 232 second feet flow to care for large proposed placer mining operations between Columbia Hill and Birchivlle. The applications— were filed in the office of Harold Conkling, chief of the state department of water resources and will doubtless be acted on at an early date. Munro in his application stated that he would be ready to commence work August 1st, 1930, and to complete the development by November lst, 1932. It has been currently reported that Munro holds options on the Bourne and River Mines interests which also carry valuable dedicated water rights in Bowman Lake available at any time that mining operations are resumed, and many miles of ditches and fliumes and_ reser. voir sites. Munro proposes in his present filings to develop. certain sources independent of the Lake Bowman supply so that the water being used by the irrigation district tO help fill its contract with the Pacific Gas and Electric Company does not enter into the application and doubtless will not cause any protest on the part of the irrigation district toward the application being granted. In a telephone conversation with The Nugget, Mr. Munro stated that he was. not. prepared’ to release any information to the press at the present time regarding his proposed operations and that any mention would be mere conjecture’ unti! such time as he issues any author-. itative statement. He has been working for the past four years on his project and was’ associated with George Coffee of the Guggenheim interests prior to Mr. Coffee's . NEVADA CITY, NEVADA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, THE COUNTY SEAT PAPER 2 oma vntemmaess a See PANIES EY . re AMET . : NS ee NOVEMBER 4, 1929 BIG OPER. ATIONS death some months since. _Any extended operations on the Ridge would mean the building of restraining dams to hoid the debris from such operations, and it is possible that the project may entaii the building of the Narrows dam near Smariville, the dream of years. Such a plan could well be coordinated with the state plan of water conservation. With, the low water level’ in the valley section around Marysville and which has been steadily going down since the cessation of mining operations in the early ’80ties, the farmefs are in a more approachable frame of mind than at any time since 1883. It is reported that the water level has dropped so low ‘in the wells that the ranchers fear the intrusion of salt water which would spell the death knell of their fruit industry. The vote grabbing politicians. who. have kept alive the anti debris organization for many years are directly responsible for this condition by keeping the water out of the streams where it would maintain a natural level. Their one string fiddle shows signs of disintegration and the emissaries sent to work with the San Juan Water Association of late shows that they are beginning to worry’ over the lack of water in the Yubas. The hundreds of millions of dollars” still lying in the gravels of the San Juan Ridge will yet be unloosed into the marts of trade and bring our placer mining inudstry once more. into its own. The Munro plan which is a sensible one is the most comprehensive one put forward in a decade to stimulate the industry and it is to be hoped that every influence can be brought to bear to assist Mr. Munro and those associated -with him in bringing it into fruition at an early date. The new state mining association will be behind the plan in every way, possible. Munro estimates the cost of the water improvements) as being $1,540,000. EE SI OPERATIONS BEGUN AT THE RUBY MINE Another Sierra county property being opened up is the’ extensive tuby mine adjacent to the famous City of Six. The property has just gone under foreclosure to satisfy claims from a former management and was sold to the Alpha Hard. ware & Supply Company by Sheriff Ceorge C. Bynon. The new operators known as the Anglo Pacific CHAIN GROCETERIA TO OFFER DEMONSTRATION Next week Tuesday unusually interesting tion of better-health Chain Groceteria store. The _ expert diet . advice will be without charge to all callers at the store that day and those troubled with indigestion or poor health im any form are cordially invited by the management to’ step in that day will see an demonstrafoods at.the eompany has recéntly been incorpor; ated and is proposing to undertake! is to large operations. A erew of sixteen men is already at work cleaning out and retimbering the underground workings with Carl Vivian as superintendent. Electric power has been connected up from the new Alleghany-Downieville line and the workings will be eleetric lighted above and below ground. New rails are being laid in the tunnel. Logging operations. are being prosecutel by a small crew to provide timbers. Records credit the Ruby property with a past production reaching well into the millions, most of its production coming from. a rich gravel channel in years past. The property consists of the patented quatemala and Guatemala’ Extension, and Garnet placer patented ground and Rock creek tailings locations. _ An ancient channel was discovered on the property in 1856 by! a shaft sunk on the bank of Rock creek and the channel was worked for a number of years. In 1880 a 2200 foot double compartment tunnel was commenced and two years luter the main Ruby © channel was struck and eleven years of profitable operations followed. The channel was lost about the center of the preperty which caused its closure. The pay gravel in the main ehannel is said to have averaged $3.00 per ton car and the gold was mosily coarse and easily saved. One nugret welghed 201.56 ounces jfourd in the intervoleanie channel. fice in Nevada City and the Union. There are said to be a number of rich qGuartz ledges, and consult Miss Mary Clarke who be here. representing the Battle Creek Sanitarium of Michigan. H. Walters of Los Angeles, Pacifie Coast representative of the Kellogg Food interests, after a careful survey of the local field, selected the Chain Grocerterlas as their Nevada County exclusive representatives for their complete line of health foods. Careful selection was made as to type of store and management and the. selection of the Chain Grocerteria system as its Nevada County. distributors speaks highly for the service rendered through the local store, managed by Frank Ghidotti. Mark down Tuesday, November 12th, as a~ red letter day in your health calendar. ——_ HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS TRIPLE WIN FRIDAY The high school basketballers, A, B, anl D teams won easily over their opponents at Armory Hall Friday night. The D team took on the grammar school squad into camp 9 to 8 in the curtain raiser. The local B team won handily over the Hessar Pharmacy team from Sacramento: 29 to 17 while the A team took the Hessar A’s into camp 47 to 28. Congressman and Mrs. Harry L. Engelbright and Secretary of State Frank C. Jordan were guests of hon-. or at a special celebration staged by the Vallejo Chamber of Cammerce last week, JUAN RIDGE auriferous } BOREHAM PROPERTY SHOWING GOOD VALUES “Running of the drift on the 209 level at the Boreham property south of town is expected to cut the ore; Shoot exposed on the surface, Js tee fifty feet more of work. drifting. on the ledge two nice ore shosts have been picked up which will later be opened up. The ledge is running two to three feet in width and is well mineralized. The property is equipped with a two stamp mill for handling ore from the development work, and a ; concentrating unit. Austin Boreham ‘is superintendent. <A. O. Witte of ‘Ios Angeles is preident of the Grass Valley Boreham Gold Mines Company operating the property. YELLOW METALS STAMP MILL TO . BE OPERATING With the installation mill, it is expected that milling operations will shortly begin ai the Yelow Metals property on the shore of Lake Bowman. A ten stamp mili to be installed, but a five stamp battery is now ready for use and will be put into operations as soon a tuned up. The company wil! use gas power this winter and had expected to contract for electricity {the coming spring but owing to the irrigation district taking down the transmission line wires between Spauling and Bowman and dismantling the line will disrupt this plan. A complete surface plant has been installed at the property and includes besides the stamp batteries, two concentrating tables,, a rock ‘erushed and necessary surface {buildings to house the plant. A lower tunnel is being run into the An upper tunnel 200 feet above is 80 feet which gives a large amount of backs for stoping. { There are six claims in the . property, five of which are patent-. ed. The property lies on the shore! ‘of Lake Bowman and it is neces-. Company has made rapid to reach it ow-! Of setting the poles . sary to use boats iing.to the terrain. Two years ago l the Sunbeam Divide and = Liberty Divide companies of Nevada option: . \ ed the property and did some. con:siderable development work but ceased operations for some reason with a-large tonnage of ore in sight ready for milling. F. M. Merrilees and Al Keller are operating the property under bond and have their supplies in for a winter run: as at that elevation there is a long winter. They are working a crew of eight men. MINING LOCATIONS ARE — PLACED COUNTY RECORD The following mining locations have been recorded the past week: Omega No. 4 by William R. Price, T. L. Larsen, Charles Moore, M. L. Moore, Grover Wilson and Louisa A. Larsen in Washington Mining District in Sec. 20 T17N R11E. The So-and-So Lode claim by C. P. Carlin on South Yuba river mile and half east Purdon brilge. PIKE FARMER LOSER Thomas Wayman, resident and farmer of the Pike section, is having difficulty on his property this seaon with the deer actually digging up and consuming a portion of his potato crop. For many years past he has been annoyed with these animals, sometimes they would ccnsume a whole row’ of tomatoes, vine and all, but never before had they attacked vegetables underground. It is difficult at the these farmers to net much profit from. their crops, and to have to stand the loss as caued by these state protected animals is considerable of a hardship. best for The Yuba Pass highway between Downieville and Sierra City is to be closed for a period of 12 daya commencing today, while a small bridge over Lady Canyon is being) ' replaced. in { In . of a ‘stamp . ‘mountain and is now in 250 feet.: QUEEN LIL SHAFT UNWATERING IS NOW UNDER WAY Another proprety heing opened upin the rich mineral beit just to the west of Nevada City is the Queen Lil mine where unwatering operations commeiuced the past week. There is a shaft on the property gunk several years ago to a. depth of 260 feet and it is reported that the development operations produced around $30,000. An ejector has been used for the past few. days but with a power line run in to the shaft will make. possibe the ingiallaltion: of puniping facilities. <A light hoist will be isstallied and a two drill compressor and a compresensive development program laid out as soon as the unwatering has been completed. <A 600 foot power line was run Saturlay. tf conditions warrant a mill will Le installed and large time operations gotten. under way. The property. lies on the line of the Champion _ croup, adjoining on the west and is virgin property except for what was done around the shaft. Ample capital will be available thorough survey of the mine. The property is being operated by a lecal leasing group known as the Queen Lil lease. The primary object is to make it possible to get into the Champion ground below water level through a shaft already sunk. NEW POWER LINE for making a TO SPANISH MINE NOW COMPLETED Hookup of the new line extension between Alleghany and the Spanish Mines group is expected to be completed the first part of this week and the new line’ should be ready for operation by Wednesday at the latest. The Pacific Gas and Electric progress and stringing the wires across some vough terrain to make the connection. The coming of electric power to the Spanish group means large time operations at this prop:’ty which is owned and vanaged by Fred W. Bradley, one ‘of the mu;:tsuccessful mining men in the world industry. Nevada county is fortu:ute to have a company of its ms; aitude and standing operating he.; and it wag directly due to Mr. Bradiey’s interest that the constructic:: of the power line was made pe. ible at this time. ; The line will also sc ve the German, Bar and Twin Sister properties, both of whom have been sadly handicapped in the past by inadequate power facilities in getting onto an operating basis. A number of other properties are planning on making use of the new power facilities and a renewed activity in the East Belt country . is confidently looked for in the next few years CLERKIN COW ADOPTS FAWN FOR BRINGING UP PIKE, Nov. 1st-—-Wm. -P.-. Clerkin, cattleman of the Pike City section, has fared better than most cattlemen in the fall round up. Much to his surprise a few days ago, when gathering in his stock at American Hill, he discovered that one old good natured cow, instead of bringing in one‘of her own kind, proudly presented a young fawn. The little anima! trotted along like a. calf and when meal time came, ii nursed the adopted mother cow. It has a few sears whiecn might be evidence of some skirmish it and the mother had been in; possibly the mother was the. victim of a forest fire or lion. Evidently the cld cow intends to keep her foster child, and they apparently intend to remain together, Postmaster Phil Cursow of North Columbia was a business vis! tor in Nevada City the latter part. of the week. eS Ignition Paris and Accesories at Miner's Foundry. 24te 4

The Nugget is California’s Leading Mining Weeldy Nevada City Nugget ETAT 8 : — bos 7 VOLUME III, NUMBER 51____ THE GOLD CENTER SIERRA HOMESTAKE HAS GOOD OPPORTUNITIES ener Henry C. Goering has returned from a business trip to Sierra City. He is interested in the Sierra Homestake mine near there and brought down some beautiful specimens from the property which are on display at The Nugget office. The ore is. highly mineralized and shows gold, silver, copper and molyobdenite in generous quantity. ; The property is well located on the highway and has valuable water rights. There are four claims in the property iscluding a fine millsite. CAPITALISTS ARE SEEKING MINING PROPERTY HERE Hardly a day passes that some intending investor in Nevada county mining properties does not visit The Nugget office to obtain information on certain properties or on the mineral situation in general in this section. Most of them openly say that Nevada City is fortunate to have a central bureau of information available. __ STATE MINERS GET PUBLICITY IN NEWSPAPERS This week The Nugget presents the views of the Placerville Rpublican anent the value of the mew state association to the mining industry at large and how important it is that a large membership be acquired to give it instant standing in legislative halls and make it possible to combat successfully the many obstacles the industry is having to hurdle’ to get on its feet again: Keep Up The Good Work Definite action has been started on the formation of a local chapter of the mining’ association of California, and there are at present more than 20 members actually signed up in the organization. The drive for members ‘which is to be earried on immediately under Giof the chamber of commeree niines and mining committee deserves your support, whether you are directly interested in mining or not. For upon the improvement of conditions under which mining is carried on and in the ati:ulation the which is natural consequence of such an Grganization as that proposed, every business in Placerville and El Dorado County is bound to benefit. Just as one man said following the meeting Monday night, “I didn’t realize miners of the county were so completely unorganized. They are like a bunch of sheep—running around without anything to tie them together’. This man is right. There has been, in the past, a lack of organization in mining not known to any other industry—not only this couty, but in the state and nation as a whole. And to this fact may safely be attributed a large portion of the ills of the “basic industry”, as mining is justly called. Of the fifteen states which have mining’ on a scale large jenough to make the industry an important factor in their development, one— Idaho —maintains an, office in Washington, for the sole purpose of keeping a weather eye upon developmnts in the halls of the legislature, and for the purpose of fostering those measures which will benefit the industry. Other states fail to carry. on that work, because of shortage of funds, lack of interest, lack of organization among the miners, and for various other reasons of one sort or another. The same condition of apathy and lack of organization exists all over the west—-which is the seat of mining. State organizations, where they exist at all, are usually emall in membership; poorly finaneed; impotent as to influence; secondary in importance to every other industry and interest in the state. No wonder that the miner gets what he gets ‘‘in the neck’’ or the seat of . the pants—or gets ndthing. The movement .launched§ ata meeting in Sacramento some: time ago for formation of a new statewide mining orgenization is apparently based on a thorough understanding of the conditions and a determination on the part of leaders to remedy matters. It has every . indication of being the proper method of procedure and of offering a solution to the problem. Formation of Chapter No. One of such an organization is thus — properly to El Dorado County as a rightful heritage and a_ privilege by reason of her If we fail to carry out that organization now that it has been started or if we fail ta make full use of the . opportunity to better, ourselves through organi zation, we are losing something valuable. And, more, we are keeping ourselves on a plane of development no higher than we deserve by reason of that failure. Opportunity is here; we have but to seize it. rection Gi indusury a Friday morning were two people in representing Oakland capital who are. seeking a good _ prospect that can be developed with a reasonable expenditure and where they are willing to put in the money to thoroughly develop it in a systematic way. This is an excellent opportunity for some of our prospectors to get busy and tie up with a good proposition. Some of our properties are held with the idea that the local owners are to do all the spending of the cash and be superintendent and manager. The present people in mind will furnish an experienced man to superintend the operations and handle the property. If you think your property will fill the bill, come in and leave your name and description of the property and any samples showing the mineral character of the ore and they will be furnished the inquirers on their arrival here in the next few weeks. The people in question have spent the past four years in other parts of the state and have come to the conclusion that Nevada county offers the best mineral opportunities to them. . The Nugget is happy’ to be of service to the mining industry in any way it can. Its extensive library of information and maps are available to all inquirers at any time. It furnishes a Hsting service of all properties available for purchase or bonding and in most cases, has samples of the ore. Mail contracts on the routes of Nevada City ville, Alleghany, Graniteville and Washington are being advertised for by the government up to next January 14th, to call for service commencing on July Ist next. There was spirited bidding the last time bids were called for. The Downie ville route this time ealls for bids to Sierra City. j Miss Kate Kinkead attended a conference. of chief operators Sacramento last week. various to Downiein basis. With individual membership: . costing but five dollars per year, there is no reasonable excuse for every person connected with mining in. any way not belonging. One half of the individual dues are used by the local chapter in its work anc one half goes into the state associalion treasury. Five dollars covers the entire cost of membership and there is no initiation fee. El Dorado Chapter has started off with charter members . and Calaveraz Chapter with 22 and they are each expecting to run their membership well over the 100 mark. The locai chapter started off with almost 60 ou its charter list and this is being added to now. Our membership mark has been set at 250 and this can easily be reached if each will do his part. Membership cards are available traditions. oO" ow Judging from the number of in-quiries reaching this office, the new association is, making good headway in creating interest in its intents to help the industry acquire some of its former importance. As s00n as.the dates are arranged for mere meetings in the district. covered by the local charpter§ am intensive membership campaign will be put oy to put the chapter on a sound ‘trom members of the membership, . committee, and at The Nugget ofoffice in Grass Valley. MUNRO PROPOSES PLACER MINING ON SAN One of the biggest forward looking movements toward the resumption of placer mining on the San Juan Ridge in many years is seen in the application made the past few days by Charlies H. Munro, eminent mining engineer of San Frascisco and Berkeley, for filings on Bloody Run and six tributaries of the Middle Yuba _ river in the amount of 232 second feet flow to care for large proposed placer mining operations between Columbia Hill and Birchivlle. The applications— were filed in the office of Harold Conkling, chief of the state department of water resources and will doubtless be acted on at an early date. Munro in his application stated that he would be ready to commence work August 1st, 1930, and to complete the development by November lst, 1932. It has been currently reported that Munro holds options on the Bourne and River Mines interests which also carry valuable dedicated water rights in Bowman Lake available at any time that mining operations are resumed, and many miles of ditches and fliumes and_ reser. voir sites. Munro proposes in his present filings to develop. certain sources independent of the Lake Bowman supply so that the water being used by the irrigation district tO help fill its contract with the Pacific Gas and Electric Company does not enter into the application and doubtless will not cause any protest on the part of the irrigation district toward the application being granted. In a telephone conversation with The Nugget, Mr. Munro stated that he was. not. prepared’ to release any information to the press at the present time regarding his proposed operations and that any mention would be mere conjecture’ unti! such time as he issues any author-. itative statement. He has been working for the past four years on his project and was’ associated with George Coffee of the Guggenheim interests prior to Mr. Coffee's . NEVADA CITY, NEVADA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, THE COUNTY SEAT PAPER 2 oma vntemmaess a See PANIES EY . re AMET . : NS ee NOVEMBER 4, 1929 BIG OPER. ATIONS death some months since. _Any extended operations on the Ridge would mean the building of restraining dams to hoid the debris from such operations, and it is possible that the project may entaii the building of the Narrows dam near Smariville, the dream of years. Such a plan could well be coordinated with the state plan of water conservation. With, the low water level’ in the valley section around Marysville and which has been steadily going down since the cessation of mining operations in the early ’80ties, the farmefs are in a more approachable frame of mind than at any time since 1883. It is reported that the water level has dropped so low ‘in the wells that the ranchers fear the intrusion of salt water which would spell the death knell of their fruit industry. The vote grabbing politicians. who. have kept alive the anti debris organization for many years are directly responsible for this condition by keeping the water out of the streams where it would maintain a natural level. Their one string fiddle shows signs of disintegration and the emissaries sent to work with the San Juan Water Association of late shows that they are beginning to worry’ over the lack of water in the Yubas. The hundreds of millions of dollars” still lying in the gravels of the San Juan Ridge will yet be unloosed into the marts of trade and bring our placer mining inudstry once more. into its own. The Munro plan which is a sensible one is the most comprehensive one put forward in a decade to stimulate the industry and it is to be hoped that every influence can be brought to bear to assist Mr. Munro and those associated -with him in bringing it into fruition at an early date. The new state mining association will be behind the plan in every way, possible. Munro estimates the cost of the water improvements) as being $1,540,000. EE SI

OPERATIONS BEGUN AT THE RUBY MINE Another Sierra county property being opened up is the’ extensive tuby mine adjacent to the famous City of Six. The property has just gone under foreclosure to satisfy claims from a former management and was sold to the Alpha Hard. ware & Supply Company by Sheriff Ceorge C. Bynon. The new operators known as the Anglo Pacific CHAIN GROCETERIA TO OFFER DEMONSTRATION Next week Tuesday unusually interesting tion of better-health Chain Groceteria store. The _ expert diet . advice will be without charge to all callers at the store that day and those troubled with indigestion or poor health im any form are cordially invited by the management to’ step in that day will see an demonstrafoods at.the eompany has recéntly been incorpor; ated and is proposing to undertake! is to large operations. A erew of sixteen men is already at work cleaning out and retimbering the underground workings with Carl Vivian as superintendent. Electric power has been connected up from the new Alleghany-Downieville line and the workings will be eleetric lighted above and below ground. New rails are being laid in the tunnel. Logging operations. are being prosecutel by a small crew to provide timbers. Records credit the Ruby property with a past production reaching well into the millions, most of its production coming from. a rich gravel channel in years past. The property consists of the patented quatemala and Guatemala’ Extension, and Garnet placer patented ground and Rock creek tailings locations. _ An ancient channel was discovered on the property in 1856 by! a shaft sunk on the bank of Rock creek and the channel was worked for a number of years. In 1880 a 2200 foot double compartment tunnel was commenced and two years luter the main Ruby © channel was struck and eleven years of profitable operations followed. The channel was lost about the center of the preperty which caused its closure. The pay gravel in the main ehannel is said to have averaged $3.00 per ton car and the gold was mosily coarse and easily saved. One nugret welghed 201.56 ounces jfourd in the intervoleanie channel. fice in Nevada City and the Union. There are said to be a number of rich qGuartz ledges, and consult Miss Mary Clarke who be here. representing the Battle Creek Sanitarium of Michigan. H. Walters of Los Angeles, Pacifie Coast representative of the Kellogg Food interests, after a careful survey of the local field, selected the Chain Grocerterlas as their Nevada County exclusive representatives for their complete line of health foods. Careful selection was made as to type of store and management and the. selection of the Chain Grocerteria system as its Nevada County. distributors speaks highly for the service rendered through the local store, managed by Frank Ghidotti. Mark down Tuesday, November 12th, as a~ red letter day in your health calendar. ——_ HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS TRIPLE WIN FRIDAY The high school basketballers, A, B, anl D teams won easily over their opponents at Armory Hall Friday night. The D team took on the grammar school squad into camp 9 to 8 in the curtain raiser. The local B team won handily over the Hessar Pharmacy team from Sacramento: 29 to 17 while the A team took the Hessar A’s into camp 47 to 28. Congressman and Mrs. Harry L. Engelbright and Secretary of State Frank C. Jordan were guests of hon-. or at a special celebration staged by the Vallejo Chamber of Cammerce last week, JUAN RIDGE auriferous } BOREHAM PROPERTY SHOWING GOOD VALUES “Running of the drift on the 209 level at the Boreham property south of town is expected to cut the ore; Shoot exposed on the surface, Js tee fifty feet more of work. drifting. on the ledge two nice ore shosts have been picked up which will later be opened up. The ledge is running two to three feet in width and is well mineralized. The property is equipped with a two stamp mill for handling ore from the development work, and a ; concentrating unit. Austin Boreham ‘is superintendent. <A. O. Witte of ‘Ios Angeles is preident of the Grass Valley Boreham Gold Mines Company operating the property. YELLOW METALS STAMP MILL TO . BE OPERATING With the installation mill, it is expected that milling operations will shortly begin ai the Yelow Metals property on the shore of Lake Bowman. A ten stamp mili to be installed, but a five stamp battery is now ready for use and will be put into operations as soon a tuned up. The company wil! use gas power this winter and had expected to contract for electricity {the coming spring but owing to the irrigation district taking down the transmission line wires between Spauling and Bowman and dismantling the line will disrupt this plan. A complete surface plant has been installed at the property and includes besides the stamp batteries, two concentrating tables,, a rock ‘erushed and necessary surface {buildings to house the plant. A lower tunnel is being run into the An upper tunnel 200 feet above is 80 feet which gives a large amount of backs for stoping. { There are six claims in the . property, five of which are patent-. ed. The property lies on the shore! ‘of Lake Bowman and it is neces-. Company has made rapid to reach it ow-! Of setting the poles . sary to use boats iing.to the terrain. Two years ago l the Sunbeam Divide and = Liberty Divide companies of Nevada option: . \ ed the property and did some. con:siderable development work but ceased operations for some reason with a-large tonnage of ore in sight ready for milling. F. M. Merrilees and Al Keller are operating the property under bond and have their supplies in for a winter run: as at that elevation there is a long winter. They are working a crew of eight men. MINING LOCATIONS ARE — PLACED COUNTY RECORD The following mining locations have been recorded the past week: Omega No. 4 by William R. Price, T. L. Larsen, Charles Moore, M. L. Moore, Grover Wilson and Louisa A. Larsen in Washington Mining District in Sec. 20 T17N R11E. The So-and-So Lode claim by C. P. Carlin on South Yuba river mile and half east Purdon brilge. PIKE FARMER LOSER Thomas Wayman, resident and farmer of the Pike section, is having difficulty on his property this seaon with the deer actually digging up and consuming a portion of his potato crop. For many years past he has been annoyed with these animals, sometimes they would ccnsume a whole row’ of tomatoes, vine and all, but never before had they attacked vegetables underground. It is difficult at the these farmers to net much profit from. their crops, and to have to stand the loss as caued by these state protected animals is considerable of a hardship. best for The Yuba Pass highway between Downieville and Sierra City is to be closed for a period of 12 daya commencing today, while a small bridge over Lady Canyon is being) ' replaced. in { In . of a ‘stamp . ‘mountain and is now in 250 feet.: QUEEN LIL SHAFT UNWATERING IS NOW UNDER WAY Another proprety heing opened upin the rich mineral beit just to the west of Nevada City is the Queen Lil mine where unwatering operations commeiuced the past week. There is a shaft on the property gunk several years ago to a. depth of 260 feet and it is reported that the development operations produced around $30,000. An ejector has been used for the past few. days but with a power line run in to the shaft will make. possibe the ingiallaltion: of puniping facilities. <A light hoist will be isstallied and a two drill compressor and a compresensive development program laid out as soon as the unwatering has been completed. <A 600 foot power line was run Saturlay. tf conditions warrant a mill will Le installed and large time operations gotten. under way. The property. lies on the line of the Champion _ croup, adjoining on the west and is virgin property except for what was done around the shaft. Ample capital will be available thorough survey of the mine. The property is being operated by a lecal leasing group known as the Queen Lil lease. The primary object is to make it possible to get into the Champion ground below water level through a shaft already sunk. NEW POWER LINE for making a TO SPANISH MINE NOW COMPLETED Hookup of the new line extension between Alleghany and the Spanish Mines group is expected to be completed the first part of this week and the new line’ should be ready for operation by Wednesday at the latest. The Pacific Gas and Electric progress and stringing the wires across some vough terrain to make the connection. The coming of electric power to the Spanish group means large time operations at this prop:’ty which is owned and vanaged by Fred W. Bradley, one ‘of the mu;:tsuccessful mining men in the world industry. Nevada county is fortu:ute to have a company of its ms; aitude and standing operating he.; and it wag directly due to Mr. Bradiey’s interest that the constructic:: of the power line was made pe. ible at this time. ; The line will also sc ve the German, Bar and Twin Sister properties, both of whom have been sadly handicapped in the past by inadequate power facilities in getting onto an operating basis. A number of other properties are planning on making use of the new power facilities and a renewed activity in the East Belt country . is confidently looked for in the next few years CLERKIN COW ADOPTS FAWN FOR BRINGING UP PIKE, Nov. 1st-—-Wm. -P.-. Clerkin, cattleman of the Pike City section, has fared better than most cattlemen in the fall round up. Much to his surprise a few days ago, when gathering in his stock at American Hill, he discovered that one old good natured cow, instead of bringing in one‘of her own kind, proudly presented a young fawn. The little anima! trotted along like a. calf and when meal time came, ii nursed the adopted mother cow. It has a few sears whiecn might be evidence of some skirmish it and the mother had been in; possibly the mother was the. victim of a forest fire or lion. Evidently the cld cow intends to keep her foster child, and they apparently intend to remain together, Postmaster Phil Cursow of North Columbia was a business vis! tor in Nevada City the latter part. of the week. eS Ignition Paris and Accesories at Miner's Foundry. 24te 4