Report of James W. Taylor, on the Mineral Resources of the United States East of the Rocky Mountains [1867]U.S. Government Printing Office, 1868 - 71 pages |
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... quantity of material which can be mined may , without exaggeration , be termed inexhaustible . I can hardly see a ... quantities of the stock were purchased , and there were large quantities of it to be purchased , for the paper capital ...
... quantity of material which can be mined may , without exaggeration , be termed inexhaustible . I can hardly see a ... quantities of the stock were purchased , and there were large quantities of it to be purchased , for the paper capital ...
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... quantity of good ore now in sight in the mine . eye . very it is difficult The particles of gold in the Pine Tree quartz are extremely fine , usually so As a consequence small as to be invisible to the naked to catch the metal in the ...
... quantity of good ore now in sight in the mine . eye . very it is difficult The particles of gold in the Pine Tree quartz are extremely fine , usually so As a consequence small as to be invisible to the naked to catch the metal in the ...
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... quantity of ore could be obtained to yield more than 50 cents a ton , the mill has been standing idle . There are several men now at work in the mine hunting for pockets and taking out the gold in a hand mortar when they find them . The ...
... quantity of ore could be obtained to yield more than 50 cents a ton , the mill has been standing idle . There are several men now at work in the mine hunting for pockets and taking out the gold in a hand mortar when they find them . The ...
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... quantity found in them is so small that no regular process for their reduction can be said to be in practice . * The samples of ore from the Stanislaus mine , shown to me by you , contain large quantities of sylvanite or graphic ...
... quantity found in them is so small that no regular process for their reduction can be said to be in practice . * The samples of ore from the Stanislaus mine , shown to me by you , contain large quantities of sylvanite or graphic ...
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... quantity of rock , yielding $ 7 per ton , was obtained near the surface ; and now a tunnel is being cut to open the mine to a considerable depth . The mill was built in 1857 , and was rebuilt in 1863. It has 15 stamps , and is standing ...
... quantity of rock , yielding $ 7 per ton , was obtained near the surface ; and now a tunnel is being cut to open the mine to a considerable depth . The mill was built in 1857 , and was rebuilt in 1863. It has 15 stamps , and is standing ...
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Page 181 - 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 and 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 531 - 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 13 - An act granting the right of way to ditch and canal owners over the public lands, and for other purposes...
Page 560 - 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 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.
Page 534 - ... danger exists, and it may be safely navigated throughout. No part of the world affords finer inland sounds, or a greater number of harbors, than are found within the Straits of Juan de Fuca, capable of receiving the largest class of vessels, and without a danger in them which is not visible. From the rise and fall of the tides (18 feet) every facility is offered for the erection of works for a great maritime nation. The country also affords as many sites for water-power as any other.
Page 490 - Shining mountains, from an infinite number of crystal stones of an amazing size with which they are covered, and which, when the sun shines full upon them, sparkle so as to be seen at a great distance.
Page 434 - Checks, due bills, promissory notes, bills of exchange, and all orders or agreements for the payment or delivery of money, or other thing of value, may be made or drawn, by telegraph, and when so made or drawn, shall have the same force and effect to charge the maker, drawer...
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 482 - Among these are a variety of esculent plants and roots, acquired without much difficulty, and yielding not only a nutritious but a very agreeable food. The air is pure and dry, the climate quite as mild, if not milder, than the same parallels of latitude in the Atlantic states, and must be equally healthy, for all the disorders which we have witnessed may fairly be imputed more to the nature of the diet than to any intemperance of climate.