Overland Monthly and Out West Magazine, Volume 15A. Roman and Company, 1965 |
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Page 20
... sand and gravel , and , at the bottom of the valley , sand - washes , as they are called , like the beds of ancient rivers , generally quite thickly covered with trees and bushes , varieties of cactus , and other desert growth . These ...
... sand and gravel , and , at the bottom of the valley , sand - washes , as they are called , like the beds of ancient rivers , generally quite thickly covered with trees and bushes , varieties of cactus , and other desert growth . These ...
Page 73
... sand contained no less than 131 times more gold than the amount realized by the primitive washing process , or more than eighteen times the result obtained by sluicing with amalgamation . 2. 2,218 poods ( about forty - four tons ) of ...
... sand contained no less than 131 times more gold than the amount realized by the primitive washing process , or more than eighteen times the result obtained by sluicing with amalgamation . 2. 2,218 poods ( about forty - four tons ) of ...
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... sand , rising boldly from the sparkling ocean as we go south , and facing the sun in its descent from the meridian . There are some brown hills on the island - one forming the main ridge and the highest ; but their dry and dusty ...
... sand , rising boldly from the sparkling ocean as we go south , and facing the sun in its descent from the meridian . There are some brown hills on the island - one forming the main ridge and the highest ; but their dry and dusty ...
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A Barbaric Yawp | 34 |
A Fantasy of Roses | 75 |
California and Mexico | 101 |
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