PEEFACE. 



The tour of 1854 was commenced on the 13th day of June, and the 

 first month was spent in the counties of Yuba, the lower portion of Ne 

 vada, Placer and Sacramento, for the purpose of completing the exami 

 nation of those sections which were left unfinished the previous season. 



In the month of July, the southern portion of the tour was entered 

 upon, and carried through portions of the counties of Monterey, Luis 

 Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Los Angeles, to the northern borders of the 

 counties of San Bernardino and San Diego. This occupied the time up 

 to the 12th October, a period of three months. My operations were then 

 transferred to the agricultural districts west of the Sacramento River, 

 through the counties of Yolo, Sutter, Butte, Shasta, Trinity, and the 

 eastern part of Klamath. The time occupied in these sections was two 

 months. At this time 1 returned to the mining counties for the purpose 

 of collecting such statistics as the short period of time allowed. 



The whole time occupied in the mines proper, was three weeks ; the 

 first part Of the season being spent in the agricultural districts ot those 

 counties, almost exclusively. 



The tour occupied a period of six months and twenty-two days of 

 active labor in the field. 



