OF

MINES AND MINING

IN THE STATES AND TERRITORIES

WEST OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS.

BY ROSSITER W. RAYMOND,

UNITED STATES COMMISSIONER OF MINING STATISTICS.

WASHINGTON:

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.

1872.

The report of the special commissioner for the collection of mining statistics in the States and Territories west of the Rocky Mountains.

MARCH 21, 1871.-Referred to the Committee on Mines and Mining and ordered to be

printed.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Washington, D. C., March 16, 1871.

SIR: I have the honor to transmit to the House of Representatives the report of Rossiter W. Raymond, special commissioner for the collection of mining statistics in the States and Territories west of the Rocky Mountains.

Very respectfully,

GEO. S. BOUTWELL,

Secretary of the Treasury.

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Hon. JAMES G. BLAINE,