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iNI I1t0�`1TNTAL SETTING GENERAL The proposed project , F-W- Cattle Co , is located along the western boundary of Calaveras County in the lower-foot- hill regions of the Sierra Nevada Mountains . Until recently, the area was made up of relatively large cattle ranches which also supported some dry-farrrning, some irrigated pasture and occasional orchards . 1Cithin the last ten years some of the larger land holdinms have been divided up into acreage home- sites ( ap . endix V) . Cattle and sheep ranching remain the major. land use by acreage ) for lands surrounding the project site in Calaveras County. Immediately across the boundary in San Joaquin Count}' exist extensive wal_nat orchards ( see Map 2 ) . Although the proposed project is restricted to Calaveras County, and although this report is prepared under Calaveras County direction, the env: r- onmental set ting for this project must include a portion of San Joaquin County. ' CULTURAL HI STOk1' ( see appendix XII for report ) One processing and gather- in site established by an historic group of ;','i. I'Jok Indians remains relatively undisturbed on the J . B. Ranch property . Pane cattle have created some disturbance over the site through compaction and disruption of native vegetation. This site is being recorded with the State Department of Parks and Necrea- tion as an Archeolpaical Site . _, , � .."'Ir. :� Although nearby Jenny Lind was the site of extensive placer mining, there appears to be no record of that same r.ajnr mining operation near the J . R. Manch . Around 1945 , how- '*V17r, a man by the name of Ed Matchell did some "doodlebug" raining in an area on the ranch. The first ranch in the project area was probably estab- 4 : shed around 1870 by a man named Lisenbv. Around 1900 it Nras 3 •UEIA by Shank and then in 1939 by 1!ilton Gill who recently to the present ownership. The project site lies on gently sloping grassland which from the flnnri rlgi„ ^f Indi „ r t , a.. „I . all 170 Ft . eleva- northeastward to gentle hilltnps of about 260 Ft. . elevation . than one third of the actual project site ( area within Calaveras County) is a flat alluvial flood plain . The remain- " - acreage consists of residual soils developed from the under- Sandstones and siltstones of the Valley Springs formation . _