January 7, 1882 (4 pages)

eee ne ee , After: He Gets in Somé-Si for the Hon. Niles Searls testified Wedn-sday and Thursday for the Gefenss He in the GoldeRun Blickens case. said; arrivedtin able that—year and: “remained about a month, Then 1 wept-te a, place on tie South Forkw@f the Atnerican “yiver about twafmiles: above Motmon tsbindh I-minedthere-aboutone month anik-thém fetarned to; Sactamento. I sada ever since, a was inthis city er the itive it was _inunoe 1350. [ Witaess aie the extent of the waters during that:floodd The only place within the city that .was not covered with the: floods: was what waa called the Indian mound, which wae situated in the, neighbor, hood of where.the © present plaza is located, This flood ‘was very extensive and covered all thé land where Thad o¢casion to go or could. see, Sutter's Fort: was out of the water and I spent a portion of .my time at,that place, At the time -of the flood I was @ potato and onion inercbant, Question — Judge, Searls, state what offices you have held in Novaca county.? Answer—'The. first office. held wasthat of “Aldvemar of Nevada: City. Next, District Attorney of Nevada county, I was District Judge of theMourteenth Judicial District, which embraced the coun ties of. Nevada, Sierra and “Plumas, f-om 1850 to 1862, 1 also served Nevada county in “the capacity, of. State Senatorjfeand’ thé’ last official. position I held was that of Drainage . Commissioner, The great. bulk of litigation brought before ine while T. was District Judge was * what ‘is’ tarmed mining litigation. The habit-of the ‘ininérs ‘of ’Plginas, Placer, Nevada, Yuba and’El : Dorn do counties, where I, have, lived, is -to wash the earth inorder to separute the gold, and.ithem dump the water and debris into the most convenient canyon-or:ravine, — This has been the universal practice in’ those counties, except. where’ the rminets have impounded their own debris’ in order to wash it a second time, impounded tailings # were washed they wete then allowed to escape through the most convenient avd. available natural channels, *I have beet through the mining counties frum Amador td Siskiyou, This custom of discharging from the mines the débris into the most convenient’ canyons or ravines has been the universal custom among¥all. the mniners of, California,. as. far as-—m¥, olservation goes, from 1849 up to the present time.~~This. mode. of mining is.theonly way, in whioh the mines could be worked profitably: Gold mining can not be ‘prosecuted except with the. use of water; I an familiar with all ‘the streams’ in Nevada and some adjoining.counties, and all, or nearly all, of the canals in those counties, [\Witness* de-~ scribed the,, Rareka. Lake, Sonth Yuba, Rock Creek, Bloomfield, Milton and othet’ canals, giving: theit locations, sourc? of supply, and . the mines they furnish with. water, He also described the large: reservoirs that held back large amounts of the Winutec’s water for use in, Summer niluing’] ‘The canal. companies I have’ ‘urentigned all lave large résér 4p woirs& ¢__sourcos—and—some-of ‘them have # great’ nati "Sdnie “ef . Inte; hyAtantig minesyyand experi-) these are uatural lakes: dammed at . ™ents aye being made to wark some. their outlet, three prfour miles, in,} of the latter iY thiarift proeeks 5 ithe length dtd earying in depth “froin Derkes. swift Mhitren works perhaps ‘Tiié North . forty of fifty ‘nlen, amaycbes twiud nothing to 100~feet. B,oomfield reservoir, with.which am very ‘familiar, “havin. ig upon and fished'iy, it fur: aba times, 18 about founyniles.cia length and has an average depth of from fifty to sixty feet. "PRE water! From these reservoirs is. nat. discharged until the waters ity ‘the “ creelty, vas vines and natural channels fait. om amount. of water -ciisgharged. the Excelsior, Soath oBybayuls Bloomfield. aud; Miltow :mings., ies a least dowle the qildintity of Water soo feet mide a : olume of : ae pl_wopld float any of ~ trp-river I came ‘to “California ft in "1849. ae a Bity: in: Devatiees of ong at presen “/ing was in light soil “and shallow rt. Daring bs mated population of 20,000. 100 men en, in fis. panic area at the ‘time. PPticre “were *severnl . thousand men mining in Sierra coungaged in mining in Yuba and Plumas counties. Nearly alltheearly minsurface diggings, © This specimen (Gould No. 1) is like the material of the mines on the bine lead dm Nevada season, During the dry season those mines discharge of this storeil water winter of 1850 and 1851, within an area of three miles -of Nevada City,-there was.an estiAt least 15,000 of this population Wére engaged~in mining. . There-are-not ed in hydraplic. min, ty in 1980) “The ‘poptilation df, Plager stom county at ghiaiti date eB) ne ¥ hae to so use their:tailiogs. «9 Thete fd Set many =ch= . Defendapts objected, and, jalter vounty.~ The materiatin those deep . visions in the Supreme Courtreporte; ‘rence ;acase-growing out of t District, Judge, and the judgment (for the complainant ) was_ affirmed. decisions of the S ‘0oreme Court ifig to show ab boas had ho: gal “ight td bovet. uptteir sdiptubre’ claits,Witness having, Wednesday, ‘atated that-the-ehstom was. for, micondiderabie ‘argumen&.the Court permitted the, examination, counsel, i 4 the. ay¢tr: . Hon, Witness testified that he is-familiar with. most of the-mining. de™ Channels is harder, coarser, denser than the surface, “ite pupulation of Nevada county. is about 22,000, approximately, ~ They are dependent ‘Hood, judge.or,Jawyerever sings. 1350. There are.ouly two hydraulig“mines in; the. immediate «neighborhood of Nevada ‘City. Some iti portant-mines great Blue Lent» The: popelution of Nevada foWnshfp tavnbott ae, That of Grass Valley LowrieletBr7, 000, The Hirschman aut! Manzanita mins -}iyear, Meadow , Lake, tov:nship, in whidh is situated théttovnuriob W'Eriickee, contains a ‘population df perhips 1,500, "There. dins‘tbeen some hydraulic pining denein the Truce@ river. The township of Rough andl Really “coutaind about,000. iné habitants. .The.geeas industry . of the town of ‘Irickee is lumbering, The 'Bicomfield, Eureka Lake’ end Milton companies Work on an ayer? age ten. anenths in the year. The average mining season of the mines on the Nevada ridge is about nine months in the year. The elevation of Nevada City is about 500 “feet. (The witnesswas examined at) great encth in regatd. to certain, cases which were brought before him while he was judge of the Fourteenth Judivial District. The cross-examit~ ation by Mx, Cadwalader. was very objectionable to the connsel for the defense, aud m-greater-portion ofthe. afternodti sésston was’ taktrt wp in making and axguing objections.] The reservoirs supplying the canals for those mines are mostly. situated near the summit, ‘The. . Bowman reservoir occupies the whole of a valley, It was dainmed upin a harrow‘ gorge, and. the whole valley, several-iniles pin lengtly and a anile wide, was.thus. flooded. I consider that the storing of water in'the Winter, and ‘sending it down during the dry, season, atly assists in the navigation. of i tivers of California, Witness was examined minutely regarding the flow of water from the reservoirs referred to.in his’ direct examination ; the quantity. of water used by miners daily aloag the Ynba must-have-been more. than. 17,000 .imches. , @Tha. report ‘of the County Assessor showed the quantity to be about:17,000 inches, supposing the mimets:to ‘have worked 300 days per: year!] The mining population in’ Névada ooniity "has Been largely: reduced within late years; some moaitors. used in. thd hydrauli¢ miner are rifled; being todirect .and. straighten » the streain; the water goes with great force,:and ‘would probably deflect the eourse of a. fiftyepound rock ifj ropped or ‘placed . upon ~ it, A rift-mines-have-been~turned” a that, /many ; think that! ial? of population of. .Nevaaa-Téounty) cowjty wag engaged. in mining, pre— wions ty 1865; if the minesvalong the Yuba and its tributaries Were ‘to cdase operating at this t me, allmen wouking thereiu, woald be thrawn yout: of employment ; wouklbe perhaps. 1.0005. they.” ave variously, eunplay esl 5, of, the miners’ {} whewere in Nevada ~county: the. . first wheat. imigration,. oceutred in 1888 ewhen, the Fensor. rivet ‘exeitesats de the Yubs ducing the Sy sian bral oat the size of sn also entirely on, miniapor a, liveli. Crossexamination (by, oom? Cadwalader)—I have beet * dither prema Court decisions? ‘run only three or fouramonths * ‘ ‘the object4-the number Be him: [Several cases were cited by Cadwalader, which witness stated thet he was familiar with.] Mi? Cadwalader (to witness) You were accustdthed, Judge, to advise our clients in accord ince with the «>\fitness—My respect for the Sur Fat Gout? never flags. Mr: Cadwalader— What, never? ye a (with a triumphant . )" smile)—Well, scarcely, Mr: Cadwalader— How. about that decision dissolving the Drainage Commission ? with itglad to be relieved of.-the labors, when he testified that. the :practice among miners was to dump their tailings "in the wnost convenient pluces, he simply stated a fact; there was no compulsion in thie matter-they were notobliged todo ro; sometimes the nearesteanyon' was nob the riost’convenient one; “monitors did not come ifito ude sin “hydradtte mining until 1863; before that. the ordinary:goose-neck was used; powder was first used largely in :1853 or 1854, but'in the piel banks if was not generally until since 1865; the Excelsior, the Milton, the Eureka Lake and the North Bloomfield contpanies do perlaps onan average sometimes three-fotrths’ atid’ ‘sotie: times one-third of the mining now done along the Yuba ; they nse perhaps more than one-half of the water brought in by artificial means, but there is a great deal of mining done by aid of the natural water-channels; during “the flood ‘seauon the ‘water in most of the ravines is uséd for . mining. Mr. Cadwalader—You stated that you were in Sacramento during .the flood of 1849-50, and.that, .that ,pieture (referring to the ene. represent~ ing the flodd) is a corrett*representation of the city at that itime, its that so?” Wituess—J-don’tsay thet i iis eorrectlin-every particular, but ap proximatély so, Mr, Cadwalader—What ‘was the. principal.business done in Sacrainento during that flood . whisky. Mr, Catwalader-—Well, but does not that picture show.that horse and ox teams were used .in ahe strects bel pthat time? Witneas—I do not kaow. There may be one or two shown in’ the picture, but I did not notice them, Mr, Cadwalader—That’s' ail. Witness in his redireet—examinato give the number‘ of: metr that would be thrown out of employment 4 by the stoppage of mining ; it would probably bg abont 2,000 ; the per sonséngayed in Nevada mines sat ‘this time, or Whose. business is Ges pendent thereon, — are eonsideredl permanent residents oé the county, _ <> 4 Mixs.F. Wurte'has arrived and is prepared t ‘to give lessons in drawing and painting. She, is at the: Union Hoteleand” persous Wishing tessdiis are -yequested: to call «upon her Gilead dirs ggg *to localit y and’ the kn Jichness of the i hm,” ners of olitime, daimsiwere vu usus reg bas of the a ea practice was tried before mo ‘whilé Mil Cadwallader sought to) Yrowed f° by witness that he.was familiar with. j KOS OfMtie Cases Were tried before . Witness—I am very well pleased Nearer B, F. Trustee, Restiming, witness: ‘placa that? ‘. Main: street, “Wei eheeg TW ieeking and deitteing. Libete. “. upon which ig erec _ ynas the ehadon Wage Go. daid saw mill consi tion, said that it would be difficult . }¥riday,the Third “day of Rebrigaryy uf Art Amateur. ee Subsefibers to art periodicals so of sblectin, Waeh"h : pany them, are easily applied In the current (December) number, for instance, there are noless thay fourteeh pages of: practical’ ‘designs r-obina piginta) wood garxings art needlework, ‘paiuting oa silk, ‘‘etchng’t on dinen,.wte., -etez.‘The much: aise ee mes cl VUamille Piton it s¥ot-eotittant mA ce of workiig — i is s va as eo. the simple directions which \e80. a are cont eae exateetvely toSure Art _Aniatenr, . a cae cladet . sets of large and 8 oe ae decorative plaques, oa ie 3 iF anels for st¥eéns an evén 9 complete facand flowers: Friare; ah ing for-amar teen full size tiles, ¥ and’ others will continue to furnish: clsipas for menus, ball programm tle-drum ear. ch" Serie “aitists Will” con te original for ladies’ dress, Phe suggestions for Home Decoration wilt} tions, ach. . MonrAete Manks, Publisher, 23 Unton Square, N.Y: ‘City. ngtient $a fae Maren . uo nrg BRAVE LD di of otibiness Gold Hill, ae nty, At gg Location of works, ‘Washington Township, Nevada County, California. sisting. ofeigh. . eotge R. weg . apr po é _Meaaing Cake Ornaments. Yy m, a Habeas 9a Ban} Alley,near a GROCERIES,” thing in this_line ever Seouaiit to tt of the State, and will be t the most reasonable prices. They~are now wrexhibition in his atore, : Cail, and s¢e them. ni sents decay, loss OuAKOr bee fh Rial AN, chat-tillt-eure yous ig great remedy ‘ath ies igh -Sow dvenvelope the tae a New ‘oPverth, nervdl of 5 of sano &e., nga ‘tbe: “HOTEL. ARRIVALS. Wationsl Exchange Hotel. STANLEY A. EDDY; PROPRIETOR, . For thetticre! patronage _Pauasvax, Jan. 5, 1882. “MA Slack, Cit The Art Ate Hey td . eM fatdrice’ San Phaationg= ee cont “} Mrs McKillicané d, PD Belden, San Jose, FE Farrell, Atstin ‘Nevada, SauiJuaw, .'B Hawley, Columbia Hil, ¥: Hawley," R Huekme, af oe ale San Juah Bles ‘ Tent,’ os Ary San Francisco, F A Owen, City, Erastvs Bom, Clerk. 7 int “Im: PREG disevita. ORK Notice is hereby given, that there are deItnequons upon the folowing desetibed stock, it of t (Ne. 6,) levied on » th 19th th do ete ky re i 481, the sevefal PP of the reee olde: eon ot "hee of “No. of Shares. Am’t.: 1500. $15.00 62} G2} 102 “3000 =. 3000" 0 108) 126 4 aes 28 1000 Names. Certificate, Hageltine B. F. ‘Trustee, 4 : Writ. Trttstee, IeeWim: Trus » Dauchey.H. O j atichey, Dauchy' Ht ni " .' Trustee, FFYO! wd Dauchvy H. OQ; Duuchey H. 0, Tras g 6000 60,00 250 7) And in accordance wit of the Board.of Directors, 2:00 . 6000, 60,00, 250° -“E50"} day df December, 1881, so ma@ each parcel of, s' “atbvidarhieaths. he (GREAT. ‘SUCCESS OF tHb— OATES OPERA _BOUEFF COMPANY, Bp by the Peart Queen of Opeta. ee e, yend @n otder on the 24 Fang od gary,{will be sold at are Salat Gaia the otf ie fice of, the npen, 9 COUR Bill, Nevada; “of MONS part the SIXTH (och) lay ‘of F Be BVARY, , 1882, at the_hour of 3 o'cloclypt a day, to pay. said ‘delin juent assess-, riterls théfeon, together with costs Of adverDissolution of Corpartnership, HE ce-partnershipf heretofore “existing under the name and giyle of Robinson fad Feeney, going businessas Blacksmiths, in the city of Nevada, County of Nevada, State of California, is this day dissolved by mutual gousent, All-persons who are indebted tothe tndersignedare respectfifily requested to come forward-and make-payment immediately te Jy W. Robinson, who will hereafter ‘conduci and carry on skid business, J. W. ROBINSON, WM. FEENEY, January Sth, 1802." ; Sheriff's, Sale. Citizens Bank, } i vs. GOie Nelson, et al. . }, sale, tome directed.ond delivered, js. sued out ot the be mg eager in and for the Count; Nevada, State of California, whoteha Gre Citizens Bunk on the third—r3q°— . apy .of Jandary, (1es2, ‘recovered a jundiyment against Ole Nelson for the sum of Two ThonsaséHive Hundred and Ninety. «. amounting to the oy. of $150 00 with i derest thereon from the date of said ju Y¥ VIRTUE OF BECREE and an order of . ype Reserved seats ton’s be Hoek 0 * SATURDAY AFTERNOON, ALICE OATES. 0-6 tiniong and éxpenses of the sale, YANK A, WISE, Secretary, By peivies sone Sean eR Office—Banik -of ‘Gola . Main'street’. itt give Gold Hill; Nevada m i by dee More Perfattnances ! gy Si January 7th,. in thee acts, Will be produégd Andrews’ Gharming Opera LA MASCOTTE [urraston sdialieegté Matinee, 50 cents.— et Children 25reents. _—— SATURDAY 4 EVENING, January 7th, THE EVER POPULAR ‘Girofle ‘Girofla . i Dollars, tagather with costs, of suit 3 ciglieg Ps \Piliees for Ev: ir rformance as ushal,. . . $28.90, aad. counsel “fees allowed ae outextra charge at Vin n ment, at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum till paid, which said Judgment per aon jin Judgment Book 1, of the said Supe: sior Court, on pages 239 et seq., an ft whefeas it fs ordered that the mortgage sot for forth ‘in Plaintiff's laint, be f and property therein’ Agta parecls of and vi with the tn sitinteIn-Nevaaae ee coun! = Btate Califor described as follows: Phat certain ploctor' pier of land and mil} ' site with the steam saw mill thereon, situate on the so rk of Pe mill si Sas ie PEs, one eight, Town comprising five he — is leces en semttand . tin, #1 andi gine aha) coger te rd of aire the planer. Also slosteien telat of rata be the southwest ned of section 26, wine northwest dit le Te section 16, area t w Werarhatipets rth, Range 1) _ ¢ast, He iable aud merir ian, together with alLa@nd singular‘the ten. * ements, hereditaments -and : Aappu “gph E GREATEST. MEDICAL . = ae ane OF THE AGE. “SYMPTOMS OF a _EORPID © of appetite, Nausea, bowels LIVER. thereuinte hel, taining will ‘be sole RAR. é.id fuse. Le it boge&ber with ‘chan and costs, Nobtiedijs. kereby giver that 1. will’ sail at nblic sela, in. fron’ of the Court Houseda r, -elty-of-Nevads, “county of Ni State of Californlayon {FS ord, PB ness : pes coset Pain in the Head, with a 1 sensation in.the back part, under the pes gry nese: . ertion of bo yee mind, Irritability of t temiper, ebirita 7 Loss 6¥ memory, wit % Between the hours of 9 o’cloék a.'w. and 6 . . o'clock ¥, .y to wit 3 o'clock, P. M., all the right, o~ and interest of aes defendant in and to the above eribed Preperty, to the j von gp and best bidder for Pa ale ‘ sat ure said judgment and costs. mives Under my hand this 7th day of Jan’ uary, A. D. 1882. ~ -E. OQ, TOMPEENS, Sheriff. “By Re Dr Uanren,; Under Sheriff. Searls; Niles & Soprig, 4 Attys. hig ‘ PATENTS. Te there. 4 jonid-Lwk, Musiness for, Sate, —_—— Neidt confeationery,, fobneecsshd. waged] dabie-storé, with all the fixtures; is’ offered-fer gale at a low: price. teal locatedmam. one,of “the . bast, waa ness streste. in Nevads City, at this Offices : ; on Tid Sot abo eee drop pape, 3.20 0 yea shone . f feeling of havitig néglécted some : emda aaa t peel tents obtained ae US are PEt Benton 4 ? CUBE MnO AN, dug a of suc “aoe ejnee th obese 3 the Bie atite, yt S) wate on ¥, Stes a ‘Yor “ ¥.L, HARRYHOUSEN, ee Dealer in PROVISIONS, ee y GODS; ia a of the I Cokaanty TO THE LARGE AND VARIED STOCK Now in my Store on Commeéreia! Bireet, Nevada City, CONSISTING oF ‘Everything to Bei diund GH . wp aaa ch Site eg moe *Birst Clase Grovery Store, To, all who ate suffering from ae errors andindiscretion® Te wWeakImported Wines & Liquors. Porntedicinal purposes. “FRESH VEGRYAzLEs, al California and BP Zneotea) Fruits, ee pe. » VERY Low PRICES, extender tie in the past Preturn my stncere thinks'ghe sls & continuance of the same, : ¥. L. BARRYM@OUSEN. coats St, Nevada i ADR. $, M. HARRIS, (Of Gress’ Valley.) DENTIST. In Nevada City, Moiidays, Wednesdays attd Pric ay Office ‘in tien & Morgan’s Block Vor. Broad and Pine Sté., up ‘stairs, Nevada City. Nevada. Jun 20. RANCH FOR SALE. A FINE RANCH, Containing 60-néres, with Orchard, Vineyard, Dwelling House with 11 rooms and in good repair, Free ‘Water—in fact a very desirable property, » {8 offered for sale at A GREAT BARG AEN. Governmerit Tithe te the property} *-Bituated on the Red Dog roadyore mtile fror Neyada City. . Apply to ANDREW MURCHIF, Nevada City, dis SOR at ‘TyaNsceart Orrice x obs. Titty BEWARE: OF 5 “The Public is “ CAUTIONED against SPURIOUS imitations.’ : e Pioneer Baking Powder, pte EE as a is the only Powder consisting of nothing but REFINED Grape Cream de Lartar' ~ SCIENTIFICALLY COMBINED: Apennuns & 0. G* SAN FRANCISCO. a THOMAS, MALRATH.&HICKS, Enc, Adjoining Gaailt’s Bakery, ms NEVADA CITY, Dealers: in Groceries, Provisions, Etc. B warrant every: article sold. by. us'to be: as represented,: andsell at) the -. ity tics Mates: ; ; cC.W. CROSS, Atom and Counselor se awe. » ". OFFICE Cer, Broad and, Bine.stanete. “THEADAIL' NEVADACT’ BRIE < Jyarious Mappe ‘ The trial of The Oates: Theatre this al Two Sisters . jey Convent vi the Coanty . noon. Ci ‘Fanch jing in s01m@ eta claim onl above Colfax, “The Peabols Grass Valley & ementrof-4¢ pet Robison -& have dissolved Kolingon conti . Wm, C. Stil gan the manuf “invented. qua being his head The local fairly down to ings are held-d juilding on Br Messrs, Garth ace aeveral << organization, a give greabpre well The Grass 1 usa statemen gults-of the-en them for the 4 wards, the: Li te bi * Firsthight Gri Second ** 4 Nevada City. ' Total rece DISB Grass Val'ey. Nevada City. Total disbu Receipts iY ee Disbursements Paid to Edwa A vote of th the club, and . to the people ¢ Band here, . an Michell of this Return of To-day is th return-of the . ~aniLher combi artists. ‘Lhe Mascotte” thi , attract. a. lar} ~matinee, ag it A oe t.on last St nearly three ° fe kept alm vulsed with rofle-Girofla,” boards to-nigh abounding wit comical situati plays is Misa aud the compe in it, 8 Sup: The followin acted in thes Geo, BY Pal on, ers ‘oa resci » Nankerv 3 Fe. dismis: EnglishBicarb: Soda W. H, Hick filed setting af ot debtor, ete, Wm. Golabe Judgment by _—. 0. Bi)! A. A, Suit Thursday eve lowing officers No. ADL, Oj ‘5 Jas. Steyg JS5 Ae ALY a aan. re Seott, 2d P: st F.Frank Ril, Hurst) "ist We Chambe A competes cre a situate eo work ean find \ ing at this off E ry

eee ne ee , After: He Gets in Somé-Si for the Hon. Niles Searls testified Wedn-sday and Thursday for the Gefenss He in the GoldeRun Blickens case. said; arrivedtin able that—year and: “remained about a month, Then 1 wept-te a, place on tie South Forkw@f the Atnerican “yiver about twafmiles: above Motmon tsbindh I-minedthere-aboutone month anik-thém fetarned to; Sactamento. I sada ever since, a was inthis city er the itive it was _inunoe 1350. [ Witaess aie the extent of the waters during that:floodd The only place within the city that .was not covered with the: floods: was what waa called the Indian mound, which wae situated in the, neighbor, hood of where.the © present plaza is located, This flood ‘was very extensive and covered all thé land where Thad o¢casion to go or could. see, Sutter's Fort: was out of the water and I spent a portion of .my time at,that place, At the time -of the flood I was @ potato and onion inercbant, Question — Judge, Searls, state what offices you have held in Novaca county.? Answer—'The. first office. held wasthat of “Aldvemar of Nevada: City. Next, District Attorney of Nevada county, I was District Judge of theMourteenth Judicial District, which embraced the coun ties of. Nevada, Sierra and “Plumas, f-om 1850 to 1862, 1 also served Nevada county in “the capacity, of. State Senatorjfeand’ thé’ last official. position I held was that of Drainage . Commissioner, The great. bulk of litigation brought before ine while T. was District Judge was * what ‘is’ tarmed mining litigation. The habit-of the ‘ininérs ‘of ’Plginas, Placer, Nevada, Yuba and’El : Dorn do counties, where I, have, lived, is -to wash the earth inorder to separute the gold, and.ithem dump the water and debris into the most convenient canyon-or:ravine, — This has been the universal practice in’ those counties, except. where’ the rminets have impounded their own debris’ in order to wash it a second time, impounded tailings # were washed they wete then allowed to escape through the most convenient avd. available natural channels, *I have beet through the mining counties frum Amador td Siskiyou, This custom of discharging from the mines the débris into the most convenient’ canyons or ravines has been the universal custom among¥all. the mniners of, California,. as. far as-—m¥, olservation goes, from 1849 up to the present time.~~This. mode. of mining is.theonly way, in whioh the mines could be worked profitably: Gold mining can not be ‘prosecuted except with the. use of water; I an familiar with all ‘the streams’ in Nevada and some adjoining.counties, and all, or nearly all, of the canals in those counties, [\Witness* de-~ scribed the,, Rareka. Lake, Sonth Yuba, Rock Creek, Bloomfield, Milton and othet’ canals, giving: theit locations, sourc? of supply, and . the mines they furnish with. water, He also described the large: reservoirs that held back large amounts of the Winutec’s water for use in, Summer niluing’] ‘The canal. companies I have’ ‘urentigned all lave large résér 4p woirs& ¢__sourcos—and—some-of ‘them have # great’ nati "Sdnie “ef . Inte; hyAtantig minesyyand experi-) these are uatural lakes: dammed at . ™ents aye being made to wark some. their outlet, three prfour miles, in,} of the latter iY thiarift proeeks 5 ithe length dtd earying in depth “froin Derkes. swift Mhitren works perhaps ‘Tiié North . forty of fifty ‘nlen, amaycbes twiud nothing to 100~feet. B,oomfield reservoir, with..which am very ‘familiar, “havin. ig upon and fished'iy, it fur: aba times, 18 about founyniles.cia length and has an average depth of from fifty to sixty feet. "PRE water! From these reservoirs is. nat. discharged until the waters ity ‘the “ creelty, vas vines and natural channels fait. om amount. of water -ciisgharged. the Excelsior, Soath oBybayuls Bloomfield. aud; Miltow :mings., ies a least dowle the qildintity of Water soo feet mide a : olume of : ae pl_wopld float any of ~ trp-river I came ‘to “California ft in "1849. ae a Bity: in: Devatiees of ong at presen “/ing was in light soil “and shallow rt. Daring bs mated population of 20,000. 100 men en, in fis. panic area at the ‘time. PPticre “were *severnl . thousand men mining in Sierra coungaged in mining in Yuba and Plumas counties. Nearly alltheearly minsurface diggings, © This specimen (Gould No. 1) is like the material of the mines on the bine lead dm Nevada season, During the dry season those mines discharge of this storeil water winter of 1850 and 1851, within an area of three miles -of Nevada City,-there was.an estiAt least 15,000 of this population Wére engaged~in mining. . There-are-not ed in hydraplic. min, ty in 1980) “The ‘poptilation df, Plager stom county at ghiaiti date eB) ne ¥ hae to so use their:tailiogs. «9 Thete fd Set many =ch= . Defendapts objected, and, jalter vounty.~ The materiatin those deep . visions in the Supreme Courtreporte; ‘rence ;acase-growing out of t District, Judge, and the judgment (for the complainant ) was_ affirmed. decisions of the S ‘0oreme Court ifig to show ab boas had ho: gal “ight td bovet. uptteir sdiptubre’ claits,Witness having, Wednesday, ‘atated that-the-ehstom was. for, micondiderabie ‘argumen&.the Court permitted the, examination, counsel, i 4 the. ay¢tr: . Hon, Witness testified that he is-familiar with. most of the-mining. de™ Channels is harder, coarser, denser than the surface, “ite pupulation of Nevada county. is about 22,000, approximately, ~ They are dependent ‘Hood, judge.or,Jawyerever sings. 1350. There are.ouly two hydraulig“mines in; the. immediate «neighborhood of Nevada ‘City. Some iti portant-mines great Blue Lent» The: popelution of Nevada foWnshfp tavnbott ae, That of Grass Valley LowrieletBr7, 000, The Hirschman aut! Manzanita mins -}iyear, Meadow , Lake, tov:nship, in whidh is situated théttovnuriob W'Eriickee, contains a ‘population df perhips 1,500, "There. dins‘tbeen some hydraulic pining denein the Truce@ river. The township of Rough andl Really “coutaind about,000. iné habitants. ..The.geeas industry . of the town of ‘Irickee is lumbering, The 'Bicomfield, Eureka Lake’ end Milton companies Work on an ayer? age ten. anenths in the year.. The average mining season of the mines on the Nevada ridge is about nine months in the year. The elevation of Nevada City is about 500 “feet. (The witnesswas examined at) great encth in regatd. to certain, cases which were brought before him while he was judge of the Fourteenth Judivial District. The cross-examit~ ation by Mx, Cadwalader. was very objectionable to the connsel for the defense, aud m-greater-portion ofthe. afternodti sésston was’ taktrt wp in making and axguing objections.] The reservoirs supplying the canals for those mines are mostly. situated near the summit, ‘The. . Bowman reservoir occupies the whole of a valley, It was dainmed upin a harrow‘ gorge, and. the whole valley, several-iniles pin lengtly and a anile wide, was.thus. flooded. I consider that the storing of water in'the Winter, and ‘sending it down during the dry, season, atly assists in the navigation. of i tivers of California, Witness was examined minutely regarding the flow of water from the reservoirs referred to.in his’ direct examination ; the quantity. of water used by miners daily aloag the Ynba must-have-been more. than. 17,000 .imches. , @Tha. report ‘of the County Assessor showed the quantity to be about:17,000 inches, supposing the mimets:to ‘have worked 300 days per: year!] The mining population in’ Névada ooniity "has Been largely: reduced within late years; some moaitors. used in. thd hydrauli¢ miner are rifled; being todirect .and. straighten » the streain; the water goes with great force,:and ‘would probably deflect the eourse of a. fiftyepound rock ifj ropped or ‘placed . upon ~ it, A rift-mines-have-been~turned” a that, /many ; think that! ial? of population of. .Nevaaa-Téounty) cowjty wag engaged. in mining, pre— wions ty 1865; if the minesvalong the Yuba and its tributaries Were ‘to cdase operating at this t me, allmen wouking thereiu, woald be thrawn yout: of employment ; wouklbe perhaps.. 1.0005. they.” ave variously, eunplay esl 5, of, the miners’ {} whewere in Nevada ~county: the. . first wheat. imigration,. oceutred in 1888 ewhen, the Fensor. rivet ‘exeitesats de the Yubs ducing the Sy sian bral oat the size of sn also entirely on, miniapor a, liveli. Crossexamination (by, oom? Cadwalader)—I have beet * dither prema Court decisions? ‘run only three or fouramonths * ‘ ‘the object4-the number Be him: [Several cases were cited by Cadwalader, which witness stated thet he was familiar with.] Mi? Cadwalader (to witness) You were accustdthed, Judge, to advise our clients in accord ince with the «>\fitness—My respect for the Sur Fat Gout? never flags. Mr: Cadwalader— What, never? ye a (with a triumphant . )" smile)—Well, scarcely, Mr: Cadwalader— How. about that decision dissolving the Drainage Commission ? with itglad to be relieved of.-the labors, when he testified that. the :practice among miners was to dump their tailings "in the wnost convenient pluces, he simply stated a fact; there was no compulsion in thie matter-they were notobliged todo ro; sometimes the nearesteanyon' was nob the riost’convenient one; “monitors did not come ifito ude sin “hydradtte mining until 1863; before that. the ordinary:goose-neck was used; powder was first used largely in :1853 or 1854, but'in the piel banks if was not generally until since 1865; the Excelsior, the Milton, the Eureka Lake and the North Bloomfield contpanies do perlaps onan average sometimes three-fotrths’ atid’ ‘sotie: times one-third of the mining now done along the Yuba ; they nse perhaps more than one-half of the water brought in by artificial means, but there is a great deal of mining done by aid of the natural water-channels; during “the flood ‘seauon the ‘water in most of the ravines is uséd for . mining. Mr. Cadwalader—You stated that you were in Sacramento during .the flood of 1849-50, and.that, .that ,pieture (referring to the ene. represent~ ing the flodd) is a corrett*representation of the city at that itime, its that so?” Wituess—J-don’tsay thet i iis eorrectlin-every particular, but ap proximatély so, Mr, Cadwalader—What ‘was the. principal.business done in Sacrainento during that flood . whisky. Mr, Catwalader-—Well, but does not that picture show.that horse and ox teams were used .in ahe strects bel pthat time? Witneas—I do not kaow.. There may be one or two shown in’ the picture, but I did not notice them, Mr, Cadwalader—That’s' ail. Witness in his redireet—examinato give the number‘ of: metr that would be thrown out of employment 4 by the stoppage of mining ; it would probably bg abont 2,000 ; the per sonséngayed in Nevada mines sat ‘this time, or Whose. business is Ges pendent thereon, — are eonsideredl permanent residents oé the county, _ <> 4 Mixs.F. Wurte'has arrived and is prepared t ‘to give lessons in drawing and painting. She, is at the: Union Hoteleand” persous Wishing tessdiis are -yequested: to call «upon her Gilead dirs ggg *to localit y and’ the kn Jichness of the i hm,” ners of olitime, daimsiwere vu usus reg bas of the a ea practice was tried before mo ‘whilé Mil Cadwallader sought to) Yrowed f° by witness that he.was familiar with. j KOS OfMtie Cases Were tried before . Witness—I am very well pleased Nearer B, F. Trustee, Restiming, witness: ‘placa that? ‘. Main: street, “Wei eheeg TW ieeking and deitteing. Libete. “. upon which ig erec _ ynas the ehadon Wage Go. daid saw mill consi tion, said that it would be difficult . }¥riday,the Third “day of Rebrigaryy uf Art Amateur. ee Subsefibers to art periodicals so of sblectin, Waeh"h : pany them, are easily applied In the current (December) number, for instance, there are noless thay fourteeh pages of: practical’ ‘designs r-obina piginta) wood garxings art needlework, ‘paiuting oa silk, ‘‘etchng’t on dinen,.wte., -etez.‘The much: aise ee mes cl VUamille Piton it s¥ot-eotittant mA ce of workiig — i is s va as eo. the simple directions which \e80. a are cont eae exateetvely toSure Art _Aniatenr, . a cae cladet . sets of large and 8 oe ae decorative plaques, oa ie 3 iF anels for st¥eéns an evén 9 complete facand flowers: Friare; ah ing for-amar teen full size tiles, ¥ and’ others will continue to furnish: clsipas for menus, ball programm tle-drum ear. ch" Serie “aitists Will” con te original for ladies’ dress, Phe suggestions for Home Decoration wilt} tions, ach. . MonrAete Manks, Publisher, 23 Unton Square, N.Y: ‘City. ngtient $a fae Maren . uo nrg BRAVE LD di of otibiness Gold Hill, ae nty, At gg Location of works, ‘Washington Township, Nevada County, California. sisting. ofeigh. . eotge R. weg . apr po é _Meaaing Cake Ornaments. Yy m, a Habeas 9a Ban} Alley,near a GROCERIES,” thing in this_line ever Seouaiit to tt of the State, and will be t the most reasonable prices. They~are now wrexhibition in his atore, : Cail, and s¢e them. ni sents decay, loss OuAKOr bee fh Rial AN, chat-tillt-eure yous ig great remedy ‘ath ies igh -Sow dvenvelope the tae a New ‘oPverth, nervdl of 5 of sano &e., nga ‘tbe: “HOTEL. ARRIVALS.. Wationsl Exchange Hotel. STANLEY A. EDDY; PROPRIETOR, . For thetticre! patronage _Pauasvax, Jan. 5, 1882. “MA Slack, Cit The Art Ate Hey td . eM fatdrice’ San Phaationg= ee cont “} Mrs McKillicané d, PD Belden, San Jose, FE Farrell, Atstin ‘Nevada, SauiJuaw, .'B Hawley, Columbia Hil, ¥: Hawley,"

R Huekme, af oe ale San Juah Bles ‘ Tent,’ os Ary San Francisco, F A Owen, City, Erastvs Bom, Clerk. 7 int “Im: PREG disevita. ORK Notice is hereby given, that there are deItnequons upon the folowing desetibed stock, it of t (Ne. 6,) levied on » th 19th th do ete ky re i 481, the sevefal PP of the reee olde: eon ot "hee of “No. of Shares. Am’t.: 1500. $15.00 62} G2} 102 “3000 =. 3000" 0 108) 126 4 aes 28 1000 Names. Certificate, Hageltine B. F. ‘Trustee, 4 : Writ. Trttstee, IeeWim: Trus » Dauchey.H. O j atichey, Dauchy' Ht ni " .' Trustee, FFYO! wd Dauchvy H. OQ; Duuchey H. 0, Tras g 6000 60,00 250 7) And in accordance wit of the Board.of Directors, 2:00 . 6000, 60,00, 250° -“E50"} day df December, 1881, so ma@ each parcel of, s' “atbvidarhieaths. he (GREAT. ‘SUCCESS OF tHb— OATES OPERA _BOUEFF COMPANY, Bp by the Peart Queen of Opeta. ee e, yend @n otder on the 24 Fang od gary,{will be sold at are Salat Gaia the otf ie fice of, the npen, 9 COUR Bill, Nevada; “of MONS part the SIXTH (och) lay ‘of F Be BVARY, , 1882, at the_hour of 3 o'cloclypt a day, to pay. said ‘delin juent assess-, riterls théfeon, together with costs Of adverDissolution of Corpartnership, HE ce-partnershipf heretofore “existing under the name and giyle of Robinson fad Feeney, going businessas Blacksmiths, in the city of Nevada, County of Nevada, State of California, is this day dissolved by mutual gousent, All-persons who are indebted tothe tndersignedare respectfifily requested to come forward-and make-payment immediately te Jy W. Robinson, who will hereafter ‘conduci and carry on skid business, J. W. ROBINSON, WM. FEENEY, January Sth, 1802." ; Sheriff's, Sale. Citizens Bank, } i vs. GOie Nelson, et al. . }, sale, tome directed.ond delivered, js. sued out ot the be mg eager in and for the Count; Nevada, State of California, whoteha Gre Citizens Bunk on the third—r3q°— . apy .of Jandary, (1es2, ‘recovered a jundiyment against Ole Nelson for the sum of Two ThonsaséHive Hundred and Ninety. «. amounting to the oy. of $150 00 with i derest thereon from the date of said ju Y¥ VIRTUE OF BECREE and an order of . ype Reserved seats ton’s be Hoek 0 * SATURDAY AFTERNOON, ALICE OATES. 0-6 tiniong and éxpenses of the sale, YANK A, WISE, Secretary, By peivies sone Sean eR Office—Banik -of ‘Gola . Main'street’. itt give Gold Hill; Nevada m i by dee More Perfattnances ! gy Si January 7th,. in thee acts, Will be produégd Andrews’ Gharming Opera LA MASCOTTE [urraston sdialieegté Matinee, 50 cents.— et Children 25reents. _—— SATURDAY 4 EVENING, January 7th, THE EVER POPULAR ‘Girofle ‘Girofla . i Dollars, tagather with costs, of suit 3 ciglieg Ps \Piliees for Ev: ir rformance as ushal,. . . $28.90, aad. counsel “fees allowed ae outextra charge at Vin n ment, at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum till paid, which said Judgment per aon jin Judgment Book 1, of the said Supe: sior Court, on pages 239 et seq., an ft whefeas it fs ordered that the mortgage sot for forth ‘in Plaintiff's laint, be f and property therein’ Agta parecls of and vi with the tn sitinteIn-Nevaaae ee coun! = Btate Califor described as follows: Phat certain ploctor' pier of land and mil} ' site with the steam saw mill thereon, situate on the so rk of Pe mill si Sas ie PEs, one eight, Town comprising five he — is leces en semttand . tin, #1 andi gine aha) coger te rd of aire the planer. Also slosteien telat of rata be the southwest ned of section 26, wine northwest dit le Te section 16, area t w Werarhatipets rth, Range 1) _ ¢ast, He iable aud merir ian, together with alLa@nd singular‘the ten. * ements, hereditaments -and : Aappu “gph E GREATEST. MEDICAL . = ae ane OF THE AGE. “SYMPTOMS OF a _EORPID © of appetite, Nausea, bowels LIVER. thereuinte hel, taining will ‘be sole RAR. é.id fuse. Le it boge&ber with ‘chan and costs, Nobtiedijs. kereby giver that 1. will’ sail at nblic sela, in. fron’ of the Court Houseda r, -elty-of-Nevads, “county of Ni State of Californlayon {FS ord, PB ness : pes coset Pain in the Head, with a 1 sensation in.the back part, under the pes gry nese: . ertion of bo yee mind, Irritability of t temiper, ebirita 7 Loss 6¥ memory, wit % Between the hours of 9 o’cloék a.'w. and 6 . . o'clock ¥, .y to wit 3 o'clock, P. M., all the right, o~ and interest of aes defendant in and to the above eribed Preperty, to the j von gp and best bidder for Pa ale ‘ sat ure said judgment and costs. mives Under my hand this 7th day of Jan’ uary, A. D. 1882. ~ -E. OQ, TOMPEENS, Sheriff. “By Re Dr Uanren,; Under Sheriff. Searls; Niles & Soprig, 4 Attys. hig ‘ PATENTS. Te there. 4 jonid-Lwk, Musiness for, Sate, —_—— Neidt confeationery,, fobneecsshd. waged] dabie-storé, with all the fixtures; is’ offered-fer gale at a low: price. teal locatedmam. one,of “the . bast, waa ness streste. in Nevads City, at this Offices : ; on Tid Sot abo eee drop pape, 3.20 0 yea shone . f feeling of havitig néglécted some : emda aaa t peel tents obtained ae US are PEt Benton 4 ? CUBE MnO AN, dug a of suc “aoe ejnee th obese 3 the Bie atite, yt S) wate on ¥, Stes a ‘Yor “ ¥.L, HARRYHOUSEN, ee Dealer in PROVISIONS, ee y GODS; ia a of the I Cokaanty TO THE LARGE AND VARIED STOCK Now in my Store on Commeéreia! Bireet, Nevada City, CONSISTING oF ‘Everything to Bei diund GH . wp aaa ch Site eg moe *Birst Clase Grovery Store, To, all who ate suffering from ae errors andindiscretion® Te wWeakImported Wines & Liquors. Porntedicinal purposes. “FRESH VEGRYAzLEs, al California and BP Zneotea) Fruits, ee pe. » VERY Low PRICES, extender tie in the past Preturn my stncere thinks'ghe sls & continuance of the same, : ¥. L. BARRYM@OUSEN. coats St, Nevada i ADR. $, M. HARRIS, (Of Gress’ Valley.) DENTIST. In Nevada City, Moiidays, Wednesdays attd Pric ay Office ‘in tien & Morgan’s Block Vor. Broad and Pine Sté., up ‘stairs, Nevada City. Nevada. Jun 20. RANCH FOR SALE. A FINE RANCH, Containing 60-néres, with Orchard, Vineyard, Dwelling House with 11 rooms and in good repair, Free ‘Water—in fact a very desirable property, » {8 offered for sale at A GREAT BARG AEN. Governmerit Tithe te the property} *-Bituated on the Red Dog roadyore mtile fror Neyada City. . Apply to ANDREW MURCHIF, Nevada City, dis SOR at ‘TyaNsceart Orrice x obs. Titty BEWARE: OF 5 “The Public is “ CAUTIONED against SPURIOUS imitations.’ : e Pioneer Baking Powder, pte EE as a is the only Powder consisting of nothing but REFINED Grape Cream de Lartar' ~ SCIENTIFICALLY COMBINED: Apennuns & 0. G* SAN FRANCISCO. a THOMAS, MALRATH.&HICKS, Enc, Adjoining Gaailt’s Bakery, ms NEVADA CITY, Dealers: in Groceries, Provisions, Etc. B warrant every: article sold. by. us'to be: as represented,: andsell at) the -. ity tics Mates: ; ; cC.W. CROSS, Atom and Counselor se awe. » ". OFFICE Cer, Broad and, Bine.stanete. “THEADAIL' NEVADACT’ BRIE < Jyarious Mappe ‘ The trial of The Oates: Theatre this al Two Sisters . jey Convent vi the Coanty . noon. Ci ‘Fanch jing in s01m@ eta claim onl above Colfax, “The Peabols Grass Valley & ementrof-4¢ pet Robison -& have dissolved Kolingon conti . Wm, C. Stil gan the manuf “invented. qua being his head The local fairly down to ings are held-d juilding on Br Messrs, Garth ace aeveral << organization, a give greabpre well The Grass 1 usa statemen gults-of the-en them for the 4 wards, the: Li te bi * Firsthight Gri Second ** 4 Nevada City. ' Total rece DISB Grass Val'ey. Nevada City. Total disbu Receipts iY ee Disbursements Paid to Edwa A vote of th the club, and . to the people ¢ Band here, . an Michell of this Return of To-day is th return-of the . ~aniLher combi artists. ‘Lhe Mascotte” thi , attract. a. lar} ~matinee, ag it A oe t.on last St nearly three ° fe kept alm vulsed with rofle-Girofla,” boards to-nigh abounding wit comical situati plays is Misa aud the compe in it, 8 Sup: The followin acted in thes Geo, BY Pal on, ers ‘oa resci » Nankerv 3 Fe. dismis: EnglishBicarb: Soda W. H, Hick filed setting af ot debtor, ete, Wm. Golabe Judgment by _—. 0. Bi)! A. A, Suit Thursday eve lowing officers No. ADL, Oj ‘5 Jas. Steyg JS5 Ae ALY a aan. re Seott, 2d P: st F.Frank Ril, Hurst) "ist We Chambe A competes cre a situate eo work ean find \ ing at this off E ry