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



Geology and industrial resources of California ; by Philip T. 

 Tyson. Baltimore, 1851. xxxiv, 127, and 37 pp. 9 sec- 

 tions and 3 maps. 



A republication of the above report, with an introduction and an 

 index. 



Report of Secretary of War. 1850. (31st Cong-., 2d sess., 

 Senate Ex. Doc. 1.) 



The report of Major D. H. Vinton contains an account of borings 

 near Benicia. pp. 278-279. 



T. Butler King's report on California. 1850. (31st Cong., 

 » / 1st sess.. Ho. of. Rep. Ex. Doc. 59.) 



This document was published in Washington in another form bj' 

 Gideon & Co., 1850. 72 pp. 8vo. 



The author gives an account of the geology of the gold regions. 



Letter from Col. Richard B. Mason. (31st Cong., 1st sess.. Ho. 

 y of Rep. Doc. 17, 1850, pp. 528-536.) 



This letter is the first official report on the discovery of gold in 

 California. Colonel Mason states that on the 12th of June, 1848, 

 in company with Lieut. W. T. Sherman, he started on a tour 

 through the northern part of California to visit the newly discov- 

 ered gold placer region in the valley of the Sacramento. He gives 

 a description of the country along the American River and an his- 

 torical account of the mining regions. He also gives a description 

 of the quicksilver mines near San Jose. 



Tour of the gold regions; by B^i;. Brig.-Gen. Bennett Riley. 

 (31st Cong., 1st sess.. Ho. of Rep. Doc. 17, 1850, pp. 785- 

 792.) 



United States and Mexican Boundary Survey, under the 

 orders of Lieut.-Col. W. H. Emory. Geology and pale- 

 ontology of the boundary, by James Hall; pp. 103-140, 

 Part 2. Description of Cretaceous and Tertiary fossils, 

 by T. A. Conrad; pp. 141-165. (34th Cong., 1st sess., 

 Senate Ex. Doc. 108. Washington, 1857.) 



Chapter V contains description of the geology of southern Cali- 

 fornia, with a section of lignite bluff near San Diego. 



Report upon Pacific wagon roads. Washington, 1858. (35th 

 Cong., 2d sess., Ho. of Rep. Ex. Doc. 108, Senate Doc. 36.) 



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