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the South and Middle Yuba, California. 19 
whole aqueduct was built in sections of thirty feet each; each sectio 
when completed, being raised on the spot where it was constructed, om 
— scaffolding was completely dispensed with. This work, to-day, i is 
rvation, the foundations and ene being alike sound 
substantial, and ‘likely to last for many yea 
The aggregate length of all the ditches in the Kureka Com- 
pany’s tps hal is about two hundred miles 
In the ownership of the San Juan Company the aggregate 
tee is about half this quantity, twenty-six miles being in the 
main San Juan ditch. 
The safe capacity of discharge of the canals of both Com- 
panies, being a constant stream during 10 hours, is as follows: 
Miner’s inches. 
SPARE, DUANE a i Ga Ries os ken hab s+ nas ke» cos : 
BREAD hid Ee 14 ok ay 4 ong Host «4 oe nth oe 7 
Other Gistliows ..45 55s sce 5 Daweh in 6656s sane e un ae 250 
—— 4,000 
Middle Yuba Canal ........ 00.02.0003 Sage eree are et: : 1,500 
5,500 
5,500 inches for 10 hours, equals for 24 hours.......... 13,200 
20 per cent deficiency in supply, stoppages, and other causes, 2,620 
— 10,580 
Say 10,000 inches per day. 
The laws of California are quite peculiar in respect to the 
rights of miners to the control of mining ground and of water. 
The miner has no ownership in fee, but an absolute control so 
long as he conforms to the mining laws of his district. Minin 
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all other property rights of real estate. As respects the own- 
ership ad: control of water, the laws permit and protect usages 
unknown under the En lish common -law, such as the . 
manent diversion of water from its original channels for min- 
ing uses. The right of ‘locating’ streams for such purposes 
is fully recognized and established as against adverse interests, 
‘by numerous decisions of the highest Courts of law. An ab- 
stract of these mining laws may be found in Hittel’s Resources 
of California, page 354. 
