Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-01-04

Those bars are about five feet above the leye
OF low water. l never measured those bars
L have walked over them, and my state
ments OF their size are only approximation
Those sand bars a:e formed during the winte
and spring. There is no mining anywher,
near where those bars are formed. The minel
above that point were not similar TO those il
the neighborhood of Folsom. They wer.
light, loamY banks, and shallow surface dig
gings. The filling Of the river at Folsom ha.
been increasing rapidly during the past few
years. l conclude that the volume arc
velocity of the water near Folsom, during
high food, sweeps out all the deposit in the
channel, and when the water begins TO fall
the deposit from above reflls it. and wher
the water falls sufficiently to show the de.
posit, we see about the same quantity of ma
terial as before. I know from observation
oply the grade of Alder creek. never sur
veyed it.
Re-direc. Ito Mr.. CatliD )-The ebb and flow
that speak of is owing TO the melting OF
snow during the warm days. 1t raises the
river every day. The greater portion OF the
mining near Folsom was done between 1870
and 1879
K. p johnson sworn. Direct examination
ito A. P. Catlin)-I lived in Sacramen
most of the time, from the fall of 1S49
to 1857. I was elected Trustee in
1853. La 1854 I was elected Mayor.
MR. johnson was shown the official map OF
Sacramento Of 1854 Ee identified it as a
map made during the time he was Mayor,
and the certificate on the map bears his sig
nature was member of the Council OF
this city during the year 1858. lived from
1851 to 1886 on store-ship on the Sacra.
mepto river. l. N. Hosg ran a ferry for a
while between where my store-sbip was an
nh apI he al har. ftuo
story dwelling on my store-ship. and l lived
there fer several years. When / came Co
California came frern Oregon. and arrived
in Sacramento in September, 1S49. forded
the Sacramento river at that time few
miles above this city. We rode on cur horses
and led our pack mules We did not get
wet, neither did our horses swim. The river
was quite wide and rapid, ard about three
and half feet deep.
Cross-examiDatien (by G. Cadwalader)-
| was agent for the Brsgden, Eurilds, Qleen
City, Comanche and otser si1e-wheel steam
ers. There was no pumping done 10 this city
until after left. 1t had been talked of,
however, for some time before | went away.
I have not lived here since 1857. The ferry
| spoke of was opposite the foot of street.
The teams got down to this ferry by long
incline. There was a small accretion ON the
Yolo side of the river, opposite street 1t
was not very extensive. The main current
of the channel was on the Sacramento side.
Thomas .McConne ell sworn. Direct exam
ination TO Mr. Cstlin) II have 500 or eco
acres of land covered with debris from two
inches up to several feet deep. Some For
tious of my land have been much improved by
this debris, and some of it has been Jared
by it. This deposit has been gradual, but
most Of it came dowa in 1862 and 1868
Hro
siderably improved. Prior to the filling in
with debris it was covered with tule Now /
raise corn, alfalfa and other produce with
success. The balance of my land covered
with deblis, formerly was csvered with a
natural growth of grass and clover. Ii Is
covered from six inches to two feet in depth.
If this land was treated similarly, l think it
would produce equally as well as the 200
acres I have des cribed. The deposit near the
stream is of coarse material and not as pro-
ductive. Witness exhibited specimens Of
sediment taken from the sediment deposits on
his farm. My land is about seventeen or
eighteen miles below the mines at Michigan
Bar. The sediment when it reaches my place
is productive and coed SOIL
Cross-examination (by Mr.. Cadwalader) y
Mr.. Smith formerlv owaed this land The
two hundred acres L speak of cultivating was
grown up with tule. My house is on a kind
of bluff The Cosumnes river opposite my
place during high water is fully one mile
wide. The old river channel is completely
obliterated and q new channel is now form.
ing. There is fall in the river of a5sus five
feet. The only hydraulic mine that l know
of on the river Is at Mich an Bar. This mine
does not discharge directly into the river,
Oily the fue portion of the material from
that mice gets into the river. l have been
H. far plaC assryr1f fc
every year for great many years. | don't
think ell of the filling in the river comes
from the one hydraulic mine at Michigan
Bar. The sediment deposited by still water
makes productive soil. The material held III
suspension in the stream or deposited along
It's bank l do not think would make very
productive SOIL The sliekens on my place
contains a great deal of vegetable mold and
mica. The old river formerly ran near 81 cks-
vile. Now it runs OF this side OF ray plaza.
1t has been gradually changing since 1861
l commenced my levees about twenty rods
below my house. The old river channel will
never be cleaned out in the world. 1t is COM
pleteiy filed up with sand and coarse ma
terial, and entirely grown up with willows.
Slickeus, after tie first year it is deposited,
is easily worked and makes excellent soil
Samuel B. Hartman sworn. Direct ex
animation 10y J. K. Byrne)-I am miner
and reside at Dutch Flat. l have lived there
since July, 1858. / have been acquainted
with the Gold Run mine since 1854 l
worked continuously in that mine from 1865
to 1875. During that time we were workiog
off the surface gravel. In 1854 they We're
mining on a small scale, and continued in
that manner until 1865, when the South
Yuba canal and the Brady & Gardner ditch
were completed. The first of these bitches
brought in 900 inches OF water. The ground
was then owned by small companies. and run
off by what is known as the hydraulic process.
At that time there were from twenty-five to
thirty companies mining in the district, and
they used from 200 to 400 inches OF water
each. owned shares in the Church, Colder
Gate and Kamer mines at that time. The
Church and Golden Gate mines were after
wards consolidated. They belong now to the
Gold Run Ditch and Mining Company, the
defendants in this case. We worked those
mines down to as deep depth as our grade
would allow. We first ran our tailings
through cuts into Canyon creek. Afterwards
we ran short tunnel and washed a second
stope. have been through the tunnel of the
Gold Run Ditch and Mining Company.
1t will give grade sufficient to wash those
mines to the bedrock That tunnel is about
100 feet lower than the one we used in work.
ipg the second stope. We could wash with
the same amount of water in the top surface,
three or four times as much as they can wash
in the pit of the Indiana Hill mine of this
bottom material. Fer the past four or five
years [ have been fors man of the Polar Star
and Southern Cross mines at Dutch Flat. /
think the channel upon which the Polar Star,
Southern Cross and Dutch Flat mines are
situated is a tributary to the main channel
upon which the Gold Run mines are situated.
The powders in the Dutch Flat mines are
much larger than these found in the Gold
Run mines / have seen within the past
week powders in the Indiana Hill mine
seven or eight feet in diameter. Witness
described the dump of the Polar Star
mine in the Bear river and the extent
of the dam made by the dump
I know but very little about the North Fork
of the American river except at Ford's Bar.
l frequently crossed at that point prior to
1860. and again l saw it last October.
think the tailings at that point are about 60
feet deep. From that point to Rice's bridge
the depth of tailings gradually becomes lesg.
/ saw some pipe-clay in the pit OF the Indiana
Hill mine. 1t was part of the original lorna
ton and about 100 feet from the bed rock.
Cross-examination lby George Cadwalader)
Owing to the scarcity Of water tie mining
in and around Gold Run district prior to 1865
was conducted on very small scale. WITT
ness was shown various samples of gravel
from the Gold Run mine and asked to identify
them and state the different strata in which
they are found This hard blue gravel does
not readily yield to powder. When il is
blasted it is left in large chunks aud has to be