October 24, 1970 (12 pages)

ee ee ee Serving the communities of Nevada Gity, Grass Valley, Red Dog, You Bet, Town Talk, Glenbrook, Little York, Chetokée, 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 y On Hill, Peardale, Summit City, Walloupa, Gouge Eye, Lime Kiln, Chicago Park, Wolf, Christmas Hill, Liberty Hill, Sailor Flat,~LakeCity, Selby: Flat, Grizzly il, Gold Flat, Soggsville, Gold Bar, Lowell Hill, Bourbon Hill, Seotch Hill, North Columbia, Columbia Hill, Brandy Flat, Sebastopol, -Quaker.Hill, Willew Valley, Newtown, Indian Flat, Bridgeport, Birchville, Moore's Flat, Orleans Flat, Remington Hill, Anthony House, Delirium Tremens, NUMBER 93 VOLUME 49 8 ee ee i Si a 4 me ‘10 Cents A Copy Published Wednesdays, Nevada City “WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 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. d times away for a few us months. in other parts of th country. making maps and mode for some litigation, but if want to find out about the side of some old mine 4 See feature page. frain from -pointing to a moral. MINERS HERE In. the early days, I think my “ey readers will agree, men worked “I would like to mention a lot harder, worked longer hours and of the old miners, mill men and for less money, and many luxmechanics who have worked uries and pleasures that we now faithfully and steadily in the enjoy could not have been bought mines for thirty years or more, for money. As a result of inbut there are too many of them ventive genius and the improveto be mentioned in so short an ment of machines, the production article. if I began I would not per man increased enormously know when to stop It is admitted and the miners got the largest by every one who is ina posishare of that extra production. tion ‘to know that there is a It is being argued now that mabetter class of miners in this chines are putting people out of sere ec employment, It is certain if mai 2. ; chinery had not been improved, Ps Saree . the mines of this district would Bs Northern Mines * have been forced to close ee = = ago. It is claimed that the ric = Page 6&7 = ite BETTER CLASS OF are getting richer and the poor, = poorer, Since 1884 the North = Star company has produced THE GEORGE STARR summer ‘home on Osborne Hill as it appeared in the mining days. The Starr and A. B. Foote series on Men and Mines of Nevada County concludes this week, The Northern Mines series continues on the Nugget $30,900,740. All but $6,000,000 of that was paid back to the employees -and,. except for what was paid for machinery, etc., in other places: it was all spent in: California. «CAPITAL ALWAYS NEEDED The prospectors know when they have found a mine that they cannot develop it themselves-they have to have capital from outside. That capital must come from people who have saved up money and wish to invest it and make a profit. It'seems to me that $25,000,000 paid out-is worth the: $6,000,000 profit that the people who supplied the capital Teceived. (This concludes the A. B, Foote series on the Men and Mines of Nevada County.) . With some feeling expréssed that. the system proposed is ‘tod "cumbersome", Nevada county's supervisors day. At Planning Director Stanley Mansfield's suggestion,. the proposal was referred back to him -to, as he put it, “take care of problems mentioned at this meeting." Those problems were diverse, depending on who was delineating them. Supervisor Robert Long wanted it empha-"sized that no road namés will be. changed unless there-> are duplications and he opposed the provision that would tack. stich titles as “way” or "street'’ or "road" on the end of the name, depending on the type of street and direction. : ~~ oe = 4 = ha > bers.” He opposed the five digit adopting a uniform street namé-.* house numbering system Tuesent to use, Chairman Willie Curran opposed the idea of dividing the And Supervisor Ralph Buchanan asked the planning commission “to come up with a simplified alternate plan.” Mansfield promised to try Only Supervisors Dean Lawrence and William Thomas supported. the proposal in its en. “E don't know how it can be simpler," Mrs. Lawrence remarked. "It is just like analytical geometry."

ee ee ee Serving the communities of Nevada Gity, Grass Valley, Red Dog, You Bet, Town Talk, Glenbrook, Little York, Chetokée, 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 y On Hill, Peardale, Summit City, Walloupa, Gouge Eye, Lime Kiln, Chicago Park, Wolf, Christmas Hill, Liberty Hill, Sailor Flat,~LakeCity, Selby: Flat, Grizzly il, Gold Flat, Soggsville, Gold Bar, Lowell Hill, Bourbon Hill, Seotch Hill, North Columbia, Columbia Hill, Brandy Flat, Sebastopol, -Quaker.Hill, Willew Valley, Newtown, Indian Flat, Bridgeport, Birchville, Moore's Flat, Orleans Flat, Remington Hill, Anthony House, Delirium Tremens, NUMBER 93 VOLUME 49 8 ee ee i Si a 4 me ‘10 Cents A Copy Published Wednesdays, Nevada City “WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 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. d times away for a few us months. in other parts of th country. making maps and mode for some litigation, but if want to find out about the side of some old mine 4 See feature page. frain from -pointing to a moral. MINERS HERE In. the early days, I think my “ey readers will agree, men worked “I would like to mention a lot harder, worked longer hours and of the old miners, mill men and for less money, and many luxmechanics who have worked uries and pleasures that we now faithfully and steadily in the enjoy could not have been bought mines for thirty years or more, for money. As a result of inbut there are too many of them ventive genius and the improveto be mentioned in so short an ment of machines, the production article. if I began I would not per man increased enormously know when to stop It is admitted and the miners got the largest by every one who is ina posishare of that extra production. tion ‘to know that there is a It is being argued now that mabetter class of miners in this chines are putting people out of sere ec employment, It is certain if mai 2. ; chinery had not been improved, Ps Saree . the mines of this district would Bs Northern Mines * have been forced to close ee = = ago. It is claimed that the ric = Page 6&7 = ite BETTER CLASS OF are getting richer and the poor, = poorer, Since 1884 the North = Star company has produced THE GEORGE STARR summer ‘home on Osborne Hill as it appeared in the mining days. The Starr and A. B. Foote series on Men and Mines of Nevada County concludes this week, The Northern Mines series continues on the Nugget

$30,900,740. All but $6,000,000 of that was paid back to the employees -and,. except for what was paid for machinery, etc., in other places: it was all spent in: California. «CAPITAL ALWAYS NEEDED The prospectors know when they have found a mine that they cannot develop it themselves-they have to have capital from outside. That capital must come from people who have saved up money and wish to invest it and make a profit. It'seems to me that $25,000,000 paid out-is worth the: $6,000,000 profit that the people who supplied the capital Teceived. (This concludes the A. B, Foote series on the Men and Mines of Nevada County.) . With some feeling expréssed that. the system proposed is ‘tod "cumbersome", Nevada county's supervisors day. At Planning Director Stanley Mansfield's suggestion,. the proposal was referred back to him -to, as he put it, “take care of problems mentioned at this meeting." Those problems were diverse, depending on who was delineating them. Supervisor Robert Long wanted it empha-"sized that no road namés will be. changed unless there-> are duplications and he opposed the provision that would tack. stich titles as “way” or "street'’ or "road" on the end of the name, depending on the type of street and direction. : ~~ oe = 4 = ha > bers.” He opposed the five digit adopting a uniform street namé-.* house numbering system Tuesent to use, Chairman Willie Curran opposed the idea of dividing the And Supervisor Ralph Buchanan asked the planning commission “to come up with a simplified alternate plan.” Mansfield promised to try Only Supervisors Dean Lawrence and William Thomas supported. the proposal in its en. “E don't know how it can be simpler," Mrs. Lawrence remarked. "It is just like analytical geometry."