Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-12-23

pact. 1t was 80 solid that wagon could be
| driven over. 1t is very gosd road.bed 1t
is one of the finest road-beds I ever saw
| Q.-How as tb its being moved?
| Al do not think it could be moved. The
material that found there is very much of
| the Gold Run mine.
Odd you visit the tunnel of tho Gold
| Run mine?
Al did not in October; but I have Wis.
! tied it.
Q.-With reference to the tunnel, where is
the dump of the Gold Run mine
A.-The dump Of the Gold Run mine is
directly into Canyon creek, but its final dump
| is in the North Fork.
Q-Do I understand you that it dumps in
| there, but the dump il down below?
A.-The dump is in the North Fork Of the
| American-its final dump.
Q.-What is the float character of the ma
| terial that has been worked il the Gold Run
| mines since 1876, and that remains there now
| to be worked?
| A-The fine material which would float,
agitated in water, would amount to z per
| cent, the balance of the material weuid be
quite heavy. The upper material was very
light.
Q.-Of the material worked since 1876 and
now in the mines. what per cent of il would
pass, for instance, below Rice's bridget
Objected to by the Attorney General, on
| the ground that the witness had not been
| shown to be competent to testify on that SUBJ
| ject.
After long argument on that point, the
Court sustained the objection.
Q.-Have you examined the sands in the
| Gold Run mine?
A.-Yes, sir.
Q-Have you examined the sands in the
American and Sacramento rivers opposite
| Sacramento?
Al have in the American river opposite
| Sacramento.
@. [Showing witness bottle No. s, contain
| ing gray sand deposited on the lands of Cap
| tain Hogder1-Seate whether the sands in
that bottle are of the same character of sands
that are found in the Gold Run mine.
Objected to by the Attorney. General. on
| the ground that the witness is not shown to
| be competent.
The Court overruled the objection.
| Al state that thess sands never came
from the Gold Run mine.
| Witness was successiveiy shown sample
| No. 10, taken from the Sacramento river at
E. Doles No. 1-one-quarter of mile above
Sacramento bridge; No. 6-sand fond at
| bar between the old mouth and new mouth OF
the American river; No. 4-sand covering
portion of land north of Sacramento city,
near the American river A. s. G.; No. r
sand found OF land Of A. Henley. opposite
Sacramento city. in Yolo county No. Ode
posit Of 1862 on land Of Greenlaw; and an
swered each in tie same way; that they did
not come from the Gold Run mines. The
last sample, he said, was mostly loan, or
vegetable soil.
Q.-To what extent has your experience
| gone in the direction OF examining sands?
A.-Not more than ten years. l have
| studied it. My experience is practical and
| theoretical
Q.-Have you visited the drainage area Of
| the American river this year?
Al have from the 9Th of October up TO
| the 20th or 22d.
Q.-Iu making your observations, state the
route that you took.
| Al proceeded from here to Folsom. /
| crossed the river at, I think, Negro Bar.
From there I went to Mormon Island, Sal
| mon Falls, Placervile, across the country to
Georgetown thence across the Middle Fork
of the American at Ford's Bar on the Mid
| die Fork-not the Ford's Bar referred to on
| the North Fork; thence to Todi's Valley,
Forest Hill. and around the head OF the can
yons-Shirt.tail and Indian canyoas-crossing
| at Warmers Bar to Gold Run thence down
| to Auburn, and then down on the river to the
| junction of the two forks.
| Q.-What was the condition of the Ameri-
can river at the time CT that visit?
| Alt was quite muddy at Sacramento
here, and quite muddy at Folsom.
Q.-State if you knew the cause of tia
| river being muddy at that time.
Al ascertained the cause. II was ths
effect of mining operations and agricultural
operations; the acts of nature probably coz
| tributed some.
Q.-At the time you found the river muddy
from tho causes referred to, state whistler
there was any hydraulic mining then being
carried on at the Gold Run mines?
A.-There was not. None at all.
Q-Describe, if you can, TO what extent
the river was muddy at that time, when no
hydraulic mining operations were being car.
ried on 10 the Gold Run mine?
A.-The North Fork of the American river
was quite clear-notabiy so. The Middle
Fork carried large amount of sediment in
suspension. There were no hydraulic opera
tions at that time. There was no water
nothing to produce mud from hydraulic
mining.
Witness testified to the number of placer,
quartz and drift claims, and said that large
amount of material was put in the river by
them. The quartz claims put in very fine
material from the stamps.
Cross examination (by Mr.. Hart)-Became
G mining expert alb ut the year 1870, as an
associate of Professor Raymond. I was his
deputy in this State. My duty was the ex-
animation of mines, the compilation of sta
tistical matter, the examination of methods
of producing gold. Have studied mineraloey
continuously since 1870. Made reports from
1870 to 1876 to Professor Raymond, de-
scriptive of mining and its methods, and the
various methods OF mining. Thatwa my duty,
and I endeavored to accomplish il. There is
broad sense that is used in regard to hy-
draulic miuing that applies to drift mining.
Then, there is o more limited sense in which
the term is used. The term has an accepted
technical meaning. The drift miners take tie
dirt out through tunnels. l said that the
| right to dump in the streams had never been
disputed or questioned until this suit or suits
in this nature were commenced. l only
speak of my own knowledge, and it is quite
extensive / know from general repute that
| the Spring Valley Company is said to
have bought tract of land on which
| to dump. My distinction is that slickens is
the finer material and debris the heavier
I do not think that any two samples of slick
ems would be the same. Slickens, so far as l
know, should say does contain some pro-
ductive qualities. Prof. Hawks, l think,
! lately made an analysis Of slickeDs. I do not
know that the analysis referred to was made
at the request of the defendant in this case.
| Slickens is silt and silt is slickens; it is the
| fine material carried in suspension in the
| water. Silt is undoubtedly a vegetable mat
ter mixed with other material. Quartz is a
mineral. Pure quartz would be silica. Silt
may be composed of a portion of silica, but
silt, as it is carried down here, contains or.
ganic matter. l call organic matter that
which comes from some plant, for instarce,
that may have had life. call silt that fine
material that comes down the rivers in sus-
pension. This organic matter does not come
from the mines. It comes from vegetable
matter and soil. 1 have read good deal on
soils.
| Q.-Hcw do you know what are the con-
| stituent parts of silt?
| Objected to on the ground that it is not
| cross-examination.
| The Court sustained the objection.
| Q-Have you ever visited the North Fork
| Of the American river above Canyon creek
A.-Yes, sir have crossed it many times.
Have been at the summit of the Sierra Ne
yada. There is granite formation there.
| The granite extends down about to Cisco,
about 80 miles above Gold Run. FrSm Gold
Kun station to Cisco is about 20 miles or
more-about % miles. became acquainted
with Gold Run in 1865. l bought piece Of
ground there then. It is in the Gold Run
district, adjoining the Indiana Hill mine. /
examined very closely the material being
worked in the upper bench. There was not
much Of it rock. There were fine quartz
pebbles, but no bowlders. Last October
II was in the claim and looked
at the banks. The banks presented very