The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1862-11-15

PLAcgRvrLLE, Nov. 10th, 1852.
To THE Hos. J. +. lloudHToN, SURVIVOR
GENERAL.
SIN: have the honor to transmit the f;,l.
lowing Report as Assessor Of c Dorado county
for the year lS64:
Total number nf acres nf land claimed, gil, :
40; agricultural land, 3u,21i graz ny land,
Isl, 1885, acres in wheat, Is; barley, l,gjS /;
oats, 9,o'3; grass, 5,l22. Numker Of apple
trees, on,i27 peach, 4+,lsg plum. j.9oS cher
rY, l,414; pear, sal; apricot, 1900; necia.
TiEe, 81; ounce, LILO; almond, 4i2; fig,
4jl grape vines, 1T2,5i7. Money Un hand,
S3l%fla; gold dust, $lS.2l6; money ut inter
est, $.si, lJn; solvent debts, $.2g,gl7; stocks
of goods, $Sij, l27 furniture 81 $3.50. Num-
Der ofwH.ons, 800; buggies, So; carriages, Is !;
harness, l,5Gl; horses, ISL; colts, 272 ;
mules l,35l jacks, As; cows, 3.05S; calves,
l,l?7 oxen, ,263 stock cattle, $500; hogs,
4,"2hi sheep, 2.l3S; goats, 6jl stands of bees,
2Gf steam saw mills, %; water power saw
mills, Is : lumber produced during the year,
l9.Oo0,0JO feet; value of lumber, SIS, 900;
water power grist mills, .; run of stones, 4
value Of mills, 5000; bushels of grain ground,
20,3O0; value, sea- toll roads, Il aggre-
gate length i'll miles, l2j; canals and dTtches.
60; aggregate length in miles. CO.; miles Of
telegraph GNe, .SyN. \S1A |lNS' W. ". steam
quartz mills, 6; water power quartz mills, 2
cement mills, 5 steam marble mills, | ; soda
factories, 3; breweries, IL Bile quarIicS,
j; fnundri and machine shops, l. Total val
tie of property for 1862, So, So, G49 real estate,
$+G3,26U; improvements, 81 ,S4l ,hI9; personal
property, S2,05s, $40; increase over 1861, Sos
500.
The unprecedented floods Of the past winter
destroyed u lurge amount Of property in this as
well as other counties in the State; the loss uf
cattle and other stock was immense; nearly
every bridge in the county was swept away,
aud great damage done to canals, bitches, gar
deus, saw UASS<, H.. GSslx<s 10, q <iycamstan-
ccs. :. was exi,. "tAA the a wnnld he large dc.
crease MNne -1rufouuh VI Vo&dSs,e @>ptuYcflS ~
compared with last year. Yet, n0twihstund-
ing these reverScs, the energy and perseverance,
Of the people of our county are rapidly recover
ing and repairing the losses. Already the as
sessments show Il small excess over the total
valuation Of lNGl. l regret being unable To
furnish yUu with much of the valuable inform
alton required in your circular Of Febru Iry
last. Many and unforeseen difficulties have
prevented the collection of much statistical
matter. This il it believed, can in a measure
be obriatcd during next season. The ngri,ul-
tural interests Of the county are in b ghy sat
iSflctnry state and steadily advancing, more
attention being given to horticulture than the
raising o. cereals. Much difficulty attends the
assessing OF pOsSessOry rights to lands at any,
thing above II merely nominal value, all tie
lands IN The county being considered mineral
The TWO interests, agriculture and mining, come
in frequent collision and occasion many and
vexatious law suits, from the uucel ;an tenure
by which they hold their respective claims.
The brief report hereby furnish you, is far
from doing justice TO the great and growing
resources of FL Dorado county; her energies,
heretofore devoted almost exclusively to mi.
ming, are gradually being directed to other en-
terpiscS. aud the change Of pursuit, it is be-
lieved, will result in the Highest advantage to
orr condition, both moral and material Tie
successful culture of the vinr and the conSc-
quent manufacture of winr, gives promise of AN
early future when our hillsdeS, now flnwning
i'll barrcnncsS, will he dotted all over with hap
py homes of ctmtrntmcnt and plenty, and our
broad acres yield ut each returning vintagc
abundant reward for the patience and toll OF
the laborcr.
GEO. MCDONALD,
Assessor Of FL Dorado County.