12 A Bihliograpliy of the Geology, etc., of California. 



Report on the geology of the coast mountains and part of the 

 Sierra Nevada, embracing their industrial resources in 

 agriculture and mining; by Dr. John B. Trask, State 

 Geologist. Assembly Doc. No. 9, Session of 1854. 92 pj). 



This report contains a; description of the geology of the Monte 

 Diablo range, Salinas Valley, from Point Pinos to the Nacimiento 

 River, Santa Cruz Mountains ; structure of the valleys of Sacra- 

 mento and San Joaquin ; review of the geological changes in the 

 coast mountains and Monte Diablo range; classification of the rocks 

 of the coast mountains and Monte Diablo range ; position and rela- 

 tion of the volcanic rocks to the Tertiaries ; volcanic rocks preceding 

 the Tertiary era ; most recent volcanic rocks of the coast moun- 

 tains ; changes of level arid river terraces ; soils of the valley Santa 

 Clara and shores of the Bay of San Francisco ; valley of the 

 Salinas ; soils of the Salinas ; Pajaro Valley ; Livermore Valley ; 

 mineral resources of the coast mountains ; mineral districts, embrac- 

 ing parts of the counties of Nevada, Placer, El Dorado, and 

 Calaveras ; quartz veins, and their relative age in California ; 

 character and position of the older veins below the surface ; present 

 government of metallic veins ; descriptions of mines, with list of 

 gold mines. 



Report on the geology of northern and southern California, 

 embracing the mineral and agricultural resources of those 

 sections; with statistics of the northern, southern, and 

 middle mines; by Dr. John B. Trask. Assembly Doc. 

 No. 14, Session of 1856. 66 pp. 



This report contains a description of the physical geography lying 

 in the coast mountains north of the Bay of San Francisco ; geolog- 

 ical structure of the coast mountains ; mineral character of the 

 primitive rocks of the coast mountains ; soils of Petaluma County ; 

 plains west of the Sacramento River ; San Bernardino ; geology of 

 Table Mountain, Tuolumne County ; Carboniferous rocks of the 

 northern district ; salines of the upper Sacramento Valley ; Mam- 

 moth Mines, Seventy-six, Jamison Creek ; descriptions of mines, 

 etc. ; analyses of saline waters from Lick Springs, Shasta County ; 

 gold mines in operation in 1855 ; table of altitudes. 



SECOND GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CALIFORNIA. 



J. D. WHITNEY, State Geologist. 



The Geological Survey of California. An address delivered 

 before the Legislature of California, at Sacramento, Tues- 

 day evening, March 12, 1861, by J. D. Whitney, State 

 Geologist. To which is appended a copy of the Act 

 authorizing the survey. San Francisco, 1861. 50 pp. 



