Weekly Trinity journal., 1866-07-14
THs NEW RIVER MISEs.-Our attention has been

called to communication published in the Yre-
ka Journal of July 9Th, over the signature Of
uLea." tmay have been written in the sane
tum of that establishment for all we know, as it
bears no date, etc. The writer, after INDUCING
in disquisition on gold excitements since the
date of the discovery of that metal in California,
proceeds TO devote some attention to the New
River district in this county. He has not been
there. but obtains his information from ''person-
al friends residents of both Sskiyou and kla-
math counties" From the information so gained
he arrives at the deliberate conclusion that the
stream in question is improperly named New
River from the fact that miners were at work
there as early as 1852. We are not bold enough
to denv that assertion, and therefore stated in
previous article that shut little was known of the
New River country until the year 1860" We
might without trouble enumerate score or so of
mining localities in this county which were
worked as early as 1882 which are still being
worked, and will be for years to come.
He saws Pony creek and Virgin creek were
worked out years ago, which may may not be
the fact yet they do not constitute the New Riv-
err country. There are bars, benches and banks
along the main stream in which good pay has
been found, and the opinion of old practical mi
ners who are acquainted with the country is that
mining will be proftably prosecuted in that Sec
ton long after Lea and his informants have
been gathered to their fathers. Like many other
sections of this and the adjoining counties the
streams have perhaps been prospected and work
ed, yet there is plenty of unprospected ground
which may be rich in mineral wealth for all that
" Lea" or his authorities know. So we au-
thorized to state by who live there and ex-
pect to live there, and work and prospect rather
than % go further and fare worse"
Lea" has also learned that the New River
diggings were spotted" That is an objection
or a fault peculiar TO no particular mining re-
gion The diggings in Idaho are said to be very
" spotted" and in Montana the same rule fol-
lows. On Mcclellan Gulch-one of the richest
vet found in that Territory-only one claim out
of every six or eight pays anything. 1t is so ev-
erywhcre, and we know Of no reason why New
River should be an exception. The writer furth-
er says people have gone there this season and
remained long enough to satisfy them selves that
the dggngs were - worked out That's the
old story-was old ten years ago, and is general
ly INDUCED in by persons who have not Travelled
far enough or spent money enough to - lend en-
chantment" to he locality they so hasty in
condemnng.
/ We now repeat what We have said before, that
that portion of Trinity county lying between the
East Fork of North Forth, the east, and the
Klamath bou hdary the west offers induce
ments to practical miners who desire TO prospect
in earnest, but who do not expect to discover the
hidden riches by telescope -" look from the
summit of an adjacent mountain. goodly
number of men are now prospecting on New Rv-
er, and in due time expect to hear them speak
for themselves. When they do SO - Lea shall
know the result.