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... miles . miles . miles . miles . miles . Quartermaster and subsistence $ 0 401 $ 0 431 $ 0 45 $ 0 48 $ 0 54 50,000 00 5,000 00 10,000 00 20 , 000 00 5,000 00 10 , 000 00 10,000 00 10 , 000 00 10 , 000 00 2,000 00 10 , 000 00 2,500 00 ...
... miles . miles . miles . miles . miles . Quartermaster and subsistence $ 0 401 $ 0 431 $ 0 45 $ 0 48 $ 0 54 50,000 00 5,000 00 10,000 00 20 , 000 00 5,000 00 10 , 000 00 10,000 00 10 , 000 00 10 , 000 00 2,000 00 10 , 000 00 2,500 00 ...
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... miles northwest from Los Angeles , was discovered . The deposit of gold was neither extensive nor rich , but it was worked steadily for twenty years . In 1841 the exploring expedition of Commodore Wilkes visited the coast , and its ...
... miles northwest from Los Angeles , was discovered . The deposit of gold was neither extensive nor rich , but it was worked steadily for twenty years . In 1841 the exploring expedition of Commodore Wilkes visited the coast , and its ...
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... miles northwestward from Coloma . A few days after Reading had left , John Bidwell , now represent- ative of the northern district of the State in the lower house of Congress , came to Coloma , and the result of his visit was that in ...
... miles northwestward from Coloma . A few days after Reading had left , John Bidwell , now represent- ative of the northern district of the State in the lower house of Congress , came to Coloma , and the result of his visit was that in ...
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... miles long , and , proving a decided success , was imi- tated in many other places , until , in the course of eight years , six thousand miles of mining canals had been made , supplying all the principal placer dis- tricts with water ...
... miles long , and , proving a decided success , was imi- tated in many other places , until , in the course of eight years , six thousand miles of mining canals had been made , supplying all the principal placer dis- tricts with water ...
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... miles , its height from three hun- dred to one thousand feet above the clay and gravel near it , and its width from a quarter to half a mile . The smoothness of its surface , the gradual inclina- tion to the westward , the basaltic ...
... miles , its height from three hun- dred to one thousand feet above the clay and gravel near it , and its width from a quarter to half a mile . The smoothness of its surface , the gradual inclina- tion to the westward , the basaltic ...
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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...