The Republican journal., 1898-02-10
Jacob R. fIagg.
A Waldo County Man who has been Sue
cessful Miner in California.

The Siskiyou News, of Yreha, Calf Or
MIA, in its issue of Jan. 9th gives some in
teresting "reminiscences from the early his
tory of California, with special reference
to the business interests of Trinity county
and biographical sketches of the men
who are developing them. OF course the
Maine man came to the front there, as
elsewhere. The News says:
A write-up of Trinity county and her
prominent mines and citizens would
not be complete unless in mentioning the
advantages of mining investments in this
community brief mention is made Of
some honest, reputable and experienced
miner who is respected In the county and
whose word may be relied upon. Such a
person is J. r. Flagg.
Jacob Redding Flagg is the second son
of Eben and Hepeyeth (Higgins) Flagg,
and was born near Belfast, Maine, on Jan
uary Is, 1888. His father was farmer
and cooper. j. Il. Flagg attended school
until he was about sixteen years old.
School was in session in that district at
that time about three months every year.
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the cooperage trade. At the age of IT ne
became So proficient that he was foreman
of cooper shop in the city of Belfast.
This business he continued until he start
ed for California. He left Belfast OF De
cember 18th and went to New York.
From here he sailed to Havana, Cuba, on
the Philadelphia. He went to Aspinwall
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oo"e' ou' no ~ he was ie4uli GU " "l'ehu
10 twenty ne was required 10 set up at
o eiooh Ill the iiioilii "hu "oiA ui''il
CLOCK III Inc evening" 'leh supper was
h'u'
~ was ohly sholt 1ihe uhtii ne was
more ,hah y. "iiiihg " aGeep. "ooc-clop-
pipg loo' u ~ were oLeieu' even IL ,he
pay WAS ohly 30 per hoh'l' AT 'le emo
u d NOUN VI uails "oih' ne leceiVeu
iet .y oieiing INN i" loo a' o'oo per uay
dt ilinnuc.oo; upa county, on wha' IS
pioodoiy INC ms. .,,h0 Ill the ot"l9. ne
"olheo oii INC a'iel"oou mine ior d
ilioh'n Vi siA "eehs "nu .nen pulcnaseu
an cry ih,eiee' iol Qooo' liz pau - 10
uo"h ana 'ne odiahce was pau DIS HIS
wages "ould AUNT. Al Tue emu Oh year
ne hao MS interest thtleiy paiu ana couid
nave sou MS Sli"ie ioi 9o'ooo' DIX ilohths
'iIel ms ana alter losing MS elaim' ne
was 7o'o ia uep.' ine oi"iii was mort
gagged ana ne olu nov kho" IL. IL was
SOU ne pollo"e" 7loo from d ille in
aIi' "eii' ~ -'e'"''" county III a Piii looo.
lleue nc o0un ~ d ,''ine ioi 7ooo' Paying
elzo Gown anu securing year 5 time on
'iie o"laA9e' Az inc s'lile t'ule ne went
piping oh the East ana west mime on
i'lo"n Hiii' d' "Irc'i NpiA ne continued
ioi 'Aiee years A"th ne n''e" up MS
oN II i'ln nc anu oeS 'i 10 WORK IT on small
9G"'e, nc pau 7ooo per iiloh'H i~I water:
il's iiis' ei Ti' up sho"e9 prom, OF 9lo
per G"S. 1 nc ''u' ii anu last eleah-up
was J"Sl '""", eh""9ii 90 pay lor the
" a4' HV"0' iie .i0Sou o""n 'i'e "'lle.
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-'eY"'''' "i'0lg 7, 'uele was = great SILVER
-, ii' '..iil ~ "+"l'' Es'liei-
@l'''' ~ "l' ,'i "tiieis IAN prospect
WIZ 0ii one ~ 'ie ''ioU'.i5tS on me
w "lNel ilNei' ne iie'e spen. 9l'ooo ana
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eni"S, h' le' ~ Aeu 70 He'au' county
"li.' "ent 70 WIN On tne East ana west
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,o-'' 10 ' KS we ,ooh charge DIS SUI
ti ~ VI Wy W ,,lia'ns hile "hicn
"uJoln' .lLe ia s,s ani W est nlhe. Aoout
90 months "l.ei ~ ai4s ah Hns,ish com,
r"hS !oii'eeo tne Has. anu west ana
s1s rilis,,S 'iH' and ilaue Mr. flagg
81" Pc Al sn. IT,, VI JUN pioPelues' ne
io.ii'i, ,.1 ~! esn' ye"is' 1910,
me- m;l &c f an ~ " iiihl,y county
- - w, 90 "e' a' d ooili'non idpoIer
On W tne "niu li''ne' no" ,ne famous La
;n5ng,an4 III or wv no "eeha l'S ~1fih ana
Juu 800 iu $3.50 "eie ieou iizeu anu ne was
n lia,it o.e"n, r nna'ii POSITION ne heid Tor
~ sS'.s -, li no ven ~ 9uhclioh
IieS nnu eooh onaie VI Tue hayes' latef
INC ponJ"i ~ no" Pal' - the Cle I Sc
plopoi1y ii ~ al Ia 3eu az 'he pipe INES
anu ihiu Out an tiio Plduo loi opening anu