Weekly Trinity journal., 1860-09-22
TRINITY JOURNAL.
The Mines, Agriculture aud Trade Of North
West Trinity.


Two weeks ago we made visit to portion
of the county above indicated Some of it we
had never before seen, and some not for two and
o.half years. To say that we found Improvement
IN mining operations, and other branches of home
industry and enterprise, is not necessary Those
who best know the character of the class of peo
ple with which the border settlements of the
mountains of California is populated, need not
u be told that they in most instances equal and in
many excel those who cluster about, and often
for scaniy pttance toll in the larger cities and
+ towns of this State. In every State and section
s the pioneer is honored and respected. He it is
& in California who has in every instance led to
4 the development of the rich resources which have
Il nlaced us in advance of older and more densely
y settled States. And Trinity is no exception to
4 the rule OF the mineral wealth of few counties
4 is there really little known, and the same may,
in great degree, be said of its facilities for ag
N riculture and abundant harvest from thousands
q of acres of soil now uncuitivated. But we must
4 wait our time--the time when the resources of
! Trinity county shall be properly known and de-
veloped, and its population increased to double
that of the present day.
The trip from this place to Trinity is more east
ly made now than in former years. A stage line,
owned and conducted by Mr. Cyrus Bliven, makes
tri-weekly trips between Weavervlle and North
Fork. The natural presumption is, that where a
stage can travel there must be good road, and
nothing less can be said in regard to that between
the two above named points. True, in some pla
ces the altitude of the roadway is greater than
that of the thoroughfares in the lower valies,
while in others struggling bouiders of moderate
size and sufficient frequency to Danish dyspeptic
attacks and dispel the drowsiness incident to
town lfe have been left by the philanthropic
contractors and road overseers.
The first stoppingplace on the way to the
North Fork of Trinity is
OREGON GuLCu.
six or seven miles from Weavervile, Just aecor
ding to the velocity of the team you ride behind
The principal part of the road was built through
the energy of Mr.. A. j. Fetcr, who owns fine
ranch at the mouth of the gulch from whence
the Strawberries that Weavervilians luxurate
upon In their season, and an abundance of the
choicest vegetables are supplied in early summer
and as long as they last. IL is one of the richest
mining localities for its extent, in this county
There are two saloons, one kept by Mr.. Jno. Eli
OFT, the other by Jno. Colbert, Esq. We nearly
forgot to say that Mr.. Jas. Mcclure is proprietor
of the cosy little ranch and Mountain House this
side of the divide, and that Harry McElvane has
one about midway between the summit and the
Gulch proper. The Dacey brothers have a we'll
cultivated ranch less than half a-mile below Eel
ters, on which they are now erecting neat
cottage residence. At sunrise every morning
their team arrives at the Weaverville depot, two
- ~ IN a..
vegetables in as great variety as can be had in
any city in the State.
One good mile further on our way down
stream is
MHITowN,
better known bereabouts as the Mouth of Canon
Creek-for such that honorable body, the Board
of Supervisors, still choose to designate it. We
don't fancy either of the titles by which it is at
present known, and respectfully suggest to the
good people living there the name of % Junction
CIty"-a most appropriate one, we insist, from
the fact that it is the junction of the Canon City,
lower Trinity and Weavervile roads. JPhilbrooS
~ son, are proprietors of the merchandise house
there, and are doing prosperous business in the
grocery and provision line, although no better
than they both deserve-father and son. John
W., the junior of the concern who not many
months ago returned from the East with life
partner-a most gentle and loving one, too, has
built neat little dwelling on the land adjoining
the store, where three as happy hearts dwell as
we often meet in lfe's Journey There are no
1 other traders at Millown, (very commonplace
name,) and there ought not to be- What" Uncle
John" and johnny don't keep in the miners
line, is never called for or needed. The other
permanent fixtures of the place are the Carter
House, "a good hotel,) Dr. Bartlett, Cately loca-
ted there and always ready,) Hindly's market,
Burns saw-mil and blacksmith shop--all very
necessary requisites for so thriving a little town.
Next in Importance among stations on the
route is
LOUIS RAMS,
sort OF central trading post between the mouth
of Canon Creek (horrid name) and North Fork.
The post and land adjoining is owned by L. Raab
and III. Lorenz, two kind hearted, enterprisng
Germans, of whom nobody ever had cause to
speak ill. Their store is situated on the west
bank of Trinity, just below the ford and we must
say is as well filled and neatly kept as any out
side trading post we have seen for many a day.
they deal in every variety of miners goods, and
no traveller should ever pass under the impress
SION that "spirit' comfort cannot be obtained at
Kaab N Co.'s, and the best at that. Close by
Mr' John Hooker has neat little home in the
center of field we'll cultivated, and surrounded
with shade trees
Below Raab & Co.'s for mile or two the route
Is rough necessarily so from the country over
which it passes-then mile of level, ashy road
and we reach
MoGnLvRAY's,
crossing the Trinity on fine, new bridge, over
which one dollar and seventy.ive cents toll is
charged for two-horse buggy-altogether too
large sum- say travellers who go to North Fork
and nearly exhaust their purses. We paid no
toll, and consequently have no occasion to com
plain. Here is one of the finest ranches in the
county, on which is nearly thousand bearing
fruit-trees. Situated much lower than Weaver
vile, the late fross of last spring did not mate
rally inlure the fruit crop-es especially peaches of
late varieties. Hundreds of bushels of that fruit
-the proper kind for cooking and preserving,
will be ready for market in a few weeks. Here,
for the first time in Trinity, we found a large
crop OF hops, ready for gathering, the vines all
bearing most luxuriantly. Vegetables in abun-
dance. and of every variety are supplied from
this ranch for miles around. The ranch is well
irrigated, water being brought by hume from a
gulch on the opposite side of the river A view
of the grounds adjoining the house will satisfy
any one that equal attention is paid to the cultf
pation of both the useful and ornamental. Fruit