Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-01-12
OPINIONS PRO AND CON UPON TIL
HYDRAULIC MINING DECISION.

The Grass Valley Things heads its article
on the Sawyer decision with these words
" A faint glesm of the light of the Temple
decision
Reading Iadependcnt: The people of our
section, while tney are not directly interested
in the fight on either side, felt like congratu-
lsting the valley land.hOlders on the preserva-
tion of their farms and houses from future
destruction.
The Nevada Transcript of the 9th instant,
in brief review Of Judge Sawyer's decision,
claims that it paved the way for years more
of litigation, rs the miners will certainly
strive to maintain their rights and homes as
long as they have either"
The Red Bluff TocStn, as result of the
Sawyer decision, thinks " that it will be only
a question Of year or two till the farmers
can begin to realize some respite from the
threatening attitude of the rivers, and it will
now be only few months till the Sacramento
and Feather rivers will clear their channels"
Msrysville Appeal The suspension of the
hydraulic pipes cannot interrupt quartz and
gravel mining, but on the contrary, will stim-
ulste both and offer more EN- ployment to the
working miners. 1t is also believed that it
will lead to a more general and immediate
application to horticulture and viticulture, IS
well as a development Of the foothill valleys.
Grass Valley Union thus remarks The
Msrysville Appeal says Judge Sswyer's de-
cision blots out relic OF barbarism, and
sustsins civilization" This is decidedly re-
freshing According to this the bucolic re-
gions Of Marysville presents civiliz alton ia
its highest development, and the mining re-
gions of the Sierras are inhabited by barbara
ans. We do not deny that the noun tsineers
are mo'e savage now then they were q week
ago.
The Red Bluff Sentinel concludes an article
on the Sawyer decision by remsrking: The
farmers of the lower Sacramento valley can
now feel secure and again begin to work with
confidence and good cheer to build up and
make for themselves permanent homes. Sac
ramente. MsrYsville and other towns will no
more be menaced by the destroyer and people
can go to bed at night and sleep quietly and
securely, knowing that their lands and
homes, goods and merchandise, are safe from
the destroyer.
San Francisco Cal The argument upon
which the decision was based covered the
salient points of the case, and if viewed from
the standpoint of common law decisions. is
incontrovertible. The causes which at one
time served to afford hydraulic miners pro-
lection in destroying other peoples property
| have long since ce lsed to exist. The prom
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profit resulting from its destruction. TIE
decision of Judge Sawyer puts the case in
good condition for final settlement.
Gridley Herald: The decision is praeti.
cally the death. blow to hydraulic mining as
heretofore carried on. 1t insures the safety
OF the valley lands and the perpetuity of the
agricultural interests of the State. The
rsnchers deeply sympsthiza with those thus
! injured, and will cheerfully aid them when
ever IN their power so to do. Such is the
feeling in this vicinity-we believe it is SO
throughout the entire valley. The decision
is very lengthy, so much so that no paper on
the Coast Is prepared to publish it in full.
Peoples Cause The press throughout the
Sacramento valley are satisfied with the de-
cision of Judge Sawyer in the debris matter,
while the papers in the mining districts pre-
dict woeful future filled with deserted min
ing camps and ruined mines. Better thou.
sand times the ephemeral mining interests of
the State succumb to the inexorable law of
! Justice than tnst the agriculture, the sheet
anchor OF prosperity, perish before the
| aggressions Of those who have hitherto pur.
sued their calling regardless alike Of the best
interests of the State and of commerce.
Grass Valley TidiHgs. VIII the valley
folks stop quartz and drift mining? We
don't know. Take therefore no thought
for the morrow; for the morrow shall take
thought for the things of itself. Sufficient
for the day is the evil thereof" The quartz
mining prospects for this year are mag
nifcent, and fruits grow in abundance on our
hills. And We know that to them that
love God all things work together for good "
Nevada City, in discussing the question, has
already built many dams. The structures
are spelled d-a-m-n-s, and do not appear to
be restraining Sswyer's injunction. The
newspapers of the valley will soon be in
big fight over the question as to which Of
them ttst said it knew the farmers would
win. The more of those papers get hurt in
the fight the better we will feel