Weekly Trinity journal., 1872-04-06
CORRESPONDENTS.
DOUGLAS CITY, April 1, 1

DOUGLAS CITY, April l, 1872.
DEAR JOURNAL Only one or two
claims in this vicinity as yet have had Il
cleaning up. The claims of Theodore,
Crickard q Co. have paid as we'll as last
year right along, and the chances are
will continue to pay IS or $40 per day to
the man for several years to come. Not
far from this claim, on Mabie's bench, is
the celebrated claim of Daniel Foley,
Esq, which assays about S55 to the ton,
in fine gold, besides innumerable slugs Of
coarse gold, with diamonds enough pro-
truding from the bank, to furnish light
sufficient to clean bedrock by. Now,
this is not the Daniel of old that was cast
into the lions den and came out unscath-
ed, but the Daniel that can be cast into
any old abandoned claim in the country
and come out with more clear money
than any man in the country. Like the
gospel as preached when | was boy,
" "Once in grace always in grace" 1t
seems just SO with some miners-once in
luck always in luck. If any of the fem
inine gender, of the brunette persuasion,
would like to marry that claim, recollect
that Dan goes with the claim" Bow
Wow" Mark Twain could lie but posi-
lively refused to do it rs for myself, for
and in consideration Of the sum of $50 in
prospective, (Dan is good for that amount
any day and | need money-must have
it) | can come as near telling the truth,
not to do it, as the next man, you bet.
Dan is rather a bully boy, spends his
money freely, and enjoys life hugely.
The only thing l know against Dan is he
will go to the polls regularly every cleo
ton and vote the Democratic ticket
straight. Now voting that ticket, at this
day, reminds me of a very old horse my
father once owned. He had been accus-
toned to being watered in certain
trough, and the old fellow would regular
y go twice day to that trough six years
after the well had gone dry. Speaking
about lying for money, you don't have
any idea what | wonld not do for cash
let me nanate the last mean thing:
The Cinnamon of Douglas had a band
of music. One huge instrument-don't
know the name Of it, " Baby Waker," |
should think - they were continually
drumming night and day, to the great
annoyance of the gentle American deni-
Of fbi, Cntnflxy (Ntf,- 10 n
stop to this, | tilched the entire band in
their absence, but returned them last
night for and in consideration of the sum
Of so cash in hand paid with the express
understanding that the noise should for
ever cease. After the delivery Of the in
strumcnts, | told them that the noise
greatly affected sensitive nerves and kept
all babies in town awake, but up in Wea-
verville that they were remarkably fond
Of just that kind OF music. SO look out
for an over dose of it about next Satur-
day. You Weavervllians can play it
back on us if you wish, but be sure and
get your cash in advance. To continue
my meanness, | came very near getting
So to tell them who spirited the instru-
ments away, and was going to lay it
on some innocent fellow and take the
chances. How is that for meanness?
On Trinity bench Smiley will, in all
probability, make his first cleanup this
week. With the facts before him that
there had been dozen failures on that
bench he must have had considerable
sand to tackle it. He is rugged in good
shape and is getting off dirt enough to
make it pay if there was not the color
short of the San Francisco assay office.
In the hill Immediately above him is
located the Union Hill tunnel, which will
be completed in few days the entire
lcngth-S00 feet. The raise to the sur
face then will be something over fifty
five feet through bedrock.
Charley Tourot, of Douglas, has been
trying to get Mr.. Sims, Of Hay Fork, to
put up a couple of his machines on his
claims. l hope he will succeed in get
IllR vi DllllS 10 10 SO, lOF NnufltY'S
claims are just the ones to fully test the
thing. Every man that has seen the ma
chine at work pronounces it success, as
well as the invention for boring bed rock.
Everything quiet, no births, marriages
or land-slides everything as serene and
lamb-lille rs morning in the mouth of
Valparaiso, and the generality of man
kind in general happy and contented as
far as | know. Spring, gentle Spring, is
upon us and has been for just IL days,
according to Greeley on almanacs. What
he knows about making almanacs is worth
all or more than he ever will know about
farming, or President making, either.
Hurrah for Greeley on almanacs, with
pious regards to the friend that sent me
one as present. JACINTo.
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