June 6, 1973 (12 pages)

vevana county NET? Serving the communities of Nevada City, Grass Valley, Red Dog, Town Talk, Glenbrook. Little York, Cherokee, San Juan, North Bloomfield, Humbug, Relief Hill, Washington, Blue Tent, LaBarr Meadows, Cedar Ridge, Uni Hill, Liberty Hill, Sailor Flat, Lake City, Selby F Willow Valley, Newtown, In VOLUME 49 Leaner ; x SECTION . PERIODICALS BEES?" 5 16-93 CAL. ST. LIBRARY SACTO. CAL. 95314 dian Flat, Bridgepoi lat, Grizzly Hill, Gold Flat, Soggsville, Gold Bar, Lowell Hill, Bourbon Hill, Scot rt, Birchville, Moore’s Flat, Orleans Flat, Remington Hill, Anthony House, Del Mooney: Flat, Sweetland, Alpha, Omega, French Corral, Rough and Ready, Graniteville, North on Hill, Peardale, Summit City, Walloupa, Gouge Eye, Lime Kiln, Chicago Park, Wolf, Christmas ch Hill, North Columbia, Columbia Hill, Brandy Flat, Sebastopol, Quaker Hill, irium Tremens. 10 Cents A Copy: Pub ae oe lished Wednesdays, Nevada City Wed., June 6.1973" Body of Billy James Little recovered Tne body of Billy James Little was found Monday afternoon in Bear River two miles below where his raft capsized May 26. A Pacific Gas and Electric Company helicopter flies over the power company’s lines often and spotted the body Monday afternoon. A deputy sheriff was lowered on a rope from the helicopter, Undersheriff Frank Gallino said, the body put in a sack and tied to a rope so it could be removed by the helicopter. Little was rafting in the Bear River below Colfax bridge early May 26 when the raft capsized, it was reported at the time. The other two men with Little surfaced and reported Little missing. Repeated searches by Placer and Nevada counties’ sheriff’s deputies and members of the 4-Wheelers Club failed to recover the missing man, until PG&E spotted him yesterday afternoon. Funeral services for the 26year-old Grass Valley man are pending at Hooper and Weaver Mortuary. TRY IT. RENT A TRAILER MOTOR HOME When you make up your _. mind where you’re gonna roam this summer! WE’VE GOT 'EM All sizes and kinds! (MEIER Chev.-Olds Hiway 49 at Brunswick Rd. . Grass Vallev — 273-9535 Early white emigrants here By PHYLLIS. L. SMITH In recent weeks three readers have come up with identical questions ‘“‘Who were the first white men to come into Nevada County, What was a good day’s pay in gold dust for the average prospector during the first days of the Gold Rush,” and one writes, ‘‘ a great-uncle of mine once lived for a time in a place called Meadow Lake City. Judging by an old diary written by him when he was a very young man, that must have been quite a place. What can you tell me about it?” According to ‘Historic Spots in California” by Hover-Rensch and Abeloe, Claude Chana and a party of French emigrants arrived in 1846 in the area later named Grass Valley. Following them were David Stump and two other gold seekers from Oregon in 1848. The following summer, a Dr. Saunders built a small cabin : there and soon 20 other men :: joined him for the winter. It :: wasn’t long before many other :: settlers arrived on that site and :: the flourishing city of Grass :: Valley got its start. following: thousands of ounces. stay with it.” District, which lies in the of “‘Meadow Lake Gold Town’”’ by Fatout, published by the Indiana University Press under copyright in 1969. At the time this really fabulous story was Emeritus of English at Purdue University. Meadow Lake, he says, was considered a “big bonanza”’ became the scene of one of the most feverish stampedes in the summer ‘brought increasing crowds but a profitable method Mon.-Sat — 8 to dark! J of separating the gold from the rock was not discovered. In the fascination book, ‘Gold =: Is The Cornerstone” by John : Walton Caughey, published in : 1948 by the University of : California Press, we find the : ‘“‘Hardly anyone : found gold by the mule load or in =: Pound =: diggings disappeared even from : conversations and the adage : came to be that if a claim paid =: an ounce a day it was wise to :: Regarding the Meadow Lake = Eastern half of Nevada County, = we would suggest that our =: interested readers obtain a copy =: written, Fatout was professor : when, in 1865, it history of mining. The following: = Disenchanted miners began to leave and within a few years only a lone hermit, the original in: hoa bi t.an.t o f Meadow Lake remained in the dismal wreckage of the once thriving town.” The book is well worth its small cost, and it would be a shame to attempt more than this brief ‘“‘teaser’’ introduction to such a thrilling story.do read it for yourself Mrs. M J. P. of Palo Alto, and enjoy! © About six weeks ago a young lady from ‘‘way back East” dropped into the office and we got to talking about early authors on the Gold Rush Era. Just a few days ago we received a note from her, complimenting the Union’s special Gold Country Edition mailed at her request and asking: ‘‘Can you MARIAN GHIDOTTI, whose generous donation spearheaded restoration of the facade of the Old Nevada Theater, Sally Lewis (left) representing Libberal Arts Commission and Bill Briggs of the Nevada Theater Restoration Committee, suggest some authentic sources of data about the early miners and their mode of life in your area?”’ If you can find the following books thru your favorite bookseller or at a major library, your questions will be colorfully and accurately answered: “California Adventure,’ a translation by Edwin S. Morby of a work by Vincente Perez Rosales of Santiago, Chile, written in 1890; ‘“Mountains and Molehills” by Frank Marryat, 1855; ‘‘The Collected Letters of Dame Shirley’ (Louise -Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe) edited by Carl I. Wheat of San Francisco, in two volumes, 1933; ‘‘A Frontier Lady’ by Sarah Royce; Earnest de Massey’s “‘A Frenchman In The Gold Rush’’ as translated by Marguerite Eyer Wilbur of San Francisco in 1927; Franklin Buck’s ‘‘A Yankee Trader: In The Gold Rush”’ and C. L. Canfield’s ‘“‘The Diary of .a Forty-Niner.” There are literally dozens upon dozens of other books and shorter articles, equally authentic and_ readable, available on this subject. The ones mentioned herein have been long-time favorites. of this writer; and re-read in recent months. They are recommended without reservation. The revival of interest in gold and the mining of it across Northern California, in Nevada and elsewhere lately will no doubt bring more such queries. A series of “‘capsule-reviews’’ is being considered for early publication in the Nugget.watch for them as a special feature in a few weeks. inspect the new facade. Work on phase 1 of the facade is nearly complete and

vevana county NET? Serving the communities of Nevada City, Grass Valley, Red Dog, Town Talk, Glenbrook. Little York, Cherokee, San Juan, North Bloomfield, Humbug, Relief Hill, Washington, Blue Tent, LaBarr Meadows, Cedar Ridge, Uni Hill, Liberty Hill, Sailor Flat, Lake City, Selby F Willow Valley, Newtown, In VOLUME 49 Leaner ; x SECTION . PERIODICALS BEES?" 5 16-93 CAL. ST. LIBRARY SACTO. CAL. 95314 dian Flat, Bridgepoi lat, Grizzly Hill, Gold Flat, Soggsville, Gold Bar, Lowell Hill, Bourbon Hill, Scot rt, Birchville, Moore’s Flat, Orleans Flat, Remington Hill, Anthony House, Del Mooney: Flat, Sweetland, Alpha, Omega, French Corral, Rough and Ready, Graniteville, North on Hill, Peardale, Summit City, Walloupa, Gouge Eye, Lime Kiln, Chicago Park, Wolf, Christmas ch Hill, North Columbia, Columbia Hill, Brandy Flat, Sebastopol, Quaker Hill, irium Tremens. 10 Cents A Copy: Pub ae oe lished Wednesdays, Nevada City Wed., June 6.1973" Body of Billy James Little recovered Tne body of Billy James Little was found Monday afternoon in Bear River two miles below where his raft capsized May 26. A Pacific Gas and Electric Company helicopter flies over the power company’s lines often and spotted the body Monday afternoon. A deputy sheriff was lowered on a rope from the helicopter, Undersheriff Frank Gallino said, the body put in a sack and tied to a rope so it could be removed by the helicopter. Little was rafting in the Bear River below Colfax bridge early May 26 when the raft capsized, it was reported at the time. The other two men with Little surfaced and reported Little missing. Repeated searches by Placer and Nevada counties’ sheriff’s deputies and members of the 4-Wheelers Club failed to recover the missing man, until PG&E spotted him yesterday afternoon. Funeral services for the 26year-old Grass Valley man are pending at Hooper and Weaver Mortuary. TRY IT.. RENT A TRAILER MOTOR HOME When you make up your _. mind where you’re gonna roam this summer! WE’VE GOT 'EM All sizes and kinds! (MEIER Chev.-Olds Hiway 49 at Brunswick Rd. . Grass Vallev — 273-9535 Early white emigrants here By PHYLLIS. L. SMITH In recent weeks three readers have come up with identical questions ‘“‘Who were the first white men to come into Nevada County, What was a good day’s pay in gold dust for the average prospector during the first days of the Gold Rush,” and one writes, ‘‘ a great-uncle of mine once lived for a time in a place called Meadow Lake City. Judging by an old diary written by him when he was a very young man, that must have been quite a place. What can you tell me about it?” According to ‘Historic Spots in California” by Hover-Rensch and Abeloe, Claude Chana and a party of French emigrants arrived in 1846 in the area later named Grass Valley. Following them were David Stump and two other gold seekers from Oregon in 1848. The following summer, a Dr. Saunders built a small cabin : there and soon 20 other men :: joined him for the winter. It :: wasn’t long before many other :: settlers arrived on that site and :: the flourishing city of Grass :: Valley got its start. following: thousands of ounces. stay with it.” District, which lies in the of “‘Meadow Lake Gold Town’”’ by Fatout, published by the Indiana University Press under copyright in 1969. At the time this really fabulous story was

Emeritus of English at Purdue University. Meadow Lake, he says, was considered a “big bonanza”’ became the scene of one of the most feverish stampedes in the summer ‘brought increasing crowds but a profitable method Mon.-Sat — 8 to dark! J of separating the gold from the rock was not discovered. In the fascination book, ‘Gold =: Is The Cornerstone” by John : Walton Caughey, published in : 1948 by the University of : California Press, we find the : ‘“‘Hardly anyone : found gold by the mule load or in =: Pound =: diggings disappeared even from : conversations and the adage : came to be that if a claim paid =: an ounce a day it was wise to :: Regarding the Meadow Lake = Eastern half of Nevada County, = we would suggest that our =: interested readers obtain a copy =: written, Fatout was professor : when, in 1865, it history of mining. The following: = Disenchanted miners began to leave and within a few years only a lone hermit, the original in: hoa bi t.an.t o f Meadow Lake remained in the dismal wreckage of the once thriving town.” The book is well worth its small cost, and it would be a shame to attempt more than this brief ‘“‘teaser’’ introduction to such a thrilling story..do read it for yourself Mrs. M J. P. of Palo Alto, and enjoy! © About six weeks ago a young lady from ‘‘way back East” dropped into the office and we got to talking about early authors on the Gold Rush Era. Just a few days ago we received a note from her, complimenting the Union’s special Gold Country Edition mailed at her request and asking: ‘‘Can you MARIAN GHIDOTTI, whose generous donation spearheaded restoration of the facade of the Old Nevada Theater, Sally Lewis (left) representing Libberal Arts Commission and Bill Briggs of the Nevada Theater Restoration Committee, suggest some authentic sources of data about the early miners and their mode of life in your area?”’ If you can find the following books thru your favorite bookseller or at a major library, your questions will be colorfully and accurately answered: “California Adventure,’ a translation by Edwin S. Morby of a work by Vincente Perez Rosales of Santiago, Chile, written in 1890; ‘“Mountains and Molehills” by Frank Marryat, 1855; ‘‘The Collected Letters of Dame Shirley’ (Louise -Amelia Knapp Smith Clappe) edited by Carl I. Wheat of San Francisco, in two volumes, 1933; ‘‘A Frontier Lady’ by Sarah Royce; Earnest de Massey’s “‘A Frenchman In The Gold Rush’’ as translated by Marguerite Eyer Wilbur of San Francisco in 1927; Franklin Buck’s ‘‘A Yankee Trader: In The Gold Rush”’ and C. L. Canfield’s ‘“‘The Diary of .a Forty-Niner.” There are literally dozens upon dozens of other books and shorter articles, equally authentic and_ readable, available on this subject. The ones mentioned herein have been long-time favorites. of this writer; and re-read in recent months. They are recommended without reservation. The revival of interest in gold and the mining of it across Northern California, in Nevada and elsewhere lately will no doubt bring more such queries. A series of “‘capsule-reviews’’ is being considered for early publication in the Nugget..watch for them as a special feature in a few weeks. inspect the new facade. Work on phase 1 of the facade is nearly complete and