Year: 1864

I
| EDIroR COURIER Owing to ~ press of
business, and a constitutional disposition to
/ put everything of until the lsst momeat, |
failed to Connect with your last issue. The
fact is, intended to write on Thursday, in
time far your last paper, but having habit
Of sitting up -lase O. nights, in order that
nothing may transpire that am not wit.
ness to; and furthermore, last Thursday hap
pening to be rather interesting one, either
had to sacrifice my curiosity or forego the
letter. Upon taking a vote to ascertain
which should have it, curiosity came in with
huge majority. Being Democrat, (orig
inal location, though none of your modern
extensions on Democracy decided in favor
of the majority. md the letter was not writ
| ten.


! In my last neglected to state that Jimmy
Hall, well known to all the Shasta :. beef
eaters, was engaged in the butcl ering bust
ness here We have also two livery stables
-one BY James Richardson, Jim knows
how to treat both man and beast, is doing a
lively business the other, kept by Mcdowell
& Upton, will probably do good business as
soon as they get things in order, as there is
plenty for two.


The town has been rendered coy fes
tive for the last few days, or rather lights,
in consequence of the advent to our town of
number Of syrens. (some people call them
hurdy -gurdies,) the witching Of whose smiles,
the grace and skill they exhibit in the art
8. Terpsecorean, their perfect freedom from
the stiff conyentionalites of society, and their
free and easy manner of stepping up to the
bar with the boys and taking their dye
stuff" has fairly won the hearts and the cash
of those who caper nimbly to the lascivious
pleasing of the lute.' In this case the lutte
happens to be an accordeon, played by fat
Dutch boy, which takes off a little Of the
romance of the affair. The fact isr they are
catching all the loose quarters that the boys
have 1t is evident that they have caught a
zaml in coming here, and think they will
hold koH on the place until the boys money
gives out, or they become tired of dancing.


But l, that am not shaped for sportive
tricks,' have been muchly amused in watch.
ing others "trip the light fantastic toe as
they call it. Their toes may be light, but !
think some of them make up the weight in
their feet by the way they come down. have
written more already than intended on this
subject, so will drop it and say something
about the mines


The first discovery of the ledges here was
the Original Williams & Kellenger. and it
has held the start all the way through to the
present time. 1t is more widely known, more
talked of, has had more money expended on
its development is better developed, and al
though not large claim. has by l1ng way
more stockholders than any other mine in the
district. They have not yet been able to de-
termine the width of this ledge, although
they have run tunnel a distance of forty
feet with view of getting through the ledge.
The company have shipped some two hun
dred tons or more of ore to San Francisco.-
The first shipment of ore from the surface
proved to be rich in both copper and gold.-
Their last shipment, however, understand,
proved the rock to be better for silver than
for either of the other metals. There is some
talk of the company erecting a mill and
crushing the rock at home, instead of slip
ping.


Next to the Williams & Kellenger comes
the Bully Hill, and for the amount of money
expended this company has made more de-
velopments than even the Kellenger. Every
thing on this claim so far has been done with
view TO have it permanent. Mr.. Stephens
has just completed his contract with the COM
panv for two hundred feet of tunnel, which,
will venture to say, is as complete and work
manlike a job of the kind as has been done on
this coast. Mr. Sandford. President of the
company, has taken contract, and is al
ready at work, to continue the tunnel two
hundred feet further. The company expect
to continue the tunnel to sevon hundred feet
in length before striking the main ledge.


BILLcAP,


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