Mines And Mineral Resources Of San Bernardino County Tulare County

Author : California Bureau of Mines
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781500338480
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (384 download)

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Download or read book Mines of San Bernadino and Tulare Counties, California written by California Bureau of Mines and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-06-27 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mining historian Kerby Jackson introduces us to a classic mining work in this important re-issue of the California Bureau of Mines publication “The Mines and Mineral Resources of San Bernadino County and Tulare County”. Originally published in 1917, this important publication on California Mining has not been available for nearly a century.This publication includes important information on the early gold mines of San Bernadino and Tulare County, which were some of the first gold fields mined in California by early Spanish and Mexican miners before the 49ers came on the scene. Included are not only details on early mining methods in the area, production statistics and geological information, but also the location of the early gold mines that helped make California “The Golden State”.Also included are details on the mining of other minerals such as copper, iron, lead, zinc, manganese, tungsten, vanadium, asbestos, barite, borax, cement, clay, dolomite, fluospar, gem stones, graphite, marble, salines, petroleum, stronium, talc and others. Note: This edition is a perfect facsimile of the original edition and is not set in a modern typeface. As such, some type characters and images might suffer from slight imperfections or minor shadows in the page background.