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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... States , 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.
... States , 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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... supply the 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 ...
... supply the 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 ...
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... supply . After many years of travel over the mining regions , I feel justified in asserting that our mineral resources are practically without limit . Explorations made by com- petent parties during the past year in many parts of the ...
... supply . After many years of travel over the mining regions , I feel justified in asserting that our mineral resources are practically without limit . Explorations made by com- petent parties during the past year in many parts of the ...
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... supply of good rock established . The commission of this blunder is proof conclusive of the utter incompetency of its author to have charge of any important mining enterprise . If there were any possibility that it should in some cases ...
... supply of good rock established . The commission of this blunder is proof conclusive of the utter incompetency of its author to have charge of any important mining enterprise . If there were any possibility that it should in some cases ...
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... supply of the fifth for a time with an inferior quality of ore , all because the veins on which these mills depended for ore were worked on the improvident plan of taking all the ore in sight as far and as fast as it could be found ...
... supply of the fifth for a time with an inferior quality of ore , all because the veins on which these mills depended for ore were worked on the improvident plan of taking all the ore in sight as far and as fast as it could be found ...
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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...