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The American Geologist contains papers by Joseph Le Conte, on 
the Flora of the Coast Islands, Vol. 1, 1888. 
Papers by J. S. Diller, on Lavas of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. 
Geology of the Mother Lode, by Fairbanks; with a paper on the 
Eocene, Cretaceous and Carboniferous rocks of California. 
There are also several articles by H. W. Turner on the Sierra 
Nevada and Coast Ranges. 
In the first series of the American Journal of Science, as early as 
1839, Conrad has an article on the elevation of California during the 
Tertiary epoch. 
There is also an early account of the Cinnabar Mines, in 1848. 
The gold discovery during this year, 1848, was reported upon by 
Rey. C. S. Lyman. 
The Quicksilver Mines, and Earthquakes, were subjects of pa- 
pers by Wm. P. Blake in 1854. 
The Volcanic Springs of Colorado Desert, by John J. Le Conte, 
in 1855. 
In the other Journals, for 1855-58, there are articles of the gold 
regions of California; also papers on the earthquakes, by Dr. J. B. 
Trask. 
The leading papers in the Journals of 1859-65, are those of Les- 
quereux on fossil plants. Silliman’s papers on Quicksilver Mines 
and Petroleum, with a notice of the Geological Survey of California, 
by J. D. Whitney. 
In 1866-70, Whitney published a paper on the Borax of Califor- 
nia. W. H. Brewer wrote papers on alleged discovery of an ancient 
skull, also one on gold-bearing rocks. Gabb and Conrad on the Creta- 
ceous subdivisions of the California Geological Survey. 
Blake, in Vol. 45, for 1868, refers the gold-bearing rocks of Cal- 
ifornia to the Carboniferous age. 
In Vol. 1, 1871, Clarence King publishes a paper on the discovery 
of actual glaciers on the Mountains of the Pacific slope. 
Prof. Le Conte, papers on the theory of formation of great feat- 
ures of the earth’s surface, appeared in Vols. 4 and 5, for 1872-73. 
In the Volumes for 1873 to 1876, there are various papers on gla- 
ciers, lava flows, auriferous gravel deposits of Gold Bluff. Forma- 
tion of Coast Ranges, by Joseph Le Conte; Age of the Tejon group, 
by J. G. Cooper, ete. 
In the Volumes for 1878-80, Dr. Le Conte has an article on the 
