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mercury ores ; Del Norte County, 2 copper ores ; Placer County, 21 

 specimens auriferous sulphurets and placer-gold ores, iron ores and 

 limestone; Amador County, 13 specimens quartz and sulpburet gold 

 ores and 1 copper ore ; San Diego County, 2 specimens gold and copper 

 ores; Sonoma County, 13 specimens mercury ores; Tuolumne County, 

 11 specimens placer and quartz gold ores ; Santa Clara County, 4 speci- 

 mens mercury ores ; Tulare County, 4 specimens gold-silver and copper 

 ores; Los Angeles County, 1 specimen graphite; San Bernardino County, 



5 specimens silver-lead-copper, 2 antimony and 2 mercury ores; Monterey 

 County, 1 specimen mercury ore; Kern County, 6 specimens gold, sil- 

 ver, and antimony ores; Sierra County, 5 specimens quartz and gravel 

 gold ores; Fresno County, 4 specimens mercury ores ; Napa County, 



6 specimens mercury and 1 chrome iron ore ; Shasta County, 3 speci- 

 mens gold and silver and lead ores ; Colusa County, 1 specimen gold 

 ore; from island in San Francisco Bay, 1 specimen manganese. 



(4G) Nevada by 444 specimens, as follows : Lauder County, 50 speci- 

 mens, of which 44 are the beautiful ruby silver ores from the Beese 

 Biver district and 6 the copper ores of the Battle Mountain district; 

 Storey County, 76 specimens, mainly from the various miues on the 

 Comstock lode ; Esmeralda County, 32 specimens silver, silver-lead and 

 gold and copper ores, also native borax and 1 specimen ulexite; Lyon 

 County, 4 specimens copper ores ; Washoe County, 12 specimens silver, 

 lead, copper, and mercury ores; Nye County, 57 specimens silver, lead, 

 copper, gold, and sulphur ores ; Humboldt County, 33 specimens, silver, 

 lead, nickel, and cobalt ores and native sulphur ; Eureka County, 34 

 specimens gold, silver-lead, lead and copper ores; White Pine County, 

 50 specimens silver, lead, and copper and iron ores; Churchill County, 

 1 specimen each silver and copper ore, borax, and native sulphur ; Elko 

 County, 30 specimens gold, silver, silver-lead, and copper ores; Lincoln 

 County, 53 specimens silver-lead, silver, copper ores, and 1 specimen 

 chalcanthite ; Ormsby County, 5 specimens silver-lead, copper, and iron 

 ores; Douglas County, 2 specimens iron ores. 



(47) Oregon by 28 specimens, of which 17 are gold ores, 3 silver, 2 

 copper ores, 4 iridosmine, and 2 coal. 



(48) Washington. This State is at present wholly unrepresented. 



(49) Alaska by 22 specimens, comprising gold and silver and nickel 

 ores, coal, and graphite. 



Tnrc DOMINION OF CANADA. 



Following the usual geographic divisions, the exhibit is arranged 

 by provinces as below. The representation is meager, and but for a 

 prospective increase would be scarcely worth setting off from the sys- 

 tematic series. 



The province of Ontario is represented by 43 specimens iron ores and 

 associates, 5 gold ores, 1 copper, 3 copper-nickel, and 1 nickel ore, 2 

 specimens massive appatite ; Quebec by 1 specimen iron ore, 1 of apa- 

 tite, 1 peat, and 2 asbestus (fibrous serpentine) ; British Columbia by 

 1 specimen coal and 1 of a fossil resin ; New Brunswick by 2 specimens 



