The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-08-23
Very Rich Quartz Located Up
Near the Head of Coffee
Creek.
Hundreds Are Yet Heading for the
DigglngS in the New Ell
Dorado.

for the Coffee Greek gold fields. Since
sunrise this morning the streets
have been thronged with miners, pros
pectors and green horns fitting themselves
out with supplies and outfits, and the
majority of the stores. usually closed on
Sunday afternoons, were compelled to
keep their doors open late into the after
noon.
About sixty prospectors arrived on the
overland train this morning. all bound
for the gold fields. Besides these at least
100 people have arrived here from the
south in various kinds of rigs from pack
mule to q prairie schooner, en- route for
Trinity. These newcomers, added to
about 100 who arrived yesterday and de-
parted to-day. bring the total mum Der OF
departures up to nearly 300.
The departure creating the most excite
ment to-day was young sandy com ple1-
toned greenhorn logged out in the new
woman style of bloomers, red stockings
and blazing tennis coat mounted on BIZ
cycle, the tires of which sank to the rims
under the heavy weight of the outfit and
man. Besides his blankets this bicyclist
carried with him picks, pan, shovel and
supplies for two months.
News of new, but small, strikes f1oated
in constantly to-day and from all reports
the "greenhorns are thus far the most
lucky of al! in finding gold. One small,
unnamed creek flowing into Coffee Cree K
near its head has. on account of the great
number of ''greenhorns" camped along
its banks, been named Greenhorn Greek.
In speaking Of the place couple OF driv-
ers returning to camp to-day gave it the
name of Greenville.
The TOWNSHIP boom has started in good
earnest and several brokers in this city
have already foated lots in CoffeevilIe on
the market.
Charles H. Schollerman, a we'll known
German farmer, living three miles east of
Redding, and VINO left here a week ago
Wednesday with a wagon load OF twelve
prospectors, returned to this city tonight
with the best piece OF news brought down
for the past week. He says that just be-
fore he left the base of the mountains up
Coffee Creek the camp jewellers were ex-
cited over the discovery by couple of
Trinity County miners OF an immensely
rich quartz ledge up near the head of
dental one and has transplred TO be one
of considerable importance. Schollerman
says the two lucky miners dug out ore
from the new ledge, which was not
far from the surface of the
ground and literally covered with gold,
and one or two large pieces they ex-
hibited was plastered with the precious
metal until it was impossible to see the
quartz at all. They had estimated the
value of the ore and claim it will go as
high as $50, 900 per ton. Having no other
means of transporting rock, one OF the
miners took a pair of overalls, and tied a
rope around the bottom of each leg. The
other treated the sleeves of a shirt jun per
in like manner, and, filling these i'm
promptu ore-bags with quartz specimens,
gold dust and nuggets, threw them over
the backs of pack-mules and started by
trail for Delta. distance of some thirty
miles.
Schollerman says the news of the big
strike spread and the entire district along
his route coming home was up in excite
ment. Many who had been prospecting
down the creek packed up their tents and
Immediately started for the scene of the
new discovery.
Schollerman also brought news that
many new strikes are being m ade. When
asked as to the reliability of reports sent
down during the past few days regarding
new strikes he remarked that he was GER
tain OF "a number of rich strikes being
MADE, and vouched for the reiia bllity of
the report that several greenhorns were
taking out big pay along Coffee Greek and
Morrison Gulch. He counted on his way
down 329 prospectors bound in rigs for
Trinity.
Reports from Weaverville and French
Gulch state that old-time who have
heretofore scorned the idea of rich discov-
cries on Coffee Creek, and who had vol
unteered the Information that the coun-
try was worked out, are now focking to
the Coffee Creek district and that some of
them are making good pay along the creek
and tributaries.
Sporting men from this city are now
leaving in large mum bers, expecting to 10
good business in the new camp, and
especially at Trinity Center next week,
during the series of races to be held there
A rich gravel deposit was found yester-
day on Oregon Gulch, four miles west OF
this city and near the Loag mine, where
the rich find in quartz was made Satur-
day. Jim Montgomery, owner of the new
discovery. came to this city this evening,
bearing the news and also some gold dust
The discovery was made about O. clock
yesterday morning. and since that time
Montgomery has been washing gravel and
taking out an average of So to the pan.
This deposit is near the spot where six
months ago miner named Berg took out
about $4,000 in single pocket. This Sec
ton of Shasta County is known to be ex-
ceedingly rich in pay gravel, but a
scarcity of water has prevented its devel-
opment. A company is now in process of
organization to construct ditch convey
ing water from Clear Greek for mining
purposes. With water on the ground
some big discoveries may be looked for.
A letter received here this morning
states that party of sixty-two. Mis-
sourians would leave Kansas City Mon
day, bound Tor Trinity's new gold fields.
News has just reached here that J.. M.
Bryan of the Golden Eagle Hotel OF this
city has struck rich claim on Morrison
Gulch and is on his way home for supplies
and implements to work the claim.
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