Report of J. Ross Browne on the Mineral Resources of the States and Territories West of the Rocky Mountains. [1867].U.S. Government Printing Office, 1868 - 674 էջ |
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... coast and present condi- tion of that interest , as tending to show the progress of settlement and civilization . 2. Geological formation of the great mineral belts and general characteristics of the placer diggings and quartz lodes . 3 ...
... coast and present condi- tion of that interest , as tending to show the progress of settlement and civilization . 2. Geological formation of the great mineral belts and general characteristics of the placer diggings and quartz lodes . 3 ...
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... coast as an indication of a growing interest on the part of government in the de- velopment of our mineral resources . It was a source of gratification to the miners to find that , after years of unprofitable toil , during which they ...
... coast as an indication of a growing interest on the part of government in the de- velopment of our mineral resources . It was a source of gratification to the miners to find that , after years of unprofitable toil , during which they ...
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... coast will explain this apparent anomaly . The existence of gold in California was known long before the acquisition of that territory by the United States . Placers had long been worked on a limited scale by the Indians ; but the ...
... coast will explain this apparent anomaly . The existence of gold in California was known long before the acquisition of that territory by the United States . Placers had long been worked on a limited scale by the Indians ; but the ...
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... coast has yet been published . This report will be found valuable to business men , and to all others seeking informa tion respecting the resources of the States and Territories west of the Rocky mountains . : To Mr. R. H. Stretch ...
... coast has yet been published . This report will be found valuable to business men , and to all others seeking informa tion respecting the resources of the States and Territories west of the Rocky mountains . : To Mr. R. H. Stretch ...
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... coast range and the Sierra Nevada . I have noted the same general direction of the scratches elsewhere in the great gold region , but additional observations are required to justify any comprehensive generalization . This much appears ...
... coast range and the Sierra Nevada . I have noted the same general direction of the scratches elsewhere in the great gold region , but additional observations are required to justify any comprehensive generalization . This much appears ...
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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 659 - ... 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.
Էջ 656 - 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...
Էջ 663 - ... charged with collecting and diffusing information, and enabled by premiums, and small pecuniary aids, to encourage and assist a spirit of discovery and improvement. This species of establishment contributes doubly to the increase of improvement, by stimulating to enterprise and experiment, and by drawing to a common centre the results everywhere of individual skill and observation, and spreading them thence over the whole nation. Experience accordingly has shown, that they are very cheap instruments...
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 657 - 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 657 - That wherever, prior to the passage of this act, 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...
Էջ 656 - An act granting the right of way to ditch and canal owners over the public lands, and for other purposes...
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Էջ 443 - That all that part of the present Territory of New Mexico situate west of a line running due south from the point where the southwest corner of the Territory of Colorado joins the northern boundary of the Territory of New Mexico...