Grass Valley High School - Stray Leaves Yearbook (Grass Valley, CA)

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sisrosr or THE GRASS VALLEY MINES U jig ' r Quartz gold was discovered in Grass Valley. in of eseeg P, ieso. George ucxniget, While Walking on Qcld H111, H gig :Xl stubbed his toe on a rock and discovered it to be jk f'f Q! EX a piece of quartz. iThis discovery caused the rapid fEit?S?f'TXl.F' development of quartz mining through various stages 1rmtHnFt3 ?dEhh2Tt t in Grass Valley' The Idaho-Maryland Mine, originally known as the Eureka, is lo- cated where the very first miners came. -The Coleman Brothers-made a great deal of money out of the mine-for a while, but their success did not last long- Just as the mine was about to be wrecked, Mr- Er- rol Mac Boyle, who owned some of the stock, managed to get hold of it. Mr- Hao Boyle and-Mr. Albert Crass worked together on the mine. Mr- Albert Grass secured all the gold he could possibly getifrom the mine, and when he failed to secure enough for expenses, Mr. has Boyle bor- rowed money in San Francisco. The two'discovered the vein that re- sulted in the mine becoming very rich. The success of the mine that exists today is due to the perseverance of these two men: Mr. Errol Mac Boyle and Hrs Albert Crass. y The Massachusetts Hill Eine was an important one in its day, and there is an interesting story connected with it. Michael Brennan, an Irishman who had secured some of the stock of this mine while in Ireland, came to Auerica with his family and became superintendent in 1856. Brennan was successful at first in his attempts in the mine, and elated over this fact, he spent a hugo sum on the mine, which eventually turned out to be unprofitable- Ho had borrowed money to carry on and was greatly in debt. Brennan realized the plight that he and his family were in and was driven to desper- ation- One day it was discovered that Brennan had committed suicide, taking his family with him. ' i ,M And fate took it in hand the next day to cause t' dir discovery of the ledge for which Brennan had WM 'i r II Cl Q v x ,pg -4 s 1 . given up all hope. ,P 3,,hefj1 -'4 gl tg tree-f 1 f- hr 4: , 'I'-...lr 'g fa U I Q c ,,., ' 2 gnkgwn ' een W as -EH I 5' it .Q-1,1 lejgadf.. .Whig BLA F 1. . r HM: :h iv-rf:-zrfgizi I lewd' W o V y