California mines and minerals . rity of the miningcounties of California, first opened to general settle-ment by the famous gold excitement of 1849. As rich^ as the richest, the tales yet told by the early pioneersbear witness to the fabulous productiveness of those wonderful sur-face placers. But now thosegolden days arelong past, and themining of thepresent is fast be-coming less andless a matter ofpick, pan, and in-dividual luck. TheCalaveras Countyof to-day lies along, irregulartriangle, its short-est side on theedge of the fertileplains of the SanStanislaus, both flowing in deep canyons,
California mines and minerals . rity of the miningcounties of California, first opened to general settle-ment by the famous gold excitement of 1849. As rich^ as the richest, the tales yet told by the early pioneersbear witness to the fabulous productiveness of those wonderful sur-face placers. But now thosegolden days arelong past, and themining of thepresent is fast be-coming less andless a matter ofpick, pan, and in-dividual luck. TheCalaveras Countyof to-day lies along, irregulartriangle, its short-est side on theedge of the fertileplains of the SanStanislaus, both flowing in deep canyons, the drainage of the interiorof the county is accomplished mainly by the Calaveras River and itstributary creeks, none of which, however, extend to the regionof eternal snow; therefore, while this system, with its accompanyingditches, is wholly adequate for milling purposes, Calaveras has, untilthe past three years, been handicapped by insufficient water forpower the year round, in many localities. This need has now been. IKXNIMAN. Joaquin Valley,two hundred feetabove the sea, theangle oppositenestling amongthe great peaksof the Sierra Ne-vadas, at an alti-tude of 8,000 fromAmador Countyon the north bythe MokelumneRiver, and fromTuolumne on thesouth by the MINES OF CALAVERAS COUNTY 331 met, where it was most sorely felt, viz., along the Mother Lode, bytwo electric power lines. The geological formation of the county presents many peculi-arities. The predominant rocks, however, are the paleozoic sedimentsof the carboniferous age, giving place, in the lower part, to thesandstones and clay rocks of the lone formation, and, in the higheraltitudes, to igneous grano-diorite and hornblende rocks. The county may be best divided into five sections for more detaileddescription, to wit: The lower, or Comanche-Milton, the Campo Seco-Copperopolis, the Mother Lode, the East Point, and the West Pointareas, all having a general trend from north-west to south-east,except the latter
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