Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1867-04-13
Mokelumne Hill.

mines; advantages which should commend
it to the favorable consideration of every
man who desires a permanent home and
place of business, where in a few years he
can realize competency, if not fortune.
To men with families, especially, we think
that our beautiful town offers inducements
second to none in the State. Our public
schools are conducted by talented, intelligent
and moral teachers, where the youths are
properly trained, and correct principles in
culcated in their tender minds which will
prove blessing and guiding star to them in
future life, and fit them to become ornaments
to society. We have churches of different
denominations, where those who Glove the
Lord" can worship according to their con-
victions Of right, without fear of molestation.
Our hotels are numerous. large, commodous
and well conducted, where all the substan-
tials and many of the dclicacies which help
to make up happy existence on this mum
dane sphere can be obtained. Our citizens.
so far as iberality, public-spiritedness and
| ooNAoOAAAty uiC SOHGCiutO, WILL lhFOl-
ably with those of places of much greater
pretensions, while for intelligence, morality
and sobriety, their peers can scarcely be
found. Mokelumne Hill can boast of more
beautiful private residences than any town
of equal size in the State. Much taste has
been displayed In their erection, and sur
| rounded tbaI hv loid
grounds, filled with fruit and shade trees of
every description. and rmbowered in a net
work of vines and flowers, they present a
most enchanting and inviting appearance.
| Situated among the foot hills, about midway
between the plains and the snow capped
peaks of the Sierra Nevadas, the climate of
the Hill is delightful. In the Summer, while
| the people of the valleys are sweltering with
suffocating. intolerable heat, with not
breath of air to fan their throbbing temples,
we, of this favored locality, are in the enjoy
ment of the most pleasant weather imagina-
BILE. No matter with how much intensity
the vertical rays of the sun may beat down,
| life-giving breeze, rendered fresh and pure
by its passage over the eternal SHOWS above
US, blows gently down from the mountains,
cooling the heated atmosphere and giving
new strength and vigor to all who inhale it.
Our elevation is not sufficient to give us
low temperature during the Winter, and TAX
ing tho seasons all together we think that
Mokelumne Hill is as pleasant place to re-
| side in as there is in California. For agri-
cultural purposes, this section of the country
offers superior advantages. The soil is rich,
easy of cultivation. and produces cereals and
fruits of all kinds in the greatest profuson.
The facilities for irrigating are unsurpassed.
In minerals, our wealth is boundless. The
hills, gulches and river beds are pregnant
with the precious metals, while leads of gold
bearing quartz traverse the county in every
direction. Copper and silver mines are be-
ing successfully worked, and new discover
les constantly being made. The facilities
for working placer diggings are good. The
fume Of the Mokelumne Hill and Campo
Seco Water Company extends for distance
of thirty miles through the heart of one of
the richest mining sections ever discovered,
and at all times of the year contains water
sufficient to supply the wants of tie miners
Many of our quartz lodes have been pros
pected sufficiently to demonstrate their wealth
in active operation, and more in process of
erection. The lack of capital is, however,
want which is being seriously felt in the
development of our mineral resources, and
one which, more than anything else, has re-
| tarded our progress. Our citizens should
| take immediate measures to obviate this diff
ticulty, by making such propositions to cap
| ltalists as will induce them to assist and aid
US in developing and rendering available the
hidden wealth of the country. A quartz
lead, even if rich, in the hands of those who
are unable to work it, is of no benefit to the
owners or the community at large. Calaveras,
at present, certainly offers as an inviting a
| field for both capital and labor as any coun-
ty in the State. Men of means, who are
turning their attention to mining enterprises,
will find more opportunities to invest their
money favorably, in this locality, than in
any other section. To that class of people
who are complaining of the employment of
Chinese labor, and that they Cannot obtain
work, we would say that, if you will remove
to this county, you will find plenty of work,
get good pay and steady employment.
RAT1F1ED.-By recent Eastern dispatches
we learn that the treaty for the cession of