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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... General W. W. Wright , chief engineer of Union Pacific railway , eastern division , upon the expedition already mentioned . Grande through the whole extent of New Mexico and into 4 RESOURCES OF STATES AND TERRITORIES.
... General W. W. Wright , chief engineer of Union Pacific railway , eastern division , upon the expedition already mentioned . Grande through the whole extent of New Mexico and into 4 RESOURCES OF STATES AND TERRITORIES.
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... extent of New Mexico and into the adjacent State of Chihuahua . Successful placer mining by the Mexican residents of this val- ley has often been reported in the mountain gulches near Santa Fé , south to a distance of about 100 miles ...
... extent of New Mexico and into the adjacent State of Chihuahua . Successful placer mining by the Mexican residents of this val- ley has often been reported in the mountain gulches near Santa Fé , south to a distance of about 100 miles ...
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... extent the surface of the earth is discolored by the peculiar blossom which indi- cates the presence of sulphurets below . Such tracts , when water can be brought to them , are sluiced to great profit . A peculiarity of the Colorado ...
... extent the surface of the earth is discolored by the peculiar blossom which indi- cates the presence of sulphurets below . Such tracts , when water can be brought to them , are sluiced to great profit . A peculiarity of the Colorado ...
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... extent of which has not yet been determined , was thrown open to the attention of those who might have the curiosity to examine it , Much excitement was occasioned in Colorado by this discovery , and a large number of prospectors were ...
... extent of which has not yet been determined , was thrown open to the attention of those who might have the curiosity to examine it , Much excitement was occasioned in Colorado by this discovery , and a large number of prospectors were ...
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... extent of which have not yet been determined . This galena is never found free from silver , yielding from 10 to 500 ounces to the ton of metal . From some pieces of galena , fair average ors from a number of veins in Ten- mile district ...
... extent of which have not yet been determined . This galena is never found free from silver , yielding from 10 to 500 ounces to the ton of metal . From some pieces of galena , fair average ors from a number of veins in Ten- mile district ...
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20 per cent aggregate Alder gulch amount artesian assay auriferous average Bannock basin beds belt boring California centre cents per pound claim coast Cobequid hills Colorado considerable copper cretaceous Deer Lodge Deer Lodge county depth discovered discovery distance Drab clay east eastern estimate exploration extent favorable feet formation Fort Benton galena gallon geological gold and silver gold districts gold mining gold-bearing granite Helena inches iron Lake land Laramie Laramie plains lead ledge lignite localities lode Mexico mills mineral Missouri river Montana nearly Nova Scotia ounces Pacific passed placer deposits placer mining portion pre-emption present profit province quantity quartz quartz veins quartzite railroad railway range region rich rock Rocky mountains sandstone Saskatchawan seams shore silurian smelting square miles strata streams sulphurets Summit surface Tangier Territory thickness tion tributary valley vicinity Victoria Virginia City washings western yield