Report of J. Ross Browne on the Mineral Resources of the States and Territories West of the Rocky Mountains. [1867]. |
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... feet wide , and are rich in gold . We do not find , in our books , mention of any similar auriferous deposit in other countries ; but in California a number of them have been found , remote from the mother lode as well as near it ...
... feet wide , and are rich in gold . We do not find , in our books , mention of any similar auriferous deposit in other countries ; but in California a number of them have been found , remote from the mother lode as well as near it ...
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... feet , is not doing anything . Several shafts have been sunk , and some rock taken from it seven or eight years ago ... wide . A tunnel strikes the vein 400 feet below the surface , and a shaft runs down 160 feet from the tunnel ...
... feet , is not doing anything . Several shafts have been sunk , and some rock taken from it seven or eight years ago ... wide . A tunnel strikes the vein 400 feet below the surface , and a shaft runs down 160 feet from the tunnel ...
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... feet above , and the lower 180 feet below the middle tunnel or Black drift , as it is called . The drifts have been ... wide , and 450 feet west of the Josephine mine . The vein stone is talcose , and in places is rich in gold . It is ...
... feet above , and the lower 180 feet below the middle tunnel or Black drift , as it is called . The drifts have been ... wide , and 450 feet west of the Josephine mine . The vein stone is talcose , and in places is rich in gold . It is ...
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... feet in diameter and three feet in length , made of boiler iron three - eighths of an inch thick , heavily riveted . Inside , the barrel is shod with iron shoes an inch thick . A door a foot wide and two feet long is placed lengthwise ...
... feet in diameter and three feet in length , made of boiler iron three - eighths of an inch thick , heavily riveted . Inside , the barrel is shod with iron shoes an inch thick . A door a foot wide and two feet long is placed lengthwise ...
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... wide , yields $ 45 to the ton , and has been opened to a depth of 165 feet and a length of 150 feet . The other vein is six feet wide , yields $ 20 to the ton , has been opened to a depth of 165 feet , and to a length of 50 feet . The ...
... wide , yields $ 45 to the ton , and has been opened to a depth of 165 feet and a length of 150 feet . The other vein is six feet wide , yields $ 20 to the ton , has been opened to a depth of 165 feet , and to a length of 50 feet . The ...
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