The record-union., 1897-05-06

probably give you the same advice. L
have talked with your merchants here,
and they say they regret these actions.
Mr. Jenkins-There is no malice on
the part of this board. We must look
out for the protection of our people.
There are others here interested be-
sides few merchants.
At this point R. T. Devlin, attorney
for the Anti-Debris Association, en-
tered the room AS soon as he learned
what was going on he jumped right
into the fight with both feet and took
the burden off the shoulders of the Su-
pervisors. He wanted to know what
it was all about, and why Mr.. Thorn
ton was there.
do you come here under instructions
from the Miners Association? he
asked.
Il represent the association" replied
Thornton. but 1 am here on my own
account to protest against the actions
of your Supervisors. If complaints
were laid before the Debris Commission
it would relieve Sacramento from the
necessity of bringing injunction suits
l am on my way to Nevada County to
inquire into the Jerry Goodman mine
matter. and just dropped in here to
talk things over
Mr.. Devlin Three or four months
ago complaints were made to the Anti
Debris Association that illegal mining
was going on along Bear River. The
bed of that stream is now four feet
higher than it was when the dam was
put in, all the result of hydraulic min
ing. The law says the Debris Com
mission has authority over hydraulic
mining, but the miners have changed
their system slightly, and call it sluice
mining, in order to evade the law. AS
the Debris Commission has claimed it
had no authority over anything but hy-
draulicking. In sluicing the banks
are torn asunder by blasting and then
the dirt is washed down into the
streams. The result is just the same
as when monitors are trained against
the hillsides.
The Anti-Debris Association does
not interfere with quartz or drift min
ing, nor with sluice mining where it is
properly conducted. 1t is Waging war
only on illegal hydraulic mining, no
matter under what name it is carried
on. We take the quickest and most
convenient course when action is i'm
perative."
Mr.. Devlin then explained at length
the law regulating hydraulic mining
Only yesterday, he said, the Debris
Commission notified him that it had
come to the conclusion that it has jur-
isdiction over the so-called sluice min
ing. All mining over which that body
has jurisdiction is illegal unless the
haven't permits the valley people take
the quickest and best course to stop it.
Continuing, Mr.. Devlin said the men
who make money by hydraulic mining
Will do it, no matter who they may
inJure. And there are merchants in San
Francisco who, in order to sell them
goods, would encourage them, so long
as the miners do not injure them. All
that is wanted is the truth. Nobody de-
sires to do an injustice to any miner.
Committees from this city and the De-
bris Commission will soon visit the
Goodman mine in Nevada County, and
if it is doing no damage the injunction
Will be raised at once. If otherwise it
will stay. If Sacramento doesn't follow
it up, some other county will.
Chairman Jenkins then spoke of the
treatment visited upon two honorable
men from Sacramento who a few years
back were sent to the mountains to ex-
anime and report on the exact condi-
ton of things in a mining locality so
that no unjust action might be taken
against miners complained of. They
got to Gold Run, but We're refused food
and lodging and were driven out, be-
cause the hotelkeepers were dominated
by the hostile miners.
Mr.. Thornton, it will be observed was
not doing as much of the talking by
this time as when the debate first open
ed. When the Chairman concluded his
remarks Mr.. Devlin again arose. He
was full of the subject-"loaded to the
gunwales," so to speak.
when a man goes UP the road" said
he, 'he cannot get into a mining neigh
bOrhood unless he is known to be
commercial man. He is spotted all
along the road, and telephone wires all
through the hills carry warning to the
miners to look out for him"
Mr.. Devlin halted for breath, and Mr..
Thornton broke in:
We'll I'm learning something to-day
I never knew before! l never heard of
SuNH d liilHS- w Hy, bOD, COuiu leihC
you anywhere into"
Yes of course you could" interrupt
ed Devlin. You could take me any
where among these miners, 1 know, but
how far would they let me go if 1 went
alone. as any citizen should have right
to travel?"
Well man could go anywhere if he
had a permit from the Debris Commits
sioners," remarked Mr. Thornton.
NO doubt of it, said Mr.. Devlin.
But no man can go about his business
as a private citizen in that region
And thus the debate went on for some
time. OF coure it resulted in nothing,
as there was no question before the Su
pervisors. There was no referee to an
nounce a decision, but the bout was
draw, although the combatants were
both on their feet and fighting" when
time was called.
See that nice dwelling property at
Tenth and r streets. and go to the auc-
ton Thursday morning at 1870. See
Alsip * Co.'S ad in this paper.