INDEX. 
Calaveras County, bed-rock in, 121, 123. 
distribution of gravel and volcanic in, 
302, 303. 
human remains and implements from, 
267-275. 
Calaveras skull, 267-273. 
Camptonville and vicinity, 426-433. 
Camptonville, 427, 428. 
Camptonville and North San Juan, channel between, 427. 
Canada Hill, 84, 109, 110, 117, 491. 
Canada Hill, Bald Mountain, region seen from, 498. 
Canis Indianensis, 246. 
Canis latrans, 246. 
Cannell, Lot, information received from in regard to an- 
tiquity of man, 262. 
Caiions, in gravel region, their form the result of a diminish- 
ing volume of water, 347. 
Caton and Little Cation Creeks, ridge between, 459, 460. 
Caiions of Sierra Nevada, description and scenic character of, 
63-65. 
Capp, C. S., his views of the Blue Lead, 71. 
Carbonization of wood in gravel, 236. 
Cariboo Claim, 158. 
Cariboo Ravine, large boulder of quartz in, 159. 
Carvin, James, authority for discovery of implements under 
voleanic at San Andreas, 274. 
Castle Hill, 98, 108, 111, 114. 
Cave City, limestone at, 125. 
Cedar Claim, near Gold Run, 161 
Cedar Claim, No. 2, 149. 
Cedar Creek Claim, near Dutch Flat, 162. 
Cedar Grove Ravine, channels at, 457. 
Cedar Hill, near Placerville, 104. 
Cement, term defined, as used in various localities, 76, 144, 
518, 526. 
character of, near Forest City, 433. 
at Indiana Hill, 421. 
Cement Mill, near Gold Run, 149. 
Cement Mill Claim, Damascus Cafion, 83, 92, 105, 114. 
Cement Knob Mine, near Grizzly Flat, 91. 
Cement Ridge, near Nevada City, 184. 
Centerville, Alameda County, locality of fossils, 257. 
Centerville, near Georgetown, 98. 
Centerville, near Minnesota, 435. 
Cervus (sp.?) remains of, from Murphy’s, 250. 
Chalcedony, remarkable locality of, near Volcano, 87. 
Chalk Bluffs, 164. 
character of deposits at, in which leaves are im- 
bedded, 327. 
fossil leaves from, 232. 
Chalk Ravine, locality of infusorial silica, 226. 
Chandlerville, 457. 
Channel, term defined, 75. 
Channels, nature of, discussed, 488. 
as indications of former larger streams, 841. 
difficulty of determining grades of, 518. 
at Cement Mill, near Indiana Hill, 418. 
between Badger Hill and Malakoff, 392. 
at Blue Tent, 414. 
555 
Channels supposed, between Brandy City and Eareka, 
463. 
at Camptonville, 428. 
between Cafion and Little Cafion Creeks, 460. 
supposed, between Cherokee Flat and Morris 
Ravine, 486. 
traced from Council Hill to Potosi, and then lost, 
458. 
above Forest City, 439. 
between French Corral and Mooney Flat, 384. 
supposed, near Haskell’s Peak, 442. 
near La Porte, 446, 448, 449. 
between Minnesota and Snow Point, 435. 
Mountain Gate, its connections discussed, 493. 
connections of, near Nevada City, discussed, 184, 
186. 
in Niagara Mine, its connections, 451. 
above North Bloomfield, 399. 
at Omega, probable position of, 409. 
near Oroville, 207. 
at Pine Grove, 457. 
character and direction of, near Placerville, 500- 
504. 
near Plug Ugly Hill, 419. 
between Poverty Hill and Portwine, 455. 
at Relief Hill, 404, 405. : 
on North San Juan Divide, 202, 386, 387, 401. 
at Scad Point, 477. 
of Sierra County, Mr. Hendel’s views in regard to 
them, 210. 
supposed height, at Snow Point, 406. 
north of North Yuba River, 305. 
north of Middle Yuba, 305. 
near You Bet and Red Dog, discussion of, 170- 
* 173, 419. 
Channels, present river, their form, 334. 
Chaparral Hill, at Mugginsville, 463. 
Chaparral Hill, near Spanish Ranch, 474. 
Charring of trees, in gravel, 327. 
Chemical changes in the gravel since its deposition, dis- 
cussed, 324-3338, 519. 
Chemical changes in bed-rock, near La Porte, 447. 
Cherokee Flat, 207, 208, 480. 
diamonds at, 364. 
implements under Java at, 278. 
locality of platinum, 365. 
Chicken Point, 164, 168, 422. 
and Buckeye Hill, channel between, 420. 
Chili Gulch, 128. 
vertebrate fossils from, 243. 
Chimney Hill, mines at, 395. 
China Rock, 85. 
Chinese Camp, 138. 
Chips’s Hill, 485, 441. 
Christmas Hill, 156, 157. 
Cinnabar, in gold washings, 867. 
City of Six, 439. 
Clay Hill, near Placerville, 101, 111. 
human bones found at, under lava, 276. 
