. Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the ... session of the Legislature of the State of California. There are indications of iron ore along the second ridge back fromthe shore line, beginning about 6 miles east of Fort Ross and con-tinuing northwesterly into Mendocino County. The more importantlocalities are: Hooper Ranch, J. W. Hooper, owner, 5 miles north of Nobles. Lancaster Ranch, W. M. Richardson, Plantation House, owner; eastof Fisks Mill. Both yellow ocher and hematite occur. Some of it issiliceous, and suitable for paint. Fort Ross, a large body six miles east of Fo
. Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the ... session of the Legislature of the State of California. There are indications of iron ore along the second ridge back fromthe shore line, beginning about 6 miles east of Fort Ross and con-tinuing northwesterly into Mendocino County. The more importantlocalities are: Hooper Ranch, J. W. Hooper, owner, 5 miles north of Nobles. Lancaster Ranch, W. M. Richardson, Plantation House, owner; eastof Fisks Mill. Both yellow ocher and hematite occur. Some of it issiliceous, and suitable for paint. Fort Ross, a large body six miles east of Fort Ross. Bibl.: R. IV, p. 182; XI, p. 461; Bull. 38, pp. 304, (see under Brick and Clay). SONOMA COUNTY. 323 LIMESTONE. Black Ranch Quarry, L. S. Black, Modesto, owner. This deposit is6 miles north of Geyserville on Little Sulphur Creek. The SonomaCounty Lime Company, A. H. Ingram, Santa Rosa, manager, burnedsome lime here in 1906-1907; but it is stated that they could not marketthe product on account of a labor boycott. No work has been donesince. Bibl.: R. XII, p. 396; XIII, p. 633; Bull. 38, p. t .j^ Photo No. 176. Magnesite from Kolling deposit near Preston, SonomaCounty, California, showing shrinkage cracks. Two thirds natural size. There is a large deposit of limestone in Sees. 1 and 2, T. 9 N., R. 12W., 15 miles west of north from Cazadero. It is stated to be trace-able for a mile in length, and in places up to 300 feet in width. Itcould be used for building stone or for cement manufacture. It isa hard, fine-grained, compact limestone, red, white and cream deposit was at one time located by the Healdsburg Marble Com-pany but abandoned on account of being too far from a railroad. 324 MINES AND MINERAL There are numerous deposits of magnesite in Sonoma County, bothlarge and small, as regards surface showings; but, on the whole, therehas been too little development work to state anything definite yet asto their future product
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