Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-12-27
IDLE FOR QUARTER OF
CENTURY, MINES OPEN
u,drnulic Mining Itcsuncd In ,uh.
fornin Where u t'iourishcI In
late Eighties.
DEBRIS PROBLEM SOLVED
~ ~ Cement I,cscr,olrS p,xmh-
i,rnprnipv ~ Many Om WORK
ings Oncc Irufltnbic.

DtiASS VALLEY. cal. ner % --
lNdrhullc mining ~ showing Tr-
moved activity IN the group uf coun.
ties wh"r" II once flourishcd "a uuar.
trr ~ "a century or more Tho lis,
81 cement In the construction oi
dtus has nt least to large extent
so., rdt,the old and NeNing problem
~ dlsposing OF the resultant dehriS
thus permitting The rcopeulng ~ dn8i
ens ut old Workings that once Welded
good profits othc owners and opera
tors
ln Placer. Nevada, sierra and
Nnhi counties men are nt work and
numerous old workings ut Librrty
tN Npu Rct. Quaker hin and else
where have been or are soon to he
ronpencd. The old dltchra and
fumes In disuse for IS wears have
been rchuilt. the brush-grnwn dig
Iugs cleared storage tcserN uirs
have been constructed for under
state and federal laws. none ~ the
refuse n permitted to enter any nat
uIal water roure.
I'm tho Ia rortc district ~ Sierra
and rlumas counties there IL much
sctiNiN In order to reopen the old
properties there, dams have hesn
constructed. tunnels driven and prep.
artiions made I" c"nNry water
scores of miles To the places of
operation.
Dctrfs a. Iic stored.
" other places IN tho mountains
and foothills of the counties named
hNdranlickinE projects are either
planned OF under ~sv, all based
upon the storage Of the debris IN
lta.
,Npcdient of dams work has been
progressing steadily for many
months.
from n small cSn~rimcn,sl begin
hinF ~ ishf. hydraulic mining IN the
'sflv seventies assumed large pro
PORTIONS In the group OF counties In D..
Guiding Nevada. Placer. ~ iSrdo.
sierra. Plumas and Nuls. Tho flood
ana snow waters Of the SierraH w.ro
utilized Reservoirs we're constructed
wherein millions 81 gallons were
stored to be conveyed as needed
through hundreds OF miles of bitches
aud fumes
The United states geological sur.
'cy estimates that gold To the value
~ $500, 600 900 was extracted he.
tween tho years OF 1899 and isss
THIS involving the tearing down Of
lsab 0.oo0 cubic yards OF gravel.
according to the estimates II has
been calculated that had this been
conveyed by rall It would have bc-n
smficicnt to losd S35 average freight
trains. or TO- 300 flat ears daily.
Courts Halted Miners, ~
THIS tremendous waste water
most of which ultimately found It's
way TO the valleys involved the min.
ers In difficulties With the farming
interests. and two decades OF liti-
sttinn ensured. Tho anti -dchris ss.
ISOLATION composed OF those who
opposed this pollution OF the streams.
was active yagalns, the practice
Court decisions were rendered In
1854 which rendered II virtually i'm
possible for the mines to operate.
and with few exceptions they we've
abandoned
Then and nov authority to issue
permits for hydraulic mining 10
Nested In a federal commission com.
posed of army engineers These per.
mits are obtaiuabm upon the show.
ng that all debris is to be impound
"a Cement construction and greater
'ngineertng skin now makes Il
practicable Ia meet this condition,
according tn the view of those en-
ghstng In the Industry