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 MountainsD. Appleton, 1887 - 878 էջ |
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... gravel or sand in which it was imbedded . Frequently it lay so near the surface in such quantities and in grains of such form and size , that a simple pan or rocker com- prised all the means necessary , with ordinary labor , to insure ...
... gravel or sand in which it was imbedded . Frequently it lay so near the surface in such quantities and in grains of such form and size , that a simple pan or rocker com- prised all the means necessary , with ordinary labor , to insure ...
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... gravel deposits , and in all four there has not been one large hydraulic claim such as abound north of El Dorado . Placer , Yuba , Nevada , Sierra , and Plumas are more prosperous than the counties further south , mainly because of ...
... gravel deposits , and in all four there has not been one large hydraulic claim such as abound north of El Dorado . Placer , Yuba , Nevada , Sierra , and Plumas are more prosperous than the counties further south , mainly because of ...
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... gravel ridges above Big Oak Flat , and others near Cherokee that may prove valuable for hydraulic mining . One of the chief mining features is table mountain , which follows the Stanislaus river from Columbia to Knight's Ferry , and ...
... gravel ridges above Big Oak Flat , and others near Cherokee that may prove valuable for hydraulic mining . One of the chief mining features is table mountain , which follows the Stanislaus river from Columbia to Knight's Ferry , and ...
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... gravel was shallow , and it has nearly all been washed away . " At Springfield there are two large springs from which the town took its name ; and to these miners brought the dirt in carts in 1850 and 1851 , and washed out from $ 10 to ...
... gravel was shallow , and it has nearly all been washed away . " At Springfield there are two large springs from which the town took its name ; and to these miners brought the dirt in carts in 1850 and 1851 , and washed out from $ 10 to ...
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... gravel , 20 feet ; then pay gravel , 5 feet ; then bed rock . These strata vary greatly in thickness , however , in different places ; there are spots where the pipe clay is 100 feet deep ; but the above figures are given as an average ...
... gravel , 20 feet ; then pay gravel , 5 feet ; then bed rock . These strata vary greatly in thickness , however , in different places ; there are spots where the pipe clay is 100 feet deep ; but the above figures are given as an average ...
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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 - 1869 |
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