The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-08-03
COLORADO Ann CALAMITY.

4 correspondent Of the New York Erer-
tng Post points ont tina. the silver miners
Of Colorado, II they have TO yield their
wishes to popular opinion. will not suffer
~ much hardship ~ tho miners Of Cali.
fornia did when Judge Sawyer, of the
United States court, decided against
hydraulic mining in 1881 and In favor OF
the farmers. whose ranches we're being
submerged by the debris from the hills.
il had taken thirty years to develop this
system OF hydraulic mining. We quote:
"The great sum Of SIC. 900 in gold
Per annum was being taken from the
eanas. In order To operate effectively cx-
tcnsive water systems were necessary TO
bring from the melting snowa Of the
6ierrss the power wherawith TO move the
auriserous Eravcls. Some of the COM
pantes had enormous storage reservoirs.
no that work could be continued all sum-
Her One company stored In this way
Rup.nUp0 OF gallons of water, aud others
stili larger amounsa. The quantity used
IN hydraulic mine was fabulous some
times 10, an,oJ To 80. 600. 900 of gallons in
twenty-sour hours. Fumes supplying sew
eral mines furnished over loo CO.. oCo daily
each. 4 number Of the companies have
invested $.eo.oso apiece in their plants.
&s0o.ooe. while the number OF smaller
operators ~as legion. IL Is estimated that
tin.VU.ss0 Was invested in hydraulic
minlng."
Thirty thousand persons had to seek
livelihood elsewhere. and loo. 600 persons
were directly and indirectly involved In
this declaration tha. hydraulic mining
vas an illegal industry. The correspond
en, o. the Fass says:
The contrast between their case and
that of the Colorado miners il very s,r,k
!ng. The former were forbidden TO do any
work whatever, were prescribed ant
hunted. and where few despairing one.
attempted Ia continue their occupation
the only one they knew. were imprisoned
and treated as felons. The silver miner
eai'er from no interference Th~yare FREQ
20 continue their work. The caly question
- one ~ compensation FOE their prucue,
ehsh thetr isliow-eitissns continue 10 pa
eatnpsssaruy an unnatural and inaaiet
fffesF Then again the taiiforntanx vera
producing metal witch 10 the vers
backbone of on coo n.
gold yearly. equal TO one-thirsl OF the ,o,as
production Of the entire country non. IL
- officially estimated that in the yalley
usnstary 10 the sacramento alone ase
tSIOtul.uo Of gold left. and this 4. only =,
email part of the aursseroas country"
Nobody need fret about Colorado: i, q,
high time she MAS IN ale 20 earn an hone,.
living and be paid for her silver product T.
natural a1d not an inflated price. WIS.
isarsoved economic processes OF rros.ue
ton and modern machinery she can mae.
tes her silver ~ profit At pr~.ea, prices
and 10 il the ecast Of her hooacrs tha, ,hs
state contains morn coal. iron ana o,i thai,
feassysvania. and that il 10 destined to I've
. great woel producing country and tha
SAT Of iron manufacturing Industries .,s
che Northwest,
Al all ersnss IL 10 rot the hnsiness Of ,a:s
sAais rssris Of the United States To I'D
taxed 10 raw Colorado The price of tvsns.s
years ago for her silver. anv more than II
h the enssness If the ssasis ,.esy1e 10 IA
sased 10 pay the stale Of wssAins,oS.
'eoom" prices for her prodaeta Was,
insson 10 compelled % root hog or die
aai Colorado must do the same. Th@
nst,oa esancs b. ss.ndled 10 rseoup Ce.s.~
RADIO Cor her domestic calasaisies
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