Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-02-04


the Gveliest little towns in the interior.
+. L. johnson and I. J. French each carry
full and complete lines of general mer-
chandise, and our host +. III. Plummer,
conducts hotel with reputation for ex-
treme neatness aud excellent table fully
deserved. 4 well-equipped livery and
feed stable is run by Wells & Berry, and
feed and boarding stable by Warren Lamb.
who also conducts n forwarding and com
mission business and is proprietor of the
BuclIhorn bar, billiard and reading-rooms
There is also butcher shop kept by f.
ii. Plummer, barber shop by +. kohen,
Valley Springs carriage factory and black
smithing by Harvey Smith, feed and grain
store by Andy Sinks, who is also post
master, and a harness shop by L. Brad
well. John D. Baker is the railroad COM
pany's agent and Il telephone line CON
meets his office with all towns on therailroad.
Near at hand are the vegetable gardens of
d. Costa, the products of which, for guam
tity of yield and quality, are constant
advertisement Of the climate and the fer
tiiity Of the soil.
Two miles from town is located what is
termed
THE JAPANESE COLONY
1t consists Of farm, conducted by rep
resentatiye from the Governmental japan.
whose object was to experiment regarding
the adaptability of the climate and soil of
this section to the culture Of tea The
superintendent has Just returned to Japan
and will report to the effect that the Guilt
vatiOn is no longer an experiment but
demonstrated success. Besides the tea
shrubs there have been planted many hun
dred orange trees, and the whole farm for
neatness and thorough cultivation will
compare favorably with that of any farm
in the State.
The lands around Valley Spring are
mostly 4 rich, black, sandy !oam, and ex-
eellent opportunities for investment, and
for making homes, present themselves on
every hand. There seems to be warm
belt through this section of the foothills.
the coldest temperature recorded during
the recent snap" being only as low as 24o
above zero. This section can handsomely
support twenty times the population it
now has.
CAMPO sECo.
-Four miles north is Campo Seco, a min
ing camp whose gravel beds in early days
were noted for their fabulous wealth. but
to-day the town is as "dead as door
nail" Two miles from this place are two
copper mines, being worked to their full
capacity one mine employing about fifteen
men and the other over fifty. The pro-
duct, after being roasted for from twelve to
sixteen weeks in huge kilns, is sacked and
sent to Wales for refining. Five miles
southwest of Campo Seco and four miles
west of Valley Spring, is
BURsoN,
A small station on the narrow-gauge. hav-
ing, post, telephone and express Offices.
The town is pleasantly situated in Ever
green valley, with good climate, good soil,
good water and plenty of it, and for
healthfulness cannot be surpassed. This
valley has an average elevation of 420
feet, is about nine miles long and six miles
wide, and lies between the Mokelumne and
Calaveras rivers. The business houses of
the town consist of the general merchan-
disc store of NJ. l.. Cook harness shop, E.
Cotton millinery, Mrs Kimball black
smithing, Ferdinand WaltIers, and L. J.
Kimball u Co, the oldest real estate firm
in the county.
Several veins of gold-bearing quartz
have recently been opened in this vicinity
whose richness has not been surpassed
since the early days, and two mills will
soon be in operation on one of the
ledges. But the principal source Of
wealth lies in the wonderful productive
ness Of the surrounding lands, which con-
sist of a rich, moist, sandy loan. This pro-
duces almost as well without irrigation as
other sections do with, and it is one of the
localities where corn can be successfully
. RAISED 1T A PROFIT
Stalks bearing large, well-flled ears are
, exhibited by Kimbali & Co., which will
, average ten feet in hight, and We're grown
three miles from the river without irriga-
tiop.
: Peaches, apricots, olives, oranges, in
. fact all manner of fruits thrive here to
; perfection, and water if desired for irriga-
tion, can be had in plenty, two ditches
with an abundance, being contiguous to
this vicinity, and an ample supply of
splendid water for domestic use is found
at depth of from twelve to thirty feet,
and fuel in abundance in any direction one
may look.
Here peach trees can be seen, but three
years old, with diameter of four inches
There is hardly a quarter section in the
valley without having upon it from one to
five springs. One of these springs, fitted
!, for the purpose, now irrigates thirty acres
of land and flows some 10000 gallons OF
water per day. This section is free from
fog, and Strawberries are picked from vines
in the open air for nine months in the
year. All that is necessary to induce i'm
migration to this section is to have the
home-seeker cast his eye over the valley
and learn of its resources.
| A factory for making fruit-baskets or
boxes, by gluing together three strips OF
wood, is soon to be started by gentleman
from the East.
WEST POINT
Is pleasantly situated in the great timber
, belt, about fourteen miles northeast OF
,, Mokelumne Hill, with an altitude of :, 700
feet, and is camp of growing Importance
Blue Mountain, lying q miles east, is
crowned with snow during the greater part
: of the year and makes the summers very
pleasant throughout this vicinity. The
5 citizens of West Point are intelligent
and enterprising. 1t boasts one
: of the finest school buildings in the
county, which, with q church architecture
ally neat, new Odd Fellows Hall, and a
, large Town Hall, are the chief public
buildings of the place. Brent, Zipf 4 Co..
III. Beauchemin and L. Novella are dealers
! in general merchandise.
The town contains one hotel, of which
G. Congdon is proprietor; two restaurants,
kept by Reed and Calden, respect
lively; two boarding houses, owned by
J. Wickham and Mrs. j. Lafranchie
two stables, run by Greve and Flanders, and
butcher-shops, by Congden and Lafranchie
The town likewise contains variety store,
: boot and shoe establishment, iewelry
store, a barber-shop, and numerous places
where the thirsty can obtain Refreshments
,, Two sawmills are in this vicinity, each
|, having capacity of 10000 feet of lumber
,, per day.
MINING INTERESTS.
The Russell Reduction Mining Company
own several mines the Lockwood being
the principal bullion-producing property
1t is worked by three shafts, three large
engines furnish power The shafts are
from 300 to 900 feet apart, and depth 20C
, feet. The mill is dry crusher, with 8
capacity equivalent to ten stamps, and i.
run by both water power and steam. The
mine produces $4,000 per month. Sixty
men are employed. The company is com
: | pleting a ditch seventeen miles lontr which