Weekly Trinity journal., 1866-01-20
WeayeryiIle. Saturday. Jan. 90. 1896.
An Old Fashioned Winter, and What 1t
Promises.


= The storm which commenced nearly two weeks
ago still continues as we write, and mountain
and valley are heavily clad in the white robes of
winter. The snow on the surrounding mountains
is from three to six feet deep, and everything
prognostcates a mining season more favorable
than any we have had for ten years.
There will be an unlimited supply Of water the
coming season. and we have every reason to look
for = large yield Of gold and consequent prosper
ity. Scarcity Of water has been the ruinous ban
under which we have labored for years, and hum
dreds Of acres Of known TO be good mining
ground have been left undi.turbcd in conse-
quence. The high price Of water where it could
be had and short mining seasons occasioned by
the scarcity, have prevented miners from open
ing claims which under more favorable crcum
stances would have yielded fair if not rich re-
Enumeration for time and labor expended. Dis
couraged by such state Of affairs, many left
the county only to fnl same drawbacks in
some distan. section, and where The severer rig
ors Of climate and scarcity of the necessaries of
life made them lougto return to old Trinity. To
all such we say come back Come and give the
old stampng-grounl which you know 10 he rich
another trial. The riches arc here and it costs
less 10 develop and get at them than it does in
British Columbia. the Blickfoot country or Ari-
IONA. There Il scarcity of labor | ,st year
and there will be still gre ter scarcity the com
ing season. I.nborers Will fnl good wages and
steady employment here, aud the cost of living
is less than oue-helf what it is in either luho,
Montana or Arizona.
1t is strange, but nevertheless fact. that mon
who could never be Induced to pro spect here
will when once in Idaho some other far out
of the way mining district exhibit the most COM
mendabe energy in hunting claim. Perhaps
in MANY instances tits hunt or starve with them.
Why should not miners now, as in former days,
prospect for new claims rs the old ones give out?
Is it a fact that there is ground in this coun-
~ which will pay for working except that alrca-
DIV prospccted. We most decidedly answer in the
negative Il only needs the same perseverance,
the same stubborn purpo>" which will Try new
place if they are unsuccessful in the first, to dis
cover and good claims, even mining dis
tricts. One OF the principal reasons why
mining sections 1T first give Il itterin~ returns is
because when one man or company of men find
n good claim, all the rest set about prospecting.
After Hl, there never has been and we may safe
ly say never will be, second California found.
All the new discoveries combined do MOI produce
as much gold as the mines Of this State, and
while il NAV he possible that some men speedily
accumulate fortunes. in the aggregate labor is
not half so well rewarded rs here. This holds
emneniy trnc for Trinity county. We only
need labor-men willing TO wori-ro recall the
flush days Of yore Don't listen to tie croakers
who have been in sort of dreamy stupor since
the early settlement OF the county, when they
tell you il is of no use to prospect here! this or
that place is worked ort there never any
gold found here ospcctrd that place in so
and found nothing Don't listen to them, but
go TO work and satisfy yourself.
Only short time since some miners discover
ed claim opposite Junction City which pays
from $50 to $50 a day. And how was the claim
found? Simply by disreglrlinr the advice of
~ old miners and working faithfully to open
claim which had been deserted by men who did
not possess the same energy and perseverance.
Many similar cases recorded. As an instance
refer to that model miner, sid. Currie' OF
Cox's Bar, to strengthen our proposItion lie
showed the proper spirit, and his energy and per-
severance has been rewarded by a claim which
in few wears will secure him 4 handsome indie
pendcnce.
We do not hesitate to affirm that this comfy
offers hundreds of just such opportunities, if we
had the right kind of population and enough of
it to develop them. No other county offers such
inducements to large mining population as
Trinity county ITS large rs the State of Mass
achusettS, every foot of which is more less au-
riferous with untold wealth in quartz, yet with
not a single MILL or even arastra, and this exen
of territory occupied by some twelve hundred
miners Five thousand could easily fad employ
ment, independence and riches within our Dor
dcrs, and even then it would take years to ex-
haust the SUFFICE diggings
To mea in the middle and southern part Of the
State, Trinity county is terra ucoJnita. They
know there is such place somewhere up North,
but of its resources and actual wealth they have
no definite idea W. invite them to come up and
take look at our domain. Come to county
possessing a salubrious climate, rich in gold be-
low and choice fruits and products above, and
once initiated you VIII have no desire to leave
it. Our population increased last year, and the
increase will be greater the present one. The
darkest days in Our history are passed, and we
look with renewed hope and confidence to the fu-
ture, trusting to sooa again witness the same life
and activity in onr hundred mining camps which
formerly characterized them.
SoGE DEFFEREScE.-Thc Paulding Press of a