26 A Bibliography of the Geology, etc., of California. 



Journal of Capt. .A. R. Johnson, U. S. Army. (Expedition 

 from Santa Fe to San Diego.) AVashington, 1848. 48 

 pp. (30th Cong., 1st sess., Ex. Doc. 41, pp. 567-614.) 



Journal of the march of the Mormon Battalion of Infantry 

 Volunteers, under the command of Lieut.-Col. P. St. 

 George Cooke, from Santa Fe, New Mexico, to San Diego, 

 California. Washington, 1849. 85 pp. (30th Cong., 

 spec, sess., Senate Doc. 2.) 



United States Exploring Expedition, under the command of 

 Charles Wilkes, U. S. Navy. Vol. X, Geology, by James 

 D. Dana. Philadelphia, 1849. pp. xii, 9, and 756. 5 

 maps and folio atlas of 21 plates. 



Only two hundred copies of this report were published. (Letter 

 of J.D. Dana, September 2, 1890.) . 



The author gives an account of the geology of Shasta Mountains, 

 also that of San Francisco Bay, with a description of the fossils of 

 Astoria, Oregon. 



A synopsis of this report was published in Wilkes's Western 

 America, including California and Oregon, with maps of those regions 

 and of "The Sacramento Valley," from actual surveys. Philadelphia, 

 1849. 



REPORTS OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR. 



Information in relation to the geology of California: 



Report of P. T. Tyson upon the geology of California. 

 31st Cong., 1st sess.. Senate Ex. Doc. 47. Washington, 

 1850. 74 pp. 9 sections and 1 map. 



This report contains articles on the geology of part of the Sierra 

 Nevada; geology of the Coast llange ; geological structure of Sacra- 

 mento Valley; review of the geological changes in California; gold 

 regions of the Sierra Nevada; the quicksilver mines; other mineral 

 resources, and their industrial applications. 



Report by General Smith, dated October 7, 1849. pp. 

 75-108. 



Report of Lieutenant Talbot to General Smith, dated Octo- 

 ber 5, 1849. pp. 108-116. 



Report of Professor Frazer on minerals forwarded by Gen- 

 eral Smith; dated March 21, 1850. pp. 116-117. 



