The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1878-10-05

Notes OF a Trip on the Oceans shore
BY SEE CUE.

We wheeled out of Dlncan's Mills
behind spanking team and followed
the tortuous course of the tree begirted
| Russian river for six miles, to the
ocean-the broad Pacific. 1t WIS u
calm morning--uo wind astir, but the
long, graceful swells, evidences of some
| distant storm, came and threw them
selves, as if in anger, frothingly against
the projecting crags. The road is chis-
eled oat of toe brow of percipitous hills
aud follows the course OF the ocean.
| Above us We're the tall, red wood trees,
aud beneath. the dull. awe inspiring
roar of the mighty waters. The first
settlement we reached was Fort Rose.
beautiful spot perched on a little
| plateau, some two hundred feet above
the sea. Here we saw the old Russian
Chapel. with its quaint architecture and
its moss covered roof; its massive, hewn
timbers and its ''puncheon" floors
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mems quarters and the magazine. all
substantially built, are in good state
of preservation. considering that they
have faced the storms of the Pacific for
three-qnarters of a century. Tue place
has been leased 10 n San Francisco firm
who have turned it into kind of re.
sort for hunters, fishermen, and people
generally who wish to throw off the
cares OF business aud enjoy a season of
repose. Thea We came to Timber
Cove, Salt Point. FISK Mill, Fisher
mans Bay and Gualala pronounced
Nalhalla.) These places have such
similarity about them that one descrip-
ton will suffice for them ALL They are
settlements built ON projecting points
of land. or by some sheltered cove,
where schooners are en- bled to come
to leave aud receive their c4rgoes.
This is done with the aid of chutes
through which the wood, bark, lumber.
charcoal etc of the inhabitants is slid
some three hundred feet, from the high
bluff down and out to the schooners
The same wall of hard times is heard
here that Is heard elsewhere; but an ad.
vance of two or three dollars on
thousand feet of lumber, or Il dollar on
a cord of wood would put stop to all
their murmufings.
We crossed the Gaalala river on
ferry. and judging from the heighth
and width OF its banks, it must be a
very formidable stream in the winter.
The Gualala saw mill is situated at the
mouth OF the river, and has its logs
brought from the woods on a narrow.
guage railroad some six miles in length.
Fifteen miles further on We came to
Point Arena. a place of some preten-
tons. 1t supports three or four hotels,
as many general stores. aud saloons in
or rather out of proportion. The little
steamer which runs between San Fran
cisco and Mendocino once a week,
touches at this point when the weather
permits, and receives its freight at the
end of a chute. an operation which
looks like feeding b ,by with a spoon.
From Point Aroma to Manchester.
Bridgeport and Cuffey's Cove, our road
lay through what is called the Malpass
country. and is considered equal 10
point of fertility. to the most favored
sections of the State.
The potato yield this year is from
eighty to one hundred sacks to the
acre. Cuffey's Cove is supported By
the products of the forest, and the land
ing is surrounded by numberless cords
OF wood, picket fence posts. railroad
ties, etc. The two mills on the Navarro
river are big institutions, capable of
turning out some sixty thousand feet
of lumber a day. Their timber tract
exteuds back about twelve miles from
the ocean. Albion and Little River are
also numbering places, and Mendocino
City, or Big River, as it is commonly
called. is the business centre for large
scope of country. 1t is u town of two
or three thousand Inhabitants. has an
air of permanence, and is perched close
beside the ocean.