Statistics of Mines and Mining in the States and Territories West of the Rocky Mountains, Količina 2U.S. Government Printing Office, 1870 |
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... White Pine County 145 XXII . Elko County 186 XXIII . Humboldt County .. 187 XXIV . Esmeralda and Lincoln Counties 193 SECTION III . OREGON . Chapter XXV . General remarks 203 XXVI . The geology of Oregon 205 XXVII . The gold fields of ...
... White Pine County 145 XXII . Elko County 186 XXIII . Humboldt County .. 187 XXIV . Esmeralda and Lincoln Counties 193 SECTION III . OREGON . Chapter XXV . General remarks 203 XXVI . The geology of Oregon 205 XXVII . The gold fields of ...
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... White Pine and Austin line . In bringing to a close the arduous work of preparing this volume , I desire to thank the department for the enlightened sympathy with which the subjects intrusted to me have hitherto been regarded , and to ...
... White Pine and Austin line . In bringing to a close the arduous work of preparing this volume , I desire to thank the department for the enlightened sympathy with which the subjects intrusted to me have hitherto been regarded , and to ...
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... white miners : Fifty dollars and board per month . Wages of second - class white miners : Thirty - five dollars and board per month . Wages of surface white laborers : Thirty dollars and board per month . Cost of lumber : Twenty - five ...
... white miners : Fifty dollars and board per month . Wages of second - class white miners : Thirty - five dollars and board per month . Wages of surface white laborers : Thirty dollars and board per month . Cost of lumber : Twenty - five ...
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... White quartz . Maximum mining cost per ton : Three dollars . Mine from which this is reported : Epley , water power ; steam , four dollars . Character of rock , & c .: White quartz , with sulphurets . Depth of mine : Two hundred and ...
... White quartz . Maximum mining cost per ton : Three dollars . Mine from which this is reported : Epley , water power ; steam , four dollars . Character of rock , & c .: White quartz , with sulphurets . Depth of mine : Two hundred and ...
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... White & Murphy , Sides , Best & Belcher , has been lying idle for years . It was explored to various depths , from 100 to 500 feet below the surface , but never with any system ; and nothing can be said as to its value . It is very ...
... White & Murphy , Sides , Best & Belcher , has been lying idle for years . It was explored to various depths , from 100 to 500 feet below the surface , but never with any system ; and nothing can be said as to its value . It is very ...
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Stran 425 - 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...
Stran 425 - That no location hereafter made shall exceed two hundred feet in length along the vein for each locator, with an additional claim for discovery to the discoverer of the lode, with the right to follow such vein to any depth with all its dips, variations, and angles, together with a reasonable quantity of surface for the convenient working of the same, as fixed* by local rules.
Stran 327 - He never reached his home, however, and was supposed to have been killed by the Indians. Thirteen years elapsed, when a party of forty men arrived here. They prospected the whole length of the Sweetwater, found gold everywhere in the river as well as in all of its tributaries, and turned the main stream from its channel 400 yards.
Stran 425 - ... enter such tract and receive a patent therefor, granting such mine, together with the right to follow such vein or lode with its dips, angles, and variations to any depth, although it may enter the land adjoining, which land adjoining shall be sold subject to this condition.
Stran 425 - All valuable mineral deposits in lands belonging to the United States, both surveyed and unsurveyed, are hereby declared to be free and open to exploration and purchase, and the lands in which they are found to occupation and purchase, by citizens of the United States...
Stran 425 - That the mineral lands of the public domain, both surveyed and unsurveyed, are hereby declared to be free and open to exploration and occupation by all citizens of the United States, and those who have declared their intention to become citizens, subject to such regulations as may be prescribed by law, and subject also to the local customs or rules of miners in the several mining districts, so far as the same may not be in conflict with the laws of the United States.
Stran 327 - Gold in the Sweetwater District was first discovered in 1842 by a Georgian who came here with the American Fur Company for the recovery of his health. After remaining a year he started home, intending to organize a company and bring them here to work the mines.
Stran 425 - ... file in the local land office a diagram of the same, so extended laterally or otherwise as to conform to the local laws, customs, and rules of miners, and to enter such tract and receive a patent therefor, granting such mine...
Stran 627 - Each size will break any stone, one end of which can be entered into the opening between the jaws at the top. The size of the machine is designated by the size of this opening; thus, if the width of the jaws be 15 inches, and the distance between them at the top 9 inches, the size is called 15 by 9.
Stran 653 - The quantity of water used per stamphead in crushing varies from 720 gallons to 11,520 gallons per diem of 24 hours. The quantity of mercury used in the ripples per stamper is from 5 to 70 pounds.