158 A Bibliography of the Geology, etc., of California. 



Le Conte, Joseph. Elements of geology ; a text-book for col- 

 lege and general readers. 2d edition. New York, 1878. 

 588 pp. 



This work is of special interest to the student of California 

 geology, containing many references to the geology of the State. 

 We note an article on auriferous veins, given on p. 2.37 ; also, 

 Quaternary period on the western side of the continent, p. 526. 



Levasseur, R. La question d'or, les mines de Calif ornie et 

 d'Australie, les anciennes mines d'or et d 'argent. Paris, 



•1858. 



Levy, Daniel. Les Francais en Californie. San Francisco, 

 1884. 366 pp. 



The second part of this book treats rather extensively of the 

 placer mines, where they were located, how worked, etc. pp. 80 

 et seq. 



Lock, Alfred G. Gold; its occurrence and extraction, etc. 

 London, 1882. 1229 pp. 



The description of the California gold fields is given on pp. 

 129-154. 



Lyman, B. S. Bibliography of petroleum. U. S. Census Re- 

 port, 1880, vol. 10, pp. 281; also Ann. Rep. Geol. Sur. 

 Penn., 1886, part II. 



This bibliography was prepared in 1875 by B. S. Lyman and 

 presented to Geological Survey of Pennsylvania ; also used by Prof. 

 Peckham in the Tenth Census. 



Macfarlane, James. The coal regions of America; their 

 topography, geology, and development; with a colored 

 geological map of Pennsylvania, a railroad map of all the 

 coal regions, and niunerous other maps and illustrations. 

 Third edition, with a supplement for the year 1875. 

 New York, 1877. 697 pp., with maps, etc. 



Chapter XXX treats of the Pacific Coast region. A description 

 of the Mount Diablo coal field is given on pp. 563-567, with analyses 

 of the coal. 



Manly, W. L. Death Valley in 1847. San Jose, 1894. 498 

 pp. 



