The Mines of ColoradoSamuel Bowles & Company, 1867 - 450 Seiten |
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... less commanding , and not much lower in hight . " And Bayard Taylor , viewing them from another point , gives his impressions as follows : " The view of the Rocky Mountains from the di- vide near Kiowa Creek is considered one of the ...
... less commanding , and not much lower in hight . " And Bayard Taylor , viewing them from another point , gives his impressions as follows : " The view of the Rocky Mountains from the di- vide near Kiowa Creek is considered one of the ...
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... less agitated by the storm - spirit . These be the everlasting watch - towers of the Con- tinent . But the first is the lovely part of the pic- ture . There , spread out like a carpet , glowing in the rich splendor of the autumn ...
... less agitated by the storm - spirit . These be the everlasting watch - towers of the Con- tinent . But the first is the lovely part of the pic- ture . There , spread out like a carpet , glowing in the rich splendor of the autumn ...
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... less than 3,000 to 4,000 feet in the Rocky Mountains . Well , the timber line in the latter is well marked along the slopes of the higher and more massy chains , and its average elevation above the sea is given by Dr. Parry at 11,800 ...
... less than 3,000 to 4,000 feet in the Rocky Mountains . Well , the timber line in the latter is well marked along the slopes of the higher and more massy chains , and its average elevation above the sea is given by Dr. Parry at 11,800 ...
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... less than 5,000 feet . It is far from the cold , moist breath of the Atlantic Ocean . Its elevated western border condenses and catches the moisture from the Pacific air currents , leaving them dry and warm . The consequence is , the ...
... less than 5,000 feet . It is far from the cold , moist breath of the Atlantic Ocean . Its elevated western border condenses and catches the moisture from the Pacific air currents , leaving them dry and warm . The consequence is , the ...
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... less than mock at it . One feels as though wings were starting from his shoulders , and his heart rises with something of the bodily sensation expe- rienced upon wading slowly into a pond of cold water . The world you have left . It is ...
... less than mock at it . One feels as though wings were starting from his shoulders , and his heart rises with something of the bodily sensation expe- rienced upon wading slowly into a pond of cold water . The world you have left . It is ...
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Seite 374 - 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...
Seite 373 - ... improvements, and the character of the vein exposed; and upon the payment to the proper officer of five dollars per acre, together with the cost of such survey, plat, and notice, and giving satisfactory evidence that said diagram and notice have been posted on the claim during said period of ninety days, the register of the land office shall transmit to the general land office said plat, survey, and description ; and a patent shall issue for the same thereupon. But said plat, survey, or description...
Seite 373 - As a 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.
Seite 373 - That the right of way for the construction of highways over public lands, not reserved for public uses, is hereby granted.
Seite 374 - 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 purposes...
Seite 374 - 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.
Seite 364 - ... feet each way from said tunnel, on each lode so discovered, provided they do not interfere with any vested rights. If it shall appear that claims have been staked off and recorded prior to the record of said tunnel on the line thereof, so that the required number of feet cannot be taken near said tunnel, they may...
Seite 373 - That when such location and entry of a mine shall be upon unsurveyed lands, it shall and may be lawful, after the extension thereto of the public surveys, to adjust the surveys to the limits of the premises according to the location and possession and plat aforesaid ; and the...
Seite 373 - The President is authorized to establish additional land districts, and to appoint the necessary officers under existing laws, wherever he may deem the same necessary for the public convenience in executing the provisions of this chapter.
Seite 49 - Gash-veins may cross the formation at any angle, but are limited to one particular group of strata, and are peculiar to the unaltered sedimentary rocks. True veins are aggregations of mineral matter, accompanied by metalliferous ores, within a crevice or fissure, which had its origin in some deep-seated cause, and which may be presumed to extend for an indefinite distance downwards.
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