September 16, 1932 (6 pages)

The following isan article written by Frank Crampton, mining engineer, for the Mining Journal of recent date. The data contained in this is of the utmost importance, particularly at this time when there is a scarcity of gold, and Mr. Crampton’s article indicates a great many possibilities of exploration that. will return many times the amount of any investment made. The first discovery of gold in the streams near Remington Hill and Democrat Hill in 1851 at the time ot the first rush to Dutch Flat were fabulously rich. This was particular“ly true of Steep Hollow creek and the North Fork of Steep Hollow, Democrat Ravine, Snake and Dry creeks, Fifty to one hundred dollars a day for each man was usual until the streams were worked out. Stream mining was at an end in 1852. In the course of placer-mining in the streams it was natural the gold would be traced to its source, the ancient river channels above. In 1852, drift mining was started on the Remington channel. The Remington Placer mine was opened and drifting operations paid — well until the bedrock gravels were worked out in 1872. Drift mining at Democrat was nos . profitable. Operations -were intermittant asthe bedrock gravel was not of high value. A small amount of work was done between 1852-and 1868. The Bald Eagle mine on the North Fork of Steep Hollow was opened by drifts and paid well. It was abandoned about 1870 when the length of the tunnels became _ too great to transport the _ gravel cheaply. : Excelsior Point (Secret Hill), ' gouth of Bald Eagle, was operated ~ by drifting, but as at Democrat, the bedrock gravel was low grade and only a small operation carried on up to 1870. Several drift. mines on post-volcanic channels paid for a short time, but work on these was almost entirely abandoned between 1870 and 1900. As development progressed at the Remington Placer mine, more attention Was paid to the possibilities of the channel continuing under the lava cap to the east. In 1870, two tunnels were driven east from the Remington mine. These are now known only as Frank’s and Joyce’s tunnels. They encountered the channel rim where the gravel was normally low grade. They became discouraged and the property changed hands, Little progress was made in the Frank and Joyce;tunnels for several years. : ‘Drift mining at Remington and Democrat was generally at a standstill between 1872 and 1884. Meanwhile the hydraulic operations were in full swing at Democrat, Excelsior Point and at Remington to the west. In 1884 the debris law became effective and the hydraulic operations abandoned. { In the ‘‘boom”’ days attention was easily attracted from one locality by rich finds in another, where ‘‘the grass grows greener’’. Remington -and:-Demoerat. were no. exceptions. From 1852 to 1874 drift mining dia not have the attraction at Remington or Democrat that the stream placers, or the new discoveries, had at others. With the closing of hydraulic mines in 1884 the miners again centered their attention on the old camps where drift mining seemed reasonably assured of :success. Remington and Democrat were two of these. In 1885 the old Frank and Joyce tunnels were reopened. Rich gravel was found soon after in the trough of the Remingto , channel. Soon after, Chinese took up the adjoining property. They ran a long tunnel and opened up the richest gravel disco ered in the Remington channel up to that time. In 1886, Neville loca‘*1 property east and north of the Chinese and soon opened up grov-d as rich asthat in the Chinese workings, Later the Chinese acttied the .Frank and Joyce properties. Production was at its heig + from 1888 until 1893. ™. Chinese ceased operations » ‘n 1893. The Neville property 2en operated intermittently $94, when work there was nded.Hydraulia operations ng since ceased. The poste ch nnels were being worklonrer. By the summer of -e ¢’mp was inactive and no ons under way From 1852, 44 Remington Hill had pro* tetal of $2,572,500, from # ms. Of this, .$1,932,000 , qaken from 4,600 feet of rton channel, $300,000 "om Democrat and other Old Gravel Deposits In _ Eastern Nevada County lowed, but it has approximated only ream piacers and the re-have been conducted. These largely in prospecting the _ post-volcanic channels. Some production has folabout $100,000. The ° greatest amount of work has been done at the Oakvale, Martz and Wear mines at the Jones mine and Excelsior Point. Some -hydraulic work has been done at Remington Placer mine. This was in 1910 to 1912 and again in 1921. It was a small operation in. violation of the debris law and was ,in working the old pit walls by hydraulic. Snipers have been active in the tunnels at the Remington . Placer mine, but no record of this worn can ever be had. It has resulted, as was expected, in damage to old workings. . The sniping ‘has been profitable. Geographically— the occurrences of the channels at Bald Eagle, Democrat and Remington Hill are most interesting. The main channe: had come in from _ the direction ot Dutch Fist in through what is now Remington Hill—-and _ followed across in the direction of the Democrat, turning sharply to the north at Democrat and passing on toward Bald Eagle for an eventful: outlet somewhere in the area now known as Omega, at a point about one-halr way between this point across the original cretaceous channel, which flowed at this point over a comparatively short period of time Early in eonece time, an _ uplift * occurred somewhere between ‘Hunt’s Hill and Galbraith and the river section flowing between what is now Democrat and Bald Eagle, was titled upward and almost entirely cut off from its parent coming in from Liberty Hill. A new drainage was immediately created and it is quite apparent that this channel followed along from the East in the diréction toward Remington Hill, but the Democrat, due to the uplift to the west, followed along sharply to the south and made a junction with the parent river at Lowell Hill. The channel at Remington Hill to Omega was left’ in its: cretaceouseosene condition. and today, found to be composed almost entirely of white quartz, sand and _ boulders. This is important in the consideration of the area between Remington Hill, Democrat and Bald Eagle. Sometime in the middle eocene time, there began-a_series of lava flows in this area, completely covering the old channels and isolating them entirely from their parent streams. In the natural course, erosion followed and the topography was so changed that unless very close observation was made the true course of-the channels would not be identified. In fact, it is more than possible that in the development in the early days, complete observations were impossible and fheories were accepted which development in more recent years have proved erroneous. The miners of the 50’s and 60’s and, in fact, up to the present time, had not taken cognizance of the fact that the composition of this gravel in the channels indicated a very definite -period in their deposition. To the casual observer—and it seems that the early-day miners were casual observers—the channel coming in from the west and. whic, flowed down toward Lowell Hill, had the apparance of being the major channel, and passing under the lava cap hill between Democrat and Remington Hill. Evidently the fact that the channels had different character of gravel was not considered seriously, for to all outward appearances the new channel coming in from the east could only go directly in the direction of Remington Hill. But what had not been considered, was the fact that the erosion of neocene and later time had cut-out all of that section between Democrat Ravine and Lowell Hill. On the surface it appears that the erosion of Democrat Ravine tore’ away a fairly wide section of the channel which would lead to the conclusion that that was the only break and that the channel itself had flowed continuously westward through the Mehan mine and on to Remington Hill. Final conclusions have been arrived at through more or less of a series of accidents, as it was merely an accident of observations which revealed the character of the channels at Democrat, the Skehan mine and Remington Hill and made it obvious that there were, at this point, northeastward toward Omega, a section of rich gravel still un\ worked. : It is true that hydraulic operatiéns are impossible between Bald Eagle and Omega, however, it must be assumed that—as in the early. THE NEVADA CITY NUGGET; CALIFORNIA tions in this area might -still be extremely profitable Certainly there is every indication in the Skehan mine, the Weir mine and the Martz mine that further development of the original . cretaceous channel would be extremely profitable. Hydraulic operations are possible at the Democrat, Skehan and Remington Hill mines, and the gravel is sufficiently high grade to make a very profitable undertaking. “In the mining, the operator should discount to a large extent the romantic tales of the past and base his operations entirely on economic factors. If this is done, and only when this is done, profitable operations wili be possible, but it seems that the lure of gold, especially placer gold, distorts the imagination and wraps . reasoning and judgment. There is no question that the gravel deposits of Nevada county hold many tens of millions of dollars for the legitimate operator and it is hoped that placer mining will be revived, and that through the concerted effort of the operators will come a realization on the part of the state and the government that~ debris dams. should be built across the streams in order to make major hydraulige mining operations possible thus making available to the wealth of the world that gold which it so badly neede at this time. «The above is from notes made during a reconnaissance of auriferous gravel channels, converging at Dutch Flat to Omega and Relief to Hunts Hill, important facts were developed. The area under discussion lies in Nevada county, about the center of the Colfax Quadrangle of the United States geological survey. It is described in detail by Pettee in “Contributions to American Geology,’’ Volume 1, 1880; by Lindgren in Professional Paper 73 of the United States geological survey, “Tertiary Gravels of Sierra Nevada,” 1911; by MacBoyle—‘‘Mines and Mineral Resources of Nevada County,’’ 1918; by Haley, Bulletin 92, “Gold Placers. of California,’ 1923. The last two are California State Mining Bureau publications. SPEED MANIACS CHIEF CAUSE OF DEATHS Sacramento, September 16—Excessive speed continues to _ rule as the dominant cause of death on the highways of the state, the California Highway Patrol. reported today. Two-thirds of the deaths’ occurring in recent weeks, it was declared, have been traced to some cause involving excessive speed. An analysis of fatalities for the first seven months of this year, made public by Chief E. Raymond Cato revealed that in the 1,208 fatal accidents reported 208 of the drivers were exceeding the speed limit while nearly half of the others involved were driving recklessly, on the wrong.side of the road, violating the right-of-way or committing some type of violation that had speed as its main or contributing factor. It was found for example that there were 85 drivers involved in fatal hit and run accidents while death occured when 160 others drove off the roadway. It is believed investigation will show the driver was going too fast in nearly every case Cato cited a recent cas ein which a driver went over a grade in Mendocino county ona curve killing himself. The investigation disclosed he was going in excess of 70 miles an hour. He cited another in which four persons were killed when a car traveling on a long stretch of clear and unobstructed highway. near Bakersfield turned over six times. Excessive speed alone was responsible. A dozen similar cases have occurred within a month, he said. In a report of July accidents just compiled Cato notes that the 186 fatalities was a decrease of more than 23 per cent over July of last year but that far too many of those killed were traveling at far in excess of the 45 miles an hour limit. Cato revealed that 341 of the deaths occurring last year on the highways were ‘traced directly to high speed while 150 others were. caused by reckless driving whic, in many instances, amounted to the same thing. Accident statistics for the first seven months of this year were given as follows: Accidents: 19,117; persons killed, 1,302; persons injured, 26,335; drivers involved, 28,876; pedestrians involved, 5,492; vehicles involved, 29,277. “Drive carefully and at a reasonable rate of speed if you wotld avoid trouble,” Cato admonished. Plans for Dam No. 1, to be built in San Gabriel Canyon at cost of approximately $10,000,000 approved. —Downey, Live Wire. Perris—Bids will be opened Sep. days—the gravel was of exceptionally high value, that drifting operatember 23 for eonstruction of new unit for Perris Union high school. ~ consideration of placer . A a FRIDAY, SEPT. 16, 1932 The Yuba River Country ~ Downieville to Mountain House : By J. L. Wolff Among the earliest whites: to penetrate into the Yuba River Canyon Country were those 49’ers who laboriously forced their way'up the North Fork of the Yuba River far into the upper reaches of the canyon, past-the little mountain choked flat, which was later to become Goodyear Bar, and four miles beyond to The. Forks. That winter most of them returned down stream to get away from the heavy snow and bitter cold—but in the spring they again went back to The Forks in numbers that increased a thousand fold. It beeame an important population center -and from Major Downey took the name of Downieville. Wherever men gathered, supplies had to follow. So the laborious process of packing supplies’ into Downieville from the lower country was begun—a pack horse, stumbling along the canyon sides,, squeezing through brush and timber, clamboring over rocks, at the waters edge or swaying. along dizzily— a thousand feet above the roaring stream. Gradually the trail began to follow ‘the back bone of the ridge-and.finally pack trains employing” many animals made well beaten trails up this ridge to a point directly in back of Downieville, thence down the canyon walls to the camp. In the later 50’s_ this traffic became so heavy that several influential men assumed leadership and a road was built. This ancient stage road was the scene of many thrilling adventures such as bring romance _ to stories of the west. : Along this route men died, some naturally, some ‘“‘suddenly’. Many were robbed and otherg evaded robbery by narrow margins. Bill Meek patriarch of Camptonville and Justice of the Peace still recalls vividly an experience when he, as a stage driver, had to pull up his horses while a woman passenger gave birth to a child. From Camptonville automobile road follows’ the old stage line past Sleighville House, which by the way is still standing as it did when it was an over night or meal time stop for stage passengers. Seyeral miles of gradual climbing as the ridge gets higher and the forest grows’ thicker and the road reaches a Forest Service sign that designates the spot where stood the very historic road house of Nigger Tent. A negro blacksmith, in early days, set up his tent and earned a living by replacing lost shoeg on horses belonging to the pack trains. It became a_ stopping place and a road house was built, owned and operated by La Margi, a woman whose fame spread over the west. Freight trains made their over night stops at this place and many were the tales dhat achieved wide circulation throughout the entire gold country —some'of which still bring chuckles from the old timers. One evening a roustabout attached to a freight train became too enthusiastic in his attentions to one of Miadam’s waitresses. There upon La Margi abruptly told the young man to “get the Hell out of there,” with one eye on her ever present pistol and the other on the door the young Lothario quickly complied. That evening as the girl-was-retiring the Madam entered her room and, happening to glance at the window, was quite chagrined to notice the persist ent young man staring into the the present W HEN you start at sudden noises, worry over trifles, can’t bear the noise that children make, feel irritable and blue—ten to. one it’s your nerves. Don’t wait until your overwrought nerves have kept you awake half the night and paved the way for another miserable day. Take two teaspoonfuls of Dr. Miles’ Nervine and enjoy the relief that follows. Take two more before you go to bed. Sleep—and wake up ready for. the day’s duties or pleasures. Dr. Miles’ Nervine is now made in two forms—Liquid and Effervescent Tablet. Both are the same therapeutically. : Liquid or Effervescent Tablets at all drug stores, Price $1.00 DR.MILES’ *. NERVINE figuid.§ room. The young fellow who had stepped up on a tin cracker box so that he might peer into the window realized he had been seen and in ‘his .turn saw that Madam was again reaching for her gun. In his haste to jump off the tin box his foot broke through and the box became fastened to his leg. He however did not stand on ceremony but left in a hard Tun down the tree lined road. When Madam. reached . the window the young man had disappeared into the darkness but the direction of his flight was made plain by the clank, clank, clank of the tin cracker box. Even the clanking itself seemed to grow more agonized as the bullets followed in that direction. Amid scenes of extreme beauty the road proceeded through the verdant mountain forest, as_ it still does, to the Mountain House, where it is joined by the road from Forest. DEER SEASON OPENING THROUGHOUT THE STATE San Francisco, Sept. 15—Deer hunters are oiling up their rifles for the opening of the~ deer season throughout the major portion of California. With the closing of the season in-districts— 2,214 and 3-on September 14, the remainder of the state is thrown open to deer hunting on Séptember 16 for one month, closing October 15. District-11% embracing Del Norte, Humboldt, and a portion of Siskiyou counties, opened on September 1, remaining open until October 15. : In the coastal area, the six weeks open season has proven very successful for the hunter. Though there was a falling off in the sale of hunting licenses and deer tags over previous seasons, due mainly to the hard times prevailing, those who went out in the deer country found plenty of venison, and limits were reported by hundreds of hunters. The kill’ for the season’ ending this month was less than last year, and totals up to September 12, 5681 bucks. Mendocino county led the 20 and more counties which make up the coastal area, with 1032 deer reported killed up to September 12. Sonoma was next with 542; then follows Lake with 404; Santa Barbara, 402; Monterey, 396; Santa Clara, 303; Marin, 293; Glenn, 283; Ventura, 278; San Luis Obispo, 265, Napa, 246, Colusa, 182; the remaining counties reporting lesser numbers. Forest rangers and state game _wardens report to the Fish and Game commission that deer are plentiful in the section to be opened to hunters the 16th, but hunters are warned that in district 1-3/4, Modoc, Lassen and a portion of Siskiyou counties, only one buck can be legally killed by a hunter. ed here during month totaled $23,538. of August Isbell Construction Co. of Nevada, submitted low bid of $165,910 for grading 21 miles of Mount ShastaMount Lassen highway. AUTO LICENSE FOUND A California State auto license plate number 8D3896 was found in front of the George Adams Painting and .Paperhanging office in Grass Valley, Monday afternoon by H. B. Wright, a member of the Nevada City Nugget staff. The owner of said license plate may have the same by calling at The Nugget office in Nevada City and showing duplicate plate. Stockton—Building permits issupn. NEVADA CITY LODGE, NO. 518 B. P. O. ELKS Meets second and fourth Friday evenings in Elks Home, Pine Street. Phone 108. Visiting Elks Welcome. Vv. V. FOLEY, Exalted Ruler. R. E. Carr, Secretary. ' MILO LODGE, No. 48, K. of P. Meets the 1st and 3d Friday nights at Pythian Hall, Morgan and Powell . Bldg. Visiting. Knights always wel-_ come. CARL LARSEN, C.:C. J.C. E. FOSS, K. of R. & S. r CLASSIFIED ADS . —J FOR SALHE— One 7-in. hydraulic monitor. Inquire: Geo. L. Duffey, Forest Hill, in care of Mayflower Gravel Mine. 20tf. ery WANTED—400 feet 10, 11 or 12 inch dia. slip joint mining pipe. In good condition and cheap for cash. R. J. Bean, Clipper Mills, California. $19-4t* WANTED—Anyone having a rooming house for rent in some moun-~ 4 tain town write Mrs. L. J. Farley. Porterville, Calif.; Box 274. A25-2¢ FOR SALE— Six Hundred Shares of Kate~ Hardy Mining Co. Stock (Brush Creek -Mine) $400.00 cash, owner sacrificing for immediate action. Answer, Box Y, Nevada City Nugget, Nevada City, Calif. A26-1t Z = : LOST—A small coin purse containing two keys and a small amount of money, about five miles up jon the Tahoe-Ukiah highway, last Sunday. Finder please leave at The Nugget office. Mining Maps _ TheNugget Office $1.50 and $3.00 Let Golden Nuggets . Pay for your Vacation ' Be one of the fortunate, use skill and wisdom. Find the richest spots. Get your big stake now and be independent when winter comes. Thousands are now combing the Bills and reports of many rich finde have been recently made in various parts of the gold country. These were mostly “lady luck” finds after much hardship. 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The following isan article written by Frank Crampton, mining engineer, for the Mining Journal of recent date. The data contained in this is of the utmost importance, particularly at this time when there is a scarcity of gold, and Mr. Crampton’s article indicates a great many possibilities of exploration that. will return many times the amount of any investment made. The first discovery of gold in the streams near Remington Hill and Democrat Hill in 1851 at the time ot the first rush to Dutch Flat were fabulously rich. This was particular“ly true of Steep Hollow creek and the North Fork of Steep Hollow, Democrat Ravine, Snake and Dry creeks, Fifty to one hundred dollars a day for each man was usual until the streams were worked out. Stream mining was at an end in 1852. In the course of placer-mining in the streams it was natural the gold would be traced to its source, the ancient river channels above. In 1852, drift mining was started on the Remington channel. The Remington Placer mine was opened and drifting operations paid — well until the bedrock gravels were worked out in 1872. Drift mining at Democrat was nos . profitable. Operations -were intermittant asthe bedrock gravel was not of high value. A small amount of work was done between 1852-and 1868. The Bald Eagle mine on the North Fork of Steep Hollow was opened by drifts and paid well. It was abandoned about 1870 when the length of the tunnels became _ too great to transport the _ gravel cheaply. : Excelsior Point (Secret Hill), ' gouth of Bald Eagle, was operated ~ by drifting, but as at Democrat, the bedrock gravel was low grade and only a small operation carried on up to 1870. Several drift. mines on post-volcanic channels paid for a short time, but work on these was almost entirely abandoned between 1870 and 1900. As development progressed at the Remington Placer mine, more attention Was paid to the possibilities of the channel continuing under the lava cap to the east. In 1870, two tunnels were driven east from the Remington mine. These are now known only as Frank’s and Joyce’s tunnels. They encountered the channel rim where the gravel was normally low grade. They became discouraged and the property changed hands, Little progress was made in the Frank and Joyce;tunnels for several years. : ‘Drift mining at Remington and Democrat was generally at a standstill between 1872 and 1884. Meanwhile the hydraulic operations were in full swing at Democrat, Excelsior Point and at Remington to the west. In 1884 the debris law became effective and the hydraulic operations abandoned. { In the ‘‘boom”’ days attention was easily attracted from one locality by rich finds in another, where ‘‘the grass grows greener’’. Remington -and:-Demoerat. were no. exceptions. From 1852 to 1874 drift mining dia not have the attraction at Remington or Democrat that the stream placers, or the new discoveries, had at others. With the closing of hydraulic mines in 1884 the miners again centered their attention on the old camps where drift mining seemed reasonably assured of :success. Remington and Democrat were two of these. In 1885 the old Frank and Joyce tunnels were reopened. Rich gravel was found soon after in the trough of the Remingto , channel. Soon after, Chinese took up the adjoining property. They ran a long tunnel and opened up the richest gravel disco ered in the Remington channel up to that time. In 1886, Neville loca‘*1 property east and north of the Chinese and soon opened up grov-d as rich asthat in the Chinese workings, Later the Chinese acttied the .Frank and Joyce properties. Production was at its heig + from 1888 until 1893. ™. Chinese ceased operations » ‘n 1893. The Neville property 2en operated intermittently $94, when work there was nded.Hydraulia operations ng since ceased. The poste ch nnels were being worklonrer. By the summer of -e ¢’mp was inactive and no ons under way From 1852, 44 Remington Hill had pro* tetal of $2,572,500, from # ms. Of this, .$1,932,000 , qaken from 4,600 feet of rton channel, $300,000 "om Democrat and other Old Gravel Deposits In _ Eastern Nevada County lowed, but it has approximated only ream piacers and the re-have been conducted. These largely in prospecting the _ post-volcanic channels. Some production has folabout $100,000. The ° greatest amount of work has been done at the Oakvale, Martz and Wear mines at the Jones mine and Excelsior Point. Some -hydraulic work has been done at Remington Placer mine. This was in 1910 to 1912 and again in 1921. It was a small operation in. violation of the debris law and was ,in working the old pit walls by hydraulic. Snipers have been active in the tunnels at the Remington . Placer mine, but no record of this worn can ever be had. It has resulted, as was expected, in damage to old workings. . The sniping ‘has been profitable. Geographically— the occurrences of the channels at Bald Eagle, Democrat and Remington Hill are most interesting. The main channe: had come in from _ the direction ot Dutch Fist in through what is now Remington Hill—-and _ followed across in the direction of the Democrat, turning sharply to the north at Democrat and passing on toward Bald Eagle for an eventful: outlet somewhere in the area now known as Omega, at a point about one-halr way between this point across the original cretaceous channel, which flowed at this point over a comparatively short period of time Early in eonece time, an _ uplift * occurred somewhere between ‘Hunt’s Hill and Galbraith and the river section flowing between what is now Democrat and Bald Eagle, was titled upward and almost entirely cut off from its parent coming in from Liberty Hill. A new drainage was immediately created and it is quite apparent that this channel followed along from the East in the diréction toward Remington Hill, but the Democrat, due to the uplift to the west, followed along sharply to the south and made a junction with the parent river at Lowell Hill. The channel at Remington Hill to Omega was left’ in its: cretaceouseosene condition. and today, found to be composed almost entirely of white quartz, sand and _ boulders. This is important in the consideration of the area between Remington Hill, Democrat and Bald Eagle. Sometime in the middle eocene time, there began-a_series of lava flows in this area, completely covering the old channels and isolating them entirely from their parent streams. In the natural course, erosion followed and the topography was so changed that unless very close observation was made the true course of-the channels would not be identified. In fact, it is more than possible that in the development in the early days, complete observations were impossible and fheories were accepted which development in more recent years have proved erroneous. The miners of the 50’s and 60’s and, in fact, up to the present time, had not taken cognizance of the fact that the composition of this gravel in the channels indicated a very definite -period in their deposition. To the casual observer—and it seems that the early-day miners were casual observers—the channel coming in from the west and. whic, flowed down toward Lowell Hill, had the apparance of being the major channel, and passing under the lava cap hill between Democrat and Remington Hill. Evidently the fact that the channels had different character of gravel was not considered seriously, for to all outward appearances the new channel coming in from the east could only go directly in the direction of Remington Hill. But what had not been considered, was the fact that the erosion of neocene and later time had cut-out all of that section between Democrat Ravine and Lowell Hill. On the surface it appears that the erosion of Democrat Ravine tore’ away a fairly wide section of the channel which would lead to the conclusion that that was the only break and that the channel itself had flowed continuously westward through the Mehan mine and on to Remington Hill. Final conclusions have been arrived at through more or less of a series of accidents, as it was merely an accident of observations which revealed the character of the channels at Democrat, the Skehan mine and Remington Hill and made it obvious that there were, at this point, northeastward toward Omega, a section of rich gravel still un\ worked. : It is true that hydraulic operatiéns are impossible between Bald Eagle and Omega, however, it must be assumed that—as in the early. THE NEVADA CITY NUGGET; CALIFORNIA tions in this area might -still be extremely profitable Certainly there is every indication in the Skehan mine, the Weir mine and the Martz mine that further development of the original . cretaceous channel would be extremely profitable. Hydraulic operations are possible at the Democrat, Skehan and Remington Hill mines, and the gravel is sufficiently high grade to make a very profitable undertaking. “In the mining, the operator should discount to a large extent the romantic tales of the past and base his operations entirely on economic factors. If this is done, and only when this is done, profitable operations wili be possible, but it seems that the lure of gold, especially placer gold, distorts the imagination and wraps . reasoning and judgment. There is no question that the gravel deposits of Nevada county hold many tens of millions of dollars for the legitimate operator and it is hoped that placer mining will be revived, and that through the concerted effort of the operators will come a realization on the part of the state and the government that~ debris dams. should be built across the streams in order to make major hydraulige mining operations possible thus making available to the wealth of the world that gold which it so badly neede at this time. «The above is from notes made during a reconnaissance of auriferous gravel channels, converging at Dutch Flat to Omega and Relief to Hunts Hill, important facts were developed. The area under discussion lies in Nevada county, about the center of the Colfax Quadrangle of the United States geological survey. It is described in detail by Pettee in “Contributions to American Geology,’’ Volume 1, 1880; by Lindgren in Professional Paper 73 of the United States geological survey, “Tertiary Gravels of Sierra Nevada,” 1911; by MacBoyle—‘‘Mines and Mineral Resources of Nevada County,’’ 1918; by Haley, Bulletin 92, “Gold Placers. of California,’ 1923. The last two are California State Mining Bureau publications. SPEED MANIACS CHIEF CAUSE OF DEATHS Sacramento, September 16—Excessive speed continues to _ rule as the dominant cause of death on the highways of the state, the California Highway Patrol. reported today. Two-thirds of the deaths’ occurring in recent weeks, it was declared, have been traced to some cause involving excessive speed. An analysis of fatalities for the first seven months of this year, made public by Chief E. Raymond Cato revealed that in the 1,208 fatal accidents reported 208 of the drivers were exceeding the speed limit while nearly half of the others involved were driving recklessly, on the wrong.side of the road, violating the right-of-way or committing some type of violation that had speed as its main or contributing factor. It was found for example that there were 85 drivers involved in fatal hit and run accidents while death occured when 160 others drove off the roadway. It is believed investigation will show the driver was going too fast in nearly every case Cato cited a recent cas ein which a driver went over a grade in Mendocino county ona curve killing himself. The investigation disclosed he was going in excess of 70 miles an hour. He cited another in which four persons were killed when a car traveling on a long stretch of clear and unobstructed highway. near Bakersfield turned over six times. Excessive speed alone was responsible. A dozen similar cases have occurred within a month, he said. In a report of July accidents just compiled Cato notes that the 186 fatalities was a decrease of more than 23 per cent over July of last year but that far too many of those killed were traveling at far in excess of the 45 miles an hour limit. Cato revealed that 341 of the deaths occurring last year on the highways were ‘traced directly to

high speed while 150 others were. caused by reckless driving whic, in many instances, amounted to the same thing. Accident statistics for the first seven months of this year were given as follows: Accidents: 19,117; persons killed, 1,302; persons injured, 26,335; drivers involved, 28,876; pedestrians involved, 5,492; vehicles involved, 29,277. “Drive carefully and at a reasonable rate of speed if you wotld avoid trouble,” Cato admonished. Plans for Dam No. 1, to be built in San Gabriel Canyon at cost of approximately $10,000,000 approved. —Downey, Live Wire. Perris—Bids will be opened Sep. days—the gravel was of exceptionally high value, that drifting operatember 23 for eonstruction of new unit for Perris Union high school. ~ consideration of placer . A a FRIDAY, SEPT. 16, 1932 The Yuba River Country ~ Downieville to Mountain House : By J. L. Wolff Among the earliest whites: to penetrate into the Yuba River Canyon Country were those 49’ers who laboriously forced their way'up the North Fork of the Yuba River far into the upper reaches of the canyon, past-the little mountain choked flat, which was later to become Goodyear Bar, and four miles beyond to The. Forks. That winter most of them returned down stream to get away from the heavy snow and bitter cold—but in the spring they again went back to The Forks in numbers that increased a thousand fold. It beeame an important population center -and from Major Downey took the name of Downieville. Wherever men gathered, supplies had to follow. So the laborious process of packing supplies’ into Downieville from the lower country was begun—a pack horse, stumbling along the canyon sides,, squeezing through brush and timber, clamboring over rocks, at the waters edge or swaying. along dizzily— a thousand feet above the roaring stream. Gradually the trail began to follow ‘the back bone of the ridge-and.finally pack trains employing” many animals made well beaten trails up this ridge to a point directly in back of Downieville, thence down the canyon walls to the camp. In the later 50’s_ this traffic became so heavy that several influential men assumed leadership and a road was built. This ancient stage road was the scene of many thrilling adventures such as bring romance _ to stories of the west. : Along this route men died, some naturally, some ‘“‘suddenly’. Many were robbed and otherg evaded robbery by narrow margins. Bill Meek patriarch of Camptonville and Justice of the Peace still recalls vividly an experience when he, as a stage driver, had to pull up his horses while a woman passenger gave birth to a child. From Camptonville automobile road follows’ the old stage line past Sleighville House, which by the way is still standing as it did when it was an over night or meal time stop for stage passengers. Seyeral miles of gradual climbing as the ridge gets higher and the forest grows’ thicker and the road reaches a Forest Service sign that designates the spot where stood the very historic road house of Nigger Tent. A negro blacksmith, in early days, set up his tent and earned a living by replacing lost shoeg on horses belonging to the pack trains. It became a_ stopping place and a road house was built, owned and operated by La Margi, a woman whose fame spread over the west. Freight trains made their over night stops at this place and many were the tales dhat achieved wide circulation throughout the entire gold country —some'of which still bring chuckles from the old timers. One evening a roustabout attached to a freight train became too enthusiastic in his attentions to one of Miadam’s waitresses. There upon La Margi abruptly told the young man to “get the Hell out of there,” with one eye on her ever present pistol and the other on the door the young Lothario quickly complied. That evening as the girl-was-retiring the Madam entered her room and, happening to glance at the window, was quite chagrined to notice the persist ent young man staring into the the present W HEN you start at sudden noises, worry over trifles, can’t bear the noise that children make, feel irritable and blue—ten to. one it’s your nerves. Don’t wait until your overwrought nerves have kept you awake half the night and paved the way for another miserable day. Take two teaspoonfuls of Dr. Miles’ Nervine and enjoy the relief that follows. Take two more before you go to bed. Sleep—and wake up ready for. the day’s duties or pleasures. Dr. Miles’ Nervine is now made in two forms—Liquid and Effervescent Tablet. Both are the same therapeutically. : Liquid or Effervescent Tablets at all drug stores, Price $1.00 DR.MILES’ *. NERVINE figuid.§ room. The young fellow who had stepped up on a tin cracker box so that he might peer into the window realized he had been seen and in ‘his .turn saw that Madam was again reaching for her gun. In his haste to jump off the tin box his foot broke through and the box became fastened to his leg. He however did not stand on ceremony but left in a hard Tun down the tree lined road. When Madam. reached . the window the young man had disappeared into the darkness but the direction of his flight was made plain by the clank, clank, clank of the tin cracker box. Even the clanking itself seemed to grow more agonized as the bullets followed in that direction. Amid scenes of extreme beauty the road proceeded through the verdant mountain forest, as_ it still does, to the Mountain House, where it is joined by the road from Forest. DEER SEASON OPENING THROUGHOUT THE STATE San Francisco, Sept. 15—Deer hunters are oiling up their rifles for the opening of the~ deer season throughout the major portion of California. With the closing of the season in-districts— 2,214 and 3-on September 14, the remainder of the state is thrown open to deer hunting on Séptember 16 for one month, closing October 15. District-11% embracing Del Norte, Humboldt, and a portion of Siskiyou counties, opened on September 1, remaining open until October 15. : In the coastal area, the six weeks open season has proven very successful for the hunter. Though there was a falling off in the sale of hunting licenses and deer tags over previous seasons, due mainly to the hard times prevailing, those who went out in the deer country found plenty of venison, and limits were reported by hundreds of hunters. The kill’ for the season’ ending this month was less than last year, and totals up to September 12, 5681 bucks. Mendocino county led the 20 and more counties which make up the coastal area, with 1032 deer reported killed up to September 12. Sonoma was next with 542; then follows Lake with 404; Santa Barbara, 402; Monterey, 396; Santa Clara, 303; Marin, 293; Glenn, 283; Ventura, 278; San Luis Obispo, 265, Napa, 246, Colusa, 182; the remaining counties reporting lesser numbers. Forest rangers and state game _wardens report to the Fish and Game commission that deer are plentiful in the section to be opened to hunters the 16th, but hunters are warned that in district 1-3/4, Modoc, Lassen and a portion of Siskiyou counties, only one buck can be legally killed by a hunter. ed here during month totaled $23,538. of August Isbell Construction Co. of Nevada, submitted low bid of $165,910 for grading 21 miles of Mount ShastaMount Lassen highway. AUTO LICENSE FOUND A California State auto license plate number 8D3896 was found in front of the George Adams Painting and .Paperhanging office in Grass Valley, Monday afternoon by H. B. Wright, a member of the Nevada City Nugget staff. The owner of said license plate may have the same by calling at The Nugget office in Nevada City and showing duplicate plate. Stockton—Building permits issupn. NEVADA CITY LODGE, NO. 518 B. P. O. ELKS Meets second and fourth Friday evenings in Elks Home, Pine Street. Phone 108. Visiting Elks Welcome. Vv. V. FOLEY, Exalted Ruler. R. E. Carr, Secretary. ' MILO LODGE, No. 48, K. of P. Meets the 1st and 3d Friday nights at Pythian Hall, Morgan and Powell . Bldg. Visiting. Knights always wel-_ come. CARL LARSEN, C.:C. J.C. E. FOSS, K. of R. & S. r CLASSIFIED ADS . —J FOR SALHE— One 7-in. hydraulic monitor. Inquire: Geo. L. Duffey, Forest Hill, in care of Mayflower Gravel Mine. 20tf. ery WANTED—400 feet 10, 11 or 12 inch dia. slip joint mining pipe. 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