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March 23, 1960 (8 pages)

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brmed the vy wife and se drawn Bt's where place in and LouArkansas in Calif. ave been business Thompen, their Ewald alt, and iah. > to our comm. S. Sinkola are living in se,” formerly by Pritchard. » children. enschool, Kim Moore. Mr. portable mill where he will 1 the Campndas AND RVICE Controls b, Cooler Street 211 ES y and Tight re ty, . ComSix or my. on gas miles. e Lark ? UDEBAKER F&G Fines In 59 Totaled $332,900 Persons who violated fish and game laws and regulations in 1959 paid a total of $332,918.84 in fines. A report by the California Department of Fish and Game showed 10,980 per sons cited for a wide variety of violations. Of this number, 210 cases were susx pended, 56 were dismissed and 154 were placed on probation. The. total includes 107 juvenile cases. Virtually all of thenation's commercial production of Bartlett pearsis concentrated in the three Pacific Coast States. ‘ Shaws Credited The fine old photograph of the old William George residence in Grass Valley which appeared in last week’s issue was loaned to the Nugget by Shaw’s Antique Shop in Nevada City. We appreciate Mr. and Mrs. Shaw’s _ continuing. ccurtesy to the Nugget and regret our failure to credit them for the picture. The Pulgas Vater Temple of the San Francisco Water Department in San Mateg ‘County isthe terminus of 138, PICK-UP WEEK EARL COVEY Ss KS 57 FORD 4 TON PICK-UP 6 cyl Fordamatic, Wide Side, Barden Bumper, Heater. Low Mile400 Down age, One Owner 54 FORD V-8-OVERDRIVE 5780, GoodRubber Very Clean, Heater , Down 57 WILLY’S CAB-OVER 5450 4 Wheel Drive Good Rubber Good Paint Heater. Down 52 FORD % TON-4 SPEED 5 Good Heavy Duty Tires Good Motor, 240 with Radioand Heater. Rear Bumper Down New Seat. 51 CHEV 2 TON-4SPEED 5 Radioand Heater. Good Seat. Low 240 Mileage. AluminumCanopy. Down (Rarden Bumper Good Rubber. 49 CHEV 4 SPEED , TON 5200 Heater Good Tires. Down 49 STUDE 4 SPEED 5 Motor Overnauled, New Clutch. 160 Heater Good Rubber Down 29 MODEL A $50.00 Thats All, AIR COMPRESSOR Chicago Pneumatic. With Wheels. $400.00 Full Price. Many Others To Choose From EARL COVEY’S GARAGE . 143 E. Main St. Grass Valley RAMBLER—GMC PLYMOUTH—CHRYSLER Historic Sites Note The capital letters and numbers in this column refer to the like symbol on the accompanying map. A. DEER CREEK DRY DIGGINS The very heart of the town, where the sensationally rich "found" diggins resulted in the first gold rush here. B. MANZANITARAVINE Where came the first revelation of the existence in California of the great, long buried, gold enriched ancient river channels which have added millions to gold production in California. C. Here, in Manzanita Diggins where taken the first steps in the development of hydraulic mining, second only to the gold-quartz load mining in value of gold produced in this state. 1. FIRST HABITATION OF WHITEMAN IN THIS VICINITY. This was a cabin built by Captain John Pennington and his party on the crest of the hill just east of the south end of the present Pine Street bridge. Here in the little stream they called "Gold Run"the Pennington party had discovered exceedingly rich placer. And here these pioneers set up a most ingenius arrangement of sluice boxes including the first longtom to be installed in, this area. ; 2. THE FIRST CABIN ON BROAD STREET. On the present site of the Alpha Hardware Store, overlooking the little flat where about a thousand miners were already working, John Truesdale, in the latter part of Sept., 1849, built the first log cabin to be erected on Broad Street. 3. DRAMATIC HALL, the first “house of entertainment" in this township. At the heightof Coyote boom Hamlet Davisset up a tent store on this site. As the population increased Davisreplaced this tent with a two-story frame building. His business prospered and in the fall a mail and express business was added and on the second floor was provided a "reading room" stocked with newspapers and periodicals. The following spring the reading room was further enlarged; a stage was set up and, early inJune HAMLET DAVIS'DRAMATIC HALL presented a comedy played by Dr. Robinson and his company of strolling players. This was an immediate success and for about a year this was the only house of public entertainment in the diggins. After the great Sacramento fireof November, 1862, young Edwin Booth joined a number of the now homeless players ofhis brother's company and set out on a tour of the northern mines. At Dramatic Hallin Nevada City Booth for the first time assyed the part of lago, one ofhis famous father's favorite roles. The part was ill chosen for the entertainment of a community at the moment experiencing the most distressing winter in its history and Booth failed disastrously to please his audience. The hall was closed and members of the company, now stony broke, were compelled to find their way as best they could to Marysville. The organization was here disbanded. 4. JENNY LIND’ THEATRE, The great popularity of DRAMATIC HALL and the enthusiastic reception of such well-known players as Mr. and Mrs. James Stark, who played here in the spring of 1850, ledto the construction of a "commodious and handsome building with the presentation of legitimate drama". In the fall of 1850 the JENNY LIND THEATRE was built on the bank of Deer Creek atthe foot ofMain Street. The dramatically prosperous success of the Jenny Lind was ended abruptly 15 weeks from the day of the opening, when in the great flood of March 5, 1852 the theatre was washed down Deer Creek, 5. NATIONALHOTEL, The leading hotel of Nevada City. Since its opening in 1863 the National has for more than a century played a conspicuous part in the social and economic life of this town and county, In the 60s, 70s.and 80s when as the headquarters for stage lines, the telegraph, and Wells Fargo Express Co. its bar, lounge and lobby was thronged with the pioneers whose vision, daring and energy was responsible for the initation and development of the vast mining and related enterprises of this, the premier gold mining ¢Ounty of this state. Within a radius of 25 miles
of this hotel not less than a quarter of all the gold produced in California has been mined, milled and shipped. The annex of this hotel is listed among the other buildings of historical significance as doomed to demolition if the present plans for the highway are carried out. 6. DEER CREEK DRY DIGGINS, See article, Early History. 7. CALDWELL'S UPPER STORE, In Nov., 1849, Dr. A.B. Caldwell, attracted by reportsof "Town Diggins". came up from below and finding many miners profitably engaged here moved up a stock of goods and established the first store in this township. This log and canvas store was located on the site now occupied by Trinity Episcopal Church, Until this town was named Nevada in 1850, it was called Deer Creek Dry Diggins or Caldwell's Upper Store. 8. FIRST HOTEL IN NEVADA TOWNSHIP. The first hotel in this town was a_ picturesque affair constructed of poles and canvas at the site of the present post office. It was opened in the spring of 1850 and in it the town of "Nevada" came into being. InMarch, 1850, the aggregation of tents, brush and shake shanters and log cabins in the flats and scattered over the surrounding hiils housed not less than a thousand goldseekers. This settlement was growing rapidly and the need for organized government was increasingly apparent. Inthe latter part of March about 250 men met in the new store and in conformity with procedure enjoined with the United States military authorities, elected an alcalde, a judicial officer under the Mexican law. Having thus achieved the dignity of an organized community a more appropriate name then "Deer Creek Dry Diggins” or "Caldwell's Upper Store" was determined upon. : For this purpose a meeting was held on March 16, After the elimination of such names as Aurora, Sierra, Deer Creek, and Gold Run, the count showed a majority of votes for Nevada, the name first proposed by O.P. eed SSS ‘SECTION Of The NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET Combined: With The Citizen And the Nevada City-Grass Valley Nugget and the Tri-County News Volume 34 No. -12, Nevada City, Wednesday, March 23, 1960 EXHIBIT io FROM H. P. DAVIS* Cc. HISTORICAL MAP OF WEVADA CITY é S ACCOMPANYING FIRST EDITION OF “GOLD RUSH DAYS (MH WEVADA CITY” NEVADA CITY > PREPARED BY MATHIS/OSBORN/WOODS 1960 ed @ ) x) e a 5 2 © y > ‘historic sites 1 FIRST HABITATION OF WHITE MEN Wt TINS VICHETY, OCT. ‘4? 2 FIRST CABIN ON BROAD STREET, 3 DRAMATIC HALL ~ FIRST WOUSE OF ENTERTAINMENT, 1849/80 4 BUY LOND THEATRE. 1051/82 S WATIONAL EXCHANGE WOTEL, 1854/63 6 DEER CREEK:DRY DiccuES, 1969/30/51 7 «SITE OF CALDWELL'S UPPER STORE, COCTOSER 1009 : 8. FIRST HOTEL, 1980 9 OTT'S ASSAY OFFICE 10 WELLS-FARGO & CO., 1653 (QeON MENT) 1) SOUTH YUBA CANAL COMPANY, 1670 12 UNION MOTEL, 1063/1949 13. FIRE HOUSE, 1980 GOW HISTORICAL musEUN) 14 FIRST U.S. POST OFFICE, 1950 Blackman, a prominent merchant of Main Street. 9. OTT'S ASSAY OFFICE Ofthe many conspicuous contributions of gris town to the mining industry, not of the least importance was the active part played by Nevada City men leading to the Comstock lode rush. The first determination of the spectacular value ofthe Comstock gold and siiver ore was thade by J.J. Ott on June 30, 1859 and published in "Nevada (City) Journal”. It triggered the great rush to the Washoe country in Nevada 1859-60. 10. SITE OF THE FIRST OFFICE IN THIS AREA OF THE WELLS FARGO EX PRESS OFFICE, . 11. HEADQUARTERS OF THESOUTH YUBA CANAL COMPANY in the building adjoining Ott's Assay Officé. 12. SITE OF THE UNION HOTEL, built in 1863 and demolished in 1949. 13, FIRE HOUSE 1860. Now the museum of the Nevada County Historical Society. 14, THE FIRST UNITED STATES PQST OFFICE, Records of the U.S. Burea of -Archives, Washington, D.C. show that the first Nevada City Post Office was established here on December 12, 1850. ~~ EARLY HISTORY (Continued from Page 1) mining operations. The first of these more ambitious ditches, completed in May, were from "Mosketo" Creek, a small tributary of Deer Creek, These, the "Deer Creek" and the "Coyote" ditches, each abouttwo miles anda half in length, were for this purpose. consolidated by their ownersto form the Coyote and Deer for the purpose of supplying water for auriferous gravel FIRST STEPS IN HYDRAULICING Ground sluicing had been carried to some extent on at the gravel workings on the slopes above the town as early as the summer of 1850 when ditches made water available In April, 1852, A. Chabot, asailmaker by trade, then oden box of capacity sufficient to provide a small amount of pressure and, for the business end, Miller, by‘trade a tinsmith, provided a tapered nozzle of sheet iron. Although the pressure, even with the addition of the nozzle, was inconsiderable they found their hose to be effective in washing gravel from the banks into sluices. Within a few weeks this innovation had been adopted and improved by gravel minershere and at Rough and Ready in the Little York district. There were the first steps in the development of hydraulic mining, an industry which was for ADVERTISER . SALES & SERVICE Creek Water Comp any, the first company to be incorporated inthe United States, and perhaps in the world A-H . . has them all The Shady Creek 4-H Club participated in the countywide 4-H fun night last Saturday evening. The theme for their skit was USA welcomes Hawaii. Most of the members bopped, and later in the; skit Mariena Welker did her hula dance beautifully. —= United States by Spain in 1819. i working a claim on Buckeye Hill, at the western end of Manzanita Ravine, conceived the idea of more effectively conserving ditch water by the employment of a hose. Chabot's hose, made of capvas, was about thirty-five feet in length and not over four inches in diameter, Although no nozzle was attached Chabot found this hose of aid, particularly in ground sluicing. About a year later came the second step in the development ofhydraulic mining. E.E. Mattison and Eli Miller who had worked with Chabot inthe Greenhorn country, had moved to Nevada City and were engaged in working a gravelclaim in which Dr. A.B. Caldwell was interested . Florida was ceded to thet With the assistance of Chabot they here installed a canvas hose of considerably greater length and Capacity than Chabot's original contraption. The intake end was a woNEVADA CITY ELKS — = PRESENT == “Old Timers Night” Thursday, March 24 . DINNER..7:00 P.M. Meeting..8:00 P.M. Election Of Officers.. Year Pin Awards a EEE ate anemia many years the principal gold producing agency in California. This brief review was intended as a clarification of the historical significance of the area shown onthe accompany map. It is by no means complete and it is hoped that among our readers will be some who can add materially to this brief review. SAVES TIME © SAVES MONEY AVAILABLE AT Hob byhouse & OFFICE’ EQUIPMENT 120 W. Main St. Grass Valley Phone 214 Sound Proof .Cabins.Picture Windews Maximum Comfort and Safety ] Scheduled Flights Agent..BRET HARTE INN, Grass Valley