Reports Upon the Mineral Resources of the United StatesU.S. Government Printing Office, 1867 - 360 strani |
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... valley and Mariposa , showing the expenses and profits of gold mining as a permanent business . Section 3 gives minute details and statistics of the gold and silver mining in- terests on the Pacific coast ; the improved processes and ...
... valley and Mariposa , showing the expenses and profits of gold mining as a permanent business . Section 3 gives minute details and statistics of the gold and silver mining in- terests on the Pacific coast ; the improved processes and ...
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... valleys to San Francisco bay , and in the following year he published a book on mineralogy , and mentioned in it that gold was found in the Sacramento valley , and that rocks similar to those of the auriferous formations were observed ...
... valleys to San Francisco bay , and in the following year he published a book on mineralogy , and mentioned in it that gold was found in the Sacramento valley , and that rocks similar to those of the auriferous formations were observed ...
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... valley , happened to visit Sutter's Fort , and hearing of the mining at Coloma , he went thither to see it . He said that if similarity of formation could be taken as proof , there must be gold mines near his ranch , so after observing ...
... valley , happened to visit Sutter's Fort , and hearing of the mining at Coloma , he went thither to see it . He said that if similarity of formation could be taken as proof , there must be gold mines near his ranch , so after observing ...
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... valleys . During the last sixteen years no rich and extensive gold fields have been discovered , though many little placers have been found , and some very valuable deposits , previously unknown , have been brought to light in districts ...
... valleys . During the last sixteen years no rich and extensive gold fields have been discovered , though many little placers have been found , and some very valuable deposits , previously unknown , have been brought to light in districts ...
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... valley and at Mariposa . Millions of dollars were invested in machinery , and superintendents , with the wildest ideas , were sent to erect mills and to take charge of the precious metals . All these ventures proved complete failures ...
... valley and at Mariposa . Millions of dollars were invested in machinery , and superintendents , with the wildest ideas , were sent to erect mills and to take charge of the precious metals . All these ventures proved complete failures ...
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Stran 219 - ... 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 351 - 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 221 - Wherever, 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...
Stran 220 - 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 351 - ... to 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, 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 353 - ... and the right of way for the construction of ditches and canals for the purposes herein specified is acknowledged and confirmed...
Stran 352 - ... office shall publish a notice of the same in a newspaper published nearest to the location of said claim, and shall also post such notice in his office for the period of ninety days ; and after the expiration of said period, if no adverse claim shall have been filed, it shall be the duty of the...
Stran 17 - Gold Mine Found. — In the newly made raceway of the Saw Mill recently erected by Captain Sutter, on the American Fork, gold has been found in considerable quantities. One person brought thirty dollars' worth to New Helvetia, gathered there in a short time. California, no doubt, is rich in mineral wealth, great chances here for scientific capitalists. Gold has been found in almost every part of the country.
Stran 291 - She was lively and animated, had sparkling, love-inspiring eyes, beautiful teeth, pleasing and expressive features, a fine form, and a thousand other charms; yet her manners were perfectly simple and artless.
Stran 347 - 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...