Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the session of the Legislature of the State of California (1917) (14781144461)

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Title: Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the ... session of the Legislature of the State of California

Year: 1853 (1850s)

Authors: California. Legislature

Subjects: Legislative journals

Publisher: Sacramento : State Printing

Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library

Digitizing Sponsor: San Francisco Public Library

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om-pany ; home office, Seattle, Wash.; in Klamath Reserve; 50 acres ofground; bedrock is schist. Idle on account of lack of water. Fir Tree, in Sees. 19 and 20, T. 10 N., R. 8 E., in the Liberty min-ing district, 1 mile southeast of Forks of Salmon in Klamath ForestReserve. Owners, Bennett Company; comprises 20 acres of patentedground; schist bedrock; 10 feet of gravel; 2J-mile ditch from SalmonRiver. Idle; has not been worked for several years. Forks, formerly known as McNeals, in Sec. 13, T. 10 N., R. 7 E.,in the Liberty mining district, in town of Porks of Salmon in theKlamath Forest Reserve. Owners, Bennett Company; comprises 50acres; schist bedrock; 20 feet of gravel. Idle; under option to the LaGrange Mining Company; some rich gravel.Bibl.: Report XII, p. 287; XIII, p. 401. Forks of Salmon Biver, in Sees. 16, 17, 18, 13, 7, 8 and 9, T. 10 N.,R. 7 and 8 E., in the Liberty mining district, 1^ miles northeast ofForks of Salmon in the Klamath Forest Reserve, is the largest hydraulic

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Photo No. 4—Dam—Forks of Salmon River Mining Company. 850 MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES. mine in this district. It is owned by the Forks of Salmon River Min-ing Company, of San Francisco; F. Salvage, president; V. G. Bonaly,secretary, and M. A. Singer, superintendent. The holdings comprise520 acres of old placer locations, which were rich diggings in the earlydays. This company controls some 4 miles of the old channels andbars along the North Fork of Salmon River. The bedrock is schist,with 20 to 60 feet of gravel covering the same; only about 3 acres ofground have been Avorked. Water is obtained from the North Fork ofthe Salmon River through a ditch carrying 3800 inches, having a lengthof 4 miles and a 50-foot pressed overflow dam impounds the water atthe intake. The equipment consists of five giants, machine shop, smallelectrical plant, pipe, derricks, and dwellings; sixteen men at $3 per dayare employed. In 1911 and 1912, the yearly production exceeded$60,000; has produced over $

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