Weekly Trinity journal., 1864-12-03
o,r county-It's Condition and Resources.

In common with every mining community in
the State. this one has its croakers, -wise-head-
ed fellows who stand bolt upright and tell you
that Trinity is played OUT 'gone in, y and
that it is good place to get away from. We
often wonder why such chicken earted do-noth-
ings remain, and yet should not while the inno-
cent fellows manage to exist from year to year
without any visible means of livelihood. But
there are many, great many, good, substantial
citizens of this county who firmly believe that
to-day Trinity is the best placer mining county
county in the State, and that her resources are
less developed than any other. We belong to
that class of thinkers, and shall give our rea-
sons for so believing. They are these:
The great floods of December, 1861. DESTROYED
at least half million dollars worth of mining
Improvements along Trinity river alone. The
succeeding winters of 1862 and 1863 were dry
and not at all adapted to the prosecution of min
ing enterprises, to which the county looks for
its main support. Add to this the emigration
from the county to Salmon river, Washoe Hum
boldt and Idaho, taking with it all the proceeds
of years of labor in our own mines and we find
that the county has been greatly impoverished.
In three years the elements and foreign excite
ments combined have deprived us of nearly one
thousand Of our voting population. The result
was perfectly natural-we have witnessed it and
suffered the consequences.
Acknowledging that Trinity has been on the
down-hill road for three years. still there is no
cause for despair. One fact is evident, that for
year past our population has been self sus-
tanning one hardly man RENAME | in the coun-
ty who had not certain means of livelihood
Those only remained who knew exactly how and
where subsistence was to come from. This Is a
fact to which the residents of each particular
district of the county can attest. SO much for
the past. now for the future:
Winter-the mining season. might have
said-has opened more favorably than for three
years. The late storm has not only saturated
the parched earth with water, but it has fur
nished the mountains with garment of snow
unparalleled for the season for years past. The
surrounding peaks are clothed in coat OF WIN
ter's white which has not been witnessed for
three years the miners-the bone and sinew of
the county-are already at work, and the pros
poets good for an unusual golden harvest
The eold is here thousands of acres of good
placer mines are untouched in Trinity county
and there are innumerable places where the
sturdy miner may realize from 50 to $40 day
with his :. rocker if water is only plenty
There is hardly foot of ground on the Oregon
Guch divide from the crossing to the moath of
buttons creek but will do it. Thousands of
acres in the Bolts Hill section will pay equally
well with suffcency of water. And there is
hardly mining district in the county of which
the same may not be said.
Winter has opened most cheeringly; every
week brings back old settlers who after hunting
a better place abroad for a year or two, return
satisfied that Trinity is the best location fumes
and bitches carried away three years ago have
been replaced during the past season. and are
already supplying water for diggings which have
remained unworked for three years. Verify. the
good time which we have waited and hoped for
is coming, and all the people rejoice.
We shall refer to this subject again, and bring
to notice the riches of certain portions of this
county which yet arc very poorly prospected.