The San Francisco call., 1897-08-20
themselves with all the comforts of camp
life J. O. DENNY.
MANY ON THE WAY.
One Hundred Different Parties at
Redding En- Route to Trinity
County.


County.
REDDING, CAL, Aug. 19.-The arrival
OF the Graves brothers in this city to-day
has been one of the chief causes OF excite
ment. They have purchased supplies and
outfits and will at once proceed to their
Blue Jay claim with the intention of fur
ther developing it. No new reports Of
new strikes in Trinity have reached Red
ding to-day. The report of the strike on
Canyon Creek was verified, however, ana
the exact amount of gold taken out in the
Gilmore find is said to be $4,000
The arrivals to-day of prospectors bound
for the new KIondike nave been more nu-
merous than oi.any previous day, and fully
100 fferent parties completely equipped
for campaign in the mines, have left
this city. The overland train this morn
ing brought up 40 men en- route to Coffee
Creek and Salmon River. The latter dis
trict is now attracting nearly as much at
tention as the country around the Graves
property.
Each incoming party brings reports OF
more prospectors coming, and it is safe to
estimate that during the remaining days
of this week the arrivals will reach UP in
pectors-or so-called prospectors-have as
yet retraced their steps out of the Coffee
Creek district, and their departure from
the gold fields is only due to the fact that
they had entertained too sanguine an
opinion of the methods of digging gold.
They expected to find nuggets scattered
around loose like rocks, and when they
arrived at Trinity River and were told
that labor, and hard labor at that, was
necessary in the pursuit of the hidden
wealth their opinion of the country
changed to such an extent that they lost
no time in getting out
so far as this city is concerned this has
been an unusually lively day. Streets
have been thronged with people and pack
animals and prairie schooners, stage
coaches and numerous other vehicles
loaded with prospectors and supplies have
been vending their way Dorthward hourly.
Miners employed at the Keswlck smelt.
ers have been taken with the gold fever,
and over 100 have given up their jobs and
departed for the gold fields of Trinity. As
result notices reading that 100 men are
wanted have been posted in various por-
tions of the city, but have been utterly
W cNei luOoc hAO OI-
dinary circumstances would be only too
glad to secure position on account of she
counter attractions in the vicinity.
Hotels here are crowded with people
from daylight to dark. and even later in
the night merchants are kept busy pack
ing up supplies and outfits. A number OF
pIospectors coming from the south have
been led into the belief that supplies
could not be procured and that an exor-
bltant price was charged for what were
obtainable. AS result many have start
ed from their homes with clothing, bed
ding, etc, in erder to take as baggage as
much of an outfit as possible. The fact
Is, miners outfits and supplies are sold
here at reasonable prices.
There was quite little excitement here
to-day by the report OF rich find In the
Sacramento River near the mouth OF Salt
Creek, two and a half miles from this
city. a gentleman named A. T. Batten
of Berkeley has wing dam ACROSS the
river at that point and has put in a large
pumping plant An experienced diver
was hired in San Francisco and opera
tions have resulted in more than encour-
aging results. Gold in quite large guam
titles has been taken out and now an ex-
tensive plant will be Immediately put in.