Wilmore v. Chain O'Mines, Inc.

PLAINTIFFS in error were plaintiffs in the trial court, where they sought to enjoin the pollution of the waters of Clear Creek by defendants with tailings from the latter's mills. The court found generally in favor of plaintiffs, but by its final decree allowed defendants to discharge 670 tons of tailings and slime, per day, into Clear Creek and required plaintiffs to pay their own costs. Error is prosecuted to reverse this decree.

Plaintiffs own farms in Jefferson county, Colorado, with water rights from Clear Creek for irrigation purposes. The defendants operate ore reduction mills located…