The San Francisco call., 1898-02-13

comb Valley is a quarry of beautiful mar pie covering at least quarter section, anly ana many me specimens are found easily accessible Tn other places. An excellent quality of sandstone is found in the foot nils, and clay suitable for building is abundant. Black marble is found in large quantities, as well as some jaspar.'
 MINERALS - The precious metals abounds in all the mountains and ravines Placer gold was found on Lytle Creek in the early days and has been worked for comb Valley. Along the Mojave River TOT 1orty miles and in the hills north or the city gold-bearing quartz is found in every direction. The county contains been pronounced during the past week to equal the famed Cripple Creek of Colo rado The Mountain district, Ruby dis trict tIa. ana Morongo have mines that are pelng worked to advantage, as have Pi- non and Twentynine Palms. Virginia Dale IS one of the most promising dis .rlc,s Uary r;a Tn the county, and contains many demonstrated that many rich veins of gold, silver and lead lie in the desert wastes that have heretofore been over n6G rookeo by prospectors, but which are readily accessible and easily worked. The iuture ot gold mining in San Bernardino IS tull Of promise. The absence of large streams has proved detrimental to pla- o.,arI oTf 41iiing; most of the gold being in cehlnery to develop it. This is fast being introduced, and it is easy to predict thai within d few years San Bernardino Coun- " Will become one of the greatest gold producing sections in the world Among the other fourishing mining districts in the county may be mentioned Johannes- puurs, tWenty-six miles from Kramer on the Atlantic and Pacific railroad and thlrty miles from Mojave on the South ern Pacific. The Lone Star, on the ex treme north, Is another district rich in gold. Grapevine district, on the Atlantic and Pacific, off from Barstow. contains many valuable mines. Calico district and Ai1ord nave many good mines Soda Clarks, Vanderbilt, New York, Trojan and the Providence Mountain districts are all coming into prominence and con tain great possibilities. Sacramento dis trlct, west of the Needles, Lava Bed Dry Lake Lake and Black Hawk contain mines that pan out well. Gro Grande district IS the largest in the county, and is on the Santa Fe route on the Mojave Desert.
 The mineral wealth of the county does not consist Of gold alone. Silver, copper, lead. zinc, iron, manganese, borax, salt. soda, baryta, gypsum. sulphur and asbes. tos are found in abundance
 AGRlCuLTURAL PRODUCTS = The asTdinn agr}Gn5ura aIa products sno of San Ser wheat, barley, rye. buckwheat, oats, potatoes, sorghum and tobacco flourish There There eo is no place in the world ter advantage. Twenty tons can be grown to the acre, making 1t a most profitable crop. Barley IS perhaps the principal grain crop, being more profitable than wheat, more productive than oats, and is the chief horsefeed.
 LIVESTOCK-The climate is peculiarly fitted for developing neat cattle and fine horses The Jersey, Holstein and shorI horn are fast supplanting less favored cattle.
 CITRUS FRUITs-san Bernardino is the home of the orange. So we'll have The growers succeeded in producing fine fruit that the brands from this county always bring the highest prices in the Eastern markets. The district is rarely visited by frost, and the water supply Is abundant. The acreage of orange and lemon orch ards in the county is over 20 900 acres. and the oranges are largely of the navel variety The crop for the county this 900 boxes. Two medals from the Soutb- ern California Fair, one from the Worlds Fair at Chicago and one from the Atlanta orange-growers. '-o
 Ansen Van Luven planted the first