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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A tunnel started near the level of Maxwell's creek , strikes the bottom of the 90
foot shaft . About 2,000 tons of ore have been taken out , and have been crushed
at the mill of the Maxwell Creek Mining Company , yielding $ 8 or $ 9 per ton .
A tunnel started near the level of Maxwell's creek , strikes the bottom of the 90
foot shaft . About 2,000 tons of ore have been taken out , and have been crushed
at the mill of the Maxwell Creek Mining Company , yielding $ 8 or $ 9 per ton .
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The Yosemite , 3,000 feet , has a tunnel of exploration , but no mill , and is not at
work . The Penon Blanco , 6,000 feet long , is being explored by a tunnel running
.285 feet on the vein from the northwest side of the hill , and by a cross - tunnel ...
The Yosemite , 3,000 feet , has a tunnel of exploration , but no mill , and is not at
work . The Penon Blanco , 6,000 feet long , is being explored by a tunnel running
.285 feet on the vein from the northwest side of the hill , and by a cross - tunnel ...
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Quartz from these mines is now supplied to the mills from the tunnels penetrating
the veins near the top of the hill , but it is designed to open them by a tunnel at the
base , some thousand feet below the present workings , which will ...
Quartz from these mines is now supplied to the mills from the tunnels penetrating
the veins near the top of the hill , but it is designed to open them by a tunnel at the
base , some thousand feet below the present workings , which will ...
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The oro is extracted through tunnels and carried down to the mills on a railroad .
The workings are 500 feet deep and 1,000 feet long in the vein . There are seven
pay chimneys , which vary in length , horizontally , from 40 to 200 feet .
The oro is extracted through tunnels and carried down to the mills on a railroad .
The workings are 500 feet deep and 1,000 feet long in the vein . There are seven
pay chimneys , which vary in length , horizontally , from 40 to 200 feet .
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... Manufactures, and Miscellaneous Productions, of the States and Territories
West of the Rocky Mountains John Ross Browne. the upper one being 100 feet
above , and the lower 180 feet below the middle tunnel or Black drift , as it is
called .
... Manufactures, and Miscellaneous Productions, of the States and Territories
West of the Rocky Mountains John Ross Browne. the upper one being 100 feet
above , and the lower 180 feet below the middle tunnel or Black drift , as it is
called .
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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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