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Weaverville is at an altitude of a little over 2,000 feet. 



MENDOCINO COUNTY. 



Mendocino County is bounded on the north by Humboldt, Trinity, and 

 Tehama Counties; on the east by Tehama, Colusa, and Lake Counties; on 

 the south by Lake and Sonoma Counties, and on the west by the Pacific 

 Ocean, and contains 3,816 square miles. 



Mendocino County is a mountainous coast county, its prominent topo- 

 graphical feature being two chains of Coast Range Mountains, running 

 nearly parallel, and separated by the valleys of Eel and Russian Rivers. 



The lands of the county suitable for cultivation have been estimated to 

 cover about 900,000 acres, and lie chiefly in the valleys adjoining the two 

 rivers and their larger tributaries. About 200,000 acres more are good 

 grazing lands, while the rest of the county area is rugged and mountain- 

 ous. The chief resource of the county is, of course, its great lumber trade, 

 some twenty-four sawmills being engaged in converting its immense red- 

 wood forests into lumber and shingles for the San Francisco market. 



Average Precipitation in Mendocino County. 



25 



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