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Bancroft's map of the mineral districts of Northern Lower California / designed by Fred J. Engelhardt
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Map of Northern California
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No old shelf mark. The untitled upper portion of a map of California showing the area from Woosland south to Oakland. No bridges. The presence of the San Joaquin & Sierra Nevada Railroad indicates that the map is from after 1882 (Fickewirth, page 131), and this seems to predate 1888, when a number of lines (e.g. S.J. & S.V. and Vaca Valley & Clear Lake) were consolidated with Northern Railroad (Fickewirth, page 91). MS note on Bouldin's Island, "Asparagus beds 250 cars produce 1899." Prime meridian: Mount Diablo (also base line). Relief: shaded. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. References: California Railroads, Alvin A. Fickewirth, 1992, RB TF24 C3 F53 1992. Verso Text: MS notes: S24 D.C.O.R. 50.00.
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Map of the mining district of California / by Wm. A. Jackson
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An early map with northern mining areas such as Grass Valley and Nevada City added by hand. For a reproduction see RB 288697. MS note: X70998 PF. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Projection: Mercator. Printing Process: Lithography.
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Around the town of Perris, CA. in Riverside County. MS notes covering land ownership and use. "A gift to the Huntington Library Mrs. Nellie Rust Lockwood and Edward H. Rust June 1943." Border: Decorative. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note: 248689.
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Geological map of the Mother Lode Belt in El Dorado & Amador Counties, California : compiled by Henry Lahiff Civil Engineer U.S. Deputy Mineral Surveyor
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Map Comstock Lode / J. H. G. Wolf, 1911, Member American Society of Civil Engineers, San Francisco, California
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Detailed map of the area under Virginia City, Nevada with sections to show mining activity between 1859 and 1910. Submaps: Three sectional elevations. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: pictorial & hachures. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Blue Line Print. Verso Text: MS note: 308264 (var.) Comstock Lode Nev.
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Map of Nevada County California compiled from the latest authentic sources showing towns, villages, roads and streams mining ditches and U. S. Land Surveys, Quartz and Placer Mining Claims / by J. G. Hartwell County Surveyor
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Mining claims shown and route of the Central Pacific Railroad from state line to south of Colfax. Adopted as Official Map July 26, 1880. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles, chains. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note: 248644.
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