The San Francisco call., 1901-12-26

Shasta County. Fruit growing has been
successfully followed at Anderson. which
is twelve miles south Of Reddtng At
Bella Vista, twelve miles east from Red
ding, is the headquarters of the Terry
Lumber Company, which has vast lum-
Der output in sugar pine and yellow pine
principally. Burney Valley, situated
sixty-six miles northeast from Redding,
is a good agricultural country. There are
also agricultural and stock interests at
burgess, hfty-t1ve miles northeast from
Reddirg. The Shasta King, Balaklala
and StOweu groups of mines are near
Copley, on the railroad, nine miles north
from Kedding, on the Sacramento River.
Cottonwood is a good shipping point. It
is eighteen miles from Redding. The soil
Is productive. At French GUlch there are
good mining properties. A daily stage
connection is maintained with Redding.
There are excellent mining prospects at
Gas Point, Hart, Whitehouse, Igo, Knob
Harrison Gulch-Dliddle Creek, Oak Run,
Shasta, Shingletown, Whiskytown and
Saltwater
The mineral springs and health resorts
of Shasta County are famous.
The Redding local papers give an ac-
count of a railroad which is now project
ed Tor the purpose OF connecting Fall
River Mills with the Southern Pacific
main line. The company concerned in
the project is the Shasta Mineral Belt
Railway, of which d. p. Doak of st.
Louis is the president. Two routes are
offered-one following the Pit River from
JQQcUOn with the sacramento River,
three miles above Kennett, and the other
extending from Bella Vista, the terminus
of the Terry road. The purpose alleged
Is to push on through Modoc County
with this line
The historic town of Shasta Is gradual
ly being merged into the corporate exist
ence OF Redd5ng by the simple process Of
migration People who were formerly
dwellers in Shasta are now leading citi-
zenS in Redding. They and their house
hold goods have gone to Redding for the
or hnT~ nj or1fo off roEh
the larger community. The stores of
Shasta are now nearly all closed. Dur
ing the last year the only hotel of Shasta
has Succumbed. Various business places
have followed suit. The Old-time stores
are represented only by unoccupied brick
buildings. The former store windows are
covered by iron blinds, or shutters, that
are never taken down now. A few of the
old residents remain. The oldest Of these
in point Of years Of residence Is probably
Mrs. c. N. Knox, who has resided in
Shasta continuously ever since 1852 Else
where the story is told Of the taking
away of the county seat to Redding.
Over the principal street Of Shasta--the
town is mainly all upon one street.-The
teamSterS drive constantly on their way
to WhiskytOwn. Weaverville and other
points, where there is demand for SUD-
plies. Shasta is the oldest town in North
ern California. Once 1t was the center Of
great mining activity. No one can safely
say that 1t Will not again become prOmi-
nent- The copper discoveries that have
given Shasta County it's present leading
position among the mineral counties OF
California were not known a few years
ago. Other discoveries are probable.
1t was in Shasta, in 1850, that the first
public meeting was held at which the or
gantZation of Shasta County was pro-
posed Then Shasta County embraced an
area 200 miles square, extending from the
Oregon State line on the north to Red
Bluff on the south and from the summit
of the Coast Range Mountains on the
west to the Sierra Nevada Mountains on
the east. County officers were elected for
Shasta County on October T. 1850, whicn
was about one month after the bill was
passed by the National Congress admit
ting California as a State of the Union
Shasta was chosen as the county seat IN
February Is, 1851