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VOLUME Ill, NUMBER 43
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THE GOLD CENTER _ NEVADA CITY, NEVADA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, THE CO
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UNTY SEAT PAPER _ SEPTEMBER 9, 1929
STATE MINES ASSOCIATION: FORMED
CAMPAIGN FOR MEMBERS TO START
(Staff Correspondence)
In, one of the most enthusiastic
meeting held: in behalf of the
miuing industry in California in a
number of years,.the California state
Mining Association was forally inaugurated at Sacrametoon Wednesdauy and is already beginning to
function with over a hundred mem
bers as a starter. Nevada county
had the lion’s share of the 200 delegates present and with nineteen
persons representing various mining
interests of the county.
Errol MacBoyle, general banager
of the Idaho Maryland interests and
Arthur W. Hoge, president and general manager of the Hoge Development Company of Nevada City, oecupy two of the 16 director posts for
the first year. Robert L. Hanley,
superintendent for extensive placer
properties in northern Sierra county
was selecied by the directors as the
first president. R. L. Kimmel, who
has been. largely instrumental as
secrétary of the mining section of
the Sacramento Chamber of Commerece in bringing the state-wide
movement to its present stage, Was
named ceereiary of the organization.
The following were prezent representing i.eyvada.county:. Ray O.
Yoster, president and Frank Comino
director, of the Twin Sister Mining
Company; Walter N. Sim, general
manager of the Omega _ properties
Arthur B. Foote; L. S. Wincapaw,
representative of Cooly Butler; Phillip M. Toleman, gneeral manager of
tht Grizzly Ridge Mine, Inc.; Arthur
W. Hoge, president, Hoge Developsient Company. William Maguire.
“wner of extensive mining properties
w. L. Gormley, director Camborne
& Hayle Mineing Company; R W.
Gaylord, Canada Hill Consolidated;
Errol MacBoyle, Idaho Maryland;
Gordon M. Bettles, geneal manager
Yellow Tiger Consolidated, Lloyd L.
Root, Alealde Gold Mining Company; Thomas E Stephens, general
manager German Bar; W. Waggoner, Relief. Hill properties; Ray E.
Miesse; Frank Dillon, Lady Bug
properties; C. H. Roberts, W H.
Griffith; O. D Woodman; A. A
Willoughby, Nevada City Nugget.
Congressman H. L. Englebright
who had been requested to be one
of the speakers was detained by bu
siness and was unable to reach Sacramento until the afternoon,
but met with a number
of. the (directors and has been asked
to meet with them in regular’ session to discuss matters of legislative
interest.
The meeting was opened on time
by Fred Bunyan, chairman of the
Sacramento mining section, beating
a prospector’s pan and hammer in
approved fashion, Governor C. C.
Young was a little late in arriving
but he words of encouragement to the assemblage. He stated
that he hid expected to find only
20 or -30 presentand the .200 on
hand rather overwheimed him. He
referred to the reestablishment of
the geological survey in the last
legislature and said that it would be
a calamity to see the mining industry lapse in California.
Fred G.
State
sources,
four in
informally
gave
Stevenot, director of the
Department of Natural Respoke of the need of organizalion.
The speaker of the
occasion was Assemblyman Roscoe,J.
outstanding
Anderson of Redding who made a
with the assemdrove home _ telling
in faver of the organization
mining industry on a firm
whereby it could demand its
just rights from the lawmakers. He
said that the meeting was to consider a basic industry and that
mining and the products of mining
are the only things that lift man
from a primitive state and give him
power to progress. The spark of
mining industry must be kept alive,
no mutter how’ much it may have
been hampered in years past. Speaking as a farmer ,he said there was
nothing so important to the farming industry as a live mining industry, which made for quick cash markets. He remarked on the farmers
seeking an outlet in South America
where there would be heavy com:
petition as “against -an awakened
mining interest right.
state where with thousands of men
tremendous — his
blage
points
of the
basis
as he
here in our
pmittee was first
—— aed
‘the mining department of the Sac‘associations there have been. in the
MCCRANEY GIVEN
MANAGER POST
MURCHIE MINF
: One of the outstanding events of
the local mining industry the past
week has been the engaging of O.
A motion was quickly made and se-. 4. MeCraney as general superintenconded that the state mining associ-. @ent at the Murechie mine succeedation be formally organized. It was!ing M. M. Reese who resigned some
unanimously carried. The by-lws com-. time since. McCraney has been one
appointed and in-!of the best known mining men on
the Mother Lode, having been operating in Amador county of late and
his entry into local field presages a
new mining era at the famous
Murchie which has had a notable
production record in the past.
put to work again in the mines,
there would be a market created
that would pay large profits to the
producers of agricultural products.
Following his remarks, the meeting was thrown open to discussion.
structed to retire and prepare its
report. The nominating conrmittee
was appointed to submit a list of
15 directors to serve for the first
year. Arthur B. Foote’ was chairman and from Nevada county also
on the committee were Messrs. MacBoyle and Willoughby. Their selecton was as follows: Fred H. Gotefrend of Yreka _ represtnting Siskiyou, Trinity and Shasta counties.
Walter I. Nelson’ of Englemine, representing Plumas and Butte counties and the copper industry; Robert
L. Hanley of LaPorte, representing
Sierra county and the gold placer
mining; Arthur W. Hoge of Nevada
An extensive campaign of underground development is being mapped
out and will be prosecuted with
the idea of getting onto a large
production basis. With the finest
suface plant. of doubtless any property in the section, the ball milling
and oil flotation process’ recently
installed in the mill, . promises to
create a revolution in the milling
methods of the local ores, whose
City and Errol MacBoyle of Grase. operators have been wedded to
Valley, representing Nevada, Placer,. ®tamps, concentration and cyanidaand El Dorado counties and quariz. tion heretofore. The surface works
gold mining; Albion S. Howe of
Sutter Creek, the central Mother
Lode; J. C. Kemp Van Ee of Marihave been thoroughly rehabilitated
throughout, a new compressor electrically driven and the hoist eiectriposa, the southern Mother Lode; . fied so that with new _ orebodies
Harry W. Gould of San Francisco. opened up, the property is in exthe quicksilver industry and north . ¢cellent shape to set up production
never before attained
With McCraney in charge at the
Murchie and Otto Sehiffner at the
Hoge holdings, two of Nevada City’s
largest potential producers are soon
to usher in a new era of time production that will put Nevada county
well out in front in gold production among the countries of the
state. A high type of men are coming into charge of our local properties which cannot but spell success
for our major industry.
FINANCING LARGE GROUP
REPORTED PROGRESSING
Reports from New York are to
coast counties; Clarence Pratt of
San Francisco, non-metallics; James
M. Hill of San Francisco; J. W. McCarty of Santa Cruz, the south coast
counties and the cement
W. L. Gormley of Sacramento
John A. Rollins. of Los Angeles
and William Mayer of San Diego.
That the organization is off to a
flying start is seen in the fact that
there was no division of opinion
among those appointed to the task
of getting the movement on a firm
operating basis and.a desire to
stand together as one unit. The two
big problems facing the mining industry just now are compensation
insurance and excessive taxation. A
committee to deal with the compensation problem and the state operated trust was appointed and it iz
probable that out of their labors
will come a cooperative company
which will make it possible 10
sreatly reduce the costs of compensation insurance and place
more nearly on a level with those
of other mineral producing states.
Our mning industry has been continueing to submit to the
whims of organized labor. Placer
mining. resumption is also one of
the problems to be taken up when
the organization is stong enough to
combat the
at this mine.
industry;
the large goups of mines in the
Banner Hill section is progressing
satisfactorily and that announcehient may be made shortly of intended operations. Litigation which
has held up development in the past
year is now settled and will tend to
speed the work of opening up the
propreties.
More and more the work of proniotion of mining properties is coming to where the money raised from
the sale of steck must be devoted
to developing the property itself and
them
strongly entrenched ‘
: . not for everything else. i
farming interests and the legistative _ a = iba —
3 : e money raised in mining promotion
parasites who maintain themselves]
hy feodine inal sihpaaenda Ne could be devoted to development
Z work it would be far easier ‘to
cohorts. This paper has always fought
for the placer mining industry and
it feels that the new organization
will provide the lever . which wil!
make possible {ts resumption under
governmental safeguards.
float stock selling in our properties.
Too much has gone _ heretofore to
promoters who have been more interested in what could be collected
for themselves than for what could
be put into the properties. Promomotion is legitimate and proper if
carried on with proper safeguards
for the investing public which is entitled to atleast arun for its money
This office is getting a number of
inquiries on the advisability of investing in this or that ming’and it
Too much credit canot be given
ramento Chamber: of’ Commerce for
the effective work itehas done in
wielding sentiment behind the mining association idea. Other minin:
past. but they have passed iute. j; endeavoring to answer such
oblivion for various reasons. The . queries truthfully.
present one has the elements of} ‘the formation of the new state
long life and effective activity.
mining association will work wonders in inaking a safer investment
in reducing the overhead costs which
has been one of the drawbacks to 2
larger mining revival since the war.
GETS A PRIZE
Nevada county’s mineral
at the state fair captured a prizs.
in the lode gold section, specimci
gold and other forms allowed prize:
being captured by other counties.
Prominent in the local exhibit were
samples from the Idaho Maryland
and Hoge properties.
exhibit
FINE MINING WINDOW
A fine display window intended
.O Cateh the miner’s eye is seen at
the J.C. Penney store at’ Grass
Valley. Everything worn and used
It was remarked at the meeting of . YY the miner is shown ia attractive
the state mining organization that . !#Shion.
the state fair allowed one yea
$70 in prizes for minerals aud Miss Gertrude M. Howarth has
$1000 for the horse shoe pitehers. . resumed hen studies at Holy Rosary
% Academy at Woodland. She spent
the summer here with her gandmother, Mrs. M. Fortier.
Mrs. V. V. Foley and _ MIittle
daughter have retuned from a visit
in Lyrentwood.
Captain Fox of the Los Angele
police force and three of his deputies visited Downiveille last week
and were taken to Scales for a
three day bear hunt, Sheriff’ Bynon
acting as the guide, Three brown
bruins were bagged by the party,
Ignition .Parts and Accesories at
Miner's Foundty. 24tt
the effect that financing -of one of ;
YELLOW JACKET
MILL IS RUNNING
ON GOOD ROCK
Work at the Yellow Jacket property at Alleghany is progressing
steadily and the company is getting
onto a regular production basis
since reopening the mine severa},
weeks past. The mill has been run-!
ning-for two
cleaning out the bins stored ‘with
ore from the former Gillespie workings and is now running on new ore
taken from the rich shoot exposed
last year.
Drifting and raising operations are
being carried on, the drifting being
caried toward the Osceola ground
where rich ore was taken out in
past years on the upper levéls. The
ore in the raise is now 12 feet in
width. In the face of the drift a
small vein is coming in in the the
footwall and another one on the
hanging side that looks to make a
fine shoot in the next few feet at
their intersection. A single shift is
:making four and a half to five feet
each two days.
The company has large holdings
In the Alleghany . district which it
is proposing to develop into a mine
that will equal the famous Sixteen
to One i point qf produdtion.
The two properties are practically
adjacent and show similar characteristics in the ore bodies.
B. A. Reber is superintendent of
operations.
MOHAWK SINKING WILL
BE PUSHED COMPLETION
Shaft sinking at the Mohawk
property south of town will be wel)
under way this week, repairs and
cleaning up have been accomplished
the past week. The bottom of the
shaft was getting into solid gound
at the time of closing down some
months ago and with conditions
right, rapid progress should be made
to the 200 foot depth. Ben A. Bost
is in charge of operations.
NEW HOPE FOR SAN JUAN
RIDGE WATER SITUATION
NORTH SAN.JUAN, Sept. 8 (Special to The Nugget)—-Renewed hope
for the people of the San Juan Ridge
in their deplorable water situation .
is seen in the overtures made by
prominent Yuba and Sutte county
business men who are becoming alarmed over the possible shortage of
water in the Yuba river, due to the
continued diversion into another watershed.
At the pienic held today on the
Taber anch, representatives of the
Water Users Association of the lower
Yuba,and of the irrigation interests
dependent on the Yuba supply, assured the San Juan Association that
they were ready to join interest to
protect their water resources from
further encroachment.
The picnic proved a huge success
and the stew was thoroughly appetizing while the coffee boiler presided over by Bill Lackland was a popular spot.
SCHOOL EXHIBIT TAKES
NUMBER FINE PRIZES
The Chicago Park
third sweepstakes in
school exhibit,
Tuckee two first
pastels, Grass
school took
one room
Meadow Lake of
and a second on
Valley firsts on
Christmas card, fiber floor lamp,
parchment lamps, and tea wagons,
and second on console table, tarved box and an exhibit by Jeff
Michelson,
GRAND MASTER HERE
Hiram S. Hutchings of San Francisco, Most Illustrious Grand Master
of the Royal and Select Master Masons of California, was a brief visitor in Nevada City Saturday while
on his way to Downleville to attend
the Royal Arch district meeting.
Frank Gill who worked in th
Grass Valley mines for a number of
years passed away in Sacramento
last week.
weeks and has been.
{G. Norton, Grace M.
HOGE STARTS 3 COMPATMENT SHAFT
SCHIFFNER MADE GENERAL MANAGE:
SS Se oeareeorre ooan-'9’9)9)>9@>—™sw~>—>-"'
MINING LOCATIONS ARE
Otto E. Schiffner has been appointed as General Manager of the
, Hog : ent C any. He h
PLACED COUNTY RECORD, siieady wsined uoure. cura
The following mining locations
have been filed for record the Past
week:—
Vesta I by Neva B. MeMahon in
Washington Mining District, SE
See. 18 T17N R11E.
Neocene placer, W%NE4NWY,,
Sec 1 TI16N R8E, S14NWY, by A.
Abbott. W. S.
-Abbott, Sue Elizabeth Abbott and
Fed H. Sears.
Maple Leaf quartz in Meadow
Lake Mining District by Harry D.
Ramsay and J. T. Ogle.
Silver Eagle No. 1 quartz, Little
Canada quartz and Silver Eagle No.
2 quartz in Meadow Lake Mining
District by Harry D. Ramsay.
Cedar Flat quartz at
Dam by W. lL. Baker.
Jownian
—_—
SIERRA COUNTY SHOWS
FINE LINE MINERALS
The display made by Sierra county and devoted entirely to minerals
was one of the much visited booths
at the state fair and won many
fine remaks for the display and the
attractive booth, Commissioner
Homer J. Gould with the help of
many willing volunteers put on 4
fine display for less than thé $1000
appropriation given him by his supervisors. Langdon Smith of Forest
played a valuable part in the arangement of the booth.
Plumas county showed to wonderful effect in her exhibit devoted ex
tirely to wild life. Two live fawns
and a small bear did much to add
color. and life to the display of
mounted birds and animals.
LIONS ARE RESUMING
“MEETINGS TUESDAY
The Nevada City Lions Club atfter a summer vacation will resume
meetings tomorrow noon with the
lunch at the National Hotel. A pep
address will be given by Ted K.
Clark of San Bernardino, assitant
district deputy governor of the organization. . R. Ff Werner as
tamer has been getting
musical seleetions ready
All Lions are. expected
hand and get to work
a long rest.
lion
some new
to spring.
to be on
again after
NEVADA COUNTY REUNION
J. R. Tyrrell, president of the
Nevada County Association of the
bay region has issued an invitation
to all former and present residents
to attend the 14th annual reunion
‘o be held at Mosswood Park in
Oakland next Sunday. It is suggested that those attending take their
lunch and spend the day in happy
reunion. A short program will be
given at 2 o’clock.
CHARLES RICHARDS VISITS
Charles Richards who was foreman of the sampling department at
Selbys for thirty five years, has
been making a visit up here the
past week looking up mining men
with whom he had dealings in his
long years of experience. He wel}
remembers the shipments’ of ore
coming from the WYOD, Pennsylvania, Pittsburg, Champion, Empire,
North Star,
erties. of: this district. He asked particularly after Ben Hall and the
Pioneer Reduction Works. He spoke
of Congressman Englebright’s brother being employed at Selby at one
time. Mr. Richards is now retired on
a pension after his many years of
faithful service. ;
COUNTY FARM PRODCTION
The county farm under t®e superintendency of C. J. Tobiassen pro-!
duced over $700 worth of vegetables
and fruit during July and August
for the county home and hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Myers passed
-through Nevada City last week to
spend the week end at Alleghany
with Mr. and Mrs, Thomas Brad.
bury.
Bynon’ produced some
and many other prop-j;
'the operations and has started .the
sinking of a three compartment
shaft, and the erection of a head
fame, the installation of a 75 H. P.
. double drum hoist, including the
necessary buildngs for an economical and efficient program of deep
development,
Mr. Charles L.-Walthier, chair'man of the boad of directors of the
. Hoge Development Company, Tie
D. Scully, Vice President, ar e@
from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on a
(our of inspection. and to conier
with Arthur W. Hoge, the President,
in reference to. the policies, and
plans to be carried. out during the
next six months, upon the properties that are owned and controlled
by the said company. i
While this company has an exceedingly bright future, on account
Jor their excellent prospects in a vir‘sin territory, they state that their
;policies for the next six to nine
‘months will be strictly a program
of development.
They have carefully laid out their
plans, with the view of having an
ideal mill-site, but they do not expect to give the matter of erecting
a mill any serious. consideration until such a time as they have sufficient ore on the dump, and in
sight to pay for the miil.
The company has other important
developments in mind, but state
that until such time as they feel
reasonably assured of their success
thruogh further examinations, that
they have no comments to make in
reference to the same.
The Hoge Development Company
should be an outstanding success,
not only because they have a large
acreige in a proven virgin territory;
but becaue they are spending their
money in a systematic mining development. The publisher wishes to
congratulate Mr. Hoge upon his
choice of a general manager, to res
lieve himself of that burden and al-'
so to congratulate Mr. Schiffner upon his decision to cast his lot and
his future with Mr. Moge’s compony, as we feel that they have both
made a wise move, and that the results will speak for themselves,
SHERIFF BYNON RUNS IN
OFFENDERS AG/INST LAW
DOWNIEVILLE, Se}:i: 7, (Special
to The Nugget)—Shoiff George
:,cod business
the past week when ha ran fm geveral offenders and Je ‘ve John T,
Mason plastered on a ‘ew fines.
Jim Hansen, reputed io be a detective on the San Fran¢isco police
force, Lawrence Nessler and Henry
Conti were arrested on 2 misdemeanor charge and were asessed fines of
$25 each in court.
Kenneth Latta who tried handing
a bunch of bananas through a window of the county jail to a prigsonsr at 2 a. m. was given ’a fine of
$40.
SCHROEDER RETURNS
County Assessor Henry C. Sehroeder made his first visit to the court
house Tuesday morning after his recent illness and opeation and he was
affectionately greeted by his host of
friends who were tickled to see him
back on the job again.
MINERS PICNIC
The annual Miners Pienie was
held at Lake Olympia on Labor Day
and was well attended although not
up to the mark of previous years. An
enjoyable day was spent and the
proceeds will go into the orphans
and widows fund. Musie was furnished by the Grass Valley. band and
the Harold George Orchestra
BRIDGE TO BE PAINTED
The Pine sireet bridge is to be
painted by action of the city trustees who have made _ provision for
this important piece of work which
will cost around $1000.00. The work
has been: badly needed.
‘
Mr. and Mrs. § Lee Lelter afe
visiting in San Francivea, ;
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