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 páginas |
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Página 32
... reached the lode . As the workmen who were employed have all left it is difficult to get any accurate information ; but some miners in the neighborhood say that the mine was worked in a careless manner ; ་ that the proprietors ...
... reached the lode . As the workmen who were employed have all left it is difficult to get any accurate information ; but some miners in the neighborhood say that the mine was worked in a careless manner ; ་ that the proprietors ...
Página 35
... reached the vein . Two shafts are also being sunk 2,000 feet apart . The south shaft is 25 feet deep in a pay chimney , which yields rock four feet in thickness , averaging $ 10 per ton . The horizontal length of this chimney is not ...
... reached the vein . Two shafts are also being sunk 2,000 feet apart . The south shaft is 25 feet deep in a pay chimney , which yields rock four feet in thickness , averaging $ 10 per ton . The horizontal length of this chimney is not ...
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... reached on account of the abundance of water and lack of drainage . The richest pay has been found near the water - level . One claim 50 feet square paid $ 100,000 , and it is estimated that the total yield of the flat has not been less ...
... reached on account of the abundance of water and lack of drainage . The richest pay has been found near the water - level . One claim 50 feet square paid $ 100,000 , and it is estimated that the total yield of the flat has not been less ...
Página 40
... reached the channel under the basalt . The tunnels , to reach the channel , average about 1,000 feet in length , and the present cost of cutting tunnels at Table mountain is $ 16 per lineal foot . The common size of the tunnel is six ...
... reached the channel under the basalt . The tunnels , to reach the channel , average about 1,000 feet in length , and the present cost of cutting tunnels at Table mountain is $ 16 per lineal foot . The common size of the tunnel is six ...
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... reached , and a level has been run 80 feet on the vein . The quartz is colored green with car- bonate of copper , and it yields from $ 7 to $ 44 per ton . The mill , containing 20 stamps , a 40 - horse power engine , and fine hoisting ...
... reached , and a level has been run 80 feet on the vein . The quartz is colored green with car- bonate of copper , and it yields from $ 7 to $ 44 per ton . The mill , containing 20 stamps , a 40 - horse power engine , and fine hoisting ...
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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 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.
Página 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...
Página 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...
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 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...
Página 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...
Página 656 - An act granting the right of way to ditch and canal owners over the public lands, and for other purposes...
Página 290 - Plumas Riverside Sacramento San Benito San Bernardino San Diego San Francisco San Joaquin San Luis Obispo San Mateo Santa Barbara...
Página 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...