October 30, 1931 (6 pages)

The ‘Nugget Is California’s Leading Mining Weekly Nevada City N THE NEVADA ugget CITY NUGGET, CALIFORNIA — THE COUNTY SEAT PAPER FRIDAY, OCT. 30, 1931. THE GOLD CENTER. VOLUME. V, NUMBER 42 _ SIXTEEN TO ONE . pen” Sa ae NEWVEINFOUND * HISTORY GIVEN eam . CLUE a (Continued From Last Week) ‘The Nevada County Mines, Inc., wid’ Measured on the dip, the distance hundred feet.’’ covered by the’ workings is a little over 3,000 fect from the apex under the lava capping. The length served the drifts approximates 2,500 feet. Comparatively little cross cutting was done, although the Tightner adit is a crosscut. On the 2,100 level, as . . a result of a fault, a 200-foot cross;, cut in the footwall of the winze was necessary to cut the vein. Thus the mine development workings are almost restricted to the plane of the Sixteen-to-One vein. The 800 level of the Tightner connects. with a drainage adit. The area of vein exposed by the development work is about 7,500,000 square feet. Below the Johnson upper tunnel and above the Tightner adit is a fault that intersects the vicinity of the 250 and 200 levéls of; the Sixteen-to-One. Its displacement! varies from 30 feet to an estimated . maximum of 100 feet. The Tightner ( faults are steep, dipping 70 degrees! to the west. Between the 250 and . 1,800 levels only minor faults occur, parallel to the Tightner fault and with displacements from a few inches to as much as 15 feet. The lowe1 ’ main shaft fault intersects the vein at the 1,800 level. Its displacement is about 180 feet, the eastern segment of the vein being displaced . downward. The strike of the fault} is apparently a little more northerly than the upper fault, although both fault planes appear to approach toward the south. In the lower main fault the strike is north 20 degrees. west. The strike of the vein is north 15 degrees west, but varies considerably. The vein dips to the east. When the Tightner winze struck the fault plane in the vicinity of the! 1,900 level, and the vein disappeared, the winze was continued. The present superintendent asked Maxfield how far sinking was to be continued before crosscutting. Maxfieid said: ‘How long is the rope?’”’ The superintendent replied, ‘‘Twenty-one Maxfield then said: (Continued on page two) NEVADA COUNTY FARMERS: ELECT OFFICERS FOR YEAR peices bee W. E. Parsons, rancher of the’ Banner district, was reelected presi-} dent of the Nevada County k'arm Bui reau at the annual meeting of the bureau held at Peardale last Saturday. E. O. Gassoway was elected vice president; C. J. Rolph, representative to the State Farm Bureau Fed-. eration, and’ William Ullrich, repre-. sentative on the board of regents of . the promotion board. W. E. Blackburn, state federation . president, was the principal speaker . at the annual meeting. He gave an! hour’s address devoted to farm' economics, Muscle Shoals and kimdred topics. Blackburn referred to: the frequent presidential vetoes of . Muscle Shoals legislation and otated . that the National Farm Bureau Federation had been asked by President Hoover to submit the shoals might be operated in the’ manufacture of fertilizer. Such plan . will probably appear before the incoming congress, it was indicated. CRASS VALLEY TO HOLD MINE ASSOCIATION MEET The Nevada County Chapter of the Mining Association of California will hold a meeting in Grass Valley October 31st. A dinner at Bret Harte Inn at 6:30 will precede the meeting. An interesting and important program is being prepared. It is thought! visitors willi'be present from Placerville, Sacramento, Auburn, Oroville. With a good attendance from local members there should be a large crowd present. Arthur B. Foote is chairman of the local organization and Errol MacBoyle is president of the State Association. 0. -Mr. and Mrs. Milton Kieffer of Sacramento spent the week end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Trevethick. a plan whereby }’ have just finished cutting a station on the 120 levei of the Constitution Mine. They are taking out a block of ore 200 feet long The vein at this mine is 3 feet wide, -= Mr. Hoff, ‘manager, announces that the mill goes on three shifts sometime next week as they have enough tonnage to average 100 to 150.tons daily. Dick Lyle has just finished unwaternig the Bellefountaine Mine Thursday. Men have’ started drifting and stoping on the 300 level in this property. It has been 20 years since the mine was worked. Good values in i\\ sulphide ore have been found. The vein is about 30 inches wide. Ore assays stated. A new vein was runabout $16 a ton, it is found: in the St. Louis Mine which runs east and west This is the first vein found in the Willow Vailey Section that runs in xhat’direction. In the St Louis tunnel which is in about 1800 feet from the portal, ore runs for 21 feet along the new vein. This ore averages about $46 a ton. A winze has been started NUGGET READER COMMENT ON PLATINUM ARTICLE By T. . Marshall To Editor, Nevada City, Nugget. As part owner in an old hydraulic property I was muchinterested in the item in your issue of October 16th, concerning the presence of platinum in the auriferous gravels of California, and if you will grant us space I would like to make a few comments on it. I think,there is no reliable data on the quantity of that metal in the auriferous gravels. Of course it varies in different localities and different properties in the same neighborhood; but in my opinion unless the ratio of platinum to gold, in the values recovered, is rather high I doubt if it would be profitable, at the present price of platinum, to separate these after they are alloyed in one bar of bullion. So that if the miner is to receive any extra benefit from the platinum in his gravel it will have to be separated in some wya before it is alloyed with the gold in the bullion. I suppose this is possible though I have _ never known it to be done. Perhaps some of your readers better informed on this matter coul denlighten us. ‘For many years I wondered why there was no mention of any platinum recovered fromthe old hydraulic mines before 1883, and only within the last few years a possible explanation of this ha soccurred to me. In the eighteen, seventies, when (Continued on Page Five) SEASONAL RAINFALL 1S MUCH HEAVIER TO DATE The last two rains have brought the seasonal rainfall to 5:33 inches. Grass Valley to Celebrate Gold Quartz Discovery Grass Valley has made extensive plans for the two day Gold Quartz Discovery Day celebration. Chairman Eben Smart stated that the celebration is assuming larger importance than anticipated and promises to be largely attended by outside groups as we/l-as local people. Saturday will be devoted to sports and various forms of entertainment, including a cross country race with distant runners from various places of Superior California entered. A huge Hallowe’en parade in the even{ng by juvenile and youth groups will be an attractive feature. Prizes will be offered for most striking cos‘tumes, Sunday Discovery Day ceremonies will be held at fhe Gold Hii site already marked ‘by a large granite shaft. At 1:30 Sunday formal. exercises will be held at the Gold Hill Marker. Judge George L. Jones will act as master monies. and deliver afternoon of cerethe opening address of weleome after which there will be a fine program. At 3 o'clock the Grass Valley Atheletic Club-Oakland Acorn foot‘ball game is to be held at the high echool grounds. Henry Knight first discovered the Gold Hill ledge through an outcropping elbow. The Native Daughters and Native Sons organizations have prepared the program of celebration for the Gold ‘Hill Marker. Mrs. James Wales and HH. Ray George have headed the committees of each organization. 20-30 CLUB HAS GRASS VALLEYAN AS GUEST James C. Tyrrell, postmaster oi Grass Valley since 1902, was a guest ,of the Auburn Twenty-Thirty Club on Thursday evening, October 22. ‘After dinner and the business of the , meeting were disposed of Mr. Tyr)rell spoke to the Club regarding early days in Nevada and Placer Counties. He finished his talk with reading Elgert Hubbard’s inspira. tional ‘“‘A Message to Garcia.” . (Mr. D. C. Stewart, Nevada County Agent of the Pacific Gas & Electric Company, was also a guest. George Coughlan, chairman of BERT BROCKART HAS A PROMISING LOOKING MINE ‘Bert cleims near the Florida House just Brockart, who owns’ three west of the Old Mountain House near Forest was a Nevada City visitor Tuesday. c He stated that while he was working in his 80 foot tunnel his house caught on fire and all was a total loss. When he came out of the tun-; . nel his home was a pile of ashes. He saved only the ciothes on his back. ,Mr. Brockart is not discouraged, ‘however, and will move into another A total of 2.42 inches fell in the last; the evening, introduced the speaker, . oa other claims he owns not two storms. The heavy rain of last Sunday prevented several sports events being carried out, and a number of fishermen missed the pleasure of a good day’s fishing. Rain fell in the lower mountains but higher up snow and hail fell. The total rainfall of 5.33 inches is almost two: inches more than the 1930-31 season’s total, which was 3.33 to this date, or 3.91 inches more than for the corresponding date last year, 0. EDITOR TAKES VACATION TRIP Mrs. Elsie P. Willoughby is enjoying a short vacation. She attended to business matters ithe early part of the week in San Francisco, and from there she went to Mendocino City where she spent some time visiting relatives. She will attend the meeting of Northern California Chapter Mining Association of California at Weaverville. which will be held Saturday evening, October 31st. Mr. Tyrrell. On Thursday, October 29, the Twenty-Thirty Club will hold a Ladies Night, with dinner at the Auburn Hotel. After the dinner and entertainment the members and guests will adjourn to the Placer County Country Club where dancing will eae the evening. NEVADA COUNTY MAN 1S HELD AS ARSONIST Jack W. Wright, resident of North San Juan section, was arrested Tuesday by the Deputy State Forester W. F. Sharpe on a warrant charging that he unlawfully set a fire in the vicinity of that town last July. The town narrowly escaped destruction as a result. . The complaint was sworn to by Horace Kennedy: Bain Crawford is also jointly charged with being responsible for the setting of the fire. ‘He has not been apprehended aw yet. Mr. Brockhart has struck a good quartz ledge on his property 'runs from 4 to 6 feet in width. He ' run the 80 foot tunnel to strike this ‘ledge and is now drifting on the ledge toward the south. He is pleased with the looks of the ore and feels ‘he has a good ‘property. ALLEGED BAD CHECK "PASSER RETURNED HERE Sheriff George R. Carter and W. H. Westbrook the complaining merchant, went to Kingman, Ariz., this week and returned with Ev J. Reid, also known as Lionel Dickens, and he will stand trial in the local court on the charge of forging and cashing a check in the sum of $65. ona Grass Valley store. Reid or Dickens is held in jail on a $5,000 bond and will await superior court action. He waived preliminary examination. NEVADA CITY IS MAKING MANY CHANGES Within the last few weeks several new places of businehs have opened in our midst which shows the advantage of having a payroll in a town. The old funeral home on lower Broad Street has been leased to a tinsmith, who will soon open up for business. Ralph Russell has purchased the house and lot of Henry Berkman at the corner of York and Commercial Streets. It is 16x135 feet, extending back to the city library lot. According to reports he will tear down the back of the building and add rooms for renting, besides build a couple of cabins on the back of the lot. This will add much to that — section of town. The nice new apartment over the tamale parlor on Pine Street is {A . also. The vein is ‘on the vein, and they are sinking. station is now being cut between 3 and 4 feet wide. Mr. Ernest Harker, formerly with ‘the bureau of mines, now is in charge of engineering and metallurgy. He has surveyed and found the croppings of this east and west vein om the surface for a distance of 600 feet from the discovery point. This vein will give about 400 feet of backs. The LeCompton Mine is progressing nicely. A station is cut at the 200 level. At the LeCompton mine, the principal power plant is being installed, due to the fact that the vertical drop of several hundred feet ‘in the pipe line which has been installed affords ample power. Fronk that point compressed air will be piped to thé different properties. The Company has installed a 600 foot compressor which will give a (Continued on page two) GOLDEN CENTER MINE SOON START OPERATIOS of the Golder The unwatering fast nearing completion. Three new soft drink establish-, ments have opened up in the last, few weeks. One is in the place where Leiter’s Radio Shop formerly was; . sons Barber Shop, and Bob’s Place is in the old Forestry Building on Broad Street. that <-It was about a week ago Many . will soon ‘be ready to rent. calls have come for these buildings. ' It is rumored that several more cabins will be added to this group, besides others to be built by other parties. The Miner’s Lunch a new restau(Continued on Page Two) A. A. TREGIDIO PASSES AWAY OF HEART ATTACK A brief message was received by J. M. Hoff, Tuesday announcing that Don Tregidgo, a former resident of Nevada City had died. He was the son of the late A. A. Tregidio and the) earlier years of his life were spent in Nevada City. He attended the local grammar school as a boy. “During recent years he had been employed by a San Francisco firm, which dealt in mining machinery and made periodical trips to Nevada City. that he called at The Nugget office, on one of his trips. He was a friendly like' ‘able man, and was always welcomed mith pleasure on his trips. Death was due to an attack of indigestion and heart trouble. eemanneraen Wie aetean lad . OLD COLONY MINES TO SLUICE “A crew of seven men have been busily engaged for some time reopening and preparing for gravel sluicing at the Old Colony Mine situated at the head of Woodruff Creek. This property is situated in a well known gravel and quartz gold producing district, and the new owners The Kopp cabins on Nimrod street nl was completed a few days ago by the Cooley Butler interests of Los Center Mine Angeles. Plans are to start operations. on a broad scale at. one is in a vacant place next to Larlan early date. Wbout 15 years ago this old mine produced a large amount of execllent e. ‘Cooley Butler has control of large gold-mining properties in the Grass Valley district and reports are that he plans earlycommencement of work on a number of them: 0 VISIT OLD GHOST TOWN George W. Starr and Cornelius Lakeman were recent visitors in the old mining camp of Bodie in Mone County. From there they went on t@ Boulder Dam near Las Vegas. The Bradley intersts are trying to make paying properties of several former producers at Bodie. CITY CAPITALISTS TAKE OVER SACRED MOUNT MIN Ten stamps are dropping on gvom ore at the Sacred Mount mine near Sierra City. (This. property has been idle for several months and was recently bonded to San Francisco capitalists by Mrs. Marie Phelan, the owner. Mrs. Marie Phelan is the wife of the late Richard Phelan, and has a number of rich mine propertics in the vicinity of Sierra City and Dow nieville. oe Thomas H. Park, wife and son o} : San Francisco are in Nevada City for a few days. Father and son are look. ing over mining properties. ey L. A. Smith, who is operating River Placers, Ltd., Mine on the should get results from their work. dle Yuba River near the Delhi . was a recent visitor in San F and 40 feet deep. Ap owns sete

The ‘Nugget Is California’s Leading Mining Weekly Nevada City N THE NEVADA ugget CITY NUGGET, CALIFORNIA — THE COUNTY SEAT PAPER FRIDAY, OCT. 30, 1931. THE GOLD CENTER. VOLUME. V, NUMBER 42 _ SIXTEEN TO ONE . pen” Sa ae NEWVEINFOUND * HISTORY GIVEN eam . CLUE a (Continued From Last Week) ‘The Nevada County Mines, Inc., wid’ Measured on the dip, the distance hundred feet.’’ covered by the’ workings is a little over 3,000 fect from the apex under the lava capping. The length served the drifts approximates 2,500 feet. Comparatively little cross cutting was done, although the Tightner adit is a crosscut. On the 2,100 level, as . . a result of a fault, a 200-foot cross;, cut in the footwall of the winze was necessary to cut the vein. Thus the mine development workings are almost restricted to the plane of the Sixteen-to-One vein. The 800 level of the Tightner connects. with a drainage adit. The area of vein exposed by the development work is about 7,500,000 square feet. Below the Johnson upper tunnel and above the Tightner adit is a fault that intersects the vicinity of the 250 and 200 levéls of; the Sixteen-to-One. Its displacement! varies from 30 feet to an estimated . maximum of 100 feet. The Tightner ( faults are steep, dipping 70 degrees! to the west. Between the 250 and . 1,800 levels only minor faults occur, parallel to the Tightner fault and with displacements from a few inches to as much as 15 feet. The lowe1 ’ main shaft fault intersects the vein at the 1,800 level. Its displacement is about 180 feet, the eastern segment of the vein being displaced . downward. The strike of the fault} is apparently a little more northerly than the upper fault, although both fault planes appear to approach toward the south. In the lower main fault the strike is north 20 degrees. west. The strike of the vein is north 15 degrees west, but varies considerably. The vein dips to the east. When the Tightner winze struck the fault plane in the vicinity of the! 1,900 level, and the vein disappeared, the winze was continued. The present superintendent asked Maxfield how far sinking was to be continued before crosscutting. Maxfieid said: ‘How long is the rope?’”’ The superintendent replied, ‘‘Twenty-one Maxfield then said: (Continued on page two) NEVADA COUNTY FARMERS: ELECT OFFICERS FOR YEAR peices bee W. E. Parsons, rancher of the’ Banner district, was reelected presi-} dent of the Nevada County k'arm Bui reau at the annual meeting of the bureau held at Peardale last Saturday. E. O. Gassoway was elected vice president; C. J. Rolph, representative to the State Farm Bureau Fed-. eration, and’ William Ullrich, repre-. sentative on the board of regents of . the promotion board. W. E. Blackburn, state federation . president, was the principal speaker . at the annual meeting. He gave an! hour’s address devoted to farm' economics, Muscle Shoals and kimdred topics. Blackburn referred to: the frequent presidential vetoes of . Muscle Shoals legislation and otated . that the National Farm Bureau Federation had been asked by President Hoover to submit the shoals might be operated in the’ manufacture of fertilizer. Such plan . will probably appear before the incoming congress, it was indicated. CRASS VALLEY TO HOLD MINE ASSOCIATION MEET The Nevada County Chapter of the Mining Association of California will hold a meeting in Grass Valley October 31st. A dinner at Bret Harte Inn at 6:30 will precede the meeting. An interesting and important program is being prepared. It is thought! visitors willi'be present from Placerville, Sacramento, Auburn, Oroville. With a good attendance from local members there should be a large crowd present. Arthur B. Foote is chairman of the local organization and Errol MacBoyle is president of the State Association. 0. -Mr. and Mrs. Milton Kieffer of Sacramento spent the week end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Trevethick. a plan whereby }’ have just finished cutting a station on the 120 levei of the Constitution Mine. They are taking out a block of ore 200 feet long The vein at this mine is 3 feet wide, -= Mr. Hoff, ‘manager, announces that the mill goes on three shifts sometime next week as they have enough tonnage to average 100 to 150.tons daily. Dick Lyle has just finished unwaternig the Bellefountaine Mine Thursday. Men have’ started drifting and stoping on the 300 level in this property. It has been 20 years since the mine was worked. Good values in i\\ sulphide ore have been found. The vein is about 30 inches wide. Ore assays stated. A new vein was runabout $16 a ton, it is found: in the St. Louis Mine which runs east and west This is the first vein found in the Willow Vailey Section that runs in xhat’direction. In the St Louis tunnel which is in about 1800 feet from the portal, ore runs for 21 feet along the new vein. This ore averages about $46 a ton. A winze has been started NUGGET READER COMMENT ON PLATINUM ARTICLE By T. . Marshall To Editor, Nevada City, Nugget. As part owner in an old hydraulic property I was muchinterested in the item in your issue of October 16th, concerning the presence of platinum in the auriferous gravels of California, and if you will grant us space I would like to make a few comments on it. I think,there is no reliable data on the quantity of that metal in the auriferous gravels. Of course it varies in different localities and different properties in the same neighborhood; but in my opinion unless the ratio of platinum to gold, in the values recovered, is rather high I doubt if it would be profitable, at the present price of platinum, to separate these after they are alloyed in one bar of bullion. So that if the miner is to receive any extra benefit from the platinum in his gravel it will have to be separated in some wya before it is alloyed with the gold in the bullion. I suppose this is possible though I have _ never known it to be done. Perhaps some of your readers better informed on this matter coul denlighten us. ‘For many years I wondered why there was no mention of any platinum recovered fromthe old hydraulic mines before 1883, and only within the last few years a possible explanation of this ha soccurred to me. In the eighteen, seventies, when (Continued on Page Five) SEASONAL RAINFALL 1S MUCH HEAVIER TO DATE The last two rains have brought the seasonal rainfall to 5:33 inches. Grass Valley to Celebrate Gold Quartz Discovery Grass Valley has made extensive plans for the two day Gold Quartz Discovery Day celebration. Chairman Eben Smart stated that the celebration is assuming larger importance than anticipated and promises to be largely attended by outside groups as we/l-as local people. Saturday will be devoted to sports and various forms of entertainment, including a cross country race with distant runners from various places of Superior California entered. A huge Hallowe’en parade in the even{ng by juvenile and youth groups will be an attractive feature. Prizes will be offered for most striking cos‘tumes, Sunday Discovery Day ceremonies will be held at fhe Gold Hii site already marked ‘by a large granite shaft. At 1:30 Sunday formal. exercises will be held at the Gold Hill Marker. Judge George L. Jones will act as master monies. and deliver afternoon of cerethe opening address of weleome after which there will be a fine program. At 3 o'clock the Grass Valley Atheletic Club-Oakland Acorn foot‘ball game is to be held at the high echool grounds. Henry Knight first discovered the Gold Hill ledge through an outcropping elbow. The Native Daughters and Native Sons organizations have prepared the program of celebration for the Gold ‘Hill Marker. Mrs. James Wales and HH. Ray George have headed the committees of each organization. 20-30 CLUB HAS GRASS VALLEYAN AS GUEST James C. Tyrrell, postmaster oi Grass Valley since 1902, was a guest ,of the Auburn Twenty-Thirty Club on Thursday evening, October 22. ‘After dinner and the business of the , meeting were disposed of Mr. Tyr)rell spoke to the Club regarding early days in Nevada and Placer Counties. He finished his talk with reading Elgert Hubbard’s inspira. tional ‘“‘A Message to Garcia.” . (Mr. D. C. Stewart, Nevada County Agent of the Pacific Gas & Electric Company, was also a guest. George Coughlan, chairman of BERT BROCKART HAS A PROMISING LOOKING MINE

‘Bert cleims near the Florida House just Brockart, who owns’ three west of the Old Mountain House near Forest was a Nevada City visitor Tuesday. c He stated that while he was working in his 80 foot tunnel his house caught on fire and all was a total loss. When he came out of the tun-; . nel his home was a pile of ashes. He saved only the ciothes on his back. ,Mr. Brockart is not discouraged, ‘however, and will move into another A total of 2.42 inches fell in the last; the evening, introduced the speaker, . oa other claims he owns not two storms. The heavy rain of last Sunday prevented several sports events being carried out, and a number of fishermen missed the pleasure of a good day’s fishing. Rain fell in the lower mountains but higher up snow and hail fell. The total rainfall of 5.33 inches is almost two: inches more than the 1930-31 season’s total, which was 3.33 to this date, or 3.91 inches more than for the corresponding date last year, 0. EDITOR TAKES VACATION TRIP Mrs. Elsie P. Willoughby is enjoying a short vacation. She attended to business matters ithe early part of the week in San Francisco, and from there she went to Mendocino City where she spent some time visiting relatives. She will attend the meeting of Northern California Chapter Mining Association of California at Weaverville. which will be held Saturday evening, October 31st. Mr. Tyrrell. On Thursday, October 29, the Twenty-Thirty Club will hold a Ladies Night, with dinner at the Auburn Hotel. After the dinner and entertainment the members and guests will adjourn to the Placer County Country Club where dancing will eae the evening. NEVADA COUNTY MAN 1S HELD AS ARSONIST Jack W. Wright, resident of North San Juan section, was arrested Tuesday by the Deputy State Forester W. F. Sharpe on a warrant charging that he unlawfully set a fire in the vicinity of that town last July. The town narrowly escaped destruction as a result. . The complaint was sworn to by Horace Kennedy: Bain Crawford is also jointly charged with being responsible for the setting of the fire. ‘He has not been apprehended aw yet. Mr. Brockhart has struck a good quartz ledge on his property 'runs from 4 to 6 feet in width. He ' run the 80 foot tunnel to strike this ‘ledge and is now drifting on the ledge toward the south. He is pleased with the looks of the ore and feels ‘he has a good ‘property. ALLEGED BAD CHECK "PASSER RETURNED HERE Sheriff George R. Carter and W. H. Westbrook the complaining merchant, went to Kingman, Ariz., this week and returned with Ev J. Reid, also known as Lionel Dickens, and he will stand trial in the local court on the charge of forging and cashing a check in the sum of $65. ona Grass Valley store. Reid or Dickens is held in jail on a $5,000 bond and will await superior court action. He waived preliminary examination. NEVADA CITY IS MAKING MANY CHANGES Within the last few weeks several new places of businehs have opened in our midst which shows the advantage of having a payroll in a town. The old funeral home on lower Broad Street has been leased to a tinsmith, who will soon open up for business. Ralph Russell has purchased the house and lot of Henry Berkman at the corner of York and Commercial Streets. It is 16x135 feet, extending back to the city library lot. According to reports he will tear down the back of the building and add rooms for renting, besides build a couple of cabins on the back of the lot. This will add much to that — section of town. The nice new apartment over the tamale parlor on Pine Street is {A . also. The vein is ‘on the vein, and they are sinking. station is now being cut between 3 and 4 feet wide. Mr. Ernest Harker, formerly with ‘the bureau of mines, now is in charge of engineering and metallurgy. He has surveyed and found the croppings of this east and west vein om the surface for a distance of 600 feet from the discovery point. This vein will give about 400 feet of backs. The LeCompton Mine is progressing nicely. A station is cut at the 200 level. At the LeCompton mine, the principal power plant is being installed, due to the fact that the vertical drop of several hundred feet ‘in the pipe line which has been installed affords ample power. Fronk that point compressed air will be piped to thé different properties. The Company has installed a 600 foot compressor which will give a (Continued on page two) GOLDEN CENTER MINE SOON START OPERATIOS of the Golder The unwatering fast nearing completion. Three new soft drink establish-, ments have opened up in the last, few weeks. One is in the place where Leiter’s Radio Shop formerly was; . sons Barber Shop, and Bob’s Place is in the old Forestry Building on Broad Street. that <-It was about a week ago Many . will soon ‘be ready to rent. calls have come for these buildings. ' It is rumored that several more cabins will be added to this group, besides others to be built by other parties. The Miner’s Lunch a new restau(Continued on Page Two) A. A. TREGIDIO PASSES AWAY OF HEART ATTACK A brief message was received by J. M. Hoff, Tuesday announcing that Don Tregidgo, a former resident of Nevada City had died. He was the son of the late A. A. Tregidio and the) earlier years of his life were spent in Nevada City. He attended the local grammar school as a boy. “During recent years he had been employed by a San Francisco firm, which dealt in mining machinery and made periodical trips to Nevada City. that he called at The Nugget office, on one of his trips. He was a friendly like' ‘able man, and was always welcomed mith pleasure on his trips. Death was due to an attack of indigestion and heart trouble. eemanneraen Wie aetean lad . OLD COLONY MINES TO SLUICE “A crew of seven men have been busily engaged for some time reopening and preparing for gravel sluicing at the Old Colony Mine situated at the head of Woodruff Creek. This property is situated in a well known gravel and quartz gold producing district, and the new owners The Kopp cabins on Nimrod street nl was completed a few days ago by the Cooley Butler interests of Los Center Mine Angeles. Plans are to start operations. on a broad scale at. one is in a vacant place next to Larlan early date. Wbout 15 years ago this old mine produced a large amount of execllent e. ‘Cooley Butler has control of large gold-mining properties in the Grass Valley district and reports are that he plans earlycommencement of work on a number of them: 0 VISIT OLD GHOST TOWN George W. Starr and Cornelius Lakeman were recent visitors in the old mining camp of Bodie in Mone County. From there they went on t@ Boulder Dam near Las Vegas. The Bradley intersts are trying to make paying properties of several former producers at Bodie. CITY CAPITALISTS TAKE OVER SACRED MOUNT MIN Ten stamps are dropping on gvom ore at the Sacred Mount mine near Sierra City. (This. property has been idle for several months and was recently bonded to San Francisco capitalists by Mrs. Marie Phelan, the owner. Mrs. Marie Phelan is the wife of the late Richard Phelan, and has a number of rich mine propertics in the vicinity of Sierra City and Dow nieville. oe Thomas H. Park, wife and son o} : San Francisco are in Nevada City for a few days. Father and son are look. ing over mining properties. ey L. A. Smith, who is operating River Placers, Ltd., Mine on the should get results from their work. dle Yuba River near the Delhi . was a recent visitor in San F and 40 feet deep. Ap owns sete