~ START MICROFILMED 1985 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - BERKELEY GENERAL LIBRARY BERKELEY, CA 94720 COOPERATIVE PRESERVATION MICROFILMING PROJECT THE RESEARCH LIBRARIES GROUP, INC. Funded by . THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES THE ANDREW W. MELLON FOUNDATION Reproductions may not be made without permission. CU-B THE PRINTING MASTER FROM WHICH THIS REPRODUCTION WAS MADE IS HELD BY THE MAIN LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY, CA 94720 FOR ADDITIONAL REPRODUCTION REQUEST MASTER NEGATIVE NUMBER 45- 3786 AUTHOR: Eitel, Edward E. TITLE: California. (ofthe north ) | PLACE: San Francisco, Cel. DATE C I? gq? ] VOLUME F366 %S- - CALL MASTER NO. ©% ~ NEG.NO. 3" ES PER WL F866 Eitel, Edward k ] La «E32 California (of the north) Edw. E. Eitel, “pub. San Francisco, Cal., The Bancroft company, printex 188975 13 pe IV col.plates. 17x26cme : 17896B FILMED AND PROCESSED BY LIBRARY PHOTOGRAPHIC SERVICE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY, CA ol DATE TI TE REDUCTION RATIO | 12! | DOCUMENT "SOURCE THE HE BANCROFT | LIBRARY 25 == No Cd io uw bs i I= = = "1 25 fas fie MICROCOPY RESOLUTION TEST CHART NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS STANDARD REFERENCE MATERIAL 1010a (ANSI and ISO TEST CHART No. 2) JicaMAR-JONES Ci 3. F ——t tr ———— 1 d Es Rd 1's Es Tal | THE BEST COMPANY The Mutual Life Insurance Co. OF NEW YORK RICHARD A. McCURDY, President HAS RETURNED TO 7 R in Or more than Eighty Per Cent. of the ITS MEMBERS OVER i J -§ Uy “whole Amount of Premiums received. AND HAS Hil CASH ASSETS Securely Invested, ALSO OVER 28, Ample to protect all its Insured. « BLL, SECURE # PROFITABLE AS UNITED STATES BONDS. DO NOT TAKI / The hest results thus far in the History of Life Insurance have been nttained in the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York; and it is therefore the Best Company for the X*olicy-kHolder All persons who desire to have Safe Life Insurance are requested o apply to RB. FORBES, General Agent for the Pacific Coast 401 CALIFORNIA STREET Or any of the authorized Agencies of the Company, In the principal Citica and Towns on the I'acific Coast. San Fran cisco, Cal. Retake ot Preceding THE BEST COMPANY ye Mutual Life Insurance Co. OF NEW YORK RICHARD A. M McCURDY, President ‘HAS RETURNED TO Or more than Eighty Per Cent. of the ITS MEMBERS OVER whole Amount of Premiums received. AND HAS CASH ASSETS Securely Invested ALSO OVER Ample to protect all its Insu Its Term: Distribution Policy is the s the Best ast Life Insurance Contract Extant SIMPLE, LIBERAL, NON-FORFEITABLE, SECURE # PROFITABLE AS UNITED STATES BONDS. DO NOT TAKE ANY OTHER ; ‘The best results thus far in the History of Life Insurance have been attained in the Mutual Life Insurs Company of New York; and it is therefore the Best Company for the Policy-Holder Al persons who desire to have Safe Life Insurance are requested o apply to A. B. FORBES, General Agent for the Pacific Coast 401 CALIFORNIA STREET Or any of the authorized Agencies of the Company. in the . - principal Cities and Towns on the Pacific Coast. : San Francisco, Cal. Frame CALIFORNIA (OF THE NORTH) EDW. E EITEL, PUBLISHER — DICKMAN JONES CO., LitHo. THE BANCROFT COMPANY, PRINTERS SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. £18847 THE BEST COMPANY The Mutual Life Insurance Co. OF NEW YORK RICHARD A. McCURDY, President HAS RETURNY DM TO Or more than Eighty Per Cent. of the ITS MEMBERS OVER ) ) whole Amount of Premiums received. AND HAS CASH ASSETS Securely Invested, ALSO OVER y ) Ample to protect all its Insur its Term Distribution Policy is the Best Life Insurance Contract Extant SIMPLE, LIBERAL, NON-FORFEITABLE, SECURE # PROFITABLE AS UNITED STATES BONDS. DO NOT TAKE ANY OTHER ihe best rosulls thus far in the History of Life Insurance have been attained in the Mutual Life Insurs Company of New York; and it is therefore the Best Company for the Policy-Holder All persons who uesire to have Safe Life Insurance are requested o apply to A. B. FORBES, General Agent for the Pacific Coast 401 CALIFORNIA STREET Or any of the authorized Agencies of the Company, in the : - principal Cities and Towns on the Pacific Coast. San Francisco, Cal. CALIFORNIA St (OF THE NORTH) EDW. E EITEL, PUBLISHER DICKMAN JONES CO., LITHO. THE BANCROFT COMPANY, PRINTERS SAN FRANCISCO, CAL, Le eT CALIFORNIA CALIFORNIA. (OF THE NORTH) AREA. Northern California has an area of 84,000 square miles, or more than 54,000,000 acres. This is an area twice the size of the * Keystone” State, which has a popula- tion of 4,000,000. North and south it embraces five degrees of latitude, and east and west three degrees of longitude. This region would furnish 500,000 farms the average size of those in New England and the Middle States, with a farming popula- tion of 2,500,000 people. - TOPOGRAPHY. ‘Che northern half of the Statehas a diversified surface of mountain ranges, foot- hills and valleys. On the east, from the Golden Gate to the Oregon line, the Coast Range rises from 2,000 to 5,000 feet high. This range, at its broadest base, has a width of fifty miles. . ! i In the castern part of this section the Sierra Nevada range extends the whole length, rising from 4,000 to 8,000 feet in altitude. : On the fortieth parallel of latitude these ranges put out connecting spurs, form- ing the Siskiyou or Shasta rauge. SOIL. The soil of Northern California is of remarkable fertility. In the valley of the Sacramento it was formed at the bottom of an immense lake, which received the waghings an? warthkerings from; tho lofty. ranges that surrounded it. For untold ages the potash:from the dozomsosing granite formations; the magnesia and lime from the weatherings of tho magnesian ling atratd, and the soda from the decomposed vegetatioh vhs sarvied rau after year, and, gleposited in the bottom of this inland sca, where it-wus, stored: dp in inoshansiblesquahtitics for the use of the tillers of the land in later times. This aceotnts Yor tire Intumparable fertility of the valley. Along the foothills are the “red lands,” the sail of which is a loam composed of sand, clay, lime, soda, potash, phosphorus, magnesia, and iron, This red soil has every element of fertility, and is known to be almost inexhaustible, bearing annual croppings for a great number of years without requiring fertilization. CLIMATE. The most attractive feature of this section of country is the climate. The prin- cipal excellence and advantage which we enjoy over any other portion of the United States is a climatic one. West of the Sierra Nevada range the country is compara. tively winterless. The bulk of the country is included in this winterless belt. All . the great valleys, and the foot-hills of the mountain ranges, are winterless regions. On the same latitude, east of the mountains, there is from five to seven months winter. The earth is covered with snow and ice. Blazing fires of wood or coal ara required to overcome the temperatures that are constantly in the neighborhood of zero or below that point. The carth is frozen to the depth of several feet, and the rivers and creeks are locked in ice. How different the picture here. The autumn showers have come, and the whole earth is clothed with a mantle of green, relieved by the brilliant coloring of a varied and luxuriant flora. Flocks and herds graze on « the new verdure, and cvery ficld is a scene of industrial animation. Every plow and harrow is moving from sunriso to sunsct, preparing for the winter sowing. The fall grain waves to every breeze, and orange trees are loaded with their golden fruit as far north as the forticth parallel. The woods, groves, and thickets are vocal with the song of birds that have come here to vrinter, and bees and butterflies hover lazily around the flowers that fill the gardens. } PRODUCTIONS. The range of productions in Northern California is not equaled in any other country on earth. Here all the products of the temperate and northern tropical belts meet and grow side. by side to perfection. All through this region the pine and palm, the olive and apple, tho orange and the pear, the pomegranate and the plum stand in the same orchard and do equally well. Every cereal reaches its highest state here. All vegetables in quantity and quality are nowhere excelled, and all fruits attain to perfection. In our climate and on our soils all the nut-bearing trees attain to large size and aro prolific bearers, and the textile plants—flax, hemp and jute—flourish. The mulberry, upon which the silkworm feeds, finds a congenial home in all our valleys. Nature has made this tho one spot where all the productions of two zones meet on common ground. ‘Wheat, that food plant poculiarly adapted to cold climates, and the orange from the somi-tropical zone realize their highest possibilities in the same field in the Sac- ramento valley. During the past season the writer of this article saw an orange treo with two thousand oranges on its branches, and received samples of white Chili whoat from the same farm that weighed sixty-three pounds to the bushel, and yielded forty bushels to the acre. TA 2 F Q6C E23 CALIFORNIA. SANGROFT LIBRART (OF THE NORTH) AREA. Northern California has an area of 84,000 square miles, or more than 54,000,000 acres. This is an area twice the size of the ‘‘ Keystone” State, which has a popula- tion of 4,000,000. North and south it embraces five degrees of latitude, and east and west three degrees of longitude. This region would furnish 500,000 farms the average size of those in New England and the Middle States, with a farming popula- tion of 2,500,000 people. 5 TOPOGRAPHY. The northern half of the State has a diversified surface of mountain ranges, foot- hills and valleys. On the east, from the Golden Gate to the Oregon line, the Coast Range rises from 2,000 to 5,000 feet high. This range, at its broadest base, has a width of fifty miles. In the eastern part of this section the. Sierra Nevada range extends the whole length, rising from 4,000 to 8,000 feet in altitude. : On the fortieth parallel of latitude these ranges put out connecting spurs, form- ing the Siskiyou or Shasta range. SOIL. The soil of Northern California is of remarkable fertility. In the valley of the Sacramento it was formed at the bottom of an immense lake, which received the washings and weatherings from the lofty ranges that surrounded it. For untold ages the potash from the decomposing granite formations; the magnesia and lime from the weatherings of the magnesian lime strata, and the soda from the decomposed vegetation was carried, year after year, and deposited in the bottom of this inland sca, where it was stored up in inexhaustible quantities for the use of the tillers of the land in later times. This accounts for the incomparable fertility of the valley. Along the foothills are the ‘‘red lands,” the soil of which is a loam composed of sand, clay, lime, soda, potash, phosphorus, magnesia, and iron, This red soil has every element of fertility, and is known to be almost inexhaustible, bearing annual croppings for a great number of years without requiring fertilization. Retake of Preceding Frame CALIFORNIA - CLIMATE. The most attractive feature of this section of country is the climate. The prin- cipal excellence and advantage which we enjoy over any other portion of the United States is a climatic one. West of the Sierra Nevada range the country is compara- tively winterless. The bulk of the country is included in this winterless belt. ; All. the great valleys, and the foot-hills of the mountain ranges, are winterless regions. On the same latitude, east of the mountains, there is from five to seven months winter. The earth is covered with snow and ice. Blazing fires of wood or coal ars required to overcome the temperatures that are constantly in the neighborhood of - zero or below that point. The earth is frozen to the depth of several feet, and the rivers and creeks are locked in ice. How different the picture here. The autumn showers have come, and the whole earth is clothed with a mantle of green, relieved by the brilliant coloring of a varied and luxuriant flora. Flocks and herds graze on the new verdure, and every field is a scene of industrial animation. Every plow and harrow is moving from sunrise to sunset, preparing for the winter sowing. The fall grain waves to every breeze, and orange trees are loaded with their golden fruit as far north as the fortieth parallel. The woods, groves, and thickets are vocal with the song of birds that have come here to winter, and bees and butterflies hover lazily around the flowers that fill the gardens. PRODUCTIONS. The range of productions in Northern California is not equaled in any other country on earth. Here all the products of the temperate and northern tropical belts meet and grow side by side to perfection. All through this region the pine and palm, the olive and apple, the orange and the pear, the pomegranate and the plum stand in the same orchard and do equally well. Every cereal reaches its highest state here. All vegetables in quantity and quality are nowhere excelled, and all fruits attain to perfection. In our climate and on our soils all the nut-bearing trees attain to large size and are prolific bearers, and the textile plants—flax, hemp and jute—flourish. The mulberry, upon which the silkworm feeds, finds a congenial home in all our valleys. Nature has made this the one spot where all the productions of two zones meet on common ground. Wheat, that food plant peculiarly adapted to cold climates, and the orange from the semi-tropical zone realize their highest possibilities in the same field in the Sac- ramento valley. During the past season the writer of this article saw an orange tree with two thousand oranges on its branches, and received samples of white Chili wheat from the same farm that weighed sixty-three pounds to the bushel, and yielded forty bushels to the acre. “3 gee 3 Sy hfe : POULTRY. The poultry business of California has always been profitable, under good man- agement. Prices for all kinds of fowls and eggs have been good. The mildness of the climate makes the feeding cheap, and the laying seasons long. The abundance of green food the year around, is another advantage of importance. Chickens, ducks, geese and turkeys do equally well when they are properly cared for. Barnyard fowl are an important item in the returns of every well-managed ranch; many farmers pay a considerable portion of their store bills from eggs, chickens, turkeys and other fowl. FRUITS. In Northern California, peaches, apricots, pears, plums, prunes, cherries, oranges, olives, lemons, figs and pomegranates grow and mature to perfection. The growing of these fruits in this whole region has passed beyond the bounds of experiment, and is now an established industry. Sacramento city has several thousand orange trees loaded with golden fruit. Marysville, Woodland, Yuba City, Oroville, Palermo, Chico, Red Bluff, Colusa, Willows, Rocklin, Newcastle and many other towns have large numbers of orange trees that are prolific bearers of oranges that bring the highest price in market. The writer of this article has seen several trees in these towns that bear from 1,000 to 1,500 oranges each. One tree on the red lands near Feather river has produced 2,000 oranges per year for a number of years. Fig trees seem to be favorite shade trees for towns, and in all cases are prolific bearer. The trees grow to large sizes in many instances—as high as the tops of houses. The yield, when properly cared for, is a profitable one. The pomegranate and Japanese persimmon trees are seen in all parts, and they grow and bear well. It is within bounds to say that for all these fruits there is no known region of earth that presents so many advantages as Northern California. There is everything that is desired. All the conditions of soil and climate are favorable. The product is large in yield, of superior quality, and the bearing seasons are in continued succes- sion. There are millions of acres of cheap lands awaiting home-seekers, which will make marvelous returns to capital, energy and industry. The occupation is light, clean, easy and honorable. : VITICULTURE. It is within the past ten years that vine-planting has received its great impulse, and in this time the industry has achieved marked success. The choicest varieties of wine, table and raisin grapes have been imported and cultivated here; and Cali- fornia wines have, in a great measure, become popularized the world over. CALIFORNIA 3 DRIED FRUITS. Where the farmer is far from a cannery, he driesall his fruits. As the Summer and Fall are absolutely without rain, California is the best country in the world for drying fruit. It is generally done in the open air; and the demand for California dried fruit extends to the Eastern States, and is increasing all the time. For men of moderate means, possessing say from eight hundred to two thousand dollars, Northern California possesses great advantages. Cost of house and outfit to accommodate a family ranges from three hundred to one thousand dollars. For a new settler who does not wish to spend more money on a house than will provide him and his family a comfortable shelter, the cost should not be more than three hundred dollars. Land varies greatly in price. Horses cost from fifty to one hundred dollars each; cows from twenty to forty dol- lars. One hundred dollars will pay for all ordinary farm implements needed. Spegial inducements. Northern California is at present enjoying a season of great prosperity. Capital is rapidly multiplying, and laborers, both skilled and unskilled, command good wages. Owing to the salubrity of the climate a man can work more days in the year than in any other place; and good, steady, industrious men can find work the year round. COLONY SETTLEMENTS. Finally, Northern California, as it is peculiarly fitted for very profitable small farms, has been found the most successful part of the United States for settlement in colonies. There are a number of such settlements, and all have made those wealthy who took part in them; and where a dozen or twenty families, or even fifty, can determine to go to Northern California and buy a tract of land in one of these colonies, sufficient to give to each twenty acres, they will not only save money in the begin- ning, but they can form their own society, and by co-operative effort do many things quickly and cheaply for which the single settler must wait until he has neighbors. RAILROAD FACILITIES. Railroads penetrate all the main sections of Northern California, forming trunk lines, from which, as demanded, other lines will be built as the country settles up and the business of localities requires. In a very few years the State will be covered with a network of roads bringing every part of it near to the best markets. SUMMARY. To the homeseekers, the capitalist, the laborer, healthseeker and tourist, and to all parties desiring to come to California, your attention is particularly called to that section of country known as—Northern California. Retake of Preceding Frame CALIFORNIA CALIFORNIA. caerT LIBRARY (OF THE NORTH) AN AREA. Northern California has an area of 84,000 square miles, or more than 54,000,000 acres. This is an area twice the size of the * Keystone” State, which has a popula- tion of 4,000,000. North and south it embraces five degrees of latitude, and east "This region would furnish 500,000 farms the and west three degrees of longitude. : ) and the Middle States, with a farming popula- average size of those in New England tion of 2,500,000 people. TOPOGRAPHY. The northern half of the State has a diversified surface of mountain ranges, foot- hills and valleys. On the cast, from the (olden Gate to the Oregon line, the Coast Range rises from 2,000 to 5,000 feet high. width of fifty miles. In the eastern part of thi length, rising from 4,000 to 8,000 feet in altitude. On the fortieth parallel of latitude these ranges put out connecting spurs, form- This range, at its broadest base, has a « section the Sierra Nevada range extends the whole ing the Siskiyou or Shasta range. SOIL. The soil of Northern California is of remarkable fertility. In the valley of the Sacramento it was formed at the bottom of an immense lake, which received the gs from the lofty ranges that surrounded it. For untold ages washings and weatherin : the magnesia and lime from the potash from the decomposing granite formations; the weatherings of the magnesian lime strata, and the soda from the decomposed vegetation was carried, year after year, and deposited in the bottom of this inland sca, where it was stored up in inexhaustible quantities for the use of the tillers of This accounts for the incomparable fertility of the valley. the land in later times. "the soil of which is a loam composed of Along the foothills are the “red lands, sand, clay, lime, soda, potash, phosphorus, . ; every elenient of fertility, and is known to be almost inexhaustible, hearing annual ¥ fertilization. magnesia, and iron, This red soil has croppings for a great number of years without requiring CLIMATE. The most attractive feature of this section of country is the climate. The » cipal excellence and advantage which we enjoy over any other portion of the Ui ed States is a climatic one. West of the Sierra Nevada range the country is compu:a tively winterless. The bulk of the country is included in this winterless belt. All the great valleys, and the foot-hills of the mountain ranges, are winterless regi ms. On the same latitude, east of the mountains, there is from five to seven months winter. The earth is covered with snow and ice. Blazing fires of wood or coa. ar come the temperatures that are constantly in the neighborhocd zero or below that point. The earth is frozen to the depth of several feet, and th rivers and creeks are locked in ice. How different the picture here. The aurumn showers have come, and the whole earth is clothed with a mantle of green, relieve! Dy the brilliant coloring of a varied and luxuriant flora. Flocks and herds graze cu the new verdure, and every field is a scene of industrial animation. Every plow and harrow is moving from sunrise to sunset, preparing for the winter sowing. The fall very breeze, and orange trees are loaded with their golden fruit as The woods, groves, and thickets are vocal with required to over grain waves to e far north as the fortieth parallel. : : the song of birds that have come here to winter, and bees and butterflies hover lazily around the flowers that fill the gardens. PRODUCTIONS. The range of productions in Northern California is not equaled in any other country on earth. Here all the products of the temperate and northern tropical belts meet and grow side by side to perfection. All through this region the pine and palm, the olive and apple, the orange and the pear, the pomegranate and plum stand in the same orchard and do equally well. Every cereal reach highest state here. All vegetables in quantity and quality are nowhere excelled, and all fruits attain to perfection. In our climate and on our soils all the nut-bearii- trees attain to large size and are prolific bearers, and the textile plants—flax, tong and jute—Hourish. The mulberry, upon which the silkworm feeds, finds a congenia' home in all our valleys. Nature has made this the one spot where all the productions of two zones meet on common ground. Wheat, that food plant peculiarly adapted to cold climates, and the orange from the semi-tropical zone realize their highest possibilities in the same field in the Sac- ramento valley. During the past season the writer of this article saw an orange tree with two thousand oranges on its branches, and received samples of white Chui: wheat from the same farm that weighed sixty-three pounds to the bushel, and yielded forty bushels to the acre. nae Bancroft Library POULTRY. The poultry business of California has always been profitable, under good man- agement. Prices for all kinds of fowls and eggs have been good. The mildness of the climate makes the feeding cheap, and the laying seasons long. The abundance of green food the year around, is another advantage of importance. Chickens, ducks, geese and turkeys do equally well when they are properly cared for. Barnyard fowl are an important item in the returns of every well-managed ranch; many farmers pay a considerable portion of their store bills from eggs, chickens, turkeys and other fowl. FRUITS. In Northern California, peaches, apricots, pears, plums, prunes, cherries, oranges, olives, lemons, figs and pomegranates grow and mature to perfection. The growing of these fruits in this whole region has passed beyond the hounds of experiment, and is now an established industry. Sacramento city has several thousand orange trees loaded with golden fruit. Marysville, Woodland, Yuba City, Oroville, Palermo, Chico, Red Bluff, Colusa, Willows, Rocklin, Newcastle and many other towns have large numbers of orange trees that are prolific bearers of oranges that bring the highest price in market. The writer of this article has seen several trees in these towns that bear from 1,000 to 1,500 oranges each. Onc tree on the red lands near Feather river has produced 2,000 oranges per year for a number of years. Fig trees seem to be favorite shade trees for towns, and in all cases are prolific bearer. The trees grow to large sizes in many instances—as high as the tops of houses. The yield, when properly cared for, is a profitable one. The pomegranate and Japanese persimmon trees are seen in all parts, and they grow and bear well. It is within bounds to say that for all these fruits there is no known region of earth that presents so many advantages as Northern California. There is everything that is desired. All the conditions of soil and climate are favorable. The product is large in yield, of superior quality, and the bearing seasons are in continued succes- sion. There are millions of acres of cheap lands awaiting home-seekers, which will make marvelous returns to capital, energy and industry. The occupation is light, clean, easy and honorable. VITICULTURE. It is within the past ten years that vine-planting has received its great impulse, and in this time the industry has achieved marked success. The choicest varieties of wine, table and raisin grapes have been imported and cultivated here; and Cali- fornia wines have, in a great measure, become popularized the world over. CALIFORNIA DRIED FRUITS. Where the farmer is far from a cannery, he driesall his fruits. As the Summer and Fall are absolutely without rain, California is the best country in the world for drying fruit. It is generally done in the open air; and the demand for California dried fruit extends to the Eastern States, and is increasing all the time. For men of moderate means, possessing say from eight hundred to two thousand dollars, Northern California possesses great advantages. Cost of house and outfit to accommodate a family ranges from three hundred to one thousand dollars. For a new settler who does not wish to spend more money on a house than will provide him and his family a comfortable shelter, the cost should not be more than three hundred dollars. Land varies greatly in price. Horses cost from fifty to one hundred dollars each; cows from twenty to forty dol- lars. One hundred dollars will pay for all ordinary farm implements needed. Special inducements. Northern California is at present enjoying a season of great prosperity. Capital is rapidly multiplying, and laborers, both skilled and unskilled, command good wages. Owing to the salubrity of the climate a man can work more days in the year than in any other place; and good, steady, industrious men can find work the year round. COLONY SETTLEMENTS. Finally, Northern California, as it is peculiarly fitted for very profitable small farms, has been found the most successful part of the United States for settlement in colonies. There are a number of such settlements, and all have made those wealthy who took part in them; and where a dozen or twenty families, or even fifty, can determine to go to Northern California and buy a tract of land in one of these colonies, sufficient to give to each twenty acres, they will not only save money in the begin- ning, hut they can form their own society, and by co-operative effort do many things quickly and cheaply for which the single settler must wait until he has neighbors. RAILROAD FACILITIES. Railroads penetrate all the main sections of Northern California, forming trunk lines, from which, as demanded, other lines will be built as the country settles up and the business of localities requires. In a very few years the State will be covered with a network of roads bringing every part of it near to the best markets. SUMMARY. To the homeseekers, the capitalist, the laborer, healthseeker and tourist, and to all parties desiring to come to California, your attention is particularly called to that section of country known as —Northern California. CALIFORNIA THE HOTEL DEL MONTE PLATE I SEVEN THOUSAND ACRES OF PLEASURE GROUNDS—ONE OF THE MOST MAGNIFICENT SEASIDE ESTABLISHMENTS IN THE WORLD—A ROYAL RESORT IN A ROMANTIC REGION ; INTERESTING ITEMS. For ages past have the boundless waters of the world’s mightiest ocean washed the western coast of America, tempering the air, modifying the climate, transform- ing, climatically, the entire region to a degree almost unexplainable, almost incom- prehensible. Centuries ago California was without a winter; trees blossomed, the birds warbled in her great forests, bees gathered honey from flowers that knew not the blight of frost nor ice, and the butterflies painted their wings in the golden sun- light as they donow, during the season when the eastern coast is held fast and help- less in the unrelenting bondage of frost, ice and snow. Then, as now, the same beauty, grandeur, sublimity of scenery marked her landscape; her broad plains, green valleys, gracefully formed hills and rugged snow-capped mountains were her possessions, hundreds of years before the more poeti¢ mind of civilized man became cognizant of their existence, and spoke of them to the world in prose and verse. Even after the discovery of the New World many years passed before the descend- ants of European civilized nations found in America her most enchanting regions, among which stand pre-eminently the beauty spots that mark the Pacific slope. This is not difficult to account for; America was discovered in the East, the mon- strous wave of humanity must cross the mountains of New England, break through the forests of the eastern and middle regions, spread over the prairies and plains of the West, and still retain impetus enough to overleap the Rocky Mountains and sweep across the great deserts before closing in with the waves that roll in from the mighty Pacific. Seeking no further reason than this, do we marvel that it has taken centuries for mankind to discover, experience and comprehend the enchanting regions of America’s setting sun? to awaken to the fact that California is marvelous in her resources as a resort State for the tourist and invalid? With her natural resources known to her own people it is a singular fact that until less than a dozen years ago very few people, except those who had visited Cali- fornia themselves, thought of her as a resort or winter home, a region in which to regain health, or in which to find pleasure, rest and recreation. In the spring of 1880 an event transpired that marks an epoch in the annals of the State’s history, for from that time on thousands of people have heard in all parts of the world that California has in her possession ‘‘The Queen of American Watering Places.” The event which made this known was the opening of the Hotel del Monte and resort at Monterey. Following closely the completion of the immense Pacific railway system which binds the two coasts of America, the opening, not merely of a hotel, but of 7,000 acres of pleasure grounds, greater, more costly, more magnificent than any winter resort in the world, the dedication to the public of the Hotel del Monte and its grounds gave to the Pacific Coast a new meaning in the minds of thousands of people throughout the entire land. Previous to this event little was thought of any part of California or its coast as a winter resort or summer watering-place; the opening of Monterey marked a revolution in this respect; noted people came from Europe and America, tasted of her pleasures, were enchanted by her attractions, and spoke of them to the whole world. To the tourist who leaves the ice-bound Atlantic coast, the frozen streets of Chi- cago, St. Paul or other inland cities, in mid-winter, arriving at Monterey after a ride of less than a week, the delight experienced in such a change mustbe felt; it cannot be expressed in words. He feels that at the Del Monte he has found something more than summer weather, summer air, summer sunshine. While Monterey is a delight- ful summer watering-place, thronged by thousands from San Francisco and else- where, the summer habitue of the resort does not form an idea of what this “Queen of Watering Places ” is to the Kastern visitor, who on arrival cannot realize at first that the change is real, the beautiful climate and surroundings permanent. It seems more like a dream. In this connection a few lines are taken from editorial corre- spondence to -a paper, written in the latter part of November, 1886. The writer left Chicago when the weather was the most disagreeable imaginable, and in the trip across the continent was followed by one of the most severe blizzards on record, arriving at Monterey when below-zero weather reached nearly as far south as Wash- ington, in the East. At Moaterey he found the weather more perfect than the most ideal Indian summer of the East, and wrote: . « And now what may the pleasure-seeker, the tourist, the traveler, or the other styles of guests do at the Del Monte? He can do almost anything or nothing. THE CELESRATED HOTEL DEL MONTE, MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA AMERICA'S FAMOUS SUMMER AND WINTER RESORT." PS aaa AAA JEAN la 8 Fame] |g y [& ee ————— 0 m— CALIF Many prefer the latter, and never was there a resort better adapted for suiting this class. You may go away from everybody, lie down by yourself under a great live- oak, and dream away the sweetest hours of your existence. ~The robins, wrens and blue-jays will chirp and sing to make you forget the snow and ice of other climes, and if you ever learned their voices when a schoolboy, your mind may involuntarily and almost unconsciously call up memories long since veiled by time. And a story or poem enjoyed in the stillness that may be found in parts of this delightful grove is an enjoyment that will not be forgotten. At home you may dream and read indoors, but to escape the frozen, icy East, and to enjoy these things here in mid- winter—these are pleasures to be felt, not described. But at Del Monte you have the best facilities for playing croquet, lawn-tennis, bowling, billiards,. etc., and all without money and without price. You may even take a row on the little lake, at your pleasure, it costs nothing. In the hotel the ladies have a large, handsomely furnished billiard-room, and a ballroom is also provided. A well-equipped stable on the grounds furnishes riding and driving horses and outfits. It does not seem probable that a guest of the Del Monte can want for amusements, for every desire has been anticipated.” After a description of the Hotel del Monte and its grounds as a resort, when drawing a comparison between it and many other resorts, which consist principally of a hotel building alone, the most surprising feature left to enumerate and one very een to thousands of guests is the reasonableness of the charges. Hundreds of tourist9¥ere in the East testify to this. The rates at the Hotel del Monte are just the medium rates of commercial hotels in cities, and actually about half that charged for the same accommodations at similar hotels elsewhere. This applies to the hotel, and does not refer to the latitude allowed the guest at this resort, where he takes a boat ride on the lake, plays croquet, lawn tennis or billiards without money and without price. From what has been said it is evident that the hotel itself, when classed with other resort establishments, is justified in demanding the highest rates, since every comfort, convenience, and attention is afforded the guests, to be had at the highest-priced hotels of metropolitan cities or other noted seaside resorts. To verify these statements the Hotel del Monte need only to refer to tourists in different parts of the land who will testify to these facts. The liberality of the proprietors in this respect even offsets any additional expense that the journey from the distant East may incur, when compared with resorts nearer home. It is not within the power of a descriptive article to do justice to the Hotel del Monte and its surroundings. It is left for the reader to call upon the resources of his imagination to in a measure conceive the picture as it in reality is spread before him should he visit the ‘‘America’s Famous Summer and Winter Resort, ” reigning supreme in its beauty and glory on the shores of the Pacific ocean ORNTIA YOSEMITE VALLEY. Prate II. No. 4. There are two routes to the Yosemite Valley. Both offer equal advantages, one via Southern Pacific Railroad to Stockton and Milton, 143 miles from San Francisco, thence by stage to the Valley, including a trip through the mammoth Calaveras Big Trees. The other route is via the same railroad to Berenda Station, and from thence over the Yosemite Railroad extension, completed to the terminus, Raymond, 200 miles from San Francisco, thence by stage sixty miles into the Valley; by the latter route the Mariposa Grove of Big Trees may also be visited. So many have written descriptions of this wonderful Valley, and yet no one has written of it as it really is. It is really indescrible, and until seen will never be appreciated. I will not attempt a description, but merely give the opinions of some prominent people and let that suffice: “The peculiar features of the Yosemite are: First, the near approach to verti- cality of its walls; next, the great height, not only absolutely, but as compared to the width of the Valley itself, and finally, the very small amount of debris or talus at the bottom of these gigantic cliffs. These are the great characteristics of the Valley throughout its whole length, but besides these there are many other striking peculiarities and features, both of sublimity and beauty, which can hardly be sur- passed, if equaled, by those of any other mountain scenery in the world.”’—Prof. J. D. Whitney. ¢“ Suddenly, as I rode along, I heard a shout. I knew the Valley had revealed itself to those who were at the front of the line. TI turned my head away. I couldn’t look until I had tied my horse. Then I walked down to the ledge and crawled out upon the overhanging rocks. I believe some men walk out there—it’s a dull sort of a soul who can do that. In all my life, let it lead me where it may, I think I shall see nothing else so grand, so awful, so sublime, so beautiful beautiful with a beauty not of this earth—as that vision of the Valley. How long I sat there I shall never know. I brought the picture away with me; I have only to shut my eyes, and [ see it as | saw it in that hour of hours. I think I shall see nothing else so sublime and beautiful, till happily I stand within the gates of the heavenly city.” —Sidney Andrews. CALIFORNIA MOUNT SHASTA. PLATE II. No. 2. Mount Shasta has an elevation of 14,440 feet, and stands at the extreme northern limit of the Sacramento valley, uniting the Coast range and Sierra Nevada mountains. Its summit is continually covered with snow the year round. The view from the summit is without doubt the most extensive to be had from any point in California. The ascent to Shasta is difficult and tedious, but not dangerous. (+uides can be obtained at a small expense, and the ascent should not be attempted without one, There are really two summits of Shasta; the highest is 14,440 feet, and the other 13,242 fect. Cone Mountain, Sheep Rocks, Castle Peaks and Mossbra Falls are objects of interest in the neighborhood of Shasta, the former rising about 3,000 feet above the valley. The Soda Springs is also a prominent place, its water being highly charged with carbonic acid gas, and containing a large percentage of both iron and magnesia. Tourists to Shasta will always stop at Sisson’s low, old-fashioned house, surrounded by forests, and generally known as the hunters and fishers’ para- dise. LAKE TAHOE. rrate II. No. 1. The grandest lake in (California, situated in the heart of the Sierra Nevada mountains. It is twenty-five miles in length and twelve in breadth. It is reached by stage road from Truckee, on the Southern Pacific line, to Tahoe City, on the lake, a distance of 14 miles. It is 6,700 feet above the sea-level. The stage road from Truckee to the lake is along the bank of the Truckee river, a small stream that comes foaming and roaring down from the High Sierras, and is the means by which all the lumber cut in the district is floated to the town. Although the moun- tains around this district are covered with snow during the winter, the water of the lake never freezes, but remains at about the same temperature all the year roumd. Its shores are lined with picturesque forests, and the beach is most beautiful. The valleys and mountains are favorite resorts of game in great abundance, from the hare, grouse and deer, to the more formidable bear and mountain sheep; the streams and lake affording delightful fishing. The hotels around have spacious lawns, shrubbery, and swings, hammocks, croquet, lawn tennis, ete., for the use of guests. Drives and walks have been constructed in all directions, by which every point of interest can be reached, LICK OBSERVATORY. pPrate II. No. 6. The most important of the auxiliary attractions of San Jose is the Lick Observa- tory on the summit of Mount Hamilton, equipped with the most powerful telescope in the world. Mount Hamilton is located in the range of mountains east of the valley, and is twenty-six miles distant from San Jose. It stands 4,443 feet above the level of the sea, in an atmosphere cloudless during the entire year. From its summit there is an unbroken horizon, while its latitude is favorable for the most important observations. The county of Santa Clara has constructed, at an expense of about $100,00), a magnificent road to the top of the mountain. The scenery along the route is unsurpassed for beauty and grandeur. The work on the observatory and adjacent buildings has been completed, and the placing of the crown disc for the great 36-inch telescope has been accomplished. The buildings and instruments now completed and in position are the observer's house, and the thirty-six inch telescope, the transit house, the photo-heleograph and photograph house, the north dome and the 15-inch equatorial refractor, the meridian circle house, and the 6} inch meridian circle; and many auxiliary instruments. The dome which covers the great telescope is made of steel plates ; it is 75 feet in diameter, and weighs about 122 tons. SANTA CRUZ. PrATE II. No. 5. Says Mr. H. L. Conard in a very interesting letter written to the Los Angeles Pribune » “It seems to be the opinion of people who have traveled extensively and seen much of the world, Santi Cruz included, that if the Architect of the Universe, when he had under consideration the ‘plans, specifications and drawings’ for this world of ours, designed any more charming location for a town, or one surrounded by a greater variety’of attractions than is to be found here, the design was never carried into execution. “There are many larger, and_possibly some handsomer, towns than Santa Cruz in California; but the truthful correspondent, who aims to give to a large and deeply interested constituency absolutely correct and reliable information in regard to the resources, attractions and prospects of the different cities, towns and sections of the State, can not do otherwise than credit Santa Cruz with a more picturesque location and more pleasing surroundings than are to be found anywhere else on the Pacific Coast. “The Big Trees of Santa Cruz are but six miles distant, which affords a beautiful drive. The grove contains several trees over seventeen feet in diameter, and a large number ten feet or more. It covers an area of about twenty acres, and is easily accessible at all times.” I. 5. LAKE TAHOE. SANTA CRUZ, CAL. 2. MT. SHASTA, CAL YOSEMITE VALLEY, CAL. LICK OBSERVATORY, SAN JOSE, CAL. CLIFF HOUSE. S. F. CAL. SANTA YSABEL SPRINGS. WMAN- JO CALIFORNIA THE CLIFF HOUSE. Prati II. No. 38. The Cliff House, San Francisco, one of the chief attractions, is situated at Point Lobos, at the entrance of the Golden Gate. The hotel is on a cliff at the edge of the ocean. Directly back of it are the now famous Sutro Heights. These grounds have been converted into an immense garden, filled with rare and choice plants conservatories, and beautiful statuary. Within 200 yards of the Cliff House are several rocks projecting from the sea, which are covered every day with sea-lions near enough to be seen and their barking distinctly heard. SANTA YSABEL. Prate IT. No. 7. Among the numerous health resorts of California few can equal the Santa Ysabel, either for charming scenery, beautiful location or remarkable health- giving properties of its hot and other mineral springs. The springs are located on the coast division of the Suthern Pacific Company in San Luis Obispo county, and are in one of the loveliest valleys of the State. The region affords a charming diversity of plain, rolling hill and mountain—all well timbered with oaks, which lend a park-like appearance to the landscape that is most attractive. The principal attraction is the hot spring, which is one of nature's wonders. 1t breaks from the base of the hill in one bound a full-fledged stream of large size, which meanders through a beautiful canyon to the Salinas river, a couple of miles away. The waters of this spring are warm, and many wonderful cures of rheuma- tism and other blood diseases have been performed by it. Besides this, there are a dozen or more other springs of various medicinal properties, some of which have nothing similar on the continent. A company recently acquired possession of these springs and some 2,000 acres of the surrounding property, and are now busily engaged in laying out what they intend shall be the most perfect health and ¢* comfort ” resort on the coast. They will build a commodious hotel and numerous cottages, to which the mineral waters will be conveyed. The grounds will be artistically laid out, mammoth swimming- baths constructed, drives established through the most beautiful scenery, and, in fact, everything done which will help to make this a desirable place for homes. BYRON HOT SPRINGS. PraTe IV. No. 1 Among the now famous springs of California, Byron Springs, in Contra Costa county, are probably the most famous, and deservedly so, too, on acccount of the great number of springs and variety of waters, the mineral constituents, temperature, accessibility to the principal cities and towns of the State, facility and comfort with which the visitor can reach them, and last, but not least, the number of cures of a great variety of diseases. These springs are sixteen in number, and vary in temperature from 80 degrees to 140 degrees ER rehoit and the mineral properties of each are different. The Hot Salt Spring is the only natural hot salt spring known; the Sulphur Baths are equal to the best that can be found anywhere; the Mud Bath of pure sulphurous mud is unmixed with any other matter, as the mud abounds in an unlimited quantity, which is a special feature of this place. The ** Surprise” is very well known to gentlemen of convivial dispositions who go here “‘ to get over it.” The Indians and Mexicans used to visit these springs long Dhefore the white people came to the country. The hotel accommodations are first class. It is no uncommon sight to see a poor sufferer hobble out of the stage fully con- vinced that nothing will save him (he only came to Byron Springs because his d octor sent him or his friends told him to go), and in one fortnight’s time he is so fully cured he thinks it is all a mistake, and that maybe he did not have the rheumatism, or gout, or sciatica, or whatever it was he thought he had; but when he gets back home all well his friends want to know where he has been and what cured him, and this 1s partly why Byron Springs have come to be so well and favorably known in California. NAPA SODA SPRINGS. PLATE III. No. 2. Situated about fifty miles from San Francisco, on the mountain side, 1,000 feet above the rich and beautiful Napa valley, is this popular health and pleasure resort. "The route is via Oakland and Vallejo Junction, to the pretty little city of Napa, forty-six and a half miles from San Francisco, and five miles thence by stage. he view from the hotel and its extensive grounds encompasses an immense stretch of the valley, with the bordering mountains. There are several large buildings and a roup of nine handsome cottages, nearly all of which are built of stone quarried in the mountains near by. The Rotunda is a spacious edifice, round in form, with two stories of outside rooms, and an interior drawing and reading room of large size, lighted from above. The hotel grounds comprise over 1,000 acres, and there are twelve miles of pleasant walks through the dells and canyons, and on the mountain sides, some of them climbing to the sightly peaks above. The springs, which have a wide reputation, the use of the waters having been indorsed by the best medical authorities on the Pacific Coast, are near the hotel buildings. There are also hot and cold soda-water baths, and in one place a swimming-pool has been cut out of the solid rock. The hotel buildings and cottages include upwards of 150 rooms. SARCROFT LieearY Seer EIKO, - 7. VINE CULTURE. CALIFORNIA CAPAY VALLEY. THE EARLIEST FRUIT REGION IN THE STATE. PLATE III. No. 4. California is a land of surprises and contradictions. though, in creating this vast empire comprised within the boundaries of the Golden State, Nature had set many of her supposedly immutable laws at defiance, and had decided to reserve one portion of the world where the laws of the remainder were not applicable. It is not proposed to go into any lengthy scientific disquisition as to the possible or probable cause of this remarkable state of affairs. It is enough to know that it is a fact, without befogging the reader’s mind with the Japan current, isothermal belts, and the various physical phenomena which bring about this contradictory state of affairs. It is a very well-known fact that there are large portions of Cali- fornia north of the latitude of San Francisco where fruits and vegetables of all kinds mature from two to six weeks earlier than the same products do 500 miles farther south. Having made that assertion, the next thing naturally is to point out the exact localities where this phenomenal state of affairs exists. For many years the Vaca valley, in Solano county, has enjoyed, and most justly, the reputation of being the earliest fruit region in the State. Still farther north than Vaca valley lies a large and phenomenally fertile region known as Capay valley, situated in Yolo county. Being off the main lines of travel, for many years this region has remained com- paratively unknown and was largely given up to stock and grain raising. Some fruit was grown, but the difficulty of reaching a market prevented that industry from attaining any great development. During the past year, however, a railroad has been built into the valley, and now a wonderful change has come over it. The Woodland, Capay and Clear Lake road has been finished from Madison to Rumsey, at the head of the valley, thus putting this section within a few hours’ ride only of san Francisco, and giving a ready outlook for the products of the farmers and horticulturists. With the completion of this road a most important fact was brought into prominence with reference to this section. This was, that while Vaca valley was unquestionably an earlier fruit region than any other part of the State, the Capay valley was still earlier, fruits ripening there ten days or more ahead of Vaca- ville. Of course such a discovery as this was seen to be of the utmost importance in its possible bearings upon the growth and development of Capay. Investigation It would almost seem as * showed that there was ample ground for the claim, and it was seen that all that was needed was the expending of a little energy and enterprise to make of the Capay valley one of the most prominent and profitable fruit-growing centers of the State. Here was a golden opportunity, nor were the men wanting who were ready and willing to seize it. A company was organized under the name of the Capay Valley Land Company, with Timothy Hopkins as president and F. S. Douty as secretary. The management of the land sales was put in the hands of W. H. Mills, office at Railroad Building, Fourth and Townsend streets, San Francisco. Under such a triumvirate as this failure was an impossibility. They secured upward of ten thousand acres of the finest land in the heart of the valley. This tract they have subdivided, so that purchasers can obtain a piece of land of almost any size they may wish, from a town lot to a 20-acre tract. The prices were put from $25 to $250 an acre, the average being from $50 to $80. In order to prevent speculation so far as possible, no more than a single 10 or 20-acre tract will be sold to any one person. Tt is hoped by this plan few but actual settlers will invest here, and indeed that has largely turned out to be the case. Besides the exceedingly moderate price at which these lands are sold, the terms of disposition have never yet been equaled by any private land dealers in the State. Only 20 per cent of the purchase price has to be paid at first. The purchaser can then enter into possession, and he is not°called on for the balance due until the end of five years. In the mean time all that is demanded of him is that he pay 7 per cent interest annually upon the deferred payments. It will thus be seen that no more favorable opportunity for persons of limited means to secure profitable homes was ever offered. Lt amounts to almost giving the land away, for any industrious man can take twenty acres, plant it largely in raisin grapes, and long before the five years are up he will receive enough from them and other crops that he will be able to raise to more than pay for his land. CAPAY VALLEY FOR RAISINS. Every fruit-grower knows very well that a few days difference in getting his crop into market often exerts the greatest possible influence upon his balance sheet. The week or ten days priority in maturing fruit which one locality enjoys over another is of the greatest importance in deciding upon a location. Perhaps in no variety of fruit is earliness a matter of such great importance as in the production of raisins. The first shipments of that fruit from California invariably bring the Dest prices. Consequently in choosing a locality for engaging in that pursuit, the period at which the crop may he expected to mature becomes a vital consideration. Happily there is no room for doubt on that score in Capay valley. It has been MONTE VISTA AND ANDERSON COLONIES. ORANGE CULTURE. CAPAY VALLEY. 6. PALERMO. 3. 7 ROSENTHAL COLONY. VINE CULTURE. gasRorT LIST proven that the raisin crop will mature here from ten days to three weeks in advance of any other portion of the State. The advantage of being a month earlier in the Eastern market with his raisins than his competitors of the South gives him an tDporialiy to realize from 50 to 75 per cent more for the fruit than would be possi- ble were he to be obliged to market it just at the same time with the bulk of the crop from other localities. Here, then, the raisin-grower will find a combination of advantages which it is boldly claimed cannot be equaled elsewhere on this coast. With an early season, cheap land, water for irrigation if required, and a perfect drying season, there is no reason why this should not become the very choicest raisin-producing section of the State. And that it will so become no one who is acquainted with the facts for a moment doubts. PEACHES AND APRICOTS. There are a variety of reasons why the grower of deciduous fruits, particularly peaches and apricots, should choose a location in Capay valley. He can make no mistake in planting these varieties here. It has been abundantly demonstrated that here they find a congenial home. Peach trees over thirty years old and still bear- ing attest the adaptability of this locality to that fruit, while an abundance of facts might be adduced to illustrate the profit to be derived from such fruits. - The profit to be derived from an apricot or peach orchard is large and assured. The amount will of course depend upon the care bestowed upon the trees. No one should allow the idea to run away with him that all he has to do is to plant the trees and then sit down and expect the fruit to drop into his lap. There has been altogether too much of that sort of nonsense in California, as is abundantly testified by the melancholy array of ruined orchards and vineyards which may be seen in various parts of the State, and which owe their destruction solely to the supineness and indolence of their owners. But with ordinary intelligence and industry an apricot or peach orchard will from five years old and upward yield with ease an annual profit of $75 to $200 an acre. Many instances might be cited where profits far in excess of this have been secured, but it is not desired to state anything here which will in any sense be misleading. OTHER FRUITS. The fruits already mentioned—raisins, peaches and apricots—will doubtless at first be largely relied upon by the settlers in Capay valley for their livelihood. They are easily cultivated, there is an assured market for the fruit both fresh and dried, and everything connected with their production has long since been removed from the domain of experiment into that of certainty. Besides they yield a return quicker and more certain then almost any other varieties, and hence are favorites with those who are anxious to get a return from their labor as quickly as possible. But when the settlers are once on a sure foundation they will naturally turn their attention to other branches of horticulture, and one of the most alluring of these is the cultivation of the orange. The soil of Capay valley, a strong sandy loam, is admirably adapted to orange culture, as may be seen by the trees that are already in bearing here and the surrounding country. The experiments made in orange- growing here have been uniformly successful, although no attempt has been made CALIFORNIA : 9 as yet to cultivate them on a commercial scale. Other branches of fruit culture have paid so exceptionally well here, owing to their early ripening, that there has been no inducement to engage in citrus-fruit culture. But it having been demon- strated that the orange, like all other fruits, will ripen here with the same propor- tionate earliness over the southern part of the State, it may be phot expected that this industry will receive a stimulus which will lead to the planting of many acres of oranges. Like the orange, the olive, too, is beginning to attract much attention here. The idea that this tree favors poor or rocky soil is being gradually abandoned. While it is true that the olive will do better upon poor soil than perhaps any other tree, still that is no proof that it does not take kindly to rich soil, as indeed it does. And in the Capay valley this tree finds a soil and climate which are congenial in every respect and which encourage it to do its best. The successful rs of olive oil is no longer a matter of experiment in California, and the native oil to-day sells side by side with the imported at just double the price of the latter. The taste fon, its use as well as for the olives themselves is rapidly growing, and there is not the slightest fear that there will be an overproduction in this branch. : Almonds are admirably adapted to this part of the State. The date palm also will do well in Capay valley, the only bearing trees in the State being located in this vicinity. The fig, persimmon, pomegranate—in a word, any and every fruit that thrives anywhere in the State can be depended upon to do equally well in Capay valley. IN CONCLUSION THE ADVANTAGES OF CAPAY VALLEY CONCISELY SUMMED UP. The advantages enjoyed by the settler in Capay valley may thus be summed up: ! A soil of surprising fertility, yielding bountifully of every crop. No necessity for irrigation, but an abundance of water should it ever be required. A climate which ripens fruits and vegetables earlier than anywhere else in the State. Soil and climate which will produce the raisin grape and cure the fruit earlier and better than anywhere else. 4 Soil and climate which will produce peaches and apricots earlier than anywhere else in the State. Soil and climate which will produce the first oranges and ripen them earlier than in any section of the State. Soil and climate adapted to the production of every fruit, vegetable and cereal cultivated in California. A location that is central and close to markets. Railroad communication which enables shipments to be made quickly and cheaply. A which are sold cheaper and on better terms than anywhere else in the State. And a climate and scenery the equal of any in California. 10 CALIFORNIA PALERMO. SHEEP PASTURES TRANSFORMED INTO ORCHARDS AND VINEYARDS Plantation of Orange, Lemon, Citron and Fig Trees. PLATE III. No. 6. Special Correspondence of the Evening Bulletin, Palermo, April 10, 1889 A year ago this site was a sheep pasture. Now, there are some three hundred residents, with stores, a hotel, telegraph, telephone lines and about fifteen hundred acres of orchards, groves and vineyards. There is very much more here than white stakes, marking town lots. The buzzing of the big planing-mill wakes late sleepers at the hotel, and the carloads of freight, the line of postoffice inquirers, the store and its busy delivery wagon would seem to indicate a town with a score of birthdays. For years sheep roamed idly at will over this land, that now sells from $50 to $200 an acre. Nearly all Palermo of to-day was the Brasleton sheep range. The orange-trees planted long ago on a place adjojning, with their annual yield of golden fruit; the convenience of the old Ophir mining ditch, with its everlasting flow of pure water from the Sierras; a tract of about seven thousand acres of sloping, gravelly land; the railroad running through the property, connecting Oroville and Marysville; capitalists with energy and funds for development—these made Palermo. The first citrus fair of the county was a revelation to many old Californians, and a demand for land that would yieldsuch a golden harvest resulted. The impetus in citrus fruit culture of that region, then begun, has made many changes. Palermo’s site slopes southwesterly towards the Feather river. The slope on most of the tract is very gradual. As flat as a floor are most of the young orange groves. The depot is about two hundred feet above the sea-level, considerably higher than Oroville. From the hotel, ‘‘ Palermo Villa,” there is much to see. To the southwest are the sharp, irregular outlines of the Marysville Buttes; west, far across the valley, are snow-capped peaks of the Coast Range; north is the long, flat, table mountain opposite Oroville; to the east rises Gibraltar, the first of the foot- hills, the Palermo subdivision extending close to its base. White oaks and live-oaks dot the townsite and in places spread protecting branches over orange groves. A ride over the many miles of graded roads shows much of interest. New houses on 20-acre tracts planted with orange and deciduous trees are met with so often that this arrangement seems the popular thing. Fencing, house-building and street- grading seem to be occupying the time of all the men of the colony. A schoolhouse is near the park of oaks and pines in the colony’s center. Near by a church site has beer: set aside and here the Congregational denomination will soon put up a building. Of the 7,000 acres in Palermo about 4,000 have been subdivided, and about two-thirds of this property has been sold. The good thing about the place is that nearly all buyers have been settlers. If not actual residents, they have had their land planted and improved. It is this industry and development that has made the place notable. The records of the local nursery company show that since March, 1888, up to date, 220,599 trees and vines have been planted here on 1,493 acres. Over 143,000 trees were put in, and 77,500 vines. About half the vines are raisin varieties. Of trees, over 40,300 orange-trees have been planted. Peaches come sec- ond, over 26,700; prunes third, 23,400; apricots next, over 15,800; olives, over 13,600, and cherry, pear, lemon, fig, plum, almond and loquat trees have been in demand for the fruit farmers. The dam that diverts the water into the Ophir ditch is about twenty-four miles from Palermo. The colony company bought the ditch, water right and everything connected with it, and besides, has since provided for storage reservoirs further up in the mountains, beyond the dam. ~ About 2,000 miners’ inches a minute flow into the ditch at the dam. It comes by an open ditch and flumes and pipes to the colony, where a system of large reservoirs is being constructed. It is estimated that the present supply of water is sufficient for a town of 40,000 inhabitants. A special reservoir for irrigation purposes is being cut into the hillside, near Gibraltar, back of the town. Nota Chinese laborer has been employed about the colony this year. Last season they were employed for all the planting, etc., and were paid 90 cents a day. Early this season experiments demonstrated clearly that white men would accomplish much more, and since then not a Chinese has been hired. Between 160 and 170 men have been busy at $2 a day ever since tree-planting season began. ‘Our work has been done better and has cost us less this season with men at $2 a day than last year with Chinese at 90 cents,” said the chief nurseryman in speaking of the success of their labor problem. The park in the center of the colony is an attractive place, and is fast gaining wide renown as a picnic ground. A large dancing-floor has been built, with music-stand, dining-table, etc. In conclusion, I can simply say that the growth and prosperous condition of Palermo is simply marvellous, and those having secured acreage property and town lots in this garden spot are to be congratulated. CALIFORNIA 11 THE MONTE VISTA AND ANDERSON COLONY IN SHASTA COUNTY. Prate III. No.1 Encircled, except on the south, with beautiful mountains which lend to it not only a most grand and beautiful scenery but modify the temperature so as to make it almost free from fogs, north winds and frosts; as evidence of which may be seen tomato vines in blossom and potatoes and lettuce growing in the open air in December as green as in summer. On half of the Monte Vista Colony the soil is a rich red sandy loam, being the bottom land of the Sacramento river, which runs along the land for a mile and one- half. The balance of the Monte Vista, and all of the Anderson, is a red gravel soil, containing five per cent iron, easily cultivated, and always, even in dry years, retaining tic moisture near the surface. Irrigation is absolutely unnecessary, the rainfall being from 39 to 42 inches. A German from the great fruit districts of Austrian Italy has recently settled in this colony, after having seen the whole State, having decided that there was no better place for all kinds of fruit, including the citrus, than right there. Most of the tract is wooded with live and white oak. Water can be had any- where not deeper than forty feet, and generally at about twenty feet. It will be clear, cold, and very soft. Lumber here is cheaper than in almost any part of the State. The general source of supplies will naturally be at Anderson, a town of 900 inhabitants, on the California and Oregon Overland railroad but two miles distant, reached by good county roads and a free bridge across the Sacramento river. Only twelve miles distantis Redding, the county seat, and the most enterprising city in the Northern part of the State. In three years it has increased in population from 1,500 to 3,000. One-story frame buildings bave been supplanted by fine, large, brick buildings, miners’ cabins by comfortable cottages, and large, beautiful homes. The class of people now settled here is of the highest. School privileges are all that are to be desired, and churches of all denominations are represented. In the Monte Vista Colony there are 1,500 acres subdivided and offered for sale in tracts of from 20 to 160 acres, at from $25 to $75 per acre. In the Anderson Colony there are 1,920 acres subdivided and offered at the same rates. The terms are one-third cash, one-third in two years and one-third in three years. THE ROSENTHAL COLONY, TEHAMA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. PLATE III. No. 3 Nine thousand acres, seven miles south of Red Bluff, the county seat. Mount Shagta is in plain view, 90 miles north, and Lassen Peaks, 60 miles east. This section of the country is a high table land. The general appearance of the country is that of a vast amphitheater, rising gradually from the east, north and west to the crest of the mountains. The great valley, sixty miles in width, opens to the south, and extends 150 miles to the bay of San Francisco. The Colony Tract is level or gently sloping. : The soil is a deep, sandy loam, red in places, suitable for all purposes. Although California is not a corn-growing country, the abundant rainfall of this county is favorable for this cereal. ’ The climate is semi-tropical. There are two seasons; summer (warm without rain), and winter (or the rainy season). The mean annual temperature is 63 degrees. The rains usually commence in October. The rainy season is not continuous, but is frequently interrupted by days and weeks of bright, warm sunshine, which constitute, perhaps, the most delightful season of the year. There is no ice or snow in the valley. Flowers bloom the year round. No sunstrokes, cyclones, hail or thunder storms. The average rainfall is 28 inches. A beautiful location has been chosen and laid out for a townsite, and named Proberta. A large warehouse is now built here. Red Bluff, only seven miles north, Ig an important manufacturing and agricultural city, of four thousand inhabitants. The California and Oregon railroad, which passes through the land, connects at Portland, Oregon, with the Northern Pacific, which passes through the northwestern Territories and the northern States, and connects with the Canadian Pacific Rail- road. In these northwestern States California fruits cannot be raised. The coun- try, therefore, affords a large and growing market, to which Tehama county is two days nearer than any part of the State, except Shasta county. Wells are obtained ata depth of from six to thirty feet. There are two school- houses on the tract. The Colony is divided into lots of from twenty to one hundred and sixty acres each. Two county roads run through the land from Red Bluff southward. The prices range from $20 to $50 an acre, lots adjoining the town site of Pro- berta being the highest in price. The terms are one-third cash, one-hird in two years, and one-third in three years, with interest at 8 per cent pert annum on deferred payments. Payment is omitted first year. CALIFORNIA THERMALITO PLATE IV. No. b. Was surveyed as a Colony site in July, 1887. [Its location is adjoining the city of Oroville, Butte county, California, being separated only by the FEATHER RIVER. a beautiful stream which in the dryest season has a flow of not less than 100,000 inches of water. This stream affords abundant opportunities for boating, fishing and bathing, but one mile distant by traveled road from Oroville, a city of 3,000 inhabitants, it affords the dwellers there an opportunity to have a beautiful country seat, a home amid the orange, olive, fig and vine, with all the beauties of a tropic climate. CLIMATE. Where the ORANGE grows a temperate climate is assured, for the golden fruit will not flourish or even exist in a lower temperature than 25° above zero. HEALTH. The health of Thermalito cannot be excelled, lying on a mesa or plateau eighty feet above Feather river; the Colony lands are rolling with a grade towards the river, giving the finest drainage. Asa proof of the opinion of the oldest inhabit- ants on this subject the Board of Supervisors of Butte county selected a site on Thermalito for the County Infirmary, it being the most available situation for health in the ‘county. PRODUCTIVENESS. In 1886 the citizens of Oroville determined to enter into the business of citrus fruit culture, and formed a corporation known as the “Oroville Citrus Association,” consisting of twenty of the most prominent citizens. After a careful examination of the whole surrounding country, these men selected Thermalito as THE LOCATION for their orchard, a view of which is here given. This of itself was a verdizt in favor of Thermalito, and their faith has proven to be well founded. No more successful venture was ever made. In addition to this you have but to come and see for yourself. On Thermalito, trees of nine years of age, ladened with the Orange, Lemon, Fig, Apple, Pomegranate, Cherry, Prune, Plum, Olives, Apricot, Peach; in fact, every kind of fruit and vegetable known to a semi-tropic climate are now growing. BEAUTY OF LOCATION: THERMALITO lies on the south of the far-famed TABLE MouNTAINS, which rise 1,200 feet above the sea level, and protect it from the cold winds of winter. Feather river on the south and east, the Sacramento valley on the west with the (Coast Range mountains beyond, the Sierra Nevada, Marysville Buttes on the south, and the snow-capped peaks of Mt. Shasta aad Lassen 100 miles to the north, all combine to give the Colony the name of “The Beautiful.” WATER SUPPLY. Thermalito is possessed of the most complete water supply in the State of Cali- fornia. Tt controls the entire waters of the west branch of the Feather river. Its supply is 6,600 MINERS’ INCHES, or a flow of 3,500,000 GALLONS PE: HOUR, a greater supply than the city of San Francisco has. The cost of canals at Thermalito exceeded $300,000 in the beginning. The water is pure and soft. It is SUPPLIED TO THE Crry oF OROVILLE FOR ALL PURPOSES, and is furnished free to purchasers of land in Thermalito for three years after pur- chase, and after that, at the minimum rate, so that the cost of irrigation will not exceed one dollar per acre per annum. Thermalito does not depend on ditches for irrigating purposes, but has already laid and has in use nine miles of water main, and delivers the water under a pres- sure of not less than ONE HUNDRED FEET ON EVERY LOT in the Colony, so that it can be used for FIRE as well as household purposes. For quality, quantity and power no place in California can compare with Thermalito’s water facilities. IMPROVEMENTS. The Company has spent over ONE Huxprep THOUsAND DoLLARs in the last year improving the Colony. The magnificent Bella Vista Hotel cost $35,000. The water pipes already in use have cost $25,000. ELEVEN MILES OF BROAD AVENUES have been graded and are in use. The Grand Avenue for THREE MILES is planted with beautiful ornamental trees, and is the LONGEST PLEASURE DRIVE ever laid out in Butte county. Purchasers of land have this year planted 300 acres of orange groves; and thirty families have located and built lovely homes. SOIL. The soil of Thermalito is a rich red clay and gravel, in many places supporting a growth of grand pine and oak trees. BYRON HOT SPRINGS. THERMALITO COLONY. 4. PLACER COUNTY CITRUS COLONY. 6. 2. RHINEFARM, SONOMA CO., CAL. SANTA CLARA VALLEY ORCHARD. 7. ~~ [ Load \ ET - isd... a 3. C. P. R. R. TIMBER LANDS, GALLATIN’S RANCH TEHAMA COUNTY. DICKMAN- JONES CO. LITH SF. Rhy C. P.R. R. TIMBER LAND. PLATE IV. NO. 3. California produces many varieties of valuable trees, which grow both on the mountains and in the valleys. The greatest portion being in the Sierra Nevada mountains through which the C. P. R. R. is built. The oak, manzanita, nut-pine and other varieties grow to an elevation of about 2,500 feet above the sea, and dense forests of cone-bearing trees are found at an altitude as high as 7,000 feet. The trees ranking first in size (known as the Big Trees) attain a heiglit of 300 to 400 feet, with a diameter of 33 feet, but are not common in California forests. The red- wood is the seeond tree in size in the State, and the first in commercial value. lt is used for lumber, fencing, ties, and fuel, and for all kinds of rough and fancy build- ing. The redwood tree is never found outside the State. The white oak grows to a considerable size, but is of little value except for fuel. Laurel is one of the most beautiful trees of California, madrona the most striking. There are other valuable and beautiful trees in the State, such as the juniper, yew, walnut, cypress, poplar, willow, live-oak, sycamore, buckeye, cottonwood, ete. These timber lands can be bought at prices ranging from $2.50 to $15.00 per acre. Full information can be obtained by addressing Mr. W. H. Mills, Land Agent C. P. R. R., Fourth and Townsend streets, San Francisco, California. SANTA CLARA VALLEY ORCHARD. PLATE IV, No. 6. Santa Clara valley, the garden spot of California, needs little or no description, its reputation as a fruit-growing section being world wide. Let it suffice that the plate herein shown of an apricot and peach orchard at San Jose is simply an illus- tration of one of the many hundreds of similar places abounding in this beautiful valley. The apricots, peaches and other fruits grown are large in size, fine color and have a luscious flavor, raised without irrigation and commanding the highest market prices. While land in San Jose and surrounding country is held at a high figure, yet the results attained from a well-cared-for orchard net a larger per cent interest than an equal amount otherwise invested. GALLATIN’S RANCH, TEHAMA COUNTY. PLATE IV. NO. 7. : This immense tract consists of 40,000 acres of rich arable land located on the western side of the Sacramento river. In the valley and on the hillsides, in favored localities, all of the fruits that can be grown with profit in any part of the State will do equally well here, including grapes for raisins or wine, apples, pears, plums, prunes, apricots, oranges, lemons, pomegranates, figs, quinces, olives, nectarines, gooseberries, strawberries, blackberries, currants, almonds, English walnuts, chest- nuts and pecans, all of which where planted do especially well and yield abundant crops. ALIFORNIA PLLACER COUNTY CITRUS COLONY PLATE 1V, No. 4. Few residents of the State are aware of the immense strides Placer county has taken during the past few years in fruit-growing. The fruit business proving highl remunerative, this section was induced to join in the industry; and from a small beginning the business has grown year by year with increasing rapidity toits present dimensions. Water for irrigating the Placer Citrus Colony fruit-belt is supplied mainly by the Bear River Canal system, which, with its branches and projected lines now being constructed, is a very large system. The dam, or primary reservoir, from which the water is taken, is on Bear river, about two miles above Colfax. Thence the water is taken by the main canal, running southerly to the foothills below, and distributed by various branches and offshoots wherever required. The system, including the Little Bear River canal, which takes water from Bear river about fifteen miles below the main dam, comprises an aggregate length of nearly 300 miles. The winter and spring rainfalls are regular and uniform, occasioned by its proximity to the mountains. No region more beautiful and healthful exists in the world or where the winter climate is nearer perfection. In addition to its natural advantages, it has the benefit of an extensive railroad system. These railroad facilities are of great value in a fruit region for the immediate transportation of ripe fruit, which, coupled with the magnificent system of irrigating canals and ditches now being completed, will give to Placer county unequaled advantages. Anorchard of 30acres yielded $5,000, fully half of which was net profit. Another orchard of 50 acres yielded $8,000. These orchards are all in the neighborhood of the Citrus Colony, and are exceptional only that they are planted to fruit adapted to the section, and neither of them are in full bearing. The net profits of these.two orchards, that are in partial bearing, will pay interest at six per cent on more than $150,000, making the value of each acre nearly $2,000, if this yearly income can be maintained ; and there seems to be as much probability that it will be, as there is that bank or railroad stocks will continue to pay to investors the same rate of interest. Papers published in the horticultural sections of the State are frequently giving figures of profits made on a few trees, or a few acres of trees, that greatly exceed those given above ; but when correct figures are given, showing the net profits of large orchards in an average year, it is but fair to presume that any industrious man can plant an orchard in the same neighborhood, from which as good results can produced. The only thing necessary to insure success is to grow the right fruit in the right location. ’ The seven thousand five hundred acres of the Placer County Citrus Colony is as lovely a valley as can be found in the State. The analysis of its soil, as shown by the report of the University of California, contains those qualities in the highest degree most suited to the growth of fruit. It is well appointed in roads and is settled by an intelligent and agreeable class of people, who have established good schools, churches, and the improvements necessary to progress and comfort. Parties desiring further information regarding this section will do well to correspond with Mr. J. Parker Whitney, President, or Mr. James G. Whitney, Secretary Placer County Citrus Colony, Rocklin, Cal. SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY'S MOUNT SHASTA ROUTE THE GRAND PICTURESQUE ROUTE TO AND FROM CALIFORNIA VIA PORTLAND, OREGON MANY NOTABLE VIEWS CAN BE SEEN ON THIS LINE, AMONG THEM BEING THE GREAT SACRAMENTO VALLEY; UPPER SACRAMENTO AND PITT RIVERS; CASTLE PEAKS; MOSSBRAE FALLS; GRAND OLD SHASTA; THE SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS; ROGUE RIVER; WILLAMETTE RIVER, VALLEY AND FALLS; Mr. HOOD; Mr. TACOMA, ETC. ETC. MAKING THIS TRIP ONE OF THE FINEST IN THE COUNTRY THE SUNSET ROUTE BETWEEN THE PACIFIC ano ATLANTIC COASTS Via NEW ORLEANS QUICK TIME—SOLID COMFORT—PROMPT CONNEC TIONS—EQUIPMENT FOR FIRST AND SECOND CLASS TRAVEL J. C. STUBBS, Gen. Traffic Manager A. N. TOWNE, General Manager THE CENTRAL ROUTE To AND FROM THE PacIFiC COAST THE PIONEER OVERLAND LINE CONNECTS AT OGDEN WITH THE UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY AnD DENVER & RIO GRANDE WESTERN RAILWAY T. H. GOODMAN, Gen. Pass. & Tkt. Agt. hd WJ. Montague} Ppa —=Y Co= Have . I - Re . Finest . Residences .of . . San efranejreo « ak fap » ao Ban Jose ose @omr rm Fu races . . ap. 9 *Parlor+ (rates: 7 eT 70) ? RAG! 4 ales: Qudirons: oo” and Fenders. iles. es fae Trio Speciatty. ONTABUES © Ne 309.311,313,315 : 3 317. MNaricer Sr. Sar francisco. Ghe Bhe Figo 469 Kesidences . of -— ® an -Francicco® Oekland » an Jose . was .done. By. . ¥ T untington Hopkins Company San Francisco and Sacramento IMPORTERS OF AND DEALERS IN "HARDWARE, IRON AND STEEL AGENTS FOR THE CARTRIGHT METAL ROOFING BUILDERS’ HARDWARE A SPECIALTY CAST AND WROUGHT IRON PIPE FOR WATER AND GAS Nos. 23-25 First St. Nos. 18-24 Fremont St. SAN FRANCISCO WM. H. TAYLOR, President R. S. MOORE, Superintendent Risdon Iron and Locomotive Works S. E. CORNER HOWARD AND BEALE STS, SAN FRANCISCO Mining and Milling Machinery, Engines, Boilers Sheet ron ca WALT PIPE ruin pogo wo Sawmill Machinery “wie, Bryan's Roller Quartz Mill Cheapest and Most Perfect Roller Mill made Exclusive Agents for the Pacific Coast of Heine Patent Safety Boiler, Macbeth Steel Pulley New Common-Sense Steel Horse Whim ¥ULL DESCRIPTIVE CIRCULARS of any of the above sent on application We are also prepared to CONSTRUCT and DELIVER Office of the Candelaria Conselidated Mexican Mining Company : . - : Sa mas, Durango, Mex: v, October 25, 1353 in COMPLETE RUNNING ORDER, in any locality, RISDON IRON WORKS, SAN FRANCISCO. MirLLs, CONCENTRATION WORKS, WATER JACKET Gentlemen: Our company hasbeen operating three of the 4-foot Bryan Roller Quartz Mills, SMELTING Furnaces, HOISTING WORKS, PUMPING oue of which has been running Steatily for three years, one for two and one for one year. Our Quartz is very hard; we crush through a No. 60-mesh screen. Our mills run i5 revolutions per MACHINERY, Erc., ETC., of any DESIRED CAPACITY. Minute and each crush through (0-mesh screens 12 tons in 24 hours; through 50-mesh, 15 tons; ’ ’ and through 40 mesh, 1% tons. This porportion has been continuous. One set of dies will crush from 1,500 to 0 tous, one set of tires will crush 1,500 tous, one ring plate will crush from 2,2 Y ye , 0 to 2.300 tons, ‘The mills require very little attention. At our millan ordinary “‘peon” earning one a San Lranerico, Cal, Mov. 20, 4553, dollar perday has complete charge. In regardto sliming, in comparison with stamps by reason Messrs. THE RISDON IRON AND LOCOMOTIVE WORKS, San Francisco, California, of the discharge surface and the continuous agitation by the scrapers, a MUCH less amount of “Gentlemen: Please make us another of the Bryan Mills cut up in sections for packing. slime is created. A three years’ experience teaches me that, in every respect, the mills are a This mill is to be erected along side of the three now in opeation at the Candelaria Mine, allof complete success and of material benefit to the mining world. They can be set up and rusnin which are being operated with the best results aud to our entire satisfaction. We consider iy forty-eight hours and can be dismounted in the same time and removed to wherever desired. them superior to the stamp mills in every respect. Yours truly, Ours were packed on our mule trail over as difficult a road as any in Mexico. Asa gold amal- CANDELARIA CONSOLIDATED MINING CO, gamator, it is unequaled by any mill now iu existence. C. §. GIVENS, Secretary. COLUMBUS WATERHOUSE, President. Yours truly, D. M. BURNS, Superintendent. Retake of Preceding Frame WM. H. TAYLOR, President R. S. MOORE, Superintendent 3 | a op —— ; 1 Risdon Iron and Locomotive Works S. E. CORNER HOWARD AND BEALE STS., SAN FRANCISCO Mining and Milling Machinery, Engines, Boilers Sheet a sca Water PIPE wipes piso =» Sawmill Machinery “##, Bryan's Roller Quartz Mill Ls i } 3 ena oF Ee : : : : Ses 3 £5 A) “ig £1 1 he ~~ RR Cheapest and Most Perfect Roller Mill made ’ RIC ’ pr Y g : Exclusive Agents for the Pacific Coast of Heine Patent Safety Boiler, Macbeth Steel Pulley New Common-Sense Steel Horse Whim ¥ULL DESCRIPTIVE CIRCULARS of any of the above sent on application We are also prepared to ConNsTRUCT and DELIVER : Office of she Candelaria Consolidated Mexican Mining Company . - yas : : n Dimas, Durango, Mexi vo, October 25, 1 in COMPLETE RUNNING ORDER, in any locality, RISDON IRON WORKS, SAN rane Oi - J MiLLs, CONCENTRATION WORKS, WATER JACKET Gentle emen: Our company h been operating three of the Adoot Bryan Roller Quarts Mills, c : oue of which has been running steadily for three years, one for two and one for one year. Our SMELTING Furnaces, HoisTING WORKS, PUMPING Quartz is very hard; we crush throug a No. 60-m: > esh screen. Our mills run 45 revolutions per MACHINERY, Erc., ETC., of any DESIRED CAPACITY. minute and each crush through 0-mesh screens 12 tons in 24 hours; h 60-mesh, 15 tons; and through 40-mesh, 1% tons. This porportion has been continuous. fron 1.508 to to ie tous, one at of Hires wil Syuah Laitons, one nag vi San Francisco, Cal., Nov. 20, 1888. to 2,300 tous, ‘I'he mills require very hh attention. At our millan ordinary Mzssas. THE RISDON IRON AND LOCOMOTIVE WORKS, San Francisco, California, dotias BET rats amd the Sningous agitation bf the Spmphrise son iu samp by erg or Please make us another of the Bryau Milly cut up in sections for packing. glime is created. A lhirec years’ experience teaches me that, in every respect, the mills Thin mill is to be Sloug side of the three now in operation at the Candelaria Mine, all of complete success and of { material Dench to he mining g world.’ They can be set up and boii are being with the best results aud to our entire satisfaction. We consider P y ills in You ) eight hours and can be dismounted in the Stine time and removed to wherever superior to the stamp mi every respect. ours truly, Ours were packed on our mule trail over as difficult a road as any in Mexico. As a gold amal- CANDELARIA CONSOLIDATED MINING CO., gamator, it is unequaled by any mill now in existence C. 8. GIVENS, Secretary. COLUMBUS WATERHOUSR, President. Yours truly, D. M. BURNS, Superintendent. Retake of Preceding Frame Huntington Hopkins Comj San Francisco and Sacramento IMPORTERS OF AND DEALERS IN HARDWARE, IRON AND STEEL Ais AGENTS FOR THE CARTRIGHT METAL ROOFING } BUILDERS’ HARDWARE A SPECIALTY CAST AND WROUGHT IRON PIPE FOR WATER AND GAS Nos. 23-25 First St. 18-24 F remont St. SAN FRANCISCO WM. H. TAYLOR, President © © °° R. S. MOORE, Superintend Risdon Iron and Locomotive Wo S. E. CORNER HOWARD AND BEALE STS., SAN FRANCISCO Mining and Milling Machinery, Engines, Boilg , ee Linn oa Waler Pipe pe Mining and “ rrigating purposes =» Sawmill Machinery “#ie, Bryan's Roller Quart@ Cheapest and Most Perfect Roller Mill madd Exclusive Agents for the Pacific Coast of 3 Heine Patent Safety Boiler, Macbeth Steel Pulley - New Common-Sense Steel Hg FULL DESCRIPTIVE CIRCULARS of any of the above sent on applicati We are also prepared to CONSTRUCT and DELIVER Office ore Ca ” in COMPLETE RUNNING ORDER, in any locality, bt Mirrs, CONCENTRATION WORKS, WATER JACKET Gentlemen: Our company hasbeen operating three of the 4-foot Bryan Rill oue of which has been running steadily for three years, one for two and one SMELTING Furnaces, HOISTING Works, PuMPING Quartz is very hard; we crush through a No. 60-mesh screen. Ouy mills run MACHINERY, Erc., ETC., of any DESIRED CAPACITY. minute and each crush through 60-mesh screens 12 tons in 24 hours; through and through 40-mesh, 18 tons. This porportion has been continuous. One set from 1o0 to 100 ons, one set of Trey Xl crush 15001ons, one ng plats wil} i San Francisco, Cal., Nov. 20, 1888. to 2,300 tons, e mills require very e attention, At ourmillan ordinary “‘p Y 1 h: i= li compariso: Messrs, THE RISDON IRON AND LOCOMOTIVE WORKS, San Francisco, California, Solar Re aE rand Shit i fos Gentlemen: Please make us another of the Bryan Mills cut up in sections for packing. slime is created. A three years’ experience teaches me that, in every respect This mill is to be erected along side of the three now in operation at the Candelaria Mine, all of complete success and of material benefit to the mining world. ? They can be sel! which are being operated with the best results and to our entire satisfaction. We consider in forty-eight hours and can be dismounted in the same time and removed tow them superior to the stamp mills in every respect. Yours truly, Ours were packed on our mule trail over as difficult a road as any in Mexico CANDELARIA CONSOLIDATED MINING CO., gamator, it is unequaled by any mill now in existence, C. S. GIVENS, Secretary. COLUMBUS WATERHOUSE, President. Yours truly, D. M. BURNS, Si ndelaria Consolidated Mexican ? imas, Durango, Mexico, Octob r 4 RISDON IRON WORKS, SAN FRANCISCO. t Retake of Preceding Frame WM. H. TAYLOR, President R. S. MOORE, Superinter ie :t Huntington Hopkins Company Risdon Iron and Locomotive Works | ( S. I CORNER HOWARD AND BEALE STS, SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco and Sacramento EE Mining and Milling a Engines, Boil re sea Water Pipe free =o Sawmill Machinery “te Bryan's Roller Quart: Cheapest and Most Perfect R MU madi Exclusive Agents for the Pacific Coast of 1 > 2, . qo « | Heine Patent Safety Boiler, Macheth Steel Pulley y . “ “ New Common-Sense Steel Hers FULL DESCRIPTIVE CIRCULARS of any of the above sent on applicatio We are also prepared to ConsTrUCT and DELIVER : . oper J \ : R : : , ality : m COMPLETE RUNNING ORDER, in my log ity, RISDON TRON WORKS, SAN FRANC 15C0 Mirrs, CONCENTRATION WORKS, WaT JACKET SMELTING FURNACES, HOISTING WORKS, PUMPING n ; . a very hard: we cri thot MacHINERY, Ere, Ere, of any DESIRED CAPACITY. v and each crush through (01 : and through 40-mesh, IS tons. This porportion has been co trom 1.00 to 1.600 tons, one set of tires will crush 1.00 L500 tons, The mills require very little « Serre per day has complete charge, In regard to MESSRS, THE RISDON IRON AND LOCOMOTIVE WORKS, San Francisco, California, of the discharge surface and the continuons agit y 1 < i - | \ I) 4 1°( ( Mt St : Gentlemen’: Ple ake us another of the Bryan Mills cut up in sections for packing. lime is created, | A three vera experience teaches me tl very respe i ( )S (a C » . This mill is to be e lous side of the thee now inoperation atthe Candelaria Mine all of complete sucess amd of mate Theft to the mitiine Tres ean Tepes “Je which are being operated wit e best. results and to our entire satisfaction. We consider in forty eight hours and can be dismounted in the Stime and removed tov San Francesco, Cal., Nov. 20, 1888 them superior to the stamp mills in every respect Yours truly, Ours were packed on our mule trail over as difficult 2 ond as any in Mexico. CANDELARIA CONSOLIDATED MINING CO., gamator, itis unequaled by any mill now in existence C. 8. GIVENS, Secretary. COLUMBUS WATERHOUSE, President Yours truly, D. M. BURNS. Supe: SAN IFIRANCISCO Retake of Preceding Frame Retake of Preceding Frame 3 A i " sa Yul Retake of Preceding Frame Retake of Preceding Frame ten, coca ba AAA EEL) END OF TITLE END OF REEL. PLEASE REWIND.