The Natural Wealth of California: Comprising Early History; Geography, Topography, and Scenery; Climate; Agriculture and Commercial Products; Geology, Zoology, and Botany; Mineralogy, Mines, and Mining Processes; Manufactures; Steamship Lines, Railroads, and Commerce; Immigration, Population and Society; Educational Institutions and Literature; Together with a Detailed Description of Each County ...H.H. Bancroft, 1868 - 696 strani Order book for this title. Consists of sample pages from the original book followed by blank order sheets with columns for subscriber's name, address and comments. |
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... running north and south , and from Fisherman's point , near the old San Pedro wharf , about half a mile in length , running east and west . Were these walls built , San Pedro would be the safest and most commodious har- bor on the ...
... running north and south , and from Fisherman's point , near the old San Pedro wharf , about half a mile in length , running east and west . Were these walls built , San Pedro would be the safest and most commodious har- bor on the ...
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... running nearly through its entire length ; it also has a number of springs of fresh water . The mountains contain several large veins of white quartz , in which there are numerous deposits of argentiferous galena and copper ores . Wild ...
... running nearly through its entire length ; it also has a number of springs of fresh water . The mountains contain several large veins of white quartz , in which there are numerous deposits of argentiferous galena and copper ores . Wild ...
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... running through cañons , over and under the surface , for more than one hundred miles before it reaches the lake . This lake is about five miles wide , by about twenty miles in length . Although called a lake , it never con- tains any ...
... running through cañons , over and under the surface , for more than one hundred miles before it reaches the lake . This lake is about five miles wide , by about twenty miles in length . Although called a lake , it never con- tains any ...
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... running east or southeast , being marked by immense beds of dark colored , compact lava , from two hundred to five hundred feet deep . The shore line of the county extends from Point Duma to Point San Mateo , about ninety miles ...
... running east or southeast , being marked by immense beds of dark colored , compact lava , from two hundred to five hundred feet deep . The shore line of the county extends from Point Duma to Point San Mateo , about ninety miles ...
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... running under the sea , in places where the surface has become hardened and smooth . There are similar deposits of this mineral along the sea - shore in this and Los Angeles county , from which about two thousand tons of asphaltum are ...
... running under the sea , in places where the surface has become hardened and smooth . There are similar deposits of this mineral along the sea - shore in this and Los Angeles county , from which about two thousand tons of asphaltum are ...
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abundant acres auriferous average bushels California cañon cattle chiefly climate Coast Range contains county seat creek cretaceous crops cultivation deposits Diablo range district dollars east eastern eight erected extensive Feather river feet high fifty five forty four fruit gold grain grass Grass Valley growing hills hundred feet important inches Indians inhabitants lake land large number latter located lodes manufacture Mexican miles wide mills mineral mining mission Monte Diablo Monterey mountains nearly northern Pacific pine placer mining planted population portion pounds quantities quartz railroad rain rich river rocks Sacramento Sacramento river San Francisco San Joaquin river San José Santa Cruz season shipped Sierra Nevada sluice soil southern species springs square miles streams summer supply thousand feet timber tons town trees Tuolumne county twenty valley vegetables veins vessels vicinity vines winter yield
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Stran 12 - Colorado, at a point where it intersects the thirty-fifth degree of north latitude; thence down the middle of the channel of said river to the boundary line between the United States and Mexico, as established by the treaty of May...
Stran 2 - Know that on the right hand of the Indies there is an island called California, very close to the side of the Terrestrial Paradise; and it was peopled by black women, without any man among them, for they lived in the fashion of Amazons.
Stran 66 - the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintained, are henceforth not to be considered subjects for future colonization by any European powers.
Stran 397 - ... between the Rocky Mountains on the east and the Sierra Nevada on the west, in which are the great silver mines of Nevada.
Stran 13 - Colorado, at a point where it intersects the 35th degree of north latitude; thence down the middle of the channel of said river, to the boundary line between the United States and Mexico, as established by the treaty of May 30th, 1848; thence running west and along said boundary line to the Pacific Ocean, and extending therein three English miles; thence running in a northwesterly direction, and following the direction of the Pacific coast to the 42d degree of north latitude; thence on the line of...
Stran 51 - Thus circumstanced, we find ourselves threatened by hordes of Yankee emigrants, who have already begun to flock into our country, and whose progress we cannot arrest.
Stran 44 - Reverend Father: — I understand, through the medium of one of your Christian Indians, that you are anxious to know who we are, as some of the Indians have been at the Mission and informed you that there were certain white people in the country. We are Americans, on our journey to the River Columbia ; we were in at the Mission San Gabriel...
Stran 544 - ... per lineal foot, varying with the cost of labor and the character of the rock to be excavated. The end of the tunnel is designed to be from fifty to one hundred feet, or perhaps more, beneath the bottom of the gravel, at a point where a shaft or incline is sunk through the gravel and bed-rock to intersect it. It obviously demands careful engineering to carry out works of such magnitude with the accuracy required, and for the want of sufficient care or skill in this particular, years of costly...
Stran 209 - District comprises the area bounded on the north by the State of Oregon, on the east by the State of Nevada, on the south by...
Stran 43 - ... that he found it impossible to return by the route he came, as his horses had most of them perished for want of food and water ; he was, therefore, under the necessity of pushing forward to California, it being the nearest place where he could procure supplies to enable him to return. We further state as our...