Weekly Trinity journal., 1867-02-09

MrsISa IMPROVEMENTS CousrY-It gratifying to
Us to assert that not for has there been such general
and determined stir in mining matters present Labor
and capital work. and oepeaed belief lat which
the croakers omly jeered that the day not distant
when attention must necessarily be attracted to the unde
velope gold fields of Trinity bids fair to be realized Many
Of oldest and wises miners gradually sobered down
to the conviction that the county in the matter Of mining en-
terpses years behind the times and argue that
that spare dollars may be expended good ad
vantage here elsewhere and that this alone required to
bring to the standard Of the more prosperous
mining counties in the central portion Of the state
Down the Trinity variety of ene prises are under way
Williams two experienced miners prospected in
the Of the Weaver place until they
themselves that nothing but supply of water stood
between them and profitable employment Within the last
ve months they have dug ditch which is to carry the
ters of mountain their claims and they will
be at work We feel at liberty just to give the
figures but expect be able to publish some in
terestng returns from before long, As they
are River neigborhood it is good time
to say that ditch operations under
way which promise add mnch to tho prosperity Of
the section when completed.
We before made mention Of the important work
being pushed completion French creek mile above
Tayors Flat Messrs Lambert Wadde, of San Francisco,
with whom associated Mr. Frank Duff Of Humboldt Bay,
Fiuming Companys mill They have all the machinery
the ground az the mill is completed will COM
mepce aying which carry the French creek
ter to Tayors Flat and the bars and points that neigh
borhood Being practical miners. they first satisfied them
that there urgent demand for water and will
$4,000 in the above enterprise They believe that
the Tayors Flat Zone of the largest the rver
contains gold in paying quantities and that with plentiful
supply miners readily realize from - to $40
day Strange it may appear, it is nevertheless true that
French creek, stream heading in the New River range
aad miles in length is to-day entirely unpropected
resident of this place who Of the early adyentu
New River mnes crossed from that stream TO the
main Trinity Of the French creek Basin. He
favorable looking country for gold he has in
the The itself bears much the appear
Canyon creek while beyond its banks extensive
range rolling red hills 1t is probable that the compile
tion Of the mill will induce thorough pros
pecting that REGION and very likely with gratifying
suits Such least is the opinion Of citizen who lately
made a hunting trip through the region in question
Canadian the low portion of which paid richly
any the river bids fair to again become prominent
miners rendezvous Ed. Barnum and others taking the
Canadian Bar creek there in ditch fifty feet high
or than Canadian Bar diggings always
good day. Alex Peletreau and other miners
digging ditch to supply Little French Bar with water
Good dggngs have lately been discovered there.
We particularly the lower Trinity section Of
the for the that it has remained in
from the of the In-
dian troubles four ago. and welcome the opportunity
able chronicle the fact that it bids fair to again
become a thickly-popuated and prosperous region