Index 



Mineral products, '57 



Mineral resources, 244 (See 

 also Mines and mining 

 and Geology) 



Mineral springs, 58 



Mines and mining: Alaskan, 

 66; dredging for gold, 66, 

 69, 70, Fig. 8; gem, 53, 73; 

 laws concerning, 267; 

 mercury, 56, 59, 72; of 

 Mother Lode region, 59, 

 71, 72, Fig. 9; products, of 

 Alaska, 65; of British 

 Columbia, 65, 67, Fig. 6; 

 of California, 65; of Ore- 

 gon, 65; of Washington, 

 65; quartz, 66, 69, 71; 

 quicksilver, 56, 59, 72; 

 Randsburg- Johannesburg, 

 60; of Shasta region, 69, 

 Fig. 7 



Mining districts, directions 

 for reaching, 58-60 



Miocene, 48, 80, 94, 99 



Mission plays, 256 



Missions, agriculture under 

 the, 217; Carmel, PI. II 



Mohave Desert, 100, 111 (See 

 Deserts) 



Mother Lode, 54, 59, 71, 72 



Mount Hamilton, 197, PI. 

 XXVII; Rainier, 37, PI. 

 XXVIII; Whitney, 36, 202; 

 Wilson, 200, PL XXVI 



Mount Rainier National 

 Park, 246, 279 



Mountaineering, of the 



Mazama Club, 246; of the 

 Mountaineers' Club, 246; 

 in mountains of the 

 Northwest, 246, 247; of 

 northern California, 248; 

 of the Southern Sierra, 

 250; of the Sierra Club, 

 251; in the Tosemite Val- 

 ley and vicinity, 248-249 



Mountaineers' Club, 246 



Muir, John, 265 



Museums — California: Berk- 

 eley (See Oakland and 

 Berkeley) ; Claremont, 

 Pomona College, 212; Los 

 Angeles, Board of Educa- 

 tion of the City of Los 

 Angeles, 212; Museum of 

 History, Science and Art, 

 211; Southern California 

 Academy of Sciences, 212; 

 Southwest Museum, 211; 

 University of Southern 

 California, 211; Oakland 

 and Berkeley, California 

 Museum of Vertebrate 

 Zoology, 209; Oakland 

 Public Museum, 209; 

 Piedmont Art Gallery, 

 210; University of Cali- 

 fornia, departmental mu- 

 seums, 209; Pacific Grove, 

 Museum Association of, 



300 



211; Pasadena, Throop 

 College of Technology, 

 collections of, 212; Sacra- 

 mento, E. B. Crocker Art 

 Gallery, 213; San Fran- 

 cisco, California Academy 

 of Sciences, 208; Cali- 

 fornia State Mining 

 Bureau, 209; Memorial 

 Museum, 207; Museum of 

 Anthropology, 207 ; San 

 Francisco Institute of Art, 

 208; Santa Catalina, Tuna 

 Club, at Avalon, 212; 

 Zoological station, at 

 Avalon, 212; Stanford 

 University, Leland Stan- 

 ford Junior Museum, 210 



Idaho: Moscow, Uni- 

 versity of Idaho Museum, 

 213 



Oregon: Corvallis, Ore- 

 gon, Agricultural College, 

 213; Eugene, University of 

 Oregon, 213; Portland, 

 Portland City Free Mu- 

 seum, 213; State Fish and 

 Game Commission, 213 



Utah: Salt Lake City, 

 Deseret Museum, 213 



Washington: Pullman, 

 State College of Washing- 

 ton, 213; Seattle, State 

 University, 213 



National Parks: Glacier, 277; 

 Mount Rainier, 246, 279, 

 PI. XXVIII; Yellowstone, 

 278; Yosemite, 287 



Nevada, geological map of, 

 PI. XL; map of, PI. XLIII; 

 relief map of, PI. V 



Northwest, agricultural oc- 

 cupation of the, 218 



Oakland and Berkeley, 284 



Oaks of California, 160 



Observatories (See Astron- 

 omical observatories) 



Oceanic circulation and 

 temperature: aeration of 

 water, 138; currents, 19, 

 124, 133, 139; determined 

 from biological facts, 139; 

 direction and velocity of 

 currents, 136; Ekman's 

 theory, 136; hypotheses, 

 13'5; upwelling, 137; wind 

 current, 137 



Oil, gravity of, 75; history 

 of industry, 76; origin of, 

 80; pipe lines for, 77, Fig. 

 10; storage of, 78; trans- 

 portation of, 77; utiliza- 

 tion of, 79; well drilling 

 for, 81 



Oil companies, 76 



Oil districts: Coalinga, 82; 

 Kern River, 84; Los An- 



