January 11, 1967 (16 pages)

10. The Nugget. January ll, 1967 .., sar s. (a a a” * vers . ney. ae h H ; NUGGET AIMS FOR 1967 1, Restore the Old Nevada Theatre _ 2. Bus Lines for Local Transportation 3. Enlarged:Parking :System:4, 5. More Employment by*Encouraging small Industry Develop Recreation Areas to Maximum Potential 6. Advertise and Promote the Best Interest-of Nevada County7. Gontinuous Campaign for better local Roads 8, Constantly vigilant regarding Taxes and Expense of Government 9, Educate our teen-agers by precept and example concerning the American way of life, : 10. Work for the betterment of our community _ 11. Improved highway to Grass Valley, eliminate bottlenecks 12. Make the Nevada County Nugget a papes, for the people ‘Nevada Cou,y’s oldest but long sleeping industry, Gold Mining is at long last showing signs of awakening. One of the incidents that has caused more conversation and interest was the recent discovery of the rich vein on Deer Creek in Nevada City near’ the new Freeway. Search for title to this find is about complete and there is promise that some action may be taken on this matter very soon. We attended a meeting in Grass Valley of the Nevada County Historical Society, last Thursday evening and listened enraptured for one whole hour to: a lecture by a man who is experienced in the Gold business. He is a working miner and very forcefully brought out the fact that there is still wiorking s gold left in our hills and mountains around here. The hydraulic mining operations at Folsom continue and they operate at a profit. Almost every day visitors come into the Nugget office and enquire about the prospects for Gold here. Calls have come in from far away states for stories about the Gold in our County. We tell them that we know about it and come spring it can be that a lot of us will head for those hills and get in a good look just ahead of the * expected influx of visitors from afar. , Thursday evening we talked to an old operator who is now moving new equipment on to a lease » up near Alleganey. He plans to do Hydraulic Suction. mining’and has invested quite a sum in his rig. He tells us that he has already produced paying quantities of Gold from his river bed claim and in addition he has found Platinum in paying quantities. There are also traces * area, It is customary at the beginning of aie tae to extend Gre and pass out thanks to those whom we appreciate for work well done, This year can be no exception for The Nugget is blessed with several Correspondants whohave labored long and hard to report the needs from each-of their localities, Each week it has been ‘our good fortune to have no worry about copy. being in on time and of a quality that has made. good reading for. our subscribers, WE most particularly want to extend our thanks and best wishes to the following “Kimary” Stevenson, for her breezy and informative column, Faye Dunbar of Rough and Ready; each week she has cov=eredthat area with great credit; To Jerry Moore for his: covering of a widely scattered To Cy Armstrong of TruckeeDonner section of our County. Basset who writes us a letter each week that brings back memories: of those old days that are gone forever, Jack is a stalwart supporter of his old home town, Nevada City,. He has strayed afar but he proved his love for home by-co back, Jack has been quite si and it is our hope that he makes a full and complete recovery, RIGHT NOW!!! The Nugget also thanks those folks who have loaned us Pictures of the past, that we might pass them on te modern day readers, These pictures have become a trade mark of The Nugget and we shall strive to follow up with more of them _ as the weeks go by. To those of you who haye called and expressed:appreciation for the new.improved ‘ Nugget-THANK YOU! To those who scolded and offered advice we thank you, for it is through these that we strive to do better and better in an effort to prove you wrong, . Now lets get on with the year 1967! ’ p Mother Lode Coin Club Meet Set The Mother Lode Coin Club of Especially to Jack: Nevada County will hold installation of officers for 1967, on Friday night, January 13, in the Parish Hall of the Trinity Episcopal Church, Nevada Street, Nevada City, President Bery1 Robinson, Jr. will preside and turn the gavel over to incoming President George Brooks ‘whose assistans will be Charles Jakobs, Vice President; Trusten Scotten, Secretary; and JosephVierra, A. Pot Luck Dinner Furnished by the members will start the evening off at about 7:30 P.M, Table service will be furnished members and their guests and all other interested persons at this of another precious, metal in his claim that if uncovered will pay off handsomely, Very rare’ indeed it is vital to the manufacture of surgical steel , The fact that this man plus several. others are "Putting their money where their mouths are” and they mean business. Ordinarily, we would take these things in stride but after careful study and common sensereasoning it can be that the mineral deposits ‘of Nevada County will come alive again and bring back some of the wealth long since relegated _ to "Those good old days”. In the light of these recent developments. we believe that our area can become a scene of =, Oe, A great activity with attendant p rosperity by getis made that interested posers . who have not been contacted ting back to the old mother earth for tee previous wnotioe will phone cha reservations to either Beryl Robinson at 265-2558 or Trusten Now that the holidays are over, it becomes ' time to file that Income Tax form and. when we have finished with that lets all resolve to get behimd the Liberal Arts Committee and raise © the money needed to purchase the old Nevada’: jal there wil Theatre. It oor. not take much to get the job ~ is ea ee be >a ; * done.,Werneed this cultural outlet and it needs us. The opportunity is now! va N ‘any evening before the mee Plans for the future nodes wiry coin. ts will be formulat ed Scotten at 273-6037 after 6:00P.K4 *. speakers on subjects of interest to and discussed, As usual there willTo The Editor: : In your New Year's message in the Nugget of Dec, 28 you’ €x pressed your hope that the new year would bring new business and new. people to our area, bas Seat ets I would like to point out an inequity of which our city councilmen are aware but which they say they cannot do anything about, Namely I wish to show the inequity of the present. ‘Charge for water in the city ofGrass Valley and I presume’ alsoin Nevada City as she also. has the flat rate system, Let me show this inequity by . a series of illustrations, 1, Mr. A, is an elderly bachlor still lf in his family home, Mr, B, has an acre of ground and a family of six children, He owns an automatic washer which isin constant use, He also goes in for formal gardens, Mr, A*s water bill fs exactly the same as Mr, B‘s 2. Mr. A and. his wife live in their own homé on a fixed income, They take ell their wash > en neips me sa ge en en up gardening ¢ they water is a small patch of lawn, Mr, B. has a family duplex, Inone.apartment {fs a family of ” Six, In the other paratment is a family of seven, Both families have automatic washers that are in almost constant use, _ There is also a lawn and some. Mr, and Mrs, A pay just as much for water as Mr, B does for his two families of eleven 3. Mr, A has purchased an older four-plex to augment his social. « security pension, The apartments are small so he rents mostly to elderly pensioners, Mr, B has a lar e four plex The building isnew, His rental income {fs more than double Mr, A‘’s, He has an. average of twenty~five people living in his four apartments,: There are four automatic washers, ? AND-PLEASE NOTE-EACH “ LANDLORD HAS TO PAY THE SAME: MONTHLY. RATE WHETHER HIS APARTMENTS ARE RENTED OR VACANT, I am told that meters would ‘notbe feasable because we have _ too much sediment in our water. itead they are also expensive, This does not change the inequity of the system, Mr, A {is still paying for water he does not use, And Mr, B is getting a huge income break and the cities are I money because Ido believe there are probably more Mr, B's there are Mr, A's, But why hurtthe little guy?? SincerelyMaude Evans. Grass Valley To The Editor Suice aoe The first thing I want to do is tothank you all for the nice presents I received. And the cards and letters I received, I am sorry thatI could not answer you, Ihad the misfortune to go to the hospital on the 19th of December~-and I was in until the ad of January, But I will send you all: belated MERRY CHRISTMAS and aHAPPY NEW YEAR! Ialso wantto thank my Doctor : and the nurses, They were ~ pretty wonderful, anybody who: thinks the nurse has an easy job, I want toput them straight, They do everything for: the patient to ease their pain, and believe me it is not easy, There is always some one who trys to make it tough for them but they consider the source and take it with a smile, I ’ heard a certain party say that ~allurses are payed to much, All I can say is he*s NUTS! They have one of the:hardest jobs there: is and believe me they earn every cent of it and ifIhad my way they would get twice asmuch, I wouldn't have the job for a‘hundred bucks a day. So don't deny the ladies. in white what they are receiving, I want to thankyou all again for the best Christmas I have had in my 80 years, One I will never forget. Good Bye and God Bless You All, : Jack Basset National Hotel, NC Elementary . Schools’ Menu Mrs, Lavena Laughlin, cafeteria supervisor, announces the following menu for Nevada City Ele y and Seven Hills Intermediate Schools; Week Jan, 16th. Monday~Spaghetti & Meat Sauce Mixed Green Salad Scoop of Raisens Peanut Butter Bread Tuesday Pasty Pie Carrot & -Célery Sticks Frifit Juice Wednesday Beans & Ham Cole Slaw _Whole Wheat Muffins Applesauce & Cookies THursday Meat Loaf Parsley Potatoes Beet Salad Spice Cake Friday Pizza Pie Buttered Corn » Tossed Sala d Pranges x Bread, butter and milk served with all meals, PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY BY NUGGET PUBLISHING CO,, INC.$18 Broad Street, Nevada City , California 95959 — R, Kane, Pub: er John L, Clark, Editor and general manager © George O, Brooks, Adv, Second class postage: paid at Nevada City, California, Adjudicated alegal newspaper of general circulation by. the Nevada County Superior Court, June 3, 1960, Decree No, 12,406, © Subscription Rates: * one-year, $3,00;'two Years, $5,000 4.25 NEWSPAPER

10.. The Nugget.. January ll, 1967 ..., sar s. (a a a” * vers . ney. ae h H ; NUGGET AIMS FOR 1967 1, Restore the Old Nevada Theatre _ 2. Bus Lines for Local Transportation 3. Enlarged:Parking :System:4, 5. More Employment by*Encouraging small Industry Develop Recreation Areas to Maximum Potential 6. Advertise and Promote the Best Interest-of Nevada County7. Gontinuous Campaign for better local Roads 8, Constantly vigilant regarding Taxes and Expense of Government 9, Educate our teen-agers by precept and example concerning the American way of life, : 10. Work for the betterment of our community _ 11. Improved highway to Grass Valley, eliminate bottlenecks 12. Make the Nevada County Nugget a papes, for the people ‘Nevada Cou,y’s oldest but long sleeping industry, Gold Mining is at long last showing signs of awakening. One of the incidents that has caused more conversation and interest was the recent discovery of the rich vein on Deer Creek in Nevada City near’ the new Freeway. Search for title to this find is about complete and there is promise that some action may be taken on this matter very soon. We attended a meeting in Grass Valley of the Nevada County Historical Society, last Thursday evening and listened enraptured for one whole hour to: a lecture by a man who is experienced in the Gold business. He is a working miner and very forcefully brought out the fact that there is still wiorking s gold left in our hills and mountains around here. The hydraulic mining operations at Folsom continue and they operate at a profit. Almost every day visitors come into the Nugget office and enquire about the prospects for Gold here. Calls have come in from far away states for stories about the Gold in our County. We tell them that we know about it and come spring it can be that a lot of us will head for those hills and get in a good look just ahead of the * expected influx of visitors from afar. , Thursday evening we talked to an old operator who is now moving new equipment on to a lease » up near Alleganey. He plans to do Hydraulic Suction. mining’and has invested quite a sum in his rig. He tells us that he has already produced paying quantities of Gold from his river bed claim and in addition he has found Platinum in paying quantities. There are also traces * area, It is customary at the beginning of aie tae to extend Gre and pass out thanks to those whom we appreciate for work well done, This year can be no exception for The Nugget is blessed with several Correspondants whohave labored long and hard to report the needs from each-of their localities, Each week it has been ‘our good fortune to have no worry about copy. being in on time and of a quality that has made. good reading for. our subscribers, WE most particularly want to extend our thanks and best wishes to the following “Kimary” Stevenson, for her breezy and informative column, Faye Dunbar of Rough and Ready; each week she has cov=eredthat area with great credit; To Jerry Moore for his: covering of a widely scattered To Cy Armstrong of TruckeeDonner section of our County. Basset who writes us a letter each week that brings back memories: of those old days that are gone forever, Jack is a stalwart supporter of his old home town, Nevada City,. He has strayed afar but he proved his love for home by-co back, Jack has been quite si and it is our hope that he makes a full and complete recovery, RIGHT NOW!!! The Nugget also thanks those folks who have loaned us Pictures of the past, that we might pass them on te modern day readers, These pictures have become a trade mark of The Nugget and we shall strive to follow up with more of them _ as the weeks go by. To those of you who haye called and expressed:appreciation for the new.improved ‘ Nugget-THANK YOU! To those who scolded and offered advice we thank you, for it is through these that we strive to do better and better in an effort to prove you wrong, . Now lets get on with the year 1967! ’ p Mother Lode Coin Club Meet Set The Mother Lode Coin Club of Especially to Jack: Nevada County will hold installation of officers for 1967, on Friday night, January 13, in the Parish Hall of the Trinity Episcopal Church, Nevada Street, Nevada City, President Bery1 Robinson, Jr. will preside and turn the gavel over to incoming President George Brooks ‘whose assistans will be Charles Jakobs, Vice President; Trusten Scotten, Secretary; and JosephVierra, A. Pot Luck Dinner Furnished by the members will start the evening off at about 7:30 P.M, Table service will be furnished members and their guests and all other interested persons at this of another precious, metal in his claim that if uncovered will pay off handsomely, Very rare’ indeed it is vital to the manufacture of surgical steel , The fact that this man plus several. others are "Putting their money where their mouths are” and they mean business. Ordinarily, we would take these things in stride but after careful study and common sensereasoning it can be that the mineral deposits ‘of Nevada County will come alive again and bring back some of the wealth long since relegated _ to "Those good old days”. In the light of these recent developments. we believe that our area can become a scene of =, Oe, A great activity with attendant p rosperity by getis made that interested posers . who have not been contacted ting back to the old mother earth for tee previous wnotioe will phone cha reservations to either Beryl Robinson at 265-2558 or Trusten Now that the holidays are over, it becomes ' time to file that Income Tax form and. when we have finished with that lets all resolve to get behimd the Liberal Arts Committee and raise © the money needed to purchase the old Nevada’: jal there wil Theatre. It oor. not take much to get the job ~ is ea ee be >a ; * done.,Werneed this cultural outlet and it needs us. The opportunity is now! va N ‘any evening before the mee Plans for the future nodes wiry coin. ts will be formulat ed Scotten at 273-6037 after 6:00P.K4 *. speakers on subjects of interest to and discussed, As usual there willTo The Editor: : In your New Year's message in the Nugget of Dec, 28 you’ €x pressed your hope that the new year would bring new business and new. people to our area, bas Seat ets I would like to point out an

inequity of which our city councilmen are aware but which they say they cannot do anything about, Namely I wish to show the inequity of the present. ‘Charge for water in the city ofGrass Valley and I presume’ alsoin Nevada City as she also. has the flat rate system, Let me show this inequity by . a series of illustrations, 1, Mr. A, is an elderly bachlor still lf in his family home, Mr, B, has an acre of ground and a family of six children, He owns an automatic washer which isin constant use, He also goes in for formal gardens, Mr, A*s water bill fs exactly the same as Mr, B‘s 2. Mr. A and. his wife live in their own homé on a fixed income, They take ell their wash > en neips me sa ge en en up gardening ¢ they water is a small patch of lawn, Mr, B. has a family duplex, Inone.apartment {fs a family of ” Six, In the other paratment is a family of seven, Both families have automatic washers that are in almost constant use, _ There is also a lawn and some. Mr, and Mrs, A pay just as much for water as Mr, B does for his two families of eleven 3. Mr, A has purchased an older four-plex to augment his social. « security pension, The apartments are small so he rents mostly to elderly pensioners, Mr, B has a lar e four plex The building isnew, His rental income {fs more than double Mr, A‘’s, He has an. average of twenty~five people living in his four apartments,: There are four automatic washers, ? AND-PLEASE NOTE-EACH “ LANDLORD HAS TO PAY THE SAME: MONTHLY. RATE WHETHER HIS APARTMENTS ARE RENTED OR VACANT, I am told that meters would ‘notbe feasable because we have _ too much sediment in our water. itead they are also expensive, This does not change the inequity of the system, Mr, A {is still paying for water he does not use, And Mr, B is getting a huge income break and the cities are I money because Ido believe there are probably more Mr, B's there are Mr, A's, But why hurtthe little guy?? SincerelyMaude Evans. Grass Valley To The Editor Suice aoe The first thing I want to do is tothank you all for the nice presents I received. And the cards and letters I received, I am sorry thatI could not answer you, Ihad the misfortune to go to the hospital on the 19th of December~-and I was in until the ad of January, But I will send you all: belated MERRY CHRISTMAS and aHAPPY NEW YEAR! Ialso wantto thank my Doctor : and the nurses, They were ~ pretty wonderful, anybody who: thinks the nurse has an easy job, I want toput them straight, They do everything for: the patient to ease their pain, and believe me it is not easy, There is always some one who trys to make it tough for them but they consider the source and take it with a smile, I ’ heard a certain party say that ~allurses are payed to much, All I can say is he*s NUTS! They have one of the:hardest jobs there: is and believe me they earn every cent of it and ifIhad my way they would get twice asmuch, I wouldn't have the job for a‘hundred bucks a day. So don't deny the ladies. in white what they are receiving, I want to thankyou all again for the best Christmas I have had in my 80 years, One I will never forget. Good Bye and God Bless You All, : Jack Basset National Hotel, NC Elementary . Schools’ Menu Mrs, Lavena Laughlin, cafeteria supervisor, announces the following menu for Nevada City Ele y and Seven Hills Intermediate Schools; Week Jan, 16th. Monday~Spaghetti & Meat Sauce Mixed Green Salad Scoop of Raisens Peanut Butter Bread Tuesday Pasty Pie Carrot & -Célery Sticks Frifit Juice Wednesday Beans & Ham Cole Slaw _Whole Wheat Muffins Applesauce & Cookies THursday Meat Loaf Parsley Potatoes Beet Salad Spice Cake Friday Pizza Pie Buttered Corn » Tossed Sala d Pranges x Bread, butter and milk served with all meals, PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY BY NUGGET PUBLISHING CO,, INC.$18 Broad Street, Nevada City , California 95959 — R, Kane, Pub: er John L, Clark, Editor and general manager © George O, Brooks, Adv, Second class postage: paid at Nevada City, California, Adjudicated alegal newspaper of general circulation by. the Nevada County Superior Court, June 3, 1960, Decree No, 12,406, © Subscription Rates: * one-year, $3,00;'two Years, $5,000 4.25 NEWSPAPER