Report of James W. Taylor, on the Mineral Resources of the United States East of the Rocky Mountains [1867]U.S. Government Printing Office, 1868 - 71 Seiten |
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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 lying idle . Parallel with and opposite to the Nonsuch , 300 feet distant to the eastward , on a talcose ... wide . A tunnel strikes the vein 400 feet below the surface , and a shaft runs down 160 feet from the tunnel . McAlpin ...
... feet , is lying idle . Parallel with and opposite to the Nonsuch , 300 feet distant to the eastward , on a talcose ... wide . A tunnel strikes the vein 400 feet below the surface , and a shaft runs down 160 feet from the tunnel . McAlpin ...
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... feet wide , and runs parallel with the Jose- phine , which has a width of some 12 feet , both mines cropping out on the summit of Mount Bullion , 1,500 feet above the Mercer river , at which the Benton mills are located . The Josephine ...
... feet wide , and runs parallel with the Jose- phine , which has a width of some 12 feet , both mines cropping out on the summit of Mount Bullion , 1,500 feet above the Mercer river , at which the Benton mills are located . The Josephine ...
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... feet below the middle tunnel or Black drift , as it is called . The drifts have been run 500 feet in the lode , and ... wide , and 450 feet west of the Josephine mine . The vein stone is talcose , and in places is rich in gold . It is ...
... feet below the middle tunnel or Black drift , as it is called . The drifts have been run 500 feet in the lode , and ... 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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Seite 181 - 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...
Seite 531 - 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...
Seite 13 - An act granting the right of way to ditch and canal owners over the public lands, and for other purposes...
Seite 560 - No emigrants or other whites, except the Hudson's Bay Company, or persons having ceded rights from the Indians, will be permitted to settle or remain in the Indian country, or on land not ceded by treaty, confirmed by the Senate, and approved by the President of the United States.
Seite 663 - This species of establishment contributes doubly to the increase of improvement, by stimulating to enterprise and experiment, and by drawing to a common centre the results everywhere of individual skill and observation, and spreading them thence over the whole nation.
Seite 534 - ... danger exists, and it may be safely navigated throughout. No part of the world affords finer inland sounds, or a greater number of harbors, than are found within the Straits of Juan de Fuca, capable of receiving the largest class of vessels, and without a danger in them which is not visible. From the rise and fall of the tides (18 feet) every facility is offered for the erection of works for a great maritime nation. The country also affords as many sites for water-power as any other.
Seite 490 - Shining mountains, from an infinite number of crystal stones of an amazing size with which they are covered, and which, when the sun shines full upon them, sparkle so as to be seen at a great distance.
Seite 434 - Checks, due bills, promissory notes, bills of exchange, and all orders or agreements for the payment or delivery of money, or other thing of value, may be made or drawn, by telegraph, and when so made or drawn, shall have the same force and effect to charge the maker, drawer...
Seite 40 - When the old sheriffs house was destroyed at Lexington, Captain JA Wilson secured the slave whip which had been the official Lafayette County flagellum. It is composed of a wooden handle attached to a flat piece of rubber strap about eighteen inches long, an inch and a half wide, and a quarter of an inch thick. It has the appearance of having been cut from rubber belting, being reen forced with fibre as 1s rubber hose.
Seite 482 - 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.