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 MountainsH. H. Bancroft and Company, 1869 - 878 էջ |
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... fall . H. G. Coward is the present owner . The vein runs east and west , dips to the north at an angle of 45 ° , and is four feet wide in the middle of the pay chimneys , which become narrower gradually in each direction horizontally as ...
... fall . H. G. Coward is the present owner . The vein runs east and west , dips to the north at an angle of 45 ° , and is four feet wide in the middle of the pay chimneys , which become narrower gradually in each direction horizontally as ...
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... fall enough from it to carry away the refuse dirt * NOTE . - Referring to the advantages to be derived from the construction of the proposed Stockton and Copperopolis railroad , and the impetus that would be given to the industry of the ...
... fall enough from it to carry away the refuse dirt * NOTE . - Referring to the advantages to be derived from the construction of the proposed Stockton and Copperopolis railroad , and the impetus that would be given to the industry of the ...
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... seven inches in diameter and four feet long , including the driving wheels . There is 345 feet of perpendicular fall for the water , and 60 inches are used at a cost of 15 cents per 4 WEST OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS . 49.
... seven inches in diameter and four feet long , including the driving wheels . There is 345 feet of perpendicular fall for the water , and 60 inches are used at a cost of 15 cents per 4 WEST OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS . 49.
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... fall fruit in the eastern States , keeps here till February . The Wine Sop keeps till June . The Newtown pippin is the best keeper , bears well , and has a fine flavor . The Belleflower , Northern Spy , and Peck's Pleasant are good at ...
... fall fruit in the eastern States , keeps here till February . The Wine Sop keeps till June . The Newtown pippin is the best keeper , bears well , and has a fine flavor . The Belleflower , Northern Spy , and Peck's Pleasant are good at ...
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... fall 90 feet into the lower channel , and it does not appear again below that point . OPALS . - In the north end of Stockton Hill , almost within the limits of the town of Mokelumne Hill , is an opal - bearing stratum about 60 feet ...
... fall 90 feet into the lower channel , and it does not appear again below that point . OPALS . - In the north end of Stockton Hill , almost within the limits of the town of Mokelumne Hill , is an opal - bearing stratum about 60 feet ...
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Resources of the Pacific Slope: A Statistical and Descriptive Summary of the ... John Ross Browne Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1869 |
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Resources of the Pacific Slope: A Statistical and Descriptive Summary of the ... John Ross Browne Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1887 |
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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...