Title: Reports upon the mineral resources of the United States.Author: J Ross BrownePublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native ...
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Title: Reports upon the mineral resources of the United States.Author: J Ross BrownePublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more.Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more.Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington LibraryDocumentID: SABCP00874200CollectionID: CTRG10288189-BPublicationDate: 18670101SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to AmericaNotes: Consists of a report of J.R. Browne upon the mineral resources of the states and territories west of the Rocky Mountains [1866] issued also as House ex. doc. no. 29, 39th Cong., 2d sess., and a report of J.W. Taylor upon gold and silver mining east of the Rocky Mountains [1866] issued also as House ex. doc. no. 92, 39th Cong., 2d sess. Continued by Report of J. Ross Browne on the mineral resources of the state and territories west of the Rocky Mountains [1867], and Report of James W. Taylor on the mineral resources of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains [1867]Collation: 360 p.; 23 cm
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First edition. 360pp. Original brown pebbled cloth, gilt-lettered spine. Index. Light wear to spine ends, else a fine copy. A comprehensive report covering mining and mineral resources throughout the country. The work was later expanded. Browne gives an extensive historical sketch of gold and silver mining on the Pacific Slope, with specifics on Marshall's discovery, the discovery of gold in print, excitement abroad, various methods of mining (pan, rocker, ditches, the "Tom, " sluice, etc. ), a gold-dredging machine, decrease of wages, quartz mining, the hydraulic process, decline of river mining, the Kern River excitement, the Tuolumne Table Mountain, Rushes to Australia, the Fraser Fever, discovery of the Comstock Lode, the Washoe excitement, Virginia City, the silver panic, etc., etc. He then covers the Mother Lode including mines, mining, and resources. The resources and mines of Nevada and the Comstock Lode is covered in some detail, as well as resources and mining in Oregon, Washington Territory, Utah, Montana, and Idaho and Arizona, including the copper resources and districts and the Quicksilver mines including the New Almaden Mine and its production; the discovery and manufacture of Borax; sulphur, tin and coal as well as mining laws and miner's regulations is discussed. Appended to Browne's report is a lengthy address by Edmund Randolph on the history of California from the discovery to the year 1849. The last section of this work is James W. Taylor's report on the mines east of the Rockies. This report and the expanded version of 1868 were the first in a series, later taken over by Rossiter W. Raymond. Paher notes that these reports are "indispensable primary source material...". [Cowan: pp.79-80; Edwards, Enduring Desert: p.36; Paher, Nevada An Annotated Bibliography: 223; Sabin: 8664].
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First expanded edition, House of Representatives issue (40th Cong., 2nd Sess., Ex. Doc. No. 202). xxxviii, [2], 674pp. Index. Newly bound in three-quarter gray leatherette, marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine. Darkening to title page. A fine copy. An extremely comprehensive report covering mining and mineral resources throughout the country. First published in 1867 in 360 pages, this expanded edition provides far greater coverage and information. The first 300 pages cover the Mother Lode as well as mines, mining, and resources in each of the California counties; the next 130 pages contain vital information on Nevada and its counties with much important information on the Comstock Lode, the Sutro Tunnel, etc. Also covers the mines, mining and resources of Arizona, Utah, Montana, Idaho, Washington Territory, Oregon, and Alaska. The last section covers Foreign States and Territories including Lower California, Mexico, South America (Peru, Bolivia, Chili, Brazil) and the British Possessions (British Columbia, Australia, Victoria, New South Wales, New Zealand) and the Russian Possessions (Siberia). This work also includes much information on the agricultural resources, topography, physical features, etc. of the areas discussed. An extensive index to Browne's Report is included. "Here is indispensable primary source material on early Nevada mining" (Paher). [Cowan: pp. 79-80; Edwards, Enduring Desert: p.36; Paher, Nevada An Annotated Bibliography: 223; Sabin: 8664].
