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... lode and the development of the silver mining interest east of the Sierra Nevada mountains . Section 2 refers chiefly to the geological features of California , and the prom- inent characteristics of the principal lodes in the great ...
... lode and the development of the silver mining interest east of the Sierra Nevada mountains . Section 2 refers chiefly to the geological features of California , and the prom- inent characteristics of the principal lodes in the great ...
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... lode . - 23 . The Washoe excitement . - 29 . The barrel and yard process . ― 30 . The pan process . - 31 . Growth of the Washoe excitement.— 32. Virginia City . - 33 . The silver panic . - 34 . Litigation about the Comstock ledge.- 35 ...
... lode . - 23 . The Washoe excitement . - 29 . The barrel and yard process . ― 30 . The pan process . - 31 . Growth of the Washoe excitement.— 32. Virginia City . - 33 . The silver panic . - 34 . Litigation about the Comstock ledge.- 35 ...
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... lode in the hill side above it , and the placer miners , following streaks of loose gold , have been brought to the rocky source from which it came . In this manner the Allisen mine and the Comstock lode , not to mention other less ...
... lode in the hill side above it , and the placer miners , following streaks of loose gold , have been brought to the rocky source from which it came . In this manner the Allisen mine and the Comstock lode , not to mention other less ...
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... , the conviction burst on the people that Fraser river would not pay , and five - sixths of the truant miners had returned before the end of the year . * 27. - DISCOVERY OF THE COMSTOCK LODE . A 26 RESOURCES OF STATES AND TERRITORIES.
... , the conviction burst on the people that Fraser river would not pay , and five - sixths of the truant miners had returned before the end of the year . * 27. - DISCOVERY OF THE COMSTOCK LODE . A 26 RESOURCES OF STATES AND TERRITORIES.
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... lode in the place now known as Gold Hill . A couple of months later , some miners , in following up a placer lead in which the gold was mixed with about an equal weight of silver , came on the lode from which the metal had been washed ...
... lode in the place now known as Gold Hill . A couple of months later , some miners , in following up a placer lead in which the gold was mixed with about an equal weight of silver , came on the lode from which the metal had been washed ...
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&c.—Continued amount arrivals borax Brevet Calaveras county California Capt cents per bushel cents per pound Charles Knap City claim clerk coal coast collector Colonel Comstock Comstock lode Congress consul contract copper Copperopolis cord cost deposits dollars drawback duty ending June 30 exported Females Fort Boise Fort Bridger Fort Riley gold Governor Hill hundred feet internal revenue James John July June 30 labor lake land ledge Lieut located lode Males from 30 Mariposa county metal Mexico miles mills miners months mountains Nevada Nevada county obedient servant paid pans Pittsburg port quantity Quarter ending June Quarter ending Mar Quarter ending Sept quartermaster quartermaster's quartz Rebel brigadier recommend Reese River river rock Rodman guns San Francisco Secretary Seward silver supply Surratt Territory tons Total Treasury United valley vein Virginia City wood yards yield York
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Page 137 - ... 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 221 - 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...
Page 7 - States, for the payment of which, well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, and each of us, our heirs, successors, executors, and administrators, jointly and severally, firmly by these presents.
Page 222 - If no adverse claim shall have been filed with the Register and the Receiver of the proper Land Office at the expiration of the sixty days of publication, it shall be assumed that the applicant is entitled to a patent, upon the payment to the proper officer of five dollars per acre, and that no adverse claim exists...
Page 223 - 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, and the right of way for the construction of ditches and canals for the purposes herein specified is acknowledged and confirmed...
Page 223 - ... possessors and owners of such vested rights shall be maintained and protected in the same; and the right of way for the construction of ditches and canals for the purposes aforesaid is hereby acknowledged and confirmed.
Page 296 - Indians here also being friendly, I consider it the most safe point for me to remain, until such time as I can cross the mountains with my horses, having lost a great many in attempting to cross ten or fifteen days since. I am a long ways from home, and am anxious to get there as soon as the nature of the case will admit. Our situation is quite unpleasant, being destitute of clothing and most of the necessaries of life, wild meat being our principal subsistence. # I am, reverend father, your strange,...
Page 138 - Homesteads." SEC. 2342. Upon the survey of the lands described in the preceding section, the Secretary of the Interior may designate and set apart such portions of the same as are clearly agricultural lands, which lands shall thereafter be subject to pre-emption and sale as other public lands, and be subject to all the laws and regulations applicable to the same.
Page 265 - Nevada and California Processes of Silver and Gold Extraction, for general use,* and especially for the mining public of California and Nevada, with full explanations .and directions for all metallurgical operations connected with silver and gold, from a preliminary examination of the ore to the final casting of the ingot; also a description of the general metallurgy of silver ores. By Guido Kustel> mining engineer and metallurgist, former manager of the Ophir works, &c.
Page 223 - States, or persons who have declared their intention to become citizens, which homesteads have been made, improved, and used for agricultural purposes, and upon which there have been no valuable mines of gold, silver, cinnabar, or copper discovered, and which are properly agricultural lands, the...