The San Francisco call., 1897-08-19
10 drlve her 10 1he creek. and there She is

10 drive her to the creek, and there she is.
Up TO this week the small population
along the Trinity has been quiet, peace
ful, prosperous and good. Now the doors
of taverns and their offices are keeping
open ali night. The new population IS
motley one. and one can teeI the big rush
in the distance. When the stage started
for French Gulch at Z o'clock the boys
gave the driver "filP' about new hnds to
have q little innocent amusement. A
story about some bodv finding $75 pocket
had made its presence known from no
where, and 1t was given to the driver as
$500. 1t will likely be $4,000 when it
gets to Redding.
AS the morning sun got over the noun
tains and lightened the blue haze that
wraps Trinity County with its peculiar
charm, prospectors en- route began pop
ping out of the brush and ferns along the
road from where they bad sweetly slept
They washed in cold springs, cooked their
breakfasts and shouldered their packs.
Soon the pack outfits and the buggies
piled with supplies were seen moving.
and the days advance was on along fifty
miles of road. There are old prospectors
half-dozen loafers gave the greenhorns an
object lesson at s An. Taking gold pan
he went out into The middle of the street,
and, filing it with dirt, went to the water
ing trough and wiseled.
When the dirt was out there were hun
dred microscopic colors and some nuggets
half as big as pin-he One can 90
that almost anywhere along the Trinity,
but il paralyzed the greenhorns who did
not know how much of that dirt would
have TO be washed to get q dollar. The
washer explained TO one prospector that
il could be washed faster with a rocker.
What is rocker llke?" he asked.
Mrs. Gillespie was on hand. "Ah, that
would be rich at na!f that" she observed.
You should retort that. l wish | had all
the gold I've retorted in frying-pan."
The letters to Postmaster P. Mcdonald,
who keeps one OF the two stores here, are
already features of the rush. The writers
have more faith in Mcdonald than in the
rushers. One lady, undoubtedly young,
inquiries about the show a bakery would
have here in this town of thirty people
and several good cooks. A San Fran
CISCO physician is contemplating
change. for reasons not specified, and
wants TO know the chances for a good doc
tor, and especially since the gold dis
covery, and where the nearest doctor is.
The nearest doctor is fifty miles away and
charges SO visit. People seldom get
S cS here, and the doctor is called only in
case OF an accident. When he is called
up Coffee Greek he pays $25 to be hurried
Iy driven to its mouth, with Il saddle mule
dragged behind. He rides the mule up
the trail anu the driver waits for him until
next day.
San franciscan writes: win you
please let me know all about that strike
made in your section. Please let me hear
it from some one that does not exag-
gerate."
Another San Francisco man wants the
unknown Postmaster's views of the coun-
try as field for investment. He asks
also what would warrant the grubstaking
OF several parties with reasonable show
for success. Two writer's ask the Post
master to be so kind as TO locate mining
Claims for them, the writers promising to
pay actual expenses. A San Francisco
man who wants claims 10 be located for
himself and son writes:
Il don imagine that it is an easy mat
ter to find a mine, but as it seems the