Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-02-18
THE MINING MEETING.
SOME BOLD STATEMENTS AND START
LING ANNOUNCEMENTS.
The Citizens Anti-Hydraulic Meeting at
the Pavilion Last Evening
Resolutions Adopted.

Cadwalader presided, and Ed. F. Smith
acted as Secretary. Mayor Turner, G. w.
Clark, Christopher Green, Fred. Cox. j. r.
Watson, C. Fl. Cummings and n. l.. Drew
occupied seats on the stage next the Chair.
man. Senator Pardee and Assemblyman
| Cannon also during part of the evening had
seats on the platform. There were present
when the meeting was called to order 44s
eitizens. During the evening about 70 Others
came in, and the aggregate congregation
reached probably as high figure as 525 OF
$50 people, including large number of legis-
latoTs and several citizens of Suffer county.
AT THE OPENING OF THE MEETING
The Secretary read the call for the meeting,
and also letter from Rev. |. E. Dwinell,
declaring his belief that the only way to save
the valley from the food of sand and slum is
to stop the deposition of it in the rivers and
their tributaries. and declaring It the duty OF
the Legislature to protect the people against
business carried on by sanction of State
law. A letter from Mayor Stone of Marys-
vile, was read, setting forth like views, and
| holding that the Government must protect
MarysviHe against the hydrulic miners, as
! her titles are derived from the Mexican Gov
| eminent, which the United States Govern
ment is solemnly pledged to hold good The
! Mayor also referred at length to the suit by
| Marysville against the miners, and the lnten-
ton to now push it. and also to the issues
upon which he was elected. and which gave
voice to the wishes of the Marysville people
as against hydraulic mining.
| Mr.. Cadwalader then addressed the meet
| ing. He said the meeting had been called by
a committee of ffty-six citizens, of which he
was Chairman. They desired the people to
consider first, and then to initiate measures
to prevent Sacramento being buried by
detritus from hydraulic mines. He
sketched the situation around this city
and in Suffer and Yolo counties, and
! drew a touching picture of the suffering
of the people who had been driven from their
homes by the recent floods. He spoke of
the value of the lands under water and now
being covered by mining debris, and of the
depreciation in values that must result, He
said the water had been three feet deep dur
ing the late storm, back OF Brighton, on the
railroad track, thing which had not been
seen before for twenty years. He asked the
question If they were going to stand it Cries
of MOP and applause Were they going
to wait until
OLD AGE ovERTAKEs THEM
And confess to not having had foresight
enough to prepare for it when young. [Cries
of NO." and applause He frequently APP
pealed to them in this way, and received like
responses. He sketched the testimony of
Mr.. Allardt. civil and hydraulic engineer,
who testified in the Keys injunction case
against hydraulic mines, saying that this
testimony was produced in response to the
demand made by the RECORD. UNIONS edito-
rial of yesterday morning. The testimony
of Mr.. Allardt appeared in full in the
RECORD. UNIONS special report of the Keys
case at the time of the trial and
is familiar to all our readers. He
also produced a profile map showing a
survey of the Yuba river from its mouth to
the highest of the hydraulic mines; the
amount of mining debris at the dumping
places for the mines, and also the amount in
the canyons. Mr. Allardt he said, had also
measured the cuts where the banks had been
washed away, which showed the amount Of
earthly matter carried down into the rivers.
This testimony of Mr.. A. he cited in
answer to the RECORD UNION when it de-
handed scientific statements. The Yuba, he
said, is smaller by one third than the Ameri-
can river, and yet has borne on its bosom the
immense amount of heavy matter stated by
Mr. Alardt.
OVER $50, GOO ACRES
Gifts bottom lands have been buriedup by de-
bris Itisnow all jungle Of willows. Although
it has been exposed to the sun and rain for
years it will not grow blade of grass. About
% per cent. of the tailings lodge in the can
yons, and the rest 20 down to the lover
points in The river One hundred and sixty
two million cubic yards of matter have been
sluiced out into the Yaba and its tributaries,
says Mr. Allardt, while but II, 600, eco cubic
yards remain above in the river.
This was the kind of evidence the RECORD.
UNION calls for. One company on the river
admitted that it alone had washed down 49,
coo, eco cubic yards. Such a mass as has
been stated, deposited on $780, coo acres Of
land would cover it one foot deep-so deep
that
NO PLow COULD REACH
Below it. As to the carrying capacity Of
the rivers, their size must be remembered,
and that the people below the Yuba canyon
have to stand the brunt of the deposit. Can
we remain here and allow this thing to go on
We are below the mouth of that canyon. 1t
must stop or we must emigrate. Are you in
favor of being forced out Of this valley !?
Cries of mo! Nor'I
The water Of this river comes from snow
belt which is just above the mining belt. It
comes clear to the mines. 1t comes TO us
muddy. Stop the mining and it will come clear
to US again. Such was the testimony of all
the witnesses. It was so settled as fact by
judicial decision in the Keys case. Such was
the condition of the Bear river. 1t fought
out a channel and bed sufficient for it.
Millions of cubic yards of detritus have been
deposited into it from hydraulic mines. A
freshet comes and washes it out.
Mr.. Cadwalader here went into an elab-
crate statement of the law concerning the
rights aud the enjoyment and produce of his
property and the limit which the law puts
upon man in the use of his property so
as not to infringe upon the rights of
his neighbor He quoted largely from
authorities and from his voluminous brief
in the Keys case, going over the
ground, which is familiar to the readers of
this paper, the citation having been fully re-
ported and published in the RECORD UNION
at the tine the case was before the Supreme
Court. At one point Mr.. Cadwalader made
the statement that he was not aware that the
RECORD UNION would change its position
after the citation of the evidence which he
had produced. It may be here very properly
stated that the RECORD UNION has
NEVER CHANGED ITS OPINIONS
Concerning the question of requiring the
hydraulic miners to take care of their tail
ings, and prevent the destruction of the
| rivers and adjacent lands and cities,
and none of the facts stated by Mr..
Cadwalader have been overlooked by the
RECORD UNION, or lacked full exposition
therein.
MIR. Cadwalader insisted that hydraulic
mining is not the most profitable, and em-
ploys but few persons, and that immense
amounts of earth are washed down to obtain
but a small pay streak that the number en-
gagged in it is but small. and that most of the
mining is of quartz, drifting and other min
ing. He said it had always been the law thai
miners have been
RANKED AS ADVENTURES
Engaged in hazardous business, composed
of two classes-a small rich class on the top,
and very poor class at the bottom. Coming
to his conclusion, he declared that the prop
erty of the city and the people and the sur
rounding country must be saved from the
slickens. Il tell you," he continued, i've
must fight for our rights [applausel; we
must dare to maintain them. lApplause. ]
| They tell us that If we dare to interfere with
them they won't buy any butter or cheese of
us. How's that: That's played out. They
| tried that on Marysville, and now they want
to try it on Sacramento. She need not have
any fear. The feeling is so widespread
through the State in relation to the vast de-
struction that has been caused, that not the
least fear of any such threat need be appre-
| hended. Every paper in San Francisco Is
AGAINST HYDRAULIC MINING,
| And all the leading papers elsewhere. The
feeling is the same all over the State, and
how can Sacramento suffer by it any more
| than any other place ?" He said the Com
mittee of Fifty-six had appointed s.