Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-12-24
Afternoon Session.

n. FL. Brown continued. Direct exam.
ination ito Mr.. Byrne)-I have made an
estimate of the production of gold in the
Gold Run district from 1855 to 1868. It
is about S6,000,0G0. During that time
was express agent and had charge Of
banking establishment at Gold Run.
bought gold dust during that time.
I base my Judgment on my experience while
thus engaged in business at Gold Run. Four
million five hundred thousand dollars in gold
passed through the hands of Wells, Fargo l.
Co. was agent for that company a great
many years. The Union, Gem and Druid
Companies did not send their gold through
our Office. include their bullion in my esti.
mate of $4,000, 600. They sold their gold
in the town Of Dutch Flat. The Hark-
ness claim produced $50, 900 in one year.
first knew of the Indiana Hill being worked
In 1858, and it has been worked every year
since during the water season. The first
ditch to tibet mine was constructed from
Canyon creek in the year 1854. The first
mining done there was ground sluicing.
They commenced hydraulic mining there in
1855. The first hydraulic mining ever saw
was at Nevada City, in 1858. went to that
place to examine this process at that time,
with a view of introducing the same process
on Indiana Hill. The first mining was done
in the gulches and sags washing the red soil
and quartz soil. They then began running
cuts and short tunnels from Canyon creek,
and working off another bench. The first
discovery of the deep gravel deposit was made
in 1852, on point Of Indiana Hill. Those
mines have been worked continuously ever
since during the water season. There is a
mill in that district for crushing hard and
rocky material. 1t is cement mill. They
have to crush large amount of cemented
gravel in order to thoroughly extract the
gold. MIR. Hollenback was the first Recorder
of Mountain Spring District. I was first
Recorder of the Indiana Hill District.
Cress-examination (by Mr. Cadwalader)-
Gold Springs is about mile northeast of
Gold Run, between Gold Run and Dutch
Flat. My first mining was in Bear river. 1t
was what they call bank mining. At Little
York engaged in ravine mining. Ravine
mines were limited to 100 feet in length and
30 feet in width. The original claims located
at Gold Run were 100 feet in length and Is
feet wide. The hill claims were 60 feet
square. All of the Gold Run Mining
Companys property south of later
ravine is embraced in the original
Indiana Hill district. All of the
ground in the district was not located
prior to the enlarging of the district. They
first began to dump in Canyon creek in 1854.
was one of company of five that first 10.
Gated on Indiana Hill. We located 500 feet.
Our location on that hill was prior to the
organizing of the mining district. ALI claims
that were located before the organization of
the districts were not interfered with, so far
as rules relating to size Of claims was con-
cerned. The new district increased the size
OF ravine claims to 500 feet in length and 200
feet in width, and the hill claims to 200
square feet. This applied only to INDICATED
grounds I was Recorder of the old district,
but not of the new district. 1 kept store at
Mountain Springs until 1861. I then re-
moved to Gold Run, built several houses, and
was engaged in various occupations. was
in Idaho during six months Of 1862. I mined
in Gold Run mine ravine, and was interested
in some claims on Bogus Hill. There were
no rules requiring miner to work his mine
in any particular manner. Between 1865
and 1868 there was about 400 miners in the
Gold Run district
Adjourned to the Sd day of January, 1882,
at $50 A. NJ