Reports Upon the Mineral Resources of the United StatesU.S. Government Printing Office, 1867 - 360 pages |
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... portion of the of the State . Many of the ditches were marvels of engineering skill . oblem was to get the largest amount of water at the greatest altitude auriferous ground , and at the least immediate expense , as money was in three ...
... portion of the of the State . Many of the ditches were marvels of engineering skill . oblem was to get the largest amount of water at the greatest altitude auriferous ground , and at the least immediate expense , as money was in three ...
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... portion of the examined the place and seriously wrote to his associates that each on receive at least $ 43,000,000 if the sand proved to be only one - tenth as that which he had examined . Several other similar statements were made in ...
... portion of the examined the place and seriously wrote to his associates that each on receive at least $ 43,000,000 if the sand proved to be only one - tenth as that which he had examined . Several other similar statements were made in ...
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... portion of his gold before > his possession . Thus it was that the custom of hiring miners for came common in the ... portions that would not yield at the rate of ore per ton . experience in the observation of quartz , and a mode of ...
... portion of his gold before > his possession . Thus it was that the custom of hiring miners for came common in the ... portions that would not yield at the rate of ore per ton . experience in the observation of quartz , and a mode of ...
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... portion of the Com- scovery of rich deposits of silver ore was not made until June , 1859 , when Peter and Patrick McLaughlin , while engaged in gold washing on what is now the the Ophir Mining Company , and near the south line of the ...
... portion of the Com- scovery of rich deposits of silver ore was not made until June , 1859 , when Peter and Patrick McLaughlin , while engaged in gold washing on what is now the the Ophir Mining Company , and near the south line of the ...
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... portion lode . 28. - THE WASHOE EXCITEMENT . The excitement about the silver mines spread throughout California spring of 1860 , and thousands of miners crossed the mountains to work newly - discovered mines or to seek for others . In ...
... portion lode . 28. - THE WASHOE EXCITEMENT . The excitement about the silver mines spread throughout California spring of 1860 , and thousands of miners crossed the mountains to work newly - discovered mines or to seek for others . In ...
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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...