The Placer herald., 1874-04-11

| cline of about GO or 20 degrees, and as he
fell he would, of course, go by bounds, striking
| at intervals, and it is very remarkable that
scarcely bone in his body was broken. His
| neck was dislocated, and some severe gashes
in the head were the only injuries discovered on
| the body. He was buried the next day in the
Odd Fellows Cemetery at Auburn His re-
mains were followed to their last resting place by
a large procession of mourning friends, for none
knew Jack Rundell, as he familarly called,
but to like him. He was native of ST. Austew,
Cornwall, and was 36 years of age the 5th of
this month. The only known relative in this
low, of Grass Valley.
PLACERs INTEREsTs.-There are few counties
in this State that have as varied and valuable re-
sources as Placer. To treat them fully would
require book of many pages In the first place,
its location, extending it does from the centre
of the great Sacramento Valley on the west, to
the summit of the Sierras on the east gives it a
variety of climate possessed by no country in
all the Eastern world. The climate of every lat
itude can be found in Placer county. The bamy
| sun of the tropics, or the frozen and continual
SHOWS of the arctic region are hers. Her pro-
ductions are not less varied. Crossing from the
Sacramento river on her western boundary to
the ot-hills of the Sierras distance of about
fourteen miles, the stranger would pass through
a country scarcely surpassed in the world for the
production of wheat and other varieties of small
gram, whore crops, though varying in their yield,
| never fail. At the foot of the hills you will find
coal mines opened and being opened along the
| whole range, from one side of the county, reach
| ing southelly, nearly to the other side These
mines are in their infancy; but they promise n
production of wealth and business incalculable
Leaving these and ascending the hills to the
| eastward you pass through country mostly set
tied, but worked on a different plan. Each
rancher in this foot-hill region raises grain,
some hay some fruit, and some stock, mostly
hogs and cattle; and from these varcus sources
of income realizes, in most cases, very com
Portable livelihood. Later years. as the or
| chards and vineyards in this region have become
extended and more developed, greater attention
| is being given to them, and thus fruit raising
| promises to be the grand industry of the foot
hills After travelling twelve miles into the hills
you come to the quartz mines. From twelve to
sixteen miles you pass through the Ophir and
Auburn districts in which are found most of
the quartz mines in the county, many of which
are now being worked with very hattering pros
pects From this latitude of ascent, sluice min
ing is carried ON to some extent yet; but mostly
by Cinnamon. Still ascending you pass by well
improved farms, with fine orchards and vine
yards; occasionally mine; occasionally wood
ranch and on until about forty miles from the
foothills is reached. when find occasionally
a saw-niill; and occasionally hydraulic mine
About fifty miles from the foothills we come TO
the main hydraulic mines of the county, and in
deed the State. Hundreds of men are employ
ed in these mines, and millions of dollars an
nually taken from them. From this region, un-
til you come to the summit of the mountains
which here form the Eastern boundary of the
county, and indeed the line dividing this State
from Nevada the main interest is lumberng-
In the upper regions of the county, saw mills are
numerous, and from them millions Of feet of lum-
Der are turned out annus 'ly. besides shakes
posts, shingles and wood in untold quantity.
Every step of the way from the foothills to the
summit you find some industry peculiar to the
climate and products of the particular latitude
of ascent Thus it will be seen the principal
productions and sources of wealth in Placer
County are grain, hay, froot 1--WE might add
wine and brandy from the vineyards), stock,
COAL gold, wood and lumber. These are the
products produced and the resources for their
production are scarcely commenced to be devel
oped. We want only one thing, and that is
population. This county is well capable of
supporting, and supporting well, ten persons
where we now have one The country the eli
mate and the products stand invitingy to emf
grants, and almost begs them to come and ac-
cept the inducements offered. And while thou
sands are daily seeking homes in some new
country, there are few places in the world that
offer the inducements offered here What is
true of the foothills of Placer is equally true of
the whole foot-hill region of California. Wealth
for the millions is still hidden in this region of
country, and all that is required is honest IL
dustry to get it ont. All this country will be
settled thick1y and every resource will be de-
veloped in time but why wait, when such i'll
ducements offered?
FAREWELL PARrY.-Mr. editor must inform
you of the good time we had here, in Bath at
party given at Mrs. Haneys on the 3D. The
term of our school closed on the 1st of the
month, and not willing to allow good works to
pass without some demonstration of our appre-
rtv uoe ootta III in honor Of the