Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury Transmitting Report Upon the Mineral Resources of the States and Territories West of the Rocky MountainsU.S. Government Printing Office, 1867 - 321 pages |
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... inches high , inclining outwards at an angle of thirty or forty degrees .嚅 We frequently see and hear the phrase " golden sands , " as if the gold were contained in loose sand ; but usually it is found in a tough clay , which envelops ...
... inches high , inclining outwards at an angle of thirty or forty degrees .嚅 We frequently see and hear the phrase " golden sands , " as if the gold were contained in loose sand ; but usually it is found in a tough clay , which envelops ...
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... inches deep , fifteen inches wide at the head and thirty at the foot . A riddle of sheet iron punched with holes half an inch in diameter forms the bottom of the tom at the lower end , so placed that all the water and their mud shall ...
... inches deep , fifteen inches wide at the head and thirty at the foot . A riddle of sheet iron punched with holes half an inch in diameter forms the bottom of the tom at the lower end , so placed that all the water and their mud shall ...
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... inch pipe , under a pressure of two hundred feet perpendicular , has tremendous force , and the everlasting hills themselves crumble down before it as if they were but piles of cloud blown away by a breath of wind or dissipated by a ...
... inch pipe , under a pressure of two hundred feet perpendicular , has tremendous force , and the everlasting hills themselves crumble down before it as if they were but piles of cloud blown away by a breath of wind or dissipated by a ...
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... inches deep . Five hundred or a thousand pounds of ore are put in with salt , iron pyrites , quicksilver , and enough water to make a thin mud . A muller revolves on the bottom of the pan , and serves to grind the matter , which is not ...
... inches deep . Five hundred or a thousand pounds of ore are put in with salt , iron pyrites , quicksilver , and enough water to make a thin mud . A muller revolves on the bottom of the pan , and serves to grind the matter , which is not ...
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... inches , while in one case there is a vein noted which is twenty - five feet in width and another fifteen feet . The average width of all the veins examined would appear to be about three feet . The " country rock , " or the rock in ...
... inches , while in one case there is a vein noted which is twenty - five feet in width and another fifteen feet . The average width of all the veins examined would appear to be about three feet . The " country rock , " or the rock in ...
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Page 13 - There is no part of the earth here to be taken up wherein there is not a reasonable quantity of gold or silver.
Page 221 - ... 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 15 - 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 221 - 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 222 - ... 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 231 - 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 265 - Nevada and California Processes of Silver and Gold Extraction, for general use,* and especially for the mining public of California and Nevada, with full explanations .and directions for all metallurgical operations connected with silver and gold, from a preliminary examination of the ore to the final casting of the ingot; also a description of the general metallurgy of silver ores.
Page 222 - That as a further condition of sale, in the absence of necessary legislation by Congress, the local Legislature of any State or Territory may provide rules for working mines involving easements, drainage, and other necessary means to their complete development ; and those conditions shall be fully expressed in the patent.
Page 221 - 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...
Page 138 - An act to secure homestead to actual settlers on the public domain," and acts amendatory thereof. SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That upon the survey of the lands aforesaid, the Secretary of the Interior may designate and set apart such portions of the said lands as are clearly agricultural lands, which lands shall thereafter be subject to pre-emption and sale as other public lands of the United States, and subject to all the laws and regulations applicable to the same. APPROVED July 26th, 1866....