Year: 1872




EDITOR JOURNAL thinking a few
items from this place may be of interest
| will try and send few. The storm
has passed over and left the farmers and
miners happy in anticipation Of large re-
turns from well-tilled fields and well-wa-
tered mining claims. Very little damage
was done here by the rain, snow enough
having fallen to hold it-giving it chance
to give the ground good soaking. Min
ing interests have good prospect ahead.
Haskins, Rumfelt & Co., Whitmore,
Bloss, McClary and others are having
their claims put in readiness for the next
seasons run. Several companies of Chi
namen have bought claims here the past
Fall. There is probably no better place
in the State to find gold in paying guam
titles than Trinity county. Men of ener-
gy and moderate means are all that it
needs to find as good claims as were ever
worked.


During the storm two Cinnamon at
tempted to cross the river in boat be-
longing to Thomas Nelson, they having
cut down the tree to which the boat was
fastened and slipped the chain over the
stump. Not being good navigators, the
boat capsized and both Cinnamon with
their cargo were sent floating down the
stream. One Celestial succeeded in get
ting out to tell the fate of the other.


Your article respecting mail matters
was well received here. Our mail has
been very irregular from Shasta. VIM.
Gibson has made regular trips from Saw
yers Bar over Salmon mountain to this
place. One of the Shasta sub-contractors
for carrying the mail from Shasta to this
place remarked to one of our citizens who
twas enquirng about the carrier who
came to the top of Trinity mountain and
thought the snow was too deep to get
through and returned to Shasta leaving
the sack containing the mail lying in a
barn for nearly week." that he thought
the people of Trinity Valley did not want
the mail very bad or they would have
gone over and got it, and that they were
only obliged to carry the mail until they
came to the snow. Citizen suggested
that we would all move over to the south
side Of Trinity mountain and that would
save the trouble Of getting fifty pounds of
mail over. Sacramento Unions arrived
here January 18th that were printed De-
cember 30th. The writer received letter
to-day that was started from Callahan S
Ranch November 9TH, which facts tend
to highly recommend the certainty, Sc
curity and celebrity of the Stage Company.
Nobody knows when this will reach you,
but probably sometime within the time
of the present mail administration
While upon the subject of mails, the
publication of the following petition to
the mail company would crafty many OF
the citizens of this place


To the Most High and Mighty Oregon


and California Stage Company:


We, the humble and docile residents of
Trinity Valley, California, do most re-
specially beg Of said Company that they
send mail for this place around from
Shasta by way of the Sacramento river
route to Sawyers Bar via Yreka and Et-
ma to be carried thence to Trinity Cen
ter rta Black Bear and Petersburg Post
offices over the Salmon divide by VIM.
Gibson, who has not missed tip this
Winter-tho snow bong only ten feet
deep on the Salmon divide and of the
great depth Of three feet on Trinity
mountain. If no contract tor such route
has been let, just speak to our friend in
the contract office and it will be all right.
And your petitioners as in duty bound
will ever pray, sc.


MANY SUPPLIANTs.