January 27, 1971 (12 pages)

Nevada County Nugge THENORTHI By Edmunc * an At North San Juan, in August, 1666, John Phillips from Many wri, driver of opens f wagon was severely beaten was assertedly the outcome of an a » C, Hogan, The on was obvious, Hogan was arimplicati spy the but ) erudee, the compart witness was Willing to accept the reated, suggestion that he get out of the mountains and stay out, The redoubtable Oliver P, Stidger, in his North San Juan "Times,'' thundered unsparingly against the spy tactics of the valley crusaders, whom he called ruffians, In one isque he queried: "We are informed that a party of Texans have been in camp — Hoyt's crossing for several days, for what purpose of we do not know, Wonder if they are concealing the badges papers valley the cases all In the Antl-Debris Association?" returned roar for roar, sourrility for sourrility, of the Verba! clashes, orders to spy suspects to get out as to numerous so became ns altercatio fist and else, or hills some in But attract little attention, thus leaving no record, localities the resentments flared to more serious proportions, At Gold Run ‘wi armed apy openly flaunted his assumed authority along the wtreet, Weary at last, he seated himself on a bench before the hotel, Casually, a man in miner's garb took a seat beside him, soon another, The newcomers were of giant frame of the guard but unarmed, In @ flash they pintoned the arma It mud a o badge.int and gun his of the ADA and tossed i ‘ r oy! y ‘ a ty would appear that prearrangements were not lacking, for at h iy Pall) ee , 7 “4 P i i i?! f 1% H : wr wy Wslien ae”Phiby, aia hil ny bed TG y May: ; v ¥ y al phe tonal fg 4 hand was @ man carrying a small tub with an inch or two of tar ‘dn the bottom, The spy was lifted bodily by those two powerful mann men and stood on hie head in that bucket of tar, It was a dedragled guard who boarded the first westbound train amid admoni “eh hod y ‘ A wey “sie ‘ “ify ions never to return, At the same town a woman, not identified as a spy, but who had proclaimed her intention to close down all of the hydraulic " mines of the region, was seized, carried to a sharp incline and rolled=none too gentlyover the brink, , ay Sweetland, Nevada ip was @ hotbed of anti-spy sentiment, One evening from Wood's "Emporium! arose a crescendo the cry, "Geta of ange shouts and imprecation Ye oe wih. rope!" Boon the figure of a man might ave been seen streaking for the residence of Justice of the Peace Merriam, a few hun 1 dred feet distant, Arriving he begged for protection, volun My ms + id ony bd iJ sy! ! nl ne et, a etl oe if OT *L id . 7) A yy A ld Vt ‘h hy Mele aParaer 5 ph Ey Ud ary NEAR NORTH San Juan a view of the Kate Hayes teering the information that he had been sent from ag Loe to "aheck up’ on the hydraulic mines, Merrian took him in and gave him asylum for the night, At daylight he apirited him out of town and advised him to stay out of the mountains, From Marysville he sent a letter thanking the Merriame for saving his iife, But it was Saloonist Wood who had saved him from a mauling, He had shoved him through a back door and whispered, "Run for your life!" Prof, Grove Karl Gilbert of the United States Geological Survey, who was sent by President Theodore Roosevelt in 904 to make a personal examination of the disturbed region, encountered an armed sentry who refused to accept his 7 anation and credentials and ordered him to make tracks," Gilbert was on his way to Nevada City to meet with a committee of the Hydraulic Miners! Association, The version is that the vigh= lance of that sentry caused the operators some embarrasament ane Gilbert made light of the incident, . of thehydraulic miners in the months such was the temper . Sawyer decision, the to and years subsequent or the other side of that combative interval reference is had by permission to the writings of W, T, Hillis of Maryaville, public official, a hie authority of flood control, and a veteran follows is condensed from his book, "Memories: M What Geventy-Two Years in the Romantic County of Yuba’ (1980), We had considerable difficulty with the watchmen we employed ne information: in mare asee they "sold out" to the mines were not operating reported back that miners gamwere, Bome of the watchmen posed as re when they g d gamblin asserte thely imes had to per we blers viWere who men farmers, actual sending losses, We tried tally interested, It didn't work so well, th one case & farmer who bred horses became so much interested in selling $160 horses for $600 that he could not see" anything wrong, An other farmer was interested in the flour business, and we found that the brand of flour he sold was very popular in the kitchens ata ries een of the mining camps, We almost always had men go in paire so that, if neces when suddenly a rifle cracked, followed by another shot, We EFFORTS AT I We {nally got quite provoked over the expedient of the mineowners leasing their diggings to unknown parties, At a: nora of the Anti-Debris Association we decided to take attitude in his decision, Rat! for resumption of hydraulic An excerpt from the text of his In view of these undisp known facts, no one could p are to applying any remedy t must put an end to hydraull vised permitting of its contin and rights of the public, the . similarly situated, We have anxiety some other remedy; t ars to us at all adequate least available in the prese didn't wait to argue, we got out of there "Hell bent for election" (an old naying ; on, An injunction had been issued by our Superior Judge enjoining the owner, superintendent and some thirty of thelr employees from operating the Omega Mine, Our watchman dis covered that the injunction was being ignored, Our district attorney issued papers for contempt of court, Secret arrangements were made with/the Southern Pacific Railroad for an engine, passenger coach and box car to stop on the main track of the Yuba River railroad bridge, in some thick timber, Bixteen of us had been sworn in as y sheriffs, During the afternoon, by ones and twos, so as not to attract attention, we walked across the bridge and red in the timber where the train was to stop, When r way, we stopped at Yuba . ) Thursday, April 16, 1680, : or m ° cia We unloaded and started for the Omega Mine, about eight miles distant over a mighty bad road, covered with snow and slush, most of us walking the entire distance to keep warm, We reached the mine at daylight, surrounded the boureize house and called out for the inmates to come out and surrender, Immediately, there was a great stir inside the house, Doors and windows were heastily barricaded, It looked like a fight, Finally, however, there was quiet and anumber of our men rushod a the front door with a large log, the rest of us following in ready for action, It was rather amusing when we found ves @ house, of arma and ammunition, but they showed no fight, Judge Lorenzo Sawyer a sted; First, the purchase th #, which are now or may b without material injury to na ers, and turning the entire using them as a setting re immense impounding dams a hold back the heavy portion of . Judge Sawyer considered expensive to be feasible and second, he regarded as offe found a divergence of engines experiments with impounding proved lamentable failures," There the matter rested what amounted to @ nide and miners and thelr valley adve was never Bg abandoned, . the scattered building of tem, ineffective except during seas re ee 7 —— ol ate ame ” ee ane _—— ee er — = ~ Cecer were © treet ore aw

Nevada County Nugge THENORTHI By Edmunc * an At North San Juan, in August, 1666, John Phillips from Many wri, driver of opens f wagon was severely beaten was assertedly the outcome of an a » C, Hogan, The on was obvious, Hogan was arimplicati spy the but ) erudee, the compart witness was Willing to accept the reated, suggestion that he get out of the mountains and stay out, The redoubtable Oliver P, Stidger, in his North San Juan "Times,'' thundered unsparingly against the spy tactics of the valley crusaders, whom he called ruffians, In one isque he queried: "We are informed that a party of Texans have been in camp — Hoyt's crossing for several days, for what purpose of we do not know, Wonder if they are concealing the badges papers valley the cases all In the Antl-Debris Association?" returned roar for roar, sourrility for sourrility, of the Verba! clashes, orders to spy suspects to get out as to numerous so became ns altercatio fist and else, or hills some in But attract little attention, thus leaving no record, localities the resentments flared to more serious proportions, At Gold Run ‘wi armed apy openly flaunted his assumed authority along the wtreet, Weary at last, he seated himself on a bench before the hotel, Casually, a man in miner's garb took a seat beside him, soon another, The newcomers were of giant frame of the guard but unarmed, In @ flash they pintoned the arma It mud a o badge.int and gun his of the ADA and tossed i ‘ r oy! y ‘ a ty would appear that prearrangements were not lacking, for at h iy Pall) ee , 7 “4 P i i i?! f 1% H : wr wy Wslien ae”Phiby, aia hil ny bed TG y May: ; v ¥ y al phe tonal fg 4 hand was @ man carrying a small tub with an inch or two of tar ‘dn the bottom, The spy was lifted bodily by those two powerful mann men and stood on hie head in that bucket of tar, It was a dedragled guard who boarded the first westbound train amid admoni “eh hod y ‘ A wey “sie ‘ “ify ions never to return, At the same town a woman, not identified as a spy, but who had proclaimed her intention to close down all of the hydraulic " mines of the region, was seized, carried to a sharp incline and rolled=none too gentlyover the brink, , ay Sweetland, Nevada ip was @ hotbed of anti-spy sentiment, One evening from Wood's "Emporium! arose a crescendo the cry, "Geta of ange shouts and imprecation Ye oe wih. rope!" Boon the figure of a man might ave been seen streaking for the residence of Justice of the Peace Merriam, a few hun 1 dred feet distant, Arriving he begged for protection, volun My ms + id ony bd iJ sy! ! nl ne et, a etl oe if OT *L id . 7) A yy A ld

Vt ‘h hy Mele aParaer 5 ph Ey Ud ary NEAR NORTH San Juan a view of the Kate Hayes teering the information that he had been sent from ag Loe to "aheck up’ on the hydraulic mines, Merrian took him in and gave him asylum for the night, At daylight he apirited him out of town and advised him to stay out of the mountains, From Marysville he sent a letter thanking the Merriame for saving his iife, But it was Saloonist Wood who had saved him from a mauling, He had shoved him through a back door and whispered, "Run for your life!" Prof, Grove Karl Gilbert of the United States Geological Survey, who was sent by President Theodore Roosevelt in 904 to make a personal examination of the disturbed region, encountered an armed sentry who refused to accept his 7 anation and credentials and ordered him to make tracks," Gilbert was on his way to Nevada City to meet with a committee of the Hydraulic Miners! Association, The version is that the vigh= lance of that sentry caused the operators some embarrasament ane Gilbert made light of the incident, . of thehydraulic miners in the months such was the temper . Sawyer decision, the to and years subsequent or the other side of that combative interval reference is had by permission to the writings of W, T, Hillis of Maryaville, public official, a hie authority of flood control, and a veteran follows is condensed from his book, "Memories: M What Geventy-Two Years in the Romantic County of Yuba’ (1980), We had considerable difficulty with the watchmen we employed ne information: in mare asee they "sold out" to the mines were not operating reported back that miners gamwere, Bome of the watchmen posed as re when they g d gamblin asserte thely imes had to per we blers viWere who men farmers, actual sending losses, We tried tally interested, It didn't work so well, th one case & farmer who bred horses became so much interested in selling $160 horses for $600 that he could not see" anything wrong, An other farmer was interested in the flour business, and we found that the brand of flour he sold was very popular in the kitchens ata ries een of the mining camps, We almost always had men go in paire so that, if neces when suddenly a rifle cracked, followed by another shot, We EFFORTS AT I We {nally got quite provoked over the expedient of the mineowners leasing their diggings to unknown parties, At a: nora of the Anti-Debris Association we decided to take attitude in his decision, Rat! for resumption of hydraulic An excerpt from the text of his In view of these undisp known facts, no one could p are to applying any remedy t must put an end to hydraull vised permitting of its contin and rights of the public, the . similarly situated, We have anxiety some other remedy; t ars to us at all adequate least available in the prese didn't wait to argue, we got out of there "Hell bent for election" (an old naying ; on, An injunction had been issued by our Superior Judge enjoining the owner, superintendent and some thirty of thelr employees from operating the Omega Mine, Our watchman dis covered that the injunction was being ignored, Our district attorney issued papers for contempt of court, Secret arrangements were made with/the Southern Pacific Railroad for an engine, passenger coach and box car to stop on the main track of the Yuba River railroad bridge, in some thick timber, Bixteen of us had been sworn in as y sheriffs, During the afternoon, by ones and twos, so as not to attract attention, we walked across the bridge and red in the timber where the train was to stop, When r way, we stopped at Yuba . ) Thursday, April 16, 1680, : or m ° cia We unloaded and started for the Omega Mine, about eight miles distant over a mighty bad road, covered with snow and slush, most of us walking the entire distance to keep warm, We reached the mine at daylight, surrounded the boureize house and called out for the inmates to come out and surrender, Immediately, there was a great stir inside the house, Doors and windows were heastily barricaded, It looked like a fight, Finally, however, there was quiet and anumber of our men rushod a the front door with a large log, the rest of us following in ready for action, It was rather amusing when we found ves @ house, of arma and ammunition, but they showed no fight, Judge Lorenzo Sawyer a sted; First, the purchase th #, which are now or may b without material injury to na ers, and turning the entire using them as a setting re immense impounding dams a hold back the heavy portion of . Judge Sawyer considered expensive to be feasible and second, he regarded as offe found a divergence of engines experiments with impounding proved lamentable failures," There the matter rested what amounted to @ nide and miners and thelr valley adve was never Bg abandoned, . the scattered building of tem, ineffective except during seas re ee 7 —— ol ate ame ” ee ane _—— ee er — = ~ Cecer were © treet ore aw