Weekly Trinity journal., 1862-04-05
The Journal.
TOWN AND COUNTY MATTERS.

OsEGoN GULCH.-" One of the miners" over
there has furnished us the following interesting
statistics of what is being done
EDITOR JOURNAL Seeing in the JOURNAL from
time to time, communications from the various
mining districts of The county. deem II a duty
/ owe to your readers, as we'll as justice TO the
mining character of our district, to give you
few statistical items from this we'll known lOcali-
ty. Riley & Co.'s claim pays 50 and $40 day,
to the hand Slattery & Co.'S IS to sl2 Muir
ply & Co.'s SIS to SIS Mathews Il Co.'s Sc |;
McCaulif & Co.'S So Rush & Co.'s $40 to sl2
Lumley & Co.'s SO and $40; Griffith 4 Co.'s SIS
to 500 : Farrell & Co. So to Sll; Leech & Co.'s
claims pay we'll i; Gillespie Co.'s sl2 to sl4.
The mountain claims pay equally good the aver
age yield, however, l am not now able to give
with any degree of accuracy.
Hartigan & Co. are doing remunerative mer-
chandise business, and John Colbert takes the
lead 10 the Hotel and Saloon line. Mr. Felter is
making extensive preparations to furnish our cit
izens with early vegetables, All the miners have
plenty of water, which will be the case for months
to come.
to "trip the light fantastic toe" with the fair(O
damsels bearing the sObriQuet of " Hurdy-Gur-
dies" So you see they do have little amuse-
ment az an offset to plenty OF hard work.
may be permitted to give as my opinion, that
II those Trinitarans who have been violently
sezed with the Salmon river and CarboO fever
would come over here and locate, and resolve to
be industrious, it would prove a more lucrative
and efectual cure for their disease than the etfee
and snow clad mountains of those regions can
afford.
CASox CREEK.-A gentleman who recently
visited the different claims on the Creek, furnish
es the following information:
The miners generally are making better wages
than ever since the summer of "a. There are
many large bars along the creek, and every one
prospected. thus far, has proved to be rich.
At Red Flat. about mile below Canon City,
Nelson & Co., IIollister 4 Co, Henderson X Co.,
Dannenbrink 4 Co. and Malcolm & Co have just
opened claims which pay from SIS to S25 day to
the hand. Nearer town, Sloan aud Bradley are
making big wages. In what is known as the old
Garden claim, Armistead Co. and Pierce bro
theirs are making money enough to prevent their
taking the Northern fever. At town, Potter u
Co make 81 to $40 day, to the hand For a
distance OF four or five miles up the creek many
claims are paying we'll Williams Co. are
working on Red Hill, near the East Fork-arc
working claim seventy feet deep, and at least
ousand feet above the bed of the creek
are using a hydraulic which makes the
1t amazing fast. Several men are work
the snow and bushes, up the East Fork,
'tting big pay in coarse gold. There is
of room the creek for more worknen,
and men foolish to leave such diggings to
follow the glttering bauble which is lust now at
tIacting SO many to the regions OF eternal snow.
RErnEnENsInIE.-Thc young trees which the
Chinese have set out around their Josh" house,
have been twice thrown down by some mo good
Mclean man." This is, to say the loast. very rep
rehcnsble if We are to be eternaliy cursed by
these Celestial heathens, let US enjoy any little
benefit they may accidentally confer upon com
munity-cvrn the planting of tree npon bar
ren spot. Don't do it again-let them grow ;
you may want to rest in their shade some day.
GERMAN HOSPITAL SOCIETY BENEEIT-By ref
erence to the new advertisements in to-days pa
per, it will DO seen that Dancing Party is to be
given at the new Town Hall on the evening of
April 2lst, the proceeds to so to the German
IIospital Society of this county. He hope ii will
be well patronized the Society take care of all
their sick and disabled cOuntrymen, and during
the past year il has been subjected TO heavy eX.
pense for such purposes.
Two MoRE PIGnIMs.--Bill. Baggett and Con-
stipc North. to old citizens Of Lake City, New
River, passed through here on Thursday, Salmon
riverward bound. Both the boys had an extra
animal. packed with little necessaries aud luXu
res, when they left. They will return one OF
these days, minus an animal and the other Gxins'
Mind the prediction.
SUDDEN DEATu.-Mrs. Blackwell dropped sud
denly dead at her residence on Taylor street. OIL
Thursday afternoon. A post mortem examina
tioD will probably be held to-day, until after
which no certain reason for her death can be as
signed. She had been complaining of indsposi-
tion for some days.
CHANGED HANDs.-It will be seen by adver
tisement, elsewhere, that II. J. Seaman has sold
his Drug Store to l.. Welendorr Mr. W. is q
thorough Druggist, and we wish him success
Harry wants all those owing him to settle as soon
= ays he intends it,
.'.t voting population of Weaver
oe p' let will remember that the elec
goose rec Trustees, to take the place
-. ..es~.- '.f ones and Wright, whose terms
expire, will be held at the Court House to-day
Saturday. Polls open at o'clock
GREENWOOD & NEwBAuER are thanked for fur
nlshing us with file of the Sacramento Union
during the week.
FATAL ACcIDENT.-Wm. James was killed in
his claim at Red Hill, on Canon Creek, last Sat
urday, by falling bank
OREGoN GULCH ROAD.-Overseer McElvany
informs us that the road will be open for travel
TO Junction City by the first of next month
We learn from private letter received here
that VIM. NJ. Lowe, formerly q resident of Trini-
~, sailed for the East on the LIST inst
Gro. HuIME. Jack Hulme and Geo. McLain
were on their way TO the Carihoo mines at last
accounts. Jno. O'Mara was at Portland.
We return thanks TO NJ. Oberdeener for a copy