Talk:Lorenzo Sawyer

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A fact from Lorenzo Sawyer appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 15 January 2008, and was viewed approximately 517 times (disclaimer) (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Lorenzo Sawyer was the first judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2008/January.

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A temporary subpage at User:Polbot/fjc/Lorenzo Sawyer was automatically created by a perl script, based on this article at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges. The subpage should either be merged into this article, or moved and disambiguated. Polbot (talk) 20:13, 5 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Incorrect statement regarding the Sawyer ruling on mining

The present sentence reads: In 1884, he handed down what became known as the Sawyer Decision in Woodruff v. North Bloomfield Mining and Gravel Company which abruptly ended hydraulic mining in Northern California's Gold Country. It did not "end" anything, the mining companies had to begin impounding the debris, using dams and holding structures. See Hydraulic mining article for a good description. I would like to change the sentence to reflect this. Here is an excerpt from the book Mining California by Andrew Isenberg, 2005 p.175-6 :

In Jan.1884, Sawyer ruled in Woodruff's favor. He declared mining debris a nuisance and perpetually enjoined miners from discharging debris into rivers (emphasis mine). Moreever, he left open the possibility that in the future, a more "safe and effective" technology might emerge, in which he would lift the injuction. Acting on Sawyer's decision, mining companies transformed the artificial craters ... into ponds and installed steam-powered dredges...which created as much debris as hydraulic mining but was impounded at the mining site.

Any comments? Marcia Wright (talk) 00:57, 26 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]