Weekly Trinity journal., 1858-03-27
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In laying up treasures for succeeding genera
tions, nature has been mindful of mans perpetu-
al condemnation to labor she has ordained that
her treasury shall not be exhausted by the ava
rice of one age, and has buried it so deep that
men lie down to a long, undreaming rest, having
gathered only the scattered golden grains that
have fallen from the garner. She has piled noun
tains on hatcbways leading down to forbidden
treasures, dries up the streams that would reveal
more than her prs-ordained annual annuity, and
teaches rivers to destroy mans contrivances to
circumvent her parsimony. Even in country
traversed by precious metallic veins, and whose
streams wash up golden sands, the decree that
the sweat of the brow is the price of bread is
unrepealed and is a statute forever
AS the surface grains are gathered. men must
dig deeper the first fruits must be re planted to
develop the hidden riches of the soil gold be-
gets gold, and nowhere with so great fecundity
as in the place Of its own nativity. Hundreds
must be sowed before thousands can be reapt, and
patient and labOrious strokes must be laid on at
the root Of the tree before its 6bres shelter the
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has grown to giant stature. All round us is gold
down in the gorge, up on the mountain side, ey-
srywhere. For miles, east and west, there is
hardly a square rood where shining atoms do not
invite enterprise and labor but the assaying ell
ement is wanting, save the short tribute of the
melting snow. But this cannot always be the
hiding places Of gold is betrayed by short lived
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prompted by necessity. For thirty miles east
gold is known to exist in the fats and on the bill
sides, in quantities that would repay labor with
the most primitive mining machinery /; and for a
long distance west the same wealth Of soil is pro-
nounced by experienced parties who remain all
year in places where they can work but few
months, in the hope that some capitalist will be
far seeing enough to discern source of never
ending revenue All who live here are aware Of
the enormous wealth which half a million Of dol
lars would develop, but that aggregate cannot be
spared from the business which individuals pur-
sue. Their hope is that representation of facts
may reach parties Of greater means, who may
come here and inform themselves what are the
resources Of the Trinity mines. Water is availa-
bic, sufficient TO give employment to population
of fifteen thousand, who could not exhaust the
gold fields, already known in half century
The valley round Weavervlle would itself sus-
tain more people than are now in the county ; a
thousand sluiceheads would be used, in sight of
the town, and the whole territory traversed by the
artificial water course is rich in gold
We wish other newspapers would repeat these
facts, for the truth of which we pledge personal
and professional veracity There is no humbug
about the matter, nor have we anything to gain
by Misrepresentation. We have no object other
than wish to assist in developing the wealth of
wonderfully rich territory, which in its depend
ence on melting SHOWS and the caprices of sea-
son, sustains and enricbes an enterprisng and
Industrious people, who MS individuals came here
without means, and having had to cut their way
through mountains, to build up a business from
small beginning, and to extend it in proportion
with the progression Of settlement, have not sur
plus capital to invest in an enterprise which their
Judgment approves
There is another resource which promises to be
Of value, but of which cannot speak now with
ample confidence quartz discoveries, Of much
interest, are reported on Canon Creek of which
our correspondent tells, briefly, to-day The dis
trict resembles the quartz region of Sierra and
Nevada, and the VEINS running across the stream,
very likely account for its extraordinary richness
From pieces of gold bearing rock which we have
seen, we think the region invites research by ex-
perenced quartz miners.