The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-12-20
ANTI-DEBRIS MEETING.
Chemical Analysis Of the Water Of
the Yuba River.
Alleged Bad Faith on the Part of the
Miners-Monitors Getting Ready
for Work.

| A meeting of the Executive Committee
OF the State Anti-Debris Association was
! held yesterday afternoon and evening at
/ the Supervisors room in this city. L.
| Greer presided, and Robert Cosner,
| Sherif1-elect of Colusa County, acted as
Secretary. Hon. f. r. Dray of this city
was added to the committee, and Ezra
| CasseIman, Supervisor-elect of Yolo
| County, and William Curtis, Supervisor
elect Of this county, who were both pres
ent, were invited to participate in the
meeting, and they accepted the invitation.
y. II. Wilbur, manager of the associa-
! ton, submitted Il report, in which he
stated that in the suit of the county of
| Yuba against the Kate Hayes Mining
Company, all the defendants had been
/ served and the defendants had filed a de-
murrer. For the purpose of ascertaining
| the condition of the Yuba River, MIR.
! Wilbur had j. FL. Flint, a chemist at
MarysVllle, take samples and observa-
| lions OF the condition OF the water OF the
| 1uba River at the bridge at the loot OF d
| street, Marysville, in November of this
year, and the results obtained were COM
pared with similar samples and obServa-
! tons taken i'll November 1883. 1t was
shown that in November OF this year the
| quantity Of matter contained in suspen-
sion was from two to live times greater
! than it was in 1888. For instance, the
sample Of water taken November 20, 1888,
showed that the percentage Of slckens
carried in the water at this place was one
| tenth Of l per cent. In the samples taken
\ on November 10th OF this year. the per-
| centage was one-tourth, or two and half
times as much.
MANAGER wILBUR's DEDUCTIONS.
Commenting on this analysis. the man
ager said: BY the above figures, it is
! seen that this river in November, 1892
carried in suspense about double the
quantity of debris that it did in the year
1883; that the latest observations are
! shortly after the miners in convention
had promised to cease dumping debris
into the rivers, or where il could escape
into the rivers, and after our watchmen
had been reduced in numbers. This con-
/ clusively shows bad faith on the part of
the miners, and shows an increased, in
stead of a decreased flow of debris into
! tho rivers, and demands prompt and Wig
orous measures on the part of all who
may be Interested in the preservation Of
our rivers for the purpose Of commerce
and drainage"
! The manager also gave detailed
| account of the regular watchmen of
the association and the extra men that
| had been employed for that purpose, and
| the information gained by them.
| During the mOnht MIR. Wilbur, in
company with r. 7. Devlin, attorney of
| the association. and two civil engineers,
made a preliminary examination OF the
| North Bloomfield mine, with the object
of determining the feasibility and cost Of
a croSs-section survey which would show
the capacity of the restraining reservoirs
| and the amount of material in sight that
can be mined. The engineers submitted
a minute account of the plan to be pur-
sued in arriving at this result, and the
| probable cost of the same. The manager
was given full power to act in the
premises.
LOTS OF CLAY.
A letter from Edward Woodruff, speak
! ing of the vast amount of pipe clay in
the North Bloomfield deposits and the
danger OF the valley lands below in let
/ ting this quantity Of deleterious matter
| loose upon the lands below, was read.
Attention was called by one of the
members of the committee from the
upper counties to the incipient danger to
! the upper Sacramento by hydraulic min
ing, and steps will be taken to prevent
the destruction Of this stream, and avoid
| in time the injuries caused in the past TO
the other valuable streams of California.
Many matters of minor importance
and of detail were discussed. But it was
|
| foolishness in dealing with the hydraulic
mining evil, no matter what men it
might require to patrol the mountains or
sinews of war to carry on The fight.
MONITORS READY.
| 1t was shown by the report submitted
to the committee that over a hundred
monitors were in place. amply supplied
with water, to be turned upon the hills
and to pursue their work of destruc-
/ ton, unless extreme vigilance was used
| to prevent. Some are now running in
the absence of watchmen, but this will
be remedied by the employment of addi-
tional men and the prompt prosecution of
every man who will not obey the law
At the close of the meeting the associa-
ton took up the question of the improve
ment of the Sacramento River by closing
the Jacobs Slough, and, after allowing the
monthly bills, adjourned at late hour,
to meet again next month.
ADJUSTMENTS