Weekly Trinity journal., 1861-04-13
The Journal.
COUNTY MATTERS.
INDIAN CREEK, April 5, ]


nino a few lines to your valuable paper-not
Nth the vain impression that it will enhance the
,,alue of the JOURNAL in the eyes of your many
reoders, but a simple desire that we of this
roicbborhood like other portions of the county,
should be occasionally heard | would gladly
abandon writing if some one more competent,
and having an interest in the welfare of the place
would relieve me.
As proof of the rich nature of our mines. it
onpears difficult for any who have once thorough
" worked here to permanently abandon the
Mace In nine cases out of ten they return with
The same story" Indian Creek is the best place
Ihave struck, and | now intend to remain here
as long as | stop in the mines.'
The waters of the Creek are "boomingu to-
day, and all who have claims in the bed are hav-
inc lively time in assisting the drift-wOod, and
other matter as il comes down from the upper
claims and is passed along from company to
company for a distance of not less than three
miles, until finally il reaches the calon, which
has been thoroughly worked. Whether it piles
in drifts, or the inhabitants below take as good
care to pass it along TO old Trinity, deponent
saith not. / have not visited that portion of the
Creek for some time.
The auming claims of Baldwin, StoddaFd &
Co.. are now in successful operation. Pan-wau-
ket is being thoroughly worked. Sears & Green
will realize a rich return for their past labors the
coming spring Abial Smiths claims, immedi-
ateIy DelOW oearS dlsO promise we'll III SySlelH
combined with early and late perseverance,, is
essential to successful mining, certainly Abal
will make good stake" this winter, which he
is richly deserving Of Greenleaf's ditch, of
which spoke in former letter, as covering the
Pan-wauket district, is now nearly completed,
and in two weeks the water will be through to
one of the many bars on Readings Creek.
Many of the owners of claims on Indian Creek
last year have sold out, (after making a goodly
Al
way to the Eastern States and Europe.
We have now permanent bridge spanning
the Creek, which heretofore was only passable
for animals 10y fording the Creek, and to footmen
by walking a log, for which improvement we are
indebted to many-W. Harris, last years road
overseer; Jos. Skelton * Co, who own the ground
beneath it, and last, but not least, Mr. j. Spence,
our present road Overseer, whose handiwOrk and
skill as a road constructor, can be witnessed the
whole distance of seven miles to the river. a
judicious outlay Of the tax to be collected this
gear will not only place the present road in the
best condition, but will extend the road Tor some
distance up the Creek, as laid out to intersect
ahe Grass Valley wagon road, which end, II gain
ed, will not only be decided advantage to this
place, hut will benefit the teamsters and packers,
inasmuch as the road will be, if anything, little
short Of the present wagon road TO Weaver, and
affords abundance of feed for animals as well as
passing the whole distance through mining dis
trct which of course will give way travel to the
stage, and therefore be an inducement for them
to adopt this route.
We are regularly supplied twice a week with
the news, and other express matter. by r. SilcoX,
Ayho purchased the route from JOS Voshay, and
10 him the past winter we are indebted for many
iavors. Money at present is " tight" and there
fore hotels, store, blacksmith shop, and
butcher shops are not doing much of cash busi
ness but as experience gives knowledge, all the
min l.ttf VIII ri isln 1ua bn
surface ground and find the best pay. Therefore
we expect rich gold harvest the coming season, |
which of course will give roundity to the now
heightened faces of our business men. In short, |
il is unanimously believed the coming summer
wila be the most lucrative one to all that we have
ever had
Owing to the bad weather, and extreme bad
condition of the roads, Mr.. Spence has not been
able to replenish his stock of goods but is in
daily eXpi citation of portion OF them from the |
bluffs, where they have been for some time. |
Though we have everything Of the edlbles ira
ding post is expected to supply, there are times
perhaps, when some will miss the luXuries Of a
more favored and convenient locality.
Mr.. johnson. our butcher, has kept us constant
Iy supplied with beef the entire winter, having |
as an assistant Mr. d. Lyons of the most
Obliging of men, who if you do not want to buy
a piece of beef has the peculiar faculty of making
you do so. He is a bigger prize to a butchering
establishment than any awarded by Briggs cele
braed Gift Enter -()-or lottery.
"Opposition is the life of trade" as we'll as
" variety is the spice of life" and Mr.. johnson is
about to have an opposition to contend with, who
is no other than Mr.. Jones, former partner
believe. Jones intends to open about the 10Th
of the present month, and will retail beef at 10
and II cts per pound. The depreciation in price
will materially assist us " mud slls," but wheth-
er it will prove a lucrative operation to the
h,io,o ;e ho d,iort mad hut ham,
Misfortunes. it is said, never come singly. Mr.
lIpper, our Blacksmith, as learn, is also about
to have an opponent-some person from Shasta,
whose intention is to reduce the price of smithng
so per cent. They being more familiar with the
ins and outs of the trade can Of course deter
mine as to the harvest to be reaped.
W. Harris having left last fall for the Eastern |
States, Mr.. O. Perry, for the noIfce has assumed |
control of the place, and through his thorough |
knowledge and skiIlful management, we can
boast fine hotel accommodations any in the
county. Having "a large garden attached, and
other cOnveniences, visitors from Weaver, or any
other town, need not fear losing any of the luXu-
rles TO which they may have been accustomed.
The bar is constantly supplied with the cholc-
est of liquors" and il relaxation from labor, or
travel, is wished for, the room is furnished with
a billiard table, affording in one, food for the
hungry, drink for the thirsty, pleasure for its
lovers and storage for trunks"
1t has been, and still is, my endeavor to speak
OF this place and its surroundings as it is, and
" nothing eXtenuate nor aught set down in NAL
Ices" but ii appears the impression abroad, thrO'
misrepresentation, whether purposely or not !
cannot say, that to hail from Indian Creek is
sufficient PdSsac0rd Now we claim to be as do
Gle, tractable, and law abiding citizens as any in
the county, and if whiskey sometimes leads to
bosterous convivaity, it is no fair reason why
we should be made an exception. If there were
no other Incentives to proper course of action,
ahe number of families now on the Creek would
be sufficient reasons for civility.
| understand you have received many invita-
tions to visit us and often failed in complying
Let me then, in behalf of many, ask that you
will do to us as you do to others, and | venture
to assert you will not regret your visit.
Yours, icONIUN.
New RIVER, April 4, 1861.
Mr.. D. e. GoRDoN-D Dear SH;-The present
influx of miners at this early season Of the year
rather tends to verify the assertion that the hu-
man family is cOmnOspd of two ciaseee. namely,