Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-06-12
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the eye, charming in variety OF scenery and
strange mixture of mountain, mining, val
lev, agricultural and horticultural features
Auburn is in the midst of the foothill fruit
and ,sue region, and the whole section is
nov the scene of marvellous growth. There
are plenty of good hotels, ard some that
neske speciality OF entertaining invalids.
san Francisco physicians send many of
their patients TO Aaburn to recuperate dur
ing a convalescence, and the place his
gained an enviabse notoriety foF its healsn-
giving atmosphere and the gentleness OF its
climate, which IS Just that happy medium
between hot md cold, valley and noun
tain equability, that is so Eiuch sought for
and so seldom found. Aadrone Mineral
Springs, six miles north of 'Gilroy Hot
Springs, ise fayorite resort.
BYRON HOT SPRINGS,
In Contra Costa county, near the line of
the railroad running from Sacramento to
San francisco, is near the bay OF San Pablo
but three hours ride from Sacramento
You leave the rail at Byron station, and
have 'but two miles of staging to make
The waters are much sought by rheumaticS
The DAYS are warm, '-he nights cool Ihe
location convenient 10 the chief centess of
business, the hotel saocomm odations equal
to esring for 100 -gNests, and the bathing
facilities superior White sulphur water is
fotsnd here, salt water, salt and sulphur
water in combination. mud baths, etc. The
powers Of these waters were famous among
the indians long prior to the American oc-
AESS7 OTHER SPRINGS,
For which the tourist may make inquiry
with profit, are Ukiah Yichy Springs, two
miles from Dh,iah, Mendocino county, and
thirty-two miles from rail terminus at
Cloverdales Gordon Springs, Lake county ;
Skaggs celebrated springs, Soncma county;
New Alnlatsen Vichy Springs, Santa Clara
county; Pacific Congress Springs and
Alum Roe. Springs. Santa Clara county !;
LItton Settler Springs, SoHoma county :;
Tolenas Springs, Solano county, easily ac-
cessible by rail and short drive from Sac
ramentos and the waters OF (which springs
are SOLD by Sacramento dealers, and are
much sought for curative and corrective
benefits; CampbelPs Spring, Sierra county:
Volcanic Mineral Springs, Inyo county;
Blanck's Hot Sulphur Springs, Colusa
county forth a short distance from Sacra-
mento: Magnetic Springs, Santa Graz
county; Simon's Hot Sulphur Springs,
Colasa county; San Bernardino Hot
Springs, in the county OF the same narle
Warmers Ranch Springs San Diego county;
San Juan Capistrano Springs, Los Angeles
county; Santa Barbara Hot Sulphur
Springs, Santa Barbara county; Plumas
County Hot Sulphur and Soda Springs
Wilbur Springs, Celusa county; Warm
Springs, Alameda csunty, and Tassaiara
Springs, Monterey county.
TUSCAN SPRINGS,
few miles from Red Bluff, Tehama
county. is last named, but not because of
lesser interest. They are reached from
Sacramento by rail via the California and
Oregon branch of tAe,Central Pacific Rail
road, and by a short, delightful carriage
drive The resort IS recognlzed as health
giving, while for bunting, fishing, and
mountain and vaRey scenery it has few
superiors.
We have named q great many springs
and resorts; we have claimed for all special
virtues. If this appears like an elongated
system of puffery, it is the fault OF the
truth. The fact is, that this State is re-
markable for the vast number of its amin
eral springs. The immense area of the
State, the varied Topography, the peculiar
mountain formations, the varying climates
all contribute to the multitude of these re
sorts. We do not hesitate to say that the
claims made for all are well-founded. The
public by its patronage gives this statement
Endorsement OF course, a change to
mountain or sea-coast atmosphere from
city or town confinement, q
change in water, climate, habit
and the rest and composure that are
induced by rural resort, all contribute to
the benefit of wnomsoever visits these
springs and summer resorts. But the same
is true Of all countries and all resorts of the
Union. We do not deal in the faneiful
when we forecast for the mineral springs
of California, when better known, and
when the State shall have become more
settled, world wide fame, and that they
will be resorted TO from all parts of the
civilized earth for tle benefits they impart.
We come now to the last among the list of
springs, which takes on also the character
of natural curiosity, and is one of the
chief attractions of the State to the sight p"
seeker.
THE GEYsERs
This natural curiosity is situated in So
noma county, 100 miles from San Francisco
and about the same distance from Sacra-
mento. Reached by rail to Cloverdale,
thence by stage, on the one hand, from San
Francisco, or better still, by rail from San
Francisco or Sacramento to Calistoga,
through the lovely and highly cultivated
over the most romantic of mountain roads
10 the Geysers, % miles distant. The Gey-
sers are on Little Pluton river, emptying
into Russian river, 200 feet above the sea
level, and were discovered in 1917. They
are located in a deep canyon, from which
arise clouds of hot vapor, especially dense
in the early morning, and from which is
heard constantly the roar of the seething
waters As you enter the canyon from the
hotel path you come first, as you pick your
way amidst hot stones, sulphur deposits,
salts of various kinds elected from the po-
rous earth steam vents of the troubled
depths in the bowels of the mountain, to
the Iron Spring, cold, astringent, tonic, and
curative in many respects. Next to the
Eyewater Spring, with its peculiarly col
ored LIQUID, then crossing Geyser creek you
climb up the seething gorge to Proserpine's
Grotto, the DEVILS Arm Chair,
THE DEVILS KITCHEN,
The Devils Inkstand, from which you
may dip the napthic liquid with which to
write your name. Then come the Hot
Alum Spring, Pluto's Punch Bowl, Cold
Alum Spring, Gevser Smokestack, Witches
Caldron, DEVILS Canopy, Devils Pulpit,
Steamboat Spring regularly putting like
high-pressure engine, Temperance Spring,
Lovers hetTeal, Lava Deus, DeNll ) l6d
Kettle, Indian Sweat Baths, Lemonade
Spring, Devils Oven, and other strange
formations and stranger waters. In this
canyon it is common to find hot and cold
springs, side by side, and hot and cold
waters minghng within a few inches of
their sources. The ground is all more or
less heated, as if the spot were underlaid
with volcanic furnaces. In many places, if
you push down your walking stick into the
soft earth, soon there will issue from the
hole jet of steam, and mineral salts will
begin to gather about the aperture espe-
cially sulphur. Beneath the feet there is a
constant groaning, grumbling, roaring
and seething as of boiling masses of
liquid sorely troubled and seeking for
an escape. There are lighthouses, a
bathing pool, and fishing streams and
pools. The natural hot sulphur water and
steam baths are much enjoyed by visitors.
and the way they clean of old cuticle md
bring out the new man is a wonder to be-
held There is next to the water bath a
sweat room, into which steam is injected.
being conveyed direct from Natures own
sulphurous boilers in the bosom of the
canyon. The swimming pool is deep
enough for adults, shallow enough for
children, and always safe. The hotel
accommodations are good, camping facil-
tiles plentiful and cheap, the drive in and
out TO the Geysers delightful and just
dangerous enough TO be romantic, and yet
70 include no special risk the climate is
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