BROWN FAMILY— A LITTLE KNOWN RESOURCE. 



"Yes, I be!ieve this little vegetable house of Jason's is built of an un- 

 usually fine quality of granite," said Simpson. "I shouldn't be surprised if 

 there was a vast ledge of solid building granite underlying that rocky field. 

 You will notice we have always found water this side of the rocky ledge, and 

 I believe the water crowds up against the granite." 



"Well," said I, "I think I'll keep right on farming." 



"Certainly," said Mrs. Brown, "but you might sell the granite to some 

 structural company." 



"Dear me, how many things there are in California; it fairly makes 

 one's head swim," said my wife. "Let's go back and have dinner. I'm sure 

 the chickens and green corn are ready." 



And so we did. 



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INTERESTING PRODUCTION OF VALUABLE MATERIALS. 



In the seventeen years ending 1903, the production in California of 

 gold was $247,371,953, silver $13,665,322, quicksilver $20,530,727, copper 

 $25,549,309, asphalt $3,773,967, bituminous rocks $2,140,690, borax 

 $13,355,504, coal $4,583,353, mineral waters $5,006,158, natural gas 

 $1,045,082, petroleum $34,381,268, salt $2,642,817, tourmaline $270,500, 

 turquoise $61,600. 



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STRUCTURAL MATERIALS— A LITTLE KNOWN RESOURCE. 



BOUT fifty years ago a man who had made a fortune in the 

 placer streams of California concluded that he would be content 

 to retire and stay in this State the rest of his life if only he could 

 have a good, old-fashioned New England brick house to live in. 

 He chartered a sailing vessel in New England, loaded it with 

 bricks, and had the vessel brought 'round the Horn, through the 

 Golden Gate, up the Sacramento River, and further up the Feather River to 

 Marysville. Here he built a house like the one he was born in. 



The story is a pointed one because for years people have sent to the 

 East for articles of infinite variety that can be had in California in great 

 abundance. 



Had the mining man known it, he could have secured the bricks he 

 wanted right in California, and at a great deal less cost. During the 

 last eleven years more than a million thousands of bricks have been made in 

 California. The retired miner could have built a palace and have secured all 

 his material in this State. 



There is a wonderful variety of mineral building materials in California. 

 In fact, this State contains within her own boundaries all elements neces- 

 sary to the most advanced civilization. The vast resources of structural 

 materials extend capital opportunities in their development. 



It is hoped that every reader of FOR CALIFORNIA will assist in spread- 

 ing abroad the interesting data contained in this issue. You have, perhaps, 

 had no idea of the great variety of these building materials and the abund- 

 ance, practically inexhaustible, in which many of these materials are found. 

 There is a fascinating interest in this story of the resources which a 

 prodigal nature has placed at the disposal of man. 



Many of the materials are exceedingly beautiful; all possess commercial 

 value. 



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