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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... miles . It reaches 12 miles from east to west , and 12 miles from north to south . Its greatest length , from northwest to southeast , is about 17 miles , and its average width nearly 5 miles . Its northern line touches the Mercariver ...
... miles . It reaches 12 miles from east to west , and 12 miles from north to south . Its greatest length , from northwest to southeast , is about 17 miles , and its average width nearly 5 miles . Its northern line touches the Mercariver ...
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... miles south of the Grizzly , is being worked with arrastras . The Invincible mine , 2,000 feet on Sugar Pine creek , 22 miles eastward from Sonora , has produced some good quartz , but the mine and its mill are standing idle now . The ...
... miles south of the Grizzly , is being worked with arrastras . The Invincible mine , 2,000 feet on Sugar Pine creek , 22 miles eastward from Sonora , has produced some good quartz , but the mine and its mill are standing idle now . The ...
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... miles northeast of Columbia , lies between limestone and green - stone , is a foot wide , and is accompanied by a trap dike 8 or 10 feet wide . When first opened $ 6,000 were obtained from 600 pounds of rock . is not worked now . It The ...
... miles northeast of Columbia , lies between limestone and green - stone , is a foot wide , and is accompanied by a trap dike 8 or 10 feet wide . When first opened $ 6,000 were obtained from 600 pounds of rock . is not worked now . It The ...
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... miles from Murphys , 81 miles from Stockton , and 4,500 feet above the level of the sea , is a favorite place of resort . Five days ' time and $ 50 are required to make the trip from San Francisco and back in the cheapest and most ...
... miles from Murphys , 81 miles from Stockton , and 4,500 feet above the level of the sea , is a favorite place of resort . Five days ' time and $ 50 are required to make the trip from San Francisco and back in the cheapest and most ...
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... mile and a half northwest of West Point , is on a vein a foot wide . There are two arrastras which were built in 1866 , and crush and amalgamate each a ton per day . VANCE AND MINA RICA . - Vance's mill , five miles west of West Point ...
... mile and a half northwest of West Point , is on a vein a foot wide . There are two arrastras which were built in 1866 , and crush and amalgamate each a ton per day . VANCE AND MINA RICA . - Vance's mill , five miles west of West Point ...
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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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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...