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... Iron - clads , sale of . Letter from the Secretary of the Navy rela- tive to the ... 17 294 Iron - clad monitors . Message from the President of the United States transmitting report from the Secretary of State relative to the sale of ...
... Iron - clads , sale of . Letter from the Secretary of the Navy rela- tive to the ... 17 294 Iron - clad monitors . Message from the President of the United States transmitting report from the Secretary of State relative to the sale of ...
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... iron - clads Oneoto and Catawba . Letter from the Secretary of the 17 rrr 279 280 294 Navy relative to a tract of land near New London , Conn . Letter from the Secretary of the 20 326 Navy . Report of Captain Eads on the iron - clads of ...
... iron - clads Oneoto and Catawba . Letter from the Secretary of the 17 rrr 279 280 294 Navy relative to a tract of land near New London , Conn . Letter from the Secretary of the 20 326 Navy . Report of Captain Eads on the iron - clads of ...
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... iron , accom- panied by pyrites . The presence of these minerals is considered a certain sign that a good deposit of gold is not far distant . One pocket paid $ 30,000 , another $ 15,000 , and numerous other sums , varying from $ 100 to ...
... iron , accom- panied by pyrites . The presence of these minerals is considered a certain sign that a good deposit of gold is not far distant . One pocket paid $ 30,000 , another $ 15,000 , and numerous other sums , varying from $ 100 to ...
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... 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 on the side of the barrel . There are two of these barrels ...
... 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 on the side of the barrel . There are two of these barrels ...
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... iron , zinc and lead . The free gold amounts to $ 6 or $ 8 per ton . The vein has been opened to a depth of 140 feet and a length of 130 feet by drifts from the bottom of the main shaft ; but there are a number of shafts 15 or 20 feet ...
... iron , zinc and lead . The free gold amounts to $ 6 or $ 8 per ton . The vein has been opened to a depth of 140 feet and a length of 130 feet by drifts from the bottom of the main shaft ; but there are a number of shafts 15 or 20 feet ...
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Página 183 - 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...
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 496 - 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.
Página 566 - 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.
Página 279 - ... west; and the cloud supplying the rain is mostly of the cumulo-stratus or nimbus form, and quite low in the sky. What is singular, the rain begins most frequently to the northward, although the cloud comes from the south. The horizon in the south may be entirely clear under these circumstances, the cloud forming in view, and growing denser and denser in its northward travel, until it precipitates the rain. The following table exhibits the mean quantity of rain falling at different stations, and...
Página 265 - The largest crystals are generally enclosed in a stiff blue clay, at a depth of between three and four feet, and a short distance above them is a nearly pure stratum of smaller ones, some two and...
Página xvii - Statement exhibiting land concessions by acts of Congress to States for canal purposes from the year 1827 to June 30, 1869.
Página xxxiv - I respectfully transmit herewith a report and accompanying documents from the Secretary of War, in answer to a resolution of the...