CHAPTER IX.

DISCOVERY OF SILVER IN NEVADA, AND UNITED STATES GOLD AND SILVER STATISTICS.....134

INSCRIBED

TO

ROSSITER W. RAYMOND, PH. D.,

UNITED STATES

COMMISSIONER OF MINING STATISTICS;

EDITOR OF THE

ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL;

AUTHOR OF

“The Mines of the West,” etc.

_Underground Treasures._

NOTE.

This little work was not written for mineralogists, but expressly for the landholder, the farmer, the mechanic, the miner, the laborer, even the most unscientific. It is designed to enable such to discover for themselves, minerals and ores of use in the arts, and thus develop the resources and ascertain the value of any particular farm or region. It may save the owner from ruinous bargains, and may reveal a mine of mineral wealth, more sure and more profitable than any bank.

_List of Illustrations._

PROSPECTING THE GROUND Frontispiece.

FAC-SIMILE OF NUGGET OF GOLD, (California,) Illuminated Title Page.

PROSPECTING DIAMOND DRILL 40

WASHING AURIFEROUS SANDS 47

SEARCHING FOR DIAMONDS 121

THE SAW-MILL OF COLOMA 129

(The place where Gold was first discovered in California.)

A KEY FOR THE READY DETERMINATION OF ALL THE USEFUL MINERALS WITHIN THE UNITED STATES.