Resources of the Pacific Slope: A Statistical and Descriptive Summary of the Mines and Minerals, Climate, Topography, Agriculture, Commerce ... of the States and Territories West of the Rocky MountainsD. Appleton, 1869 - 878 pages |
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... valuable works on the industrial resources of that State . In the performance of the special service assigned to him he visited the principal mining districts . His reports are based upon actual observation , and may be relied upon as ...
... valuable works on the industrial resources of that State . In the performance of the special service assigned to him he visited the principal mining districts . His reports are based upon actual observation , and may be relied upon as ...
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... valuable than they are now . Still farther east , at an elevation of 5,000 feet or more , we come to large forests of good pine timber , with occasional groves of the big tree . YOSEMITE . - One of the resources of the county is the ...
... valuable than they are now . Still farther east , at an elevation of 5,000 feet or more , we come to large forests of good pine timber , with occasional groves of the big tree . YOSEMITE . - One of the resources of the county is the ...
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... valuable mines may be developed , and on some of which such develop- ments were made of an encouraging character , but the neglect to apply the principle in ques- tion has resulted in the complete suspension of three of the mills , the ...
... valuable mines may be developed , and on some of which such develop- ments were made of an encouraging character , but the neglect to apply the principle in ques- tion has resulted in the complete suspension of three of the mills , the ...
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... valuable for hydraulic mining . One of the chief mining features is table mountain , which follows the Stanislaus river from Columbia to Knight's Ferry , and covers a rich auriferous channel that is worked through tunnels . This ...
... valuable for hydraulic mining . One of the chief mining features is table mountain , which follows the Stanislaus river from Columbia to Knight's Ferry , and covers a rich auriferous channel that is worked through tunnels . This ...
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... valuable . Marshall and Showalter have 600 feet , and have been at work for 13 years , usually employing six or eight men . Their claim has been very rich , and it yielded nine pounds in one forenoon . The dirt is hoisted by a whim ...
... valuable . Marshall and Showalter have 600 feet , and have been at work for 13 years , usually employing six or eight men . Their claim has been very rich , and it yielded nine pounds in one forenoon . The dirt is hoisted by a whim ...
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Page 183 - That whenever, by priority of possession, rights to the use of water for mining, agricultural, manufacturing, or other purposes, have vested and accrued, and the same are recognized ana acknowledged by the local customs, laws, and the decisions of courts, the possessors and owners of such vested rights shall be maintained and protected in the same...
Page 183 - ... and the right of way for the construction of ditches and canals for the purposes herein specified is acknowledged and confirmed; but whenever any person, in the construction of any ditch or canal, injures or damages the possession of any settler on the public domain, the party committing such injury or damage shall be liable to the party injured for such injury or damage.
Page 663 - This species of establishment contributes doubly to the increase of improvement, by stimulating to enterprise and experiment, and by drawing to a common centre the results everywhere of individual skill and observation, and spreading them thence over the whole nation. Experience accordingly has shown, that they are very cheap instruments of immense national benefits.
Page 537 - Majesty shall be continued westward along the said 49th parallel of north latitude to the middle of the channel which separates the continent from Vancouver's Island; and thence southerly through the middle of the said channel, and of Fuca's Straits, to the Pacific Ocean...
Page 59 - And the space of time here referred to as comprehending the sickly season, shall be understood to extend from the first day of May to the first day of November.
Page 290 - Merced, Modoc, Mono, Monterey, Napa, Nevada, Orange, Placer, Plumas, Riverside, Sacramento, San Benito, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Francisco, San Joaquin, San Luis Obispo, San Mateo, Santa Barbara...
Page 40 - When the old sheriffs house was destroyed at Lexington, Captain JA Wilson secured the slave whip which had been the official Lafayette County flagellum. It is composed of a wooden handle attached to a flat piece of rubber strap about eighteen inches long, an inch and a half wide, and a quarter of an inch thick. It has the appearance of having been cut from rubber belting, being reen forced with fibre as 1s rubber hose.
Page 659 - ... free and open to exploration and purchase, and the lands in which they are found to occupation and purchase, by citizens of the United States and those who have declared their intention to become such, under regulations prescribed by law, and according to the local customs or rules of miners in the several mining districts, so far as the same are applicable and not inconsistent with the laws of the United States.
Page 566 - No emigrants or other whites, except the Hudson's Bay Company, or persons having ceded rights from the Indians, will be permitted to settle or remain in the Indian country, or on land not ceded by treaty, confirmed by the Senate, and approved by the President of the United States.
Page 658 - With regard to the platting of the claim and other office work in the surveyor-general's office, that officer will make an estimate of the cost thereof, which amount the claimant will deposit with any assistant United States treasurer or designated depository in favor of the United States Treasurer, to be passed to the credit of the fund created by " individual depositors for surveys of the public lands," and file with the surveyor-general duplicate certificates of such deposit in the usual manner.