Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-09-04
HYDRAULIC MIXING.
RIVER COUNTIES AGAIN CONSULTING
ABOUT sLICKENS.

The Supervisors of Colusa, Yuba, Suffer,
Sacramento and Yolo Talk
Over the Subject.
The Boards of Supervisors of Sacramento,
Yuba, Suffer, Colusa and Yolo counties
held a conference yesterday afternoon at
Woodland, for the purpose of forming an
association to inaugurate a vigorous cam
paign against the hydraulic miners, the
expense of the undertaking 10 be borne by
the five counties jointly. The conference
was held in the Hall of Records in the Of
fee of the Yolo County Supervisors, and
there were present the following officials:
Supervisors Tebbets Ross, Greer, Bates
and Black, of Sacramento county; Han
numy, Herman, O'Hara and Zumalt, of
Colusa; Bradley, of Yuba; L. P. Farmer. of
Suffer; Snyder, Guthrie, Yorke, Schurley
and Clark, of Yolo George Ohleyer, Mana
ger of the Anti Debris Association, and
G. W. Hutchins and T. B. Hull, of Suffer
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citation. Before the conference it was I'M
derstood that Suffer, Yuba and Sacramento
were favorable to the project but Colusa
and Yolo were doubtful.
| The conference was opened by an address
| from Supervisor Tebbets of Sacramento, who
| stated the reason for which the meeting of
the several Boards had been called The
| intention, he said, was to form an Anti
Debris Association to be controlled by Sac
ramento, Suffer, Yuba, Colusa and Yolo
! counties, and that the sole endeavor of the
| Association was to be the suppression of
| hydraulic mining. Mr. Tebbets then re-
cited what Sacramento county had done in
the past and also the efforts put forth by
| Suffer and Yuba counties. The PROPOSE
ton now was to have each county send
delegate to the Anti-Debris Association
and that the expense of arresting and prose-
cutting the miners be borne equally by each
county.
Mr.. Hutchins of Yuba county was pres
ent to represent the Anti Debris Associa-
| ton which was already formed and he
made very pointed address. He COM
| pared the rivers 10 line of sluce- boxes
! and commended that unless man was kept
at the end the boxes would eventually fill
up. The Feather river had been SO in
| jured by hydraulic mining that it ran up
stream for several miles at times. The
Anti. Debris Association had fought the
miners for fifteen years and he believed
had fought them successfully, having
stopped work on many of the mines The
| spies sent out by the Association had
caught the North Bloomfield mine run
ming several times, but so infrequently
| that the owners were able to stand q fine
| OF $500 once in a while for contempt of
Court, and they continued to mine again.
| They had catch basin, but it was mere
pretense. All the matter went over the
dam and into the river, and the people of
Marysville would know it next day from
the color of the water in the stream. All
| the principal mines, he believed, were
closed down, but many were running on
| the sly. Just as soon as the Associations
watchmen would retire the mines would
start up again. Yuba and Suffer counties
had already paid out 100000, and at the
| present time Suffer county was consider
1 ing a proposition to expend $4,000 in
| Strengthening the levees along the Yuba
river above Marysville. Just as long as
mining continued money would have to be
laid out in repairing the levees, for the bed
of the river was continually filling up and
as natural result the banks would have
to be raised to hold the volume of water.
| he wanted the live counties to join hands,
and even the moral effect would be of
great assistance.
| Mr.. Bates, of Sacramento, suggested that
If the counties did agree to work together,
| the fines which would be collected from
! time 10 time ought to go into the general
fund out of which the expenses were paid.
| Heretofore the county that prosecuted the
| case got the fine whenever any was COL
lected.
| MANAGER oHLEYER TALKS.
George Ohleyer, of Yuba county, the
manager of the present Anti-Debris Asso-
csation, said he agreed with Mr.. Bates ON
his proposition. Yuba county collected
fines from Chinese miners who were caught
and prosecuted; but Mr.. Bates plan was a
good one, and there could be no objection
to it if the counties agreed to join the asso-
tiation.
Mr.. Ohieyer reviewed the work of the
present association for the past fifteen years,
and commended that while lots of money
was wasted and no benefit was derived by
its expenditure, yet great deal of good
was accomplished. Many worthless spies
had been employed, but then the men had
to be tried before the association could
judge of their abilities.
Addressing the Colusa and Yolo Boards
especially, the speaker said 1.-The first
thing for you to consider is the question
| DO you want to joint such an organization
| or no? and what share of the expense
| will you agree to pay? At present we are
| expanding about Sc 900 ayear for attorneys
fees, and from $4,000 to. s., 600 for watch
men. If all five counties will agree to
work together, can almost assure you that
the expense of litigation will not be in
creased, and although at first We may need
a few more watchmen, yet as the work goes
on and the hydraulickers are prosecuted,
| tlax, nd OF
time can reduce our force of spies.
The most necessary thing to do
is to watch the territory and pay
less attention to having. 1t is no trick to
get an Injunction. The main point is to
arrest those who violate the law. | know
now that there is a disposition on the part
of some white men and Chinese to mine at
Cottonwood and French Gulch, in Colusa
county. We can't wait for the Govern
ment to move, for they are too slow. The
Government some time or other will have
to reimburse us for the money we have ex-
pended but we have not time TO wait for
il to prosecute offenders.
"The forming of an association by the
five counties will have the effect which has
been long desired by the valley people and
| the expense will amount to mere noth-
ing"
Supervisor Tebbets said the proposition
ought to be readily agreed to by every one
of the five counties. Yuba and Suffer, with
taxable wealth of ST. 100000 were doing
the work alone, while Sacramento. with an
assessed valuation of $50, 100000, Yolo with
$40, 000, 600, and Golusa with s23OOO,OOO,
stood by and did nothing, when the matter
was of as great importance to them as 1t
was to the other two counties. The breaks
, in the Yolo and Colusa levees showed this
He assured the Yolo Supervisors that Sac
ramento was going to keep building up her
leyees, and they would have to do the same
as long as the river continued to fill up
with debris.
Supervisor L. p Farmer of Suffer county
said his county had good levees and he
was not afraid of the water, but still Suffer
was bearing half the expense. He thought
Yolo County ought to help themselves
and aid the Association for the moral eff
feet.
LAST WINTERS EXPERIENCE.
Mr.. Ohleyer remarked that Iolo and
Sacramento had quite lesson last winter
when the levee broke on the 1olo side
nearly opposite the city. The break was
now going to cost the county $50 1000. and
, they would have to build very strong