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YUBA COUNTY
MINING DEBRIS COURT CASE
1881
(People v. The Gold Run Ditch and Mining Company)
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The Debris Inquiry: The San Francisco Committee Still Investigating - Sacramento Daily Union, Oct. 21, 1881
The Debris Committee: Conclusion of Their Work at Marysville- Sacramento Daily Union, Oct. 22, 1881
The Debris Inquiry - Sacramento Daily Union, Oct. 24, 1881
Report of the Investigating Committee - Sacramento Daily Union, Nov. 10, 1881
Injunctions Enjoined - Sacramento Daily Union, Nov. 11, 1881
Day 1 of trial - Hydraulic Mining Case on Trial in Superior Court - The Filling of the Rivers - People vs. Gold Run Ditch and Mining Company - Sacramento Daily Union, Nov. 16, 1881
Day 2 - Sacramento Daily Union, Nov. 17, 1881
Day 3 - Sacramento Daily Union, Nov. 18, 1881
Day 4 - Testimony for the People - Sacramento Daily Union, Nov. 19, 1991
Day 5 - Testimony from Captain Foster - Sacramento Daily Union, Nov. 21, 1881
Day 6 - Captain Foster con't., C. W. Clarke - Sacramento Daily Union, Nov. 22, 1881
Day 7 - John Rooney, Joseph Routier, Peter Spencer, William S. Joy, W. S. Manlove, A. S. Greenlaw - Sacramento Daily Union, Nov. 23, 1881
Day 8 - William Milgate, Senator Johnston, J. M. Upham - Sacramento Daily Union, Nov. 24, 1881
Day 9 - American River, Effects of Sand & Sediment - Sacramento Daily Union, Nov. 29, 1881
Day 10 - Engineering Opinion of River's Condition, Slickens - Sacramento Daily Union, Nov. 30, 1881
Day 11 - Old-Time Recollections, Pioneers tell of days of '49, Early Mines and Mining - Sacramento Daily Union, Dec. 1, 1881
Day 12 - Engineers - Sacramento Daily Union, Dec. 2, 1881
Day 13 - con't - Sacramento Daily Union, Dec. 3, 1881
Day 14 - Description of hydraulic mines and the river - Sacramento Daily Union, Dec. 5, 1881
Day 15 - G. F. Allardt, D. B. Huntley, G. B. Cosby - Sacramento Daily Union, Dec. 6, 1881
Day 16 - Steamboat Captains, Debris Deposits - Sacramento Daily Union, Dec. 7, 1881
Day 17 - River Islands, Bay of San Francisco - Sacramento Daily Union, Dec. 8, 1881
Day 18 - State Engineer Hall, W. S. Meslick, Captain Ferris, J. H. Carroll, others - Sacramento Daily Union, Dec. 9, 1881
Day 19 - Metal Experts, effects of debris on health - Sacramento Daily Union, Dec. 10, 1881
Day 20 - Dr. G. G. Tyrrell, A. S. Greenlaw, other witnesses - Prosecution Closes - Sacramento Daily Union, Dec. 12, 1881
Day 21 - Defense Opens, testimony of J. L. Gould, E. C. Uren - Sacramento Daily Union, Dec. 13, 1881
Day 22 - Hamilton Smith, Ancient Gravel Beds - Sacramento Daily Union, Dec. 14, 1881
Day 23 - Hamilton Smith on important questions - Sacramento Daily Union, Dec. 15, 1881
Day 24 -
Day 25 - History of mining North Fork of American - Sacramento Daily Union, Dec. 17, 1881
Day 26 - Mines near Iowa Hill, Result of natural wash - Sacramento Daily Union, Dec. 19, 1881
Day 27 - G. H. Colby, Mining Engineer - Sacramento Daily Union, Dec. 20, 1881
Day 28 - Pioneer Farmers and Miners - Sacramento Daily Union, Dec. 21, 1881
Day 29 - Evidence of Pioneer Miners, Early Mining Customs - Sacramento Daily Union, Dec. 22, 1881
Day 30 - Walter A. Skidmore, American River Drainage Area, Mining Expert - Sacramento Daily Union, Dec. 23, 1881
Day 31 - Further evidence for defense - Sacramento Daily Union, Dec. 24, 1881
Day 32 - Defense of Miners, Farmers, Surveyors, Ditch Superintendents - Sacramento Daily Union, Jan. 4, 1882
Day 33 - Product of Gold Run Mines, Judge Niles Searls - Sacramento Daily Union, Jan. 5, 1882
Day 34 - Niles Searls, G. C. Blanchard - Sacramento Daily Union, Jan. 6, 1882
Day 35 - James W. Marshall - Sacramento Daily Union, Jan. 7, 1882
Day 36 - Surveyors and Engineers, Drainage of Sacramento City - Sacramento Daily Union, Jan. 9, 1882
Day 37 - Farmer, Rancher, Civil Engineer, Effects of Land Slides, Natural Wash - Sacramento Daily Union, Jan. 10, 1882
Day 38 - Miners who came to California in 1849 - Sacramento Daily Union, Jan. 11, 1882
Day 39 - Judge O. P. Stidger, William F. Knox, other pioneers - Sacramento Daily Union, Jan. 12, 1882
Day 40 - Thomas Price, Mining Expert - Sacramento Daily Union, Jan. 13, 1882
Day 41 - Thomas Price con't. - Sacramento Daily Union, Jan 14, 1882
Day 42 - Evidence of witnesses for the defense - Sacramento Daily Union, Jan. 16, 1882
Day 43 - Evidence of a miner, banker, physician, civil engineer - Sacramento Daily Union, Jan. 17, 1882
Day 44 - Engineering and Hydraulic Expert - Sacramento Daily Union, Jan. 18, 1882
Day 45 - Prof. Davidson - Sacramento Daily Union, Jan. 19, 1882
Day 46 - Con't - Sacramento Daily Union, Jan. 20, 1882
Day 47 - Prosecution in Rebuttal - Sacramento Daily Union, Jan. 21, 1882
Day 48 - Evidence of the Prosecution - Sacramento Daily Union, Jan. 23, 1882
Day 49 - Further Testimony - Sacramento Daily Union, Jan. 24, 1882
Day 50 - Mr. Cadwalader - Sacramento Daily Union, Mar. 1, 1882
Day 51 - Continuation, Mr. Wilson - Sacramento Daily Union, Mar. 2, 1882
Day 52 - Continuation - Sacramento Daily Union, Mar. 3, 1882
The Great Trial - Sacramento Daily Union, Mar. 3, 1882
Day 53 - Judge Rhodes - Sacramento Daily Union, Mar. 4, 1882
Day 54 - Synopsis, W. C. Belcher - Sacramento Daily Union, Mar. 6, 1882
Day 55 - Richard Bayne, A. P. Catlin - Sacramento Daily Union, Mar. 7, 1882
Day 56 - Judges I. S. Belcher, W. T. Wallace - Sacramento Daily Union, Mar. 8, 1882
Day 57 -
Day 58 - Concluding Argument, Attorney General Hart - Sacramento Daily Union, Mar. 10, 1882
Full Closing Argument of A. L. Hart - Sacramento Daily Union, Apr. 1, 1882
Full Closing Argument of A. P. Catlin - Sacramento Daily Union, Apr. 15, 1882
Transcriptions by Kathy Sedler, 2010