SEMI- TROPIC ('. I LIFO RE I A , 
SAN BERNARDINO. 
Record of a Prosperous Section, 
COURT HOUSE, SAN BERN AUDI NO, 
Ekkittkii ik 1874. 
F EW persons in Cshfornia have any idea isf the business 
activity which now esiat* inour neighboring County of San 
Bernardino. At present it is almost impossible to secure 
comfortable sleeping aopton modal ion* at the hotels, and the 
merchants, mechanics laborers oml other classes have all the 
business they can attend to. This is in striking 
with the condition of affairs which existml two years ago, 
although when the dark shadow which spread over the 
business cominunities of the East some eight years ago 
reached the I’mifio Coast, at no time during the period of 
d«pr«uion did San Bernardino county suffer to tlm extent 
of many other section* of California. 
Of the present “boom” in San Bernardino is the mining ex¬ 
citement on the Mohave Desort and the prospective ad van. 
tnges to be derived from the construction of the California 
Southern Railroad through the valley. There is by m> means 
at present a speculative excitement in the price of land, but 
there is a marked and pennaiient uiivanoo iti Valuations. 
TUB moiiavk mimics 
Recently disooverod are principally loeated about sixty five 
mile* from ihc town of San Bernardino, nod unquestionably 
nre very rich. Mr. Waterman, the owner of some celebrated 
hot. springs distant six miles north of San Bernardino, has 
recently developed a mine in tirapevini! District, which is 
almost fabulous!v rich. Some of the ore l.as assayed as high 
as #25,000 to the tun, although the lodge will average about 
.1. rrec.l discnv.ry * 0 Mity. to be only « |,i„t of th.i 
Hidden mineral resources of San Bernardino. 
Arc located in Calico Mountain District lately discov¬ 
er., . > .-ry rich ore has been found, and experienced 
nom-rs say that most of the much vaunted locations in 
An/.ma have ,m belter outlook. t)„ 0 „f these mines, 
' , ‘-'''er king, |„„ been bonded for <1300,000. 1W- 
tdm.ee District is Immensely rich in silver. A 
MOO will Tt m, " W ha * , reccmIv l "' r " U "* J * *h«r« A»r 
. hn ore at Ivanpah, which is one ol the 
; dm.bstin.u „ of v.-ry Ingl. grade, and many thousands 
S 'S 111 ' r. am,Unity .tupped. Tl,« 
'rrtumi, I 1 t-«"ln,ly „.. , rortir 
«"1 .nitumnn.. Syof utl L "'“""V,',*..* 
excellent 1 ’'" Kn ' a ' l ,r, " niM ■ The coal is of 
Vnl.ull.lt, 3 | 
mile* south „r u ,, ! 1 enuscal about tlnrty-flvo 
.IttllVSu^^!" 1, “"' l '»• '"»«&> « 
#40. 
dollar 
Ha11 limit. 
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Si',” ,ll ""’* h S “" II.-.i.nr.l,,, 
mil.. ft,, H ' " l'"""!," 1 «'ilu,u .1 Cull. ihn 
Km .. tlm p.opU ,, 
W.m,,,,,, .‘ • u uCnlifurnin K„„tl,„„l.. 
I„fu».uj „„ ofr „ o( h.i, milliu,, |T|.„ trurtlrai (rum tin, 11,1, of S„„ Ui,.„„ 
“7 ^ —o'. 
mlutful bon.itM, ai>-i I au ,-my ,ml.i t„ it,H{-i S"' 1 '! 111 Bl, “ 110 vnll.y 
I In. Um.Ii Suutheru i. .!»„ |«j„J 
- .uismisAi. 
. .. u, ur , manning t , 
at lout half that amount. R j 
