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



TuRKiLL, Charles B. First volume — California Notes. San 

 Francisco, 1876. 232 pp. 



This book contains a chapter on the topography of California, 

 with notes on the gold mines and geology of gold section. 



Tyson, J. L. Diary in California. Baltimore (?), 1850. 92 pp. 



Upham, Samuel G. Notes of a voyage to California via Cape 

 Horn,-^ also, scenes in El Dorado, 1849 and 1850. Phil- 

 adelphia, 1878. 594 pp. 



Veatch, John A. Letter from Dr. John A. Veatch to the Borax 

 Company of California, June 28, 1857. San Francisco, 

 1857. 16 pp. 



Dr. Veatch discovered borax at Borax Lake, Lake County, in 1856. 



Walton, Daniel. Facts from the gold region. Boston, 1849. 



Wasson, Jos. Bodie and Esmeralda. Being an account of the 

 revival of affairs in two singularly interesting and 

 important mining districts, including something of their 

 past history, and the gist of the reports of Profs. Benj. 

 Silliman and W. P. Blake, the late J. Ross Browne, 

 R. H. Stretch, State Mineralogist, and H. R. Whitehill; 

 also, detailed descriptions of mines most developed, 

 tunnels, mills, etc. San Francisco, 1878. 60 pp. 



Wells, W. V. How we get gold in California. In Harper's 

 Mag., Vol. 20, 1860, p. 598. 19 pp. 



Werth, John J. A dissertation on the resources and policy 

 of California: minerals, agriculture, and commerce, 

 including a plan for the disposal of the mineral lands. 

 Benicia, 1851. 87 pp. 



Weston, S. Four months in the mines of California. Provi- 

 dence, 1854. 



Whitney, J. D. The metallic wealth of the United States 

 described and compared with that of other countries. 

 Philadelphia, 1854. 510 pp. 



An account of the gold, with the geology of this region, in Cali- 

 fornia, is given on pp. 134-149. 



