Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-01-13

| in now neirly mile in length. That gravel has
| been excavsted for average width of over 500
feet-for one mile 10 length. 1hey are taking out
from that mine all the way from fifty to seyentytye
1 tons day and have been doing continuously
! since 1865 to my knowledge The gravel so exca-
waited has vasied from five TO eight feet in depth.
There are several other mines in the Deighbor
hood tailing ght in. Immediately over the ridge,
| little north OF Michigan Bluff, is another mine
! that am acquainted with and which have exam
| ined several times, and find that in two years
AID half they have eXeayated 1850 feet to
average width Of $50 feet and depth oS from to
| feet. That is the Hidden Treasure. They ex-
tracted in the neighborhood Of s30e,000 1t dumps
| INTO Fl Dorado canyon and the material finally
| finds its way into the Nor h Fork of the Middle
Fork of the American river. little further down,
| near Michigan Bluff, there several claims To-
Gated. am only acquainted with one, which is
generally known the Weske mine There they
have excavated on the channels for distance Of
nearly 5000 feet, varying frem so TO $50 feet in
width and from to 8 feet in depth. Following
| OF drift mines of which cannot give
| you the details Further south you come to
Forest Bill. Ga that ridge there are everal mines
That have seen working-the Dardanees, the
Green Springs, the Hope, the Baltimore. jersey and
| otners Further south comes the Big Spring, San
| Francisco and several other small claims Then
| you come down to Todds Valley where Pond has
beeh operating hydraulic claim for number Of
| years. On the top of the ridge at the Excelsior
mine, they have sunk shaft several hundred feet
| IN depth, and have ten-stamp mill. Further to-
wards Bath Is the Golden Gate and Paragon mines
where they have worked into the hill some $500
feet $50 feet wide and three four feet deep using
twenty stamps with which to crush the gravel
They dump INTO the Middle Fork of the American
A little below the Georgetown road en- the north
side OF the river there are two extensive mines-ths
Mammoth and Rocky Point. They have sunk shafts
in what was at one time an immense slide going
back into the hill several hundred feet perfectly
filing up the old river and IN fact turning
the river out OF its c0urse. They have
some twenty-five or thirty men engaged
there in getting this material out and throwing it
directly into the river. At Iowa Hill there is con-
siderable hydraulic wishing going on The guam
tity Of material from all these mines is very large
There has probably been not less than fifteen or
twenty acres hydra aucked rom the Dardanees.
Oro and Green Sprin to an average depth Of l5o
feet. In the Pond mine not less than fortYye fifty
acres to depth Of fr m 10 o. l20 feet. Then from
these othe- claims, from the Dardanelles down to
Bath on that ridge, there has been moved not less
than fifteen acres to average depth of seventy
five feet. At Bath, about 10 acres, to average
depth Of l50 feet Then in the Hope Jersey, Balti.
more and the Others they have worked from 500 to
$500 feet into the hil and have been drifting out
from so TO $50 feet in width in depth it varies
from two 10 five feet. Immediately on the other
side OF the dye there has been worked not less than
twenty acres to an average depth Of 100 feet That
tails into ShTttail canyon above the junction Of the
North Fork. Witness then passed to the Plsceryiie
ridge and described tho mines Of the FL Dorado
Water and Deep Gravel Mining Company and other
mining operations giving the names of the mines and
the uumSer OF stamps used in each. About five
miles east Of PlaceTvio there is a little hydraulic
niue where they arc working = me ldow. using
about 100 inches Of water, aud is washing meadow
to the depth Of hvc to ten feet. He has washed
away there from thirty to ferry res.
Q-SJm6thing has been said here in regard to
monitors and other improvements in mining opera
lions. What sct has been produced by the intr5-
ductlon Of these improvemcntsf
A. The maximum removal Of earth with the min
imuIn amount OF labor. The force OF the water, by
the aid Oi The mouitor forces the material from the
bank into the aumes and sluices instead of by the
aid Of labor.
Q.-H5ve these improvements aided to the
amount II material mOFedi
Al say, as between the year lsG2 up 10 1872.
when the monitor in its present shape commerced
TO be used-I viii say that thsre is Lot much
terial removed into the rivers ard the beds OF the
streams subsequent u 1872 there prior TO this
year 1872, or between that ami 1852
Q-Whyf
s.-For the reason thai fouud men Engaged in
the business Cf mining Up IN the banks of the il err,
washing in the old banks Of the present rivers, in
some Instances going in lO0 eco, 500 and 400 feet i'll
width, the bank varying from to 80, 40 ard 50 feet
They psed az that time sluices very heavy
grade. The volume Of water is much less at the
present time than il was at that period.
Q.-Docs the amount Of material moved depend
upon the character Of that materialg
A-Yes, sir The material mined during the first
years OF mining was of much lighter character,
and the same volume Of water would move much
more of it. There ara two reasons why they do not
bring down as much material to the valleys. Ths
monitor has nothing at all TO do excepting in tho
moving Of the material and placing il in the river.
IL has nothing al all 10 do slih carrying n down.
Court totk the usual recess
Afternoon session.
DiEect-examination Of Thomas Price resumed
Mr.. Belcher-We ofor to prove by this witness,
and expect that he would testify If allowed that
from theCoon Hollow mil over IS, 100000 Of gold
has been taken, and that than $4,000 900 re-
mains IN those mines TO work aud that in the Blue
Tent mines over 81 800 900 have been produced and
there yet remains in those mines yet to BE- worked
more than Si0,09e,C00.
Objected to on the ground that it was irrelevant
and inmRterisl.
Court sustained the objection.
Counsel for the defense excerpts.
\ full report Of the testimony OF Mr.. Price will
exceed the limits that be allowed in one days
issue, and the a alysis given by him of the con-
stituent or component parts Of sckens," and the
very interesting testiEony in regard to the city
drainage, embracing a scientific inquiry into the
condition Of the sewerage OF Sacramento. viii ap-
pear in full to morrow, introduction TO ths
report in saturday mornings is ue
Court adjourned until to-day at a. N.