September 29, 1930 (6 pages)

The Nugget is -California’s Leading ‘Mining Weekly evada City Nugget SEPTEMBER 29. 1930. a very interesting one. The tiny village lies at the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, between the “Youth and Middle forks of the Yuba river. It’s altitude is about two thousand “feet above level. Many subtropical . fruits grow here as well as all fruits grown in the temperate zones. In 1849, a Frenchman from Frenchman’s Bar on the Yuba river built an inclosure (corral) for his mules on the present site of the town and gave the town its name, French Corral. The people.of.the town wished. la-. ter to change the name of the-town to Carrolton, a prettier and more musical name, as well as more sugv n gestive of better memories than French Corral, but nothing came of eee: Mining was started on a small scale in 1849 and a trading post! was established in a tent by a man named Galloway,-in the same year. ™ Gold was the thing that brought people here. Gold, for which people have starved, fought, prayed, and helped each other in the past, present and probably will in the future. In 1851 surface diggings were discovered and in the spring of 1852 a ditch was brought in from Shady whom were J. Williams, J. Spurry,. J. Wadsworth and A. H. and W. M. Los Angeles County ‘Fair, held at operating Northeast of town on the omona for the past ten day shas old Mike Lynch ranch, and owning a evidence of developing gud assays $66.00 per tén, and shows into a very 2 esa: Se Nap cae aie Ia ee ER a ea ERE ee 7 . VOLUME IV, NUMBER 42 _THE GOLD CENTER NEVADA CITY, NEVADA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, _ THE COUNTY SEAT PAPER «. TRAILS OF “4 ) . COMP HT’S ACCUSER TRALS OF “49, COUNTY EXHIBITS WIN . HOGE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY (WaKGHES Aten 5 ee . . STRIKES RICH NEW PAY STREAK — WD Romorseceey te cee ARSTATE AND LAC FAIRS) . ee ee nae hae EAST DRIFT YIELDS WONDERFUL ORE ASSAYING jrictitious person and ck Yate : a special article. Nevada County Trophies are $66.00 TO THE TON—STRIKE SIGNIFICENT were mailed just prior to the priwe a AS WAS MADE IN VIRGIN GROUND a ee a ee oe i bal ie ahs ite ct cae : ier dere The Hoge Development eis eas is from 20 to 30 inches wide nate ay uae ‘ously besmirched and for: proo the accusations made the voters were ‘MAYFLOWER PROMISES 'Emolovees are to Share im the H. A Hood and his associates are f of . } now reopening the Mayflower mine . . in the Canada Hill section, south of Nevada City, and according to Mr. GE RETURNS AS VISIONED BY OWNERS Profits of Mine Through Faithful Service —_—— followed the decree of the State fair large acreage .in. the surrounding terfine ore body., . requested to write to a well known in awardingNevada county with ribbons, trophies and cash prizes as anmanager of the Nevada county Promotion Board, who was in charge of ounced by. W.H. Griffith, secretaryritory, has made another very important strike in its Eastern development. ‘This new strike was made some 300 feet East of its new 3 comnew and virgin country along the line of the granite and slate contact, and from all -appearances to develop one of the most important mines in the camp. The Hoge Company is opening up a itis. going attorney in Sacramento, California. in these letters it was stated tnat: 2,000 letters were being mailed to the voters of Nevada county. ; Upon inquiry, the attorney replied other fruits, nuts and vegetables. . nounced by Griffith are: Delicious, Winesap, Black, Rhode Island Greening, canna . \ David and Winter Banana apples. stein, Golden. Delicious, Yellow NewCreek by a group of men, among. town Pippin, exhibits at both fairs, and returned Thursday from Pomona pringing home two peautiful silver Cups, awarded as sweepstake prizes for apples, a number of ribbons, besides $250 in cash. The trophies and ribbons are on display in the corridor at-the-court-house----pa WwW of sh was opened up about 350 feet West level., This new strike, as yet has not heavy sulphide, and very similar in: . charaecter-to.the Murchie rock, The: rtment shaft, on the 300 foot level. hile the previously rich ore body the main shaft, on the 300 foot own any free igold, but is of a year.ago. formerly ‘operated by Merger but was closed down over a The nearest operation. was the Davis property of about —nine acres, ! ally had a good opinion of Mii and which has a branch, or feeder off the . knew nothing derogatory at him: main Hoge Company vein, and WaS that he did not know nor had he, the Western! over heard of the in writing and in substance, that he ‘knew Mr. W. E. Wright and personindividual who signed a great number of these de-j famatory circulated letters and that’ The silver cups are awarded as the sweepstake prize for apples and the other was first prize for rack display of apples. A prize of $100 for the county display, which ranked sixth among all counties exhibiting, and additional prizes were awarded for various other exhibits including apples, and The detailed list of ribbons as anfirs: for Black Ben, Wilson Red, Second for Smith Cider, . 1 Baldwin and Pelleflour; apples. a Third for Ben Davis and SpitzenTEHACHAPI MOUNTAINS prospector, who has for ‘searching the wilds of the Tehachapi . mountains near Newhall, California, Jonathan,ifor the famed Lost Horse mine, has Arkansas. made a gruesome find which may lead to the discovery of the mine. which she had located and was suddenly rewarded by finding two human skulls. She immediately notified the en to uncover the mystery of their loMAY REVEAL SECRET — OF LOST HORSE MINE} Miss Anna Rose, solitary woman years been Miss Rose was digging on a claim uthorities and stepg are being takCOUNTY CITY DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENTS OF SCHOOLS TO CONVENE MEETING IS TO TAKE PLACE AT LAKE TAHOE SEPTEMBER 29 TO OCTOBER 2 Mrs. Ella M. Austin, Superintenh : = : . 2 tendent of schools, Nevada county, olding the office of District Attorney . of Nevada County. will leave Monday to attend the an~: nual superintendent’s convention .to be held at Lake Tahoe, September 29th to October 2nd, inclusive. This convention, called and under the direct supervision of State Superintendent, Vierling Kersey, will deal it appeared that some one was attempting to injure Mr. Wright in his professin and using a fictitious name ag a cloak. At considerable time, trouble and expense, indisputable proofs were secured as to the individual who was supplying and making these false, malicious and defamatory reports, and upon which reports the voters ; were requested and solicited ‘‘to! \help defeat” the disreputable man W. E. Wright’s accuser, being lei gally and lawfully confronted with the proofs, made a full and complete public retraction, signed and duly acknowledged, and which is in part as follows: “Wheras, heretofore certain let-! receive not only honest wage, but ten per 'ereate for the company which will be . distributed annually before any divi-™ vein; the Floyd Grant, Kellogg, and others. of these mines were owned by the. late W. H. Martin, John and Thomas: ' 4. Walters. As a matter of interest lit is authentically known that during their regime President Herbert Hoover worked in the Mayflower mine in Hood, the company has adopted a policy whereby the employees wilk share in the profits of the mine, “not. from investment. in stock, Mr. Hood said, but as the restilt of faithful service for the company they wilt cent of the wealth they help to dends will be paid to stockholders. This to be participated in after one year of continuous employment and details of the plan are now in process of being worked out. This is the first mine, perhaps, ib this section to adopt this policy. The following claims are numbered in the Mayflower group, which is well known in the Nevada City district: The Mayflower, Beckman, North Star, Butterfly, Big Blue. Alaska, a continuation of the Orleans Greenman, Hixon, Enterprise, Rose In the early days of quartz mining n. the Nevada City district a number Eddy. berg apples. When water was plentiful to work There were also ten first prizes cation. Meanwhile, Miss Rose is hug'ging the great thought that she is ‘near her heart’s desire, as “Trish” them, the rich surface mines brought together a goodly number of miners and traders, and the town soon had a population of between three and awarded for plate displays of pears, 17 second prizes for plate displays of pears; of apples, and 8 second . Reilly, the former owner of 13 first for plate displays i Horse Mine, wag prizes for . duced rich ore, Lost known to have proand had made his four hundred. ¢ In 1853 hill diggings were discovplate displays of apples. NOw at Riverside \praggs that he had killed three In‘diangs and one white man whom he . pound working the property and had with matters pertaining to legislation and professional responsibilities. . The State Department of Education will hold conference hours f0i the purpose of considering legislative questions of enterpretation, revision and decision at stated times to be announced on the official program, . ers have been written to Nevada County, California, concerning the character of William E. Wright, the District Attorney of Nevada County, and. “Whereas, I desire to retract any and all statements heretofore made by me concerning W. E. Wright ° ered and another ditch was brought in from Shady Creek by the Grizzly Water Company. In June, 4853, about half of the town was destroyed by fire, again in 1854, and again in 1920. This was, . of course, discouraging to the pio. neers. The “diggin’s’’ were highly developed by this time and had proven extensive. Profitable mining soon followed. The cost of developing tunnels and cuts was almost a quarter of a million dollars, while the gold taken out wag among the millions. ding hydraulic mining as it endangered people living in the valleys by filling the rivers so that they overflowed and washed away the homes. With the passage of this law people began dropping away one by one; until only a few are left, between forty and fifty. During the time that the town was flourishing, there were a great many Chinamen here. The remains of their stone foundations are still to be seen. There were markets and stores in their part of town as i é In 1884 a law was passed forbid-, The county’s display has been taken to Riverside fair where it will be on display. this week. . A summary of. the prizes awarded at the State aggregates $500 cash, cups, many blue, red and white bons for first, second and prizes. Much of the-exhibit came from the magnificent orchards and farm lands of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Shaw, laying between here and Grass Valley. Mr. Griffith stated that the display of such fine fruits, vegetables and nuts elicited many questions and much surprise, as Nevada county seemed to be a vague country, far to; the north and out of the beaten paths } of tourists who knew this part of the state mainly by San Francisco, Sacramento anl Lake Tahoe. QUEEN LIL MINE 1S ~ WORKING STEADILY AND FUTURE LOOKS BRIGHT . buried them! near his mine. and she has been successful in her Fair and county Fair . search, she would become fabuously three silver; rich as the mine was only ribdeveloped but was known to be of third / great value. : EXCHANGE FOSTERS 'the San Francisco Mining Exchange, If the woman’s dreams come true} association School partially mendation. MINE DEVELOPMENT Chas. E. Hudson, president of has appointed R. L. Colburn, E. A. Auerbach and Mason lL. Williams as members of a promotion committee to aid the mining industry. The committee is chargéd with the’duty of gathering data on prospects which will be brought to the attention © of persong seeking mining properties to develop. district ifornia ence. 0 of The legislative committee of the’ California Superintendents regular announced meetings to confer with all who desire, and to offer suggestion or discussion in all matters legislative. These meetings wili offer basis for association recomThe State Board of E hold its reqular quarterly meeting Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, immediately following the convention. The convention program will consist of general sessions held during the morning of the convention; section meetings for county, city and superintendents supervisors, during afternoons, luncheons, dinners conference sessions. Meetings of the Association of Calpublic school superintendents will be held during-the—confer“Now, I, the undersigned, retract the statements made that W. HE. Wright is of a disreputable character. I hereby certify on my honor that I know nothing whatever against ‘the character of W. E. Wright and I wish finally to state that I deeply regret having wronged Mr. Wright and I publicly apologize for it ana hereby publicly retract zemy and all mistatements and misrepresentations made by me or concerning W. EF. Wright, District attorney of Nevada County.”’ ‘ é Mr. Wright states that these ac cusations, extensively circulated, were false and maliciously made and circulated, and not only in an attempr to defeat his election as District Attorney, but to discredit him in his profession and to humiliate himself and family. W. E. Wright further states that this retraction is published, as itis a public apology to.clear his name Public will hold ducation will and rural Mr. and Mrs. L. BE. Armstrong and daughter, Mrs. Robert J. Newell of Oakland, arrived last evening ‘and are house guests of Mrs. Armstrong’s 0 OFFICERS ELECTED . The Intermediate League of the Metho@ist church held an election of which has been so wantnaly maligned and maliciously besmirched and that he intends to protect his good name, character and reputation at October 1895, receiving as his daily . wage $2.50. This was immediately . following Hoover’s graduation from ‘Stanford, and his idea was. to get practical experience:as a mining engineer. He afterwards became, as We .all know, one of the leading mining, engineers of the world. (Continued on page 3.) MRS. LANDSBURG DIES AT DAUGHTER'S HOME RELATIVES FROM HERE WERE SUMMONSED EARLY IN WEEK Mrs. Annie Landsburg, widow of the late James S. Landsburg, 4 native of Relief Hill, in this county, and all her life a resident of the county, died Saturday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. May Soule in Oakland. Mrs. Landsburg was the ‘daughter of the late Elijah Penrose and wife and was reared to womanhood in the little town of Relief Hill. On Sep. tember 15, 1871, she was married toJames S. Landsburg and they peganm their married life in the little town. Later, they moved to North Bloomfield, and then to Nevada City. To the union were born four daughters and five sons of whom the well as in. the part of the town where the white people lived. The Chinamen worked for lower wages in the mines than the white men, then and they were hired in great numbers and all supplies, such as food, dynaGRADUALLY Steady progress PERSISTENT DEVELOPMENT IS RESULTS sister, Mrs. W. L. Williamson. Mr: and Mrs. Armstrong will leave soon for Lake Tahoe to attend the state convention of school principals, Mrs. Newall remaining in this city until their return, SHOWING in development is mite, clothing and mining utensils were brought from Marysville by horse and wagon, which was a hard and dangerous journey. Gold was sent out by the way ofMarysville in the:same way, On its way tothe mint at San-Francisco. Trading was done reported from the Queen Lil property. Work is being prosecuted on three levels of the mine and some production is resulting. Production of low grade ore is about sufficient >.< Charles O. Winstead of Alieghaney was in the city on business over the week-end. officers recently and elected the following officers: Audrey Davis, president; Franklin Tuttle, vide-president; Claris Holland, secretary; Gertrude. Schrieber, treasurer; Lorraine all costs. W. E WRIGHT Smit, reporter. 0 Judge and Mrs. Raglan Tuttle, entertained Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Salch and daughter Nancy, of Los Gatos, over the week-end. to operate the mill one shift daily. Occasional pockets of higher grade material have been found and to date ANNOUNCEMENT After Monday, October 6, the Nevada City Nugget, will be issued on Friday morning. The change will make no break in ‘ at the local stores with gold dust and nuggets. . ~ , All the tiny towns surrounding French Corral such as Sweetland, North San Juan, North Bloomfield the weekly issue. following survive. Mrs. Bert Moody and Mrs. Elizabeth Davis of Nevada City; Mrs Lester Helwig of San ~ Jose; Mrs. May Soule of Oakland;~ Clarence E. Landsburg of Snow Tent; Roy Landsburg of Spaulding and Jack Landsburg of San Jose. George and Gordon Landsburg, two sons, passed away in this city several years ago. Mrs. Landsburg was a devout member of the Methodist church, a true — Christian in every sense of the term. Brought up in the days when helpOur large country list of subscribers have expressed their fulness to neighbors was the rule >, never failed in Ray Dart in the com munity life. Gere ee aha hydraulic mining. The brave people, who sacrificed themselves to the settling and. civilizing of our glorious west are to be revered, praised, and looked up to. mentioned above _-* All the villages have been the scenes of accomplish ments, tragedies and happiness to a more or less greater degree. They » have a history similar to that o French Corral and are now in abou the same condition. There is a tiny i from five to .;\ twenty children in each town and The mining and ll seale and 1 the town going. Unless hydraulic mining is ‘;, School composed of several homes. farming done on the school, is all t) and Lake City, are the remnants of definite objectives are in sight other than development o fthe Queen Lil vein which is a small but persistent the operators are encouraged in the belief that they will eventually deDRE velop a profitable mine. 10T PETTER Underground work consists of PULSE IS BACK TO drifting, raising and stoping on the N three levels mentioned above. No preference in the day of issue, that they may receive The Nugget with their usual Saturday mail. Deadline for-ad. She left here several weeks ago planning to spend the winter with her daughter in Oakland and her sudden illness and death — have brought a deep feeling of sorrow — vein with a dip counter to the neighboring veins in the Champion group. Its production to date has been creditable and the operator sare hopeful ‘that larger and richer shoots of ore will be found to occur. ft The property is equipped with a t ten stamp mill and a mine plant con+ sisting of adequate hoisting, air compressing and accessory equipment to maintain a moderate sized operation. Bight men are steadily employed. altogether. Thig is one of the many revived, they will probably die out ugyright, W. O) ternoon at 3 o'dock. ‘ST. AGNES GUILD TO present and visitors welcome. 0. A stories of the settling of the West. vertising will be ‘Thursday afMEET NEXT THURSDAY St. Agnes Guild will resume meetjings next Thursday afternoon, Oct. 2nd, at the home of Mrs. W. L. Mobley. All members are resuested to be among her friends. is a The funeral will be held this (Mon, day) afternoon at 3:15 o’clock at the _ California Crematory. Rey. H. H. Buckner of this city will officiate Elizabeth Davis of this city, Mr. a1 Mrs. Roy. Landsburgh of Sp and Clarence Landsburgh of Tent were summonsed to Landsburg suffered the Miner’s Foundry. . ;

The Nugget is -California’s Leading ‘Mining Weekly evada City Nugget SEPTEMBER 29. 1930. a very interesting one. The tiny village lies at the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, between the “Youth and Middle forks of the Yuba river. It’s altitude is about two thousand “feet above level. Many subtropical . fruits grow here as well as all fruits grown in the temperate zones. In 1849, a Frenchman from Frenchman’s Bar on the Yuba river built an inclosure (corral) for his mules on the present site of the town and gave the town its name, French Corral. The people.of.the town wished. la-. ter to change the name of the-town to Carrolton, a prettier and more musical name, as well as more sugv n gestive of better memories than French Corral, but nothing came of eee: Mining was started on a small scale in 1849 and a trading post! was established in a tent by a man named Galloway,-in the same year. ™ Gold was the thing that brought people here. Gold, for which people have starved, fought, prayed, and helped each other in the past, present and probably will in the future. In 1851 surface diggings were discovered and in the spring of 1852 a ditch was brought in from Shady whom were J. Williams, J. Spurry,. J. Wadsworth and A. H. and W. M. Los Angeles County ‘Fair, held at operating Northeast of town on the omona for the past ten day shas old Mike Lynch ranch, and owning a evidence of developing gud assays $66.00 per tén, and shows into a very 2 esa: Se Nap cae aie Ia ee ER a ea ERE ee 7 . VOLUME IV, NUMBER 42 _THE GOLD CENTER NEVADA CITY, NEVADA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, _ THE COUNTY SEAT PAPER «. TRAILS OF “4 ) . COMP HT’S ACCUSER TRALS OF “49, COUNTY EXHIBITS WIN . HOGE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY (WaKGHES Aten 5 ee . . STRIKES RICH NEW PAY STREAK — WD Romorseceey te cee ARSTATE AND LAC FAIRS) . ee ee nae hae EAST DRIFT YIELDS WONDERFUL ORE ASSAYING jrictitious person and ck Yate : a special article. Nevada County Trophies are $66.00 TO THE TON—STRIKE SIGNIFICENT were mailed just prior to the priwe a AS WAS MADE IN VIRGIN GROUND a ee a ee oe i bal ie ahs ite ct cae : ier dere The Hoge Development eis eas is from 20 to 30 inches wide nate ay uae ‘ously besmirched and for: proo the accusations made the voters were ‘MAYFLOWER PROMISES 'Emolovees are to Share im the H. A Hood and his associates are f of . } now reopening the Mayflower mine . . in the Canada Hill section, south of Nevada City, and according to Mr. GE RETURNS AS VISIONED BY OWNERS Profits of Mine Through Faithful Service —_—— followed the decree of the State fair large acreage .in. the surrounding terfine ore body., . requested to write to a well known in awardingNevada county with ribbons, trophies and cash prizes as anmanager of the Nevada county Promotion Board, who was in charge of ounced by. W.H. Griffith, secretaryritory, has made another very important strike in its Eastern development. ‘This new strike was made some 300 feet East of its new 3 comnew and virgin country along the line of the granite and slate contact, and from all -appearances to develop one of the most important mines in the camp. The Hoge Company is opening up a itis. going attorney in Sacramento, California. in these letters it was stated tnat: 2,000 letters were being mailed to the voters of Nevada county. ; Upon inquiry, the attorney replied other fruits, nuts and vegetables. . nounced by Griffith are: Delicious, Winesap, Black, Rhode Island Greening, canna . \ David and Winter Banana apples. stein, Golden. Delicious, Yellow NewCreek by a group of men, among. town Pippin, exhibits at both fairs, and returned Thursday from Pomona pringing home two peautiful silver Cups, awarded as sweepstake prizes for apples, a number of ribbons, besides $250 in cash. The trophies and ribbons are on display in the corridor at-the-court-house----pa WwW of sh was opened up about 350 feet West level., This new strike, as yet has not heavy sulphide, and very similar in: . charaecter-to.the Murchie rock, The: rtment shaft, on the 300 foot level. hile the previously rich ore body the main shaft, on the 300 foot own any free igold, but is of a year.ago. formerly ‘operated by Merger but was closed down over a The nearest operation. was the Davis property of about —nine acres, ! ally had a good opinion of Mii and which has a branch, or feeder off the . knew nothing derogatory at him: main Hoge Company vein, and WaS that he did not know nor had he, the Western! over heard of the in writing and in substance, that he ‘knew Mr. W. E. Wright and personindividual who signed a great number of these de-j famatory circulated letters and that’ The silver cups are awarded as the sweepstake prize for apples and the other was first prize for rack display of apples. A prize of $100 for the county display, which ranked sixth among all counties exhibiting, and additional prizes were awarded for various other exhibits including apples, and The detailed list of ribbons as anfirs: for Black Ben, Wilson Red, Second for Smith Cider, . 1 Baldwin and Pelleflour; apples. a Third for Ben Davis and SpitzenTEHACHAPI MOUNTAINS prospector, who has for ‘searching the wilds of the Tehachapi . mountains near Newhall, California, Jonathan,ifor the famed Lost Horse mine, has Arkansas. made a gruesome find which may lead to the discovery of the mine. which she had located and was suddenly rewarded by finding two human skulls. She immediately notified the en to uncover the mystery of their loMAY REVEAL SECRET — OF LOST HORSE MINE} Miss Anna Rose, solitary woman years been Miss Rose was digging on a claim uthorities and stepg are being takCOUNTY CITY DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENTS OF SCHOOLS TO CONVENE MEETING IS TO TAKE PLACE AT LAKE TAHOE SEPTEMBER 29 TO OCTOBER 2 Mrs. Ella M. Austin, Superintenh : = : . 2 tendent of schools, Nevada county, olding the office of District Attorney . of Nevada County. will leave Monday to attend the an~: nual superintendent’s convention .to be held at Lake Tahoe, September 29th to October 2nd, inclusive. This convention, called and under the direct supervision of State Superintendent, Vierling Kersey, will deal it appeared that some one was attempting to injure Mr. Wright in his professin and using a fictitious name ag a cloak. At considerable time, trouble and expense, indisputable proofs were secured as to the individual who was supplying and making these false, malicious and defamatory reports, and upon which reports the voters ; were requested and solicited ‘‘to! \help defeat” the disreputable man W. E. Wright’s accuser, being lei gally and lawfully confronted with the proofs, made a full and complete public retraction, signed and duly acknowledged, and which is in part as follows: “Wheras, heretofore certain let-! receive not only honest wage, but ten per 'ereate for the company which will be . distributed annually before any divi-™ vein; the Floyd Grant, Kellogg, and others. of these mines were owned by the. late W. H. Martin, John and Thomas: ' 4. Walters. As a matter of interest lit is authentically known that during their regime President Herbert Hoover worked in the Mayflower mine in Hood, the company has adopted a policy whereby the employees wilk share in the profits of the mine, “not. from investment. in stock, Mr. Hood said, but as the restilt of faithful service for the company they wilt cent of the wealth they help to dends will be paid to stockholders. This to be participated in after one year of continuous employment and details of the plan are now in process of being worked out. This is the first mine, perhaps, ib this section to adopt this policy. The following claims are numbered in the Mayflower group, which is well known in the Nevada City district: The Mayflower, Beckman, North Star, Butterfly, Big Blue. Alaska, a continuation of the Orleans Greenman, Hixon, Enterprise, Rose In the early days of quartz mining n. the Nevada City district a number Eddy. berg apples. When water was plentiful to work There were also ten first prizes cation. Meanwhile, Miss Rose is hug'ging the great thought that she is ‘near her heart’s desire, as “Trish” them, the rich surface mines brought together a goodly number of miners and traders, and the town soon had a population of between three and awarded for plate displays of pears, 17 second prizes for plate displays of pears; of apples, and 8 second . Reilly, the former owner of 13 first for plate displays i Horse Mine, wag prizes for . duced rich ore, Lost known to have proand had made his four hundred. ¢ In 1853 hill diggings were discovplate displays of apples. NOw at Riverside \praggs that he had killed three In‘diangs and one white man whom he . pound working the property and had with matters pertaining to legislation and professional responsibilities. . The State Department of Education will hold conference hours f0i the purpose of considering legislative questions of enterpretation, revision and decision at stated times to be announced on the official program, . ers have been written to Nevada County, California, concerning the character of William E. Wright, the District Attorney of Nevada County, and. “Whereas, I desire to retract any and all statements heretofore made by me concerning W. E. Wright ° ered and another ditch was brought in from Shady Creek by the Grizzly Water Company. In June, 4853, about half of the town was destroyed by fire, again in 1854, and again in 1920. This was, . of course, discouraging to the pio. neers. The “diggin’s’’ were highly developed by this time and had proven extensive. Profitable mining soon followed. The cost of developing tunnels and cuts was almost a quarter of a million dollars, while the gold taken out wag among the millions. ding hydraulic mining as it endangered people living in the valleys by filling the rivers so that they overflowed and washed away the homes. With the passage of this law people began dropping away one by one; until only a few are left, between forty and fifty. During the time that the town was flourishing, there were a great many Chinamen here. The remains of their stone foundations are still to be seen. There were markets and stores in their part of town as i é

In 1884 a law was passed forbid-, The county’s display has been taken to Riverside fair where it will be on display. this week. . A summary of. the prizes awarded at the State aggregates $500 cash, cups, many blue, red and white bons for first, second and prizes. Much of the-exhibit came from the magnificent orchards and farm lands of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Shaw, laying between here and Grass Valley. Mr. Griffith stated that the display of such fine fruits, vegetables and nuts elicited many questions and much surprise, as Nevada county seemed to be a vague country, far to; the north and out of the beaten paths } of tourists who knew this part of the state mainly by San Francisco, Sacramento anl Lake Tahoe. QUEEN LIL MINE 1S ~ WORKING STEADILY AND FUTURE LOOKS BRIGHT . buried them! near his mine. and she has been successful in her Fair and county Fair . search, she would become fabuously three silver; rich as the mine was only ribdeveloped but was known to be of third / great value. : EXCHANGE FOSTERS 'the San Francisco Mining Exchange, If the woman’s dreams come true} association School partially mendation. MINE DEVELOPMENT Chas. E. Hudson, president of has appointed R. L. Colburn, E. A. Auerbach and Mason lL. Williams as members of a promotion committee to aid the mining industry. The committee is chargéd with the’duty of gathering data on prospects which will be brought to the attention © of persong seeking mining properties to develop. district ifornia ence. 0 of The legislative committee of the’ California Superintendents regular announced meetings to confer with all who desire, and to offer suggestion or discussion in all matters legislative. These meetings wili offer basis for association recomThe State Board of E hold its reqular quarterly meeting Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, immediately following the convention. The convention program will consist of general sessions held during the morning of the convention; section meetings for county, city and superintendents supervisors, during afternoons, luncheons, dinners conference sessions. Meetings of the Association of Calpublic school superintendents will be held during-the—confer“Now, I, the undersigned, retract the statements made that W. HE. Wright is of a disreputable character. I hereby certify on my honor that I know nothing whatever against ‘the character of W. E. Wright and I wish finally to state that I deeply regret having wronged Mr. Wright and I publicly apologize for it ana hereby publicly retract zemy and all mistatements and misrepresentations made by me or concerning W. EF. Wright, District attorney of Nevada County.”’ ‘ é Mr. Wright states that these ac cusations, extensively circulated, were false and maliciously made and circulated, and not only in an attempr to defeat his election as District Attorney, but to discredit him in his profession and to humiliate himself and family. W. E. Wright further states that this retraction is published, as itis a public apology to.clear his name Public will hold ducation will and rural Mr. and Mrs. L. BE. Armstrong and daughter, Mrs. Robert J. Newell of Oakland, arrived last evening ‘and are house guests of Mrs. Armstrong’s 0 OFFICERS ELECTED . The Intermediate League of the Metho@ist church held an election of which has been so wantnaly maligned and maliciously besmirched and that he intends to protect his good name, character and reputation at October 1895, receiving as his daily . wage $2.50. This was immediately . following Hoover’s graduation from ‘Stanford, and his idea was. to get practical experience:as a mining engineer. He afterwards became, as We .all know, one of the leading mining, engineers of the world. (Continued on page 3.) MRS. LANDSBURG DIES AT DAUGHTER'S HOME RELATIVES FROM HERE WERE SUMMONSED EARLY IN WEEK Mrs. Annie Landsburg, widow of the late James S. Landsburg, 4 native of Relief Hill, in this county, and all her life a resident of the county, died Saturday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. May Soule in Oakland. Mrs. Landsburg was the ‘daughter of the late Elijah Penrose and wife and was reared to womanhood in the little town of Relief Hill. On Sep. tember 15, 1871, she was married toJames S. Landsburg and they peganm their married life in the little town. Later, they moved to North Bloomfield, and then to Nevada City. To the union were born four daughters and five sons of whom the well as in. the part of the town where the white people lived. The Chinamen worked for lower wages in the mines than the white men, then and they were hired in great numbers and all supplies, such as food, dynaGRADUALLY Steady progress PERSISTENT DEVELOPMENT IS RESULTS sister, Mrs. W. L. Williamson. Mr: and Mrs. Armstrong will leave soon for Lake Tahoe to attend the state convention of school principals, Mrs. Newall remaining in this city until their return, SHOWING in development is mite, clothing and mining utensils were brought from Marysville by horse and wagon, which was a hard and dangerous journey. Gold was sent out by the way ofMarysville in the:same way, On its way tothe mint at San-Francisco. Trading was done reported from the Queen Lil property. Work is being prosecuted on three levels of the mine and some production is resulting. Production of low grade ore is about sufficient >.< Charles O. Winstead of Alieghaney was in the city on business over the week-end. officers recently and elected the following officers: Audrey Davis, president; Franklin Tuttle, vide-president; Claris Holland, secretary; Gertrude. Schrieber, treasurer; Lorraine all costs. W. E WRIGHT Smit, reporter. 0 Judge and Mrs. Raglan Tuttle, entertained Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Salch and daughter Nancy, of Los Gatos, over the week-end. to operate the mill one shift daily. Occasional pockets of higher grade material have been found and to date ANNOUNCEMENT After Monday, October 6, the Nevada City Nugget, will be issued on Friday morning. The change will make no break in ‘ at the local stores with gold dust and nuggets. . ~ , All the tiny towns surrounding French Corral such as Sweetland, North San Juan, North Bloomfield the weekly issue. following survive. Mrs. Bert Moody and Mrs. Elizabeth Davis of Nevada City; Mrs Lester Helwig of San ~ Jose; Mrs. May Soule of Oakland;~ Clarence E. Landsburg of Snow Tent; Roy Landsburg of Spaulding and Jack Landsburg of San Jose. George and Gordon Landsburg, two sons, passed away in this city several years ago. Mrs. Landsburg was a devout member of the Methodist church, a true — Christian in every sense of the term. Brought up in the days when helpOur large country list of subscribers have expressed their fulness to neighbors was the rule >, never failed in Ray Dart in the com munity life. Gere ee aha hydraulic mining. The brave people, who sacrificed themselves to the settling and. civilizing of our glorious west are to be revered, praised, and looked up to. mentioned above _-* All the villages have been the scenes of accomplish ments, tragedies and happiness to a more or less greater degree. They » have a history similar to that o French Corral and are now in abou the same condition. There is a tiny i from five to .;\ twenty children in each town and The mining and ll seale and 1 the town going. Unless hydraulic mining is ‘;, School composed of several homes. farming done on the school, is all t) and Lake City, are the remnants of definite objectives are in sight other than development o fthe Queen Lil vein which is a small but persistent the operators are encouraged in the belief that they will eventually deDRE velop a profitable mine. 10T PETTER Underground work consists of PULSE IS BACK TO drifting, raising and stoping on the N three levels mentioned above. No preference in the day of issue, that they may receive The Nugget with their usual Saturday mail. Deadline for-ad. She left here several weeks ago planning to spend the winter with her daughter in Oakland and her sudden illness and death — have brought a deep feeling of sorrow — vein with a dip counter to the neighboring veins in the Champion group. Its production to date has been creditable and the operator sare hopeful ‘that larger and richer shoots of ore will be found to occur. ft The property is equipped with a t ten stamp mill and a mine plant con+ sisting of adequate hoisting, air compressing and accessory equipment to maintain a moderate sized operation. Bight men are steadily employed. altogether. Thig is one of the many revived, they will probably die out ugyright, W. O) ternoon at 3 o'dock. ‘ST. AGNES GUILD TO present and visitors welcome. 0. A stories of the settling of the West. vertising will be ‘Thursday afMEET NEXT THURSDAY St. Agnes Guild will resume meetjings next Thursday afternoon, Oct. 2nd, at the home of Mrs. W. L. Mobley. All members are resuested to be among her friends. is a The funeral will be held this (Mon, day) afternoon at 3:15 o’clock at the _ California Crematory. Rey. H. H. Buckner of this city will officiate Elizabeth Davis of this city, Mr. a1 Mrs. Roy. Landsburgh of Sp and Clarence Landsburgh of Tent were summonsed to Landsburg suffered the Miner’s Foundry. . ;