Report of J. Ross Browne on the Mineral Resources of the States and Territories West of the Rocky Mountains. [1867].U.S. Government Printing Office, 1868 - 674 Seiten |
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... South America , Australia , and other parts of the world . Thus towns were built up ; a new and extensive commerce sprang into existence ; • lands were cultivated to supply the miners ; roads were WEST OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS . 7.
... South America , Australia , and other parts of the world . Thus towns were built up ; a new and extensive commerce sprang into existence ; • lands were cultivated to supply the miners ; roads were WEST OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS . 7.
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... miners ; roads were cut through the difficult passes of the mountains ; steamboat and stage lines were established ; and the country from the western slopes of the Sierra Nevadas to the shores of the Pacific , for many hundred miles ...
... miners ; roads were cut through the difficult passes of the mountains ; steamboat and stage lines were established ; and the country from the western slopes of the Sierra Nevadas to the shores of the Pacific , for many hundred miles ...
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... miners it excites their suspicions and distrust . Nine - tenths of the lodes which yield rich specimens do not pay for milling . West Point , in Calaveras , and Bald Moun- tain , in Tuolumne , the richest pocket districts of the State ...
... miners it excites their suspicions and distrust . Nine - tenths of the lodes which yield rich specimens do not pay for milling . West Point , in Calaveras , and Bald Moun- tain , in Tuolumne , the richest pocket districts of the State ...
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... miners in two months washed out $ 16,000 at Peñon Blanco . In 1850 Horse Shoe Bend , on the Mercede , had a population of 400 miners . There are now a dozen small and shallow hydraulic claims there , which pay about $ 4 per day to the ...
... miners in two months washed out $ 16,000 at Peñon Blanco . In 1850 Horse Shoe Bend , on the Mercede , had a population of 400 miners . There are now a dozen small and shallow hydraulic claims there , which pay about $ 4 per day to the ...
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... miner , has now charge of the mines and mills of the company , and is adapting the eureka gold - saving process to all the mills of the estate . The aggregate ... miners , familiar with the estate , are 24 RESOURCES OF STATES AND TERRITORIES.
... miner , has now charge of the mines and mills of the company , and is adapting the eureka gold - saving process to all the mills of the estate . The aggregate ... miners , familiar with the estate , are 24 RESOURCES OF STATES AND TERRITORIES.
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Seite 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.
Seite 659 - ... 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.
Seite 656 - 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...
Seite 663 - ... charged with collecting and diffusing information, and enabled by premiums, and small pecuniary aids, to encourage and assist a spirit of discovery and improvement. 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. Experience accordingly has shown, that they are very cheap instruments...
Seite 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...
Seite 657 - 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 657 - That wherever, prior to the passage of this act, upon the lands heretofore designated as mineral lands, which have been excluded 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...
Seite 656 - An act granting the right of way to ditch and canal owners over the public lands, and for other purposes...
Seite 290 - Plumas Riverside Sacramento San Benito San Bernardino San Diego San Francisco San Joaquin San Luis Obispo San Mateo Santa Barbara...
Seite 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...