Sacramento daily record-union., 1881-02-17
ADDRESS TO THE PUBLIC
Citizens Anti Hydraulic
MINING DEBRIS COMMITTEE OF FIFTY.
To the citizens Orsacrnmenio and vicinity:

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TEyHE COMMITTEE, IN RECOMMENDING
Il active measures 20 be taken to prevent the
further use of the beds OF mountain streams as
a place for the deposit of the debris tailings
from hydraulic mines, take occasion to say, that
Sacramento has good wishes for the success Of and
assistance TO extend to- all the species of mining
save that practiced by the hydraulic process.
Had the hydraulic mining companies observed the
golden rule, had they respected the law OF all
civilized communities. the present unhappy conflict
would have been avoided.
AS it is, she cannot wait longer or trust to others
for protection Delay means simply greater area
of devastated country, lesser power of resistance
on the part Of community. Further forbear-
ance with evil of such magnitude, whether from
trade or other considerations, would be b!under
and crime.
The committee think that 10 our unexampled
spirit of toleration not to say cowardice, may be
attributed many OF the troubles which, in manifold
forn aftiict this community.
Sufficient testimony is in the possession OF the
committee to show that, were hydraulic mining to
cease, the waters of mountain streams would
Immediately regain and maintain, to the delight OF
both man and beast, their original purity. And
the committee are satisfied that assertion pos
sesses less truth than that the mountain canyons
full OF tailings which will yet come down and cover
the valley, though hydraulic mining were to i'm
mediately cease. 1t should be apparent to all that
what the huge seething volume Of water of the last
fortnight failed to move out OF the beds Of the
mountain streams and into the valleys below, would
not be moved from place by lesser fiood-waters yet
tn core: and common sense fails if it does not
show that the beds and banks Of our mountain
st ears are now cleared of mining rubbish to ar
extent that makes further abrasion of them prac-
ticaliy impossible Let US prevent the hydraulic
miners from again reflling the river chlnnels.
Information in the possession OF the committee
indicates renorseless swelling of the volume OF the
debris committed ID the care of the mountain tor
rents, and which, sooner or later, must fnd rest
ingulaee in tEis valley and it would seem Conclu-
sion as serious it is certain, that river system
in the world, without choking, overfowing and rem
dering their adjacent country uninhabiteble, could
carry the millions OF cubic yards OF solid matter
which the hydraulic miners deposit in the channels
of the American, Bear, Yuba and Feather rivers.
SO often has it been shown that hydraulic mining
is practiced without profit that insignificant
number of persons IS engaged in it, that the wild
cat specUlator uses it q means TO delude Unwary
foreigners and inhabitants Of other States that now,
instead of numbering amOrg the industries OF States,
out OF which prosperity issue-, 1t is high III rank
among the forces which spread devastation and ruin.
In the opinion Of the committee the time for ac-
ton has arrived and for relief should be
Immediately taken by prac ically uuaninOus ami
resolved community, determined 10 make all consid
eratiOns sink before that involving the existence Of
the Capital Of California. To this end we have in
vited our fellow citizens to assemble on Thursday
evening Of this week at the Pavilion to iuitate the
necessary measures of seprotecton and to instruct
our legislative delegation in the premises
Geo. Cadwalader, C. W Clarke,
IL -. SinHn, fIeu. Cox,
Daniel Flint, r. S. Carey,
Gee. W. Locke J. r, Watson,
Geo. 0. Bates c. II. Hubbard,
Harry Bernard, Chris. Green,
c. Il. Cummings, VIM. Beckman,
w. II. Hodgdon, Geo W. Young,
5. 4. Boutwell,, John Breuner
W. r. Cluness, l. E. Dwinel,
Samuel Blair, S. w. Butler,
John F. Dreman j. W. Wilson,
G. G. Tyrrel, Chas. Traver,
J. II. McKune, Euoch Jacobs,
VIM. Gwyun, Mike BryUe
o. p GOOdhue, J. H. Sullivan,
J. Routier, G, L White,
Samuel Gottleib, A. Aiken,
W. S. Manlove, Dwight Hollister,
4. Heibrou, J. II. Clyde,
X. F. Whenever, james Stephenson
W s Mesick a c. SWeetser,
John Gerber, John T. Carey,
J. F. Richardson, John Rider,
John Roberts, David Mcgowan.
James O'Neil, John McGee,
John Meister w. r. Jones,
r. j. Merkeley, VIM. Todhunter
Wm. II. Dixon.
fe16-2t [B. CT Committee Of Arrangements.