Resources of the Pacific Slope: A Statistical and Descriptive Summary of the Mines and Minerals, Climate, Topography, Agriculture, Commerce ... of the States and Territories West of the Rocky MountainsD. Appleton, 1869 - 878 strani |
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... miles . It reaches 12 miles from east to west , and 12 miles from north to south . Its greatest length , from northwest to southeast , is about 17 miles , and its average width nearly 5 miles . Its northern line touches the Mercer river ...
... miles . It reaches 12 miles from east to west , and 12 miles from north to south . Its greatest length , from northwest to southeast , is about 17 miles , and its average width nearly 5 miles . Its northern line touches the Mercer river ...
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... miles south of the Grizzly , is being worked with arrastras . The Invincible mine , 2,000 feet on Sugar Pine creek , 22 miles eastward from Sonora , has produced some good quartz , but the mine and its mill are standing idle now . The ...
... miles south of the Grizzly , is being worked with arrastras . The Invincible mine , 2,000 feet on Sugar Pine creek , 22 miles eastward from Sonora , has produced some good quartz , but the mine and its mill are standing idle now . The ...
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... miles from Murphys , 81 miles from Stockton , and 4,500 feet above the level of the sea , is a favorite place of resort . Five days ' time and $ 50 are required to make the trip from San Francisco and back in the cheapest and most ...
... miles from Murphys , 81 miles from Stockton , and 4,500 feet above the level of the sea , is a favorite place of resort . Five days ' time and $ 50 are required to make the trip from San Francisco and back in the cheapest and most ...
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... mile and a half northwest of West Point , is on a vein a foot wide . There are two arrastras which were built in 1866 , and crush and amalgamate each a ton per day . VANCE AND MINA RICA . - Vance's mill , five miles west of West Point ...
... mile and a half northwest of West Point , is on a vein a foot wide . There are two arrastras which were built in 1866 , and crush and amalgamate each a ton per day . VANCE AND MINA RICA . - Vance's mill , five miles west of West Point ...
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... miles west of Copper- opolis , has been worked for three years with a 10 - stamp mill . The average yield is about $ 6 per ton , leaving very little profit . The gold coins $ 11 per ounce . THORPE'S . - Thorpe's mine , 600 feet long ...
... miles west of Copper- opolis , has been worked for three years with a 10 - stamp mill . The average yield is about $ 6 per ton , leaving very little profit . The gold coins $ 11 per ounce . THORPE'S . - Thorpe's mine , 600 feet long ...
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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 ana 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 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 663 - 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 of immense national benefits.
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 59 - And the space of time here referred to as comprehending the sickly season, shall be understood to extend from the first day of May to the first day of November.
Stran 290 - Merced, Modoc, Mono, Monterey, Napa, Nevada, Orange, Placer, Plumas, Riverside, Sacramento, San Benito, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Francisco, San Joaquin, San Luis Obispo, San Mateo, Santa Barbara...
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 659 - ... 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 and those who have declared their intention to become such, under regulations prescribed by law, and according to the 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.
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 658 - With regard to the platting of the claim and other office work in the surveyor-general's office, that officer will make an estimate of the cost thereof, which amount the claimant will deposit with any assistant United States treasurer or designated depository in favor of the United States Treasurer, to be passed to the credit of the fund created by " individual depositors for surveys of the public lands," and file with the surveyor-general duplicate certificates of such deposit in the usual manner.