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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Parallel with and opposite to the Nonsuch , 300 feet distant to the eastward , on a
talcose slate vein , is the Hidely and Cunningham mine . A four - stamp mill
commenced running last spring . On the King Solomon , 3,000 feet , no work is
doing ...
Parallel with and opposite to the Nonsuch , 300 feet distant to the eastward , on a
talcose slate vein , is the Hidely and Cunningham mine . A four - stamp mill
commenced running last spring . On the King Solomon , 3,000 feet , no work is
doing ...
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The Tazewell , * 800 feet ; the Donovan & Co . ; * the McCann , * 600 feet ; the
Mooney & Co. , 600 feet , has a four - stamp mill in profitable operation working
the talcose vein ; the Trio , * 2,316 feet , lias a 10 - stamp mill ; the Harris , 1,000
fect ...
The Tazewell , * 800 feet ; the Donovan & Co . ; * the McCann , * 600 feet ; the
Mooney & Co. , 600 feet , has a four - stamp mill in profitable operation working
the talcose vein ; the Trio , * 2,316 feet , lias a 10 - stamp mill ; the Harris , 1,000
fect ...
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The Wildman , 1,130 feet , is down 530 feet , and has drifted 200 feet , but the 12 -
stamp mill is employed in doing custom - work ; the ... It has a 30 - stamp mill ,
which is idle , with the exception of five stamps engaged in custom - work .
The Wildman , 1,130 feet , is down 530 feet , and has drifted 200 feet , but the 12 -
stamp mill is employed in doing custom - work ; the ... It has a 30 - stamp mill ,
which is idle , with the exception of five stamps engaged in custom - work .
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The Princeton mill has 24 stamps , and is the smallest on the Mariposa estate , at
least of those owned , erected , and worked by the Mariposa company . The
capacity of the mine far exceeds that of the mills , and while the former was in a ...
The Princeton mill has 24 stamps , and is the smallest on the Mariposa estate , at
least of those owned , erected , and worked by the Mariposa company . The
capacity of the mine far exceeds that of the mills , and while the former was in a ...
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His stamps had wooden stems ; he amalgamated in airastras , and his mortar
was fed from a hopper or self - feeder . Little hand labor was done in the mill in
the daytime , and none at all at night . Indeed , everybody left the mill at supper
time ...
His stamps had wooden stems ; he amalgamated in airastras , and his mortar
was fed from a hopper or self - feeder . Little hand labor was done in the mill in
the daytime , and none at all at night . Indeed , everybody left the mill at supper
time ...
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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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