| | Report (issue) | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS »v ' " ; ^,- • ^... -'--' . CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU. Henry...UNIVERSiiY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS To his Excellency George Stoneman, Governor of California: Sir: I have...fifth annual report of the State Mineralogist of California, in compliance with section three of an Act of...provide for the establishment and maintenance of a Mining Bureau," approved April 16, 1880. I have the honor...1885. REPORT. The Act creating the California State Mining- Bureau, approvides for an annual report | | | Journal (issue) | ............................ by B. Birch 5 California The history of crystallized gold in C a lif o...the Grit mine, El Dorado County, California, by Jules Fricot and donated to the California State mineral...Photo by James Patton. See the article on the California State collection beginning on page 81. Copyright... G o ld INIfrom the editor COLLECTING GOLD bullion value (by weight, if melted down) and specimen...collectors, however, make the mistake of ruling it the bullion value may be a negligible fraction of the specimen | | | Report (issue) | 05428 8494 LjJ I en S5 ^s CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU. Henry G. Hanks, State Mineralogist...his Excellency George Stoneman, Governor of California: you the fourth annual Sir I have the honor...to submit report of the State Mineralogist of California, in compliance with section three of an Act of...provide for the establishment and maintenance of a Mining Bureau," approved April 16, 1880. to : I have...Mineralogist feels it his duty to warn the people of California of the danger of destruction by fire of the now | | | Report (issue) | 5.1 cm high from Eagle's Nest mine in Placer County, Caifornia, USA Collection Marlin Zinn; photo Jeff...International, LLC P.O. Box 263, East Hampton, CT 06424, USA Phone 1.860.267.1512; fax 1.860.267.7225 www.lapisint...Lapis International, LLC East Hampton, Connecticut USA Collection 'Alan Table of Contents What Is Gold...Fever in the Southeastern USA . . . . . . . .P. 16 R. Chris Tacker California and All That Is Golden ..... . . . . . . . . . P. 90 A Photo Gallery Gold Mining and Investment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | | | Report (issue) | M^iajKaMVMtrVMMIMMVW^- 'Vv s > MINERALS Of CALIFORNIA BULl,ETIN N«, 91 issei0 BY rr: ^ ;wIFORNIA...BULLETIN [November, 1922 No. 91 Minerals of California $ BY ARTHUR S. EAKLE, Ph. D. Professor...Mineralogy, University of California COMPLIMENTS OF ^^^foyd Sc, c/iosty GIST CALIFORNIA STATE PRINTING OFFICE...Stephens, Governor of the State of California, Sacramento, California Sir: I have the honor to transmit...upon the minerals of California. This bulletin records our knowledge of California minerals to date, | | | Report (issue) | Minerals of California By ARTHUR S. EAKLE, MARCH, Ph.D. 1914 Issued by California State Mining Bureau...Hon Hiram W. Johnson, Governor of the State of California. Sir: I have the honor to transmit Bureau...Minerals of herewith Bulletin 67 of the State Mining California. This work was made possible at this date...Bureau. and Mineralogy of the University of California, with this Eakle has given freely of his time...Minerals Distribution by Counties Bibliography on California Minerals Index to Minerals — 197 204 210 220 | | Kampf, A. R., Roberts, A. C., Venance, K. E., Carbone, C., Belmonte, D., Dunning, G. E., Walstrom, R. E. (2013) Cerchiaraite-(Fe) and cerchiaraite-(Al), two new barium cyclosilicate chlorides from Italy and California, USA. Mineralogical Magazine, 77 (1) 69-80 doi:10.1180/minmag.2013.077.1.07 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | barium cyclosilicate chlorides from Italy and California, USA A. R. KAMPF1,*, A. C. ROBERTS2, K. E. VENANCE2...Museum of Los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90007, USA Geological Survey...Way, Sunnyvale, California 94087, USA P.O. Box 1978, Silver City, New Mexico 88062, USA [Received 2 October...Cerchiara mine, Liguria, Italy and the Esquire No. 7 and No. 8 claims, Big Creek, Fresno County, California...California, USA. The type localities for cerchiaraite-(Al) are the Esquire No. 1 claim, Rush Creek, Fresno | | | Journal (issue) | Weber Mamaroneck, N.Y. Articles Collecting gold mining memorabilia......................................by D. J. Mossman The Colorado Quartz mine, Mariposa County, California: a modem source of crystallized...... 365 by E. M. Hjerstedt and M. Hjerstedt California g o ld ........................................advertising 602-299-5274 COVER: GOLD crystals on quartz, from Zlatna, Romania. The longest crystal measures...experiences her interest in mining and minerals began to grow. In 1929 she moved to the mining town of Bisbee and | | | Journal (issue) | Collector's Newsletter $2.00 Pseudomorphs from Brazos County, Texas Art Smith 9118 Concho Houston, Texas 77036...Creek in the BryanCol!~ge Stallon area of Brazos County, Texas. Thin, elongate cav111esparallel to the...the log contain secondary bubbly chalcedony and quartz pseudomorphs after barite crystals. Originally...setting fire to he shaft and filling the entire mine with smoke. They also incurred the wrath of the...Fig. 1 Quartz pseudomorph of barite, from petrified wood, Turkey Creek, Bryan, Brazos County, Texas, | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | visitor centers and scenic areas, contact the California Office of Tourism, P.O. Box 9278, T98, Dept....size, that display rocks, minerals, fossils, or mining memorabilia and equipment. It was interesting to...St., 95222; 209/736-2963. Displays feature early mining equipment, rocks, minerals, fossils, and gold-rush...9161889-6500. Displays include rocks, minerals, and mining artifacts. Features include a stamp mill and a...from mines on Catalina Island. Bakersfield: Kern County Museum, 3801 Chester Ave., 93301; 805/861-2132 | | Bramel, Hadley R., Heyl, George R., Cox, Manning W., Ransome, Alfred L., Eric, John H., Wyant, Donald G. (1948) Copper in California. Bulletin 144. California State Mining Bureau | Report (issue) | ^^titOrpi^ Ir^j, Oiioi ,^irornis ,, STATE OF CALIFORNIA EARL WARREN, Governor DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL...FRANCISCO Chief DECEMBER 144 COPPER IN (In CALIFORNIA Three Parts, Including Outline Geologic Map...States Department of the Interior Department of Mining, Stanford University liCD LIBRARY 1948 : ...Honorable Earl Warren Governor of the State of California Dear Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith...herewith Bulletin 144, Copper in California, prepared under the direction of Olaf P. Jenkins, Chief of the | | | Report (issue) | description of the geology, mining history, and production of the major gold-mining districts in 21 States...relations ---------------------------History of gold mining and trends in production_ J\labama -----------...--------------Cleburne County ----------~----------------- Tallapoosa County --------------------------Alaska...------------------Cochise County -----------------------------Gila County --------------------------------Greenlee...ee County ----------------------------R[aricopa County ----------------------------R[ohave County -- | | | Journal (issue) | Collector’s Newsletter $6.00 Maynard Bixby - Part 1 Mining Expert, Mineral Dealer and Sharp Shooter Mark Ivan...mountain ranges of Utah. He was a Salt Lake City mining expert often contracted to evaluate mines, a mineral...Township, along the Susquehanna River, Bradford County, Pennsylvania (Bixby 1914). This farm was just...town of WilkesBarre, a center for anthracite coal mining. The 1870 Census shows both Maynard and Charles...Hotel (Rocky Mountain News, 1877). He went on to California, returned home, and later took a short trip to | | | Journal (issue) | the Thomas Vein, Central l(entuclry Fluorspar District Alan Goldstein 1607 Washington Blvd. Louisville...of the more famous Illinois-Kentucky lluorspar district. (Despite the editor-produced title in Goldstein...mineral name.) The Central Kentucky lluorspar district is certainly less wellknown, having been sporadically...northern end of district. For a review of the ,eneral geology of history of the district, see Anderson...produced very fine specimens of amethyst and clear quartz not much else is commonly reported from these mines | | | Report (issue) | IgtmmtSlTY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2012 with funding from University...University of California, Davis Libraries http://archive.org/details/reportofstatemin15cali CALIFORNIA STATE...STATE MINING BUREAU FERRY BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO ^LETCHER HAMILTON State Mineralogist [December, 1917...PORTIONS OF CALIFORNIA Chapters of State Mineralogist's Report Biennial Period 1915-1916 CALIFORNIA STATE...OFFICE SACRAMENTO 19 19 LIBRARY UNIVERSITY Cr CALIFORNIA Da v I S CONTENTS. Page Administrative | | | Report (issue) | ] \ I ^,_|^_g|g„gy. MMM STATE OF CALIFORNIA GOODWIN I. KNIGHT, Governor DEPARTMENT OF... Chief BULLETIN December 173 MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA By JOSEPH MURDOCH University of Caliiomia,...ROBERT W. WEBB University of California, Santa Barbara College Goleta, California Price $3.00 LIBRARY UNIVERSITY...Goodwin J. Knight Governor of ihe State of California Dear Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith...JenlCalifornia, Chief of the Division of Mines. Minerals of California is one of the Division's | | | Journal (volume) | thorough surprise to the Mining and Scientific Press. possessing the colors of Mining and Scientific Press...Press. ESTABLISHED 1S«50. Oldest Mining; Journal on the American Continent. e. No. 220 Market Street ,...in California and Colorado for '95; Our California Delegation in Congress; The Revival of Mining and...and Mining Machinery; "Jumping," 2. MECHANICAL PROGRESS.— A Drill Sharpening Machine; Silver from Silver...PROGRESS.-The Eleclric Plow, 7. New York Electrical Exposition; Chronograph for Electric Street Rail- Rulings; | | | Journal (volume) | 1 . Weekly { 18. Cento a Copy LOS ANGELES , CALIFORNIA , MARCH 1 , 1913 . Cheaper Coal Is Easily to...almost any . coast . where in the feed and fuel district . One remedy seems close at hand the vast coal...Santa Fe about 1,800,000,000 tons . At ton for mining it and it is retailed in the rate the coal is being...$ 15 a ton which represents the and Southern California at a compara difference from the time it is mined...producers to a helpful dissertation on coal lands mine coal extensively where a market which locators and | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | C ollector’s Note Colorado Quartz Mine Does It Again ROBERT B. COOK Department of Geosciences Auburn...University Auburn, Alabama 36830 Figure 1. Colorado Quartz mine headframe from the lower access road, looking...photo. T Mariposa County, California HE WELL-KNOWN and sporadically productive Colorado Quartz gold mine...eastern pocket belt of the southern California Mother Lode in Mariposa County, has once again produced world-class...Varabioff and Anthony Fraser, operating as Dragon Gold Mining Company (an allusion to the mine’s most famous | | | Report (issue) | MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA THE GOLDEN BEAR The Golden Bear Nugget of Yankee is NUGGET said to have...have been found in the mining the nugget Jim, Placer County, California, in 1871 by a small girl in...are nuggets. The nugget was acquired by the California Federation of Minerologicol Societies insignia...in in the Cali- San Francisco MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA CENTENNIAL VOLUME by JOSEPH (1866-1966) MURDOCH...Ian Campbell and Eleanor M. Learned BULLETIN California Division of Ferry Building, San 189 Mines | | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | the Ute Mountain Gem & Mineral Society. Montezuma County Annex Bldg., 103 N. Chestnut. Info.—John Ferrin...Mineral & Jewelry Festival sponsored by the Oxford County Mineral & Gem Association. Oxford Fair ground...39071-0098; 601/878-8832. July 19-21—Arroyo Grande, California. Orcutt Min eral Society Annual Rockhound Tailgating...Pinebridge Inn (wholesale). Info.—Jim Burgess, Mitchell County Chamber of Commerce, Rte. 1, Box 7%, Spruce Pine... OF NORTH ARKANSAS AMERICA'S ONLY DIAMOND MINE" 4th ANNUAL GEM & M N I E R A L S H O W SEPTEMBER | | | Journal (issue) | Leicht KRISTALLE Est.1971 Laguna Beach, California, USA • Tel: +1 949 494 5155 • Email: info@kristalle...Dragon Gold Specimen, Colorado Quartz mine, Mariposa County, California........................463 by...cjstefanoxls@gmail.com Hauerite from the Destricella mine Circulation Manager & Staff Photographer Christi...Dragon”), 22.9 cm, from the Colorado Quartz mine, Mariposa County, California. 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JENKINS, Chief Vol. 47 JANUARY 11 1951 CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY LIBRARY UNIVERSITY...OF CM IFO^NIA " ~t%**irt No. 1 STATE OF CALIFORNIA EARL WARREN, Governor DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL...Third Floor, Ferry Building, San Francisco 11 District Offices State Building, 217 West First Street...thousand books and scientific journals on geology, mining, mineralogy, chemistry, metallurgy, and related |
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