The record-union., 1898-11-24

| former dams Of this company have been
failures, and which carried in extra
heavy rains 10000 inches of water.
Thence to French Corral, where we
visited the dam or settling pool of the
! two mines, one called Hall & French
mine and the other Eckman & Moulton
mine; their tailings are we'll settled in
an old excavation.
| We then drove to the Anthony House
| for. dinner and from there home. No
/ mining was being done at any of these
mines that We visited for lack of water.
| / will have other parts of the mining
/ territory covered by the watchmen as
soon as possible, as it Is necessary to
get over this country before the storms.
| in order to know where to go to look
! for the mines in time of storms
There are several mines prepared to
make us trouble this winter; some with
permits and some without.
1 Manager Phipps also called attention
| to some illegal hydraulic mining dur
| ing the water season of this year at a
point about six miles off the road south
| of Bucks ranch, in Butte County, and
also referred to the Illicit hydraulic min
/ ing operations Of mine in that vicin-
| ity, called PlumaS Bonanza mine whose
/ owners have recently applied for a per-
/ nit
1 Such portions Of the report as re-
| quired legal action We're referred to the
attorney for the association
| MATTERS IN LITIGATION.
r. T. Devlin, attorney for the associa-
! ton, reported that one case on appeal
! to the Supreme Court had, by stipula-
ton between himself and the respond
ent's attorney, been dismissed He ex-
planned the status of other cases pend
/ ing in the State Federal courts.
Mr.. Devlin thought the attention of
| Congress should be called to the recent
report of Chief Endicott of the Naval
] Bureau of Yards and Docks. and offer
ed the following preamble and resolu-
tions in relation thereto, which We're
| adopted:
Whereas, Chief Endicott of the Bu-
reau of Yards and Docks of the Navy,
in his annual report, states that it is
absolutely essential to deepen the chan
mel of Mare Island so as to create a
depth of fstwenty-eight feet at mean low
water from the navy yard to the
i Straits of Carquinez, and further states
/ that there is shoal in San Pablo Bay,
on portion of which, between the
Straits of Carquinez and Golden Gate.
off Point Pinole, Point Wilson and Lone
Tree Point, the depth of water is less
than thirty feet, and is at one point
/ only twenty-one feet, enabling a bat
tleship to pass over it only at high tide:
and,
/ Whereas, He reports that in order
/ to obtain thirty feet of water at
low tide through this section it will
cost for channel 300 feet about S175.-
/ 600, and for a channel 500 feet about
$300,0OO and states that it is import
ant that this shoal should be removed
In order that Mare Island navy ward
may be accessible to all vessels of the
/ navy at all stages of tide. and that If
Is necessary, in the bureaus opinion.
TO nave navigable channel of a con-
/ tfnuous depth of twenty-eight feet at
low water from the sea to Mare Island
navy yard, if it is to remain the pri,-
/ c1pal navy yard on the Pacific Coast !.
and that if it be impossible to keep
navigation open for the depth stated
without very large annual expense.
then the Government should take early
steps to establish navy yard on the
waters of San Francisco Bay. at some
other point where such difficulties will
not be encountered; and.
whereas, He also calls attention to
the fact that the Oregon was com
PEELED to go 500 miles from San Fran
cisco to Puget Sound to be docked
and recommends that the matter be
lad before the War Department and
Congress, and steps sbe taken at once
to inquire into the feasibility of per-
manent Improvement of the channel
and its cost, or, if permanent i'm
provement is not practicable, the prob
able annual cost of the maintenance
of the depth mentioned.
/ Resolved, BY the State Anti-Debris
Association that said report is the
most cogent evidence that can be pre-
| sented of the injuries done by hy-
draulic mining, not only to the rivers
| of California and adjacent lands, but
| also to the bays of San Pablo and
San Francisco. The people living along
the Yuba River Bear River. Costumes
| River, American River and Sacra-
mento River were the first to feel the
/ injurious effects of this system of
1 mining, but the magnificent bays of
| San Pablo and San Francisco. as dem
onstrated by this governmental report.
/ have also suffered from the evil. IT
| is impossible for the rivers of North
/ ern California to carry safely much
| more hydraulic mining debris. Previous
1 surveys showed years ago that the tide
/ waters around San Francisco Bay were
| affected and were in danger of per-
| manent destruction for commercial
/ purposes by reason of the filling caused
by the deposit of debris from hydraulic
mines. But this report just submitted
/ shows not only that this filling is tax
/ ing place to the detriment of COM
merce, but also to the injury of Mare
Island Navy Yard, so as to prevent it
/ from fulfilling it's objects for the re-
pair and docking of the ships Of our
| navy.
/ Resolved, That the urgent attention
of our Senator'S and Representatives
in Congress be called to- this report
! for the purpose of showing the neces-
sity of the Improvement of the tide
waters around San Francisco Bay and
of the. tributary streams .emptyine
i therein, and also of showing the i'm
| perative necessity of preventing any
future injury to the navigable water
ways of California by illicit hydraulic
mining operations.
Resolved. That the Secretary of
this association send a copy of this
resolution to each of our Senators and
Representatives in Congress-
/ It was resolved to extend an invi-
tation to General Wilson, Chief En-
gineer of the United States army, to
visit the rivers of California as soon
as practicable.
A wHEELBARRoW BET.