AGSL GeoDiscovery

Map of the Mining District of California

Description:

by Wm. A. Jackson.

Relief shown by hachures.

Latitudinal and longitudinal lines.

Coordinates approximate and based on Greenwich meridian.

Compass rose.

Includes legend beneath title.

Shows topography, drainage, cities and towns, ranches, mines, "Indian villages."

Descriptive text throughout (e.g.: Prairie lands, elk abundant).

"Copy Right Secured."

"Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1850 by Theodore A Mudge in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern District Court of New York."

With text, titled: Appendix to Jackson's Map of the Mining District of California. --- California, Dec., 1849.

Collector's note: On page two of the Weekly Pacific News Aug. 15 1850, there is a report headed Mariposa Mining Company, which begins: A meeting of the stockholders possessing a rich vein of quartz in the Mariposa region took place last eveing at the office of Messrs Palmer, Cook & Co., for the purpose of hearing a report from the mine, from Wm. A. Jackson, Esq, who arrived with a large quantity of specimens, ---. The vein is described. At the end it states that machinery for crushing rock "will be shipped to the mines today."

Resource Link:

https://purl.stanford.edu/wr867bd9270

Identifier:

https://purl.stanford.edu/wr867bd9270

Language:

eng

Creator:

Weber, Charles David Maria, 1814-1881

Provider:

Stanford

Resource Class:

Maps

Resource Type:

Digital maps

Subject:

Mine maps, Gold mines and mining, Indians of North America, and Gold discoveries

Date Issued:

1850

Spatial Coverage:

California and California, Northern

Rights:

Image from the Warren Heckrotte Map Collection courtesy Stanford University Libraries. This item is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use. If you have questions, please contact the David Rumsey Map Center at rumseymapcenter@stanford.edu.

Rights Holder:

This work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission.

Access Rights:

Public

Format:

JPEG2000

Georeferenced:

false