Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-12-21

cobble, gravel and csrant e rs iAtse, coarse
powders 10 and 12 feet in diameter os th;s
black slate They have to he hsa,.d u ,.;.s .nis
powder and broken mn with sIadSsa sa wisn san
enough to allow them to be washed thronoh
the tunnel. Have seen pieces of rock we;Sh.
ing 200 pounds washed through this tnnnsj T
had some conversation with Mr.. Uren regard.
ing the former and present condition Of the
North Fork of the American river. / stated
Court th;s mornino W sne
Cross-examination Ito ATTORNEY. General
Hartl,l reside at Gold Run. in Placer coun-
W. sOm n,ce vr,ug1 gis 70 abnnIs ;, par Is s
TO be seven and a half miles. In that section
of the river the channel is not straight but
winding. Inc m angle OF the NIL sides Is about
xhars J as d,, @ = H. r;nsr neu
Pickeripg's Bar snd Rice's bridge. / passed
over the Iowa Hill trail first in 1852.
passed over stephens tran IN In 1904.
maLs th;s srarn;r.t;on of ths r;var9 'N "
XVWe A 90 VI 'A'
O-Wbo J;d von oo for,
S-I Want co. no6oav
o-Whet IA ,,n,, Sr,tors
Il Went hrot;us
O-urnt;ro uhatS
S-Hnnt;nS ona;i
O-You foiIowsd dawn the r;var channel
did yon hunt;ng ona;l, D;d von find anv
| oua;l f
A-yes foppd some along the hanks
O-Tben Won kant vonr evas on ths hanks
d;d vons
ANNot all the time
| Here witnes. MAS cjoseIv c-osa o = ,n;,od as
| ., bis knowle daa af tba river Oh anreI and tbe
denos;ts AZ d;fferent no;nts
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| Afternoon Session.
| Mr. White resumed Croso.exam;nat;on
~ 49,. c..IU..n .r.-.,a..,- =
| wy Assoinef "eno'"i nat' 'no iiood'
of 1876 there was very little of the tailings
that had been deposited above Rice's
h.;5,. ,ar. Tha ADD .,.t ,r;,.., ,,,.r,,
u -e' '
| them nearly all out. Don't think they would
| average foot Deep They were not uni
formIv denosited-in some places there were
IN -. a., ~. ..
none AT ALL "ens uo"h 'ue Ii'er W eAain'
inc piece OF ground In Secret Canyon, about
two miles above Stephens bridge. The trail
above Stephens bridge is considerably above
the river. The hills there are 1000 feet high.
In October last crossed the river in this sec.
ton great MANY times, l don't know the
number of times. All / know about
the amount of water carried in the different
canals is, that was told that by the owners
or superintendents of those canals. l know
the Grade of the fumes in Gold Run district.
from the fact thatI have assisted in putting
in good many of them myself.
Re.direct examination Ito Mr.. Bvrnel-A
miner can iudpe from the size and appear
ance of the head OF water about how many
inches there are. Witness enumerated q
number of different mines in the Gold Run
d;strict in which he had az different times
worLs5 have seem aa many az twenty of
|
tbe same time Ford,s R,r and Warner's
hr;dcs arc about a half a mile anart A man
90, 5,at do,yn 70 tba r;vor at .lrost anv ,,o;nt
;n at th;s .ect;on Of the r;yar ' f
Edn,a-J Ghr;stw sworn D;-sct exau;,..
.;on uo p Csti;nIwI reside at FoIsom
am holding the off;ce of Sunerv;sor Of the
S;xtL Snnerv;sor District of Sacramento
county. and have held that position for the
nast s;y wars The district emhraces MI.
E.s; s;,s;nn; Natorna and Grant townsb;ns
aa,,,p r. aEforr;a ND londed;r Sar Erapc;so,
~, .fs ossh dav Of Febrnarv 1879 startsd
;n,n'a5;otsln CO.. Anbnrn Placer oonntv 81
a.a1as'.d thar. IN dr;y;nn tha Ba.r r;vsr t,'n
af Sc, tbottunnai a,as co,nriotad T ,.a,t
tn Yantse Inns in O.tober Of that vsar
A. that n int 7 aid INV f;rst mining
wor,.ed W. there for about three months. did
no. mU. s,,ccseS we'll 80 went ovsr to w;.oar.
s;n Hi started sln;c,no thera and ,vosLaa
rnt;l mn , the snring Of iS53 Then 7 returned
"a Anhnrn The mipiry in the ne;o bborboc5
Of Yankee inns was mostly sluicinp verv
l;ttla drifting was hein9 done st that
tive The mines that were beino sIniced
at C;eorq;a Hill had a hant of abont 40 feet
| On the asst sida of Yankee ,Jin,s the claims
uers NOT 40 deem II was different material
Wr;cb loan and NO rocks az ali The ta;Iincs
from GEORGIA Hill went into Devils oanyon
and those rom Wisconsin, Hin into Yantee
.Jim's rayipe. and | think thev both emptied
| into Shirt Tail capyon. The population Of
| that LEGALITY AZ that time was yerv large 7
was interested in quartz mill in 1858 near
| Auburn-what was called Grouse Hill Min.
ing Company It was heated in Baltimore
ravine, two miles this side of Auburn. That
was Kind of failure, and left there in 1858
and went to Rattlesnake Bar. At that time
there was yery little mining going ON at that
bar. There was but one little ditch there
then. The Bear River Company dug a
branch ditch from Auburn to Rattlesnske.
and | had the contract of bringing it in there.
and thew calculated that they would sell
600 inches day. Thew sluced into the
North Fork of the American river.
There were at that time seven big sluicss
rnnninp into the river there. Thsre was
soma pretty hard gravel in this bar. and it
did not wash easily. 1t was very golid ma
terial and had to be picked good deal.
Tbare was a littla surface loan and the rest
was red gravel. The mines on this bar were
about IGl or 15o feet above the surface of the
river. I miaed a. Ratslesnake until the
North Fork Canal came in there. moved
down to Doten,s Bar-that was in 1856
PsttIosnoLe a. +bat t;me uas or;te a Ior5a
nlace. There was a little theater a. that
time. Wells. Fargo & Co. had an Office
there. There were three pretty extensive
hotels Taere we're nerhaps . COO neonIe at
Rattlesnake and in the Immediate vicinity