Woodruff v. North Bloomfield Gravel Min. Co.
United States Circuit Court
MASTER’S REPORT. The evidence clearly shows that, since the date of the filing of the decree herein, mining tailings have been discharged into Humbug creek by the respondent the North Bloomfield Gravel Mining Company, from its mine described in the bill.
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MASTER’S REPORT. The evidence clearly shows that, since the date of the filing of the decree herein, mining tailings have been discharged into Humbug creek by the respondent the North Bloomfield Gravel Mining Company, from its mine described in the bill. With reference to the character and extent of the mining operations which have been carried on in said mine since the date referred to, it appears from the testimony that in June, 1884, the said respondent commenced the construction of a tunnel along the bed-rock in its mine, for tiie purpose of drift mining; that drift mining has been there…
1Opinion of the CourtSawyer, J.
The master reports that, since the entry of the decree, “mining tailings have been discharged into Humbug creek by the respondent, * * * from its mines described in the bill.” After stating that respondent had run some 2,500 to 3,000 feet of tunnel for drift mining, and carried on drift mining continuously from June, 1884, washing the debris arising from such mining, and from caves of the bank occurring from time to time, washed away by monitors properly located for the purpose, into the creek wherein the debris had theretofore been discharged, and giving particulars of the operations of…
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