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Bulletin No. 14. Showing by counties the mineral productions 

 of California for the year 1898; by Charles G. Yale. 

 Sacramento, 1899. One large sheet. 



Bulletin No. 15. Map of Oil City oil fields, Fresno County, 

 California. 



Bulletin No. 16. San Francisco, December, 1899. The genesis 

 of petroleum and asphaltum in California; by A. S. 

 Cooper, State Mineralogist. Sacramento, 1899. 89 pp. 



Bulletin No. 17. Showing by counties the mineral productions 

 of California for the year 1899 ; by Charles G. Yale. Sac- 

 ramento, 1900. One large sheet. 



Bulletin No. 18. San Francisco, October, 1900. The Mother 

 Lode region of California; by W. H. Storms. Sacra- 

 mento, 1900. 154: pp. Illustrated. 



The bulletin contains : General geology of the gold belt ; 

 Methods of mining ; The cost of mining ; Mining machinery ; De- 

 scriptions of mines of Amador, El Dorado, Calaveras, Tuolumne, 

 Mariposa, and Madera counties. 



Bulletin No. 19. San Francisco, November, 1900. Oil and 

 gas yielding formations of California; by W. L. Watts. 

 Sacramento, 1900. 236 pp. Illustrated. Geological re- 

 lief map of the Puente Hills ; scale, 2 miles to 1 inch. 



The paper contains articles on the value of the petroleum industry 

 in California ; Geology of the Puente Hills ; The foothills east of 

 the Santa Ana River ; Geological formation between Puente Hills 

 and Los Angeles oil-fields ; The Los Angeles oil-field, 1897-1900 ; San 

 Pedro peninsula, Los Angeles County ; The San Fernando or Xevv- 

 hall mining district ; Territory between Newport in Orange County 

 and the San Diego County line ; Prospect wells in San Diego 

 County ; Productive wells in Los Angeles County ; Prospect and 

 unfinished wells in Los Angeles and Orange counties ; The territory 

 between Sespe and Pirn creeks; Eocene formations on Sespe Creek ; 

 Productive wells in Santa Barbara ; Productive wells in Ventura 

 County ; Summerland oil-fields ; Geological sketch of the San 

 Joaquin Valley ; Petroleum in Kem County ; Kern River oil dis- 

 trict ; The Sunset oil district ; Wells in Sunset oil district ; The 

 McKittrick district ; Devil's Den district ; Kreyenhagen district ; 

 Coalinga district ; Geological description of Monterey County, by 

 H. W. Fairbanks ; The oil-yielding formations of San Luis Obispo 

 County ; San Benito County ; Alameda, Santa Clara, San Mateo, 

 and Contra Costa counties ; Mendocino, Colusa, Humboldt, and 

 Napa counties ; Pipe-lines and refineries. 



