Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • Page 93

SUNDAY Oakland Oft) tie APRIL 26, 1931 PflOSPECTORS KEEP BUSY IN NEI KILKJBE PROPERTJIS LEASE AGENT TELLS DE11 FDR-PHOPERTY New Plant, is Nearirig G)mpletion The new factory of Blue Bird Potato Chipi Inc. at Eighty-firit avenue, south of Eait Fourteenth street. The factory employs sixty-five persons, and occupies a site 150 by 528 feet in extent The company expects to occupy the new building during the latter part of June. The structure was designed by Charles McCall, architect. A Cabin at Kilkare The return of spring it bringing many visitor and property ownef into Kilkar for the week-end.

A new unit ha just been opened to be known as Kilkare Manor, adjoining the original Kilkare Woods. TO Old Properties Are Being Larger Sites, Wider Roads In Latest Active Spring Market Is Indicated by New 8-M lOTfflhUffi OPEN VIEW Developed in Gold Hunt (Continued From Page 5-M.) III Hill. rm, -KMfs ,2. sjKc A new unit of the Kilkare pro Wachs business property '8k. til.

perty above Sunol Is open to the public today, according Jo the an leasing specialists report Indica present ltm the outlook for the industry ia very promising, in fact, I A y- I I Jfi V-X ie.l nouncement of the Oakland office for the Kilkare properties. C. W. Finch, sales manager for the de mora bo than it naa oeen lor i number of years pant. Several dls "Ml ft tions for an active leasing market for spring, judging from the variety of lease, aggregating $115,000, consummated within the last few days In their office, as follows: veloping company states: satroua fires have handicapped the Argonaut and Kennedy mlnea at "Kilkare Manor adjoins the Kil gW.

different Intervals, but the future kare woods section on the Sunol looms tin bright with every Indies Store in the Bank of America tlon of many future years of active property at the southeast corner of side. The two units are comparable from the standpoint of natural beauty, but Kilkare Manor entovs Broadway and Fourteenth streets. known as 4Z5 Fourteenth street, te tne advantages or larger cabin sites Lee Bertilllon, men's hatter. and wider roadways. A movement ML The entire storeroom In frt'ne is under way to have the main roadway, leading Into Kilkare from mining.

SHAFT DOWIf 6780 FEET The famous Argonaut mine at Jackson, which first started production in 1860, now has a shaft which ia 6780 feet in depth. At the present time, the company is doing active mining operations on the (650 foot level. During the past several months, the Argonaut min Money Back Smith property on the northeast corner of Thirteenth and. Clay streets, known as 536 Thirteenth street to the Coast Vurni- Sunol, made a county road, and the property owners, C. H.

Crocker and ture company. NT 4fli-'--- 'S 1 STARTED Placerville Reverts to Hangtown for Summer The entire premises In the Davis the board of supervisors; are working toward that end. This would mean that the same type of road would be built into Kilkare that traverses Nlles Canyon. ers have unearthed rich ore on tne building at 1624 San Pablj avenu running through to Seventeenth, lower working levels. Approxl matelv 200 men are employed un street, to Stein Furniturs derground and on top.

The prop Tnis secluded mountain retreat ONE LOG HI The completely remodeled stor erty has a sixty-stamp mill and the Is at Its best now, and a day's outing In roaming the Kilkare trails By H. In the Money Back Smith property at 1721 Broadway tc Federal Outfitting company, men's and wo PLACERVILLE. April 26. This top workings are up-io-nme in very detail. The total production of the mine at the close of the year and hills would be a- day well town, the "Hangtown of the stir pent.

For those Interested in own- ng their own cabin site, we advise ring gold-rush days and cradle of the Vigilantes of the '60's, is being UiO was 117,891,400. The Kennedy mine, also a mile In the making of reservations at this returned, so far as practicable, to THOMAS. transportation at a time when the road over the Sierras from Placerville to Carson City formed the only means of transportation between the California gold fields and the silver mlnea In Virginia City, and offered the speedy transmission of mall by the Pony Express. HISTORICAL SPOTS MARKED. Old historical spots in the county have been carefully marked for the depth, was opened prior to 170, and has been a wonderful producer, nnrlnr the past few years the prop time, because In the Manor section Just opened there Is a wide choice available.

It If but an hour's its pioneer appearance for the entire summer, commencing on May A. A. H. Turtle built the first log cabin in Tuttletown in 1648, and became the flrat county Judge. The old stone store was built in 1862.

Here Bret Harte clerked, and Mark Twain traded. The nearby gulches' were Immensely rich. Close I ''LA jut i Ci Ssfsas6a erty has undergone a number of 21. Thm antir eftuntv la nar- One of the eights tlclpatlnj in the plana entertained improvements, drive from Oakland through Nlles Canyon to the property, and slightly more by way of Dublin Canyon in view from the grade la the mas-1 hr the Chamber of Commerce for slve steel gallows from which la a the 'it oelebratlon which will be by is Red Dog, the setting of to eunoi. information may be oh aplendid symbol of faith in tne held every week end from May 21 "An Heiress of Red Dog," Sandy talned from our Oakland office at company ruture proaucuvenuna in t0 juiy 5 inclusive, Bar, the locale of Two Men from men's outfitters.

The storeroom in the Kushln and Sternberger property at 1721 Telegraph avenue to R. O. Borchert candles and fountain lunch. Storeroom In the same premise at 1716 Telegraph avenue to E. Rubin, household wares.

Large corner atoreroom in the Newman property on Telegraph. avenue and Channlng Way, Berkeley, to Maxwell Hardware company of Oakland. Storeroom In the Wonder Invest, ment company property at 1016 street, Freano, to the National Shirt Shopa, Inc. Loft at 1766 Broadway In th Smith Broa. building to Sol fteine.s, theatrical costumer.

Storeroom at 1014 Washington 634 Fifteenth street, or at the pro the output of the lower working whiskers have been grown by Sandy Bar," and Roaring Camp, perty. tmmA In "T.unlr a 9 Hamn levels. Binoe tne aisaairous lire Very male able to support them which destroyed tne top workings naiee 0f the community have Up the Stanislaus are Wayne's Bar oelebratlon. Bullion Bend, where a atage laden with gold waa held up and robbed, with the loss of half a dozen Uvea; the old ahop of Studebaker; the atump of Hangman's Tree; the old Chinese Jc a House, and Chinese Masonio Temple; the first fire house: the of the mlnwye company nas in- abandoned their modern skirts and and Simpson's Bar, the setting of HATCHERY SALES GAIN stalled nre-proor structures 01 me dresses and the streets are crowd latest type. A new suu-norsepower ed wltn COatumes which represent Poultry hatcheries, with a total capacity of 6,190,010 eggs, now are the poem "Penelope," and of the story "How Santa Claus Came to Simpson's Bar." Nearby Is the leotne Moist is in operation, a th hegnt ot fashion 76 and 80 reporting to tne California and site of numerous atage stations and home of "The Rose of Tuolumne.

new onm nunureu y(ir, Many of the costumes, United States Departments of Ag hotels, made famous by the visita located on tne property ana w.o incidentally, are not reproductions, Here was told "Jeff Brlgg's Love tions of Horace Greeley. Hank present time about two nunarea but ar, costumes, handed rlculture at Sacramento. These hatcheries, an official summary Monk and other celebrities these and scores of similar places are neen art empioyea. aoyva from tn, jadJe, ot the Mry CENTRAL EUREKA 1 daya ancestors of those who are snows, sola baby chick Old Bank Building Now Used for Store D. Mills, who had established In 1930, compared with 12,676,000 part of the spirit of the celebra atreet, to the Collegiate Knitting Mills, of Los Angeles, manufacturers of women's knitted goods.

Story," while Red Gulch brings memories of the ''Idyl of Red Gulch." The twins of Table Mountain "resided" on the verge of vast stony level, and "Truthful James" who reported the poems lived nearby on Table Mountain. in IS 211, and 9,251,640 In 1928 Besides the two mines mentioned 1 now seeking to rebuild this Central Eureka at Butter Creek city Into the mining camp of Ghost City Site Off Alpine Highway Turning off the Alpine highway at Pine Grove, one proceeds east three miles to old historic Volcano, the scene of much activity in the early mining days, now almost a tion. Then, too, the ghost towns will be majde features to attract Slightly more than one-half of the a bank at Sacramento, also opened figures prominently in ine mining the past. chicks sold last-year were dlsno' tourists and visitors. Gold GUI, history of the county.

The lowest ELABORATES PREPARATIONS. a branch at Columbia. The latter of in March and April. Two-thirds of the sales made lust year were Cold Springs, Coon Hollow, Nigger Hill, Jackass Flat scores of places building, with its. vault, is atlll The trails about Tuttletown recall the picturesque characters of Jack Hamlin.

Dr. Duchwse, Jeff Brlggs working level 01 mis mine is Elaborate preparations for en-feet, and the old Eureka has tertalnment of thousanda of vis-depth of 1600 feet. The latter prop- Jtora have been under way for within the state of California. Deep Quartz Mines Yield Much Gold Along the Mark Twuin-Brct wnicn in tne mining boom ha standing, and now la used for a populations numbering Into th ghost city, with many of the buildings erected In the "fifties" still standing. erty ia owned and operated by tne The atore and office build- store.

The doors of the vault were thousands and today are marked TRADE IN FRESNO purchased some vears ago hv John by nothing more than a crumblln Harte trail, passing through Ama of Tuolumnee, AsfTer Dean of Angels, Brown of Calaveras, Jones of Mariposa, "Old others familiar to readers of the "Argonauts." The census bureau reports that Dunn of Kan Francisco and are now Central jsureka Mining company. )nM ar being rebuilt to represent This property haa been an active thB j0f cablns and slab buildings Sroducer for many yeara. The Cen- wncn housed the buelnesa estab- al Eureka was discovered In 18B9, i.hm(,nt, 0t the sold rush days. llshments of the gold rush days. chimney or the foundation of a plo 1452 retail stores In Fresno do an dor county, are located thu gold quartz mines, recognized as the in inai city.

neer house, are within a few min annual business of $68,007,761. but has not been operated contln utes' driving time of Placerville. THHEE-HOUR DRIVE, tiously. A forty-stamp mill Is op and In many inntancees modern devices have been replaced with old-time equipment. Llold scalen, HERD IMPROVEMENT WORK During the decade 1920-1930.

most extensive and deepest mines of kind in the world, from which more than $600,000,000 in gold has been recovered over a period of years. Along the trail rating on the property. The Moore The old toll roa to Lake Tahos. the average production Dor cow in several sets of which are rich in ACTIVITY GROWS Boys and girls enrolled In 4-H clubs under the University of California Agricultural Extension Division, last, year totaled 9731, according to a report recently made by Director B. H.

Corcheron. This was. more than a 10 per cent gain over the previous year's figures of 8806. Of these club members, 6151 were In agricultural projects, and mine, near jaokson, it ia reported, la about to be reopened and- will again be listed as an active pro once the only outlet for the gold fields, Is now a beautiful state highway, making It possible for historical assoelatlons, are to be California Gold Trails Blazed by Harte, Twain seen in banks ana stores where, California dairy herds increased from 183 pounds to 236.9 pounds, largely due to the dairy improvement campaign of the Agricultural Extension Service. Using the av visitors to see the "lake of th while miners were taking for ducer of the precioua rnetai.

In the Plymouth sect I an, the Ply' skies" In a short three-hour drive tunes from the ground a "pinch" of mouth Consolidated mine, owned are also many historical and scenio spots. Sonora Regular City in May, 1851 from this rlty. dust represented the medium of exchange for most human wants. by the Argonaut Mining company, erage butter fat price during this For the seven weeks of the celebration, all things modern will be ia working a amali crew, keeping year, this increase was worth The chamber of commerce is (Continued From Page 5-M.) the water out and prospecting. 3581) were in home demonstration work.

Fresno county, with an enrollment of 611, leads the state in 4-H club work. in disfavor In the eyes of this com lan.nyi to California dairy far constructing an El Dorado Casino Remaining on th To. mers. scene. Thev round a green lana munity.

Tne parades, which are In the Pioneer and Pine Grove sections and In other parte of the which will house the saloons, the gambling halls, the fiance halls Last year, there was a per timbered with a beautiful oak of to be held from time to time, will cent increase in number of cows the California foothills. They found and the pioneer stores which on test in California, with 97.235 iindnlatlnv flowers and game in country, the smaller properties are looming into prominence. A recent report from the Carrie mine In the Pioneer seotlon shows that the permit no automobiles. Floats muet be drawn by Jackass, oxen or horse. Modern garb will be rare Indeed on the of the city- SHOW FAST GROWTH Something of the rapid growth flourished In the county during Its heyday.

The dance floor will ac abundance and a few bands of animals on the cow testing association books. Los Angeles, the prln- Sonora on May 26, 1851, had be came a regular city with a mayor and a common council. The following December, William Hammond Company opened a bank In the little city, and the following year, Sonora had its first school, conducted by Miss Hawkhurst. Columbia, too, secured a school in 1862, which was taught by Mrs. Haley.

Indians, mostly peaceful, aome- highway one winds on to Fourth Crossing, through Altavllle and Into quaint Angels. On the left, as you roll down the main atreet called Broadway la the Angels hotel where took place the contest which Inspired Mark Twain to pen the first of his greet classics, "The Jumping Frog of Calaveras." Angela is perpetuating this contest each year with Its vrn ana even in tne smaller rural com Ipal dairy county, with a dairy tlmes not. commodate SOOO persons, while other buildings and spaces within the one" large enclosure will ac California is making is shown by the fact that Riverside, San Bernardino and Orange eountles in company has unearthed some rich ore which assays as high hs several hundred dollars a ton. Smaller munltlea of the county. Miners' And then took place that tltanlo cow population of 47,000 animals, has 11,500 cows on test at the clothing and the more elaborate commodate an additional 2000 at creased In population 80 per cent transf curation of tne countryside.

properties in the Pine Grove region garb or the gambler and fastidious present time. from 1920 to 1930. one time. the news which spread 'round the ahow bright prospects and many GLAMOR OF PAST, mall claims are being prospected world and In two anort yeara changed California from a little i. All the glamor and the romance by outside mining men.

IX CALAVERAS known land into a commonwealth business man will be the habitual attire of males of the community most of whom have beards and whiskers which have been growing tar months. The pantalettes, hoop skirts and the flowing garments of of th past will be relived In the 1 1 I MARK TWAIN'S CABIN. which then and ever afterward Casino, the chamber of commerce From Angels An mmii. played a most Important part In the history of this nation. officials plan, while the stirring In Calavejras.

county the revival mining has been progressing lowly for several yeara and now parson j-iin wnere one hUM nr. tne belies or the '-60's will be worn times of whllch history tells will be relived along the streets which Indications are that this great In by the ladles, while the social af env.uuu ana one nugget was found worth and once were trodden by the Vlgl dm try will come hack much more oown 10 jweiones, so called by the lantes, the victims of Judge Lynch ralra of the Including dances and similar gatherings, are planned so as to offer prizes and oecause tne nugget themHelvAS, and the historical Hank rouna nere- looked so much liu rapidly. Borne of the copper properties are doing some work, and with a return to anything like stable conditions In the markets for this metal, there will be greatly Monks, Horace Oreeleys and othflr awards for the best pioneer garb. WALTZING CONTEST. melon seeds.

outstanding figures of three quar ters of a century ago. men tin to Jackass Mm The rush of '4B is History, 'rue historians of the world have had) their fling at chronicling the events Hint took pJnco during that tlmn hut no historian nor wore of historians could set down In a lifetime all the events that transpired during the time that those thousands upon thousands of red-shlrtl, booted! minors worked and played, struggled and fought, biillded their cities. It was a rather hazy apprecia Is the restored cahin of Miri Each week end during the cel The state waltzing championship will be decided during the celebration a huge gold nugget going to lnoreaaed production, while both old and new quartz properties are ebration, the Vigilantes will' re- Twain and here should be the place where California erects Its shrine enact the lynching which gave the man and the woman winning mu greatest ot American hu morists. r- Placerrllle Its name of Hangtown. Upon' a huge authontIo It her being worked or are In position to go on production, drift mining seems to be Inthe ascendancy.

This phase of mining Is bent exemplified, probably, on the prop tne nonors. A poke of nugaots Is to' go to' tfie irian raising (Tie Tiest" whiskers since January first, re Tuttletown comes next. Thm.ih history recounts, the vigilantes of gardless of where he cornea from the community, In, .1850, hansred TrUh Tllck Crone and two out the works of Bret Harte and Mark Twain are references of Tuttletown for here Harte clerked i. erty of th Vallnctto Western mine since the contest, when opened tion of that marvelous stretch of country on the lower foothills of the Sierras and the hope that all waa declared open to the world wiior mi company own" lour qonntfhions for Infringements a store and Twain came from Jack, ass Hill to trade. The characters and participants from every part nine 01 oiu unminci miu ims in(ilMj)(tif me PC pon the peace and dignity of the of California and a part of the na than a mile of underground work or tne state nave entered the coin or meir nooks were their dally as- tion might share In a more clarified viewpoint that brought about petition county.

Their speedy trial, before a miners' Jury-am the conviction which could result In but one punishment forms the background for Main Street of Placerville. al he Mark Twain-Bret Harte Trail ways Interesting and romantic in Month Idea as a part of the Cali lng blocked out. There are several properties being worked In this same section, at a depth ranging from 160 to 860 feet, seeking out the gold bearing gravels which have been burled for many centuries under the flow of volcanic On the way to Sonora, turn off to Columbia, ghost town, yes but still practically unchanged appearance, will present the an fornia Fiesta Tear program. pearance of Hangtown of 1850 un the weekly feature which Is being worked up by the revived Vigilantes and, although only the PAGEANT CONSIDERED The first thought took form In til July 6. Stores are dressed In bark to represent log construction, In the Virgin Forest stump of the old oak tree remains.

inim uie lime when ftn 15,000 now reduced to a few iMtndred almost made it the capital of California, missing by three or in the slabs which formed the pagentry as the best method of this hallowed spot of more elaborate buildings of the the Golden State that la still sur enrly days. effluvia. In addition to the precious metals In Calaveras county there are millions of tons of commercial tone, principally limestone, mica, lata, asbestos, quarts crystals, charged with the fantastic glamor those days gone by. Time and Mother Lode Oak finances prevented putting on this Mnvm. it would take volumes to tell of Columbia which cannot be appreciated without being seen.

Sonora, after Columbia, is a striking contrast, for Sonora to a modern city where movie queens may be seen at almost in, time week-long celebration which would greenstone, cobalt, and granite. one of the sites of Interest In the community It will he rebuilt artificially for the summer's celebration, a the "hanging" will be carried on for the benefit of the thousnnds who are expected to be here during the summer. VIGILANTES RIDE, Eiirhweek for the Inst several "months, the Vigilantes' have been' active once more. Reorganized under direction of chamber of We are opening Kilkare Killed by Miners live swung from Stockton, the proceeding -southward, the heU news la that the great Carson llrfl oint of entry for most of the Ar There sre many famous localities! nclor folk here for- the filming gonauts going Into the central and mlne, where the second larpest iw visit in ine iuotner looe. Manor todayrarTiewmnit of 1 K.Kua otithern mines, through Jackson, Jackass Hill, where Mark Twain iivra mm will ne nugget the world Has cverntnown was taken out.

Is to be reopened. Mokelumne Hill, San Andreas. An lived and worked nnd wrote some rnia nugget weighed 193 pounds gels Camp, Jackass Hill, Columbia, the Kilkare properties above of his stories; nig Oak Flat, so named from a gigantic oak which onnnt, Jamestown and back to commerce officials, the band of It la expected this property will he on production within a few months. Stockton. withstood the weather and winds Then blossomed the Trail Month of many deendes until Its roots Sunol.

round Charlie Segerstrom In his bntik. hut director meetings and business conferences go by the lioards when someone mentions the olden days. Segerstrom is a collector of everything that pertains to the past and In addition Is a keen student of the history of early days. MANY SIGHTS OFFERED. IX TUOl.lMNE Tuolumne county haa also had lt share of great mining produc plan.

A special committee was rormea tion properties. These include the ith Charles Segerstrom, Sonora bankerand student of Mother Lode Harvard group; the Patterson Larger cabin sites and wider which la atlll In operation; the history, as chairman. A folder containing a map and from sonora the route lies to volunteer law enforcement officers have dragged culprits to the historic old Hell Tower itnelf used In bygone days by the original Vigilantes for meetings and tried ind convicted them fur failure to wear whiskers, to properly decorate their plncea of business, and for other failures nml omissions in earning out the spirit of the celebration. Kines have been assessed or. in aggravated canes, the (stocks have been brought into use.

the hapless victim convicted of lack of community spirit holng entencrd to upend time before the of the curious short descriptive material of more roadways are the rule. Jamestown, settled in 1848. After Kawbide, with a production In ex-cesa of the Mangnnte. still working; the famous Dutch App, with a yield of nearly the Jumper, another 6,000,000 han a hundred points In the three jamesiown comes Yosemlte Junc- wore loosened by miners seeking the gold at Its roots, whereupon the wind blew over the old land mark In 1869. Someone subsequently sot fire to the decaying trunk.

Placerville Once Was Dry Diggings The settlement of dry diggings was founded along the banks of a rich gold-bearing creek. Here the first Vigilantes in California were organized and three men were hanged to an oak tree on Main counties was issued. Thirty thousand of these pamphlets have been uon wnere tne sightseer may turn on un mo oig iian imr road and producer known for Its Jewelry istrihuted tar and wide as a guide pasa through Chinese Camn. nrn. those who see this country.

And what they will see. Swinging up through the foot land. Second Garrotte, Tennessee's Cabin, Hangman Tree and 'on to Carl Inn and Tosemlte Valley. Or hills Stockton, through lone ine route may be down thrnmh nd past rich clay deposits, they ft A ill nass bv Martell with its short puniic helpless In the improvised prison. A number of special events have been definitely planned for est standard gauge rntlrdad In the the foothills again to the floor of the San Joaquin valley.

Six celebrations have been carded for this trail month starting- street. Dry Plgglngs thus earned the nickname. Hangtown. In 1850 the community was incorporated under thejiamo of Placerville nnd itl Is today the seat of El Dorado quartx me the Confidence, discovered In 1853; the Buchanan; the Boulsby, with a recorded production of more than 17,000,000. the Densmore, still producing; th Golden Gate, with over JJ.000.000 to its credit, and the San Oulseppe, which produced the pur-eat gold ever found in a natural state, worth 20.46 per ounce as mined.

That modern mining machinery, lectrle power, capital and perseverance will agaitmake many of the Mother Lode mines greater producers In the future than they have been i nthe past. In an nnlninn world. On either side are great mines now In operation, where shafts have been sunk more than nummer, ncluilsg iovernor's Dav "1 Jun 13. when Governor Rolph wun ine flora coming Picnic at lone on Saturday. Mav s.

The county. scene then shifts to Sonora where a mile to get out the rich gold quarts. These mines are said to he the deepest of their type In the on Saturday and Sunday, May Sun Goes to Foot and 10. will be held the annual present; Minlobnker Day, June 20. when a nationwide convention of dealers will be held here, where Studvhi.ker launched his business career; Dav.

when the governor high officials of Nevada win be guests of honor; Old Time nu world. This Is Jackson. Here will be found a store- which haa been operated by the same family in the Of 3000 Foot Shaft Itesldents of Jackson state that same building since 1850 as well as the building where the first parlor of the Native Daughters of the wwi is rapidly growing among en there are two periods of the year, ameers ana operators. In this re- each of about one minute duration. when the reml.

(me drivers of tlie olden wllltrathor and discuss the trials and tribulations besetting Now is the time to make your selection of a cabin site, while the choicest, property is available. Visit this secluded mountain retreat; roam over its trails and hills, and realize what a wonderful opportunity Kilkare Manor, -affords for a different and finer vacation with your own cabin. There is an immense mountain acreage at Kilkare Manor, a large part of which is permanently reserved in native wildness. Trails Electricity Water when a newspaper may be reatj pci, a. j.

stent, general man ager of the Argonaut mine, states Golden est was organized. JACKSON UVE CAMP, at tne bottom or the incline shaft of the Fremont mine, lnfJtHK IE lxde Rodeo upon the recondition race track of gold rush days. The next celebration Is the following week-end. May 1 and 17, when Angela plays host with its Jumping Frog Jubilee. After that comes Columbia with its Bret Harte Fiesta on May 23 and 24.

This pageant ia being supervised by Hollywood talent who will use several hundred in the cast. The Mother Lode misses the next week-end. May 29 and 30 and 31 and travels to Stockton for the annual Regatta but goes back to Jackson is the live mining camp vu ii.w coiner ioue tnere are at Amador City, without artificial of California today. In a number light. aowns or mines that have been great producers of gold that were of respects It is the same as In the The.se periods occur in May and gold rush days.

September when the sun shines Then down into the canyon of cioeea down when low grade ore was encountered. The falacy of WNOt directly to the shaft's bottom for the Mother I.ode ha, other mining industries than those with gold production for their ohjrct. At lone, 'one of tile largest firebrick manufacturing companies Is located, using the clay that is mined from the surrounding hills. Marble quarries are located at Columbia, producing a Iteautlfully veined marble of glistening white. This the Mokelumne and up to Moke- umne Hill where in 1848 one of meory nas Deen demonstrated by the Kennedy and Argonaut the brief time that Its orbit passes across the shaft's entrance at thee the first large white settlements inuiee, eacn or tJioee properties en- correct angle, was established.

The picturesque cuonierea mree lean rones, som Jackson on June 7 -for the Italian picnic which ia being held for the fiftieth time. ruins or a day long gone are in Just one hour drive from 'Oakland. Wonderful for week-ends and summer vacations. limes 800 feet In dength. Sinking deep contrast td the bustling ac Jackass Hill Big wironpn mese lean zones, rich ore marote is said to be one of the tivity of Jackson.

Throughout the Mother Lose, on highways and byways, permanent most Impervious to acid that is found any place In the world. again encountered In every Instance, and today at 6700 feet on the incline the vein in these mines and temporary markers by the From the plant of the Calaveras hundreds are now being erected Good Roads giving somewhat in detail the history of the numerous points of in Cement Company near Kan Andreas, romes much of the cement used in highway, irl.lse. and building construction throughout Settlement in '48 Jackass Hill. Mark Twain Cabin, and Mark Twain Oak were a large settlement in 1 848. Miners were allotted only 100 sipiare feet.

Here Mark Twain penned his first story. "The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County." and many others. The historic osk nesr the cabin sheltered Twain as he sat beneath Its branches gleaning Inspiration from hlf famous storioa. On to San Andreas, the county poet of Calaveras county, where Slicriff Joe Zwtnge will he glad to take the vktitor bark In the store room of the mart house erected In the Bus and show him diiMy, faded documents sneh as the lat will of man ahout.tr. be hung In the court yard.

One) might spend a whole month going over them musty art-hlvea and fall to exhaust the thrUltnf store of history, terest along the way so that those who travel again ever this almost sacred ground, which has rAayed is as big and as rich as it ever was. Such mlnea as the Keystone, original Amador Bald'in, Bunker fill, Plymouth Fremont, South Eu-w-ka, and Wlldeman, will produce more In the future than they have In the" past, when the conditions "vernlnu these ore bodies are the West; and at Sonora Is located the plant of the U. S. Ume Prod OAKLAND OFFICE-334 15th Street nOIIiday 1241 ucts Company, fFom which comes auch an Important part In California history, may return with a fair working knowledge of some ef the manv if the products manufac tured and distributed on the Pa- things that transpired following the cry GOLD. it must a lei.

remembered thatlclflc Slope. 1.