House Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Executive Documents: 13th Congress, 2d Session-49th Congress, 1st Session, Հատոր 16 |
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... cañon . The town is 2,500 feet above the level of the middle fork , and about a mile distant . The scenery along the cañon is grand . Five miles further up the divide is Michigan Bluff , and the Auburn stage runs through to that point ...
... cañon . The town is 2,500 feet above the level of the middle fork , and about a mile distant . The scenery along the cañon is grand . Five miles further up the divide is Michigan Bluff , and the Auburn stage runs through to that point ...
Էջ 95
... cañon renders it necessary to have a steep sluice . Slat riffles made of five strips of board an inch thick , two inches wide and six feet long , with strips of the same thickness set between at the ends and the middle and bolted ...
... cañon renders it necessary to have a steep sluice . Slat riffles made of five strips of board an inch thick , two inches wide and six feet long , with strips of the same thickness set between at the ends and the middle and bolted ...
Էջ 100
... cañon , reputed to have been the richest cañon ever found in California . WISCONSIN HILL . - Wisconsin Hill is on the same divide with Iowa Hill , but is two miles distant in a southeast direction , and the two places are separated by a ...
... cañon , reputed to have been the richest cañon ever found in California . WISCONSIN HILL . - Wisconsin Hill is on the same divide with Iowa Hill , but is two miles distant in a southeast direction , and the two places are separated by a ...
Էջ 101
... cañon , is Picayune divide , through which runs the Blue lead , on which is located the Morning Star claim , which has 1,200 feet front , and extends 4,000 feet to the middle of the ridge . The channel here appears to have been 150 or ...
... cañon , is Picayune divide , through which runs the Blue lead , on which is located the Morning Star claim , which has 1,200 feet front , and extends 4,000 feet to the middle of the ridge . The channel here appears to have been 150 or ...
Էջ 102
... CANON CREEK . - Cañon creek runs from Gold Run along the eastern border of the Blue Lead 33 miles down to Indiana Hill , where it empties into the north fork of the American river . This creek furnishes the outlet for many of the claims ...
... CANON CREEK . - Cañon creek runs from Gold Run along the eastern border of the Blue Lead 33 miles down to Indiana Hill , where it empties into the north fork of the American river . This creek furnishes the outlet for many of the claims ...
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Էջ 183 - That whenever by priority of possession rights to the use of water for mining, agricultural, manufacturing, or other purposes have vested and accrued and the same are recognized and acknowledged by the local customs, laws, and the decisions of courts, the possessors and owners of such vested rights shall be maintained and protected in the same...
Էջ 537 - Majesty shall be continued westward along the said 49th parallel of north latitude to the middle of the channel which separates the continent from Vancouver's Island; and thence southerly through the middle of the said channel, and of Fuca's Straits, to the Pacific Ocean...
Էջ 40 - When the old sheriffs house was destroyed at Lexington, Captain JA Wilson secured the slave whip which had been the official Lafayette County flagellum. It is composed of a wooden handle attached to a flat piece of rubber strap about eighteen inches long, an inch and a half wide, and a quarter of an inch thick. It has the appearance of having been cut from rubber belting, being reen forced with fibre as 1s rubber hose.
Էջ 183 - ... and the right of way for the construction of ditches and canals for the purposes herein specified is acknowledged and confirmed ; but whenever any person, in the construction of any ditch or canal, injures or damages the possession of any settler on the public domain, the party committing such injury or damage shall be liable to the party injured for such injury or damage.
Էջ 496 - Shining mountains, from an infinite number of crystal stones of an amazing size with which they are covered, and which, when the sun shines full upon them, sparkle so as to be seen at a great distance.
Էջ 566 - No emigrants or other whites, except the Hudson's Bay Company, or persons having ceded rights from the Indians, will be permitted to settle or remain in the Indian country, or on land not ceded by treaty, confirmed by the Senate, and approved by the President of the United States.
Էջ 279 - ... west; and the cloud supplying the rain is mostly of the cumulo-stratus or nimbus form, and quite low in the sky. What is singular, the rain begins most frequently to the northward, although the cloud comes from the south. The horizon in the south may be entirely clear under these circumstances, the cloud forming in view, and growing denser and denser in its northward travel, until it precipitates the rain. The following table exhibits the mean quantity of rain falling at different stations, and...
Էջ 265 - The largest crystals are generally enclosed in a stiff blue clay, at a depth of between three and four feet, and a short distance above them is a nearly pure stratum of smaller ones, some two and...
Էջ xvii - Statement exhibiting land concessions by acts of Congress to States for canal purposes from the year 1827 to June 30, 1869.
Էջ xxxiv - I respectfully transmit herewith a report and accompanying documents from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the...