Notes on the extent, present importance & probable taken value of the mining region West of the Rocky Mountains : with some hints in regard to the relation of the government & its management manuscript, [18--]

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Notes on the extent, present importance & probable taken value of the mining region West of the Rocky Mountains : with some hints in regard to the relation of the government & its management manuscript, [18--]

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Concerns mining in the West, chiefly about California and gold. The letter concerns a geological survey.

50 leaves ; 25 cm. or smaller.

Houghton Library

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Pierce, B.,

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Haight, Henry H., 1825-1878

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Henry Huntley Haight, California governor, was born in New York and graduated from Yale University in 1844. Haight moved to San Francisco, CA, and practiced law there until he was elected governor of California in 1867. After losing his bid for reelection in 1871, Haight returned to private practice until his death. From the description of Papers of Henry H. Haight, 1846-1885. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122564566 ...

Whitney, J.D. (Josiah Dwight), 1819-1896

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Born in Northampton, Mass., Nov. 23, 1819, son of Josiah Dwight and Sarah (Williston) , grad. Yale 1839, read law 1841, traveled and studied in France, Germany, Italy, 1842-45, worked survey of mineral lands of Northern Peninsula of Mich., 1847-49, Ia. State Chemist Ill. State Survey, Geologist of Cal., 1860-74, opened Harvard School of Mines, 1868, elected to Geol. Soc. of London. Author of Metal Wealth of the U.S. and other books. Married Louisa Goddard Howe in June, 1854, had 1 daughter. Died...