Mineral Resources of the States and Territories West of the Rocky Mountains.

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1869 First edition. House of Reps, 40th Congress, 3rd Session, Ex. Doc. No. 54. [2], iv, 256pp. Illustrated with 16 text illustrations, one full-page topographical map. Original maroon cloth, gilt-lettered spine. Spine faded, lower corners jammed; lower edge of rear cover shows wear. A very good copy, internally fine. Section one covers the mining industry in California (New Almaden Mines; the Mother Lode; Nevada County quartz and placer mines, etc.); mining within various counties of Nevada; general placer and quartz mines of Montana; the War Eagle tunnel, bullion production, etc. in Idaho; and other mining fields in Arizona, Utah, and the Isthmus of Panama. Section two covers the relationship of government to mining with much on mining law in various parts of the world and in ancient times (mining law in the middle ages; Spanish mining law; modern German codes; mining laws of Switzerland, England, Australia, Canada, etc.). Also covers mining education with information on the Freiberg School of Mines; the Paris School; the Prussian School; and the School of Mines at Clausthal. Finally, the work concludes with the statistics of bullion, ores, etc. at San Francisco for the year 1868. The text illustrations provide profiles of various mines and a topographical map of Lander Hill in Nevada and its principal mines..