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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-06-17
WIRE ANp NAILS.

Rarbed s., Ire quotations are Tor carload
lots T. a.. 70. Houston. Nails are quoted N
small lots
EARl8Ep WIRE-Gnldcn gal $3.50 per
l.l lhr. painted wire. 500. WaukeEan. DC
higher rhan ,sldlou.
WIRE NAILS Rate. 500 pcr keg: adj
VBnces. lDi. l9d and 1874, o.; 81 ana ~. l0c.
90 and "a. 20c: Al and I'D. Cos Sd. doc. "a,
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NEW YORK.

New York. June l6.--Whent - Receipts
9Sl-s: exports 1898 bushels; SPOT weaker,
options opCned steadier en- unexpected
higher English cables. oased off under
fine home crop prospects, rallied on re-
covering. hnt finally collapsed under
liauidatlon and CROP loss and closed 7sGEs
lower; No 2 red June 1885, september 7plp
ip's. clorr1 ig- Pig Iron quiet; Southern
a,2iG 1850. Northern l0,0trl2,oO. Copper
steady, brokers llis; exchange lo.eaI
ll,l"'2. Tin trin; plates weak. spelier
steady. Lend firm: exchange 3.S2l.u3iJ;
brokers' S,l5.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-06-17

Boston. Juno lG-~The American Wool
and Coaton Rtpcrtor win say tomorrow
OF rho wool trode; The large. purchases
coupled With the Increasing demand dur
ing the past week from tho consumers,
have impaired a degree OF firmnesa to the
sCsscd In a long time. The tone OF the
market. especially for Australian woods,
IA strong. and In some cases a cent per
pound more has been paid than would
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-06-17

pollock La, June anso,n lsv visesersn,, u. ~
ington, recently app0,nn has called a =. ID u
Northern lopis aon. Ho o4s at shreveport y
,,,,,,ov night, June =.
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HIDES. TALON AND nEEswAx,
rraicoa paid by Houston lealers-
THE WOOL MARKET.

Prices paid by Houston dealers.
Twelve months medium .........1o 6l2
Twelve months, hne......'".,..... gtlee.
BURY Observation-Disclosures. 4 ~
Six months. Id2c less.
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LIVE sGoCK.


GALN SSTON.
Reported for The Post by A. 7. Norman.
1--we stock commission merchant
Reeves
Choice, per ID. Gross......... 2is0 "a
common. per Id. gross....... % ~
Cows
C Ch0; per - gr9@ss',s,O o 2' GS,o % 3%
Ycarl!ngs--
choice, per ID, gross ........ 2ia@ ~,
Common, per 10. grosS....... y "a
Calves
Choice, per H. gross......... a. Az
common. per ID. Gross....... a. ga
Sheep
Choice, per lb, gross......... SAD
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-06-17

New York. June l6-Hubbard Bros. IL
Co.'s cotton letter SANS: The sales in
Liverpool continue to be swclled by the
American demand for Egvpt-an cotton.
ore cables stating that some 1000 bales
wero bought there for export TO New Eng
land today Locally the temper OF The
trade continues very h.arish on prospect
i've crop advices and the absence Of spec
ulation.
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VESSELS IN PORT.

SIS Explorer, Paor & Co.
IS Florilian, Sewers x Son.
s. l1ocsa. Ba gglng Mllls. ,,
S. Ciyller. TcNus STAR Flour NILS
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-06-17
MAXINE INTELLIGENCE.
Port Of Galves;on' June Il
ARRIVED.
IS TIorsl (BrO N,a,e, Calcutta.
SAILED.

SAILED.
s. Coacho (Aml, Risk, New York v!i
Key West
s. Pensacola CAm), Simmons Peasa-
IS s. Guy Collin Dr). orchard. Potter
dam.
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tiSr.
NEW ORLEANS SPOTS.
NEW YORK SPOTS

The New York spot market closed
steady at an advance OF l-i6c.
eood ordinary. / l-d GOOD middlins
Low niddlne" Z 5-l6 Middling far. E. < ole
Middllng. $3.50. ll.l6I eans. -. -. l47s
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-08-11
More Reasons.

Why people come long distances
to buy at the Palama Grocery.
Reason No. because one GUS
toner tells another how much
they saved by dealing at this live
and let live establishment. Rea-
son No. because the saving
from their grocery bill helps them
to pay their house rent. Ii you
don't believe what our customers
say, just give us call and be con-
vince. HARRY CANNON,
Palama Grocery, Opposite Rail-
way Depot.
Tel. 755, every time. Goods de-
livered.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-08-11

"Do you know it is mighty good
thing for the human race that IL il so
short livedi"
"I'd like to know howl"
"Just think how utterly spoiled boy
would be for instance, who had all his
great great grandmothers. great-grand-
mothers and grandmothers to take an
interest In his career. "-Indianapolis
journal.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-08-11
Phaetons and Buggies.

If you are in need of a vehicle
of any description, inspect the
stock of G.. Schuman at the Club
Stables. He keeps on hand full
line of phaetons, Surveys, buggies,
road wagons, and Frazier road
carts.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-08-11

"Brother Jim has the bicycle face,
Joe has the bicycle back, and sister Sue
has the bicycle leg"
Amy other bicycle ailments in your
familyr"
"Well, papa says he has the bicycle
pocketbook, and it's badly punctured. |"
Truth.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-08-11

Jacob--lIow did You mako ". 20.
tuner
Isaac--On horse rm'ing
Jacub-whati mover know on bet.
ted.
1saac--I didn't. | started II pawnshop
Just opposite the entrance to the race
course for the accommodation Of people
who wanted 10 t,i home " Len the races
were over. Il It. Bits.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-08-11

whats that terrible noise out in the
front there?" asked the startled Engl ish
volunteer Of the Greek officer.
Nothing, SIR" he replied. ''only
one Of our evzones giving the counter
sign. "--Yonkers Statesman.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-08-11
A New Abstract Office.

As result of Is years expert
ence in the Abstract Business, i
am prepared to make Abstracts of
Title in most thorough, accurate
and complete manner, and on
short notice.
+. w. MAKINNEY.
In W. o. Smiths Office, 3lS
Fort Street. 215-tf
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-08-11

"Oh, mamma" said little Marjorie,
"what are dose big fisgsf''
"Those are bunting, DEAR" said her
mother.
"Zen dess," observed Marjorie WISE
" "'at all % little ones is baby hunt
ing. New York Press.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-08-11

Several Lots near Punchbowl
and at Makiki, the Choicest Resi-
dence Property in the city. A
perfect view from Diamond Head
to EVA, Honolulu and Harbor.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-08-11

We also have Comfortable
Houses for sale on easy terms 81
tuated on the following streets;
Lunalilo, Kinau, Kukui, Has
singer, Beretania, Young, Vie
toria, Green, Thurston Avenue,
Punahou, Liliha and Nuuanu.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-08-11

Bagley-Been shopping'
Burton-I? OF course not. This is
only my dinner I'm carrying home. It's
q table d'hote dinner. Soup in one pack
age, fish in another, and so on. have
the ice cream in my hat.-Harper's Bs-
Ear.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-04

fact that. although it is a typical from
tier region i'm many respects, il has
thus far been free from the usual dis
turbing elements of mining camp. No
bloodshed, no bitter rivalry and no
quarreing has been known I'm this coun-
ty, and especially I'm the Coffee creek
section have the miners been law abid-
inC.
Thus il has been that nun erous pros
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-04
Wonderful Gold Discoveries In
Trinity County,

about 20 miles away. on Hickory gulch.
where the discoverers are said 90 be on
a streak OF dirt that goes 500 10 the
pan.
The big nugget was taken from a
ledge several hundred feet up on the
hillside which shows plenty OF free gold
The nugget was found lying snugly
against the foot wall, imbedded in man
ganese"
The claim OF The Graves brothers. II.
b. and J. b. the new gold kings from
which gold 10 the value of 100000 was
taken out in a little more than a week s
time. comprises 30 acres The brothers
have refused prlncely offers 10 part
with their claim. IL is so rich that its
owners are devoting themselves TO get
ting out simply the nuggets that are
secreted i'm pockets. When the pockets
are exhausted, they have fortunes still
untouched in the milling ore, which is
now being piled in dumps TO await its
time
The Graves nugget was before IL was
broken about the shape Of a beavers
tail. 1t was 3 feet long. lG To IS inches
wide at the wider part Inches thick
at the big end and an inch at the
smaller.
Il am sorry | broke the nugget when
got the drill under IT," said J. b.
Graves recently TOR / wanted 10 get IL
out in the solid piece i'm which we found
IT, However when it did break we got
mad and broke the rest. The biggest
piece we have now is worth about $lO.-
600. The gold has been mintug $l7 90
and S1767 an ounce.
I'VE were two greenhorns when we
commenced. We had never mined and
didn't know anything about ii. our re-
cent discovery was by an open cut %
feet long. There is soft porphyry on the
hanging wall, and there is green on the
foot The gold lay right on the foot
wall on the right hand side. We had 10
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-04

Through thick and thin the brothers
stuck together. and they found during
the days of their adversely when the
wolf OF hunger stalked ever and anon
near their doors that they had drawn
prizes i'm the matrimonial lottery.
In 1890. discouraged almost TO despair,
the brothers sought to better their con-
dton by woong Dame Fortune by way
Of a quartz ledge. This Investment cost
them but q trfe. a location notice being
| the foundation and a hundred dollar an
! nual assessment the yearly investment
In 1895 they located the Blue Jay mine
on Coffee creek and well nigh exhausted
! their meager supply in opening up the
! claim.
Six children were added to the house
| hold expenses OF the elder brother, while
! ]. B the handsome but less strong
younger brother. had wife and one
child To remind him that il cost more to
keep three than it did to live alone
An epoch i'm their lives occurred few
months after investing their all in the
Blue jay. A pocket out Of which $500
was taken lifted the curtain OF poverty
temporarily from the door of the two
families, and then il gave out as quick
ly as II came i'm. Despairing OF getting
any more out of the Blue jay they
abandoned II and took up a placer claim
lower down Coffee creek. After few
months work they were offered 500 for
their new claim, which they accepted
more on account Of their depleted treas
urv than from their lack Of faith in
mining
with the $3.50 they paid their bills as
| FAR as possible and went back to the
ranch.
On Aug. Of the present year the
brothers held consultation. ana after
| their cabinet had met and discussed the
situation the wives urged them 20 60
| back and Try the Blue jay once more.
Il. -. Graves. the elder. who Us a typ
! ical matter of fact husband and father,
! said to his younger brother, John, |
move that we take the women's advice
! for awhile anyhow" John said "Ill go
| YOU" And back TO the Blue jay they
went
They found evidences Of much PROS
pecting ON their claim ON Saturday.
| Aug g.. they cleaned out the cut and 20
| foot tunnel and found themselves back
where thcy left or
John said. Bob. I'l take pan out ~
this rotten seam and go down to the
creek and wash u out
He had gone bat few minutes when
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-04
PANNING OUT DUST.

mineral wealth and untold millions OF
gold have for ages lain beneath Trini-
tvs surface, only waiting some such
upheaval as is now taking place there.
For years past Trinity has been con-
sidered one of the richest gold produc-
ing counties i'm California, apd capital
lists and mining men OF means have had
their eyes turned i'm that direction for
some time. The only drawbacks have
been the base quality OF the ore and the
trouble and expense Of getting the nee
essary machinery into the various
camps with which to work the ore. Now
that the exact value OF the mining prop
erty in the county is known miners VIII
he more encouraged IN their work OF de-
veloping and will be more willing TO
spend moncy IN the pursuit OF gold.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-04

IN YEARS to come generations now
living will sing OF the days of ninety
seven even as the gray haired pio-
Il neers Of today sing OF the golden
days of forty nine Trinity county,
Cal. is the newest and richest FL Do
rado of them all. Fabulous reports OF
riches found there are attracting hun
dreds and thousands of fortune hunters.
There are nuggets OF gold In Trinity
county that are fortunes i'm themselves.
There are golden powders near The
head Of the Salmon river on the divide
between the Trinity and Siskiyou noun
tain ranges. The excitement caused by
the finds has almost dwarfed Interest
in the Klondike region, and scores OF
searchers for virgin wealth who were
unable to secure the coyeted passage To
Alaska this season have turned their
steps in the direction of the new RI
Dorado. Before snow begins To ny i'm
October the now thinly populated coun-
try where the new fields have been
made will be overrun with prospectors.
The town Of Redding. in Shasta coun
~. which adjoins the county OF Trinity.
is already filed to overlooking with
prospectors and inexperienced gold
seekers The Redding storekeepers are
coihing money by supplying tools and
outfits. old time miners have had the
youthful fires of enthusiasm rekndled
within them, and the number Of them
starting out for the new fields is in
creasing daily. They are bent on Sc
curing a metal which the government
mint pronounCes worth SlS.67 an ounce,
or about 81 more an ounce than the
gold Of the klondke. Every day there
are reports Of fresh and more astound-
ing finds.
The excitement began I'm earnest one
day recently when Richard Graves en-
tered Reddng with a golden nugget
worth $4,000 repoaine under the seat OF
his blackboard His arrival clinched the
stories that had preceded him and
VIII = "rra previously believed to be
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-04

largely imaginary, the Outgrowth of the
excitement that had been caused by the
discovereN away UP in Alaska. Now
there are no doubtors In the California
foothills, and there is an exodus from
all the old mining camps toward the
new fields in Trinity county.
The new FL Dorado Is located a biz
more than 900 miles from San Francis
60 and Is comparatively easy OF access
the greater portion OF the year There
are no frozen mountain passes TO follow,
as i'm the land between The Alaskan
coast and the Klondike. where hun
dreds of persons are now blOCkaded.
There is small danger Of starvation on
account Of no provisions within hum
dreds of miles, and altogether the al
lurcments oi Trinity county far cut
number those of Alaska.
coffee creek is the stream along which
the recent big strikes have been made.
1t is about 30 miles in lCnCth. cmptymE
into the Trinity river, from Tho Old
channels of which 80 much gold was
taken i'm the early days. Nearly. it's
entire course is through a gravel bed.
The gold i'm the gravel beds b. fcuod
near bedrock, the richest gravel beng
below the bed of the creek. so that it
80 their sluice boxes.
The mining machinery seen on every
hand is OF The most primitive charac ,e.
and the miners operating it are for the
MOST part men who started with no
capital except that which nature gave
TO them. All, however, report wonder
ful success.
The rich finds I'm Trinity county are
the fuln,lment of the prophecies made
by the Ecologists and mincralogists.
These scientific men long ago claimed
that some day discoveries would be
made thorc which would amaze the
world. II seems that the world is about
20 be amazed lt Is being developed that
the scientists were right when they said
the fountain head OF the riches that
were taken from Trinity river and It's
tributaries years ago was located at Cof-
fee creek and In the divide between, the
Trinity and Sskiyou ranges
Nuggets worth from $40 to $50 each
are common products OF the new dig =
gings along Coffee creek and the trihu-
tary creeks ana gulches. Packers gulch.
the FIRST gulch flowing into Coffee creek.
H. producing n large amount OF coarse
gold Adams creek two miles below.
offers a rich prospect, hut has not yet
been worked TO any extent. Hickory
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-04

i'm sight Of John. he and Henry Carter,
who was working for US. were bending
over a $iOO pan. and when | yelled
John I've got enough for US all,' he
smiled and said I've got gold color
here myself There was $500 i'm the pan
/ brought out"
How did you feel when you found
you had struck ii for sure?"
81 felt just as / did when the fellow
who tied the knot for me and Mrs
Graves said. i pronounce you man and
wife. so help me God. sit down You
fellows who never were married 10 one
Of the best women on earth have no
idea how it feels when you strike it,"
Bob said: II don't know how / did
feel. l kinder felt all over in spots We
took bucketful of the stun home that
night, arriving there about o'clock
Maybe you think there wasn't hot
time I'm the Graves cabin that night.
said Bob, and John nodded approv-
ingly."
THE next day we took out the gold
by the hatful. The largest piece was 3
feet long, about inches wide and 4
inches thick and weighed within a few
dollars OF $4,000.
I'VE shipped about $23. 900 and the
next night started from home for Red
ding with nearly $22, 900 in two sacks
In response to a comprehensive in
quiry. the question being. In the event
that a big rush is made 10 your county
from the east or San Francisco. what
are the chances 10 find unclaimed gov
ernment land subject to location and
mineral entry. and can persons get in
and out in winter time, and. If SO, can
work be carried on during the winter
and what will it cost To get in. and
which is the most direct route?" the
brothers answered:
There are lots of vacant claims. The
climate is the best i'm the world the year
round. II will cost from San Francisco
by way of Redding, which is the only
way in. and an excellent way about $50
You don't have TO bring in grub or fuel
To keep you warm, as our merchants
furnish the one, and God has big sup
ply OF the other on every hillside in
Trinity"
X. Mcleod, a mining man Of San Jose.
and William Nolimers, a hotel man OF
Trinity Center have visited the Graves
brothers property and. emitting the dis
covery of the great pocket which yield
ed $42, 900, pronounce il one of the rich
est mines they have ever seen. Both OF
these men say that from present indi-
cations. there is small doubt that in
proportion to the size OF the Yukon
goldhelds and the Coffee creek district
the latter will prove by far the richer.
The probable value of the ledge of the
Coffee creek region is perhaps best dem
| onstrated by the extensive placer dig
| gings adjoining Trinity Center, where
! there is supposed To have been the origi-
! nal bed of the Trinity river The most
| extensive is the Bloss and McClary
mine. recently purchased from the own
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-04

stope a little and get to the upper end
Of Il.
I'VE got out at once 163 pounds avoir-
dupois, or about 200 troy, of gold. and
there is more i'm the face OF the mine
yet | estimate that there was from
$4,000 To $4,000 i'm this compact mass.
Besides all this there is another ledge
- feet farther away that ! am sure is
just as rich. We have 90 acres in our
claim. These Klondikc mines are not as
rich, from all ! can learn, as the claims
i'm Trinity county"
There is no lack OF Interest and :o-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-04

nance I'm the story OF the Coffee creek
discoveries as compared with the strug-
giles and success Of Klondike fortune
hunters unless IL be that the heroes and
heroines OF Coffee creek went i'm without
sealskin coats and with one or two days
grub" and worked and toiled on Amer
lean soil and i'm "A climate such as Gods
country" only can boast OF.
The ups and downs OF the Graves
brothers. resulting in their sudden
Monte -Christo-like jump from poverty
10 afiuence. demonstrates that truth Is
stranger than fiction.
In 1889 the brothers, then residents of
Tehama county. pulled up stakes and
started for Trinity The only available
assets Of the brothers was "A small band
Of cattle, all but one OF which they lost
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-04

Trinity Center, occupying a central
position in the gravel area Is virtually
upon a foundation OF gold bearing gray
el running many thousand dollars per
acre The lack of capital 10 properly
develop the property has heretofore
been its greatest drawback. but the pro-
ceeds of the Investment are being
promptly used by the new owners i'm
botterlng the equipment OF their prop
erty. and a long nume for hydraulic
purposes VIII at once be built. A good
head of water is now playing on the
formation. but the facilities which can
Dee easily acquired for larger supply
viii soon he utilized for washing down
the large banks IT is said that 5000
inches Of water can be secured from
Swift creek throughout the summer sea-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-04

been someW hat exaggerated in passing
through many hands, the truth is good
enough and is In itself full explanation
Of the absence of the Alaska fever from
Trinity and surrounding counties.
In the first place there is hardly an
instance cf absolutely unrcwavded effort
in this part 81 the state. The properly
directed efforts OF he miner have paid
him at least excellent wages and ia
great many cases provided him in a few
years with life competence Since tho
Graves brothers struck their SO 600
nugget there has been another strike
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-04
THE 'KLONDLKE OF CALIFORNIA

Bob, with two blows Of his pick and
within two inches of where they had
quit work before, uncovered pocket
that almost made him think he was in
Klondike.
What dld you do?" asked a friend as
he watched his animated countenance
"a ne told Of the find.
DO? Why l yelled like HI and am
hoarse yet. 1 gathered up "A pan and
rushed down 10 the creek where John
was. yelling like ON Indian. In fact, we
both yelled ourselves out. When | came
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-04

purposes and enthusiastic intentions 20
seek the hidden riches. They would
strike camp IN some favorable spot and
become so infatuated with the nshing.
the hunting, the climata and the coun-
try generally that all their mining IN
thusiasm would be lost In their eager.
ness for the wilder sports.
For years past, however, miner and
prospcctors living INA California b ~
various tlmcs taken out rich rcc q
gold ranging from $50 10 $1,000 tr
finds hardly ever were brought n
attention Of the public for the
that Trinity miners. as a rule al
seek notoriety and rest content IN ....
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-04
Many Rich Pockets and Giant
Nuggets Found on the
Pacific Coast

creek. still farther down and all the
continent streams are. according 90 all
indications literally lined with the
precious yellow sand and nuggets.
Confirmation or the reports Of mar
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-04

velous finds il given by G. l.. Campbell.
an experienced miner sent 20 learn the
facts He thus writes from Trinity Cen
ter. near Coffee creek:
Although some OF the stories that
have reached the outside world have