Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-03-06
SHALL MINING STOP?
WHOSE INTERESTS ARE
THOSE OF THE MINERS.
Foothill Farming and its Relation to Min
ing-Why Hydraulic Mining Should
Not Cease.


EDS. RECORD. UNION. 1t is universally
od,o;tted +h.+ +ha 90 5ahr;s, ), o,,ast;o, : ono
'Ao
oi lnohleheous Importance oue at the same
time impartial observers are compelled to con-
TESS that the discussion thus far has bean ono
s;aod and +borafora ;noo,,rlo+o A. +,o o.o
''N>, ' one oa'o
now STANDS the pubic sIpposes That the con-
troversy is wholly between agriculturists and
miners Arpuine from this stand.n If ia
q -. ~
easy W aSsulhe elat agriculture Is ehe esseh-
tial basis OF State life, and that mining being
an "ephemeral industry" must therefore
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;sa ai' 1919 s nas p zee. man
t',s a. III a,o srlio &c go ~ s'a'i .nI Iase'
ouU 1iiI eieehU u iaiiiess ehSiiely iach
MS anu any Uiia' nay oe oaseu upon
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De "'iI wy un"oiUny u oui Jay anu Senel1-
'ion' we are ensaseu III d mighty WORK,
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as 'iie teriiSoiy Get"een Dos'on anu Cnaries-
Oon, oGueh Oaioiin1' anu we oa!ilo' 1llolu W
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VI iShoi anu Aneie 10 "iio'iiei anu ni'her'o
AN UNNoTIcED FACTOR
In the problem that is Quite as important az
any that has been considered and one that
must be discussed before we can be either
lust to ourselves or the subject. assert that
there is an agricultural interest that espouses
the miners side of the case. and 7 shall prove
that that interest is. prospectivelv at least. as
important To the State as the other aoricul
tural interest that opposes hydraulic mining
If | succeed in placing before the public a
fair and convincing statement of this fact
tbouahtfuI and broad-min,Ied Statesmen will
be better prepared for lust action and be
enabled to escape the beguilement that now
threatens to seduce their Judgment. The
foothill farming lands of the Sierra Nevada
i, are "noiiy uePenueh1 upon Che
their aid the farmers Of that ragion would he
compelled to abandon their homes MANY
valley farms NAV he Threatened with martial
destruction. but the footbill farms without
the miners water wonld he utterly and for
ever ruined. Let me here explain the situa-
tion and make nv meaning clear The winter
rainfall. while II is generally sufficient for the
lowlands. is wholly inadeoIate TO the wants
Of footbill farms and for the simnle reason
that it does not remain in the ground Svs.
tematic IRRIGATION is therefore an ali.
solnte necessity in the foothills Rnt
who mr. what interest con he relied mon
IN fr1rp III tho foothills With (fan he
$50. th erro a. ~ ";,,1o Sne
,s,. 80 go iii Iii a. npt.o ss"ve
Tents;fI 6, W. 10 =; =, ~ ~
$50. 90 IL 80 80 $500, ,,NI So.
h.I' % IiIs NE -
:l'.I -. 100 ooo 1919 20 II
-. FL 49, IL AZ ii, -
t puc go " ~ ei'i az WI. De M
W wv az a. s"1,U eae $50 - y snassor,,
~ h,,;id u; tba -
~ oIi:u I'LL VIE oany Jus o
sn1 hsset I: .,,e" T InH ou.iu Suou'anuJ u
III Vi ."I a. us , ss' es tIS seotL;II
s mnony oeyThu enS pJme, " SNo iuo.nn'
farmers. me hluraulic niiners' however,
nave a'ie"us 'on''i u0'eu
GREAT RESERVOIRS,
And +ba,, bova o1so hr;lt III. reo,;s;+o d;tobes
70 scattsr tbe yyoter 70 tboTsands of footb;II
So re nI,",noJ " W. or, ~, 81 49,
IT,, Ill, Ill 81 w o. % - vi 800, T.,
ILL., ~ 30 ,,,otar ., q; 800 20 ;rrcrata ~
antire fontb;Il roa;on No Ivo+or oon1nany or
ca,nnan;os con 80 +ba;r TIaca Gov tha reo.
SON tbat tho nrot;ts void he insnfI;c;ent
i,,st rnw 70 sn1 nav tbe ;nc;dentaI ernenses 81
Srcb n systam In few vsars tbere will
boyuevar he a farn;ng nonnIat;on in tbe
footb;IIs LARGO and r;cb enongb 70 bear
tbe exnanse Al nresent the farmers could
not keen in renair reservoirs and bitches
III Ii.
a stoppase OF mining would rob the SAID
farmers OF all tnelr investments ~! during the
past nve years foothlll farming, by the ald OF
the MINERS mas become an INDUSTRY OF vast
importance ana lano tnat was worthless hVe
years ago is now worth s!oo per acre. AND
TINS seupenuous success Is only prophetic OF
results that VIII De seen at no distant Gay
throughout tne entire Ioo.nlii country Irrl r.,
gation Is 5hen necessity TO tne Ioothiii
farmer, ana IL can De OBTAINED only tnrougn
the enterprise OF the hydraulc miners. put
tne miners s oitcnes are necessary 19r another
purpose. Inc early miners stripped the eartn
Hom thousands OF httie valleys ana raVlnes,
ana a. the FOOTHILLS nave peen made mdeous by
tnese terrlpie sears. Durihg tne past nve
years tne iootniil Farmers nave Deen ming
these ruined depressions with deDris oDtained
from the miners ditches' and thousands OF
acres nave IN TINS way peen recovered and
mace as useIul as any other part OF the coun-
Try. Every year ados 20 tne area OF territory
mus II renaoln.ate,l' OUT nIeeen years at least
wiz De required 70 colnPieee TINS creat,ye
process; IN tne luogInene Oh some very apie
men, Iuny conPe.ehe 70 give an autnorleatly We
ppini4n upon snis POM, E essel area WIN
nave peen save We, III sne neA' ni.ee9 years oy
snis pioGHos 'n"n ii"' oeoii iuineu ny ueoii'
~ VIC '"'iey.