Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury transmitting report upon the mineral resources of the States and Territories west of the Rocky Mountains
Publisher: Scholarly Publishing Office, University of Michigan Library
Published: December 20, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 326
ISBN-13: 9781425532390
Subjects: Management of land & natural resources; NATURAL HISTORY, COUNTRY LIFE & PETS; Nature; History - U.S.; Nature/Ecology; United States - General; History / United States / General; Natural Resources
First sentence: The first mention of gold in California is made in Hakluyt's account of the voyage of Sir Francis Drake, who spent five weeks in June and July, 1579, in a bay near latitude 38; whether Drake's bay or San Francisco bay is a matter of dispute.