The weekly Placer herald., 1854-02-11
Miners Meeting.
AUBURN RAvINE, Feb. 8, 1854.

4. q meeting of the miners Of the Au
,..rm az district, Mr.. Thomas Mott was ap-
WI" n';",ed Chairman, and w. L. Smith,
p.ot,rv. when on motion the following
.'ssanb and resolutions were adopted:
P'SWhereas, At Il meeting Of the miners
..lJ at Ophir, January %, resolutions
"u .'ore adopted requiring the removal of
..o Dam belonging to the Bear River and
," ."hurn Water and Mining Co., by which
lid Company RECEIVERS the water dis
o.%.rced nv said Company into said ravine.
And whereas, we, the miners Of this dis
,.;ct ore entire dependent on said com
.anv for water to work our claims, and
whereas, by the removal OF said Dam,
mi. whole district must necessarily be
Jenrived Of the use of water, throwing US
;die-and rendering ur claims va uele>s,
,ye the miners of this district do hereby
nrote.t against any measure that should
tGenrive US of our just and equtab rights
IN common with Others, and in view of
awarding iStre to all we believe that the
r;cbts of a should be defined.
Therefore be 1t Resoiued, That we re-
coonize the rights of companies conveying
,y.ter INTO the several mining districts
tho use of ravines IN this district for the
purnnse of conveying water, again tp he
recovered hv the parties Introducing the
.am.: Prouidpd, the nata,. water in
said ravnes be permitted to flow unob-
structeh.
ResoIved, That a Committee ofsi. prac-
,ical miners he appointed to determine
the amount Of water that is permitted to
nsss the Dam of the b. r & A. w &
NJ. Co., and further to ascertain the sub
seoupnt direction of said water, and that
said committee he selected from miners
who have for a long time been acquainted
with and worked in Auburn ravine, and
that they report to this meeting.
" hereupnn, the following gent elnen
were appointed:
John F. Dubins, F.. G. Bacon, NJ S.
Milliken, George Perry, J. N. O.aere,
D. Gould.
On motion the meeting adjourned to
meet at James Buwens, Auburn, at 7
o'c ock.
Meeting met pursuant to adjournment
when the Committee made the following
Report:
We, the Committee appointed for pur-
poses AS expressed at Il meeting creating
said committee. he. leave to report,
That in the opinion of your Committee
after careful examination of the matter
submitted, that Al least two hundred inches
of water is suffered to pass the dam of
the b r. & A w. & NJ. e., in Auburn
Ravne, and is now discharged down the
ravine, which amount, in the opinion of
your committee, exceeds the natural water
to winch the ravine is entitled. At dis
tance not exceeding three .fourthS of Il
mile down the ravine, other bitches are
found leading water out of the ravlne and
in the opinion of vour committee, not to
exceed six inches of water ut this time is
suffered to pass the Dam of [. G. DuplI,
and we are of the opinion that after
careful and candid examination of the
matter, that the cause of complaint is not
property against the r. Co. and ask
an impartial examination 10y the miners
on the ravine helDw as to the real cause
of their complaint. confident that it is not
their intention to wrong this district so
that their rights are protected.
We therefore recommend the adoption
of the following resolution>:
ResoIued, | hat we regard the rights
Of lhe miners on the Auburn Ravine and
hold ourselves ready ny nll proper means
10 protec: them in their rights, agaiast
any nsurpation of any company, incorpo-
rate or private.
Reso ued, That it would afford It's plea
sure to meet with the miners on the Au-
burn Ravlne, in II general meeting called,
and there determine definitely upon the
equitable course TO be pursued.
A Il Of which is respectfully submitted.
Signed by the Committee.
On motion, Resolved, That the Report
of the Committee with the foregoing re-
solutions be read and adopted.
Carried unanimously.
On motion, Resolved, That the pro-
ceedingS Of this meeting lie published in
the Placer Hera d
On motion the meeting adjourned.
THOMAS MORT, Chair'n,
w. S, SMITH. Sec'y.