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Enlarged section of Goler Placer Mining District

Description: Untitled photocopy enlargement. No old shelf mark. Road and railroad crossing the area of Goler. The first claim in Goler (Jackass Placer) was made in 1893 (Desert bonanaza, Marcia Rittenhouse Wynn, 1963, pages 60-61; Charles A. Koehn, whose name appears on the map, was in the area from the beginning, and after a very colorful career died in 1938 (Desert Fever, Gary Shumway et al., 1980, page 124; accessed at http://www.scribd.com/doc/3427371/Desert-Fever-a-200-year-history-of-mining-in-the-California-Desert-17811981 on March 26th, 2010). For a map of the surrounding area, see RB ephMPCALIF0154. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Photocopy.
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Date: [1893-1938]
Call number: ephMPCALIF0155
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U.S. topographic map showing geologic features & mines of the Goler Placer Mining District Kern County California

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No old shelf mark. Mining claims near Randsburg in the Mojave desert. For a map showing an enlargment of the Goler Placer, see RB ephMPCALIF0155. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: contour lines. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Blue line print.

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U.S. Topographic map showing location of Adams placer mining claims : Palomas Mining District, Los Angeles County California

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Old shelf number Eph J2d. Photocopy. A modified USGS topo map showing Charlie Canyon just to the west of Placerita Canyon and north of Castaic. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: contour lines. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Photocopy. Verso Text: MS note: Eph J2d.

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District No. 8 - Section 3-E County of Los Angeles

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No old shelf mark. A zoning map for central Norwalk as adopted by the Board of Supervisors of Los Angeles County, the area then unincorporated. The Norwalk Call was one of the earliest, if not the earliest, papers in Norwalk. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography.

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Cross Section Sierra, Nevada, Placer and El Dorado Counties, Sections colored black are Railroad Lands

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No old shelf mark. This map is an impression, possibly in flong, for a stereotype printing plate. Molten metal would be poured onto its surface to make the positive plate for printing. Map shows Eldorado National Forest, which was established in 1910; there are no major roads through the forest, so it is probably from the first half of the 20th century. Three dimensional map for printing plate production. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Stereotype.

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Map showing extensive mine workings and camp buildings : Adams Camp on Midget No. 1 Placer ; Palomas Mining District Los Angeles County Calif

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Old shelf number Eph J2d. Detail of mining camp. White line on black. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: photocopy. Verso Text: MS note: Eph J2d.

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Map of the Bullfrog Mining District, Nye County, Nevada

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Notes the Montgomery-Shoshone Group bought by Chas. Schwab for $5,000,000. "The Patrick Investment Company, Fiscal Agents." "Compliments of the Forward Mining Development Co." Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note: Map of Bullfrog Mining Area, Nevada MTK 5.00.

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Enlarged section of Goler Placer Mining District

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