Report of J. Ross Browne on the Mineral Resources of the States and Territories West of the Rocky Mountains. [1867].U.S. Government Printing Office, 1868 - 674 էջ |
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... situated at a point where San Andreas ravine intersects an ancient river channel . The county seat was formerly at Mokelumne Hill , on the northern limit of the county , and was removed after the people had voted at a special election ...
... situated at a point where San Andreas ravine intersects an ancient river channel . The county seat was formerly at Mokelumne Hill , on the northern limit of the county , and was removed after the people had voted at a special election ...
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... situated on the hill between Old Gulch and French Gulch . It has been worked six or seven years , and four or five men are now employed in it . It is a hydraulic claim , and the bank is 75 feet deep . The next claim , that of Young & Co ...
... situated on the hill between Old Gulch and French Gulch . It has been worked six or seven years , and four or five men are now employed in it . It is a hydraulic claim , and the bank is 75 feet deep . The next claim , that of Young & Co ...
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... situated on the south bank of the Mokelumne river , but about 800 feet above its level , at a point where an ancient channel has been cut through , leaving a convenient pass for travel from north to south and exposing rich deposits of ...
... situated on the south bank of the Mokelumne river , but about 800 feet above its level , at a point where an ancient channel has been cut through , leaving a convenient pass for travel from north to south and exposing rich deposits of ...
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... situated on a branch of the mother lode , near the mouth of Carson creek , is 1,000 feet long . The vein is 12 feet wide for 600 feet , but then pinches out till it is only an inch or two thick . The thick part of the claim has been ...
... situated on a branch of the mother lode , near the mouth of Carson creek , is 1,000 feet long . The vein is 12 feet wide for 600 feet , but then pinches out till it is only an inch or two thick . The thick part of the claim has been ...
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... situated on or near the mother lode . Volcano , the only placer mining town in the county now producing much gold , is on the lime belt , and has diggings very similar to those of Columbia and Murphy's . Butte City , which depended on ...
... situated on or near the mother lode . Volcano , the only placer mining town in the county now producing much gold , is on the lime belt , and has diggings very similar to those of Columbia and Murphy's . Butte City , which depended on ...
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Էջ 183 - ... and the right of way for the construction of ditches and canals for the purposes herein specified is acknowledged and confirmed; but whenever any person, in the construction of any ditch or canal, injures or damages the possession of any settler on the public domain, the party committing such injury or damage shall be liable to the party injured for such injury or damage.
Էջ 659 - ... local customs or rules of miners in the several mining districts, so far as the same are applicable and not inconsistent with the laws of the United States.
Էջ 656 - 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 663 - ... charged with collecting and diffusing information, and enabled by premiums, and small pecuniary aids, to encourage and assist a spirit of discovery and improvement. This species of establishment contributes doubly to the increase of improvement, by stimulating to enterprise and experiment, and by drawing to a common centre the results everywhere of individual skill and observation, and spreading them thence over the whole nation. Experience accordingly has shown, that they are very cheap instruments...
Էջ 537 - 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 657 - That whenever, by priority of possession, rights to the use of water for mining, agricultural, manufacturing, or other purposes, have vested and accrued, and the same are recognized and acknowledged by the local customs, laws, and the decisions of courts, the possessors and' owners of such vested rights shall be maintained and protected in the same...
Էջ 657 - That wherever, prior to the passage of this act, upon the lands heretofore designated as mineral lands, which have been excluded from survey and sale, there have been homesteads made by citizens of the United States, or persons who have declared their intention to become citizens, which homesteads have been made, improved, and used for agricultural...
Էջ 656 - An act granting the right of way to ditch and canal owners over the public lands, and for other purposes...
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Էջ 443 - That all that part of the present Territory of New Mexico situate west of a line running due south from the point where the southwest corner of the Territory of Colorado joins the northern boundary of the Territory of New Mexico...