Weekly Trinity journal., 1862-05-24
Letter from one of the Salmon Kiver-wnrd
Bound Triuitarians.


YREKA, May Is, 1862.
FRIEND GoRDoN After much rain, any guam
tity of mud, and ten miles of mountain snow, |
atriv, safe in this city of muddy streets and hos
pitable people 1t is just one hundred and ten
miles from Weavervle to this place, and decid-
edly the best portion of the road, at the time |
travelled it,, was between your place and Trinity
Center The stage passengers are yet compelled
to ride on mules over Scott mountain--a distance
of some nineteen miles learning this fact, con
cuded to walk through, and did it in two days,
walking forty five miles the last day. All along
the road passed mule trains and hopeful gold
hunters bound for the new Eldorado Next morn
ing after my arrival was astonshed to find so
many Trinity people, who left days and weeks
before myself, yet in Yrcka. The mystery was
easily solved several persons had returned from
the upper, or Klamath Lake route, bringing IN
formation that the snow and mud was yet too
deep to get through and that five hundred or
more miners were encamped about ninety miles
on the way, patiently waiting for warm, sunny
weather to thaw and dry the road The Trinity
stop awhile in Yreka than to camp in the mud
and snow hence the reason Of so many being
congregated here on my arrival. One night last
week fory-fve Trinitarians were at the Union
Iotel, by the by, we'll kept and excellent
house, with a prince Of good fellows as proprie-
tor, Mr.. Z. Murray. This morning some twenty
Trinity men left, the fine weather inducing them
to make a break. All success attend them,
though it is my opinion that it is full early to al
tempt the route they propose to travel
The Salmon river fever is cooling down in Sis
kiyou, though a constant stream of adventurers
is pouring through this place from the lower
counties. 1t is estimated that over fifty thousand
miners are already in, or on the way to the new
mines, and thoughtful men are asking themselves
the question " If the mines already discovered
are ever so rich, how can all this vast multitude
hone to get claims? Mast there not be great
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of territory can be prospected even admitting
ii exists-to supply thom all with diggings?"-
Canddy, I feart thousands Of strong arms, and
brave, hopeful hearts, win alternate and faint
in this chase after gold, boforc the summer is
over
The immense emigration north has determined
many persons who intended going in that direc-
ton, to change their destination to that of the
silver and gold leads of the Humboldt country
Considering all things, am of opinion that it is
the best venture. Z.
Yreka is, as you probably know corporate
city, situated on a low, marshy fat, and when it
rains may emphatically be dubbed mud town
1t is very irreguarly laid out, and the streets
narrow. 1t bas several very substantial and fine
blocks Of business buildings, and boasts The lar
gest and most commodious Court House north Of
Sacramento, which is really credit and orna-
mept to tl.c place the city is lighted with gas
decidedly more brilliant and useful than the kind
which iliuminates Weavervilc Y~cka is about
double the size of your place, and as far as | am
able to Judge from two days sojourn, has very
enlightened and exceedingly hospitable populh-
ton. There are two fine and we'll kept hotels in
The place, the Union and Metropolitan. The
Weaverville boys all stop at the Union, though
am at the Metropolitan, and can vouch for its be-
ing first class house.
Whea reached the line between Trinity and
Siskiyou counties, turned and took SView OF
old Trinity's far away peaks and valleys, dug
hole in the snow and dropped in sprg of noun
tain evergreen, then carefully covered it up bu-
rying the hopes, the failures, the joys, the pains,
the madnesses and foics Of many years OF rude
and reckless life in an icy graye-remembercd
gratefully those whose kind acts had proved them
friends smiled to think Of those who hated me,
TUNED my back upon all, looked the future full
IN the face, and launched once more upon
strange country, full of hope, with ia heart for
every fate" Yours truly, EcSERwAL.
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