September 29, 1950 (8 pages)

2 * nna a: Romance hat er ce ae den aaeti ae 9 oe a 6—Nevada City, California, ‘Friday, September 29, 1950 SARGENT REVIEWS THE FIRST FIVE YEARS OF EXISTENCE OF SEVERAL NEVADA COUNTY TOWNS, CAMPS SKETCH OF NEVADA COUNTY By A. A. SARGENT The county of Nevada was organized by an act of the legisature, approved May 18, 1851. Before that time it had been a part of Yuba county, but the growth of population and _ business, and the distance of the court for the trial of important criminal ‘-and civil business, prompted the citizens of this part of Yuba -county to move in the Legislature for a separate county organization. ‘The application was successful. Henry Miller, J. N. Turner, J. R. Crandall, J. S. Allen’ and Amos T. Laird, of Nevada, weré appointed by the act in question to designate election precincts, appoint inspectors of elections, receive returns, and issue certifi-eates of election. = The election of the first officers.of the coynty took place o the fourth Monday of May, 1851, arid T. H. Caswell was chosen _ County Judge; J. R. McConnell, District Attorney; Theodore Miller, ‘County Clerk; John Gallagher, Sheriff; C. Marsh, County Surveyor; -“[""G. Williams, Assessor, and H. C. Hodge, Treasurer. The vote of the county cast at that election was about two thousand and nine hundred. The very earliest settlement of which we can obtain a trace in , the territory now known as Nevada county, was in the summer of 1848, at a place known as Rose’s Corral, between what is now the Anthony House and Bridgeport. A man named Rose here built an .adebe’house, in which he traded with the Indians of the neighborhood, and built a corral. The spot is now in ruins, and has been ‘but little used since—the location not being valuable for the purpose of trade, as, the country became more fully developed and no mines have been discovered in the vicinity. Rose also gave his name to a bar on the Yuba. Early in the spring of 1849 a company of Oregonians—old mountaimeers, known as Greenwood & Co., in which were also some of Stephenson’s regiment—followed up the South Yuba. They crev_.deed. for gold from what is now called Illinois Bar up to Washington. .Some emigrants from Indiana, who arrived in 1849 at Sacramento, followed in their trail, and worked along the river steadily and with much success, with rockers. In the fall of 1849 they stopped at Washington. Greenwood & Co. stopped at Jefferson, which place was then known as “Greenwood’s Camp;” and Washington, as “The Indiana Beys’ Camp.” The winter was very severe, and the snow fell to ca great depth, so that little mining could be done until spring. In August, 1849, an Oregon trader by the name of Findley, «commenced a store near the Bear River, near what is now known as Storms Ranch on the old emigrant trail, to trade with the emigrants. Findley was an old mountaineer, inured to hardships, and had three times crossed the plains to Oregon, at .a time when the passage was much more difficult than it is at present. Findley sold out his establishment to one Brooks, by whose name it is at present known. : In September, 1849, David Bovyer established himself at the South Yuba, near Jones’ Crossing, for the purpose of trading with the Indians, and moved in October of the same year to White Oak Springs. = The only places in the county that date back as far as 1849, that are at present of importance, are Nevada City, Grass Valley, Rough and Ready, Washington and Jefferson. As late as August, 1850, Washington was the highest point on the South Yuba at which gold had been discovered, and a large population centered in that place and at Jefferson, giving to ‘these points an air of importance that has never been regained. Washington, at the September election, 1855, cast one hundred and eightythree votes, and Jefferson, fifty-three. In August, 1850, the miners at that part of the South Yuba numbered fully one thousand. _ They had remained there since the spring, or gathered in since, L waiting for the water to fall, to turn the river, and prospect their claims. Dams and canals were constructed at a prodigious expense in those days. The success of working in the banks gave encouragement for these undertakings; but when the river was drained, the unsatisfactory result soon depopulated the whole neighborhood. ‘Goods of all kinds immediately fell.in price, and any article could be Had at the scene of recent activity for half what it would sell at in Nevada City. The large anticipations that had been formed of fortunes covered by the river vanished, and with them ‘the crowd of miners that had made the woods and canyons echo with life. Of the other towns which grew up in 1849, we shall hereafter speak more-at large. One of the most important agents in developing the resources of the county. has been the water introduced from natural streams by means of ditches. During a large part of the year the business “of the region must utterly fail were it not for artificial streams, that «ccompensate in a great measure for the drouth of the summer season, and enable the miner to pursue his calling. The ditching operations -have been generally so profitable to the projectors, and so indis‘pensable to the mining interests that they now net nearly the whole county. Wherever good diggings are opened some enterprising men cast about for a supply of water, and spare no efforts to conquer the many obstacles which are presented by a rough, thinly settled country. : In March, 1850, the first enterprise of this kind was undertakeng but upon. a small scale. It brought water from Mosquito Creek, a distance of a mile and half, to Old Coyote Hill. Another ditch in May, 1850, took water from Little Deer Creek to Phelps Hill, a short distance. ' The first-enterprise of this kind upon a large scale was unsuccessful. It was started in August, 1850, by a man named Moore, and was designed to take water from Deer Creek, just above Nevada, sto Rough and Ready. Moore dug but one mile of his ditch and was generally accounted crazy for his pains. But the enterprise was taken up the following January by Messrs. A. L. and B. O. “Williams, who succeeded ingetting the water through in the following April, a distance of thitteen miles, and made a great deal sof money in working diggings on Randolph Flat with the water. In September, 1850, Messrs, John and Thomas Dunn, C. Carroll, und C. Marsh projected the Rock Creek Ditch, taking water from Rock Creek to Nevada, a distance of nine miles, and got the water onto the Coyote Hills in December of the same year. This was the first large ditch in successful operation in the county, and produced _great results. : Before that time the pay dirt taken from the Coyote lead had >all to be hauled in carts to Deer Creek, at the foot of town at great -expense; and piles of dirt had been left near the shafts on the _ hills, as useless, because it would not pay to be hauled for washing. ‘ These piles of dirt now became valuable, as the water flowed by ‘them, and thousands of dollars were washed out of them. Many persons made their “piles” by “jumping” the piles of dirt that had een left as useless, the owners in many cases having gone to other “states well laden with the first produce of the lead. < Coyote claims that could not be worked to advantage, also be«came valuable; sluice washing gradually came into use, and the -~water flowing from the hills where it was first used, down into the ravines, gave opportunity for -work where pefore it could only be ~~ “gone in winter. In November, 1850, two rival companies began to construct ditches to convey the water of Deer Creek to Nevada. The “Deer “Creek Water Co.” began their ditch at the upper end, at the Creek; . the “Coyote Water Co.” began at the end next to he own. After ts. Riles aR ss Ne ‘e completion ofthe ditches; the companies were involved in con‘inual lawsuits as to the priority of rights, to avoid which they consolidated in the fall of 1851. pee In March, 1851, Messrs. Thomas & Co. started the “Deer Creek Mining Company’s” ditch, leading from Deer Creek to Gold Flat, a distance of fifteen mileh; and completed it in one year. . The “Newtown Ditch” was constructed in 1851 by Messrs. Dickenson, Newton and others, taking water from Deer Creek and conveyirg it five miles to Newtown. The “Tri-Union,” formerly called the “Rifle Box” ditch, was started in April, 1851, by Messrs. Montgomery, Mason and others, and takes water to Sucker Flat, in Yuba county, a distance of fifteen miles. ~ The “Shady Creek Ditch” was commenced by Eddy & Co. in July, 1851, and runs from Shady Creek to Sweetland’s and French Corral, twelve miles. < The “Grizzly Ditch” was commenced in November, 1851, by Messrs. Pettiborn, Marsh and Stewart, and runs from Bloody Run and Grizzly Canyon to Cherokee and San Juan and in all its extensions, is forty-five miles in length. oe The “Little York” ditch was started in February, 1852, by Gen. A. M. Winn, Capt.'Chapman and others, and runs from Bear River, at Bear Valley, to Little York, a distance of eighteen miles. The “Walloupa” ditch was commenced in July, 1852, by Messrs. Churchman, Coryell, Marsh, Dunn, McIntyre and McConnell, from Steep Hollow to Walloupa and Red Dog, a distance of fifteen miles. It was finished in 1855. OME “Poorman’s Creek” ditch was commenced in 1853 by Berryman. and others, running from Poorman’s Creek to Orleans and Moore’s Flat. : : “Spring Creek and Humbug Canyon” ditch was commenced in 1853 by Messrs. Marsh, Tisdale and Rochford, to take water to Montezuma Hill. . The “Memphis Race” was commenced in 1853 by Dr. James Weaver to take the waters from the Middle Yuba to Eureka. This ditch is not yet finished, and is very large. In 1853 Messrs, Spencer, Rich and Fordyce commenced a ditch from Deer. Creek to Nevada, a distance of twenty miles, which was .completed in 1854. The “Middle Yuba Canal Co.” was commenced by Hoit & Co. in 1854, and was designed to take the waters of Grizzly. Canyon ‘to San Juan, Sebastopol, etc. Finding the supply of water. to be insufficient, the company increased their capital, enlarged the ditch, and are now extending it to the Middle Yuba. It will probably be completed in the spring of 1856. The “Miners’ Ditch” runs from the Middle Yuba to Snow Point, Moore’s and Woolsey’s Flats, and was commenced in the spring of 1855. It is a very large ditch, conducting water over a very difficult route, and is remarkable for the energy displayed in its construction, as in the great difficulties of the undertaking. Mr. James Cregan is the principal director in the enterprise. The ditch is probably finished as this work goes to press. ~ : os The “Rock Creek, Deer Creek and South Yuba Water Co.” formed by the consolidation of all the early Nevada Water Companies, are now constructing a ditch from the South Yuba to the head of Deer Creek, and.to Alpha and Omega—the most stupendous ditch operation in the state. They have blasted through a bluff of solid granite for over a mile, on the South Yuba, the cliff in some feet in width. They are also cutting a tunnel through the Deer Creek and Steep Hollow ridge, 3,100 feet in length, 204 feet from the summit. we We have been thus definite in tracing the history of ditch operation in this county, because no other department of industry has tended so greatly to develop the resources of this county and add to its population and wealth. Some of the smaller enterprises of this nature may have escaped our attention. 12 ATTEND RIDGE CHAMBER MEETING * good attendance. Chamber of Commerce officials President Ed J. Kohler reportof Nevada City, plagued by poor. ed lively session Thursday eveattendance and lack of interest,. ning of last week at Wilson’s Log might well. attend a session of. Cabin, and a program. for the the Chamber of Commerce of the} winter season was mapped Ridge—North San Juan, Camptonville and Vicinity—and learn the secret of lively interest and places being over eighty feet in height, and the shelf formed fifteenMRS. SARAH ROBERTS DIES IN SAN FRANCISCO Mrs. Sarah Roberts, former Nevada City resident, died Wednesday, last week, according to word received here by relatives. Funeral services were hel Monday in San Francisco. She was the widow of John C. Roberts, and sister-in-law of Mrs. Esther Tremaine and Mrs. Mary Roberts. Also surviving are two sons, James C. Reberts, Sacramento, and Stephen Roberts, San Francisco, and four grandchildren. Mrs. Roberts was a member of Golden Gate Chapter No. 1, Order of the Eastern Star. GLADE WISE NAMED LOCAL CUBMASTER Glade Wise was named cubmaster of Nevada City cub scout unit at a meeting of the cub scout pack leaders committee at the home of Ed A. Frantz. Wise served as scoutmaster of a troop at Pollock Pines for five eve before coming to Nevada ity. First pack meeting of the fall season is scheduled for October. LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF CONTRIBUTION ‘STATE OF CALIFO COUNTY OF NEVAD. : June 28th, 1950. TO: MARGARET F. JOHNSON: YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that I have expended the sum of $4,500.00 in labor and improvement upon the OCTO PLACER MINING CLAIM as will appear by Certificate filed on the 31st day of May, 1949, in the office of the Recorder of the County of Nevada; State of California, in order to hold these premises under the provisions of Sec. 2324 Revised Statutes of the United States, being the amount required to hold the same for the year ending on the 30th day of June, 1949, and if, within ninety (90) days from the service of this Notice, one within ninety (90) days after this Notice by publication, you fail or refuse to contribute your proportion of such expenditure as co-owner, your interest in’ said claim will become the property of the subscriber under Sec. 2324. ‘JOSEPH C. BEACH Publ. June 30, July 7, 14, 21, 28, Aug. 4, 11, 18, 25, Sept. 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, 1950. NOTICE OF DEFAULT WHEREAS, FRED ANDERSON, on January 12, 1949 made and executed to CROCKER FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO, a corporation, as Trustee, for the benefit of THE LEGAL NOTICE GOLDFIELD CONSOLIDATED MINES COMPANY, a corporation, a deed of trust, which said deed of trust was recorded. in the © office of the County Recorder of the County of Nevada, State of California, on January 13, 1949 in Book 139 of Official Records, at page 108 et seq. NOW, THEREFORE, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the grantor in said.deed of trust named, has committed a breach of the obligation for which such deed of trust is security, the breach: consisting of the failure to pay instalments of principal and interest, as required thereby, and that the undersigned, beneficiary under said deed of trust, exercises its election to declare all indebtedness, obligations and . sums secured hereby to be immediately due and payable, and to cause to be sold the property in said deed of trust described, to satisfy the obligation secured thereby and unless said obligation is satisfied theretofore, that said property will be sold as provided in said, deed of trust. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this instrument this 15th day of August, 1950. ; THE GOLDFIELD CONSOLIDATED MINES. COMPANY By E. A. JULIANVice President and General Manager. . (SEAL) . STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) City and County of ) Francisco ty) On this 15th day of August, 1950, before me, Eugene P. Jones, a Notary: Public in and for said City and County of San Francisco, residing therein, duly com-. missioned and aca, appeared E. A. JULIAN, known to me to be the. Vice President and General Manager of THE GOLDFIELD CONSOLIDATED MINES COMPANY, the corporation described in and that executed the: within instrument, and also known to me to be the person who executed it on be of said corporation, and he acknowledged to me that said corpora-’ tion executed the same. _. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal in the ’City and County of SanFrancisco the day and year in this certificate first above written. EUGENE P. JONES NOTARY PUBLIC in and for the City and County of San Francisco, State of California. My Commission Expires December 29, 1951. (SEAL) Recorded at the Request of Brobeck, Phleger &~ Harrison Aug. 23, 1950, at 11 min. past 10 o’clock A. M., in book .. of Official Records, page .. , Records of Nevada County. ' JOHN E. NETTELL, Recorder. Publ. Sept. 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, 1950. WWOOOH BWD’WWiSS QH S A Z SS S the Bel Combination on De Luxe models os Choose between ddd ] Gg . 7 the Convertible Chevrolet is the Only car to offer you such a wide and wonder 7etl chowte .Jand at the lowest prices, too! Choose between Air and l ‘Choose between Standard Drive and POWERBZZZ Automatic Transmission of Powerglide automatic transmission ont 105-h.p. engine optional at extra cost. America’s Best Seller! RADDUE BUILDING WEST MAIN STREET SV America’s Best Buy! Mountain Chevrolet Co. GRASS VALLEY we i mo tek ct Gad. cos Le ee ee

2 * nna a: Romance hat er ce ae den aaeti ae 9 oe a 6—Nevada City, California, ‘Friday, September 29, 1950 SARGENT REVIEWS THE FIRST FIVE YEARS OF EXISTENCE OF SEVERAL NEVADA COUNTY TOWNS, CAMPS SKETCH OF NEVADA COUNTY By A. A. SARGENT The county of Nevada was organized by an act of the legisature, approved May 18, 1851. Before that time it had been a part of Yuba county, but the growth of population and _ business, and the distance of the court for the trial of important criminal ‘-and civil business, prompted the citizens of this part of Yuba -county to move in the Legislature for a separate county organization. ‘The application was successful. Henry Miller, J. N. Turner, J. R. Crandall, J. S. Allen’ and Amos T. Laird, of Nevada, weré appointed by the act in question to designate election precincts, appoint inspectors of elections, receive returns, and issue certifi-eates of election. = The election of the first officers.of the coynty took place o the fourth Monday of May, 1851, arid T. H. Caswell was chosen _ County Judge; J. R. McConnell, District Attorney; Theodore Miller, ‘County Clerk; John Gallagher, Sheriff; C. Marsh, County Surveyor; -“[""G. Williams, Assessor, and H. C. Hodge, Treasurer. The vote of the county cast at that election was about two thousand and nine hundred. The very earliest settlement of which we can obtain a trace in , the territory now known as Nevada county, was in the summer of 1848, at a place known as Rose’s Corral, between what is now the Anthony House and Bridgeport. A man named Rose here built an .adebe’house, in which he traded with the Indians of the neighborhood, and built a corral. The spot is now in ruins, and has been ‘but little used since—the location not being valuable for the purpose of trade, as, the country became more fully developed and no mines have been discovered in the vicinity. Rose also gave his name to a bar on the Yuba. Early in the spring of 1849 a company of Oregonians—old mountaimeers, known as Greenwood & Co., in which were also some of Stephenson’s regiment—followed up the South Yuba. They crev_.deed. for gold from what is now called Illinois Bar up to Washington. ..Some emigrants from Indiana, who arrived in 1849 at Sacramento, followed in their trail, and worked along the river steadily and with much success, with rockers. In the fall of 1849 they stopped at Washington. Greenwood & Co. stopped at Jefferson, which place was then known as “Greenwood’s Camp;” and Washington, as “The Indiana Beys’ Camp.” The winter was very severe, and the snow fell to ca great depth, so that little mining could be done until spring. In August, 1849, an Oregon trader by the name of Findley, «commenced a store near the Bear River, near what is now known as Storms Ranch on the old emigrant trail, to trade with the emigrants. Findley was an old mountaineer, inured to hardships, and had three times crossed the plains to Oregon, at .a time when the passage was much more difficult than it is at present. Findley sold out his establishment to one Brooks, by whose name it is at present known. : In September, 1849, David Bovyer established himself at the South Yuba, near Jones’ Crossing, for the purpose of trading with the Indians, and moved in October of the same year to White Oak Springs. = The only places in the county that date back as far as 1849, that are at present of importance, are Nevada City, Grass Valley, Rough and Ready, Washington and Jefferson. As late as August, 1850, Washington was the highest point on the South Yuba at which gold had been discovered, and a large population centered in that place and at Jefferson, giving to ‘these points an air of importance that has never been regained. Washington, at the September election, 1855, cast one hundred and eightythree votes, and Jefferson, fifty-three. In August, 1850, the miners at that part of the South Yuba numbered fully one thousand. _ They had remained there since the spring, or gathered in since, L waiting for the water to fall, to turn the river, and prospect their claims. Dams and canals were constructed at a prodigious expense in those days. The success of working in the banks gave encouragement for these undertakings; but when the river was drained, the unsatisfactory result soon depopulated the whole neighborhood. ‘Goods of all kinds immediately fell.in price, and any article could be Had at the scene of recent activity for half what it would sell at in Nevada City. The large anticipations that had been formed of fortunes covered by the river vanished, and with them ‘the crowd of miners that had made the woods and canyons echo with life. Of the other towns which grew up in 1849, we shall hereafter speak more-at large. One of the most important agents in developing the resources of the county. has been the water introduced from natural streams by means of ditches. During a large part of the year the business “of the region must utterly fail were it not for artificial streams, that «ccompensate in a great measure for the drouth of the summer season, and enable the miner to pursue his calling. The ditching operations -have been generally so profitable to the projectors, and so indis‘pensable to the mining interests that they now net nearly the whole county. Wherever good diggings are opened some enterprising men cast about for a supply of water, and spare no efforts to conquer the many obstacles which are presented by a rough, thinly settled country. : In March, 1850, the first enterprise of this kind was undertakeng but upon. a small scale. It brought water from Mosquito Creek, a distance of a mile and half, to Old Coyote Hill. Another ditch in May, 1850, took water from Little Deer Creek to Phelps Hill, a short distance. ' The first-enterprise of this kind upon a large scale was unsuccessful. It was started in August, 1850, by a man named Moore, and was designed to take water from Deer Creek, just above Nevada, sto Rough and Ready. Moore dug but one mile of his ditch and was generally accounted crazy for his pains. But the enterprise was taken up the following January by Messrs. A. L. and B. O. “Williams, who succeeded ingetting the water through in the following April, a distance of thitteen miles, and made a great deal sof money in working diggings on Randolph Flat with the water. In September, 1850, Messrs, John and Thomas Dunn, C. Carroll, und C. Marsh projected the Rock Creek Ditch, taking water from Rock Creek to Nevada, a distance of nine miles, and got the water onto the Coyote Hills in December of the same year. This was the first large ditch in successful operation in the county, and produced _great results. : Before that time the pay dirt taken from the Coyote lead had >all to be hauled in carts to Deer Creek, at the foot of town at great -expense; and piles of dirt had been left near the shafts on the _ hills, as useless, because it would not pay to be hauled for washing. ‘ These piles of dirt now became valuable, as the water flowed by ‘them, and thousands of dollars were washed out of them. Many persons made their “piles” by “jumping” the piles of dirt that had een left as useless, the owners in many cases having gone to other “states well laden with the first produce of the lead. < Coyote claims that could not be worked to advantage, also be«came valuable; sluice washing gradually came into use, and the -~water flowing from the hills where it was first used, down into the ravines, gave opportunity for -work where pefore it could only be ~~ “gone in winter. In November, 1850, two rival companies began to construct ditches to convey the water of Deer Creek to Nevada. The “Deer “Creek Water Co.” began their ditch at the upper end, at the Creek; . the “Coyote Water Co.” began at the end next to he own. After ts. Riles aR ss Ne ‘e completion ofthe ditches; the companies were involved in con‘inual lawsuits as to the priority of rights, to avoid which they consolidated in the fall of 1851. pee In March, 1851, Messrs. Thomas & Co. started the “Deer Creek Mining Company’s” ditch, leading from Deer Creek to Gold Flat, a distance of fifteen mileh; and completed it in one year. . The “Newtown Ditch” was constructed in 1851 by Messrs. Dickenson, Newton and others, taking water from Deer Creek and conveyirg it five miles to Newtown. The “Tri-Union,” formerly called the “Rifle Box” ditch, was started in April, 1851, by Messrs. Montgomery, Mason and others, and takes water to Sucker Flat, in Yuba county, a distance of fifteen miles. ~ The “Shady Creek Ditch” was commenced by Eddy & Co. in July, 1851, and runs from Shady Creek to Sweetland’s and French Corral, twelve miles. < The “Grizzly Ditch” was commenced in November, 1851, by Messrs. Pettiborn, Marsh and Stewart, and runs from Bloody Run and Grizzly Canyon to Cherokee and San Juan and in all its extensions, is forty-five miles in length. oe The “Little York” ditch was started in February, 1852, by Gen. A. M. Winn, Capt.'Chapman and others, and runs from Bear River, at Bear Valley, to Little York, a distance of eighteen miles. The “Walloupa” ditch was commenced in July, 1852, by Messrs. Churchman, Coryell, Marsh, Dunn, McIntyre and McConnell, from Steep Hollow to Walloupa and Red Dog, a distance of fifteen miles. It was finished in 1855. OME “Poorman’s Creek” ditch was commenced in 1853 by Berryman. and others, running from Poorman’s Creek to Orleans and Moore’s Flat. : : “Spring Creek and Humbug Canyon” ditch was commenced in 1853 by Messrs. Marsh, Tisdale and Rochford, to take water to Montezuma Hill. . The “Memphis Race” was commenced in 1853 by Dr. James Weaver to take the waters from the Middle Yuba to Eureka. This ditch is not yet finished, and is very large. In 1853 Messrs, Spencer, Rich and Fordyce commenced a ditch from Deer. Creek to Nevada, a distance of twenty miles, which was .completed in 1854. The “Middle Yuba Canal Co.” was commenced by Hoit & Co. in 1854, and was designed to take the waters of Grizzly. Canyon ‘to San Juan, Sebastopol, etc. Finding the supply of water. to be insufficient, the company increased their capital, enlarged the ditch, and are now extending it to the Middle Yuba. It will probably be completed in the spring of 1856. The “Miners’ Ditch” runs from the Middle Yuba to Snow Point, Moore’s and Woolsey’s Flats, and was commenced in the spring of 1855. It is a very large ditch, conducting water over a very difficult route, and is remarkable for the energy displayed in its construction, as in the great difficulties of the undertaking. Mr. James Cregan is the principal director in the enterprise. The ditch is probably finished as this work goes to press. ~ : os The “Rock Creek, Deer Creek and South Yuba Water Co.” formed by the consolidation of all the early Nevada Water Companies, are now constructing a ditch from the South Yuba to the head of Deer Creek, and.to Alpha and Omega—the most stupendous ditch operation in the state. They have blasted through a bluff of solid granite for over a mile, on the South Yuba, the cliff in some feet in width. They are also cutting a tunnel through the Deer Creek and Steep Hollow ridge, 3,100 feet in length, 204 feet from the summit. we We have been thus definite in tracing the history of ditch operation in this county, because no other department of industry has tended so greatly to develop the resources of this county

and add to its population and wealth. Some of the smaller enterprises of this nature may have escaped our attention. 12 ATTEND RIDGE CHAMBER MEETING * good attendance. Chamber of Commerce officials President Ed J. Kohler reportof Nevada City, plagued by poor. ed lively session Thursday eveattendance and lack of interest,. ning of last week at Wilson’s Log might well. attend a session of. Cabin, and a program. for the the Chamber of Commerce of the} winter season was mapped Ridge—North San Juan, Camptonville and Vicinity—and learn the secret of lively interest and places being over eighty feet in height, and the shelf formed fifteenMRS. SARAH ROBERTS DIES IN SAN FRANCISCO Mrs. Sarah Roberts, former Nevada City resident, died Wednesday, last week, according to word received here by relatives. Funeral services were hel Monday in San Francisco. She was the widow of John C. Roberts, and sister-in-law of Mrs. Esther Tremaine and Mrs. Mary Roberts. Also surviving are two sons, James C. Reberts, Sacramento, and Stephen Roberts, San Francisco, and four grandchildren. Mrs. Roberts was a member of Golden Gate Chapter No. 1, Order of the Eastern Star. GLADE WISE NAMED LOCAL CUBMASTER Glade Wise was named cubmaster of Nevada City cub scout unit at a meeting of the cub scout pack leaders committee at the home of Ed A. Frantz. Wise served as scoutmaster of a troop at Pollock Pines for five eve before coming to Nevada ity. First pack meeting of the fall season is scheduled for October. LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF CONTRIBUTION ‘STATE OF CALIFO COUNTY OF NEVAD. : June 28th, 1950. TO: MARGARET F. JOHNSON: YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that I have expended the sum of $4,500.00 in labor and improvement upon the OCTO PLACER MINING CLAIM as will appear by Certificate filed on the 31st day of May, 1949, in the office of the Recorder of the County of Nevada; State of California, in order to hold these premises under the provisions of Sec. 2324 Revised Statutes of the United States, being the amount required to hold the same for the year ending on the 30th day of June, 1949, and if, within ninety (90) days from the service of this Notice, one within ninety (90) days after this Notice by publication, you fail or refuse to contribute your proportion of such expenditure as co-owner, your interest in’ said claim will become the property of the subscriber under Sec. 2324. ‘JOSEPH C. BEACH Publ. June 30, July 7, 14, 21, 28, Aug. 4, 11, 18, 25, Sept. 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, 1950. NOTICE OF DEFAULT WHEREAS, FRED ANDERSON, on January 12, 1949 made and executed to CROCKER FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO, a corporation, as Trustee, for the benefit of THE LEGAL NOTICE GOLDFIELD CONSOLIDATED MINES COMPANY, a corporation, a deed of trust, which said deed of trust was recorded. in the © office of the County Recorder of the County of Nevada, State of California, on January 13, 1949 in Book 139 of Official Records, at page 108 et seq. NOW, THEREFORE, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the grantor in said.deed of trust named, has committed a breach of the obligation for which such deed of trust is security, the breach: consisting of the failure to pay instalments of principal and interest, as required thereby, and that the undersigned, beneficiary under said deed of trust, exercises its election to declare all indebtedness, obligations and . sums secured hereby to be immediately due and payable, and to cause to be sold the property in said deed of trust described, to satisfy the obligation secured thereby and unless said obligation is satisfied theretofore, that said property will be sold as provided in said, deed of trust. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this instrument this 15th day of August, 1950. ; THE GOLDFIELD CONSOLIDATED MINES. COMPANY By E. A. JULIANVice President and General Manager. . (SEAL) . STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) City and County of ) Francisco ty) On this 15th day of August, 1950, before me, Eugene P. Jones, a Notary: Public in and for said City and County of San Francisco, residing therein, duly com-. missioned and aca, appeared E. A. JULIAN, known to me to be the. Vice President and General Manager of THE GOLDFIELD CONSOLIDATED MINES COMPANY, the corporation described in and that executed the: within instrument, and also known to me to be the person who executed it on be of said corporation, and he acknowledged to me that said corpora-’ tion executed the same. _.. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal in the ’City and County of SanFrancisco the day and year in this certificate first above written. EUGENE P. JONES NOTARY PUBLIC in and for the City and County of San Francisco, State of California. My Commission Expires December 29, 1951. 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