Calaveras

Calaveras, an inland county of California, E. from San Francisco, with a picturesque varied surface, including hills, cañons, prairies, and forests of oak and pine, besides a grove of mammoth trees that attracts many visitors. The county is rich in granite, quartz, limestone, and slate, and copper and gold are mined. Area, about 900 sq. m., and population over 10,000.