September 16, 1932 (6 pages)

evada Cit BSc Published in the Best Little City on the Mother Lode VOL. VI NO. 45 The GOLD Center ; MINER ENDS LIFE LOS ANGELES MEN INSPECT ‘WITH HIGH POWER! RIFLE MONDAY A. BE. Hodgkinson, who has work ed the City of Six mine near Downieville for several years, was a visitor at The Nugget office Tuesday morning for a short time before » NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA The pind Seat Paper nibowcebecks SEPT. 16, 1932 BRUSH CREEK MINE ~ MAKES GOOD PROGRESS. Jack Miller, representing the Bell New Lumber Operation estate of Oakland formerly of Auburn, stopped in In March the Brus Brush Creek mine Nevada City last was down 400 feet and a good sized Tuesday on the way to the Granite crew has been employed steadily in ville country. With him were ten lumbermen riding in tow trucks. opérating the property. Sierra. ~Killedin Au to Wreck for many With the atioestnis mechanism of ; NEW COMPANY TAKES her automobile either broken or to the place of operations. of Alfred Brokenshire in this city loose, Mrs. Rose Chatfield of Pike men is busily engaged in sinking OVER ZEIBRIGHT MINE plunged The Bell estate has three sections and breasting in the shaft. last Monday morning at 8:30 Sidney Norman, of Beverley Hills, off the grade about 1% Discouragement over ill health was the primary cause of the suicide continuing bile. homeward Accompanying by automo him was Mr. Brokenshire committing some crime perhaps to World of Toronto. They have just completed several his own immediate’ relatives. Mrs.’ Brokenshire had left the days inspection of the City of Six house for a few moments to visit a quartz mine which is located about neighbor when the fatar shot was three miles south of Downieyille. The City of Six mine has a past rifle. He had placed the muzzle of the gun in his mouth and standing production record of $2,000,000. Until recently two men have been in front of a mirror pulled the trig prospecting the mine high powered Mr. Hodgkinson and Mr. Norman ger. His body was found by his wife on her return from the neighbors a -anticipate another few minutes later. Coroner A. M. Holmes was called as also Dr. A. H. Tiékell who made of pine timber there that. has not been cut since the early mining days. a crew of about 40 visit to this seé tion in the near future and The Nugget hopes to continue the pleas nat acquaintanceship. The men are now making camp and preparing for machinery -while Mr. Miller is returning to Oakland for equipment. This fall spent in installation until the well be and building -winter season camp will be shut down. Early next NEVADA CITY RESIDENT © HAS INTERESTING: RELIC NEA. Tobiassen, old time resident of Nevada City, is the possessor -of a very interesting relic in the form published at Kingston, Ulster coun Alle ghany serpentine and slate contact. In a short time supplies will be takekn into the mines that operate during the winter in order straightened out before when the flies. of a copy of Ulster County Gazette, an examination of the body and removed the remains to the Holmes Funeral parlor. This mine operated all last winter with a crew of 25 men. It is situated on the noted spring cutting operations will begin. 30-30 fired from a At present Mr. had not founder of the Mining Truth of was editor slept hardly at all.for the past six Spokane. Mr. Norman weeks and had intimated several and manager of the Los. Angeles times to his wife that he was afraid Mining Review, mining editor of the and more rehe would go crazy. In fact the man Los Angeles Times cently edited the Canadian Mining Neemed to be in constant fear of o'clock. They went by. way of Emigrant Gap months on a paying basis. to get the snow state of preservation and is very in this community less than a year. He was well thought of by those who came in contact with him and The Nugget “oe joins friends in extending sympathy to the bereaved family. He is survived by Evelyn, two his children, Nadine, 11 years of age, Harold, 9 years anda brother, Ernest, all of whom reside in this city. His mother and father and two The sisters reside in funeral was held Holmes England. from the Funeral parlor Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock and interment made in the Pine Grove cemetery. Rev. H. H. Buckner of the local M. E. church officiated. “HAPPY CAMP” PLACER CLAIM PAYS DIVIDEND There was a young lady a picking—— SAN JUAN MINE CONTINUES MINE WORK hydraulic operations on mine satisfactory near the Birchville with So far they haye worked the rim of the channel. A little later on they to move their quarter and when wet weather begin: they will handle from 600 to 1000 yards of gold bearing gravel a day. When active operations begin the mine will employ four men that have worked in former seasons and all ‘sharing in the operations. profits from the s the Napoleon ancient newspaper interesting to any student very of his is Nearing Completion A week ago Tuesday Charles and “dward Dean, both of Nevada City, were badly injured when hte truck in which they were riding overturn ed on the Sugar Loaf grade. Charles fractured two ribs while severe burns on the right arm were suf fered by Edward, who was pinned the One of the most’ up-to-date moredn homes, to cost $2400., in this city is being completed next week for Tony Rore on the corner wreckage and John Bertelson is the contractor sub jected to acid burns from the storage battery. Dr. Werner fstates {that the brothers are both doing nicely soon be fully recovered. DISTURBING PEACE AT INN Jasper’s Spanish Inn of Hills Flat lovely home. and when the lawn and ground work is finished, this will certainly be a most attractive. home. the run a sluice incident last Sunday evening, and a jail and was fined for breaking a door and in the Inn. The window pairing cost and will reimburse Mz. Castellanos for the same. they have a L. L. Land’s forest Morristown Ridge road in as it was necessary to go by way of Indian Valley and ranger station heretofore. of at least 50 ‘cents a day and somoe vive the ordeal and get the kinks out times not so good. of our backs will be in fairly good and if we sur These ladies are equal partners in shape by next week. We jumped a The Happy Camp Claim and they do ‘nice deer along the road which was not sneak out any dust on each about 40 feet off the highway. through and fair when all the way the day’s work North San Juan school opens wita 24 pupils with a few more to be tools and move up stream to a nice added to the list later on. We arrived in Alleghany. just in clean little time to get a good “feed’’ with Mr. is over——they put away their miner’s selves an camp and cook appetizing supper, themwhich they consume with an appetite that we will not attempt to describe. But and Mrs. James Grace, and did we eat—well just ask ‘‘W‘ H.’”’ He had to pull yours truly away from the suffice to say that when the food is table. We found the power tempor of: apaid for, there ig very little profit to show for the day’s work. due to a crew of P. G. & E. workers arily shut off at the 16 to 1 mine, who have been . stationed at. Alleghany for the past two weeks work LOCAL MAN STARTS BUSINESS IN GRASS VALLEY! ing under field manager Hipkins, with headquarters in San Francisco. Jim Ball of Nevada City opened] people about twenty miles when driving to Deadwood or Poker Flat, made a flying Wednesday of this reports reaching us when a C. J. Lyser is superintendent of the mine for the Halls ranch Bradley interests who own and operate the propert;. owned by the MANY NEW. HOMES GOING UP AT PINO ALTO TRACT more commonly a_ truck trail, the width of which is from ten to twelve feet. It has a clearing of eighteen feet and a maximum grade of fifteen per cent. Mr. Land’s regular crew of from eight to ten men will continue this work. It will take them about three or four days to move to the scene of new operations. injured and her little seven year — old daughter, who miraculously es ed above the old Mountain House near Forest City and north of Alleghany, installed equipment to that time tests all over the mine showed the-gravel value t® be $6 2 company. . Recently, a gold saver was installed and right now six new homes are under construction. Among the lat to assist in saving more: of the pre est to start work are: The main tunnel is in 1400 feet in, the rich old river channel. The past production § record of this property is $1,300,000. Many Teports have reached us from time to time of the extremely rich ore taken from the workings in the past and it is fully expected that it will Dr. Chapman, Otto Wright and M1. The Diamond Match Company is furnishing the lumber. Vallejo—San Francisco Construction Co. low bidder for new junior high school to be erected on northern outskirts of town. cious yellow metal. produce as well again. Thirty-seven mén to-each other and not over eight hundred feet apart. The grade will be under ten per cent at the steepest place. employed NEVADA CITY DOCTOR'S WIFE WRITES some ten years the For Forest Service has had the building of this road in mind. Now with all road equipment ready for action, Mr. Bigelow states expected at any time as plans are all completed. Starting simultaneously with work on the Empire ranch road, the Forest Service will change the grade on the old French Meadow to Forest lived ‘practically Cr Brewer. of oF the th Federal Gold mine which is located 414 east of Downieville on the miles Yuba Pass highway adjoining Camp Yuba, was a Nevada City visitor Tuesday. Mr. Brewer mining since the 1921, as it service. He has just completed a 40 foot derrick to be used in their mine operatoins. There are three channel on the pieces of old property and plans at this time are to equip to wash the gravél whith contains “Coarse gold. Mr. Brewer. had a small bottle contained many beautiful gold nuggets taken from some of the’ ground they had worked. with him which Deer and Skunk Find Common Resting Place . The lion that is going to lay down with the lamb-in the Garden of Eden will have nothing on the skunk that laid down with the fawn in NePeople driving over the Downieville road Tuesday afternoon saw with sorrow a young fawn that had been killed and BOOK mangled badly by some passing motorist. The fawn. ‘was lying on the edge of the road After a visit in this city for sevabout two miles below Uncle Tom’s eral months, Mis. R. F. Werner Cabin and from the impact had been wife of Dr. Werner of Nevada City, laid wide open. ‘left a week ago for Minneapolis Sometime during that night or with their three year old son Bobearly Wednesday morning, a skunk, bie. There Mrs. Werner will rewhich is a carnivorous animal, had sume her work supervising the edwandered down the same road until ucation of subnormal children. when not more than six feet. from Mrs. Werner has devoted her life the deer carcass it met work to the worthy cause of helping Since the days of ’°49, miners and ranchers have snaked lumber, farm implements, stamp mills, engines, pumps and likke equipment over a has. vada county the other day. are at the mine at tHe present time. Covelo—Round Valley Airport to be dedicated September 17. and FEDERAL GOLD MINE TOBE. DEVELOPED BY BREWER© open.for City. Sacramento business men are Mr. Larson, loss all of her life in Sierra county. and is the first ground to be thrown ra Gold Ltd., and Smuggler Mining finding the new tract very desirable her According’ to Pino Alto, three miles from Nevada Word is This road is called a motor way Riding with her was her aunt, Mrs. Oliver Chatfield, who was badly property consists of 137 acres RUBY MINE EMPLOYS GOOD SIZED CREW had been controlled by the forest It Was being operated by the Sier activities are to be added making an eighteen road, or Searls continue at Building the end. Thirteen miles of this road are completed and five more miles mile. long road. and a third party, later Mr. yard. that delay is necessary only until he receives word from the head office in San Francisco to start work. goes down the Saw Tooth ridge to Sr. James Colley handle 100 vards of. gravel daily. At trail leading into this country. Wednesday the crew started moving to the vicinity of Hmigrant Gar and by next week\. work will be started on the Texas Hill road which late Fred Searls, This spring the Ruby mine, locat first of the year. service ten feet wide with turn-outs visible Ye Editor accompanied by W. H. Daniels, of New York Life Ins. Co. Juan level. FOREST SERVICE CREWS ARE BUSY WITH ROAD PROJECTS of the. San week en develop amount of the fine will equal the re crew has just eompleted. five. miles trip to North doing a-lot of unfortunate and the house will have many modGrass Valley man spent the night in ern conveniences such as built in cooler, side board, a lovely tile bath room, and tile sink in the kitchen being some of the features of this been busy for GRASS VALLEY MAN FINED FOR Whitman. was the victim of an of Clay and Niles streets. wag stantly killed. erty has been idle for a long period. This property was The company has' the crew is to be enlarged about the ACCIDENT RECOVERING and will route to Alleghany play the present time. According to VICTIMS OF TRUCK under New Five Room House . the history Bonaparte had become a factor and mile of pipe line down to the main channel of tory. returns. clean-up and they claim an average other but ed on the lower level, and the prop has a halted ducted Joaquin period Nevada County Men Sierra county. This road, which endsize of a grasshopper’s eye-brow ed at ‘the Telegraph mine, has saved Visit Sierra County and found them in a very good night was formerly the Boss mine, was heavy flow of water was encounter makes pan. Ye Editor dropped in on the ladies on Wednesday just as they were taking out a nice nugget about the box and every sults. Mining mention of some of the campaigns ed wash basin and a regular miner's through worked by leasers with excellent re The San Juan mine, north of the town of North San Juan, and which W. E. Moulton, merchant of North San Juan, and himself have con The Diamond Match company is furnishing the material for thig job ‘‘stuff’ ducer in pioneer days; and was later bought out the other parties, and it gold with the aid of an old fashion ning the a noted pro is now owned by the Searls family. Tillie out was ery they have installed. The old shaft was down about-400 feet and the new company has cleaned the shaft to about the 300 foot finish plaster is the very latest. cleaning The Zeibright' ment work with up-to-date machin City, where Mrs. Elsie Prentiss and are One mine at. Alleghany. this Hardwood floors in the living room and dining room and_ stipled They productive’ he stated that for the last four years Creek, about 15 miles from Nevada erevices along the creek and old Tuesday. In a conversation with him Claim’’ which is located on Oregon -humor. the of ore some time “Happy Camp Placer out bodies below extensions of military operations in Europe At ing; panning developing was a visitor at The Nugget office That is about_the way the story are the object of draining old workings and esting news dispatches is an account And now:to gold mining she’s stick Gobel a working-and-drainage tunnel with teresting reading. Among the’ inter To prevent o Financial licking; She finally struck gold— And in the dust rolled— goes for the Emigrant Gap in Nevada county, and plans are being made to drive F. M. Harris of North San Juan expect: widow, old Zeibright gold property north of miles east of Pike on the PikeAlleghany road about five o’clock yesterday; afternoon, and was in ‘caped without injury. ney : Doctor Jones of Grass Valley was Ben F. Ballard, a Santa” Rosa area. E. R .Bennett, former superin‘called to the scene of the accident business man, is one of the principal tendent of the Rochester Silver and Mrs. Oliver Chatfield was stockholders in the property. Corporation at Rochester, Nevaun. rushed to the hospital in Grass ValLatest reports were that H. S. has been appointed superintendent. ley and as we go to press the exact. Gutermute is superintendent at the He is a former Grass Valley boy and extent of her injuries is not known. Brush Creek mine. his brother,’ Clayton Bennetts, is Mrs. Rose Chatfield leaves a hus-_ superintendent -at the Sixteen-toband and five children to mourn ty, bearing a date line of January SAN JUAN MEN HAVE 4, 1800. An inquest was held Monday The ancient copy is in :-a good crew of about 12 men employed at GOOD GRAVEL PROPERTY evening, several witnesses examin ed and the verdict was ‘‘death due via gunshot wound self inflicted with suicidal intent ” Mr. Brokenshire was a native of England, 42 years old, and had worked in the mines both here and at Grass Valley and had resided in New interests have taken over the the same fate. (That six mentally slow or backward children feet is purely a guess, as due to the aroma preyailto keep’ up with their more fortuning, our correspondent did not meaate brothers and sisters in mental sure the exact distance). development. Her -success. in this. Figure a man’s chance on the line of endeavor is pronounced and modern highway today, when the she is one of the foremost authorflete-footed deer is run down and ities on the subject in this coun killed in broad daylight. It-is teo bad that we cannot apprehend more Mrs. Werner's visit in this city of these thoughtless drivers. Driywas a vacation period for her after ing over the winding Downieville two years of work on a book dealroad with speed enough to run down ing with the education of sub-norand kill-a deer is far too reckless. mal children. . This book is now Let us hope that some of these completed and ready for publication demon-drivers will give other people in permanent, form: some consideration (not to mention wild game) and slow down to a law+ SAN FRANCISCO MINING MEN abiding pace. PAY VISIT TO THIS DISTRICT Hill road so as not to exceed ten per MRS. LLOYD DUDLEY cent. This work will be done along W. S.\Greenfield, president of ENTERTAINS AT BRIDGE a five mile stretch called the Ford the Allied Industries, Inc.; of San grade. Francisco, Wag a Nevada City visitor The Sunshine Bridge Club. held “ These improvements in Califorlast week end\ Accumpanying him their weekly meeting at the home nia’s network of roads are made were Frank Verhon, a San Francisco Mrs. Lloyd Dudley, the hostes possible by the fund devoted to the mining engineer), and George K. the afternoon. The following building of roads out of the emerMills, business man of .Alameda. bers were present: Mesdames &. gency appropriation recently passed They made stops in\French Corral, Kopp, H. J. Hendricks, S. H by Congress to relieve the present North San Juan, and\ Downieville, imus, E. Schreiber, H. Penrose, where they inspected several mines unemployment situation. Tucker, F. A. Elliott, R. Wilson. In employing men for the two before continuing northward to La Guests for the day included latter jobs, it is Mr. Bigelow’s plan Porte and Quincy where. dames R, N. McCormack, H. A 'R. L. P. Bigelow, in charge of They were using five trucks both Forest, states large and small and finished up the Tahoe National Grass Valley last Saturday. This their work at Alleghany Wednesday that new work on two roads will be shop is located at 118 Church Street packed up and left for Nevada City started in all probability sometime and is fully equipped for service in where they will start construction next month. the sheet metal line. One of these roads will start at to employ residents of this section interests in mining at work near the County farm with . now, H. B, Wright. : Mr. Ball is a thoroughly experiabout two weeks work in sight, The Downieville and follow the middle as far as possible. Either a five day The guest. prize was awa enced main this business and citicost of the construction work in and fork of the north fork of the Yuba week or the staggering crew system some of the gravel Mrs. H. A. Curnow. First, zens from Nevada county can rest around ‘Alleghany will . run about River past Joe McCullough’s Empire of work will be adapted so as to visited. 3 went to Mrs. F. A. BI r assured of competent work at hand $1500.00. ranch to the Lavezzola ranch about . employ as many workers as possible. Mr. Greenfield is a member of x 2 in this line of work. The name of a mile above. The building of this . Although this work is starting board of directors of the 16 to it R. Wilson. the shop is claes A Body and FenSonora—Shipment of gold to San road will open up a great deal of soon, it is estimated that a lay off mine in Graniteville and has extender Works.’ Francisco mint from here, totaling country northeast of Downieville to of from six weeks to three months sive gold dredging operations in He will also specialize in radiator $49,526 in first eight months of this the motorist. Graded as a low duty “will be necessary this winter. ReIdaho. He thinks that conditions in work, welding, brazing and solderyear, taken by ;miners of the area road and being five and one half sumption to be made at an sarly this section will forge to the. front recently. ing. miles long; this new road will be datenext spring. . for” some time to come.— his new body and fender shop in consolation died °

evada Cit BSc Published in the Best Little City on the Mother Lode VOL. VI NO. 45 The GOLD Center ; MINER ENDS LIFE LOS ANGELES MEN INSPECT ‘WITH HIGH POWER! RIFLE MONDAY A. BE. Hodgkinson, who has work ed the City of Six mine near Downieville for several years, was a visitor at The Nugget office Tuesday morning for a short time before » NEVADA CITY, CALIFORNIA The pind Seat Paper nibowcebecks SEPT. 16, 1932 BRUSH CREEK MINE ~ MAKES GOOD PROGRESS. Jack Miller, representing the Bell New Lumber Operation estate of Oakland formerly of Auburn, stopped in In March the Brus Brush Creek mine Nevada City last was down 400 feet and a good sized Tuesday on the way to the Granite crew has been employed steadily in ville country. With him were ten lumbermen riding in tow trucks. opérating the property. Sierra. ~Killedin Au to Wreck for many With the atioestnis mechanism of ; NEW COMPANY TAKES her automobile either broken or to the place of operations. of Alfred Brokenshire in this city loose, Mrs. Rose Chatfield of Pike men is busily engaged in sinking OVER ZEIBRIGHT MINE plunged The Bell estate has three sections and breasting in the shaft. last Monday morning at 8:30 Sidney Norman, of Beverley Hills, off the grade about 1% Discouragement over ill health was the primary cause of the suicide continuing bile. homeward Accompanying by automo him was Mr. Brokenshire committing some crime perhaps to World of Toronto. They have just completed several his own immediate’ relatives. Mrs.’ Brokenshire had left the days inspection of the City of Six house for a few moments to visit a quartz mine which is located about neighbor when the fatar shot was three miles south of Downieyille. The City of Six mine has a past rifle. He had placed the muzzle of the gun in his mouth and standing production record of $2,000,000. Until recently two men have been in front of a mirror pulled the trig prospecting the mine high powered Mr. Hodgkinson and Mr. Norman ger. His body was found by his wife on her return from the neighbors a -anticipate another few minutes later. Coroner A. M. Holmes was called as also Dr. A. H. Tiékell who made of pine timber there that. has not been cut since the early mining days. a crew of about 40 visit to this seé tion in the near future and The Nugget hopes to continue the pleas nat acquaintanceship. The men are now making camp and preparing for machinery -while Mr. Miller is returning to Oakland for equipment. This fall spent in installation until the well be and building -winter season camp will be shut down. Early next NEVADA CITY RESIDENT © HAS INTERESTING: RELIC NEA. Tobiassen, old time resident of Nevada City, is the possessor -of a very interesting relic in the form published at Kingston, Ulster coun Alle ghany serpentine and slate contact. In a short time supplies will be takekn into the mines that operate during the winter in order straightened out before when the flies. of a copy of Ulster County Gazette, an examination of the body and removed the remains to the Holmes Funeral parlor. This mine operated all last winter with a crew of 25 men. It is situated on the noted spring cutting operations will begin. 30-30 fired from a At present Mr. had not founder of the Mining Truth of was editor slept hardly at all.for the past six Spokane. Mr. Norman weeks and had intimated several and manager of the Los. Angeles times to his wife that he was afraid Mining Review, mining editor of the and more rehe would go crazy. In fact the man Los Angeles Times cently edited the Canadian Mining Neemed to be in constant fear of o'clock. They went by. way of Emigrant Gap months on a paying basis. to get the snow state of preservation and is very in this community less than a year. He was well thought of by those who came in contact with him and The Nugget “oe joins friends in extending sympathy to the bereaved family. He is survived by Evelyn, two his children, Nadine, 11 years of age, Harold, 9 years anda brother, Ernest, all of whom reside in this city. His mother and father and two The sisters reside in funeral was held Holmes England. from the Funeral parlor Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock and interment made in the Pine Grove cemetery. Rev. H. H. Buckner of the local M. E. church officiated. “HAPPY CAMP” PLACER CLAIM PAYS DIVIDEND There was a young lady a picking—— SAN JUAN MINE CONTINUES MINE WORK hydraulic operations on mine satisfactory near the Birchville with So far they haye worked the rim of the channel. A little later on they to move their quarter and when wet weather begin: they will handle from 600 to 1000 yards of gold bearing gravel a day. When active operations begin the mine will employ four men that have worked in former seasons and all ‘sharing in the operations. profits from the s the Napoleon ancient newspaper interesting to any student very of his is Nearing Completion A week ago Tuesday Charles and “dward Dean, both of Nevada City, were badly injured when hte truck in which they were riding overturn ed on the Sugar Loaf grade. Charles fractured two ribs while severe burns on the right arm were suf fered by Edward, who was pinned the One of the most’ up-to-date moredn homes, to cost $2400., in this city is being completed next week for Tony Rore on the corner wreckage and John Bertelson is the contractor sub jected to acid burns from the storage battery. Dr. Werner fstates {that the brothers are both doing nicely soon be fully recovered. DISTURBING PEACE AT INN Jasper’s Spanish Inn of Hills Flat lovely home. and when the lawn and ground work is finished, this will certainly be a most attractive. home. the run a sluice incident last Sunday evening, and a jail and was fined for breaking a door and in the Inn. The window pairing cost and will reimburse Mz. Castellanos for the same. they have a L. L. Land’s forest Morristown Ridge road in as it was necessary to go by way of Indian Valley and ranger station heretofore. of at least 50 ‘cents a day and somoe vive the ordeal and get the kinks out times not so good. of our backs will be in fairly good and if we sur These ladies are equal partners in shape by next week. We jumped a The Happy Camp Claim and they do ‘nice deer along the road which was not sneak out any dust on each about 40 feet off the highway. through and fair when all the way the day’s work North San Juan school opens wita 24 pupils with a few more to be tools and move up stream to a nice added to the list later on. We arrived in Alleghany. just in clean little time to get a good “feed’’ with Mr. is over——they put away their miner’s selves an camp and cook appetizing supper, themwhich they consume with an appetite that we will not attempt to describe. But and Mrs. James Grace, and did we eat—well just ask ‘‘W‘ H.’”’ He had to pull yours truly away from the suffice to say that when the food is table. We found the power tempor of: apaid for, there ig very little profit to show for the day’s work. due to a crew of P. G. & E. workers arily shut off at the 16 to 1 mine, who have been . stationed at. Alleghany for the past two weeks work LOCAL MAN STARTS BUSINESS IN GRASS VALLEY! ing under field manager Hipkins, with headquarters in San Francisco. Jim Ball of Nevada City opened] people about twenty miles when driving to Deadwood or Poker Flat, made a flying Wednesday of this reports reaching us when a C. J. Lyser is superintendent of the mine for the Halls ranch Bradley interests who own and operate the propert;. owned by the MANY NEW. HOMES GOING UP AT PINO ALTO TRACT more commonly a_ truck trail, the width of which is from ten to twelve feet. It has a clearing of eighteen feet and a maximum grade of fifteen per cent. Mr. Land’s regular crew of from eight to ten men will continue this work. It will take them about three or four days to move to the scene of new operations. injured and her little seven year — old daughter, who miraculously es ed above the old Mountain House near Forest City and north of Alleghany, installed equipment to that time tests all over the mine showed the-gravel value t® be $6 2 company. . Recently, a gold saver was installed and right now six new homes are under construction. Among the lat to assist in saving more: of the pre est to start work are: The main tunnel is in 1400 feet in, the rich old river channel. The past production § record of this property is $1,300,000. Many Teports have reached us from time to time of the extremely rich ore taken from the workings in the past and it is fully expected that it will Dr. Chapman, Otto Wright and M1. The Diamond Match Company is furnishing the lumber. Vallejo—San Francisco Construction Co. low bidder for new junior high school to be erected on northern outskirts of town. cious yellow metal. produce as well again. Thirty-seven

mén to-each other and not over eight hundred feet apart. The grade will be under ten per cent at the steepest place. employed NEVADA CITY DOCTOR'S WIFE WRITES some ten years the For Forest Service has had the building of this road in mind. Now with all road equipment ready for action, Mr. Bigelow states expected at any time as plans are all completed. Starting simultaneously with work on the Empire ranch road, the Forest Service will change the grade on the old French Meadow to Forest lived ‘practically Cr Brewer. of oF the th Federal Gold mine which is located 414 east of Downieville on the miles Yuba Pass highway adjoining Camp Yuba, was a Nevada City visitor Tuesday. Mr. Brewer mining since the 1921, as it service. He has just completed a 40 foot derrick to be used in their mine operatoins. There are three channel on the pieces of old property and plans at this time are to equip to wash the gravél whith contains “Coarse gold. Mr. Brewer. had a small bottle contained many beautiful gold nuggets taken from some of the’ ground they had worked. with him which Deer and Skunk Find Common Resting Place . The lion that is going to lay down with the lamb-in the Garden of Eden will have nothing on the skunk that laid down with the fawn in NePeople driving over the Downieville road Tuesday afternoon saw with sorrow a young fawn that had been killed and BOOK mangled badly by some passing motorist. The fawn. ‘was lying on the edge of the road After a visit in this city for sevabout two miles below Uncle Tom’s eral months, Mis. R. F. Werner Cabin and from the impact had been wife of Dr. Werner of Nevada City, laid wide open. ‘left a week ago for Minneapolis Sometime during that night or with their three year old son Bobearly Wednesday morning, a skunk, bie. There Mrs. Werner will rewhich is a carnivorous animal, had sume her work supervising the edwandered down the same road until ucation of subnormal children. when not more than six feet. from Mrs. Werner has devoted her life the deer carcass it met work to the worthy cause of helping Since the days of ’°49, miners and ranchers have snaked lumber, farm implements, stamp mills, engines, pumps and likke equipment over a has. vada county the other day. are at the mine at tHe present time. Covelo—Round Valley Airport to be dedicated September 17. and FEDERAL GOLD MINE TOBE. DEVELOPED BY BREWER© open.for City. Sacramento business men are Mr. Larson, loss all of her life in Sierra county. and is the first ground to be thrown ra Gold Ltd., and Smuggler Mining finding the new tract very desirable her According’ to Pino Alto, three miles from Nevada Word is This road is called a motor way Riding with her was her aunt, Mrs. Oliver Chatfield, who was badly property consists of 137 acres RUBY MINE EMPLOYS GOOD SIZED CREW had been controlled by the forest It Was being operated by the Sier activities are to be added making an eighteen road, or Searls continue at Building the end. Thirteen miles of this road are completed and five more miles mile. long road. and a third party, later Mr. yard. that delay is necessary only until he receives word from the head office in San Francisco to start work. goes down the Saw Tooth ridge to Sr. James Colley handle 100 vards of. gravel daily. At trail leading into this country. Wednesday the crew started moving to the vicinity of Hmigrant Gar and by next week\. work will be started on the Texas Hill road which late Fred Searls, This spring the Ruby mine, locat first of the year. service ten feet wide with turn-outs visible Ye Editor accompanied by W. H. Daniels, of New York Life Ins. Co. Juan level. FOREST SERVICE CREWS ARE BUSY WITH ROAD PROJECTS of the. San week en develop amount of the fine will equal the re crew has just eompleted. five. miles trip to North doing a-lot of unfortunate and the house will have many modGrass Valley man spent the night in ern conveniences such as built in cooler, side board, a lovely tile bath room, and tile sink in the kitchen being some of the features of this been busy for GRASS VALLEY MAN FINED FOR Whitman. was the victim of an of Clay and Niles streets. wag stantly killed. erty has been idle for a long period. This property was The company has' the crew is to be enlarged about the ACCIDENT RECOVERING and will route to Alleghany play the present time. According to VICTIMS OF TRUCK under New Five Room House . the history Bonaparte had become a factor and mile of pipe line down to the main channel of tory. returns. clean-up and they claim an average other but ed on the lower level, and the prop has a halted ducted Joaquin period Nevada County Men Sierra county. This road, which endsize of a grasshopper’s eye-brow ed at ‘the Telegraph mine, has saved Visit Sierra County and found them in a very good night was formerly the Boss mine, was heavy flow of water was encounter makes pan. Ye Editor dropped in on the ladies on Wednesday just as they were taking out a nice nugget about the box and every sults. Mining mention of some of the campaigns ed wash basin and a regular miner's through worked by leasers with excellent re The San Juan mine, north of the town of North San Juan, and which W. E. Moulton, merchant of North San Juan, and himself have con The Diamond Match company is furnishing the material for thig job ‘‘stuff’ ducer in pioneer days; and was later bought out the other parties, and it gold with the aid of an old fashion ning the a noted pro is now owned by the Searls family. Tillie out was ery they have installed. The old shaft was down about-400 feet and the new company has cleaned the shaft to about the 300 foot finish plaster is the very latest. cleaning The Zeibright' ment work with up-to-date machin City, where Mrs. Elsie Prentiss and are One mine at. Alleghany. this Hardwood floors in the living room and dining room and_ stipled They productive’ he stated that for the last four years Creek, about 15 miles from Nevada erevices along the creek and old Tuesday. In a conversation with him Claim’’ which is located on Oregon -humor. the of ore some time “Happy Camp Placer out bodies below extensions of military operations in Europe At ing; panning developing was a visitor at The Nugget office That is about_the way the story are the object of draining old workings and esting news dispatches is an account And now:to gold mining she’s stick Gobel a working-and-drainage tunnel with teresting reading. Among the’ inter To prevent o Financial licking; She finally struck gold— And in the dust rolled— goes for the Emigrant Gap in Nevada county, and plans are being made to drive F. M. Harris of North San Juan expect: widow, old Zeibright gold property north of miles east of Pike on the PikeAlleghany road about five o’clock yesterday; afternoon, and was in ‘caped without injury. ney : Doctor Jones of Grass Valley was Ben F. Ballard, a Santa” Rosa area. E. R .Bennett, former superin‘called to the scene of the accident business man, is one of the principal tendent of the Rochester Silver and Mrs. Oliver Chatfield was stockholders in the property. Corporation at Rochester, Nevaun. rushed to the hospital in Grass ValLatest reports were that H. S. has been appointed superintendent. ley and as we go to press the exact. Gutermute is superintendent at the He is a former Grass Valley boy and extent of her injuries is not known. Brush Creek mine. his brother,’ Clayton Bennetts, is Mrs. Rose Chatfield leaves a hus-_ superintendent -at the Sixteen-toband and five children to mourn ty, bearing a date line of January SAN JUAN MEN HAVE 4, 1800. An inquest was held Monday The ancient copy is in :-a good crew of about 12 men employed at GOOD GRAVEL PROPERTY evening, several witnesses examin ed and the verdict was ‘‘death due via gunshot wound self inflicted with suicidal intent ” Mr. Brokenshire was a native of England, 42 years old, and had worked in the mines both here and at Grass Valley and had resided in New interests have taken over the the same fate. (That six mentally slow or backward children feet is purely a guess, as due to the aroma preyailto keep’ up with their more fortuning, our correspondent did not meaate brothers and sisters in mental sure the exact distance). development. Her -success. in this. Figure a man’s chance on the line of endeavor is pronounced and modern highway today, when the she is one of the foremost authorflete-footed deer is run down and ities on the subject in this coun killed in broad daylight. It-is teo bad that we cannot apprehend more Mrs. Werner's visit in this city of these thoughtless drivers. Driywas a vacation period for her after ing over the winding Downieville two years of work on a book dealroad with speed enough to run down ing with the education of sub-norand kill-a deer is far too reckless. mal children. . This book is now Let us hope that some of these completed and ready for publication demon-drivers will give other people in permanent, form: some consideration (not to mention wild game) and slow down to a law+ SAN FRANCISCO MINING MEN abiding pace. PAY VISIT TO THIS DISTRICT Hill road so as not to exceed ten per MRS. LLOYD DUDLEY cent. This work will be done along W. S.\Greenfield, president of ENTERTAINS AT BRIDGE a five mile stretch called the Ford the Allied Industries, Inc.; of San grade. Francisco, Wag a Nevada City visitor The Sunshine Bridge Club. held “ These improvements in Califorlast week end\ Accumpanying him their weekly meeting at the home nia’s network of roads are made were Frank Verhon, a San Francisco Mrs. Lloyd Dudley, the hostes possible by the fund devoted to the mining engineer), and George K. the afternoon. The following building of roads out of the emerMills, business man of .Alameda. bers were present: Mesdames &. gency appropriation recently passed They made stops in\French Corral, Kopp, H. J. Hendricks, S. H by Congress to relieve the present North San Juan, and\ Downieville, imus, E. Schreiber, H. Penrose, where they inspected several mines unemployment situation. Tucker, F. A. Elliott, R. Wilson. In employing men for the two before continuing northward to La Guests for the day included latter jobs, it is Mr. Bigelow’s plan Porte and Quincy where. dames R, N. McCormack, H. A 'R. L. P. Bigelow, in charge of They were using five trucks both Forest, states large and small and finished up the Tahoe National Grass Valley last Saturday. This their work at Alleghany Wednesday that new work on two roads will be shop is located at 118 Church Street packed up and left for Nevada City started in all probability sometime and is fully equipped for service in where they will start construction next month. the sheet metal line. One of these roads will start at to employ residents of this section interests in mining at work near the County farm with . now, H. B, Wright. : Mr. Ball is a thoroughly experiabout two weeks work in sight, The Downieville and follow the middle as far as possible. Either a five day The guest. prize was awa enced main this business and citicost of the construction work in and fork of the north fork of the Yuba week or the staggering crew system some of the gravel Mrs. H. A. Curnow. First, zens from Nevada county can rest around ‘Alleghany will . run about River past Joe McCullough’s Empire of work will be adapted so as to visited. 3 went to Mrs. F. A. BI r assured of competent work at hand $1500.00. ranch to the Lavezzola ranch about . employ as many workers as possible. Mr. Greenfield is a member of x 2 in this line of work. The name of a mile above. The building of this . Although this work is starting board of directors of the 16 to it R. Wilson. the shop is claes A Body and FenSonora—Shipment of gold to San road will open up a great deal of soon, it is estimated that a lay off mine in Graniteville and has extender Works.’ Francisco mint from here, totaling country northeast of Downieville to of from six weeks to three months sive gold dredging operations in He will also specialize in radiator $49,526 in first eight months of this the motorist. Graded as a low duty “will be necessary this winter. ReIdaho. He thinks that conditions in work, welding, brazing and solderyear, taken by ;miners of the area road and being five and one half sumption to be made at an sarly this section will forge to the. front recently. ing. miles long; this new road will be datenext spring. . for” some time to come.— his new body and fender shop in consolation died °