October 21, 1970 (12 pages)

Sessisis the cbitiailinities of sides City, Grass Vaile Red Dog, You Bet, Town Talk, Glenbrook, “Little. York, Cherokee, Mooney Flat, Sweetland, Alpha, Omega, French Corral, Rough and Ready, Graniteville, North San Juan, North Bloomfield, Humbug, Relief Hill, Washington, Blue Tent, La Batr Meadows, Cedar Ridge, . Hill, Gold Flat, Neviben, Indian Flat, Bridgeport, Birchville, Moore's Flat, Orleans Flat paslinaren iad Rs House, Delirium Tremens, Peardale, Summit City, Walloupa, Gouge Eye, Lime Kiln,. Chicago Park, Wolf, Christmas Hill, Liberty Hill, Sailor Flat, Lake City, Selby Flat, Grizzly Soggsville, Gold Bar, Lowell Hill, Bourbon Hill, Scotch Hill, North Columbia, Columbia Hill, Brandy Flat, Sebastopol, Quaker Hill, Willow Valley, NUMBER_ 97 VOLUME 49 10 Cents A Copy Published Wednesdays, Nevada City WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1970 Men and mines of Nevada: County The men and mines of Nevada County as written by A. B. Foote, a well known miner in the days of the past. Foote was mostly associated with the North Star Mine; but in this series reveals much -information on most of the Golden Empire area mines.Some of the best ore developed by this program was under the Omaha and Dlinois claims, which were owned by the Empire. The E Bice gp were. the North Star the Empire could not reach the -ore without sinking a vertical . shaft 3,000 feet,.The North Star “Owned some claims up on Osborne Hill entirely surrounded ; by Empire property. For a year or more, the two companies discussed: either an exchange of certain pieces of ground -one company buying out the other -ora consolidation of the two companies in one, but they never could come to an agreement, I think if George Starr and I had been left to ourselves, we might have worked it out to the advantage of both companies, but neither of us had the necessary authority. The problem was finally solved by: both companies selling out to the present Empire Star Mines Company. This. brings us up to 1929 and thé beginning of the depression. @prto this time, hydraulic and ~ qlacet mining had sunk to anextremely low ebb, The building of Bullards Bar Dam enabled a ‘few hydraulic: mines on the wa4ershed of the North Yuba to ‘@perate a short time each year when there was water available, but the dam did not stimulate mining to the extent that was expected when Buckly Wells built it for the Whitney interests, I think there are two things that held back this kind of mining then and are holding them back now -first, a large part of the water supply that was formerly available for hydraulic mining is now appropriated for saebaee : Northern Mines = = peas Gee 0.0.9.0 .0 0.0.0.0 9.0 6 9. Batotetet of: See eee, Se THE HISTORY of the Northern Mines (page 6 & 7) includes the famous Maho Quartz Mine later known as the Idaho Maryland, A, B, Foote in the "Men and Mines of Nevada County" also reveals the riches of this mine which was located east of Grass Valley. plants and irrigation; second, that the spring run-off is much less than it used to be due the thick -growth of trees and underbrush that has taken the place of the first growth forests, CRASH OF 1929 ANDITS EFFECTS When the crash came in "1929," prices. dropped, and there was almost no market foranything except gold, a new interest was aroused in both pla‘cer and hydraulic mining. Most of the placer mining was done by snipers with a very small, reward, The principle hydraulic mines that I can think of that started up were those at You Bet, the Remington Hill, the Relief Hill, the Omega, and the one at Smartsville. New interest was also shown in quartz mining and many old mines were rerx Opened and new prospects inves3 tigated. Then when the price of gold was advanced to $35,00 per = ounce, it encouraged still more 4 capital to come into the district z until now there are something ; over 3,000 miners at work, I * think there were almostaSmany men at work back in 1912 or 1914 as there are now, but the payroll now is over 70 per cent’ greater for the same number of men, This, of course, has stimulated business in the district much more than the smaller payroll-would have done and that . _ gecounts. partly for the great increase in population, Ihave mentioned a good many names of men who started in this district and went on toother parts. I think some mention should be made of those who stayed at home, Thomas. Marshall, I believe started working at theNorth Star some time in the 80's as assayer and account‘ant and he did all the melting and shipping of the bullion at that time. He continued in that position as the company grew larger. and more prosperous until 1929. To= ward the latter part of thistime, he had too much to do to attend to the assaying and melting, but I cannot ever remember the time when he failed to take the cleanup into town for shipment, altogether, he must have taken over thirty million. dollars to town. ~. (Continued next week) tee a le em a ha Nevada county's supervisors will devote more time to a discussion of the ‘proposed men! health clinic on Nov. 4 at.1:30 p.m. : The board discussed the matter a while this week but some members appeared to have unresolved questions, leading to delay. of any action. The board was being asked to approve the program and a budget for’. the clinic. The mental health clinic, if put. into effect, will be located in the health office wing at Nevada General Hospital. Its general purpose will be to provide psychiatric and psychological counseling for people with mental disturbances whose Conditions are not severe enough to require hospitalization. ; Supervisor Robert Long liad sévéral questions about the cost of the program, which for a full year would run over $70,000, It was pointed out, however, that the county's share would be 10 per cent--or just over $7,000. And state rules put the county"sNevada County Supervisors Report maximuin ‘possible payment at one. cenit on the property tax tal rate--just over $9,000 in’ Nevada county's case, ; At times, the discussion moved away from the monéy aspect inte a dispute which occurred at last week's meeting of the citizens' committee which is_planning the clinic. A debate sae there over whether Dr. ier Keenan, -county medical officer, ‘aid Robert Costley, hos= . pital administrator, should receive any extra pays.tor their work in. helpirg: ‘of ganize the mental helath clinic. When some committee memhers: contended full-time county officials —shotild -notbe paid extra, Dr. Keenan said he: was resigning and left the. meeting. It was uncléar whether hé meant he was resigning from the ‘citi‘zens' committee;: as mental health program director or both, ‘ The supervisors held an executive (closed) session on this item Tuesday because it involved personnel. ‘However, no action was: taken : on that point. *

Sessisis the cbitiailinities of sides City, Grass Vaile Red Dog, You Bet, Town Talk, Glenbrook, “Little. York, Cherokee, Mooney Flat, Sweetland, Alpha, Omega, French Corral, Rough and Ready, Graniteville, North San Juan, North Bloomfield, Humbug, Relief Hill, Washington, Blue Tent, La Batr Meadows, Cedar Ridge, . Hill, Gold Flat, Neviben, Indian Flat, Bridgeport, Birchville, Moore's Flat, Orleans Flat paslinaren iad Rs House, Delirium Tremens, Peardale, Summit City, Walloupa, Gouge Eye, Lime Kiln,. Chicago Park, Wolf, Christmas Hill, Liberty Hill, Sailor Flat, Lake City, Selby Flat, Grizzly Soggsville, Gold Bar, Lowell Hill, Bourbon Hill, Scotch Hill, North Columbia, Columbia Hill, Brandy Flat, Sebastopol, Quaker Hill, Willow Valley, NUMBER_ 97 VOLUME 49 10 Cents A Copy Published Wednesdays, Nevada City WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1970 Men and mines of Nevada: County The men and mines of Nevada County as written by A. B. Foote, a well known miner in the days of the past. Foote was mostly associated with the North Star Mine; but in this series reveals much -information on most of the Golden Empire area mines.Some of the best ore developed by this program was under the Omaha and Dlinois claims, which were owned by the Empire. The E Bice gp were. the North Star the Empire could not reach the -ore without sinking a vertical . shaft 3,000 feet,.The North Star “Owned some claims up on Osborne Hill entirely surrounded ; by Empire property. For a year or more, the two companies discussed: either an exchange of certain pieces of ground -one company buying out the other -ora consolidation of the two companies in one, but they never could come to an agreement, I think if George Starr and I had been left to ourselves, we might have worked it out to the advantage of both companies, but neither of us had the necessary authority. The problem was finally solved by: both companies selling out to the present Empire Star Mines Company. This. brings us up to 1929 and thé beginning of the depression. @prto this time, hydraulic and ~ qlacet mining had sunk to anextremely low ebb, The building of Bullards Bar Dam enabled a ‘few hydraulic: mines on the wa4ershed of the North Yuba to ‘@perate a short time each year when there was water available, but the dam did not stimulate mining to the extent that was expected when Buckly Wells built it for the Whitney interests, I think there are two things that held back this kind of mining then and are holding them back now -first, a large part of the water supply that was formerly available for hydraulic mining is now appropriated for saebaee : Northern Mines = = peas Gee 0.0.9.0 .0 0.0.0.0 9.0 6 9. Batotetet of: See eee, Se THE HISTORY of the Northern Mines (page 6 & 7) includes the famous Maho Quartz Mine later known as the Idaho Maryland, A, B, Foote in the "Men and Mines of Nevada County" also reveals the riches of this mine which was located east of Grass Valley. plants and irrigation; second, that the spring run-off is much less than it used to be due the thick -growth of trees and underbrush that has taken the place of the first growth forests, CRASH OF 1929 ANDITS EFFECTS When the crash came in "1929," prices. dropped, and there was almost no market foranything except gold, a new interest was aroused in both pla‘cer and hydraulic mining. Most of the placer mining was done by snipers with a very small, reward, The principle hydraulic mines that I can think of that started up were those at You Bet, the Remington Hill, the Relief Hill, the Omega, and the one at Smartsville. New interest was also shown in quartz mining and many old mines were rerx Opened and new prospects inves3 tigated. Then when the price of gold was advanced to $35,00 per = ounce, it encouraged still more 4 capital to come into the district z until now there are something

; over 3,000 miners at work, I * think there were almostaSmany men at work back in 1912 or 1914 as there are now, but the payroll now is over 70 per cent’ greater for the same number of men, This, of course, has stimulated business in the district much more than the smaller payroll-would have done and that . _ gecounts. partly for the great increase in population, Ihave mentioned a good many names of men who started in this district and went on toother parts. I think some mention should be made of those who stayed at home, Thomas. Marshall, I believe started working at theNorth Star some time in the 80's as assayer and account‘ant and he did all the melting and shipping of the bullion at that time. He continued in that position as the company grew larger. and more prosperous until 1929. To= ward the latter part of thistime, he had too much to do to attend to the assaying and melting, but I cannot ever remember the time when he failed to take the cleanup into town for shipment, altogether, he must have taken over thirty million. dollars to town. ~. (Continued next week) tee a le em a ha Nevada county's supervisors will devote more time to a discussion of the ‘proposed men! health clinic on Nov. 4 at.1:30 p.m. : The board discussed the matter a while this week but some members appeared to have unresolved questions, leading to delay. of any action. The board was being asked to approve the program and a budget for’. the clinic. The mental health clinic, if put. into effect, will be located in the health office wing at Nevada General Hospital. Its general purpose will be to provide psychiatric and psychological counseling for people with mental disturbances whose Conditions are not severe enough to require hospitalization. ; Supervisor Robert Long liad sévéral questions about the cost of the program, which for a full year would run over $70,000, It was pointed out, however, that the county's share would be 10 per cent--or just over $7,000. And state rules put the county"sNevada County Supervisors Report maximuin ‘possible payment at one. cenit on the property tax tal rate--just over $9,000 in’ Nevada county's case, ; At times, the discussion moved away from the monéy aspect inte a dispute which occurred at last week's meeting of the citizens' committee which is_planning the clinic. A debate sae there over whether Dr. ier Keenan, -county medical officer, ‘aid Robert Costley, hos= . pital administrator, should receive any extra pays.tor their work in. helpirg: ‘of ganize the mental helath clinic. When some committee memhers: contended full-time county officials —shotild -notbe paid extra, Dr. Keenan said he: was resigning and left the. meeting. It was uncléar whether hé meant he was resigning from the ‘citi‘zens' committee;: as mental health program director or both, ‘ The supervisors held an executive (closed) session on this item Tuesday because it involved personnel. ‘However, no action was: taken : on that point. *