Geology ...
Contributors: Whitney, J. D. 1819-1896.; Ashburner, William.; Meek, F. B. 1817-1876.; Peckham, Stephen Farnum, 1839-1918.; Gabb, William More, 1839-1878.; Goodyear, W. A. 1838-1891.
Publisher: Caxton press of Sherman & co.;[etc., etc.]
Published: 1865
Place of publication: [Philadelphia
Language: eng
Subjects: Geology -- California; Coal mines and mining -- California; Mercury mines and mining -- California
Notes: Vol. I published by authority of the Legislature of California.

Vol II appendix has imprint: Cambridge, Mass., J. Wilson & son, University press, 1882; at head of title: Uniform with the publications of the Geological survey of California ...

Appendix only of vol. II was published.

J. D. Whitney, state geologist.
Table of contents: title: I. Report of progress and synopsis of the field-work, from 1860 to 1864: pt. I. Geology of the Coast ranges. pt. II. The geology of the Sierra Nevada. Appendix A. Tabular statement of the operations of the principal quartz mills running in California in 1861, by W. Ashburner. Appendix B. Description of fossils from the auriferous slates of California, by F. B. Meek.; title: II. The Coast ranges. Appendix. Detailed description of the Monte Diablo coal-field; Additional notes on the Monte Diablo coal-mines; Statistics of the Monte Diablo coal-mines; Notes descriptive of the condition of the Corral Hollow coal-mines; by W. A. Goodyear. Chemical examination of Pacific coast coals; Examination of the bituminous substances occuring in southern California, by F. S. Peckham. Report on an examination of the quicksilver mines of California, by W. A. Goodyear. Notes on the geology of Lower California, by W. M. Gabb.