The San Francisco call., 1897-08-13
GOING TO
TR[u[Py'S
Ell DORADO
Rush of Prospectors for
the Coffee Creek
Region.
STIMULATED BY REPORTS
OF RICHES.
Stories of Wonderful New
Finds Are Being CirCu-
lated Freely.
PLENTY CT PAYING CLAIMS
REMAIN TO BE WORKED.
So There Is a Great Exodus From
Redding, and Two New Stage
Lines viii Be Opera'ed.
Stories of Wonderful New
Finds Are Being Circu-
lated Freely.
PLENTY CT PAYING CLAIMS
REMAIN TO BE WORKED.
So There Is Great Exodus From
Redding, and Two New Stage
Lines Will Be Opera'ed.

REDDING, CAL. Aug. 12.-The Coffee
Creek gold excitement still continues,
and reports are coming in of various new
and rich finds on Coffee Creek and Morri-
son Gulch. In one place on Morrison
Gu!ch, about three miles from the now
famous Graves brothers strike vein of
quartz has been discovered. The ledge, so
far as outward appearances are concerned,
extends for about 1000 feet down and
along Morrison Gulch and averages about
18 inches in width.
The ore taken out from this ledge is of
a decomposed character and bears evil
dences of volcanic eruption, and a sack OF
rough samples, picked up indiscrimi-
nately, assays all the way from $500 TO
$1,000 to the ton and carries q very small
percentage of silver.
Quartz mining in Trinity has not here
tofore been carried on very successfully.
The only quartz mine of any great i'm
portance in the county that has been
worked to any great extent, or to any
profit to It's owners. is the Strobe mine,
situated on the east side of Trinity River
and about four miles from the Graves
property, out of which the big finds of
This Strobe mine is fabulously rich, and
it is now almost an assured fact that it is
fed from the same deposit which has re-
suited in the increase of the bank account
of the Graves brothers.
Morrison Gulch is small. ever-howing
stream. about two miles in length, EN- PITY
ing into Coffee Creek three miles from IT'S
confluence with the Trinity River. Trim
ity River il turbulen: stream, and the
various fords are dangerous and almost
impossible during the winter months.
Along its bank fishermen have at various
times taken panfus of dirt and gravel,
and it is a usual occurrence for them to Sc
cure from SIS to $40 to the pan from sur
face dirt. Hickory Creek. near the head
of Coffee Greek, is about ten miles from
the Graves property, and ii is here that
Murphy and Burgess have made their
rich discovery and taken out over $4,000
worth OF gold.
Coffee Creek heads in large fat called
Big Flat Meadow, which forms divide
between it and the Salmon River. Salmon
Mountain forms the watershed. Along
Salmon River are a mum ber of exceed
ingly rich gravel claims. One of these
claims, the richest perhaps of the charac-
ter in the neighborhood, is owned BY
Blackburn and Adams.
A rich English company owns a consid-
erable acreage of land adjoining the
Backbur mine and this syndicate is now
negotiating for the purchase of the Black
burn property. The first gulch flowing
into Coffee Creek below its head is Pack
ers Gulch, and along its banks are num-
Der of rich placer claims
Two miles below Packers Gulch, Adams
Gulch flows into the same stream. This
stream has a few claims along its boun-
daries, but has been prospected very little.
But the country between Packers and
Adams guIches is wonderfully rich. Pros
pecting parties are now proceeding to all
these tributaries of Coffee Creek and
strings OF locations will be made.
To-day not saddle horse nor outfit Of