Weekly Trinity journal., 1866-07-14

Lrfr1I MoRR ESERer wASrrp-It IL observed AZ a mat
company Of steam engines
not been at work for along the the
od Just discovered in C.aveas county Of which il k beie
before the lapse Of be transformed
ndnt expresses surprise :. the srea, fnsog in trade
and travel along the in comparison with
years From some cause or other the attention If cn;ta
lists has not been attracted Caveras and Tuoumne
tiesgrand old fields which have yielded share Of the
gold shipped from our shores 10 the Atlantic
States and foreign countries during the
Much of the capital invested the was taken
from rich piacers OF those counties and amer ali
bubbles burst and disappointed men
turn from distant gold fields the old
chosen the places where depleted
penished.-Slcruaento Bee.
" A little more energy wanted, " is good text
to preach from in almost any California mining
district to-day, and Weaverville and Trinity coun-
ty are no exceptions to the rule. We may safe
~ assert that in very few localities in California
of the same extent, has more gold been taken du-
ring the last sixteen years, than from what is
known as the Weaverville Basin. The mines are
not exhausted, by any means, but the same en-
ergy and enterprise is lacking which in other sec
tons of the State-Calaveras for instances
leading to new and rich gold discoveries below
the old working level. Here the miners are Ia
boring on in the old accustomed channels. Ma
ny of them have good and remuneratiye claims
while others toll on year after year for the al
most sole benefit of the merchant and water-sell-
er. If prospecting for new diggings is done, it
is at the expense of the miner, for in only two
or three instances for several years. and that Oh
a very trihing scale, has any effort been made or
encouragement afforded by business men, to the
end of more fully developing our resources. Is
il much wonder, therefore, that miners have lit
tie heart TO longer remain and labor for the ben
eft OF those who have already accumulated
competency as the result of their hardships and
| r,I~o
Intelligent business men are continually re-
hearsng their theories in connection with the
geographical formation of this particular locali-
ty. They tell you that in their opinion (which
is concured in by our best practical minersl an
old channel exists below the bed rock already
reached and shorn of its treasure. They direct
your attention to the fact that two or three diff
ferent varieties of quartz gold are obtained in
working the placer mines of this Basin, and urge
that quartz lodges must exist in the surrounding
mountains MS the source from whence the gold
here obtained came. Then why not combine in
one grand effort to solve this problem 1t would
require no immense outlay on the part of bust
ness men, and there plenty of miners who
would gladly aid the enterprise with their labor.
A little more energy is wanted to accomplish this
end and we hope it i'll be displayed before the
close of the present season.
1t is more the fault of our business men than
otherwise that capital has not yet been attracted
hither few years ago moneyed men from be-
low offered to put $50, 900 in a ditch from Stu
arts Fork to the Bolts Hill country, il the peo-
pie of this county would furnish a correspond
ing amount. Did they evince willingness to do
SO p? The capitalists say not: If that work had
been built those investing would have had their
money back with interest long ere this, the coun-
ty would have been rich and prosperous in
comparison to what it now is, Weayerville would
have reaped its share of the attendant prOsperi-
ty, and Lewiston would have been the most
1ourishing point in the county. 1t can do no
good to bewail opportunities which have passed,
but is it too late to do what has far been neg
lected to the general detriment of the county?
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT PORTLAND, MAISE.-A
fire of twelve hours duration on the Sd of this
month, destroyed large portion of the city of
Portland, Maine. The loss is estimated at $lO,-
600, 900 to SIP 900 900, and it is said will in
volve some of the prominent Insurance compa-
mics of New England in ruin. Fire-proof build
ings wthstoOd the fiery element no better than
wooden ones, and the conhagraton was only
stopped when it reached the open pastures. All
the Government and city Public Buildings in
ruins. Before the fire had ceased the Mayor Of
the city telegraphed to New York for fifteen hum
fred shelter tents for the use Of the houseless
populace. Dispatches say that generous conlr-
buttons were arriving for the relief of the suffer-
ers, but Mayor Stevens, Of that city telegraphed
to Mayor Coon, of San Francisco, on the Sth,
that 10000 people were destitute, and Mayor
Lincoln, of Boston, that money will be requir
ed to prevent suffering and restitution" As
there are large number of Maine people in this
county, we suggest that they lose no time in CIV
ing substantial evidence of their sympathy with
the suffering Portanders. If means sub
scribed here, the telegraph would in few hours
place it at the control of the Portland relief COM
mittees