Your story on January 24, 2003, about the arraignment held in response to a Sierra County Grand Jury indictment, failed to convey the arraignment of Michael Miller, Jonathan Farrell and Original Sixteen to One Mine. If a reporter had been present, the article would have been informative instead of meatless. Everyone pleads not guilty at the first arraignment. Even a bank robber, caught inside the bank with the money in [...]
Michael M. Miller, 60, owner of the Original Sixteen to One Mine in Alleghany, and mine manager Jonathan T. Farrell, 32, are each charged with involuntary manslaughter and failure to comply with occupational safety regulations resulting in death. The mine itself is also listed as a defendant. A defense argument to drop the charges will be heard Feb. 13 in Sierra County Superior Court. A grand jury indicted both men [...]
Michael M. Miller and Jonathan T. Farrell are set to have an arraignment Thursday in Sierra County Superior court. The court will also hear a motion to set aside the charges. Miller, 60, is owner and president of the Original Sixteen to One gold mine in Alleghany. Farrell, 32, is the mine’s manager. In October, a grand jury charged both men with involuntary manslaughter and willful violation of an occupational [...]
The last mines to close were the C.L. Best Mining Company (privately owned) and the Original Sixteen to One Mine (publicly owned) which ceased operations in 1965. For a history of gold mining in this area, we would refer you to James Sinnott’s books on Sierra County. This report is about what is happening now. The old prospectors with their gold pans and sluice boxes have been replaced by the [...]
KNCO INTERVIEW WITH MIKE MILLER Rita Stevens: The Sixteen to one mine is located in Alleghany in nearby Sierra County. It is the oldest mining company in America. About two years ago a mining accident resulted in the death of miner Mark Fussell. And situations at the mine have not been the same since. Mike Miller is President and Director of the Sixteen to one mine and joins us by [...]