The San Francisco call., 1897-05-09


require some. think, too, that the asso-
citation ought TO hire attorneys to help out the
miners in this new activity which the Sacra-
mento anti-debris people are displaying. II
is an outrage the way those people who have
fat thing spending the money the farmers
put up are doing now. The association ought
to take the matter right up.'
Mr.. Sonntag referred to matter of impor-
tance which some mining men fear is porten.
tous of a new fight between the miners and
the anti-debris people. Recently an era OF
complete good feeling between the two ele-
ments appeared to have arrived last, and it
has everywhere been hailed with delight II
the war should break out in 8 new place il
will be generally regretted, Tor the prosperity
of the mountain and valley regions, of the
miners and the farmers, is largely a matter of
common interest. The new trouble has arisen
through the late activity of the Anti-Debris
Association, the Supervisors OF Sacramento
County and their watchers in the mountains.
Heretofore hydraulic mining has been the
sole object of watchful solicitude, but now for
the first time, the miners say, the valley peo-
pie have begun efforts to check ordinary sluic-
ing and even the dumping OF tailings from
quartzmills about the headwaters of the
streams. The Sacramento Supervisors have
brought suits for in functions in the Sacra-
mento County courts to restrain certain peo-
pie in Nevada County from ground sluicing.
1t is this which it is feared is about to cause
the entire mining interests of the mountains
to take up arms. A few days ago the matter
was warmly discussed at a meeting of the
Board of Trade OF Nevada City, which
adopted strong resolutions threatening gen.
eral boycott OF Sacramento business men if the
new operations did not quickly cease. The
resolutions recalled the long years OF bitter
feeling and litigation the apparent restora.
ton of harmony shown at the last session of
the Legislature, condemned the recen suits as
an exhibition of bad faith and wound up as
follows:
That we recognize in this suit which has
been brought by the Supervisors OF Sacra
mento County against citizens of Nevada
County new departure in litigation, involv-
ing methods OF mining which are perfectly
legitimate and allowed by the State and
National Government. This new issue in
wolves all classes OF mining, both quartz and
drift. as well as placer mining, to which it Is
now directed. striking at the very foundation
of the mining interests of Nevada COUNTY
And recognizing as we do the decisions of the
courts against hydra ulic mining, we will not
submit without struggle to new step being
taken to crush our mining interests ana will
do every thing in our power to protect them.
"And be it further resolved: That in the
citizens of Sacramento we recognize people
who are and should be our friends, with
whom we have close relations in business,
which this litigation threate to sever. That
we do not believe that the people of Sacra-
mento indorse or in any way support the
action Of the Sacramento Supervisors in bring.
ing this action, believing that their action
was induced solely at the instigati ton of we'll
known agitators who have for years made
money out of both valley and noun tains by
stirring up litigation. And it is no more than
right that we look to the conservative busi-
ness men OF Sacramento to protect their own
business interests By protecting ours.''