House Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Executive Documents: 13th Congress, 2d Session-49th Congress, 1st Session, Količina 16 |
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Stran xxxiii
... east of the Rocky mountains . Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury relative to light - house at Black Rock ... East Report of Major General John C. Robinson , department of the Lakes .. Report of General George H. Thomas ...
... east of the Rocky mountains . Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury relative to light - house at Black Rock ... East Report of Major General John C. Robinson , department of the Lakes .. Report of General George H. Thomas ...
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... eastern part of the county there are some plains about 3,000 feet high , and these have a rich and moist soil and may some day become far more valuable than they are now . Still farther east , at an elevation of 5,000 feet or more , we ...
... eastern part of the county there are some plains about 3,000 feet high , and these have a rich and moist soil and may some day become far more valuable than they are now . Still farther east , at an elevation of 5,000 feet or more , we ...
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... east side of it , showing with most distinctness at the north end , near the mouth of the upper drift . On the east side the trend of the slates is seen to vary at different places from north 45 ° west to north 95 ° west . They are nearly ...
... east side of it , showing with most distinctness at the north end , near the mouth of the upper drift . On the east side the trend of the slates is seen to vary at different places from north 45 ° west to north 95 ° west . They are nearly ...
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... eastern border of the town of Mariposa , on the Mariposa lode , the direction of which is nearly east and west , the dip 51 ° south , and the width of the main vein from four to eight feet . Near the mill the vein forks , one prong ...
... eastern border of the town of Mariposa , on the Mariposa lode , the direction of which is nearly east and west , the dip 51 ° south , and the width of the main vein from four to eight feet . Near the mill the vein forks , one prong ...
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... east and west , dips to the south , and can be traced on the surface by croppings for four or five miles . The vein stone is a soft white and yellow quartz , which breaks up like slaked lime when exposed to the air . The walls are of ...
... east and west , dips to the south , and can be traced on the surface by croppings for four or five miles . The vein stone is a soft white and yellow quartz , which breaks up like slaked lime when exposed to the air . The walls are of ...
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acres amount average bed rock bullion California cañon cement cent Central Pacific railroad channel City claim coal coast Columbia Comstock lode contains copper cost county seat creek deposits depth distance district ditch drifts east eastern erected estimated Eureka expenses feet deep feet long feet wide Flat flume fork Frémont Gold Hill granite Grass Valley gravel gulch inches Indian iron labor lake land Lander county Letter located lode metal miles mill miners mines months mountains nearly Nevada Oregon Pacific paid placer mines places portion pounds present production profit quantity quartz railroad range Reese river relative rich river road salt San Francisco seams Secretary shaft side Sierra Sierra Nevada silver slate sluice springs square miles stamps Stanislaus river streams sulphurets supply surface Territory thick timber tons Total transmitting Treasury tunnel valley vein Walla-Walla washed width yield Yuba
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Stran 183 - 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...
Stran 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...
Stran 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 1s rubber hose.
Stran 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.
Stran 496 - 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 great distance.
Stran 566 - 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.
Stran 279 - ... west; and the cloud supplying the rain is mostly of the cumulo-stratus or nimbus form, and quite low in the sky. What is singular, the rain begins most frequently to the northward, although the cloud comes from the south. The horizon in the south may be entirely clear under these circumstances, the cloud forming in view, and growing denser and denser in its northward travel, until it precipitates the rain. The following table exhibits the mean quantity of rain falling at different stations, and...
Stran 265 - The largest crystals are generally enclosed in a stiff blue clay, at a depth of between three and four feet, and a short distance above them is a nearly pure stratum of smaller ones, some two and...
Stran xvii - Statement exhibiting land concessions by acts of Congress to States for canal purposes from the year 1827 to June 30, 1869.
Stran xxxiv - I respectfully transmit herewith a report and accompanying documents from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the...