Fresno, a S. central county of California, between the Sierra Nevada and the Coast range; area, 8,750 sq. m.; pop. in 1870, 6,336, of whom 427 were Chinese. It is watered by the San Joaquin river and its branches. The San Joaquin valley is very fertile. The mountain forests, containing very large trees, are very extensive. The W. part of the county consists of rush-covered marshes called tides. The celebrated New Idria quicksilver mines are in this county, and gold is mined to some extent. The chief productions in 1870 were 19,-765 bushels of wheat, 3,930 of Indian corn, 18,-875 of barley, 1,746 tons of hay, and 191.594 lbs. of wool. There were 3,074 horses, 1,009 milch cows, 14,752 other cattle, 139,677 sheep, and 15,516 swine. Capital, Millerton.