Resources of the Pacific Slope: A Statistical and Descriptive Summary of the Mines and Minerals, Climate, Topography, Agriculture, Commerce, Manufactures, and Miscellaneous Productions, of the States and Territories West of the Rocky Mountains |
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Opposite to the App , on the eastern talcose vein , is the Heslep , 1,650 feet ,
which has been at work for 15 years with a 10 - stamp mill . This claim extends
beyond the App and is opposite the Jim Stuart also . The Silver , 1,500'feet , has a
10 ...
Opposite to the App , on the eastern talcose vein , is the Heslep , 1,650 feet ,
which has been at work for 15 years with a 10 - stamp mill . This claim extends
beyond the App and is opposite the Jim Stuart also . The Silver , 1,500'feet , has a
10 ...
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The following claims are on an eastern branch or companion vein of the mother
lode , commencing at the Rawlide , and running northward to the Stanislaus river
. First is a piece of unclaimed ground where no lode has been found . Tho White
...
The following claims are on an eastern branch or companion vein of the mother
lode , commencing at the Rawlide , and running northward to the Stanislaus river
. First is a piece of unclaimed ground where no lode has been found . Tho White
...
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The present supply of quartz is obtained 120 feet below the surface , through a
tunnel . The mine was purchased several years ago by eastern capitalists for $
300,000 . SHAROMUT . - The Sharomut , on the mother lode , has a 10 - stamp
mill ...
The present supply of quartz is obtained 120 feet below the surface , through a
tunnel . The mine was purchased several years ago by eastern capitalists for $
300,000 . SHAROMUT . - The Sharomut , on the mother lode , has a 10 - stamp
mill ...
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Heretofore the quartz has been extracted by tunnels , but hereafter shafts are to
be sunk . The eastern . wall is granite and the western a hard black slate . The
mine lies in the Big basin , which is surrounded by high ridges , on the north side
of ...
Heretofore the quartz has been extracted by tunnels , but hereafter shafts are to
be sunk . The eastern . wall is granite and the western a hard black slate . The
mine lies in the Big basin , which is surrounded by high ridges , on the north side
of ...
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Deep beds of gravel have been found in several high ridges in the eastern part of
the county , but so far as they have been examined they have not proved rich
enough to pay for hydraulic washing . It is known that there are considerable ...
Deep beds of gravel have been found in several high ridges in the eastern part of
the county , but so far as they have been examined they have not proved rich
enough to pay for hydraulic washing . It is known that there are considerable ...
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Էջ 13 - An act granting the right of way to ditch and canal owners over the public lands, and for other purposes...
Էջ 539 - 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 658 - 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 490 - Among these are a variety of esculent plants and roots, acquired without much difficulty, and yielding not only a nutritious but a very agreeable food. The air is pure and dry, the climate quite as mild, if not milder, than the same parallels of latitude in the Atlantic states, and must be equally healthy, for all the disorders which we have witnessed may fairly be imputed more to the nature of the diet than to any intemperance of climate.
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 is rubber hose.
Էջ 608 - The high price of provision, from the competition of the purchasers, indemnifies the cultivator for the privations to which he is exposed, from the hard life of the mountains.
Էջ 568 - 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 665 - It is with indescribable regret, that I have seen the youth of the United States migrating to foreign countries, in order to acquire the higher branches of erudition, and to obtain a knowledge of the sciences. Although it would be injustice to many to pronounce the certainty of their imbibing maxims not congenial with republicanism, it must nevertheless be admitted, that a serious danger is encountered by sending abroad among other political systems those...
Էջ 498 - Among these mountains, those that lie to the west of the river St. Pierre are called the 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 very great distance.
Էջ 482 - At the expiration of said sixty days, if the party or parties notified do not appear and show good cause why the prayer of the petitioner should not be granted...
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| Վերնագիր | Resources of the Pacific Slope: A Statistical and Descriptive Summary of the Mines and Minerals, Climate, Topography, Agriculture, Commerce, Manufactures, and Miscellaneous Productions, of the States and Territories West of the Rocky Mountains |
| Հեղինակ | John Ross Browne |
| Հրատարակիչ | H. H. Bancroft and Company, 1869 |
| Original from | Կալիֆորնիայի համալսարան |
| Digitized | 25 Մայիս 2007 |
| Length | 878 էջ |
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