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The paper mill turns out some eighteen hundred reams straw wrap- 

 ping, and twenty-four thousand pounds printing paper per mouth, 

 and some other kinds of pajier. 



The SOU)) and glue is manufactured by the proprietor, and not a very 

 large amount is made, but of a superior quality. 



The amount of leather manufactured month!}- is about sixty thousand 

 pounds, of difi'erent kinds. 



I remain, yours, etc., 



N. TAYLOR, 

 Assessor Santa Cruz County. 



PLUMAS COUNTY. 



A. D. IIalsted County Assessor. 



Assessor's Office, \ 

 Qnincy, November 13th. 1865. j 

 I. N. Hoag, Esq., 



Secretar}' State Board of Agriculture : 



Dear Sir: — Inclosed please find my statistical report to the State Board 

 of Agriculture. It is not as full as I would like, but it is almost impossi- 

 ble to gather anything like a correct report. In making my rounds, I 

 have to guess at a great deal of the value of property and statistics, and 

 come as near as I can. Outside of grazing, this is not much of an ascri- 

 cultural county. We have Humbug, Butte, Beckwith, Clover, Mohawk, 

 Indian, and American Valleys; the two latter are well cultivated. About 

 all the grain and vegetables produced in the count}* are raised in these 

 two valleys. The other valleys are all claimed, and held for liay and 

 grazing land. The Big Meadows is also a large valley situated in this 

 county, and is principally used for hay and grazing. There are probably 

 from thirty thousand to forty thousand acres of good grazing land in this 

 county unclaimed and unoccupied. There is a great deal of stock kept 

 here through the summer that is owned in the lower counties. Last 

 year this county saved the lives of thousands of stock from the lower 

 counties, driven here to escape the drought. 



Strictly speaking, this is a mineral or mining county, and in two or 

 three years more, niay be one of the richest mining counties in the 

 State. The most celebrated of our mines are Crescent, McClellan, Pre- 

 mium, Waterworth, Willis, Ellis, and Pound Vallej- quartz lodes, all gold 

 bearing, and all paying lodes, and situated in the immediate vicinity of 

 Indian V^alley. The Crescent is one of the best mines in the State. 

 Last year, with a twenty-four stamp mill, the companj- cleared over one 

 hundred thousand d.illars. The company have just completed a new 

 thirty-two stamji mill, that is said to be O'Jie of the best in the State. 

 They are running tiliy-two stamps now, and are taking out the gold 

 very rapidly. In the southeast part of the county we have the Mam- 

 moth, Eureka, and '76 lodes, all paying well, especially the Mammoth 

 and Eureka. 



