September 30, 1970 (12 pages)

_ Serving the communities of Nevada City, Grass Valley, French Corral, Rough:and Ready, Graniteville, North San Juan, Union Hill, Peardale, Summit City, Walloupa, Gouge Eye, Lime Kiln, Hill, Gold Flat, Soggsville, Gold Bar, Lowell Hill, Bqurbon Hill, Scotch Hill, North Columbia, Newtown, Indian Flat, Bridgeport, Birchville, Moore's Flat, Orleans Flat, Remington Hill, Anthony House, MGs a SACTO.: spate Mince A rosea tp bipaaar CALS ose 1 Red Dog, Pas North Bloomfield, Humbug, Relief Hill, Delirium Tremens, You Bet, Town Talk, Glenbrook, Little York, Cherokee, Mooney Flat, Sweetland, Alpha, Omega, ‘Washington, Blue Tent, La Batr Meadows, Cedar Ridge, Chicago Park, Wolf, Christmas Hill, Liberty Hill, Sailor Flat, Lake City, Selby Flat, Grizzly Columbia Hill, Brandy Flat, Sebastopol, Quaker Hill, Willow Valley, NUMBER 94 VOLUME 49 10 Cents A Copy ’ Published Wednesdays, Nevada City WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 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. . cena & Other industries were also short of labor and a Federal Employment Bureau had been organized to. distribute what labor was available as effici. ently as possible. We applied to the Bureau for miners and muckers, giving the wages paid . and also stating that those men averaged approximately fifty the bonus. A few men reported around that they were being paid fifty cents a day more than the standard wages and it was rumored that we were getting outside help with an offer of higher wages than we were paying to the local men. 1 believe that two men spread the rumor with the intention of making trouble and that was the cause of the strike which took place, July, 1918. However, although the miners and muckers at that time were getting very high wages, the wages of all the other employees were less than those paid by other industries and this naturally caused discontent, MINERS FORM _. PROTECTIVE LEAGUE As a result of that strike, the Mine Workers Protective League was formed so that if possible. avoided inthe future by an agreement binding both parties to give at least two weeks notice in which to discuss any change desired, and establishing a "grievance committee" at each mine. At the wages finally agreed upon, the North Star -mine could not make a profit, THE MEN of the Mines in Nevada County as it was in the old days. In this weeks Series of A. B. Foote's column he reto keep the grade of the ore up to a point where it would pay. An attempt to get miners from — outside was made, but the men sent up from Sacramento were such a poor lot that they demoralized our own men by setting a badexample, andit seemed the more men we got, theless work was done. You cannot expect a man to do a good day's work when his partner is getting strikes would be by doing very little. Finally it was decided to close the mill down to twenty or thirty stamps and take out selected ore that was rich enough to pay expenses at the reduced capacity. An attempt to lower wages again was made the middle of 1921 and lead to another strike lasting two. weeks, and was fibut it continued to operate in nally settled on the basis of the hope down and wages be reduced in the future. By 1920 prices high and there was miners and muckers. Northern Mines = Page 6&7 . erecece.e oe ., “e ae 28 +0 9 ele 0 4 oe, 000-0. #, 0.0.0.0 e*e"e"9" Lee LEEDS IR so, 5 prices would come lowering wages in could therefore to the reduction in were still shortage of MILLING DUMPING BANNED roportion e cost of living since 1918. Wages and prices were not the only trouble the mine had to contend with from 1917 on. In that year we were notified by the United States Army Engineers that we were no longer allowed to dump tailings to be a EY eh ey from the mills into the creek, as the mines had been doing since 1850. The basis of this order was a Federal law against the placing of any material ina navigable stream or its tributaries or on the banks of such streams so that it might be washed into them. It was easy enough for the Empire to comply with this order because their mill was up high and they had room to build a storage dam below it. Our mill emptied into Wolf Creek Only a few feet above it and there was no place available to build a storage dam. It. was at a time when you could not get machinery or even wire rope for love or money on account of the war. I finally secured a second hand Lidgerwood Cable way which the manufacturers said was too small for the purpose, built a tower on wheels out of the structural steel of the battery frames which had been taken out. of Central Mill when it had been enlarged. (Continued next week) lates the trouble of wages and + prices in 1917. A protective association was formed for the miners, Nevada C Action on a ‘uniform house numbering: and street lettering system was delayed by Nevada county's’ supervisors. Tuesday so the public can become more aware of the contemplated changes, A public hearing on this planning department proposal was continued to Oct, 27 at 10:15 a.m, It is an attempt to provide a directional and distance listing on house numbers and street names, . The common names of roads would remain in effect, but the designation whether it is a road, avenue etc, would change depending on the type of road and direction it runs, Directional information, such as. NE for northeast. would be applied to tell what direction the road is i ha a gaa ee ee Supervisors Report County 20 and Highway 49. House. numbers would have five digits in the unincorporated area and would go outward from Grass Valley in all directions, The individual house number would be keyed to the home's distance from the city. In other business, the board approved a revised contract with the county chamber by a 3-2 vote, The contract gives the supervisors power to veto chamber. expenditures if it wishes but leaves the chamber independent in instigating projects, Supervisor Dean Lawrence and Ralph Buchanan continued to vote .no because they oppose spending $40,000 of county money on chamber activities. However, Mrs, Lawrence said she has no legal objection to the revised contract, as she did with the previous one. Pe er ae a eee te Se heck

_ Serving the communities of Nevada City, Grass Valley, French Corral, Rough:and Ready, Graniteville, North San Juan, Union Hill, Peardale, Summit City, Walloupa, Gouge Eye, Lime Kiln, Hill, Gold Flat, Soggsville, Gold Bar, Lowell Hill, Bqurbon Hill, Scotch Hill, North Columbia, Newtown, Indian Flat, Bridgeport, Birchville, Moore's Flat, Orleans Flat, Remington Hill, Anthony House, MGs a SACTO.: spate Mince A rosea tp bipaaar CALS ose 1 Red Dog, Pas North Bloomfield, Humbug, Relief Hill, Delirium Tremens, You Bet, Town Talk, Glenbrook, Little York, Cherokee, Mooney Flat, Sweetland, Alpha, Omega, ‘Washington, Blue Tent, La Batr Meadows, Cedar Ridge, Chicago Park, Wolf, Christmas Hill, Liberty Hill, Sailor Flat, Lake City, Selby Flat, Grizzly Columbia Hill, Brandy Flat, Sebastopol, Quaker Hill, Willow Valley, NUMBER 94 VOLUME 49 10 Cents A Copy ’ Published Wednesdays, Nevada City WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 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. . cena & Other industries were also short of labor and a Federal Employment Bureau had been organized to. distribute what labor was available as effici. ently as possible. We applied to the Bureau for miners and muckers, giving the wages paid . and also stating that those men averaged approximately fifty the bonus. A few men reported around that they were being paid fifty cents a day more than the standard wages and it was rumored that we were getting outside help with an offer of higher wages than we were paying to the local men. 1 believe that two men spread the rumor with the intention of making trouble and that was the cause of the strike which took place, July, 1918. However, although the miners and muckers at that time were getting very high wages, the wages of all the other employees were less than those paid by other industries and this naturally caused discontent, MINERS FORM _. PROTECTIVE LEAGUE As a result of that strike, the Mine Workers Protective League was formed so that if possible. avoided inthe future by an agreement binding both parties to give at least two weeks notice in which to discuss any change desired, and establishing a "grievance committee" at each mine. At the wages finally agreed upon, the North Star -mine could not make a profit, THE MEN of the Mines in Nevada County as it was in the old days. In this weeks Series of A. B. Foote's column he reto keep the grade of the ore up to a point where it would pay. An attempt to get miners from — outside was made, but the men sent up from Sacramento were such a poor lot that they demoralized our own men by setting a badexample, andit seemed the more men we got, theless work was done. You cannot expect a man to do a good day's work when his partner is getting strikes would be by doing very little. Finally it was decided to close the mill down to twenty or thirty stamps and take out selected ore that was rich enough to pay expenses at the reduced capacity. An attempt to lower wages again was made the middle of 1921 and lead to another strike lasting two. weeks, and was fibut it continued to operate in nally settled on the basis of the hope down and wages be reduced in the future. By 1920 prices high and there was miners and muckers. Northern Mines = Page 6&7 . erecece.e oe ., “e

ae 28 +0 9 ele 0 4 oe, 000-0. #, 0.0.0.0 e*e"e"9" Lee LEEDS IR so, 5 prices would come lowering wages in could therefore to the reduction in were still shortage of MILLING DUMPING BANNED roportion e cost of living since 1918. Wages and prices were not the only trouble the mine had to contend with from 1917 on. In that year we were notified by the United States Army Engineers that we were no longer allowed to dump tailings to be a EY eh ey from the mills into the creek, as the mines had been doing since 1850. The basis of this order was a Federal law against the placing of any material ina navigable stream or its tributaries or on the banks of such streams so that it might be washed into them. It was easy enough for the Empire to comply with this order because their mill was up high and they had room to build a storage dam below it. Our mill emptied into Wolf Creek Only a few feet above it and there was no place available to build a storage dam. It. was at a time when you could not get machinery or even wire rope for love or money on account of the war. I finally secured a second hand Lidgerwood Cable way which the manufacturers said was too small for the purpose, built a tower on wheels out of the structural steel of the battery frames which had been taken out. of Central Mill when it had been enlarged. (Continued next week) lates the trouble of wages and + prices in 1917. A protective association was formed for the miners, Nevada C Action on a ‘uniform house numbering: and street lettering system was delayed by Nevada county's’ supervisors. Tuesday so the public can become more aware of the contemplated changes, A public hearing on this planning department proposal was continued to Oct, 27 at 10:15 a.m, It is an attempt to provide a directional and distance listing on house numbers and street names, . The common names of roads would remain in effect, but the designation whether it is a road, avenue etc, would change depending on the type of road and direction it runs, Directional information, such as. NE for northeast. would be applied to tell what direction the road is i ha a gaa ee ee Supervisors Report County 20 and Highway 49. House. numbers would have five digits in the unincorporated area and would go outward from Grass Valley in all directions, The individual house number would be keyed to the home's distance from the city. In other business, the board approved a revised contract with the county chamber by a 3-2 vote, The contract gives the supervisors power to veto chamber. expenditures if it wishes but leaves the chamber independent in instigating projects, Supervisor Dean Lawrence and Ralph Buchanan continued to vote .no because they oppose spending $40,000 of county money on chamber activities. However, Mrs, Lawrence said she has no legal objection to the revised contract, as she did with the previous one. Pe er ae a eee te Se heck