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99 MAY 20 & 22, 1877 GRASS VALLEY UNION
SUNDAY, MAY 20, 1877
MINING IN BEAR RIVER.—Bear River at one time was a favorite stream with miners to
undertake Summer mining, by putting in wing dams, pumps, wheels, etc., by which they could work
down to the natural bed of the river, and secure the rich deposits which existed in many places; but
the heavy hydraulic operations which have been carried on at Dutch Flat, in Placer count, and Red
Dog, Chalk Bluff, Little York, You Bet and other localities in Nevada county, in the last fifteen or
twenty years, have filled the river with sand and gravel to such a great depth, that of late years it has
been considerable impracticable to work down to the river bed,, on account of the heavy stripping to
be done and the want of sufficient fall for the sluices. There are still some miners, however, who have
faith in the practicality of working the river bed, and we observe that Webster & Harrison, of Colfax,
have continued operations this season by putting in a dam across the mouth of Greenhorn Creek,
at the junction with Bear River, and digging a canal from there for some distance down the river,
which will supply water to run the wheels for pumping out a claim which they have located below the
junction.
They are also building a long wing dam on their ground to throw the water of Bear River to the
east bank, by which means they will keep the surface of the claim dry. There is no probability that
the water will increase in Bear River this season, as there is but little snow in the mountains and
they have the prospect of a long season’s work before them. At the point at which they will work the
river has filled up with tailings to the depth of twenty-five or thirty feet, and heavy stripping will
have to be done to reach bottom. It requires pluck and faith to go into such an enterprise, and the
prospectors certainly deserve a rich reward.
CUT HIS FOOT.—The Nevada Transcript of May 19th says:
W. J. Organ met with a severe accident while at work on a bridge at Greenhorn, a few
days ago. While on the structure, and in the act of hewing a piece of timber. His ax glanced
off and nearly cut his foot in two. It will be some time before he will be able to walk on it.
STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL.—The ladies of the Congregational Church and Society will hold the
postponed strawberry festival next Tuesday evening, May 22nd, at Hamilton Hall.
NEW ROAD.—The new piece of road, authorized to be constructed by the Board of Supervisors
at their last term, from the You Bet side track, on the Narrow Gauge Railroad, to a connection
with the main road to You Bet, Little York, and other localities in Little York Township, is nearly
completed. This will prove a great convenience to the people in the section named, and it would seem
a matter of surprise that the road was not constructed a year ago.
TUESDAY, MAY 22, 1877
BORN. At Nevada City, May 18, 1877, to W. J. ORGAN and Wife, a Daughter.
MARRIED. At Nevada City, May 17, 1877, by Leopold Garthe, J.P., Mr. CHRISTIAN
KORNHAMMER of Nevada City, and Miss HELENA MODEL, of San Francisco.
DIED. At Sweetland, May 17, 1877, ALBERT, son of Josiah and Jane Gilbert aged 2 years and 6
months.
Near San Juan, May 15, 1877, WM. S. DAVIS, aged 51 years, a native of Pennsylvania.
COLD WEATHER.—Yesterday was a very cold day and cloudy too. Everybody said we are to
have a snow. By the way our local statistics say that it is dead sure to be very cold, and that we of this
region are very apt to have snow on or about the 20th of May. Last year on the 21st there was a heavy