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Eugu ing dome frce ou amy art iclc
90 iewrir} ur -iiVrrttarc purchased ul
Mc. D.. ii. Parker tf
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FOR SALE -At q bargain. two lots
iu Fcrudaie. Apply 40 this office.
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For q nice. clean shave 80 to the
Central barber shop. &C
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Richard Blackburn, OF Holder. Il
prominent merchant of that place,
was in town this morning.
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Prices al the opera house all this
week will be -. 35 AND -n cents.
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That the blood should perform itS
vital functions. il is absolutely nccr--
>ary il >hould no, only be pure bnt
r.ch ia life-giying elements. These
results are best effected 10y the USE of
that well known standard blood puri-
fer. Ayers >ar~apariild. lw
The foundation work on the odd
Fellow han goes braycly on. and the
weather being favorable. will be com
pIetcd i'm few days more.
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J. Z. Hamilton. late Of Arkansas.
has established himself Ia the city,
having purchased the interest of Mr..
Jarrett in the iirm OF Bottoms " lar
ret- The style of the iirn is now
BlttomS. Hamilton y Ca. lir. liam
iitm is a gentleman of means and is
2 most welcome addition 10 our bust
ness ranks.
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Zack Davis. 40 Central barber shop.
can give You niece shave in very
short firee. GO
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The meeting To have been held At
The residence of Max Mu lcsheimer
Thursday night 70 arran-e the pre-
iimiudrieS incident to rendering the
"Nikado~ by home talent. has been
postponed until Monday night. owing
- the absence Of Mr. MunzcSheimcr
frcm the city. All parties Interested
Will p.ease take notice and goN'r rh
lhealsaises accordingly.
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Good wood always on hand no Sni-
der's wood yard just opposite thc b.g
gin. Delivered % amy part ot tie
cttv on short notice. -f-im
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The widow BeS>en re- ururd % her
aomc this morning and again touS
p..s s~iou ~ fort
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Opera house tonight, Aida Law
renee
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Aida Lawi,r -n ana a superb COM
pany az th~ .g-rs house this vee'--
Pice~ - - ....d - cents.
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J. i'"'l -'''i~' 'ttf +''- ''t''''
\. H. Mathews manag r at this
place fpr he grain bu.iu - 90 Pat
rick y Keel. lcft thi. morning for
Hot Springs. where hc hopes hy "a
curse OF baths 60 overcome tie say
age attack of rheumatism from which
ha is suffering
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T4nrccr I'D TIT.

He.aty s. a. liurrh tti- morning
a~re~. "a a tramp charged WITH steal
ja4 -.mr food siuri grub is"N in one
of thc wagon yards. The fellow oid
u"; deny the charge. hui Il pail!aji"H
of the o|en~c >aid hc was hungry and
tnat efforts 10 get work cr 20 beg foed
had proved futile. 50 as last resort
in order 90 eratjfs the pangS of mE-
ger ne hai stolen the bread. THIS
statement appearing true. touched a
tender spot in Mir. Burch's heart and
after giving the prisoner a talk he
told him lac would not prefer q c0n-
plain against HIN il he wCuld leave
town. This was agreed 10 and the
poor fellow was allowed 70 90 his way.
See "a Royal Slave" al The opera
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SEarple, = Lsccun Iuedtre Com
pany il the only popular priced at
traction ever organized that carried
an of their own special &C merry and
mechanical effects. They will b. 40
the opera house az this week.
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Flower --ed~. CIV nrue Store.
The San Francisco call., 1895-07-18
RICH GOLD DEPOSITS OF PLUMAS COUNTY.

northeast, it is but forty-five miles. The
whole embraces an area of over 1000 square
miles, or ,2S0, 900 acres. Of this some 20O,-
600 acres are agricultural land, distributed
among a number of fertile valleys. Chief
among these may be mentioned the
American, Indian, Big Meadow, Mo-
hawk, Sierra, Bucks, Onion and Last
Chance. The greatest portion, how,
ever. is made up of mountains covered
with a heavy growth of coniferous
trees-sugar and yellow pine, spruce, bal
sam fir and cedar, while mountain oak,
manzanita, laurel, buckeye, alder and
chaparral grow in great profusion. In
supplying timber for fumes, mines and
general improvements, these great forests
have been invaluable, and the territory
now denuded of its growth of pine,
spruce and cedar tells the extent to which
this kindly provision of nature has been
utilized by the husbandman ana miner
alike since the first white man penetrated
the region.
Pilot Peak, which stands near the
southern line of the county, is volcanic
knob OF basaltic rock most. beautifully COL
umnar on its northern slope, and from the
summit of which fine view may be OBJ
tained of the surrounding country, Lassens
Peak being visible in the northwest and
the Coast Ranges in the southwest. Off to
the west lies Table Mountain, nearly as
high as the great peak, which has an eleva-
ton of something over 1000 feet above the
level of the sea. Nelson's Point has an
elevation of 1000 feet above the sea.
Quincy is the chief town and county seat.
The San Francisco call., 1895-07-18

1t is situated in a great basin called the
American Valley, which is eleven miles
long and three miles wide, having an ele-
vation of about $500 feet.
A few miles from Quincy on the road to
Indian Valley is the old mining town of
Elizabethtown, for many years fierce
rival of the American Valley settlement
for county honors. In 1852 Alex and
Frank Tate discovered gold i'll a ravine
near the town, and soon afterward Lewis
Stark, Peter Day and George Ferrier, who
arrived through Beckwith Pass with their
families. went to work near the Tate claim.
For week they prospected without sue
cess and then moved up the Elizabeth ra-
vine, where one days work yielded four
ounces. Two days after Stark picked up
nugget weighing twenty ounces, and
soon the fame of the location got abroad
and called other prospectors, who in due
time built up a town.
Stark built the first house, and the town
was named in honor of his only daughter,
Elizabeth, who now resides at Quincy.
EliZabethtown made the most strenuous
efforts to become the county seat when
Plumas was organized, but Quincy won
the prize. In 1855 she also took the post
office from the rival metropolis, and soon
after EllZabethtown went into a decline
from which she never recovered, dying a
natural and easy death, with her boots off,
a1ter use1ul and happy life. quincy is
surrounded by fine agricultural country,
and the mineral possibilities of the ada
cent mountain region are said to be good.
Next in Importance comes La Porte, the
center and natural outlet of section of
half-developed mining country that is just
now feeling the effects of long-expected
boom. That La Porte is destined to be-
come in the near future the most i'm
portant town in Plumas County no one
can for a moment doubt, when her natural
advantages are considered. The town is
situated in the southeastern part OF Plu-
mas, near the Sierra county line, and was
formerly a part of this latter division. 1t
is pleasantly located on Rabbit Creek, at
an elevation of 4500 feet above the sea- and
has stage connection with Oroville and
Marysville. the junction of the two lines
being at Woodville.
Downievile is twenty miles away and
the county seat is reached over finely
graded road of thirty five miles built at an
expense of $50, 900, and traversing a region
of rare scenic beauty and rich in mineral
resources. The town is shut in by noun
tains, out of which rises in towering
majesty Bald Peak to a height of 1000 feet
above the surrounding country, affording
The San Francisco call., 1895-07-18

augurated. Spanish Flat, Secret Digglns,
Barnards Claim, Whisky Diggins, Last
Chance, Grass Flat and hundred other
rich locations that had poured their yellow
treasure through its arteries OF trade had
been worked out on the surface, and In
those days it was all surface work.
A dozen big fortunes had been taken out
We're already being dissipated for luxurles
at London and Paris, or over the gambling
tables of Monte Carlo. The rise OF some
was rapid in the extreme. A man named
Boxer struck pocket at Spanish Flat, and
took out fortune in eight days. Since
then he has resided in Paris. Whisky
Smith" for whom Whisky Diggins was
named, moved away when his secret lead
was discovered, with $86, 900.
Smith was an odd genius and something
of a recluse. He lived alone on his claim,
and only visited La Porte when his whisky
gave out. Upon these visits he was fire.
quently interrogated by the miners as to
the amount taken out of his claim from
day to day. Smiths stereotyped reply was.
Not much; just enough for whisky" One
day miner chanced to walk through
the open door of his cabin, and found the
hermit, with the results OF his months OF
labor, spread out before him. "You have
fortune there" remarked the visitor.
II have enough for whisky" replied
Smith, and that night he left town after
selling his precious boarding in La Porte.
Since then the claim has been known as
Whisky Diggins."
Some men there were in the earlv days
of La Porte who wooed not fortune but
fame. Creed Raymond was one. Ex-
Lieutenant Governor Johnson was another.
Both men went into the town without a
penny, carrying their blankets. They
came out of the town two of the best known
men on the Pacific Coast.
Raymond was a boy when he went to
The San Francisco call., 1895-07-18

their robes of green, greet the eye on every
hand, while winding through a maze of
scenic beauty almost unparalleled in the
bold strokes of nature are hundreds of
clear mountain brooks singing in Joy or
roaring in precipitous descent as they rush
onward to unite their waters with the great
streams that carry them into the valleys
and thence into the bosom of the mighty
ocean.
These great divisions of the Feather
River, one of the principal continents of
the Sacramento-the middle fork, the
north and east branches of the north fork
have their source III this county, and
from thousands of tributaries receive the
mighty flow of water that falls as rain or
snow on the lofty hills or secluded valleys,
having ramifcations in every nook and
corner of this wide and wild expanse.
High up among the white-robed peaks
are hundreds of pellucid lakes and lovely
mountain tarns, reposing sweetly in their
isolated abode far from the busy scenes of
life below.
Born of the glaciers, they carry the mind
back to those far distant ages in the his
tory OF our planet when great fields of ice
fuTrowed their way through mighty noun
tains. flowing in their irresistible advance
through the deep canyons and ravines that
form our water-courses, filling the valleys
with an alluvial deposit which has yielded
rich rewards to the husbandman, laying
bare those vast storehouses of gold that for
over third of century have replenished
the worlds wealth, and finally, as they
disappeared, with fury spent, fashioning
with icy hands a multitude of little lakes
far up among the loftiest peaks of the
Sierra.
Plumas County lies wholly on the west
ern slope OF the mountains, and scarcely
drop of water falls within its limits that
does not find way into one of the many
tributaries OF the Feather, ana thence to
the sea.
The watershed between the Nevada and
Sacramento basins forms the dividing line
between Plumas and Lassen, while the
dividing ridge between the Feather and
the Yuba forms the Sierra County line.
On the northwest, the dividing ridge be-
tween the waters of the Feather and of
Butte and Deer creeks forms the county
line, SO that Plumas County lies wholly
within the domain of the Feather River.
It's greatest length is from northwest and
southeast, or from Lassens Peak to Beck
with Pass, distance of eighty five
miles. Transversely, from southwest to
The San Francisco call., 1895-07-18

an unobstructed view of hundreds of miles
in every direction.
Gold was first discovered on the creek in
1850 by Hamilton Ward and James Murry,
but there are conflicting stories as to how
this stream obtained its name Tradition
declares that Ward was crossing the creek
at point near the present site of La Porte
in the latter part of August, 1850, when a
rabbit bounded out of the chaparral. In
trying to get a shot at the cottontail he
discovered gold on the banks of the creek,
and at once staked out claim, which grew
into town known as Rabbit Creek until
the name was changed some years later to
La Porte.
Another tale says that Robert CLARK,
who mined at Rich Bar in 1850, now a
wealthy landowner of Ukiah, CAL, was
passing down the creek on horseback when
he met wandering prOSpector who asked
the name of the place. Not having any
better information to give and having OBJ
served rabbits in great numbers along the
stream, Clark quickly replied, rabbit
Greek, and rode on. The prospector tar
ried for a nights rest, but discovered gold
and located there permanently. Two
years later Clark returned to find a -four
iShing camp, and wien he asked its name
they answered, Rabbit Creek; and then
he remembered that he himself had named
the town two years before. Clark is very
old now and very rich. He makes an an
nual pilgrimage to the Mecca of his early
youth-La Porte-and with the "old boys"
revives the stirring memories of days
agone.
About year after the discovery of gold
Siller's water ditch was completed and
this work was rapidly followed by the con-
struction of other privileges-Foster' and
the Martindale ditch. This opened up
hydraulic mining in earnest and the town
grew apace. In 1852 Eli S. Lester put up
the RABBIT Creek Hotel. This was the
The San Francisco call., 1895-07-18

La Porte, and according to the old-timers
not veiy remarkable boy either. For a
time he tended bar and then got to driving
pony express. Johnson kept gambling
house and made money. Finally the two
went into partnership in a general mer-
chandise store. Johnson was the brains of
the business and furnished the capital.
Raymond was not commercially inclined
and spent good deal of time pouring over
set of law books, which he had borrowed
from b. w. Barnes. After time Johnson
complained that Raymond was neglecting
the business and advised him to retire
Raymond acted upon this suggestion and
In few months was admitted to the bar,
from which time his raise was rapid. john
son was sent to the Legislature two or three
times from Sierra County and finally be-
came Lleutenant-Governor of the State.
The fall of La Porte was nearly as rapid
as her rise. In 1869 second fire swept the
town and took all of Main street. The
Alturas block alone remained, with badly
damaged roof. Two years later the town
was visited by another blaze, which left
only a portion of what the other fires had
overlooked
Five or six years ago many Of those who
had left in the early COS returned. Some
how. they recollected that considerable
good ground had been left behind in the
rush OF the early time. Port Wine Wahoo,
foverty Hill, Morrlstown, Rowland Flat,
st. Louis, Whisky Diggins, Chandlerville
and Slate Creek Canyon were reopened.
Many of these claims had been worked
continuously, but on small scale, and
hardly commensurate with the possibili-
ties as proven by recent demonstration.
Then the town began to get little OF the
old life. Modern methods came into
vogue, and capital came to open up the
rich gravel beds under swift rivers and
towering mountains. For many years it
was known for certainty that the ridges
running down from Pilot Peak dividing
the headwaters of the Feather and Yuba
rivers, and Slate and Canyon creeks,
covered large quantities of rich gravel.
1t was question of reaching these de-
posts, which involved the expenditure OF
large sums of money The pay-dirt could
only be reached by means of long tunnels
or deep shafts. In 1890 a company of
Scotchmen secured two miles of this ridge.
1t was decided to go down to bedrock, and
then, by system of tunnels, find out
where the gold lay, even if it cost mil
lion to get there. Work was commenced
on the shaft at once, and bedrock reached
at depth of 500 feet, where the richest
kind OF gravel was found. Prospecting
The San Francisco call., 1895-07-18

first house of any pretensions in La Porte,
and the townspeople were very proud of
the new structure. 1t stood on the north
side of Main street, between Sherman 3
stage barn and Runnell's blacksmith-shop.
The next frame structure was opened as a
meat market by Thomas Freeaskis and the
same year Lester opened a store on Main
street. Frank Everts. who had charge of
the express business of Everts. Smell & Co..
upon the failure of his firm in 1855 opened
a general banking business in golddust. A
postoffice had been established during the
previous year with Landlord and Store
keeper Lester as Postmaster. In 1855 the
Mountain Messenger, weekly paper. be-
gan publication, and about a year later
bled, tired of the name of Rabbit Creek,
decided to call the town La Porte, and q
petition to that effect was accordingly for
warded to the postal department at Wash
ington and approved three months later.
In 1853 B. w. Barnes commenced to sup
ply the town with water from mountain
spring by system of log pipes, and the
service proved SO satisfactory that it has
never been changed.
Mr.. Barnes stifl resides in La Porte hale,
hearty and wealthy. He has made con-
siderable money in mining, and for eigh-
teen years was Internal Revenue Collector
for the Sierra division of the Northern
District. Mr.. Barnes has the history of
every important mine in California at his
tongues end, and possesses withal fund
of information relative to early days in Cal
fornia that proves exceedingly valuable to
inquiring scribes and entertaining to his
host of friends.
La Porte was first visited by disaster in
1861, when fire swept away nine-tenths
OF the whole town. The loss was estimated
at 100000, but there was plenty of gold in
the ravines and the people did not despair.
They went to work and soon built up an
other town. Old residents of the place
declare that in one month after the burning
not a single trace of the conflagration could
be found. In che new settlement which
sprang up on the ruins of old La Porte
twelve fire-proof buildings were erected.
So things went on improving until 1862,
when the tide turned.
At this time La Porte had reached the
zenith of her prosperity, which new began
to wane. There were four large hotels,
fifteen stores. two churches, fourteen
saloons and five gambling g-houses.
The cream had been taken off, however,
and the miners commenced to go away
for better possibilities in virgin ground.
The epoch Of machinery had not been in
The San Francisco call., 1895-07-18
MINERS ROUND LAP0RTE.
Enterprises Changing the Face
and Prospects of the
Country.
DOWN FEATHER RIVER CANYON
Some OF the Men Who Are Inter-
ested I'm Building Up
the Revival.

Plumas is a county of rugged mountains,
holding in their mighty embrace many
green and fertile valleys. Lofty snow
capped peaks and sloping hills, rich in
The San Francisco call., 1895-07-18

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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1895-02-14
kINGwooD. W. vAr (vAIEaTuz oAy> FEBRUARY IA. 1895
"rhat, / think, viii set cverv,hln,.

THAT, 1 think, will set evervthln,.
right" unused Bcnner II will post this
so that she will got Il In the morpa
ing. IL is all clear to me now lxnew
there had been another, but | didn't
dream OF its being hob. All. well, they
Viii Inc happy now, and IL will 90
away somewhere, and try To forget"
The next afternoon. "a Rob rhaycr
lay stretched upon his sofa, cutting the
leaves aud slSimming the pages of
now magazine, servant startled him
with the announcemcnt; ~ lady To sec
MIR. Thayer," and handci him n earl
Before he could look at tho name on tho
card figure In black, closely veiled,
appeared az the open door. rhayer
started mp TO u sitting posture.
1T Is |, Bob" said trcmulous voice,
and the figure came swiftly toward
him. As the servant vanished the vis-
ttor threw back her veil. disclosing n
face OF rare lovcliness. covered with
dilnpling smiles and bushes.
"EdithH calculated Thayer.
She was down upon her knees at his
feet; his arms were aruuntl hcr9 lie was
straining her to his breast aud pressing
eager kisses upon her lips I'm delirium
of joy. yet dazcd and bcwildcrca and
conscious OF n maddoning fear that he
would wake and find IL all dream.
II was some time before they reached
the rational stage OF their happiness
and plunged into explanations. Then
Bob learned that Edith had never
ceased to love him; that the rejected
valentine, the returncd letter, and tho
final separation of the lovers had been
the work of her mother. But II was no
time for examinations, for poor Mrs.
Warren was gone. She had been dcnd
six months, and the daughter was still
I'm mourning
u have waited MI these years and
wondered II you would ever come To
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you certainly deserve better luck
than have had" Then. after n silence
OF several minutes, he went on, mood.
lily: MY experience was n very simple
one. There is no story TO tell. While
was In Paris fell in love with beau
uiui girl-thc most charming young
lady In the American colony. Her
mother wns widow, and was deter-
mined to marry her to title; conse-
quently no prcsumptuous young artist
could hope for smooth sailing In that
quarter. But the girl was not indiffcr-
ent 10 mo. Indeed, | WIS fortunate
enough to win her heart. at least, |
thought so at that time. ] amused my
self by drawing and painting pictures
OF her. Acting upon IN impulse sent
one OF these pictures TO her ns vnlen-
tine, on tho i4th OF February. Accom-
panying the picture was verse OF po-
etry, which, Of course, was a very ar
dent declaration of love. To my sur.
prise the valentine came back TO me.
Suspecting that ! had made grave
mistake, | Immediately wrote letter
of apology. The letter was returned TO
me unopened. Half crazy, sought an
interview with the young lady, only to
learn that mother and daughter had
quietly left Paris. without letting any
one know whittier they were going"
Thaycr paused, and drew long
breoth.
well, that's tho whole story" he
added. "All this occurred Eve years
ago, and have never seen them since
have no idea in what part OF the
world they are. I SUPPOSE INN gine
las matter of course, She is married
long ago"
just then the nurse came in 20 put q
fresh bandage on the artists ankle
George Benner rose and saunterod over
70 q table at the other si,le Of the room.
Here he began idly 20 look through
Thayer's portfolio OF drawings and
sketches.
Suddenly Benncr started, and picked
mp one Of the pictures, holding il
toward the light TO examine il. 1t was
an exquisite pastel; I'm the center was n
sweet, girlish face. with roso.tinted
complexion, big brown eyes, and n
mass OF fluffy hair above low fore
head. On the margin were chubby
cupids; birds in pairs, and heart
pierced by an arrow. Below the
portrait was n verse of poetry, every
line fervid with love.
The nurse finished her task and went
out. Benner resumed his scat beside
his friend. He held the pastel in his