Silver and Gold: an Account of the Mining and Metallurgical Industry of the United States: With Reference Chiefly to the Precious MetalsJ.B. Ford, 1873 - 566 من الصفحات |
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... Creek , one mile south of Jamestown , is noted as being the first ground worked in the southern mines , early in 1848. The creek here was very rich , and was worked by the Indians , of whom there were many here at that time . It is said ...
... Creek , one mile south of Jamestown , is noted as being the first ground worked in the southern mines , early in 1848. The creek here was very rich , and was worked by the Indians , of whom there were many here at that time . It is said ...
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... Creek were of great richness , and for a few years the sales of gold - dust averaged nearly $ 1,000 per day . The placers were of the same character as those of Chinese Camp , rarely exceeding two feet in depth , and have been worked ...
... Creek were of great richness , and for a few years the sales of gold - dust averaged nearly $ 1,000 per day . The placers were of the same character as those of Chinese Camp , rarely exceeding two feet in depth , and have been worked ...
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... Creek , an insignificant stream on the east side of Table Mountain . This tunnel was run 1,000 feet in slate bed - rock , and on rising twenty- five feet pay gravel was struck near the rim of the channel . This tunnel cost $ 60,000 ...
... Creek , an insignificant stream on the east side of Table Mountain . This tunnel was run 1,000 feet in slate bed - rock , and on rising twenty- five feet pay gravel was struck near the rim of the channel . This tunnel cost $ 60,000 ...
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... Creek . The town of Sonora , the largest town in the southern mines , was settled in the summer of 1848 by a party of Mexican miners from the province of Sonora , and was originally known as the " Sono- ranian Camp , " to distinguish it ...
... Creek . The town of Sonora , the largest town in the southern mines , was settled in the summer of 1848 by a party of Mexican miners from the province of Sonora , and was originally known as the " Sono- ranian Camp , " to distinguish it ...
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... Creek , about half way between Sonora and Columbia , has a population of one or two hundred persons , who are engaged in mining on the creek . The limestone belt is here pinched down to very narrow limits , and the depth of pay - dirt ...
... Creek , about half way between Sonora and Columbia , has a population of one or two hundred persons , who are engaged in mining on the creek . The limestone belt is here pinched down to very narrow limits , and the depth of pay - dirt ...
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