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



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    Route map Plumas, Tahoe and El Dorado National Forests California

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    No old shelf mark. One of a series of Automobile Route Maps through National Forests in California. The verso of all six maps are identical, except for the name and location of the state parks depicted. Estimated dates for this group based on rail roads that appear on the maps, some of which had a limited tenure; the San Joaquin and Eastern Rail Road (on map ephMPCALIF0184) was constructed in 1912 (Fickewirth, page 131), and the Boca Loyalton Rail Road (on map ephMPCALIF0187) was abandoned in 1916 (Fickewirth, page 17). Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography. References: California Railroads, Alvin A. Fickewirth, 1992 (RB TF24.C3.F53.1992). Verso Text: Forest Service invitation and suggested supplies to carry in the Forest.

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    Route map Stanislaus and Mono National Forests, California Nevada

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    Verso text suggests early printing date through rules and clothing suggestions. (Burn or bury tin cans and refuse...) OPAC lists this as a gift of the U.S. Forest Service in July 1923. Mono National Forest was divided between Inyo and Toiyabe in 1946 and the name was dissolved. There are several other national forest maps in the ephemera map collection; see RB ephMPCALIF0183, ephMPCALIF0184, ephMPCALIF0185, ephMPCALIF0186, ephMPCALIF0187, & ephMPCALIFR0006. MS notes: U.S. Forest Service 108054. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: Letterpress instructions for visitors and suggested equipment.

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    Enlarged section of Goler Placer Mining District

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    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.

    ephMPCALIF0155

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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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    No old shelf mark. There are two copies of this map in the same folder. One copy notes on verso there were originally three copies. For images of map, see RB ephMPCALIF0192. Identical except for the verso note. Description of mining techniques. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography.

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    California and Nevada showing National Forest boundaries District 5. July 1, 1913

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    No old shelf mark. Two copies of this map in the same folder. At head of title: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service Henry S. Graves, Forester. For images, see RB ephMPCALIF0195. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Lithography.

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    Route map Sierra and Inyo National Forests California

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    No old shelf mark. One of a series of Automobile Route Maps through National Forests in California. The verso of all six maps are identical, except for the name and location of the state parks depicted. Estimated dates for this group based on rail roads that appear on the maps, some of which had a limited tenure; the San Joaquin and Eastern Rail Road (on map ephMPCALIF0184) was constructed in 1912 (Fickewirth, page 131), and the Boca Loyalton Rail Road (on map ephMPCALIF0187) was abandoned in 1916 (Fickewirth, page 17). Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography. References: California Railroads, Alvin A. Fickewirth, 1992 (RB TF24.C3.F53.1992). Verso Text: Forest Service invitation and suggested supplies to carry in the Forest.

    ephMPCALIF0184