Weekly Trinity journal., 1872-03-30
SATURDAY, MARCH 30, 1872.
CORRESPONDENCE.
DOUGLAS CITY, March 10, y

scratching a few lines, like A. G. Law
rence's klamath Indian did his crying,
"just for luck" Do everything for luck
nowadays, and find it pays fully as well
as system. 1t is generally conceded that
Niobe's tears were those of pure and un-
adultcrated affection; still, as there are
two sides to everything, they might have
been shed "just for luck" 1t is not un-
common to see, at this day even, some
thing very much akin to it, and with
marked success, too. A woman wants n
new bonnet. Hub. says "can't afford il. j."
She tells him "Mrs. So-and-so has one. "
Hub. can't help it /; says he's too poor"
Wife cries and gets the new bonnet
Now, l call this crying "for luck " and
making it win.
l have been tormented all Winter with
| cannot say how many kinds of rheuma-
tism-all there are any way-and do not
feel like writing a very lengthy letter ;
in fact have but little to write about.
The miners are all hard at work now,
and in very short time will begin to
know with what success.
My object in this letter is to describe,
if can do it, new feature in mining
which is bound to supersede all other
plans and methods of working bank dig
gings. Mr., Sims, of East Fork OF Hay
Fork, is the inventor of the machine
which l will attempt description of.
The machine itself, in construction, is
simple. 1t stands upon the bedrock and
drills into the face of the bank. Mr..
Sims is using at this time only a 6-toot
drill, but with connecting rods it can be
made to drill any distance. The drill is
placed on, for want of II better name, say
trucks a swinging maui, which is pulled
back by hand, strikes the drill in coming
back there is an apparatus like a gun-lock
to give it feed, which turns the drill at
each successive stroke one quarter round (;
spring throws the drill back, at each
stroke about two inches along the drill
is a small lead-pipe to carry water to the
back part of the hole.
As | said, Mr.. Sims is only using 6-foot
drill. His gravel is pretty hard, but he
drills the feet in just 10 minutes, puts
down one pound only of blasting powder,
and fires his fuse. Now this is all done
in less than 25 minutes. This skaters
his bank back six feet, and six feet each
fl,a l,.,la In. lie
Sims is getting off more dirt than any
claim in the county, and certainly with
less expense, as | am told he only had
one Chinaman to help him. The good
part is that Mr.. Sims is making it pay,
and we'll, too. What grand thing this
would be for Oney Phillips claim, at
Lewiston, or any one who has a bank
claim that is too solid to work with hy-
draulic.
/ know my old friend Sims will laugh
at my description of his invention, but it's
the best | could do; mechanical knowl-
edge with me is short, and always was.
] would advise every miner in the coun-
ty to go and see it work that's all that is
necessary to convince you that it is a lit
tie the cutest thing in mining that you
ever saw. 1t has every advantage but
little labor, little expense, no danger OF
being killed or crippled by caying banks,
and you can work just as far in any one
direction as it will pay you to do so,
without that risk of losing a whole sea
sons work in the wrong place.
Mr.. Sims has also an invention of his
own for boring bedrock, but what it is
like can't say, but am told it works
splendid in his claim which is what
miners call soft rock.
The weather is fine, roads getting pass
able and the waters rapidly going down
The river is lower now than at any time
during the past three months. | am
glad to see it ; / did get so Internal lone
some during that long storm. The wealth
er is fine for farmers-all busy sowing
and plowing.
1t strikes me the little fellows of Doug
las City ought to be going to school now
| have been solicited to take this school
but TO draw the school money it is neoes-
sary that | should go before the Board
of Examiners and "heave in sight" the
necessary qualifications. Now you don't
catch me doing anything of this kind
They might ask fellow who the Dem
ocrats intend to run for President p
That would let my plug square out.
Oh that cussed rheumatism. Tvt
tried hard to get little sympathy, bu
every man | complain to invariably ha
it ten times as bad as myself-that is t.
hear him tell. To-day an old tar-heaC
came limping along and was interrogateC
as to her " "difiikilt " said she had rheu
matism in her leg and to convince me,
suppose, that she had it bad or wors'
than me, commenced elevating her buck
skin. | went into the house, willing Il
let the cussed disease go on, believing |
was hurting itself more than it was IN,
anyhow. JAcINTo.
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