Amador ledger., 1900-06-01
THROUGH TRINITY COUNTY.
Hospitality and Generosity Noted by J. H.
Tibbits.
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J. Fl. Tibbits, the mining engineer,
has just returned from Trinity county,
whittier he went to examine and report
on the Globe mine. He is naturally
somewhat reticent as to the results .oi
the examination, as it was made for the
purpose OF a suit in court, and any
publicity respecting his action would be
an improperly not to be countenanced
by counsel in the case.
But Mr.. Tibbits was favorably i'm
pressed with Trinity as mineral
county. He believes it has great fu-
ture. Gravel seems to predominant.
He went over the LAGRANGE property
and witnessed the giants playing against
the banks several hundred feet high.
From the available ground that he saw
Mr.. Tibbits says that it would require
century of time to work it out. That
may seem extravagant, but the gold
bearing gravel in that one property
seems virtually unlimited.
Riding over the Last Chance Mining
Company's ground, recently purchased
of A. P. Paulsen and others, he saw
even more of productive ground than
in the LAGRANGE. The Last Chance
people have 200 men at work cleaning
out the old ditch and constructing a
new one. The company mas solid faith
in the proposition, and from the enter
prise displayed it is impossible, from
Mr. Tibbit's view point, that it has
made any mistake in the purchase.
Near the town of Weaverville sew
eral giants are working, in the day
light hours only, with evident profit to
the owners.
He saw good deal of quartz prop
erty in the brief trip that he made
through the county, and thinks it a
mere matter of time when Trinity will
make record as a quartz producer.
Many of the quartz lodges are above
the water and timber line; but that is
an obstacle that can be overcome
there, as it has been in ether high level
mining counties.
Mr.. Tibbits was royalty entertained
at Weaverville. He considers that
town as one would large family,
where there is a unity of spirit and
purpose. 1t is a typical California
mining town, where the people act
harmoniously and Hospitality, regard
less of previous or present conditions OF
political or religious obligation.
For illustration: He asked for infor-
nation respecting an old friend, D. w.
Mcintosh, a mining engineer of promi-
nence, and was told of his death in the
hospital, dying poor and lonely appar-
emily without friends; but, in fact,
wanted for nothing in the long weeks
Of illness and laid to rest-not in a pau
per's grave-but in a private plot in
the cemetery by friends who loved him
in poverty as in affluence.
Sitting behind the stove in the Paul
sen hotel-for fires are an evening ne
cessity this time of year in Weaverville
Mr.. Tibbits was entertained by an
incident illustrating further the great
heart and open pocket-book of Trinity
county.
A poor woman with three or four
children and a dissolute husband was
reported to be tout of grub" 1t was
the work of five minutes to take up a
subscription that put the poor woman
''on velvet" =" And one of the big
hearted fellows called on the sheriff
and advised him to meet the husband
on his return from the mine where he
was working for good wages, and give
him warm reception, warning him
that hereafter his wages-and not the
money his wife earned by washing
must be expended for the support of
his family.
Mr.. Tibbits was not there to learn
the outcome of the sheriff's reception,
but was convinced that it had salu-
tory effect on the man who left his
family in want while he rioted on his
own earnings.
On the way home Mr.. Tibbits was
particularly attracted by the smooth
stage roads and the admirable service
OF jerry Culverhouse's stage line, and
the accommodation and congeniality of
the drivers. Both Mr.. Culverhouse
and his employees seem to lay themsel-
yes out to give the public the best pos
sible service, and they succeed.