Report of James W. Taylor, on the Mineral Resources of the United States East of the Rocky Mountains [1867] |
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... erecting in Mariposa creek is the same which has been removed from Green Gulch , where , as it proved , there was no further ... erected , and new explorations were undertaken ; but the rich bunches were too far apart , and the mill was ...
... erecting in Mariposa creek is the same which has been removed from Green Gulch , where , as it proved , there was no further ... erected , and new explorations were undertaken ; but the rich bunches were too far apart , and the mill was ...
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... erected , and it began to run on the 7th of October . The copper aprons below the battery are plated with silver , with which mercury forms an amalgam more readily than with copper , and the apron will be in the highest state of ...
... erected , and it began to run on the 7th of October . The copper aprons below the battery are plated with silver , with which mercury forms an amalgam more readily than with copper , and the apron will be in the highest state of ...
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... erected on the north fork of the Mercede , one mile from the mine . The dam and flume were to cost $ 600 , and the wagon road $ 1,000 . Ten or 12 men were employed . CALICO . The Calico mine , on the same lode as the Cherokee , has been ...
... erected on the north fork of the Mercede , one mile from the mine . The dam and flume were to cost $ 600 , and the wagon road $ 1,000 . Ten or 12 men were employed . CALICO . The Calico mine , on the same lode as the Cherokee , has been ...
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... erected a steam mill , with two stamps and two arrastras ; but the water became troublesome , and for five years the mine has been idle , and for two years before the work was irregular . The mine was opened by a cross tunnel , which ...
... erected a steam mill , with two stamps and two arrastras ; but the water became troublesome , and for five years the mine has been idle , and for two years before the work was irregular . The mine was opened by a cross tunnel , which ...
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... erected in 1859 to crush the cement , but it did not pay . At Two Mile Bar ( two miles east of Knight's ferry ) the channel is 80 feet below the level of the present Stanislaus river . QUARTZ MINING IN TUOLUMNE . - Tuolumne county is ...
... erected in 1859 to crush the cement , but it did not pay . At Two Mile Bar ( two miles east of Knight's ferry ) the channel is 80 feet below the level of the present Stanislaus river . QUARTZ MINING IN TUOLUMNE . - Tuolumne county is ...
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Page 181 - 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...
Page 531 - 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...
Page 13 - An act granting the right of way to ditch and canal owners over the public lands, and for other purposes...
Page 560 - 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.
Page 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.
Page 534 - ... danger exists, and it may be safely navigated throughout. No part of the world affords finer inland sounds, or a greater number of harbors, than are found within the Straits of Juan de Fuca, capable of receiving the largest class of vessels, and without a danger in them which is not visible. From the rise and fall of the tides (18 feet) every facility is offered for the erection of works for a great maritime nation. The country also affords as many sites for water-power as any other.
Page 490 - 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.
Page 434 - Checks, due bills, promissory notes, bills of exchange, and all orders or agreements for the payment or delivery of money, or other thing of value, may be made or drawn, by telegraph, and when so made or drawn, shall have the same force and effect to charge the maker, drawer...
Page 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.
Page 482 - Among these are a variety of esculent plants and roots, acquired without much difficulty, and yielding not only a nutritious but a very agreeable food. The air is pure and dry, the climate quite as mild, if not milder, than the same parallels of latitude in the Atlantic states, and must be equally healthy, for all the disorders which we have witnessed may fairly be imputed more to the nature of the diet than to any intemperance of climate.