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Title: Volume 018-1 - January 1964 Collection Type: Books and Periodicals Collection Name: Nevada County Historical Society Bulletins # of Pages: 2 Download PDF: User Login Required Download OCR Text: User Login Required

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ANNUAL CITIZEN DINNER Mrs. Isabel Hefelfinger will be honored as Nevada County Citizen of the Year at a Dinner Meeting Saturday, April 18th, 1964, 7:00 P.M. at the Nevada City Elementary School. This is an annual event of the Nevada County Historical Society and is open to the Public as it is a community affair and every one interested is cordially invited to attend. Early reservations are urged as the hall capacity is limited. The price is $3.00, tax and tips included. Tickets may be obtained from — Nevada City — Dickerman Drug Store, Elza Kilroy. Grass Valley — Earl Covey’s Garage, Heather Floor Covering, 233 Mill Street. HELP TO PRESERVE OUR COUNTY’S IMPORTANT AND ROMANTIC PAST — JOIN THE NEVADA COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY Membership only $1 per year — Payable January Ist each year Send $1.00 to Esther Hartung, 303 S. Church St..Grass Valley, California The Nevada County Historical Society meets first Thursday of each month except June. July and August. 1964 OFFICERS OF THE NEVADA COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY President—Gilbert T. Tennis, 124 Winchester Street, Grass Valley, Phone 273-2328 Vice President—Mrs. Gwen Anderson, 529 W. Broad Street, Nevada City, Phone 265-4253 Secretary—Miss Esther Hartung, 303 South Church St., Grass Valley, Phone 273-6830 Treasurer—Mrs. Adelaide Elliott, P. O. Box 1002, Nevada City, Phone 265-4701. BOARD OF DIRECTORS Grass Valley — Miss Bernice Glasson, Mrs. Florence Kelly. Gunnar Williams. Nevada City — Mrs. Isabel Hefelfinger, Elza Kilroy, Richard Nickless. County-at-Large — Mrs. Richard Shoemaker, Dow Alexander, C. A. Scharschu, John Trauner, Robert Wyckoff, John Nettell, Sibyl Leutenecker, William Carman Bulletin Editor — Elmer Stevens, P. O. Box 653, Grass Valley. Phone 265-4102 VISIT THE NEVADA COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM Located at the Corner of Main & Commercial Streets. Nevada City Open 11. A.M. to 5 PLM., Every Day, June through August Winter season by appointment—phone Caretaker, Richard Nickless. Nevada City 265-2424 Vol. 18, No. 1 Nevada County Historical Society March 1964 THE CORNISH MINER By Elmer E. Stevens No story of Grass Valley's growth and development can be told without mention of the Cornish Miner — the ‘Cousin Jack” for it was he who built this community. Right after the gold quartz discovery here at Gold Hill, miners found this new type of mining tough going; it was a lot tougher than washing along the creek beds, for there was hard rock to blast, timbering of caving ground, and water to cope with, and it was proving too much. Then, according to some authorities, Gen. John C. Fremont, hit upon an idea while he was in London buying supplies: he brought from Cornwall miners well! acquainted with deep mining in the tin mines. With them they brought not only their mining techniques but their customs. the saffron bun, their songs and. of course, the traditional pasty. They brought centuries of underground mining experience that enabled them to get ‘gold inside rocks” as the placer miner characterized the new mining. The Cornishman was not interested in placer mining and simply regarded his critics as “farmers’’, and not miners. This skill as a miner coupled with a naiural pride often led other nationalities to consider him clannish However, he was loyal to his countrymen, and every time he obtained employment he asked,” ‘ave ‘e got a job for my Cousin Jack?" which dubbed him Cousin Jack ever after in al] the mining camps Outstanding was his skill in “smelling ore” as recounted in a stor Captain at the Empire Mine: after ex pert mining engineers and PeOOgIsts ry of a Cornish