The record-union., 1897-08-23
THE TRINITY MINING BOOM.

That greater ones may be duly appre-
ciated probably the world is cursed with
many small souls, the narrowness, envy,
jealousy, suspicion and general depravi-
ty of which almost shake faith in the
beneficence of an All Wise Power that
permits such intelligenees to eumber
civilization. Some of these narrow
been diligently asserting that the rail-
road company has been exerting it's in
fluence to prevent the promotion OF a
mining boom in Trinity If this was
truth it would be to the credit Of the
management of the California railway
system, since there never was a
boom yet, that was not positive in
jury to the community that was its
subject. Legitimate enterprise and
''booms'' are as widely apart as are
the polls.
Now, as a matter OF fact, every sell
fish and gross interest, both Of rail
and stage companies. express and all
other carriers. would be to favor. en-
courage and keep af1oat the Trinity
because it is in positive evidence that
while there is much legitimate mining
in Trinity, and while it is a county the
resources Of which have by no means
been fully developed, the efforts of the
sensational press to feed a morbid ap-
petite for gold seeking, have converted
a single lucky pocket find into a fairy
tale, and have sent thousands of de-
hIded people upon a fools errand.
The railroad and stage companies, the
lines of which lead to Trinity connec-
tions, have carried, according to the
dispatches. between three and four
thousand people for Trinity, who would
not have gone in that direction except
for the exaggerated manufactured and
fake reports of the sensational press
They have carried besides a great dea,
Of provisions and not a small quantity
Of tool outfit. They will very likely
carry these people back also. Their
selfish interest therefore should all bt
IN favor OF the BOOM" and their pure
" gross interest would be to keep the
thing moving, instead of doing anything
discourage it.
The fact is. as all observing people
ought to know, that the railroad COM
pany has done nothing whatever te
induce people to go into Trinity on ae-
count of the present unjustifable ex-
citement. It has not. so far as we car
discover, advertised specially or gener-
ally TO induce travel in that direction
ON that account Being pretty close
readers of all that goes ITO print in the
way of announcements in this State
and pretty we'll informed concerning tbs
movements OF trade. research, explora
ton and mining in California, we ar'
in q position to say that the railroad
company has had nothing whatever t.
do with the so-called boom either by
way of Encouragement or encourage
merit
This shout against the railroad com
pany is simply an appeal TO supposed
entertained prejudices, in order to ere
ate the impression that the reports o
the nude press of San Francisco ar
veracious. when in fact they are exag
gerated. false. misleading and grossl,
and numerically deluding and cruel.
We are in possession of positive in
formation that San Francisco press re
porters on the Trinity ground confess
that their instructions are to create !
mining boom regardless of the truth
that it may serve as an offset to tn
Klondike mining-discovery excitement
Having created for the latter region
state of mind among the people tha
promises to result most disastrously ant
cruelty. the yellow press, somewha
alarmed, finds It now advisable to checl
the current and divert it, and hence tn
work up" that has been ordered 70
Trinity.
These reporters on the ground no
only know that the reports they ar
sending to the sensational and con
scienceless press are untrue. but they d
not hesitate TO confess the fact, and il
a notable instance referred to by sew
eral of our contemporaries the positiv