Reports Upon the Mineral Resources of the United StatesU.S. Government Printing Office, 1867 - 360 pages |
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... inches high , inc outwards at an angle of thirty or forty degrees . We frequently see and hear the phrase " golden sands , " as if the gold contained in loose sand ; but usually it is found in a tough clay , which en gravel and large ...
... inches high , inc outwards at an angle of thirty or forty degrees . We frequently see and hear the phrase " golden sands , " as if the gold contained in loose sand ; but usually it is found in a tough clay , which en gravel and large ...
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... inches deep , fifteen inches he head and thirty at the foot . le of sheet iron punched with holes half an inch in diameter forms the f the tom at the lower end , so placed that all the water and their mud down through the holes of the ...
... inches deep , fifteen inches he head and thirty at the foot . le of sheet iron punched with holes half an inch in diameter forms the f the tom at the lower end , so placed that all the water and their mud down through the holes of the ...
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... inch er a pressure of two hundred feet perpendicular , has tremendous force , verlasting hills themselves crumble down before it as if they were but loud blown away by a breath of wind or dissipated by a glance of et even this terrific ...
... inch er a pressure of two hundred feet perpendicular , has tremendous force , verlasting hills themselves crumble down before it as if they were but loud blown away by a breath of wind or dissipated by a glance of et even this terrific ...
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... inches deep . hundred or a thousand pounds of ore are put in with salt , iron pyrites , wer , and enough water to make a thin mud . A muller revolves on the of the pan , and serves to grind the matter , which is not fine enough , and gs ...
... inches deep . hundred or a thousand pounds of ore are put in with salt , iron pyrites , wer , and enough water to make a thin mud . A muller revolves on the of the pan , and serves to grind the matter , which is not fine enough , and gs ...
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... inches , while in one case there is a vein noted which is five feet in width and another fifteen feet . The average width of all the tamined would appear to be about three feet . The " country rock , " or in which the quartz veins of ...
... inches , while in one case there is a vein noted which is five feet in width and another fifteen feet . The average width of all the tamined would appear to be about three feet . The " country rock , " or in which the quartz veins of ...
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Page 219 - ... 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 351 - All valuable mineral deposits in lands belonging to the United States, both surveyed and unsurveyed, are hereby declared to be 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...
Page 221 - Wherever, upon the lands heretofore designated as mineral lands, which have been excluded from survey and sale, there have been homesteads made by citizens of the United States, or persons who have declared their intention to become citizens, which homesteads have been made, improved, and used for agricultural...
Page 220 - That no location hereafter made shall exceed two hundred feet in length along the vein for each locator, with an additional claim for discovery to the discoverer of the lode, with the right to follow such vein to any depth, with all its dips, variations, and angles, together with a reasonable quantity of surface for the convenient working of the same, as fixed by local rules...
Page 351 - ... to file in the local Land Office a diagram of the same, so extended, laterally or otherwise, as to conform to the local laws, customs, and rules of miners, and to enter such tract and receive a patent therefor, granting such mine, together with the right to follow such vein or lode, with its dips, angles, and variations, to any depth, although it may enter the land adjoining, which land adjoining shall be sold subject to this condition.
Page 353 - ... and the right of way for the construction of ditches and canals for the purposes herein specified is acknowledged and confirmed...
Page 352 - ... office shall publish a notice of the same in a newspaper published nearest to the location of said claim, and shall also post such notice in his office for the period of ninety days ; and after the expiration of said period, if no adverse claim shall have been filed, it shall be the duty of the...
Page 17 - Gold Mine Found. — In the newly made raceway of the Saw Mill recently erected by Captain Sutter, on the American Fork, gold has been found in considerable quantities. One person brought thirty dollars' worth to New Helvetia, gathered there in a short time. California, no doubt, is rich in mineral wealth, great chances here for scientific capitalists. Gold has been found in almost every part of the country.
Page 291 - She was lively and animated, had sparkling, love-inspiring eyes, beautiful teeth, pleasing and expressive features, a fine form, and a thousand other charms; yet her manners were perfectly simple and artless.
Page 347 - That whenever any person or association of persons claim a vein or lode of quartz, or other rock in place, bearing gold, silver, cinnabar, or copper...