Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury Transmitting Report Upon the Mineral Resources of the States and Territories West of the Rocky Mountains |
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... existence he knew nothing save by surmise , or by the assertion of incompetent persons , would soon be opened and worked . In sixty - six days after that letter was written , the stars and stripes were hoisted in Monterey , and now ...
... existence he knew nothing save by surmise , or by the assertion of incompetent persons , would soon be opened and worked . In sixty - six days after that letter was written , the stars and stripes were hoisted in Monterey , and now ...
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... existence remains , save in the heaps of gravel from which the clay and loam were washed in the search for gold . As the placers in many districts were gradually exhausted , the demand for water and the profits of the ditch companies ...
... existence remains , save in the heaps of gravel from which the clay and loam were washed in the search for gold . As the placers in many districts were gradually exhausted , the demand for water and the profits of the ditch companies ...
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... existence of paying diggings beyond the limits of a few bars , which could not give occu- pation to more than a hundred men . Suddenly , and with no material addition to the evidence , the conviction burst on the people that Fraser ...
... existence of paying diggings beyond the limits of a few bars , which could not give occu- pation to more than a hundred men . Suddenly , and with no material addition to the evidence , the conviction burst on the people that Fraser ...
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... existence by the throng of adventurers , and soon the prospectors were ransacking almost every part of the ( at present ) State of Ne- vada in search of silver lodes . ' their place and examined their mine . His attention was WEST OF ...
... existence by the throng of adventurers , and soon the prospectors were ransacking almost every part of the ( at present ) State of Ne- vada in search of silver lodes . ' their place and examined their mine . His attention was WEST OF ...
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... existence at Felsobanya may be inferred from the shape and character of the old Roman works near the out - croppings . " Let us now return to the Comstock vein , the ' veta madre ' of Washoe , and examine what conclusions as to its ...
... existence at Felsobanya may be inferred from the shape and character of the old Roman works near the out - croppings . " Let us now return to the Comstock vein , the ' veta madre ' of Washoe , and examine what conclusions as to its ...
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Amador county amalgamation amount Arizona auriferous beds borax bullion Calaveras county California cañon cent claimants coal Comstock lode containing copper copper mines Copperopolis cost creek crystals deposits depth discovered discovery dollars erected Esmeralda expenses extracted Father fifty furnaces geological Gould & Curry governor Grass valley Humboldt hundred feet Idaho inches Indians labor lake laws ledge located Mariposa county metal Mexican Mexico miles mills mining district mission Monterey months mountains nearly Nevada county obtained Ophir Oregon owners Pacific coast pans parties persons placer mining portion possession pounds present presidio profit quantity quartz quartz claims quartz mining quicksilver record Reese River regulations rich rock running Sacramento salt San Francisco settlers shaft shipped Sierra Nevada slate sluice specimens springs stream sulphur sulphurets surface Territory thousand tion tons tunnel Tuolumne county vein Virginia City Washoe
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Page 13 - There is no part of the earth here to be taken up wherein there is not a reasonable quantity of gold or silver.
Page 221 - ... local customs or rules of miners in the several mining districts, so far as the same are applicable and not inconsistent with the laws of the United States.
Page 15 - Gold Mine Found. — In the newly made raceway of the Saw Mill recently erected by Captain Sutter, on the American Fork, gold has been found in considerable quantities. One person brought thirty dollars' worth to New Helvetia, gathered there in a short time. California, no doubt, is rich in mineral wealth, great chances here for scientific capitalists. Gold has been found in almost every part of the country.
Page 221 - All valuable mineral deposits in lands belonging to the United 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 222 - ... to file in the local Land Office a diagram of the same, so extended, laterally or otherwise, as to conform to the local laws, customs, and rules of miners, and to enter such tract and receive a patent therefor, granting such mine, together with the right to follow such vein or lode, with its dips, angles, and variations, to any depth, although it may enter the land adjoining, which land adjoining shall be sold subject to this condition.
Page 231 - That no location hereafter made shall exceed two hundred feet in length along the vein for each locator, with an additional claim for discovery to the discoverer of the lode, with the right to follow such vein to any depth, with all its dips, variations, and angles, together with a reasonable quantity of surface for the convenient working of the same, as fixed by local rules...
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.
Page 222 - That as a further condition of sale, in the absence of necessary legislation by Congress, the local Legislature of any State or Territory may provide rules for working mines involving easements, drainage, and other necessary means to their complete development ; and those conditions shall be fully expressed in the patent.
Page 221 - That whenever any person or association of persons, claim a vein or lode of quartz, or other rock in place, bearing gold, silver, cinnabar or copper...
Page 138 - An act to secure homestead to actual settlers on the public domain," and acts amendatory thereof. SEC. 11. And be it further enacted, That upon the survey of the lands aforesaid, the Secretary of the Interior may designate and set apart such portions of the said lands as are clearly agricultural lands, which lands shall thereafter be subject to pre-emption and sale as other public lands of the United States, and subject to all the laws and regulations applicable to the same. APPROVED July 26th, 1866....