Year: 1871

DOUGLAS CRY, June 25, 1871.


DEAR JoURNAL;-I paid a visit up the river
last week, and was at Point Bar during the hail
storm of Wednesday, and from what | learn
from other parts of the county, more hail fell at
that place than anywhere on the line of the
storm The vines, melons, cucumbers and to-
matoes, of Stephen Lanes, were completely rid
died. Steve swore moderately, as he said it was
folly to attempt to do justice to the subject. |
endeavored to persuade him that the good done
by the storm over-baanced the damage but
Stephen is remarkably fond of melons and
couldn't see it in that light.


was also on the claims of Bennett 4 Bur-
gess-second bench of Poker Bar. The boys
have been extending and widening their ditch,
leading from Trinity gulch and are now build
ing reservors-one IN the gulch and one on the
diggings, (both of good size), and intend put
ting their claims in good shape for Winter.
| think the boys are bound to make money-can' I
help it,


There is one company on Union bar at work
am told they are doing well. The fact is, they
deserve it, rs they have done an immense amount
of work in the last year or so, with but little
pay.


Douglas City and vicinity miners seem to be
in huge streak of bad luck this season The
breaking Of the Turot Aume will leave the min.
ers along the line of that ditch with all their
bedrock uncleaned. Though the nume will be
completed soon now, | fear that water will be
exhausted by the time the fumes all get soaked
sufficient to use the hydraulic.


On Smiths bench the claims of Paulsen h Co.
have been worked successfully all Winter, their
best pay being left on the bedrock. On Thurs
day last, just as they were ready to commence
work, down came n cave that would take three
weeks to sluice oA-just week longer than
their water will last for suicng purposes.
was also on the new diggings of Duttor
Creek for the first time There is a large ex
tent of country that would pay, and pay wei
too, provided water could be brought on them
As they are now, cannot see that they amount
to much save the one claim that is supplied
with water from Dutton Creek From the pros.
poets saw taken from this claim, one could
make pretty fair wages at drifting, if the dirt
could be got down easily, but when such a
worker as John Hurst cannot make but two and
a-half feet day, there must be gravel of the
hardness of Pharaohs heart They now pro.
pose blasting, and are running tunnels here and
there for that purpose. Should this company
be successful with their intended blast, they are
bound to make money, | think


have just learned that John NJ Coghlan re-
ceived the nomination for Congress on the Sd
ballot, at the Republican Convention of the 2lst.
Though Reed was my choice, cheorfully accept
the situation, believing his nomination will be
productive of harmony in the purity, as the strife
between DEMO and Reed S friends was calcula.
ted to do harm in the event of the nomination OF
either of those two men,


OF course everybody knew Haght would re.
ceive the Democratic nomination for Governor.
and everybody knows that Haight will be de.
feated. Some of our Democratic friends are a
little cautious about accepting Vallandigham' s
New jerusalem, they think it a Republican
"steam-boat." have read that departure, and
and all can make of it is Democracy aprees TO
ante up to the law Of the land. They then pro-
pose to see our negro and go us about two Chi
namen better. That's all can make of IT, So
far as the Chinaman is concerned, Democracy is
welcome to Unexpectedly so. But what are
those men to do who left the Republican party
on account of the fifteenth Amendment2 would
suggest the third party Woodhull, Clafln & Co.


The mining season is about over on Indian
Creek, and learn from residents of that place,
that the boys have met with unusual success
this season. JAcINTo