REPORT OF J. ROSS BROWNE OF THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE STATES AND TERRITORIES WEST OF THE ROCKY MOUNTIANS |
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At first the yield was large and easily obtained ,v as the surface deposits were
worked up to their sources quartz, veins were discovered, and machinery, and
skill became requisite ; the difficulty of access to the more remote mineral regions
...
At first the yield was large and easily obtained ,v as the surface deposits were
worked up to their sources quartz, veins were discovered, and machinery, and
skill became requisite ; the difficulty of access to the more remote mineral regions
...
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Many of the figures and data could be obtained only from the mine owners, who
may sometimes have misrepresented the character and yield of their claims in a
favorable light for the purpose of selling, or in an unfavorable light for the purpose
...
Many of the figures and data could be obtained only from the mine owners, who
may sometimes have misrepresented the character and yield of their claims in a
favorable light for the purpose of selling, or in an unfavorable light for the purpose
...
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In a snort time after the title was satisfactorily settled the yield of gold from the
quartz mines of the estate 'became very large. The monthly production in 1860
averaged $39,500 ; in 1861, $53,500 ; in 1862, the year of the great flood, which
...
In a snort time after the title was satisfactorily settled the yield of gold from the
quartz mines of the estate 'became very large. The monthly production in 1860
averaged $39,500 ; in 1861, $53,500 ; in 1862, the year of the great flood, which
...
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From that time the yield for the above two mines has been respectively, as follows
: The Pine Tree mine, under the succeeding management, yielded, in. gross, an
average of $6 per ton ; the lower run having been $4 21, and the highest, $9 97 ...
From that time the yield for the above two mines has been respectively, as follows
: The Pine Tree mine, under the succeeding management, yielded, in. gross, an
average of $6 per ton ; the lower run having been $4 21, and the highest, $9 97 ...
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The quartz taken out in 1864 averaged $25 per ton; but afterwards the average
yield was only $11. Persons familiar with the mine say an abundance of rock
might be obtained to yield $12 or $15. Before the sale of the grant to the
Mariposa ...
The quartz taken out in 1864 averaged $25 per ton; but afterwards the average
yield was only $11. Persons familiar with the mine say an abundance of rock
might be obtained to yield $12 or $15. Before the sale of the grant to the
Mariposa ...
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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...