Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-04-11
Ne,r River Mining Country.

EDs RECORD MON: The citizens Of
WeayeryiIle, Junction City and North
Fork, in Trinity county, have raised a
sum sufficient to defray the cost of building
q good horse-trail, on wagon-road grade,
from the mouth Of Rattlesnake creek into
the New River miues and work was com
menced yesterday under the supervision Of
James Mullane. When completed this
trail viii furnish an easy and convenient
route 10 the now mines, and when its ad-
yantages are understood the great bulk of
passenger traye ell as well as freight ship
ments. will come this way. From Red
ding. on the Central Pacific, TO North Fork
the distance is 63 miles over q good stage
road, the daily stage from this point 10
Weayervillc connecting at NeaYcTvluc
with STAGES leaving for North Fork every
Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday. Al
Weayerville and North Fork there are am
pie accommodations for trayelcrs, while ri
Redding the necessary tools, food etc, can
be purchased at very reasonable tigmes-
the location Of this town on
the main line of travel and
its proximity 10 the great Sacramento val
ley, giving il special advantages rs an out
fitting post and depoJ Of Suppiie- TO the
mouth Of Rattlesnake creek the u.j Salmon
mountain trail, which hes been Travelled
, for years. is followed for twenty miles and
at the commencement the new trail has
( been laid OFT and surveyed to White Rock
, CITY in New river, distance of fifteen
! miles. This gives a total distance uf 4 little
less than 100 miles from Red0ing 10 the
district The time necessary 10 make the
+ trip from san Francisco Via the new trail
/ viii not exceed two and a half or three
! ,lavs. while by continuous travel, without
stopping at night to rest, the trip can DC
made inside OF fOTty-eight hOuIs-pCsSibiy
within thirty-siX hours. As ~ cost tie Iol-
lowing items are given
To Redd a 10y - 10
To Weayctvile, %
To N0T.A Fork, = w
70 White Rock, ~ 70
Meals and bed en- % "
ro.s, .s.55 %
With his own animal rrosptctor can
effect considerable saving on thC above
estimate but il is cheaper in the long ruE
to talks the stages To North Fork aau there
hire horse, as horse feed is scarce and
dear III the new cGinp, and, to use the
homely language Of the honest granger
the tarnal critters soon eat their hcads
, off" The new trail Will be completed by
} Nav 1st, as the work Will be pushed yigor-
5 ously. Already its value as q means OF
,i.iCi. communication between the MINES
and the railroad has been demonstrated
Frank Ladd ore Of the principal mine
owners of the district, arrived at Weaver
! vile last Monday at l T. II, over the pro
Z posed and surveyed line, having left New
l River the pre9ious day at 8 :. NJ, and
, stopping over for the night at North Fork
! Time is money to the proSPector anC
u mining man and both classes appreciate
+ the value of rapid transit. 70 any one de
string pleasant summer trip, nothing II
:, the State will afford SO mucn pleasure, viii
the chances of profit, as a trip to New river
= The creeks are full OF trout, while deer
u grouse. Quail and bear-br0Wn ones, no
= grizzlics-are found along the wooded
> CANYONS and mountain slopes. The oll
diggings and towns Of Trinity county pre-
sent many interesting features Of place
:, mining disappearing so rapidly in othe
L portions Of the State. Hydruuic!ling cm
= be seen. also, on Il large scale along th
- Trinity river. There no farmer molcst
- or makes afraid the miner as he turns III
g;an; on the grayeiiy banks and melts theI
:, into the river beneath. No question {
I slickens arises as the debris, swept b
- the rushing waters of the Trinity an
- Klamath, flows onward to the Pacili
Il ocean and there finds an eternal grave
:. To the speculator New river offers 4 prom
= ising field. As in all new districts, pros
=, peetors oumumber the moneyed mer
!! Good prospects are numerous, and nee
* =, only the magic wand of capital to dovelo
y, into good paying mines. Traveller
~ Redding Cal April g. 1885.