Miscellaneous Publications. 101 



mineral and agricultural resources, prepared from 

 official and other authentic documents; with a map of 

 the United States and California, showing the routes of 

 the U. S. mail packets to California; also the various 

 overland routes. New York, 1849. 137 pp. 



Chapters I and II contain reports of the gold mines, with early- 

 accounts of the existence of gold in California. 



This book also contains a synopsis of Mr. Larkin's and Colonel 

 Mason's reports. 



RuxTON, C. F. Life in the far West. New York, 1859. 235 pp. 



Silversmith, J. Metallic and agricultural wealth of the 

 Pacific States. 1863. 150 pp. illustrated. 



Seyd, Ernest. California and its resources. London, 1858. 

 168 pp. maps. 



Contains a chapter on gold mining, and references to other min- 

 erals ; etc. 



Seymour, E. S. Emigrants' guide to the gold mines. Chicago^ 

 1849. 



Shaler, N. S. California earthquakes. In Atlantic Monthly, 

 Vol. 25, 1870, p. 351. 



Shaw, William. Golden dreams and waking realities. Being 

 the adventures of a goldseeker in California and the 

 Pacific Islands. London, 1851. 316 pp. 



Shinn, Charles H. Mining camps: a study on American 

 frontier government. New York, 1885. 316 pp. 



Silliman, B. Petroleum region in California. 1864. 21 pp., 

 with one plate. 



Report upon the oil property of the Philadelphia and 



California Petroleum Company. Philadelphia, 1865. 

 36 pp. 



On petroleum in California. National Intelligence, Feb- 

 ruary 7, 1866. 



Simonin, Louis. La vie Souterraine, ou les mines et les mineurs. 

 Paris, 1867. 



Contains Cartes des gites miniers des Etats de la Californie et 

 Nevada. 



