Year: 1870

sometime, "A. u. 1871.


1t has been long time since | have had talk
with the readers of the JOURNAL and what
shall have to say to them have not the most
distant idea. Don't care continental (getting
desperate, you will percieve,) but be it more or
less that shall write, do not wish to be held
responsible for any portion of it longer than
twenty-four hours May change my opinion in
that time, you know, and then, what do we live
for but to learn2 There's room for some folks {;
but then what's the use of throwing up poor
kinsfolks to anybody. My own relatives not
millionaires, by darned sight.


| The Summer has been spent in mining on the
Grizzly fork of the North fork of Trinity liver.
This is an abandoned mining camp that has been
very rich at one time and there arc good spots
there yet but with the prospect before me,
could not think of wintering there. Snow from
five to eight feet deep, in the Winter, and cold
enough for Siberia three months in the year and
worse than all, completely shut out from the
little more than could " stood" Rather run
with the hens the shares and drink river
water. had almost forgotten to say that Billy
Kinds and his celebrated bear-hunting /" Pard, "
(the man that stuck his snoot in the hole Just at
the time brun made up his mind to peep out
spent the Summer with me. Although we made
but little, we had good time. Cool water, the
best in the world, plenty of game and all the
trout we wanted during stay, which lasted
until about the time Billy's boots completely
haired over-dates forgotten--but we passed
over the divide into Klamath county and spent
several days in prospecting. There are few
white men there who are making two or three
dollars per day. Water, grub and lumber are
cheap, which draws Cinnamon from every direc-
ton. | think with what they can make at min
ing on South Salmon, together with what they
can steal from Trinity, they ought to be doing
pretty well. lam not esting about this thieving
SO Trinity merchants had better be on the look.
out. We were living on the great China thor
oughfare all Summer, and when Cinnamon pass
ing through from Trinity offer for sale to the
whites such thing as drawers, socks ana white
shirts, there's snuff in the sugar, sure


Somewhere on our trip, met an old German
friend, (name and locality withheld,) that was
overoyed to see me and entertained me like
Christian, but my indomitable love of fun com
pels me to tell good story at his expense
good enough, think, for Hdrpers' Drawer or
anybody elses Drawer. Friend was Democrat
and Catholic neighbor was Republican and
Protestant there was a constant quarrel on re-
ligion or politics at every meeting, but since the
war they are united on politics. My old friend,
not speaking very good English, was narrating
to me what transpred at their last sitting. Says
he, {" knows leetle scriptures myself tells
him when he sees de splinter in his brudder's
eye, just let him take de beans his owd id eye
out"


Our trip up South Salmon, down Swift creek,
thence, down Trinity river to Douglas City was
attended with nothing very marvellous or strange.
We passed some good mines up the river, but the
old cry of water, water is heard everywhere.
A few more such Winters as the last two and
miners in portions of this county, with choice
claims, must throw up the sponge they cannot
stand it. Could water be brought to the Bolts
Hill country, what lively camp it wonld be for
long time. There is only one claim that owns
water in '6s had 10 days water in 80 had 20
days water and the twenty days run of last
Winter paid $3.50. There may he other claims
equally as good for aught anybody knows, and
it is too bad to see as good mining section as
that unsupplied with water. We stopped at
Minersville two or three days. There are good
claim in that section and pretty fair show for
water in the Winter and Spring Notwithstand-
ing was but a short distance from Pony Creek
| did not hear word from there during the
Summer; not much water, suppose. That is a
good country to prospect in the Summer. All
the streams putting into Northfork have been
rich, but spotted those wishing to take look
at the mines in that direction, would refer to
the gentemanly proprietor of the Drug Store,
Mr.. Barnickel, who will give you the desired