Weekly Trinity journal., 1870-02-26
Weekly Grinity yuurnaI,
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
weaverville.

In compliance with the request of an adver-
tsing agent we subjoin the following descrip-
\ tion of this place
Weaverville is situated in Weaver basin, at
the confluence aud on the east side of Weaver
creek and Garden gulch. The city is divided
4 into Weaver proper and Faggtown and names
its streets as follows Main, Oregon, Mill,
Court, Center, Taylor, and High streets. 1t has
& l6 mercantile establishments, Q drug stores,
express, banking house, hotels, 2 restaurants,
saloons, livery stable, blacksmith shops 2
4 carpenter shops, 2 matchmaker aud jeweler shops
2 shoe shops, brewery, soda factory, gun
smith, tailor, cider and vinegar factory, 3
butcher shops, bakery, l dentist office and
barber besides these there are A law offices,
physicians, l Protestant aud Catholic church,
Masonic, Odd Fellows and Good Templars'
Lodges, and l theater. As the county seat it
has the courthouse Jail, and county hospital.
Population aboot 600 white and about $50 Chi
nese. 1t is depot for every precinct in the
county but three. Business is conducted almost
Exclusively in fire. proof brick buildings There
Is one newspaper, the Trinity Journal, published
weekly. There is number of costly private
dwelling, several wel-cultivated gardens and
40 abundance of fruit. The distance to the State
capital is 255 miles, and at present it occupies
81 days to reach Sacramento by stage and stea-
mer. Weavervlle is the first town in sieze and
Importance in Trinity county and is its main
Business center. The public schools have about
one hundred and twenty scholars. The bus-
ness depends principally upon the mines. In
common with mining towns, the place has been
more prosperous than now, but no doubt has
reached the lowest point of depression. 1t will
ever remain the business center of the county.
Circulation of San Francisco newspapers
bulletin (weeklyl 8, daily 8; Alta (weekly) /,
daily 2; Examiner (weekly) 5, DAILY 2; Mon
stor Scientific Press l3.
Trinity county contains 2 400 square miles,
With population of between 5000 and 1000.
Al least 95-lO0 o: this vast extent lies unprospec
ted and undeveloped. Labor rules higher and
kwenty dollar pieces less valued and are
more easily obtained than in any other part OF
She State. The expenses of living also
greater perhaps than in any other county.
Ia considering the probable future of Weaver
Vile we will simply instance the mines immed-
afely surrounding. Weaver basin is Oye-circu-
Tar valley, drained by the creek bearing the same
name, extending about seven miles from north
10 south and about five miles from east to west
nAmber of tributaries to the main stream sub
divide the surface into as many ridges The
|snrface everywhere affords the color, but no
mining has been prosecuted at IL greater depth
thau fifty or sixty feet. At this depth false
Bedrock formation is found through which no
one has ever attempted to penetrate. The his
tory of mining in this State shows that the low
est or primitive bedrock in basins like this
and containing similar deposits of gravel and
false bedrock always proves the richest. Should
rood pay be found in the vast unexplored bottom
Of Weaver basin, as will more than likely be
Hone, it would increase the business and popu-
htOn of Weaverviile at least ten fold. The inn
perfect prospecting of the county is further
shOwn by the fact that all the mines being
worked could be placed within the limits of one
and One-half square miles. With increased pop
nlaion in the State. reduction in the rates of
Interest, wages, cost of tools, living &C., there
viii be general concentration of miners and
inning capital in this county, largely increased
production of the precious metals, all other
Branches of business will thrive and our town
assume more than its former Importance.