Weekly Trinity journal., 1859-12-17
T,,. Whining season aud Prospects.


The near approach of the rainy, and with us
.rtbe mountains, the golden season, is visible on
avery hand Earnest preparation is being made
| tor nrosecutng mining in the neighborhood Of
| Veavervile, and we know of no portion OF the
county, where every foot of soil is more richly
;ntcrspersed with the precious metal. great
change has taken place in the manner of working
tbe mines, and the contrast of the present with
FIVE years ago, shows that new and more certain
rOld-saving methods are being rapidly introduced.
The time of rich "strikes" is past, but the i'm
proved aud constantly improving mode of work
ing the mines is yielding an extra quantity Of
rold The "rocker' and " tom" are nearly
abolished, and have given place to immense
fumes and powerful hydraulics. half page OF
tbis paper could be devoted to new and extensive
improvements in the business Of mining in the
Weavervile Basin The flume of Jones u Howe,
in McKenzie's Gulch, is not surpassed by any
like work in the State, and it is not hazardous
"a predct that three years hence the owners will
he the wealthiest men in Northern California
MChcnZleS > anu koluuey NuiCu. IuIOuSu pOOu VI
which the lume will pass entire, when completed,
have Welded fortune on fortune, aud worked as
they were in the early days, never gave up half
their hidden treasure. The fume will be more
than mile long when finished, and to give a
correct idea of the immensity of the work it is
only necessary to state that it is eight feet wide
md ten feet high. Half-a.dozen small fortunes
will be required to complete it, but they will be
o mere drop to what will be realized when the
bedrock of the hundred acres lying along its
course is laid bare to the SUM- Although the
Gume spoken of is the largest in this vicinity,
there are numbers Of others in all the gulches
emptying into Weaver creek, which in proper
ton to the ground commanded, will yield equal
" WE'LL Rich Gulch Garden Gulch, Ten and
Five Cent Clutches, and all those between East
Weaver and Browns Creek, are becoming lined
with these improved labor and gold saving arte-
ries of modern mechanism. Mr. Chas. Sloan is
engaged in putting in fume between East Wea-
yer and the extensive diggings Of Cochell u Da-
wilson, three thousand feet long, to lead from his
claims recently purchased to Weaver creek.
These claims have formerly paid Sc day for
drifting they will pay twice that amount when
they can be ground sluiccd. The diggings of
Cochell & Dawson, adjoining are known to be
rich they have ground enough to employ them
for five years, and own valuable water ditch
from Browns creek thereto, which furnishes wa
ter more than half the year. The Rush Creek
company's ditch, lately completed. commands
all the diggings from East Weaver creek to the
summit of Browns creek divide, and the time is
not far off when its owners will receive boun-
teous reward for the years of toll and hard luck
through which they labored to complete it, SO
it is all around us; permanency appears to be
the chief object now men have resolved to make
this their home--to labor on, though for few
months, perhaps years. they receive no return.
The kind of property above referred to will
scarcely grow less valuable for years to come,
consequently there can be 10 sscrifce. 1t
will, year after year. grow in value, and be
sought by men who have means to purchase, If
necessity or removal requires q transfer. The
rainy season (if it comes) is close at hand the
laborers are preparing for it, and we hope and
believe the returns of the coming mining season
will, in the aggregate, outreach any former one.