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northernlinebuilders |
09/26/2007 8:34PM |
| The house is right in the middle of town, with doors that go nowhere. I don't think it's Helga(ha ha)with her whiskers on her snout. It seems to be a spanish woman. All I know is that the entire crew staying in the house never gets a full night sleep. Martin Newkom you stopped mid sentence on your first responce, what was the end? |
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| By
Rae Bell |
09/26/2007 4:56PM |
| I hear there's a ghost named Helga who likes to steal things. An odd gal she has whiskers on her snout. Her taste is quite whimsical, a plastic jug of water, a roller blade, a hose nozzel even pruning shears!! Neighbors beware the wild wooley one! |
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| By
martin newkom |
09/26/2007 4:55PM |
My aunt Helen who lived in
alleghany from 1900 to about
1915 talked about a mother and
son who away from town had
a boarding house where miners
and especially Hi-graders would
go for accomodations and never
be seen again. I believe is was
at Mountain House or a similar name. |
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| By
martin newkom |
09/26/2007 2:03PM |
I don't know about any house
in alleghany but my aunt Helen
Armstrong Covell in the commentary she g |
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| By
northernlinebuilders |
09/25/2007 6:55PM |
| our company is putting fiber(phone lines) in the area and is rentig a house from mike miller in alleghany, and they say the house is haunted, they have been hearing stories! anyone have info????? |
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| By
SCOOP |
08/08/2007 5:21PM |
All of the miners in Alleghany offer prayers, hope, and good luck to the rescuers and condolences to the families and friends on the surface. May the Goddess of Mining protect those in danger in Utah.
Scoop does not watch television and has seen no television coverage about this tragic situation. Scoop just read two newspaper stories. For the sake of one of America’s most needed and dangerous occupations, an occupation that is known as vital to insure a free society, let’s look for the truth behind the tragedy and keep an open mind. America, through government guidance and industry enforcement and practices, has as safe a work environment as any country in the world. It is not by chance that this is true. |
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| By
martin newkom |
08/05/2007 7:33AM |
If these old foundery co. were
still around they could tell
some wonderful stories. There
were at least two in Marysville
the Empire and the Marysville.
The Empire made "Monitors" for
hydraulic mining; the Marys-
ville made flat-cars for the
lumber mills and at least one
steam engine for the "Meteor"
an early steamer on Lake Tahoe. |
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| By
martacard |
08/04/2007 1:14AM |
Hello! This is in response to request by Barry...
I am the Great Great Granddaughter of Charles Sylvester Card who started Card Iron Works. My father, Uncle and Grandfather all worked there. Feel free to contact me. I will try to find out any answers that you may have. My father & my uncle know a lot about the Iron works and love to tell about it.
We have quite a bit of documentation, catalogues, invoices etc. from over the years still in our possession.
Look forward to hearing from you. martacard@myway.com
By bn12595
07/15/2006 9:53AM
Hello,
I would like to find out more about my CS Card Iron Works Mine Car. Does anyone know if this company still exists?
Thank you so much for the help.
Barry |
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| By
martin newkom |
07/20/2007 7:51AM |
| Once again, Good Luck!! |
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| By
SCOOP |
07/19/2007 3:41PM |
The Company gave me permission to take pictures underground. I have some good ones but there is a problem with getting them on the web site.
The technical support lives in Hungary and is aware that the mine office is presently unable to add pictures to the site. As soon as it is corrected, you will see the new raise on the 800 level where everyone expects to find a pay day. This topic will be moving to the Miscellaneous topic soon.
It took three days for miner Mark and his helper, Wade, to build the chute and install the slusher that will be used to pull the broken rock into the cars. The vein is very flat, so even though Mark will be running a raise, gravity won't work to clear the round. Once up about thirty feet the raise will branch off in three directions, resembling the look of a cactus. Keep your fingers crossed, say a prayer or two or just wish for some good luck in finding Mister Pocket. |
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| By
Crush |
06/04/2007 8:31PM |
JR Lientztz
I can't finger out what yuor trying to say.
Better even more why your not nocking down the doors at the mine nsted of writin from the cumputre. GFo there and talk to IaN and quit being a fake miner. |
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| By
jrlientz |
06/03/2007 4:03PM |
Mr. Miller, I take it you don't have any job opening at this time. Thank you for your time and patience.
Jesse |
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| By
Michael Miller |
05/22/2007 8:52AM |
It’s a pleasant surprise to wake up to your humor. See last three entries below.
You can be my chuck tender any round in the sixteen to one veins. One hundred years of experience will get you a try out but no guarantees for employment. Those with no experience have turned out okay as well for quite a few men who continued a career in mining. Before an offer of employment to anyone is extended, experienced or otherwise, you will be given an invitation to attend a forty-hour program that is provided by the 100 year old guys. You need this as a prerequisite to work underground.
The last time the invitation/ program was advertised and given three men were selected as “fit to be employed in the mine”. One left the first day around lunch time.. One showed up for work a week after completing the program. He called to say he had a personal issue to deal with and never returned. The last “want-to be-a-miner” finished the training, asked for a week to get his things in order and we never saw or heard from him again. Those 100-year-old guys teach, demand and expect compatibility and growth no matter who or how long they work.for the company.
If you still want an application, send your name, telephone number, address and e-mail address to any of the addresses you wish. You two will be moving to the miscellaneous topic. Thanks for your wit and interest. Oh, as far as the ultraviolet light goes. Sometimes it is effective in identifying minerals. It has been scientifically proven that all the minerals give off electrical energy that distinguishes them. Detection looms large in our technology future.
Our crew is not camera shy. Gold is an evergreen topic with many facets. CT, make the American Miner a reality. |
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| By
jlientz |
05/21/2007 7:56PM |
| I would like to inquire about job openings at your company. Would you please advise me on how I may apply for work, preferably as a miner, entry-level miner, or as a nipper. Also, please let me know how much experience I'd need if you had any job openings. A lot of other places I've applied to require 100 years experince, I hope this is not the case with your company. J/K ! |
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| By
Chuck Tender |
05/21/2007 6:36PM |
| if i understand correctly all minerals give off a glow under ultraviolet light . |
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| By
Chuck Tender |
05/21/2007 6:34PM |
seems to me there could be alot of benefits if such a show came to town and did a piece on the mine. or perhaps the show "cash & treasures" . seems we fit the criteria for either.
or perhaps our own "AMERICAN MINER" series like the chopper,hotrod,idol,deadliest catch genre. |
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| By
martin newkom |
04/29/2007 7:23PM |
My granddad and his bro. john
did well in the store there in
town and they took their earnings into the Eldorado mine
and lost their "tails". They
even hired a recognized geologist to give the an opinion on a direction. Well
he gave them the wrong one:
they had to "shoot" it all.
That was well towards their
tenure at town (1915). |
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| By
SCOOP |
01/30/2007 12:31PM |
| Scoop has the answer for you Martin. Yes, Foote was a key mining man in Alleghany and Grass Valley. On this web site GO to Forum topic "From the Sixteen Archives", Page 3, to 02/25/2004 by Michael Miller and you will find a most interesting story. |
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| By
martin newkom |
01/30/2007 11:35AM |
Who can tell me if Foote who
built the Foote Crossing road
had anything to do with manage-
ment of the Empire mine? I understand the he went broke
building it. |
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| By
Michael Miller |
01/27/2007 7:06PM |
| Just turned the computer on and am shocked and saddened to learn of Al’s death. I doubt that any Alleghany hard rock miner or any people familiar with the history of mining during the 1970’s through 1996 won’t feel sadness about this news. His training was old school. He practiced old school mining ethics as long as I knew him and from what I heard all his life. His greatest legacy may be the many young men who worked under his strict guidance. Some ran from his demands, but I am sure that those who survived under his supervision, as well as those who fled, gained some great lessons in life from the experience. We always said, Al, that gold was in the next round. You believed it and I believe it. Maybe now you know. |
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