152 A Bibliography of the Geology, etc., ^of California. 

 Cronise, Titus F. 



steamship lines, railroads, and commerce ; immigration, population, 

 and society ; educational institutions and literature ; together with 

 a detailed description of each county, its topography, scenery, cities 

 and towns, agricultural advantages, mineral resources, and varied 

 productions. 



Chapter VI treats of geology of the State ; principally taken from 

 Professor Whitney's reports. Pacific Railroad Reports, and Blake's 

 Geological Reconnaissance in California, etc. 



Dana, James D. Manual of geology, treating of the princi- 

 ples of the science, with special reference to American 

 geological history. 2d edition. New York, 1874. 828 

 pp. (Third edition. New York, 1895.) 



This work contains special articles on California artesian wells, 

 p. 654; also, notes on the Carboniferous, Cretaceous, Jurassic, 

 Quaternary, sub-Carboniferous, Tertiary, and Triassic formations ; 

 with references to geysers, hot springs, human relics, and terraces 

 in California. 



Davies, William 0. Report of the Pacific Coal Company. 

 New York, 1865. 10 pp. 



Contains report of borings by W. O. Davies ; coal fields on the 

 Marsh ranch, in Contra Costa County, with section showing the 

 dip of beds. 



Davison, Simpson. The discovery and geognosy of the gold 

 deposits in Australia, with comparisons and accounts of 

 the gold regions of California, etc. London, 1860. 36 pp. 

 Devoted to personal experience in the gold mines of California. 



Delano, A. Life' on the plains and among the diggings. 



Being scenes and adventures of an overland journey to 



California, with particular incidents of the route, etc. 



Auburn and Buffalo, 1854. 384 pp. 



Chapter XXVII treats of the resources of California, mineral 

 wealth, etc. 



Delessert, B. Les mines d'or de la Calif ornie. 17 pp. 

 tract. (Rev. d. Deux Mondes, vol. 5, 1849, p. 468.) 



Delmar, Alexander. A history of the precious metals. Lon- 

 don, 1880. 



Denis, Ferd. Les Californiens. Paris, 1849. pamphlet. 

 45 pp. 



This is an historical account of the settlement of California. 



