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APPENDIX. 



A. 



REPORT OF AN EXAMINATION OF PORTIONS OF THE GRAVEL MINING REGION OF CALIFORNIA 

 IN PLACER, NEVADA, YUBA, SIERRA, PLUMAS, AND BUTTE COUNTIES, MADE IN 1879. 

 BY W. II. PETTEE. 



Section I. Smartsville and Vicinity 379-383 



II. The Region between Smartsville and French Corral 383, 384 



III. The Divide between the South and Middle Yuba Rivers 384-408 



Subsection A. From French Corral to North San Juan 384 - 390 



B. Lone Ridge and Montezuma Hill 390, 391 



C. San Juan to North Bloomlield 391-398 



D. Between North Bloomlield and Eureka 399-406 



E. Above Eureka 40G-408 



Section IV. The Washington Ridge, south of the South Yuba River 408-416 



Y. The Gravel Deposits between Indiana J I ill (near Gold Bun) and 



Quaker Hill 416-426 



VI. The Forest City Divide, between the Middle and North Yuba 



BlVERS AND THE YlCINITY OF SlERRA ClTY 426-444 



Subsection A. Camptonville and Vicinity 426-433 



B. Forest City and Vicinity 433-440 



C. Sierra City and Vicinity , 440-444 



Section VII. The Region North of the North Yuba River and south of 



the Divide between the Yuba and Feather Rivers 444-466 



Subsection A. The Vicinity of La Porte and Gibson ville, West of Slate Creek 445-452 



B. From Council Hill to 1 lowland Flat; the Divide between Slate 



Creek and Canon Creek 452-458 



C. The Ridge between Canon and Little Canon Creeks 459, 460 



D. The Brandy City and Eureka Ridge 460- 464 



E. Monte Cristo and Craycroft's 464-466 



Section VIII. A Portion of the Feather River Basin 466-479 



Subsection A. Little Grass Valley and Vicinity 466-470 



B. Quincy and Vicinity 470-478 



C. Between Quincy and Sierra ville 47$, 479 



Section IX. The Vicinity of Oroville and Cherokee Flat 479-487 

























B. 



REVIEW OF FIELD NOTES OF 1871, AND DISCUSSION OF GENERAL TOPICS CONNECTED WITH 



THE GRAVEL QUESTION. BY W. A. GOODYEAR. 



Section I. Review of Field Notes 488-505 



II. General Observations on the Occurrence of the Gravels 505-526 





