Miscellaneous Publications. 99 



MuRCHisoN, Sir R. Siluria : A history of the oldest rocks in 

 the British Isles and other countries ; with sketches of 

 the origin and distribution of native gold, the general 

 succession of geological formations, and changes of the 

 earth's surface. 1st edition, London, 1854 ; geological 



map and 37 plates of fossils. 2d edition, London, . 



3d edition, London, 1859 ; geological map and 41 plates 

 of fossils. 4th edition, London, 1867 ; geological map 

 and 42 plates. 5th edition, London, 1872 ; with geolog- 

 ical map and atlas of 42 plates. 



The author notes the California gold field on p. 470. He remarks in 

 conclusion : " 1. That, looking to the world at large, the auriferous 

 veinstones in the lower Silurian rocks contain the greatest quantity 

 of gold ; 2. That where certain igneous eruptions penetrated the Sec- 

 ondary deposits, the latter have been rendered auriferous for a limited 

 distance only beyond the junction of the two rocks ; 3. That the general 

 axiom before insisted upon remains : that all Secondary and Tertiary 

 deposits (except the auriferous detritus in the latter) not so specially 

 affected never contain gold." 



NoRDHOFF, Charles. California for health, pleasure, and resi- 

 dence : a book for travelers and settlers. New York, 

 1873. 255 pp. 



Contains notice of gold mining, with a few geological notes. 



Old River-Bed Gold Mining Company. Report, 1879. New 

 York. 18 pp. 



The mines of this company are situated in Butte County, on the 

 west branch of the Feather River. The report contains reports and 

 sections, by J. H. L. Tuck and R. H. Stretch, on the old Pliocene 

 river-beds of California, with sections of the west branch of Feather 

 River, Butte County, California. 



Oregon and California : Account of gold regions, methods of 

 testing gold, etc. 1849. 76 pp. col. map. 



Pacific Coast Petroleum Company lands in San Luis Obispo 

 County. 1865. 15 pp. 



Palmer, Gen. Wm. J. Report of surveys across the continent 

 in 1867-68, on the 35th and 32d parallels, for a route 

 extending the Kansas Pacific Railway to the Pacific 

 Ocean at San Francisco and San Diego. Philadelphia, 

 1869. 250 pp. maps. 



Contains a report by Dr. C. C. Parry, geologist and naturalist to the 

 Survey, on the mineral districts of Central and Western Arizona and 

 Southern California. 



