Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, Transmitting Report upon the Mineral Resources of the States and Territories West of the Rocky Mountains.

Browne, J. Ross, submitted by H. McCullough Secretary of the Treasury to the Hon. Schuyler Colfax, Speaker of the House of Repre

Published by Government Printing Office (GPO), 1867

About this Item

Good. No dust jacket as issued. In good (ex-library) condition. Gilt evenly sunfaded on spine. Wear at head, heel and corners. "Cyrus B. Yandes" bookplate inside front board. From the Weyerhauser Library, Macalester College, St. Paul Minnesota. Call numbers on spine, front and top edge stamped. Small stamps on title page. Pocket removed from rear. Includes extensive reports on gold and silver mining West of the Rockies, with accounts of equipment, tables, charts & statistics. And in section 1, an "Historical Sketcho f gold and Silver Mining on the Pacific Slope" (p. 13-37). With an appendix (p. 269-321) "Address on the history of California, from the discovery of the country to the year 1849, delivered before the Society of California Pioneers, at their celebration of the tenth anniversary of the admission of the State of California into the Union", by Edmund Randolph San Francisco, Sept. 10, 1860.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, Transmitting Report upon the Mineral Resources of the States and Territories West of the Rocky Mountains.
• Publisher: Government Printing Office (GPO)
• Publication Date: 1867
• Binding: Hard cover
• Edition: First edition.
• Condition: Good