The record-union., 1898-11-24

the dam was too open to prevent their
passing out. It will never fill as long
as he operates in that fashion. His
upper dam is Of brush and merely
catches heavy material. This lower
dam is chinked with tagging.
We then visited the dam of Car
michael and Corbett in Onion Valley
Creek, several miles anorth of Onion
Valley. This dam is now some forty
feet high and 200 feet long, situated
IN large creek or canyon having a
large watershed above it. It is a log
crib dam, chinked as above described,
and having such large holes at a point
near the middle of it that large cham
nels have been washed through the
tailings settled behind it, where water
is now passing through. At some time
a large head of water has passed
around the end of it, against the bank,
and washed the support from the ends
of two of the logs. I am of opinion
that this end of the dam would be de-
stroyed in a heavy storm, and the
whole dam will go out in a few years
by little decay and extra heavy
storms.
We took late dinner at Onion Val
ley and drove to Gibsonville for the
night. On the 18th we visited Cox
dam in Little Slate Greek. This is a
log crib dam, strongly built against
bedrock, but was so badly chinked that
nearly all the light material that has
ever reached the dam has passed
through, and it is only coarse gravel
and cobblestones that are settled. 1t is
some thirty feet high and $50 feet
long.
We drove by way of Howland's Flat,
near which we found three mep work
ing against the red bank in an old
excavation with about a three-inch
nozzle and a canvas hose connection.
While they cannot, of course. move a
large amount of material, what they
do move is very red and colors the
water badly They are situated so
they can safely store their material by
stopping up few cuts In that exca-
vation, and I told them that they were
liable to get into, trouble if they did
not do it. They said they were going
to apply for a permit as soon as Mr..
Vischer, who was supposed to be in
that neighborhood, should come by.
AT st. Louis we visited Cowdery's s
new DAM His settling pool is an old
excavation, and he has only to stop
up a few cuts. This he has done in
manner that makes it safe and eff
fectual, and If he keeps up his spill
way in proper manner we cannot COM
plain of his work. His dams are rock
and earth
AT La Porte we visited the dams in
Rabbit Creek belonging to the La
Porte CONSOLIDATED Mining Company.
Their work last year was behind a very
large log crib dam, which was filled
to its top with tailings.
This dam is several hundred feet
long and about forty-five feet high.
When they We're running behind the
dam, as reported once before, the dam
came near going out, and it now bulges
badly on the lower side. Some of the
tie logs are already so badly decayed
that in my opinion this dam will fall
with it's own weight in the course of
two or three years. Several hundred
yards above this, in the same creek,
is another dam of about the same size
and material. newer than the lower
dam. Some of this has been built since
their last run, so they have something
like twelve or fifteen feet of dam
abovetheir tailings. AS yet thenew dam
is not properly chinked as to hold even
the tailings that are already behind it
in time of storm.
We took dinner at La Porte, and
drove to Woodville for the night From
Woodville we drove to Camptonville for
dinner. We then drove to Willow Creek
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dams of Williams Bros near Galena
Hill, are brush. and are full, and show
that they are preparing for the coming
seasons work This is a small mine
At. Weeds Point we saw one of the
proprietors, Mr.. Turner, who informed
us that the Weeds Point mine would
work during the coming season. They
have a log crib dam, which we did
not visit, as it was small and good
ways off the road.
Some distance above Weeds Point
we visited Joubert's dam. This is a
large log crib dam in large creek
The dam itself is as strong, perhaps,
as any log crib dam, but with the
trouble we have had with Joubert in
the past was not greatly surprised to
find his dam out of repair During his
last run he had filled the dam entirely,
and, at some recent date apparently,
some of the tagging between the two
top logs has been knocked off and
carefully laid to one side, leaving the
hole between the logs about two feet
square, so that the creek water is
gradually washing out what tailings
the opening will permit.
At the time we We're there there was
but little water running through the
dam. IT, was picking UP gravel the
size of a quail's egg and carrying it
through.
We then drove to San Juan for the
night. On the Goth visited the Dud-
ley Bros mine at Union Hill, near
Lake City, Nevada County We found
that this mine had closed their last
seasons work with a hydraulic moni-
tor, which stands now in position for
work. and the banks indicate that they
did a great deal of damage. They have
no permit A little further on is the
Paine Bros mine They have no per-
NIT, but we found that they moved a
large amount of bank last season after
the watchmen were laid off. Al little
further on is the Hewlett Bros mine.
They have a permit to work. on rather
a small scale, having a three and one
half inch monitor and a hard bank to
work. Their dam is in a canyon below
their mine, and shows that they take
care of their tailings fairly we'll
The Dudleys and Paines have very
easy banks to work. and their moni-
tors are about five inches. These three
mines evidently got water from the
Bloomfield Company with which to
make a late run OF course there was
nothing doing while we were there.
We took dinner at Columbia Hill: