August 6, 1969 (12 pages)

E> nie ann Serving the communities of Nevada City, Grass Valley, Red Dog, You Bet, Town Talk French Corral, Rough and Ready, Graniteville, North San Juan, North Bloomfield, H Union Hill, Peardale, Summit City, Walloupa, Gouge Eye, Hill, Gold: Flat, Soggsville, ‘Gold Bar, Newtown, Indian Flat, Bridgeport, PERIODICALS SECTION CAL. ST. LIBRARY SACTO. CAL. 95814 =e tre ODO AAAI NE SNe RSAC a Ar » Glenbrook, Little York, Cherokee, Mooney Flat, Sweetland, Alpha, Omega, umbug, Relief Hill, Washington, Blue Tent, La Batr Meadows, Cedar Ridge Lime Kiln, Chicago Park, Wolf, Christmas Hill, Liberty Hill, Sailor Flat, Lake City, Selby Flat, Grizzly Lowell Hill, Bqurbon Hill, Scotch Hill, North Columbia, Columbia Hill, Brandy Flat, Sebastopol, Quaker Hill, Willow Valley, Birchville, Moore's Flat, Orleans Flat, Remington Hill, Anthony House, Delirium Tremens. NUMBER 29 VOLUME 49 10 Cents ACopy Published Wednesdays, Nevada City WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1969 , The Soundi ng Boar d100 years of Nevada County HOW DO YOU BEAT THE HEAT? 1. Joe Leavitt, Nevada City druggist: "If I knew the answer to that I would have it made." 3. Marie Novak, director of Nevada County Chamber of Commerce: "That's a good question --swimming maybe?" 2. James L, Meshot, 1311 West Oxnard, “Calif,: "Just don't get excited be ~ealm don't do any extra moving around." 4, Mike Taylor, Nevada City ‘ school boy: "I don't beat it-I like it, and like to swim.” Ranger District to sample people “sPhe Big.Bend Ranger District of the. Tahoe National Forest is conducting a “double sam-_ ple” in the Hampshire Rocks Campground located one mile northeast of the ranger station: to Interstate 80. "Double sample" is‘a method a to produce estimates of number of visits and visitor hours of recreation use by activity for developed re-. ereation sites. The site is calibrated by developing a ratio between the desired statistic (use by activity, etc.) and a water meter, After the initial calibration period; the water meter alone provides the basis for use estimates. San Juan Ridge contains $200,000,000 in gold (EDITOR'S NOTE: The Nugget carried an historically important series of articles in 1951 titled "100 Years of Nevada County." These vignettes of our Golden Empire then were compiled into a book, only a few of which remain today, Because of local interest in things his‘torical, the Nugget will republish those articles’ in ensuing weeks and encourages its readers to clip the stories and keep them for future reference and rethe Middle -and South forks. of the Yuba River is estimated to contain at least $200,000,000 in gold in addition to millions of dollars of other minerals. The ridge is a huge mass of tertiary gravels deposited by the ancient Yuba River. The only catch is how to extract the gold at a profit without violating debris regulations, Across the ridge are fascinating names — some ghost towns, some villages, but more: often only a site. Jericho, Gomorrah, Orleans Flat; Moore's Flat, Woolsey's Flat, Devil's Point, Lake City, Columbia Hill, North Bloomfield, Cherokee, were once mining camps that have withered. Beyond the gorge that is the Middle Fork are other equally fascinating names: Hell's Half Acre, Balsom Flat, Live Yankee, City of Six, Nigger Tent, Alleghany, Brandy City, etc. All trace of Orleans Flat has disappeared, although Victor and Ethel Buck who live there say there were 3,000 persons in the area during the gold rush days. Waldemar Lindgren, in his 1911 geological report, States the auriferous. gravels of Snow Point and Orleans Flat “are exhausted, and that no hydraulicking has occurred there since 1886, Lindgren. reported 15,000,000 cubic yards of tertiary gravel remain in the Moore's Flat area, and a little workable gravel still exists in Woolsey’s Flat, Moore's Flat is marked only by the ruins of Hegarty's store, several flattened wooden ‘structures and Vizzard's ranch house, the only occupied dwelling in the town‘site. Moore's Flat is mentioned in the 1895 mining edition of the Grass Valley Union as containing a church, schoolhouse, a few stores, but obviously dying. . A mile beyond the townsite, across a grotesque valley of boulders worked by the Chinese in the early days, and in an area that possibly may have been the site of Woolsey's Flat, is the graveyard of the Flats, still carrying a few stones. The trip to the graveyard is not recommended for conventional types.-of cars, although anyone having the courage to drive to Moore's Flat would undoubtedly hazard the extra mile. The road, after it leaves the Chinese diggings passes for a short while along the narrow crest of a ridge where a traveler can look far downwards. on the one hand and a little less uncomfortable embankment on the other. Of the three flats, Moore's Flat was the hardiest survivor. Founded in 1851, as were the other two, the town got its name from H. M, Moore, who came across the plains, settled in the area, and built a house and store. Moore's Flat, for a while, was called Clinton by the post office department, but at the insistence of the residents the original name was returned, Moore's Flat is credited with being the birthplace and childhood residence of Isaac Zellerbach, founder of the paper supply empire of the west coast. Charles Hegarty was also one of the prominent business leaders of Moore's F lat, and operated the store, the brick wall ruins of which is the major landmark of the townsite. Moore's Flat also figures in the last hanging by a Nevada county. sheriff — the execution of John Collins, one of the murderers of William F, Cummings, Moore's Flat banker, who was slain by the stage coach robbers in 1869 on the Rock Creek grade three miles north of Nevada City. Eureka or Graniteville was settled in 1850 with shallow diggings requiring little capital bringing in the first settlers. Gold in quartz was found and for the past century the area has been a steady if not spectacular gold producer. William McLean, 85, and his wife, Mary Ann, 87, are still hale and hearty, ° and for years ran the Golden State Hotel. They were born in Moore's Flat but when McLean entered the hotel business in Graniteville, he moved the timber and materials of a Moore's Flat hotel to use for construction of the Golden State. E. F. Bean, in his 1867 directory of Nevada county, states North Bloomfield was originally called Humbug by disillusioned miners. Two Irishmen and a German had discovered a rich deposit of gravel and took out huge quantities of gold, but eventually ran out of provisions, One of the sons of Erin was sent to .Nevada City to buy supplies, and he was instructed to keep mum about the discovery. After he bought the necessary supplies, he. still had some gold left over, and proceeded to lay the coating of dust that had accumulated in his gullet with copious quantities of his native brand of whiskey. The resultant loosening of his tongue caused him to reveal the secret. When he ‘returned to camp he was followed by hundreds of prospectors, who searched the creeks with little luck, and in disgust returned to Nevada City, naming the area Humbug. When a post office was obtained in 1856, the name was changed to North Bloomfield. North Bloomfield and its neighbor to the west, Columbia Hill, are in the junction of two important tertiary streams and the auriferous gravels are developed to a greater extent than at any other place, according to Lindgren. The great geologists gives the depth of gravel along the center of the channel at 400 to 500 feet. At Columbia Hill, Lindgren in 1911, estimated the gravel bed had been worked to the 150 foot level, with 25,000,000 cubic yards washed off and 165,000,000 cubic yards ‘remaining. At North Bloomfield the spectacular and beautiful erosion of the Malakoff hydraulic mines is not enly rich in untapped gold but also rich in attractiveness to the tourist, The great national parks of the southwest have no more magnificence than the cliffs of Malakoff.The mining company spent $3,000,000 to get into operation and had extracted $5,000,000 in gold before the Sawyer decision stopped production. Lindgren estimated in 1911 that there was still $35,000,000 (CONTINUED ON PAGE 5)

E> nie ann Serving the communities of Nevada City, Grass Valley, Red Dog, You Bet, Town Talk French Corral, Rough and Ready, Graniteville, North San Juan, North Bloomfield, H Union Hill, Peardale, Summit City, Walloupa, Gouge Eye, Hill, Gold: Flat, Soggsville, ‘Gold Bar, Newtown, Indian Flat, Bridgeport, PERIODICALS SECTION CAL. ST. LIBRARY SACTO. CAL. 95814 =e tre ODO AAAI NE SNe RSAC a Ar » Glenbrook, Little York, Cherokee, Mooney Flat, Sweetland, Alpha, Omega, umbug, Relief Hill, Washington, Blue Tent, La Batr Meadows, Cedar Ridge Lime Kiln, Chicago Park, Wolf, Christmas Hill, Liberty Hill, Sailor Flat, Lake City, Selby Flat, Grizzly Lowell Hill, Bqurbon Hill, Scotch Hill, North Columbia, Columbia Hill, Brandy Flat, Sebastopol, Quaker Hill, Willow Valley, Birchville, Moore's Flat, Orleans Flat, Remington Hill, Anthony House, Delirium Tremens. NUMBER 29 VOLUME 49 10 Cents ACopy Published Wednesdays, Nevada City WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1969 , The Soundi ng Boar d100 years of Nevada County HOW DO YOU BEAT THE HEAT? 1. Joe Leavitt, Nevada City druggist: "If I knew the answer to that I would have it made." 3. Marie Novak, director of Nevada County Chamber of Commerce: "That's a good question --swimming maybe?" 2. James L, Meshot, 1311 West Oxnard, “Calif,: "Just don't get excited be ~ealm don't do any extra moving around." 4, Mike Taylor, Nevada City ‘ school boy: "I don't beat it-I like it, and like to swim.” Ranger District to sample people “sPhe Big.Bend Ranger District of the. Tahoe National Forest is conducting a “double sam-_ ple” in the Hampshire Rocks Campground located one mile northeast of the ranger station: to Interstate 80. "Double sample" is‘a method a to produce estimates of number of visits and visitor hours of recreation use by activity for developed re-. ereation sites. The site is calibrated by developing a ratio between the desired statistic (use by activity, etc.) and a water meter, After the initial calibration period; the water meter alone provides the basis for use estimates. San Juan Ridge contains $200,000,000 in gold (EDITOR'S NOTE: The Nugget carried an historically important series of articles in 1951 titled "100 Years of Nevada County." These vignettes of our Golden Empire then were compiled into a book, only a few of which remain today, Because of local interest in things his‘torical, the Nugget will republish those articles’ in ensuing weeks and encourages its readers to clip the stories and keep them for future reference and rethe Middle -and South forks. of the Yuba River is estimated to contain at least $200,000,000 in gold in addition to millions of dollars of other minerals. The ridge is a huge mass of tertiary gravels deposited by the ancient Yuba River. The only catch is how to extract the gold at a profit without violating debris regulations, Across the ridge are fascinating names — some ghost towns, some villages, but more: often only a site. Jericho, Gomorrah, Orleans Flat; Moore's Flat, Woolsey's Flat, Devil's Point, Lake City, Columbia Hill, North Bloomfield, Cherokee, were once mining camps that have withered. Beyond the gorge that is the Middle Fork are other equally fascinating names: Hell's Half Acre, Balsom Flat, Live Yankee, City of Six, Nigger Tent, Alleghany, Brandy City, etc. All trace of Orleans Flat has disappeared, although Victor and Ethel Buck who live there say there were 3,000 persons in the area during the gold rush days. Waldemar Lindgren, in his 1911 geological report, States the auriferous. gravels of Snow Point and Orleans Flat “are exhausted, and that no hydraulicking has occurred there since 1886, Lindgren. reported 15,000,000 cubic yards of tertiary gravel remain in the Moore's Flat area, and a little workable gravel still exists in Woolsey’s Flat, Moore's Flat is marked only by the ruins of Hegarty's store, several flattened wooden ‘structures and Vizzard's ranch house, the only occupied dwelling in the town‘site. Moore's Flat is mentioned in the 1895 mining edition of the Grass Valley Union as containing a church, schoolhouse, a few stores, but obviously dying. . A mile beyond the townsite, across a grotesque valley of boulders worked by the Chinese in the early days, and in an area that possibly may have been the site of Woolsey's Flat,

is the graveyard of the Flats, still carrying a few stones. The trip to the graveyard is not recommended for conventional types.-of cars, although anyone having the courage to drive to Moore's Flat would undoubtedly hazard the extra mile. The road, after it leaves the Chinese diggings passes for a short while along the narrow crest of a ridge where a traveler can look far downwards. on the one hand and a little less uncomfortable embankment on the other. Of the three flats, Moore's Flat was the hardiest survivor. Founded in 1851, as were the other two, the town got its name from H. M, Moore, who came across the plains, settled in the area, and built a house and store. Moore's Flat, for a while, was called Clinton by the post office department, but at the insistence of the residents the original name was returned, Moore's Flat is credited with being the birthplace and childhood residence of Isaac Zellerbach, founder of the paper supply empire of the west coast. Charles Hegarty was also one of the prominent business leaders of Moore's F lat, and operated the store, the brick wall ruins of which is the major landmark of the townsite. Moore's Flat also figures in the last hanging by a Nevada county. sheriff — the execution of John Collins, one of the murderers of William F, Cummings, Moore's Flat banker, who was slain by the stage coach robbers in 1869 on the Rock Creek grade three miles north of Nevada City. Eureka or Graniteville was settled in 1850 with shallow diggings requiring little capital bringing in the first settlers. Gold in quartz was found and for the past century the area has been a steady if not spectacular gold producer. William McLean, 85, and his wife, Mary Ann, 87, are still hale and hearty, ° and for years ran the Golden State Hotel. They were born in Moore's Flat but when McLean entered the hotel business in Graniteville, he moved the timber and materials of a Moore's Flat hotel to use for construction of the Golden State. E. F. Bean, in his 1867 directory of Nevada county, states North Bloomfield was originally called Humbug by disillusioned miners. Two Irishmen and a German had discovered a rich deposit of gravel and took out huge quantities of gold, but eventually ran out of provisions, One of the sons of Erin was sent to .Nevada City to buy supplies, and he was instructed to keep mum about the discovery. After he bought the necessary supplies, he. still had some gold left over, and proceeded to lay the coating of dust that had accumulated in his gullet with copious quantities of his native brand of whiskey. The resultant loosening of his tongue caused him to reveal the secret. When he ‘returned to camp he was followed by hundreds of prospectors, who searched the creeks with little luck, and in disgust returned to Nevada City, naming the area Humbug. When a post office was obtained in 1856, the name was changed to North Bloomfield. North Bloomfield and its neighbor to the west, Columbia Hill, are in the junction of two important tertiary streams and the auriferous gravels are developed to a greater extent than at any other place, according to Lindgren. The great geologists gives the depth of gravel along the center of the channel at 400 to 500 feet. At Columbia Hill, Lindgren in 1911, estimated the gravel bed had been worked to the 150 foot level, with 25,000,000 cubic yards washed off and 165,000,000 cubic yards ‘remaining. At North Bloomfield the spectacular and beautiful erosion of the Malakoff hydraulic mines is not enly rich in untapped gold but also rich in attractiveness to the tourist, The great national parks of the southwest have no more magnificence than the cliffs of Malakoff..The mining company spent $3,000,000 to get into operation and had extracted $5,000,000 in gold before the Sawyer decision stopped production. Lindgren estimated in 1911 that there was still $35,000,000 (CONTINUED ON PAGE 5)