Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-12-03

Vic o.h Gay VI NotouaUeI, lool, IN COMPANY
with Mr. Gould, Mr.. Cosby, Mr.. AIlardt
and some other gentlemen. I examined thu
claim known az the Indiana Hill claim. sThis
mine is on the divide between the
North Fork of the American river and
Bear river. The ridge has a general north
erly and southerly direction. The part
saw had the appearance OF having been
mined out. I saw the portion mined between
Gold Run and Indiana Hill. 1t was about
three-quarters of q mile IN extent. Ihe hill
top had been miaed off from 100 to 800 feet
deep. I Judged of the hight it had been
mined off from the appearance OF the rim left
around the excavation. made an apprexi-
mate estimate Of what had been mined by
the present company below that which had
been mined off by other companies. Mr..
Gould showed me the extent of the mining
which had been done on the surface. He
pointed out various points and told me these
were the marks of the top or surface of the
mine as it existed when this company COM
menced operations. I estimated the amount
of mining done by the Indiana Hill claim by
taking its width, breadth and depth. saw
Mr.. Grunfky taking instrumental measure
ments of the pit and other portions of the
mine. l found the principal material OF the
mine consisted OF gravel, cemented together
slightly with clay and sand, and also some
traces of iron, which entered into the compo-
sition of the cement l noticed the bedrock
and rimrock of the old channel. The gravel
was water-worn, and bore the evidence of
having been
DEPOSITED BY WATER.
There was quartz, slate and granite rock
in the gravel. The gravel itself did not seem
to be very firmly cemented together. l
picked up several pieces of rock. I examined
it. I noticed one piece that decomposed in
coming in contact with the air. 1t had the
appearance of small cobble, and I could
readily crumble it in my hand. I did not
see great deal of this character of cobble in
the pit. went from the mine over the rim
and down into Canyon creek, with the gen.
tlemen of whom have spoken. The mouth
of the tunnel is in Canyon creek, about half
mile from the mine, and one mile from
North Fork. When l first saw the
creek it was filled with debris, SO
that I could not see the bedrock.
Immediately below the mouth OF the tunnel
was deposit of cobble, gravel and coarse
grayish sand, about three feet in depth. l
noticed that the fall of the canyon was very
great. By the barometer, from the mouth
of the tunnel to where Canyon creek emptied
into the river, q distance of one mile, there
was fall of 1920 feet. There are falls in
the canyon, and the roar of the water rush
ing over them can be heard for quite dis
lance. I observed the channel of the canyon
from the tunnel to the river, and found no
evidence Of deposit The force OF the water
and rocky material had cut cut deep and
smooth channel, and in one place q tunnel
had been formed by the rush of this heavy
material. The depoait at the mouth of the
creek and in the North Fork was quite large.
| Some powders were in the river above the
mouth of the creek, but the deposit below
was of finer N aterial. The material COM
posing this filling in of the river looked as
though most, if not entirely all, came from
| the mine [ have been describing. passed
| through the tunnel from Canyon creek to the
| mine. At this time the mine was not in
operation. At the mouth of the tunnel was
an under-current. The dump is from this
under.current into the canyon. l examined
the mine, to ascertain if there was any other
escape for the material of this mine
EXCEPT THROUGH THE TUNNEL
That have described, and found there was
no ether. As passed through the tunnel
found branch tunnel going east and one
going west. followed the westerly tunnel,
and through it came out into the pit of the
mine. The tunnel, part of the way, waE
paved with railroad iron, part had grayelly
| bottom. and the lower part had wooden
bed. There was some little deposit in the
tunnel, consisting of sand, gravel and cobble
mostly sand of a grayish color, something
like this sample No. 81. The sand YVES wet,
and sank into one place almost to my boot
tops. I examined the gravel banks the
second time l went there. / founcI 10
the east bank pipeclay twenty feet in depth.
In the southern portion Of the mine i found a
gravel bank shattered By powder and ready
to wash. Mr.. Gould accompanied me and
explained the character of the banks. l saw
| I do yar7
on the line of Twenty.fourth street across the
old and new channels of the American river
on the S0th of November, this year. My
survey extended from Twenty.fourth street,
on the south, to the north bank of the new
| channel of the American river. 1t was an
| instrumental survey. 1 made some sound.
ings in thu channel. On the north side, where
water is low running, the bank is bluff and
could get good sounding with a pole. Wit.
ness here identified the profile of his survey,
and Mr.. Hart offered the same in evidence.
The distances are all marked on the profile
The width of the river at this point is 2 4Ot
feet. The base line is the level of the city on
Twenty fourth street. MIR. Pierson then
took the profile and explained it fully to the
Court. I found that the water in the chan
mel at The point where now running was ap-
proximstely five feet deep. There is a bar at
this place !, 900 feet in width that averages
from one to seven feet above the highth of 3
street, in this city. This point on the Amer
lean is generally known as the cutoff OF the
American river channel.
Cross. examination (by w. G. Belcher)-
At the time went to the Gold Run mine to
make the examination, | did not know
whether [ should be called as witness in
this Gaze or not I visited the mine at the
request of Attorney General Hart. The de.
composed rcck that 1 spoke of ss having
crumbled in my hand picked up ia the
bottom Of the mine. | have seen similar
rocks
AT MICHIGAN BAR.
1t was not cemented saud, but o rock. ]
also saw some of the same character in the
banks. / don't think ! called anyons's at
tention to this character of rock. 1t was TO
be found here and there intermjxed with the
gravel 1 saw some quartz gravel in the
banks Of the pit within reach. l also found
quartz on the trail 1 know the difference
between quartz and the other rocky forma-
tions in the mine. The bedrock had the ap.
pearance Of slate. Don't know that l saw
any sandstone in the mine. saw mica and
granite sand interspersed in the gravel on the
sides of the pit. Mica is found in granite.
It is scaly, light in color, light in
weight. and has glistenipg appearance.
l did not notice any granite rock. The pro-
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river at Twenty-fourth street is made on .
scale horizontally forty feet TO the inch, and
vertically four feet to the inch. There are
hopfelds and potato patches on the bar
opposite Twenty-fourth street. The soil in
those cultivated places is composed of river
deposit. [ obtained the base line by taking
the level of Twenty-fourth street in this city.
| There were some excavations on the river side
Of the leyee. There was ditch on the inside
of the levee. The extreme left of the profile
shows the north bank of the present channel,
which is Eve feet and four.tenths above the
base line.
Redirect examination Ito Mr.. Hart) The
ditch inside of the leves is about three feet
wide and two feet deep. A road has bee1
built of sand inside of the levee two feet
high. The ditch is between the road and
levee. The soil is loamy on the bar where
the hopfeld is situated. It has the appear
ance OF being good soil.
G.. F. ALLARDT SWORN:
I have been civil engineer for twentys
eight years. Have devoted come of my en-
gineering life in the capacity of railroad and
field surveyor, but later years almost ex-
clusively as a hydraulic engineer. This man
[ present has been made mostly by myself,
and all under my direction. It shows the
North Fork of the American river, from Gold
Run to its junction with the South Fork, and
the American from that point to Sacramento
city, as well as the topography of the adj oin-
ing country 1t has been made from surveys
obtained from the Surveyor Generals office.
Doolittle's map, and other reliable dats. At
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