Report of J. Ross Browne on the Mineral Resources of the States and Territories West of the Rocky Mountains. [1867] |
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... channels of trans- portation cannot be relied upon as a clue to the gross product of the mines . It is alleged that large quantities of the precious metals are carried away in the pockets of the miners . Even if this were so , it is not ...
... channels of trans- portation cannot be relied upon as a clue to the gross product of the mines . It is alleged that large quantities of the precious metals are carried away in the pockets of the miners . Even if this were so , it is not ...
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... channel crossed the limestone belt , and where the volcanic material had been deroded , having the rich auriferous deposit near the surface , was for a long time the largest and the busiest town in the southern mines . The site was in a ...
... channel crossed the limestone belt , and where the volcanic material had been deroded , having the rich auriferous deposit near the surface , was for a long time the largest and the busiest town in the southern mines . The site was in a ...
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... channel which has its outlet below Jamestown , eight miles distant . On one occasion 2,500 inches of water ran down the hole for weeks ; and the same water escaped at the outlet , where the stream was governed as to its size and color ...
... channel which has its outlet below Jamestown , eight miles distant . On one occasion 2,500 inches of water ran down the hole for weeks ; and the same water escaped at the outlet , where the stream was governed as to its size and color ...
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... channel , and started their tunnels too high , so that they could not drain their ground , and either had great expenses for pumping or had to cut new tunnels . The old channel , when first discovered , was extremely rich , and it was ...
... channel , and started their tunnels too high , so that they could not drain their ground , and either had great expenses for pumping or had to cut new tunnels . The old channel , when first discovered , was extremely rich , and it was ...
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... channel was discovered at Springfield in 1852 , in the Fox claim , in a shaft eight feet deep , on a flat from which the basalt had been washed away . The next year the Berry shaft , 55 feet deep , struck the channel ; but it was not ...
... channel was discovered at Springfield in 1852 , in the Fox claim , in a shaft eight feet deep , on a flat from which the basalt had been washed away . The next year the Berry shaft , 55 feet deep , struck the channel ; but it was not ...
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Page 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...
Page 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 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 488 - 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.
Page 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.
Page 443 - That all that part of the present Territory of New Mexico situate west of a line running due south from the point where the southwest corner of the Territory of Colorado joins the northern boundary of the Territory of New Mexico...
Page 657 - ... 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...
Page 606 - The high price of provision, from the competition of the purchasers, indemnifies the cultivator for the privations to which he is exposed, from the hard life of the mountains.
Page 13 - An act granting the right of way to ditch and canal owners over the public lands, and for other purposes...
Page 278 - The greatest quantity of rain for any one month, as the table shows, was 18.14 inches, in January, 1862 — a winter memorable on account of destructive floods on the Pacific slope. The greatest quantity in any one month in eastern Pennsylvania, during a period of 30 years, was 13 inches ; and this was in one of the summer months.
Page 183 - Provided, however, That whenever, after the passage of this act, any person or persons shall, in the construction of any ditch or canal, injure or damage 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.