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    of Woodruff v. North Bloomfield Gravel Mining Company was a lawsuit brought to California courts in 1882 where a group of local farmers sued North Bloomfield...
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    The North Bloomfield Mining and Gravel Company of North Bloomfield, California, was established in 1866 and operated a hydraulic gold-mining operation...
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    known for handing down the verdict in the case of Woodruff v. North Bloomfield Gravel Mining Company; his verdict is frequently referred to as the "Sawyer...
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  • mining operations. By 1876, the population swelled to 2,000. But in 1884, when hydraulic mining ended because of Woodruff v. North Bloomfield Gravel Mining...
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    farmers sued the hydraulic mining operations and the landmark case of Woodruff v. North Bloomfield Mining and Gravel Company made its way to the United...
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  • Gold Is Where You Find It (category Films about mining)
    become writers. The real landmark lawsuit was Woodruff v. North Bloomfield Gravel Mining Company, brought in 1882 and settled in 1884. This was the second...
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  • Lorenzo Sawyer issued his decision, Woodruff v. North Bloomfield Gravel Mining Company, restraining the dumping of mining debris into the Yuba River and later...
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    Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park (category Mining museums in California)
    sites at the center of the 1882 landmark case Woodruff v. North Bloomfield Mining and Gravel Company. The mine pit and several Gold Rush-era buildings are...
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  • ended after the Woodruff v. North Bloomfield Gravel Mining Company court decision prohibited the discharge of mining debris into the South Yuba River or...
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    op. cit., p. 186. The Sawyer decision is reported as Woodruff v. North Bloomfield Gravel Mining Co., 18 F. 753 (CCD Cal. 1884). Thompson and West, op...
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  • Lake City, Nevada County, California (category Mining communities of the California Gold Rush)
    is reported as Woodruff v. North Bloomfield Gravel Mining Co., 18 F. 753 (CCD Cal. 1884). Lindgren, Waldemar (1911) The Tertiary Gravels of the Sierra...
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  • referred to as the Sawyer decision, it is reported as Woodruff v. North Bloomfield Gravel Mining Co., 18 F. 753 (CCD Cal. 1884) U.S. Geological Survey...
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  • Union, April 21, 1882. The Sawyer decision is reported as Woodruff v. North Bloomfield Gravel Mining Co., 18 F. 753 (CCD Cal. 1884). Union, February 9, 1890...
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  • decision, which enjoined most hydraulic mining, and is reported as Woodruff v. North Bloomfield Gravel Mining Co., 18 F. 753 (CCD Cal. 1884). Meals, ibid...
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  • Union. June 12, 1881. The Sawyer decision is reported as Woodruff v. North Bloomfield Gravel Mining Co., 18 F. 753 (CCD Cal. 1884). Union, Nov. 15, 1887....
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    Blue Tent, California (category Mining communities of the California Gold Rush)
    California, p.324. The Sawyer decision is reported as Woodruff v. North Bloomfield Gravel Mining Co., 18 F. 753 (CCD Cal. 1884). Janicot, ibid, p.10. Sacramento...
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    in Woodruff v. North Bloomfield, People v. Gold Run Ditch Mining Co., People ex rel Ricks Water Co. v. Elk River Mill and Lumber Co and People v. Truckee...
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