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On the other hand, his health was never good, he actually believed what they taught him at seminary school, suffered the spiritual dispepsia of constant outrage, and he wasn't a very good driver. When you survive remarkably stupid acts, you're colorful. When you don't have any significant regrets about them, you're eccentric. George was magnificently colorful and eccentric. When you continue to believe in, work and fight for justice despite [...]

The following is the latest chapter in an unfolding saga of a $2.5 billion piece of real estate (5,800,000 ounces times $430) right in the midst of Grass Valley: After 18 years of hoping and planning by some dedicated individuals, work started a year ago on Phase One of what will be the crown jewel of the Empire Mine experience. Designated "The Underground Tour Project" by the park, this will [...]

was killed in a single car wreck on the Ridge Road on Monday evening. At this writing, little is known about the circumstances: evidently Gilmour was heading downhill after meeting with mine CEO Mike miller in Alleghany. The wreck occurred about 7:30 P.M. Gilmour had left his Richmond home that morning, meeting in Alleghany to go over briefs prepared for a court hearing scheduled for Thursday. That hearing has been [...]

George and Mike spend a lot of time together, as previously reported by Scoop. They work well together to defeat “the bad guys” (an accurate and clear name they call the defendants). Scoop has observed, as well as others, their compatibility and sense of purpose. Hope you all realize what this team and their core of advisors bring to the table. They are unbeatable. Sure the bad guys wanted to [...]

Miller is convinced a large pocket of gold, perhaps the largest in the mine’s history, can be found deep in the Red Star mine north of the existing mine. “I’m absolutely, 100 percent confident that gold is there,” he said. “This shaft could be the working shaft for the next 100 years.” The largest pocket of gold found in the Sixteen to One was 83,000 ounces near the Tightner Shaft. [...]

"After a number of delays and hitting a lot of just bad, crumbly rock, we've finally ... hit some solid rock," said Ron Munson, Sierra Gold Sector superintendent. "We're making much more rapid progress now." Part of the 780-foot tunnel being built at the Empire Mine State Park. The Union photo/John Hart When the tunnel is finished, a tram will carry visitors through rock and quartz to an intersection with [...]

SIERRA COUNTY, Calif.- Gold miners have a name for the ore that glitters promise from the luminous darkness of the mine. They call it high grade. When gold shows in the rock, when the naked eye can look past serpentine or iron to see solid flecks of gold, then a miner knows he has come upon the high grade ore that still lures the hopeful to these northern California mountains. [...]

When the Original Sixteen to One Mine closed in 1965, no less an institution than the California Division of Mines and Geology mourned, calling it not just the death of one of the most productive and profitable gold mines California had ever known, but the end of a major California industry. But the Sixteen to One refused to die, and its uniquely modern success is a bright spot in a [...]

Alleghany (cal.) Jun. 20, the recent rich shipment of ore, amounting to 1200 pounds, pulled from Tightner mine Yielded the owners $75,000 in fine gold and 400 ounces of concentrates valued at $12 per ounce, making a total of $79,000. This ore was extracted in the course of developing the main vein in the lower adit, and was not taken out with the purpose of showing the richness of the [...]

The world premiere of "The Great Northwest Mining & Doo-Wop Co." starts its nine-week run Friday at Driscoll's intimate cabaret dessert theater in Nevada City. The comedy is a mixture of fact and fiction. Fact, because it is based on research done at a real operating mine, the 16-to-1 Mine in the nearby town of Alleghany. Indeed, some of the clothes and props are on loan from the mine. Even [...]

MINES AND MINING- Activities in the ore districts of the Great Southwest. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE TIMES Los Angeles Times 1886; Sept. 5, 1909; ProQuest Historical Newspapers Los Angeles Times (1881-1976) Pg.II10 Local man at Grass Valley. Nevada City (cal.) Sept.3- Benjamin Fenton, a Los Angeles real estate and mining man, has been in this section several days looking over mining properties and other interests. He is highly impressed with [...]

This is only the most recent of several articles published with similar wording by The Union in the past. To understand the article and the Environmental Protection Agency, one must first realize that the EPA's policies are dictated by a few people who have taken Chemistry 101 for non-chemistry majors, as well as by a great number of lawyers and administrators who have no chemical training at all. The EPA [...]

Of course it must be said that when Miller’s vision and California’s bureaucracy collide, as they have been known to, there’s usually a good story coming up. Miller, also the President of Alleghany’s Original Sixteen to One Mine, has contracted to construct an adit and drift to open the guts of the Empire Mine State Park to the public. The drift will be some 700 feet long, and tie into [...]

Michael Miller, president and director of the mine, said the gold was found in a section of the 1,000-acre mine they first looked at two years ago and finally started exploring 7-8 months ago. On July 15, the work paid off when one of the miner's drills hit "corn flakes," small pieces of gold that signal more is in the area, and then a 60-pound rock with an estimated 300 [...]

In the course of the past six days, miners of the Sixteen have daylighted about 1,000 ounces from one pocket, worth well over a half million dollars when sold as bullion, specimen and jewelry gold. There is still gold showing in the face of the drift. The find is in a newly mined block of ground not far from the “ballroom,” the source of the 1993 bonanza. “It validates the [...]

Miller sent the following letter to 150 companies in California, Arizona and Nevada that are regulated by the federal Mines Safety Health Administration (MSHA). Prior to the deadline for filing a brief, he received one response. and asked for and received a postponement to August 23, 2004. “Will anyone recognize the importance of this abuse of process by the Federal administrative branch and two of its employees? Does anyone else [...]

Original Sixteen to One Mine Inc. owns or controls several adjacent gold mines near Alleghany, a tiny community clinging to the Sierra foothills about 40 miles northeast of Nevada City. The corporation has Sacramento connections. The president and chief executive officer is Michael Meister Miller, a descendant of the Meister family that once manufactured horseless carriages here and later switched to auto sales. Attorney Brian Van Camp is the corporate [...]

SECRETARY OF LABOR CIVIL PENALTY PROCEEDINGS MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION (MSHA) Docket No. West 2002-224- M(A) Petitioner A. C. No. 04-01299-15542 v. ORIGINAL SIXTEEN TO ONE MINE, Docket No. West 2002-226-M INCORPORATED, A. C. No. 04-01299-05544 Respondent DECISION Appearances: Christopher B. Wilkinson, Esq., Office of the Solicitor, U.S. Department of Labor, San Francisco, California, on behalf of the Petitioner; Michael M. Miller, President, Original Sixteen to One Mine, incorporated, [...]

President Michael M. Miller released a compilation of relevant excerpts from well-respected geologist Waldemar Lindgren. His epic work “The Tertiary Gravels of the Sierra Nevada of California” was published in 1911. The compilation can be found at www.origsix.com under the heading “The Mine”

ALLEGHANY - Approximately 1,500 feet into the depths of the Sierra Nevada foothills, a dull droning sound grows continually louder with each step, until it begins to reverberate throughout your body. As a large drill grinds through solid rock and quartz, the physical sensation it creates in the body is nothing compared to the excitement it generates for the miners. "Absolutely there's gold in there! It's going to turn the [...]

“We won’t know exactly how much we’ve got until we put it through our high-grade mill,” explained mine President Mike Miller. “You can see the gold in the arsenopyrite, and this is better than the stuff we got an ounce per ton from.” Miller guestimated the gold to be worth in the neighborhood of $63,000. This is the first optimistic time for the mine since it daylighted 200 ounces about [...]

The Company has fallen behind in its payments and faced eminent shut-off. “We were unable to execute mine plans that took time to develop,” said Michael Miller, president. “The miners were forced to look for gold targets with a promise of striking gold immediately. It was a pretty short leash. We have identified a proven gold target that will take us thirty to forty days to access for exploration, but [...]

It was mailed to administrative Judge Gary Melick today. Two citations issued in September 2000 were contested. “It is more than money and more than principle that we object to,” said Michael Miller, who represented the Company. During the period between 1997 and 2001, MSHA agents were plummeting the miners with unreasonable interpretations of standards, which threatened their very existence. Many of the small operations were hit hard. The big [...]

This is the current situation at the Sixteen to One Mine. For those with a passion for adventure and treasure, figuring out how to locate and daylight the gold from our underground quartz veins is the job for a few financiers and gold miners. We will be doing this in one of the world’s most intriguing gold mines. If wealth and adventure are not enough compelling reasons to join the [...]

Anyone conducting an investigation to determine the root cause of Mark’s accident or any accident where a locomotive is alleged to be defective would analyze the significance of the other pieces of similar equipment. It is critical information to determine fore knowledge or negligence if the opposite were true. What if all the other trains were defective! The greatest danger in tramming the 1700 level is pulling a load. By [...]

INTRODUCTION On November 6, 2000, a miner died. As a result of this tragedy both State and Federal agencies ran amuck by casting blame on his friends and fellow workers. This company and its miners reflect the true intent of the United States Congress, when it ratified The Act of 1977, which requires the responsibility of the operator and its miners to create and maintain a safe work environment. The [...]

San Franciscans who came to know and love this man in years gone by, realized, even then, that we had never before, and would never again, meet a character quite as mad, and quite as wonderful, as the cartoonist Dan O'Neill. Hundreds of us have our own favorite Dan O'Neill stories; yet we are all now surpassed by the publication of a charming new book, The Pirates and The Mouse: [...]

WHERE IS FREEDOM GOING? Freedom is being eroded every day in one form or another. My Grandfather O'Donnell fought for the freedom of Ireland. It caught up with him and his brother. They had to run for their lives. My Grandfather was a stowaway on a ship that landed in New York; his brother landed in New Zealand. Now, who would believe freedom in the U.S.A. is at stake? Each [...]