House Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Executive Documents: 13th Congress, 2d Session-49th Congress, 1st Session, Količina 16 |
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Stran 18
... ground where no lode has been found . The White Senior claim ; the Tom White , * 1,200 feet ; the Patterson , has a 10- stamp mill , but only five are running ; the Gillis , * 1,200 feet ; the Jackson ; the Waters ; * the Rector ...
... ground where no lode has been found . The White Senior claim ; the Tom White , * 1,200 feet ; the Patterson , has a 10- stamp mill , but only five are running ; the Gillis , * 1,200 feet ; the Jackson ; the Waters ; * the Rector ...
Stran 28
... ground . It is said before Fremont obtained posses- sion , squatters took $ 200,000 from the mine . The quartz taken out in 1864 averaged $ 25 per ton ; but afterwards the average yield was only $ 11 . Persons familiar with the mine say ...
... ground . It is said before Fremont obtained posses- sion , squatters took $ 200,000 from the mine . The quartz taken out in 1864 averaged $ 25 per ton ; but afterwards the average yield was only $ 11 . Persons familiar with the mine say ...
Stran 38
... ground . SAWMILL FLAT . - The following claims are at Sawmill Flat : The Foley claim , 200 feet square , was opened in 1850 , and has never paid more than moderate wages . Four men are employed , and there is a hydraulic wheel for ...
... ground . SAWMILL FLAT . - The following claims are at Sawmill Flat : The Foley claim , 200 feet square , was opened in 1850 , and has never paid more than moderate wages . Four men are employed , and there is a hydraulic wheel for ...
Stran 39
... ground in Tuolumne county is from 500 to 800 feet on the northern side , and from 200 to 500 on the southern . The adjacent earth has been washed away to a greater depth near the line of the mountain along its northern base , and for ...
... ground in Tuolumne county is from 500 to 800 feet on the northern side , and from 200 to 500 on the southern . The adjacent earth has been washed away to a greater depth near the line of the mountain along its northern base , and for ...
Stran 41
... ground untouched . Ten men are employed , and there is pay dirt enough in sight to keep them busy for half a year . The average yield per day is $ 8 to the man , or $ 1 per ton . The dirt is soaked over night in a dump - box before ...
... ground untouched . Ten men are employed , and there is pay dirt enough in sight to keep them busy for half a year . The average yield per day is $ 8 to the man , or $ 1 per ton . The dirt is soaked over night in a dump - box before ...
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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...