Weekly Trinity journal., 1861-02-23
The journal.
COUNTY MATTERS.

&C we may see ht special attentlon is ealleu 10
,bo first portion Of it
uI have in my possession purse containing a
ioctet and ring, which was found on the road and
laced in my possession, on paying the finder So.
iii eo in order to recover the property to the
trne owner to whom will deliver it on proving
nronerty and refunding the money paid. have
rooson to believe the articles were much prised.
I never lived in such an out-of-the-way place
hoFore Our nearest post Office is Burnt Ranch,
70 miles away, leading to which is the worst trail
in he State, and but little Travelled at this time
nf year. We consider ourselves very fortunate
II we receive Atlantic mail matter in from two
TO three months
T see that our Pony Creek mines are favorably
mentioned in the JOURNAL, and do not believe the
matter at all overrated This is gold country.
am on the East Fork of Pony Creek, and have
tbe best claim / ever worked in the State. All
the claims are taken up, and those being worked
nav we'll. The west Fork is said to be quite as
rrich. but as vet has not been worked at all. The
came NAV of numerous guches in this section.
We have plenty of provisions, live comfortably,
work when the weather is good, stay at home
nights, and consequently enjoy good health"
acknowledgements Britten tells us that q
man named Richard Sanford has been missing
from Hay Fork since Feb 7th He was last seen
at a China trading post about daylight. 1t is be-
lieyed he was either fouly dealt with by the Chi
nese, or drowned.
TIE following from Douglas City, written Feb.
goth, by Collector" makes fattering mention
of mining operations in the vicinity:
Ed JOURNAL AS the boys are fairly rolling
ont the one thing needful,' send you short
letter. There is not another place in the county
that presents as fine an array of hydraulics and
mining fixtures or a determination to do up min
~ and tahI man ac
Smiths Flat. Tim. Kaye u Co. took out over
S4OO-about So a day, to the hand VIM. Smith
& Co. cleaned up thirty ounces from one run
averaging SS to the hand the Fogg Brothers, l
am told, are getting Sl2 day Thompson u Co.,
Franklin q Co., and others. nearly as we'll.
On Kanaka Bar all the claims now worked pay
Sc to SO day. Fillbuster Flat just over the
hill from Douglas City, prospects large in some
of the claims as high as SIG day has been made
to the hand, in opening claims. Estes x Co. have
ditch which supplies the miners on that Flat
with water AS the last flood in Weaver Creek
swept everything before it, considerable damage
was done to Estes & Co. Their dam, on Weaver
Creek, which feeds the ditch to Filibuster Flat,
was swept away. Mabie's [or Dixons) Flat is
being we'll prospected this winter with water from
the new Democrat Gulch ditch. Some of the mi
ners are making from SO to Sl2 day.
Have you heard the news? Reports are cur
rent here that certain parties have received
spie' by way Of legacy, among whom are Ja-
cinto' and j.. The first values his at
$4,000 He will perhaps tell you about it in
his next letter. j says he has disposed of
his cattle to good advantage.
WHEEL GoNE.-Mr John Iouk tells us that
the large double bearing water wheel belonging
to John T. Weaver, at Big Flat, broke down last
Saturday night. The wheel was one of the hea-
West in the county, and its destruction is attrib-
utcd to the large amount of water being raised
at the time AS it was good paying property, it
will probably be rebuilt.
VERsEs-The author of this says he is min
er on Canon Creek, and wants his poetry put in
the paper or the stove" doesn't care d-n
which!" We have concluded to publish it, just
to show him how his verses look in print
A piece in the JOURNAL last week perused,
1t was written by Buckskin,' and called mining
news,
But of his veracity have reason to doubt,
Being one of the parties that he spoke about:
For had he once said two dollars, by the way,
Instead that made eight dollars day.
1t had been nearer the truth, which should always
be told
When speaking of mining, and taking out gold :;
Our miners don't average three dollars day,
And five dollar diggings we think mighty large
l think Caiian Creek diggings are as good as the
rest,
But to tell what is true think always the best !;
AS to Buckskin, however, there's allowance to
be made
For tits stretchy material, have always heard
said.
UPPER TRINITY.-Mr A. j. Thompson, the long
time proprietor of the New York House, on the
Shasta and Yreka stage road, has gone on six
months visit to the Atlantic States. During his
absence T. B. Simonds, Esq,a well-known cit-
zen, will conduct the business of the house.
sHoME" writes from Lewiston, Feb. 18th:
FRIEND GORDON Awful dry times of late
Money scarce-boys getting fat and lazy. Some
favored ones have plenty of water-among them
Mckinley, Irwin & Co., whose claim is one of the
best in the vicinity. Not long since they found
another specimen, which yielded $420. Their
average wages is about $40 day, to the hand.
One-fourth of a mile above Thorn ~ Co. have re-
gently erected large double-b bearing wheel to
supply their claim (Which pays Sc and 81 day.
with water. The Chinese companies monopoze
all the ground between the aforementioned
claims and have also built large wheel. 1t it
double bearing, thirty feet in diameter. Cookie,
in his diggings, two and al half miles above Lew
iston, has ground-suiced six acres of ground, and
when washing time is over will probably have q
pile worth looking at. Dyer, Black q TO- nave
commenced large ditch which is taken out oil
Trinity near Eastman's and is to convey water
.on the diggings about Lewiston. Its capacity is
to be twenty-five sluice-heads.
O'Brien and partners have recently found some
very large and rich specimens-one of them o.
the value of $780, or more-about two miles a
bove Moneys ferry. That section has not beer
well prospected, and is a fine opening for enter
prsing miners,
Mainly through the exertion of our fellow cit
iZen, j. f. Hoadley, Esq, sufficient fund has
been raised to build wagon road from Lewiston
to Eastman's. on the north side of the river. II
will be finished by May. Give us free bridge
and Lewiston will he one of the most prosperous
communities in the county. We can't see the
force Of that last proposition Dom go much OH
free brdges.-EB.
ExTENsIox.-J. r. Robinson & Co. have bought
the Edwards ditch. on Todd's fiat, and are ex
tending it doyn the east side of the creek to the
fiat above Mabe's mill. Whereit crosses Browns
han