TN UC-NRLF $C n 645 THE MINERALS OF :jalifornia AND COUNTY ATLAS. ISSUED BY THE CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU MiRRY 01JILDIISG, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. Its Of the SANTA FE. LEWISiE. AUBURY, State Mtneralorlst M THE MAPS The unique, artistic, and useful County Maps in this souvenir were drawn expressly for the FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANCE CO. of San Francisco, and are the work of Mr. Louis Wein- mann, the Secretary of the company. This company kind- ly loaned the original drawings of the maps to the Cali- fornia State Mining Bureau for making the plates of this little book. The maps are copyrighted and must not be reproduced without obtaining permission from the Fire- man's Fund Insurance Co. The maps have been CORRECTED TO JANUARY 1st, 1902. They show all TOWNS, POSTOFFICES, RAIL- ROADS, COUNTY ROADS, STAGE LINES carrying passengers, mail and express, and DISTANCES BE- TWEEN POINTS, forming a handy and useful guide, especially to all who wish to leave the railroad and penetrate to the interior of the mining districts. Reliability of statement, and avoidance of exaggerations, have been the prime consideration in compiling these FACTS BRIEFLY STATED. •..' : :/: j;o^piled by G. E. BAIUBY, Fitld AMUUnt. INI3EX TO Counties PAGE PAGE Alameda 35 Marin 31 Alpine 39 Mariposa 37 Amador 33 Mendocino 25 Butte 27 Merced 37 Calaveras 33 Modoc ..17 Colusa 25 Mono 39 Contra Costa 35 Monterey 41 Del Norte 15 Napa 31 El Dorado 29 Nevada 29 Fresno 43 Glenn 25 Humboldt 21 Inyo 39 Kern 47 Kings 47 Lake 25 Lassen 17 Orange 53 Placer 29 Plumas 27 Riverside . 55 Sacramento 33 San Benito 41 San Bernardino 49 San Diego 55 Los Angeles 53 San Francisco 35 Madera 43 San Joaquin 33 PAGE San Luis Obispo 45 San Mateo 35 Santa Barbara 51 Santa Clara 35 Santa Cruz 35 Shasta 1 9 Sierra 29 Siskiyou 15 Solano 31 Sonoma 31 Stanislaus 37 Sutter ; 29 Tehama 19 Trinity 21 Tulare 47 Tuolumne 37 Ventura 51 Yolo 31 Yuba 29 List of State Mining Bureau Publications. 242652 .55 ... ... • • • • • • ••••• • • • •• ; • • • • • • • • .-. : : .♦: ::: • ••• • • • • .• • • • • •• • • ••• • • CO (0 u 13 « si I >■ J o *; i\' -// //^ a = Q S A\- ■>^' a < .ri a C « u ° " (5 B ^ " a fnTir VA1.CB qUANTITT VMBE quAimTV V4LUX QUAWTTTY VALUE QUANTtTY VAiua auAimTY VAUIE qiwrnnr VAUJI gWAWTTTY VALV,. quAWTtrv" VALUE QummrT VALUE IIU4NTITY VAim qUANTTTY VALVE ouumrr VALUE QUANTtTY VMA/E aiMNTirr VALUE Tons 7J X 4DM WOOO •'MOO 16.000 I6Q0O3 WOO UO«oaa •rawc IMC 3430C •e6»M 1 apoo tMUM laoc KMOO 174001 ••S.4fj 3000 40000 •4«0 9Q001 ■eopw «« 4000 • S4,l«4 ViaooQ 'UXW K136( 3o 7550 B4J300 1 ■060493 5,000 ■joo 7M00 Bia7»j ezsoo ftiSO ai.» 105900 7i;rU3 Z39MI • s.?s< ISO W«. so >6>.MC MMO ■9^,034 31.714 9*4»Z -VMOOM .:. 4O0O 40.70S 3,660 0OI.7SO SI^7S &^?64 i«'i >6t335 3M67 ackoct e3-1600 607,807 39W0 3^073 34921 H9'4001 1.740 15J,77I »Mse ipoo '■•os-oc ■11,366 sa&eoo ifclM 67«60 lOVOO ZI.B01 " •t»«. •lso< E5690 4609< 1460QDOO SOOM • 1.200 2« 402,175 ■.■33«X ■50OO0 50 O060 4(J37 40,7 14^00* 6QO0( •i3*>0 73( MftlSO neoei 1.134601 TO 2330* 51,674,000 SVOi V.O i57,l(.l llfi.BSO rviasiz 13^2 • 3,700 10 1323') 6cwse 4t44M2 4730 ■seswB M4772 ■ooae 6>0 472 167960 539,486 202£30,000 22X663 22;636 «02P30 a 11,675 i.4oe2.M9 .■;500 Aniimony. 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Tons • ruaoo r>o 300 470(10 73 29&B73 IffH 40000 267»3 60300 twoo 0M3( fcoow 517 441.067 • 1*40 . 6IO 40517S »Ji7 TB3<™ ■as*) SSiz 06^76 104,461 1«072 ?a0oa 6«MI r.06«32l 600 •4CUM OBO ■■I*b4 J30 701.397 > - 2.331 II45MI I30 >0l>,967 36361 f»1.500 ii?ooo ■ iOOO ■J0OZ33 900 6*6646 I.SOO SI6 ^669 60fl64J 4.6I 1,231760 ■62 • a.aB*3 llflOO 44.3 337434 >i4,Wl MMO 77.a6' il6a79S 1.149 904 316 W4WI 313.061 432*91 ■ Ml I 1.262 AfiK 440 7?80 ap5o 416> 6S» «i;631 . 364061 t.t02 za5M 9490 744 M '•: 4- - Tona M. .1 .Tons •00 . (WX 60( 1,300 BOOO 13iO0 'VWO 600 ,aoo( 67031 3M apot »I76 M00> ■«7ae 3aoo( t,3« I.50Q U43i3 laoot 30»< ■OOOM IBSK9 3OO00 1,500 300 33i.6>3 15000 5300 ■T •6»0.» 33000 <.«ot »•'" ^afer. .Cols •tOMI l44^6« MO 1,HZ/M ntat .3S . Tona 3642 i4f>oc i,wt76e I««0>2 B14734 *O0£ lot 1*^140 UHOM" (6130 •tolB- , . , _ _^ r FlosKs .... .Tons U760 **»« suae M>3iI3 '«■*>■ U9a30( IUW6 ^JOs*>s "«- '/"^"^ I ',903 M»«, 3qJ sntuo 56A1.1 .37,»« 0^71 11463! ZJXX 34164 500 li40^0«S 763(7 547,o:S 41460< t4936a e«»M 2OO0 tpoe 0V«< 37«46( ipot 33c 3040'! _ 5W0 3;»o Tons lose. ..Tons ESon M2«W VlfiOK ZUKK 6!WO« 0.72( 37009 OOSOJ »as« *oa.tea >e CuFt nafloc isoooe >t:V3M »-"" 5Q0O( If^'t ■ ■3a61 *M0 f330 39flt7a< ft430 373 47300 KSee r«»7| ^ toe* tsoo 47246' - .' Z90( 4O0 6406* I30( 750 1.6a 40C ioo< 414033 2*X I6K«B 1700000 •^300 7S4;79« ■ 4001 4000 1060613 MOM 4,000 •3.1137 ASOO 461601 4O0 S3V37 ■JtOd 707332 i 1,700 — ---- ---■ ■■— - iai25 6B«S0O 90 Saf64 BOO Soapstone . .Tons Soda _Tons Sulphur , ,Tonrs Tourmollne. wTon. ?aooc 1.900 •AOO «400<1 WMc ).O«0< ..'"3 tftWOC St ■Qooe isaoot ■,000 MOOO . Torn . Lbs »7364 axiM • 900 ^e Lbs a«7«kaM ■«B«1,7»I MAOSMM •ia0>r4i3 ««ie(t«6 «i66ii,r6i ■?H?Oi?»4 *ao**fiti »a4,WlS66 IM^I,44. BiZ9*lM 3«l91«Mo| 13UM794S . • Sll.667.707 -TOTALS The Laboratory 13 DEL NORTE COUNTY. POPULATION, 1900, 2,408; 1890, 2,592. AREA, valuation, $2,048,444. The production of gold is about platinum and manganese are undeveloped. The principal 1,200 Sq. M. County Seat, CRESCENT CITY. Assessed $5,000 annually; asbestos, chromite, coal, copper, iron, products are LUMBER and AGRICULTURAL. SISKIYOU COUNTY. POPULATION, 1900, 16,902; 1890, 12,163. AREA, 5,680 Sq. M. County Seat, YREKA. Assessed value, $8,991,828. One Year's Product: GOLD, $951,397; MINERAL WATERS, $45,000; SILVER, $14,000. Total, one year: $1,010,383; over 11 per cent total assessed values. MINERALS : GOLD, SILVER, antimony, platinum, plumbago, iron, chromite, lead, coal, copper, marble, onyx, limestone, mineral waters. RANK OF THE COUNTIES AS MINERAL PRODUCERS FOR ONE YEAR. 1 Shasta $ 5,574,026 2 Los Angeles 2,155,198 3 San Bernardino . . . 1,965,143 4 Nevada 1.916,899 5 Calaveras 1,905,856 6 Kern 1,807,856 7 Tuolumne 1,659,258 8 Amador 1,479,009 9 Placer 1,128,882 10 Siskiyou 1,010,383 11 Mono 752,121 12 Trinity 698,689 13 Sierra 663,159 14 Alameda 639,771 15 Fresno 609,847 16 Santa Barbara .... 528,438 17 Butte 500,786 18 Santa Clara 497,386 19 Napa .... 20 Ventura . . 31 Inyo 22 El Dorado 23 San Diego 24 Plumas . . 25 Riverside . 26 Yuba .... 27 Madera . . 28 Sacramento 29 Orange . . . 30 San Benito 31 ^.xarin . . . . 32 Santa Cruz 33 Lake 34 Mariposa . . 35 Sonoma . . . 36 Contra Costa 493,100 476,161 430,58't 426.420 402,061 369,379 285,112 284,631 268.467 259,439 259,174 205,650 202,500 191,091 172,745 171,516 157,135 140,900 37 Humboldt 38 San Luis Obispo . . 39 San Francisco .... 40 San Joaquin 41 Solano 42 Tulare 43 Stanislaus 44 Lassen 45 Monterey 46 San Mateo 47 Colusa 48 Mendocino 49 Kings 50 Del Norte .... 51 Tehama 52 Yolo Unapportioned 118,827 85.626 58,400 39,862 24,700 21,566 21,405 20,483 19,175 16,500 13,930 8,448 5,000 3,483 2,200 1,760 ,406,803 Total $32,622,945 14 DEL NORTE AND SISKIYOU COUNTIES LASSEN COUNTY. MODOC COUNTY. POPULATION: 1900, 4,511; 1890, 4,239. AKEA, 4,465 Sq. M. County Seat, SUSANVILLE. Assessed value, $3,499,650. From $20,000 to $30,000 of minerals are produced an- nually, principally gold ; coal, mica, and limestone are un- developed. The main industry is stock-raising. POPULATION: 1900, 5,076; 1890, 4,896. AREA, 2,190 Sq. M. County Seat, ALTURAS. Assessed value, $3,003,805. This County, situated in the extreme northeast corner of the State, is mainly a stock-raising region ; the economic minerals being undeveloped. Gold, silver, copper, salt, and coal have been found. Mineral claims worth locating are worth recording. In looking up mines in this State see if the locations have been recorded at the County Seat. The Olmstead Diamond, from Placerville, El Dorado County, weighed one and a quarter carats (5.6 grains) and sold for $300. DIAMONDS. Over 200 authentic diamonds have been found in Cali- fornia. The Moore Diamond from Cherokee, Butte Coun- ty, weighed two and a quarter carats (9 grains). From 50 to 60 others have been found in the same locality. DO SOME FIGURING. Take the mineral production of some county, and the population, and see how much it amounts to per capita. Now how about the Agriculture, Horticulture, Viticul- ture, and other "cultures" that are worth your while to in- vestigate? 16 MODOC AND LASSEN COUNTIES t< a t^ A jf A/ y J. y ^ S" I SHASTA COUNTY. POPULATION: 1900, 17,318; 1890, 12,133. AREA,3,960 Sq. M. Cou.ity Seat, REDDING. Assessed value, *y,3G2,304. One Year's Prod.: GOLD, $733,467; SILVER, $635,640; COPPER, $4,166,735; Chrome Iron, $1,400; Min- eral Waters, $5,784; BRICK, $12,000; LIME, $17,850 ;Bui]ding stone, $1,150 ; talc mined and shipped. Total, one year : $5,574,026 ; equals over 59i/^ per cent assessed value. BANNER COUNTY IN COPPER, SILVER and CHROMITE. TEHAMA COUNTY. POPULATION: 1900, 10,996; 1890, 9,916. AREA, 2,988 Sq. M. County Seat, RED BLUFF. Assessed value, $10,910,679. Mainly agricultural; brick clays of excellent quality are abundant; mineral springs are numerous; chromite, lead, onyx, Bulphur, and potter's clays have been found. The picking up of a small nugget by James W. Marshall, on January 24, 1848, was one of the great historic events of the world, as well as of America. Marshall found it inthe race of a crude pioneer sawmill, at Old Coloma, in El Dorado County. The piece was lost, having been paid out for flour, but a cast or model of it has been preserved. IS SHASTA AND TEHAMA COUNTIES A2^yr?OD A/yss-1^7 \ y i I I 19 HUMBOLDT COUNTY. POPULATION: 1900, 27,104; 1890, 23,469. AREA, 3,570 Sq. M. County Seat, EUEEKA. Assessed value, $18,099,949. One Year's Prod.: GOLD, $109,444; MINERAL WATERS, $2,000; BRICK, $7,100. MINERALS: GOLD, coal, copper, brick clays, potter's clay, marble, sandstone, MINERAL WATERS. TRINITY COUNTY. POPULATION: 1900, 4,383; 1890, 3,719. AREA, 3,000 Sq. M. County Seat, WEAVERVILLE. Assessed value, $1,567,998. One Year's Prod.: GOLD, $571,605; SILVER, $16,500; QUICKSILVER, $105,982; Granite, $4,535. Total, one year: $698,689, or over 11 per cent assessed value. Diamonds, platinum, iridium, and osmium have been found. To tell you WHAT YOU WANT TO KNOW about the MINING INDUSTRIES OF THE STATE, is the object of the California State Mining Bureau, and it is its business and pleasure to answer legitimate inquiries from any source. DO SOME FIGURING. Take the area in square miles of some of the counties, and the population and see how many inhabitants there are per square mile. Then compare this with some county in the East. There is room for YOU in this State. 20 HUMBOLDT AND TRINITY COUNTIES I I 21 California is All Right (Prom Sunset, a magazine published by the Southern Pacific Railroad.) The clever Statistician, who is one of the greatest figure- heads I ever knew, dropped in last evening long enough to announce that California was the largest as well as the greatest State in the Union. With a good deal of satisfac- tion at catching this remarkable man in an error, I replied that it was plain enough that he had forgotten Texas. He chuckled and said it was not only plain enough, but too much plain in Texas that he had in mind; then, he mar- shalled his facts in battle array with the peaks of the high Sierras as generals, the mountain ridges as infantry col- umns, and the deserts as a reserve. I maintained a discreet silence on my kopje. "Why," said he, rubbing his spectacles vigorously, so that the gaze with which he transfixed me might be more polished, "one would think you took California for a tennis court. Is Texas fourteen thousand feet high? It doesn't begin to rise to the occasion. Does it ever go below sea- level ? It's no good at plucking drowned honor from a vasty deep.. No, sir ; it is simply nice and level like a table cloth spread at a Sunday school picnic in the woods. California was not made that way ; Nature didn't mould this State in beautiful lines with all the curves that delight the artist's eye, and then as if petulantly dissatisfied with the result, flatten it out smooth with a sweep of the hand as if it were Kansas. Instead, she gathered together all the material necessary to make a great State, a greater State in plane area than any other in the Union ; and she crumpled it up together east and west. No longer was it equilateral, but narrow in proportion to its length. Then out of the ma- terial the good dame fashioned the great valleys of the San 22 Joaquin and the Sacramento; and from the crumpled sur- face to the east she built great mountain walls, ridge after ridge, and minarets and white-topped domes ; and let loose, in joyous moods to dance among them, clear streams of laughing waters, and here and there made lofty precipices for them to leap over. To the west, near the great Pacific, she rounded out more mountains; and to the south and the north artistically placed still other heights protecting val- leys, so that anywhere in the wonderful State one need not be bound by a narrow monotonous horizon, but could ascend and see the beautiful country she had made. And then, upon this lucky day for California, Nature's mood changed a bit and to the mountains and hills came the dignity of the greatest and oldest forests on the globe. And then, I guess, maybe, she had a happy afterthought ; perhaps the forest of evergreen made the land seem a little dark, for as a finish- ing touch she gave ,it a tinge of gold and laved the whole in endless sunshine." I came down from my kopje not altogether gracefully. "But Texas is a great State, you must admit," said I, on the way down. "Certainly," he responded, promptly, "it's one of the finest countries I ever knew, but," he added, "I would pre- fer it if it were neither so broad nor so long, but ruffled up into mountains and valleys like our own." I said nothing more, but I am now busily engaged in figuring to determine if Texas were gathered into the com- pass of California's limits, which then would be the great- est State. I am hopeful of aid from some gentleman of Texas. Rare Minerals CALIFOENIA IS WORLD FAMOUS FOR THE FOLLOWING RARE MINERALS: It is the greatest gold State of the Union, both in aggre- gate yield, any single year's product and annual average. The total yield has been $1,362,356,088 or an average of $26,199,155 per annum for fifty-three consecutive years. In 1852 the year's product was $81,294,700. ■ It is UNIQUE in its production of NATURAL SODA. NITER has been found but is not yet utilized. It is the ONLY STATE producing LEPIDOLITE, or Lithia Mica, which is shipped to Germany for Lithia salts. It is the ONLY STATE mining the mineral MAGNESITB. It is the ONLY STATE producing CHROME IRON. It is the ONLY PRODUCER OP PLATINUM, IRIDIUM and OSMIUM in quantity. With the exception of a portion of Nevada next to the California line, it is the ONLY PRODUCER of BORAX, furnishing the MAIN SUPPLY of the UNITED STATES. It furnishes ONE-FOURTH of the WORLD'S SUP- PLY of QUICKSILVER and for over 50 years has been the only quicksilver producer on the American continent, except small amounts from Oregon and Texas. Total out- put of quicksilver valued at $81,862,609. It is STATE No. 4 in the production of PETROLEUM, and the industry is but in its infancy. It is fast becoming a GREAT COPPER STATE. Alum, bauxite, bismuth and nickel await utilization. It is a GREAT TURQUOISE PRODUCER. CALIFORNIA TOURMALINES are attracting wide attention among Eastern jewelers. California produces ONYX of marvelous beauty; and TRAVERTINE, rivaling that of Egypt. Over 200 AUTHENTIC DIAMONDS have been found in the State. There is plenty of room for more mineral discoveries, There are many millions of acres of STATE and GOV- ERNMENT lands vacant, and RAILROAD lands unsold. The mineral output of California is now INCREASING AT THE RATE OF OVER TWO MILLIONS A YEAR. 23 COLUSA COUNTY. POPULATION": 1900, 14,640; 1890, 7,364. AREA,2,450 Sq. M. Coinity Seat, COLUSA. Assessed value, $11,812,546. The annual production of QUICKSILVER is about $1,500; of MINERAL WATERS, $13,000; salt, copper, sulphur, and brick clays exist in quantity. AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE are main industries. GLENN COUNTY. POPULATION: 1900,5,150. AREA, 1,400 Sq. M. County Seat, WILLOW. The resources are mainly agricul- tural. Some minerals, notably chromite, are known tocxist. Assessed value, $10,007,218. LAKE COUNTY. POPULATION: 1900, 6,017; 1890, 7,101. AREA,1,125 Sq. M. County Seat, LAKEPORT. Assessed value, $3,178,460. One Year's Prod.: QUICKSILVER, $127,345; MINERAL WATERS, $45,000. Total, one year: $172,745, or over 5 per cent total assessed value. Serpentine, chromite, sulphur, alum, diatomaceous earth, undeveloped. MENDOCINO COUNTY. POPULATION: 1900, 20,405; 1890, 17,612. AREA, 3,816 Sq. M. County Scat, UKIAH. Assessed value, $10,- 660,254. RESOURCES: MINERAL WATERS over $8,000 annually; BRICK, asphalt, bituminous rock, chromite, coal, copper, mineral paint, dolomite, iron, platinum, talc, potter's claj^, limonite, ahalone shell. 24 MENDOCINO, GLENN, LAKE AND COLUSA COUNTIES ^/y"(*" BUTTE COUNTY. POPULATION: 1900, 17,117; 1890, 17,939. AEEA, 1,764 Sq. M. County Seat, OROVILLE. Assessed value, $13,879,046. One Year's Prod.: GOLD, $485,589; SILVEE, $13,082; Mineral Waters, $1,515. BANNER COUNTY IN MINERAL PAINTS. Total, one year, $500,786, over 3 per cent assessed value. Quartz, placer, river-dredging, natural gas, electric power from waterfalls transmitted to other counties; ba- salt, marble, chromite, iron, coal. Diamonds, zircon, and platinum have been found. PLUMAS COUNTY. POPULATION: 1900, 4,657; 1890, 4,933. AREA, 2,567 Sq. M. County Seat, QUINCY. Assessed value, $2,093,004. One Year's Prod.: GOLD, $365,210; Silver, $4,159. Total, one year, $369,379, or over 17 per cent assessed value. > Shipments of manganese began last year; gold, silver, manganese, copper, iron, mica, barite, marble, chromite, lead, graphite, platinum, serpentine. SOME NOTABLE CALIFORNIA GOLD NUGGETS. Carson Hill, Calaveras Co., 2,340 ounces, $43,534, Columbia, Tuolumne Co., 360 oz., $6,500. Sierra Buttes, Sierra Co., 1,596 oz., $17,654. Columbia, Tuolumne Co., 283 oz., $5,265. French Ravine, Sierra Co., 532 oz., $10,000. French Ravine, Sierra Co., 263 oz., $4^893. Columbia Tuolumne Co., 446 oz., $8,500. Groot's Ferry, Siskiyou Co., 131 oz., $2,437. French Ravine, Sierra Co., 426 oz., $8,000. Campo Seeo, Calaveras Co., 93 oz., $1,760. Sullivan's Creek, Tuolumne Co., 408 oz., $7,590. And a ri^iltitude of others from $100 to $1,000 in value. 26 BUTrE AND PLUMAS COUNTIES ■SHASTA coi/Afry 27 EL DORADO COUNTY. I'OPITLATION: 1900, 8,986; 1890, 9,232. AREA, 1,790 Sq. M. County Seat, PLACERVILLE. Assessed value, $4,039,566. One Year's Prod.: GOLD, $368,541; SILVER, $25,- 159 ; Copper, $500. Total, one year, $426,420, or over 10 per cent of assessed value. BANNER COUNTY IN SLATE. Gold, silver, cop- per, lime, talc, roscoelite, iron, agalmatolite, ROOFING SLATE, marble, chromite, pottery clays. Diamonds have been found. NEVADA COUNTY. POPULATION: 1900, 17,789; 1890, 17,369. AREA, 1,000 Sq. M. County Seat, NEVADA CITY. Assessed value, $7,076,340. One Year's Prod.: GOLD, $1,812,036; SILVER, $66,- 841; COPPER, $30,472; Pyrites, $17,550. Total, one year: $1,916,899, or over 27 per cent of assessed value. BANNER COUNTY IN GOLD and PYRITES. HAS PRODUCED OVER $216,000,000 IN GOLD SINCE 1848. Diamonds have been found. Mineral paint, bauxite, granite, barite, marble, chromite, lead, iron, undeveloped. PLACER COUNTY. POPULATION: 1900, 15,786; 1890, 15,101. AREA, 1,492 Sq. M. County Seat, AUBURN. Assessed value, $9,097,657. 28 One Year's Prod.: GOLD, $986,155; SILVER, $12,- 000; POTTERY, $15,000; GRANITE, $95,869; RUB- BLE, $20,000. Total, one year, $1,128,882, or over 12 per cent assessed value. Iron, onyx, marble, chromite, salt, magnesite, serpentine, undeveloped. SUTTER COUNTY. POPULATION: 1900, 5,886; 1890, 5,469. AREA, 611 Sq. M. County Seat, YUBA CITY. Assessed value, $6,364,459. Resources, Agricultural. Coal has been found. SIERRA COUNTY. POPULATION: 1900, 4,017; 1890, 5,015. AREA, 1,025 Sq. M. County Seat, DOWNIEVILLE.' Assessed value, $1,529,604. One Year's Prod. : GOLD, $659,696; SILVER, $4,000. Total, one year, $284,631, or over 5 per cent assessed value. Clirome, copper, emor}', graphite undeveloped. YUBA COUNTY. POPULATION: 1900, 8,620; 1890, 9,636. AREA, 625 Sq; M. County Seat, MARYSVILLE. Assessed value, $5,464,434. One Year's Prod. : GOLD, $280,366 ; SILVER, $5,000. Total, one year, $663,159, or over 43 per cent assessed value. County largely agricultural. SUTTER, YUBA, SIERRA, NEVADA, PLACER AND EL DORADO COUNTIES ^ Crajlon. Cio/?t/ r-e'-aM^^. MARIN COUNTY. POPULATION: 1900, 15,702; 1890, 13,072. AREA, 590 Sq. M. County Seat, SAN RAFAEL. Assessed value, $12,108,904. One Year's Prod.: BRICK, $300,000; Rubble, $2,500. Copper, manganese, graphite, salt, talc, macadam, sand- stone, serpentine, potter's clays. NAPA COUNTY. POPULATION: 1900 16,415; 1890, 16,411. AREA, 850 Sq. M. County Seat, NAPA. Assessed value, $11,- 765,301. One Year's Prod. : QUICKSILVER, $403,500 ; MIN- ERAL WATERS, $72,200; MAGNESITE, $17,400. Total, one year, $493,100, or over 4 per cent of assessed value. BANNER COUNTY IN MINERAL WATERS. Chromite, magnesite, mineral waters, quicksilver, talc, alum, iron, potter's clays. County Seat, NAPA. Assessed value, $11,765,301. SOLANO COUNTY. POPULATION: 1900, 24,143; 1890, 20,946. AREA, 911 Sq. M. County Seat, FAIRFIELD. Assessed value, $17,524,117. MINERALS WATERS, $4,000 annually; MACADAM, $18,000 annually ; onyx, cement rock, granite, lime, traver- tine, chromite. SONOMA COUNTY. POPULATION: 1900, 38,480; 1890, 32,721. AREA, 1,548 Sq. M. County Seat, SANTA ROSA. Assessed value, $26,003,179. One Year's Prod.: QUICKSILVER, $99,500; MIN- ERAL WATERS, $35,000; PAVING BLOCKS, $20,000. BANNER COUNTY IN PAVING BLOCKS. Chromite, coal, granite, manganese, alum, graphite, iron, pottery clays, limonite, opals, silicified woods. YOLO COUNTY. POPULATION: 1900, 13,618; 1890, 12,684. AREA, 972 Sq. M. County Seat, WOODLAND. Assessed value, $16,034,346. County agricultural. Sandstone quarried, $2,000 an- nually. Asbestos has been found. 30 SONOMA^^RIN. NAPA, YOLO AND SOLANO COUNTIES 31 AMADOR COUNTY. rOl'ULATION: 1900, 11,11G; 1890, 10,330. AREA, 5n8 Sq. M. County Seat, JACKSON. Assessed value, $4,G41,489. One Year's Trod. : GOLD, $1,373,788 ; SILVER, $15,- 000; COPPER, $34,100; COAL, $41,215 ; Pottery, $9,100; MARBLE, $5,891. Total, one year, $1,479,009, or over 31 per cent of assessed value. BANNER COUNTY IN MARBLE. Chromite, iron, magnesite, coal, macadam, serpentine. Diamonds and rutile have been found. SACRAMENTO COUNTY. POPULATION: 1900, 45,915; 1890, 40,339. AREA, 957 Sq. M. County Seat, SACRAMENTO. Assessed value, $34,346,017. One Year's Prod.: GOLD, $176,000; NATURAL GAS, $11,750; BRICK, $53,400; Granite, $4,000; Macadam, $14,157; granite, chromite, pottery clays. CALAVERAS COUNTY. POPULATION: 1900, 11,200; 1890, 8,882. AREA, 1,100 Sq. M. County Seat, SAN ANDREAS. Assessed value, $5,434,379. One Year's Prod. : GOLD, $1,649,126 ; SILVER, $80,- 762; COPPER, $150,585; MINERAL PAINT, $3,800; QUARTZ CRYSTAL, $18,000; Pyrites, $3,583. Total, one year, $1,905,856, or over 35 per cent of assessed value. BANNER COUNTY' IN MINERAL PAINTS AND (JUARTZ CRYSTALS. Asbestos, chromite, copper, marble, tellurium, barite, lead, graphite, iron. GEMS. Agate, garnet, epidote, jasper, opal, semi-opal, gold quartz, QUARTZ, RUTILE. SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY. POPULATION: 1900, 35,452; 1890, 28,629. AREA, 1,620 Sq. M. County Seat, STOCKTON. Assessed value, $32,023,372. BANNER COUNTY IN NATURAL GAS, $20,000 annually; BRICK, $20,000. Resources mainly agricul- tural. 32 SACRAMENTO, SAN JOAQUIN, AMADOR AND CALAVERAS COUNTIES j^cow^y iPi^Cf/r COUNTY * rt DORADO COUNTY tUno \ Ci.\nf,-f~i—^^'ei- -7/ fter£»£»/c£ /. SAc^A/mefi/ro CO. 2 iA^/ ^OAfiU/M CO 3 AAfAOO/> CO. V CAtAV£/iAS CO. 4) ■«••«*«» /M/i. /roAo C STAcr i/A/es ALAMEDA COUNTY. POPULATION: 1900, 130,197; 1890, 93,864. AREA, 704 Sq. M. County Seat, OAKLAND. Assessed value, $89,771,005. One Year's Prod.: MANGANESE, $1,300; COAL, $332,066; SALT, $158,674; BRICK, $40,000; MAC- ADAM, $107,551 ; Magnesite, $200. BANNER COUNTY IN SALT, MANGANESE, AND COAL. Chromite and iron undeveloped. CONTRA COSTA COUNTY. POPULATION: 1900, 18,046; 1890, 13,515. AREA, 810 Sq. M. County Seat, MARTINEZ. Assessed value, $17,079,931. COAL, $145,000 annually; MINERAL WATERS, $2,000 annually; Copper, potter's clays, hyalite, obsidian, opal. Resources largely agricultural. SAN FRANCISCO CITY AND COUNTY. POPULATION: 1900, 342,782; 1890, 298,997. AREA, 42 Sq. M. Assessed value, $413,388,420. RUBBLE, $57,000 annually; Macadam, about $2,000. HEADQUARTERS FOR MINING SUPPLIES. Be sure and visit the MINING BUREAU in the Ferry Build- ing. SAN MATEO COUNTY. POPULATION: 1900, 12,094; 1890, 10,087. AREA, 460 Sq. M. County Seat, REDWOOD CITY. Assessed value, $14,484,957. BRICK, $9,000; Macadam, $7,500 annually; sandstone, chromite, syenite, diatomaceous earth, moss agate, jasper, basanite. SANTA CLARA COUNTY. POPULATION: 1900, 60,216; 1890, 48,005. AREA, 435 Sq. M. County Seat, SANTA CRUZ. Assessed $51,920,963. One Year's Prod. : QUICKSILVER, $241,073 ; MIN- ERAL WATERS, $8,060; Magnesite, $253; BRICK, $136,000; Pottery, $6,000; Building stone, $6,000; SANDSTONE, $100,000. Bituminous rock, chrome, macadam, manganese, copper, salt. BANNER COUNTY IN QUICKSILVER AND SANDSTONE. SANTA CRUZ COUNTY. POPULATION: 1900, 21,512; 1890, 19,270. AREA, 435 Sq. M. County Seat, SANTA CKUZ. Assessed value, $11,222,967. One Year's Prod.; BITUMINOUS ROCK, $58,590; LIME, $131,288. BANNER COUNTY IN BITUMINOUS ROCK AND LIME. Cement rock, zinc, potter's clay, glass sand, chro- mite, macadam, magnesite, manganese, copper, salt, marble. 34 SAN FRANCISCO, SAN MATEO, CONTRA COSTA, ALAMEDA, SANTA CLARA AND SANTA CRUZ COUNTIES •^ ^ e MARIPOSA COUNTY. POPULATION: 1900,4,720; 1890,3,787. AREA, 1,570 Sq. M. County Seat, MARIPOSA. Assessed value, $2,096,587. One Year's Prod.: GOLD, $157,633; SILVER, $14,000. Total, one year, $171,516, or over 8 per cent of as- sessed value. Asbestos, marble, iron, granite, serpGntine,limestonc, copper, lead, magnesite, talc. GEMS : Andalusite, chiastolite, epidote, Jasper, gold quartz. MERCED COUNTY. POPULATION: 1900, 9,215; 1890, 8,085. AREA, 1,750 Sq. M. County Seat, MERCED. Assessed value, $13,657,777. • This county is wholly given over to agriculture. Coal has been found. STANISLAUS COUNTY. POPULATION : 1900, 9,550 ; 1890, 10,040. AREA, 1,486 Sq. M. County Seat, MODESTO. Assessed value, $12,037,410. GOLD, $20,000 annually; Mineral paint, $200; iron, gypsum. Resources largely agricultural. TUOLUMNE COUNTY. POPULATION: 1900, 11,166; 1890, 6,082. AREA, 3,032 Sq. M. County Seat, SONORA. Assessed value, $6,- 424,670. One Year's Prod. : GOLD, $1,596,891; SILVER, $62,367. Total, one year, $l,i;59,258, or over 25 per cent of as- sessed value. , . Copper, chromite, iron, marble, tin, tellurides, lead, graphite, magnesite, talc. 36 i STANISLAUS, MERCED, TUOLUMNE AND MARIPOSA COUNTIES l • \ ' i "\V-"X? % \ w '= • • h" ■- \ /..'■"'^""■^?^'' / 1 STAAffSLAUSCO. Z M£ffC£0 CO 3 ri/Olt/MAffCO. U.MAff/PO^A CO STACe L/f^£S • ■^ y' ALPINE COUNTY. POPULATION: 1900, 509; 1890, 667. AEEA, 555 Sq. M. County Seat, MARKLEEVILLE. Assessed value, $300,838. Alum, iron, graphite, and barito have been found. This county, located among the heights of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, has been but little developed, although known to be rich in minerals. INYO COUNTY. POPULATION: 1900, 4,377; 1890, 3,544. AEEA, 10,020 Sq. M. County Seat, INDEPENDENCE. As- sessed value, $1,885,336. OneYear'sProd.:GOLD,$214,000;SILVEE, $114,000; Antimony, $700; LEAD, $38,840; BORAX, $13,900; SODA, $50,000 ; SALT, $5,000. Total, one year, $420,586, or over 22 per cent of assessed value. BANNEE COUNTY IN SODA AND LEAD. Asbestos, marble, barite, bismutite, copper, iron, potter's clay. GEMS : Chrysocolla, datolite, fluorite, garnet, grossularite, lepidolite, obsidian, quartz. MONO COUNTY. POPULATION: 1900, 2,167; 1890, 2,003. AEEA, 2,190 Sq. M. County Seat, BRIDGEPORT. Assessed value, $1,137,276. One Year's Prod.: GOLD, $670,200; SILVER, $76,000; Lead, $2,000; Lime, $4,000. Total, one year, $752,- 121, or over 66 per cent of assessed value. TRAVERTINE rivaling that of Egypt has been shipped from this county to England. Antimony, soda, salt, borax, lime, limestone. 38 ALPINE, MONO ANL INYO COUNTIES 39 MONTEREY COUNTY. POPULATION: 1900, 19,380; 1890, 18,637. AREA, 3,600 Sq. M. County Seat, SALINAS. Assessed value, $18,016,456. PRODUCTION: MINERAL WATERS, $4,000 ; Brick, $2,000; STONE, $11,000; Rubble, $2,800 annually. An- timony, asphalt, bituminous rock, coal, marble, chromite, magnesite, potter's clay. GEMS: Garnet, jasper, PEARLS, ABALONB, por- phyry. FINENESS OF CALIFORNIA GOLD- Amador County 836 $17 28 Butte 878 18 14 Calaveras 835 17 26 El Dorado 868 17 94 Fresno 805 16 64 Humboldt 688 14 22 Inyo 770 15 91 Kern 754 15 58 Lassen 890 18 39 Los Angeles 789 16 31 Madera 847 17 50 Mariposa 805 16 64 Merced 813 16 80 Mono 550 11 36 Nevada County 855 $17 67 Placer 792 16 37 40 SAN BENITO COUNTY. POPULATION: 1900, 6,633; 1890, 6,412. AREA, 1,000 Sq. M. County Seat, HOLLISTER. Assessed value, $6,018,740. One Year's Prod.: QUICKSILVER, $180,000; MIN- ERAL WATERS, $3,750; Lime, $8,800; Macadam., $13,- 000. Total, one year, $205,650, or over 3 per cent of as- sessed value. Antimony, bituminous rock, coal, gypsum, building stone. FINENESS OF CALIFORNIA GOLD— By Hon. F. A. Leach, Supt. U. S. Mint, San Francisco. ■By Hon. F. A. Leach, Supt. U. S. Mint, S. F. Plumas 851 17 59 Sacramento 898 18 56 San Bernardino 705 14 57 San Diego 803 16 59 Shasta 845 17 46 Sierra 858 17 23 Siskiyou 852 17 61 Stanislaus 895 18 50 Tehama .882 18 23 Trinity 850. 17 57 Tuolumne 804 16 62 Yuba 881 18 21 Average fineness, 817.8 ; average value per ounce, $16.90. Many mines produce gold of higher grade than any of the averages. MONTEREY AND SAN BENITO COUNTIES 41 FEESNO COUNTY. POPULATION: 1900, 37,8G2; 1890, 32,026. AREA, 5,940 Sq. M. County Seat, FRESNO. Assessed value, $30,770,729. One Year's Prod.: GOLD, $22,000; MINERAL WATERS, $4,000; BRICK, $35,062; PETROLEUM, $547,960. Total, one year, $609,847, or nearly 2 per cent of assessed value. Chrome, coal, copper, iron, gypsum, granite, graphite. GEMS: Chalcedony, chiastolite, garnet, jasper, semi- opal, turquoise. The main products of the county are AGRICULTURAL, there being over 300 MILES of MAIN CANAL, and over 1,000 miles of branch irrigating canals. MADERA COUNTY. POPULATION: 1900, 6,364. AREA, 2,140 Sq. M. County Seat, MADERA. Assessed value, $6,289,942. One Year's Prod. : GOLD, $104,134; SILVER, $4,000; COPPER, $77,500; Brick, $3,000; GRANITE, $80,000. Total, one year, $268,467, or over 4 per cent of assessed value. BANNER COUNTY IN GRANITE. Marble of fine quality awaits development. California petroleum is "fresh made" compared with the petroleum of the Eastern field and most other fields of the world. Pennsylvania petroleum comes from Silurian, Devonian and Carboniferous strata which were laid when the globe was young, while California's hydrocarbons were distilled, relatively speaking, but a week ago last Tues- day, and comes from Tertiary sandstones and shales, laid but a few million years ago. 42 MADERA AND FRESNO COUNTIES ) / MAOfffA CO 2. rfiesAfo CO /?Aa mAO STACfLWfS ■ o \ r(/LA/^C COUNTY Co/ft/r-t/^hteei. V / 43 SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY. POPULATION: 1900, 16,637; 1890, 16,072. AREA, 3,258 Sq. M. County Seat, SAN LUIS OBISPO. As- sessed value, $12,313,984. One Year's Prod.: QUICKSILVER, $23,886; BITUMINOUS ROCK, $13,000; Brick, $4,000; RUBBLE, $45,000. Mineral Springs, gold, silver, iron, chromite, copper, manganese, gypsum, lime, asphalt, bituminous rock, ala- baster, ONYX, kaolin, travertine, building stone, PETROLEUM, magnesite. GEMS : Agalmatolite, aragonite, jasper, selenite, spinel, PEARLS. 1848 $ 245,301 1849 10,151,360 1850 41,273,106 1851 75,938,232 1852 81,294,700 1853 67,613,487 1854 69,433,931 1855 55,485,395 1856 57,509,411 1857 43,628,172 1858 46,591,140 1859 45,846.599 1860 44,095,163 1861 41,884,995 1862 38,854,668 1863 23,501,736 1864 24,071,423 1865 17,930,858 1866 17,123,867 CALIFORNIA'S GOLD RECORD. 1867 18,265,452' 1868 17,555,867 1869 18,229,044 1870 17,458,133 1871 17,477,885 1872 15,482,194 1873 15,019,210 1874 17,264,836 1875 16,876,009 1876 15,610,723 1877 16,501,268 1878 18,839,141 1879 19,626,654 1880 20,030,761 1881 19,223,155 1882 17,146,416 1883 24,316,873 1884 13,600.000 1885 12,661,044 1886 14,716,506 1887 13,588,614 1888 12,750,000 1889 11,212,913 1890 12,309,793 1891 12,728,869 1892 12,571,900 1893 12,422,811 1894 13,923,281 1895 15,334,317 1896.... 17,181,562 1897 ;.... 15,871,401 1898 1.5,906,478 1899 15,336,031 1900 15,863,355 Total $1,345,376,044 44 SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY ._V . . . * (/ A/ r r 1 cou^rv KSk6 i \ , / SAAflUISOB/SftOCO srAce i.//vf4 la /fe/i ^a 45 KERN COUNTY. POPULATION: 1900, 16,480; 1890, 9,808. AREA, 7,971 Sq. M. County Seat, BAKERSFIELI). Assessed value, $21,129,890. One Year's Prod.: GOLD, $805,252; SILVER, $147,736; PETROLEUM, $827,348; ASPHALTUM; $14,000; BRICK, $17,300; LIME, $51,700. Total, one year, $1,867,856, or over 8 per cent of assessed value. Sulphur, antimony, coal, mica, SAT/P, BORAX, ONYX, MARBLE and graphite. KINGS COUNTY. POPULATION : 1900, 9,871. AREA, 1,257 Sq. M. County Seat, HANFORD. Assessed value, $7,565,903. ■ BRICK, $5,000 annually; coal, petroleum, asphalt, gypsum. BANNER COUNTY IN FULLERS EARTH. Main resources are agricultural. TULARE COUNTY. POPULATION: 1900, 18,375; 1890, 24,574. AREA, 5,592 Sq. M. County Seat, VISALIA. Assessed value, $15,794,307. One Year's Prod.: GOLD, $10,000; MAGNESITE, $1,500; BRICK, $6,100; GRANITE, $3,000; Gypsum, $100. Copper, petroleum, mineral springs, antimony, asbestos, marble, chromite. GEMS: Moss agate, chrysoprase, garnet, semi-opal. 46 KINGS, TULARE AND KERN COUNTIES 47 SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. POPULATION: 1900, 27,929; 1890, 25,497. AREA, 24,000 Sq. M. County Seat, SAN BERNARDINO. As- sessed value, $16,416,149. One Year's Prod.: GOLD, $247,949; SILVER, $172,759; COPPER, $297,600; Lead, $500; BORAX, refined, $151,135 ; crude, $848,315 ; TURQUOISE, $20,000 ; CEMENT, $121,000 ; Granite, $5,600 ; LIME, $33,260 ; Stone, $8,000; Macadam, $15,000; RUBBLE, $42,657; Paving Blocks, $2,500. Total, one year, $1,965,143, or over 11 per cent of assessed value. TIN, asbestos, MARBLE, Fullers earth, mica, NITER, SALT, SODA, apatite, potters' clays, iron, ONYX. GEMS : Aragonite, azurite, chalcedony, hematite, jasper, obsidian, ONYX, selenite, TURQUOISE. BANNER COUNTY IN BORAX, TURQUOISE, AND CEMENT. 48 SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY COU fJT Y SANTA BARBARA COUNTY. POPULATION: 1900, 18,934; 1890, 15,754. AREA, 2,380 Sq. M. County Seat, SANTA BARBARA. Assessed value, $13,909,868. One Year's Prod.: Gold, $5,000 to $8,000; MINERAL WATERS, $10,350; Natural Gas, $3,000; ASPHALTUM, $105,500; PETROLEUM, $165,000; BRICK, $41,000; Granite, $3,500; SANDSTONE, $117,260; RUBBLE, $80,000. Total, one year, $528,438, or over 3 per cent of assessed value. Bituminous rock, coal, chromite, potters' clays, lime, sulphur, orlire, BARYTA, garnet, graphite, quicksilver, gypsurn, diatomaceous earth. GEMS: Chalcedony, abalone, jasper, pearls, selenite, pectolite, ABALONB SHELLS exported, $10,000 an- nually. VENTURA COUNTY. POPULATION: 1900, 14,307; 1890, 10,071. AREA, 1,852 Sq. M. County Seat, VENTURA. Assessed value, $8,658,243. One Year's Prod. : Gold, $2,500; ASPHALTUM, $31,070; PETROLEUM, $398,700; Brick, $2,000; GRANITE, $28,000; Sandstone, $6,000; Rubble, $6,000; BORAX, $5,000. Total, one year, $476,161, or over 5 per cent of assessed value. Bituminous rock, talc, and gypsum are abundant. 50 SANTA BARBARA AND VENTURA COUNTIES j-^/v LUfS O0/SPO coij/vry SAN LO/S OS/J/'O COOA/ry fre^N couA/rr C^/yi^reoA£eeC LOS ANGELES COUNTY. POPULATION: 1900, 170,298; 1890, 101,454. AREA, 4,000 Sq. M. County Seat, LOS ANGELES. Assessed value, $103,328,904. One Year's Prod.: Gold, $5,500; GYPSUM, $10,000; ASPHALTUM, $100,000; PETROLEUM, $1,722,887; Pottery, $10,776; BRICK, $275,925; Sandstone, $4,000; Macadam, $(5,000; Rubble, $18,552; SERPENTINE, $2,000; Salt, $2,000. Total, one year, $2,155,198, or over 2 per cent of assessed value. Asbestos, coal, marble, steatite, sulphur, talc, alum, potash, ONYX, chromite, corundum, graphite. GEMS : Obsidian, garnet, pearls, siderite, selenite. BANNER COUNTY IN GYPSUM, ASPHALTUM, PETROLEUM, BRICK, AND SERPENTINE. ORANGE COUNTY. POPULATION: 1900, 19,(i9(i; 1890, 13,589. AREA, 780 Sq. M. County Seat, SANTA ANA. Assessed value. $11,245,544. One Year's Prod.: Gold, $2,500; Coal, $2,250; PETROLEUM, $254,397. Total, one year, $259,174, or over 2 per cent of assessed value. Coal and lead are known to exist in the county. Sandstone is abundant. The main resources are OR.\NGES, •^^ NUTS, SUGAR BEETS, etc. 52 LOS ANGELES AND ORANGE COUNTIES 's 1 K Q f 1 -<. e i 1 ^ K • 1 r X j ^ ! 5> 1 Q i 's> ! ? m 1 ^" y 8 Q< t" 5 ?■ i ^ cv t *■ [i Oil I, u J / ^ i ^ 1 1 i 1 / 53 KIVERSIDE COUNTY. POPULATION: 1900, 17,897. AREA, 7,000 Sq. M. County Seat, RIVEKSIDE. Assessed value, $12,248,709. One Year's Prod. : GOLD, $150,000; SILVER, $7,000; COAL, $15,000; SALT, $8,000; ASBESTOS, $1,250; BRICK $29,000; POTTERY^, $18,000; GRANITE, $57,000; QUARTZ SAND, $200. Total, one year, $285,112, or over 2 per cent of assessed value. Asbestos, antimony, copper, lime, talc, niter. BANNER COUNTY IN ASBESTOS, POTTERY^ CLAY, AND GLASS SAND. SAN DIEGO COUNTY. POPULATION: 1900, 35,090; 1890, 34,987. AREA, 14,548 Sq. M. County Seat, SAN DIEGO. Assessed value, $19,961,959. One Y^ear's Prod. : GOLD, $335,937; SILVER, $20,000; MINERAL WATER, $3,250; SALT, $4,000; LITHIA MICA, $11,000; TOURMALINE, $500; Brick, $3,261; Granite, $10,000; Rubble, $14,400. Total, one year, $402,- 061, or over 2 per cent of assessed value. Asbestos and tin have been found. BANNER COUNTY" IN LITHIA MICA, RUBELLITE, AND TOURMALINE. GEMS : Aragonite, cassiterite, chrysocolla, garnet, lazulite, lepidolite, malachite, obsidian, selenite, tourmaline, pearls. 54 RIVERSIDE AND SAN DIEGO COUNTIES 55 accepted in payment. Price. Keport XI— ISb^, First Biennial ifiOO Report XIII— 1896, Third Biennial 1.00 Bulletin No. 2— "Methods of Mine Timbering." 30 Bulletin No. 5 — "Cyanide Process" (4th edition) 35 Bulletin No. 6— "Gold Mill Practices in California" (3d cd.) . . .50 Bulletin No. 9— "Mine Drainage, Pumps, etc." 35 Bulletin No. ia — 'Map of Oil City Oil Fields, Fresno Co., Cal." .05 Bulletin No. 16— "Genesis of Petroleum and Asphaltum in Cali- fornia." (3d edition) 30 Bulletin No. 18 — "Mother Lode Region in California." 'io Bulletin No. 19— "Oil • and Gas Yielding Formations in Cali- fornia." 75 Bulletin No. 21— "Mineral Production of California, 1900." Bulletin No. 22— "Mineral Production of California for nast 14 years." Bulletin No. 23— "Copper Resources of California." Bulletin No. 2-1— "Saline Peprsits of California." 50 Bulletin No. 2.^— " Mineral Production of California 1901."... 05 Postage. $0.15 .20 .04 .04 .25 2.T California State Mining Bureau Ferry Dxiilding, San Francisco, Cal. Publications of this Bureau will be sent on receipt of the requisite amount and postage. Only stamps, coin or money orders will be Hfl in nfi.vment. (All publications not mentioned are exhausted.) JUST ISSUED. Reconnaisance of the Colorado Desert Mining Dis- trict, in San Diego County 15 Register of Mines, with map, Plumas County 25 Register of Mines, with map, Caiaveras County 25 Register of Mines, with map, Siskiyou County. . . 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