﻿academy 
  of 
  sciences. 
  407 
  

  

  Regular 
  Meeting, 
  November 
  2d, 
  1874. 
  

  

  Vice 
  President 
  in 
  the 
  Chair. 
  

  

  Forty-three 
  members 
  present. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  CorneUus 
  Herz 
  was 
  proposed 
  as 
  a 
  candidate 
  for 
  membership. 
  

  

  W. 
  H. 
  Dall, 
  having 
  paid 
  the 
  required 
  fee, 
  was 
  enrolled 
  as 
  a 
  life 
  

   member. 
  

  

  Donations 
  to 
  the 
  Museum 
  : 
  Four 
  specimens 
  of 
  Ores 
  from 
  Rat- 
  

   tlesnake 
  Mine, 
  Sonoma 
  Co., 
  Cal., 
  from 
  H. 
  Halsey; 
  the 
  same 
  gen- 
  

   tleman 
  also 
  presented 
  two 
  specimens 
  from 
  Mineral 
  King 
  District, 
  

   Tulare 
  Co. 
  Specimens 
  of 
  Cinnabar 
  ore 
  from 
  Great 
  Western 
  

   Mine, 
  Lake 
  Co. 
  Specimens 
  of 
  Gravel 
  Cement, 
  containing 
  gold, 
  

   from 
  L. 
  D. 
  Currie's 
  Cement 
  Mine, 
  under 
  the 
  bed 
  of 
  the 
  Stanislaus 
  

   River, 
  near 
  Central 
  Ferry, 
  Tuolumne 
  Co., 
  Cal. 
  Specimens 
  of 
  

   Crystallized 
  Quartz, 
  from 
  the 
  Geyser 
  region. 
  Mr. 
  W, 
  T. 
  Rey- 
  

   nolds 
  presented 
  ten 
  specimens 
  of 
  Cinnabar 
  ore, 
  from 
  Oakland 
  

   Mine, 
  Sonoma 
  Co. 
  Coll 
  Deane 
  presented 
  specimens 
  from 
  the 
  

   Calistoga 
  Mine, 
  Napa 
  Co. 
  W. 
  G. 
  W. 
  Harford 
  donated 
  specimens 
  

   of 
  Cuttlefish. 
  W. 
  H. 
  Ford 
  presented 
  several 
  specimens 
  of 
  Cadis 
  

   Worm, 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  South 
  Fork 
  of 
  the 
  Stanislaus 
  River. 
  Lar- 
  

   kyns 
  & 
  Co. 
  presented 
  a 
  large 
  Cuttlefish. 
  W. 
  H. 
  Dall, 
  U. 
  S. 
  

   Coast 
  Survey, 
  presented 
  a 
  bottle 
  containing 
  a 
  variety 
  of 
  Shells 
  

   from 
  the 
  South 
  Sea 
  Islands. 
  General 
  Colton 
  presented 
  specimens 
  

   of 
  Fossil 
  Fish, 
  found 
  in 
  a 
  layer 
  of 
  lime 
  rock 
  at 
  Church 
  Buttes, 
  

   Wyoming 
  Territory. 
  Mr. 
  John 
  Edwards, 
  of 
  Thompson 
  Flat, 
  

   about 
  three 
  miles 
  north 
  of 
  Oroville, 
  Butte 
  Co., 
  presented 
  some 
  Fos- 
  

   sil 
  Teeth 
  and 
  Leg 
  Bone, 
  found 
  in 
  a 
  hydraulic 
  mine 
  in 
  that 
  location, 
  

   at 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  thirty 
  feet, 
  in 
  a 
  stratum 
  of 
  sand, 
  close 
  under 
  a 
  layer 
  

   of 
  pipe 
  clay, 
  and 
  about 
  ten 
  feet 
  above 
  the 
  bed 
  rock. 
  Many 
  other 
  

   bones 
  were 
  unearthed, 
  but 
  were 
  very 
  much 
  broken 
  by 
  the 
  hydraulic 
  

   piping, 
  and 
  were 
  washed 
  away. 
  Also, 
  Bones 
  of 
  some 
  small 
  animal, 
  

   found 
  in 
  an 
  Indian 
  rancheria. 
  

  

  Donations 
  to 
  the 
  Library 
  : 
  Mining 
  Journal 
  for 
  Oct, 
  10th, 
  1874 
  ; 
  

  

  