Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-12-10
CAyDELAHIA.

Tho meaning OF the word Candelaria
having been discussed by several parties
.yonnd town, the Tue Fi..sre has endes-
xo,ed 10 Get at the truth OF the matter.
Ronifacio Aguilar. who Is one OF the pio-
neers of this camp. and who Knows q great
deal of its history. says hat Candeisria Is
,be name Of one OF tho mass days OF the
Catholic Church. and that the name IL ire
oueutly used as the given name Of persons.
Mr.. Aruilar says the name is properly
,pelled CandelariA. Our town was named
for the mine which first bore the name,
aud the mine was so called after soms
. md Of the first locator. In this respect
tl Virginia E~atsrpris, makes the follow
i1. conarmatory statement: We have
rs ,er heard why the mining camp known
Candelsris was given the name II bears.
oar opinion 10 that the place was named
By some Mexican or Spanisrd in honor OF
hls wife, daughter or sweetheart. In All
81 inish.settled countries the people are
fotd Of 5criptural names. and In Mexico.
Peru, Chill aud other South American re-
giCn rs they carry this fondness 80 Tar ~ 70
mike use Of the great festivals OF the
Catholic Church in naming their children
D. .ticuiarly II they happen to be born on
Old vi tlu Itu ~ ~
la 70 "~Concepcions." "Assencions.' ma
ti,idads," ..Marias'' aud "Josefas." A
child born on the first day Of the year Is
called ..Jesus'' or .'Jesusito." II . male.
all ..Jesusita," II q female. A girl born
ON C.ndlemas.day Is called "CAndeiaria.
True Fissure.
In the advance sheets Of Drury's forth
canning History of Columbia Mining
District va find that
The Caadelsria mining claim. from
which our town no doubt received its
name, was located ON the 22d Of May. 1865,
BY 8. Aruna. Jose Rodriguez. Antonio
Rojer, Ventura veltran. and Francisco
Pardo. IL comprised 1900 feet. with all
tie usual dips. spurs aud angles. and In
,so original location is spelled Candle
area"
But thus spelled the word means moth
log and Is incorrect. The name Is oil
course q Spanish one. and II Candelaria
was intended 1t would signify a place
where candles are made. Candelaria,
vhieh is the accepted spelling. means
very plainly Candlemas, which in En-
slish signifies. according to Webster. "a
i.stival celebrated on the second day oil
February. in honor OF the publication oil
the Virgin Mary-so called from the
great number OF lighted candles used on
thai occasion"
So far as Spanish proper names and
red letter" days are concerned, the
rula or connection 10 not arbitrary by
any means. Jesus and Mary (Msris)
and even Jesus Maria are common
on ugh. and when . particularly devout
MeIican wishes to name his son and
daughter, both. Jesus, he calls the boy
Jesus and the girl Jesuss. the terminal
"a" being the only difference. a in
Juan and Juana; tito" or eta" are at-
tached to either name merely a. terms
Of affection or in a juvenile sense a
Jusnito-"dear john" or Jesusito-
"lit,ls Jesus" etc. Most Of the proper
MINES mentioned above are common
aud usual enough except Candelaria
Ten times as many children a. are borr
on the arst day Of the year are named
Jesus or Jesusa, and no doubt there arr
ss many girls born February I'd a. their
are January lat. yet "Candslaria" IL
not Q favorits name for q new daughter
and, to say the least, is very seldom me
with; there 10 too much Of the luminouI
eandle-grease. tallow-dip style about !
to be popular among ladies' names. Al
"Greaser" name for . greasy town
however. it would DO appropriate
enough.
In the absence Of more important snt
decisive evidence on the subject. thu
News will decide that Csndslsria was 20
named on February. 2. 1885, and II
honor OF Candlemss. and the mining To-
cation referred to received ito name from
the same source or circumstance or II
consequence thereof.