. Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the ... session of the Legislature of the State of California. ions. It is26 feet deep, not artesian, and has no contained gas. It is bottled,carbonated, and is also used in the manufacture of soda water andother flavored, soft drinks. Temperature 60° F. A3 electricmotor runs the pump and bottling machines. Bibl.: U. S. G. S., Water Sup. Pap. 338, p. 307. NATURAL GAS. An inflammable gas escapes from the reef at Duxbury Point, nearBolinas. It can be observed only at extreme low tide. It is statedthat natural gas has also been found n
. Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the ... session of the Legislature of the State of California. ions. It is26 feet deep, not artesian, and has no contained gas. It is bottled,carbonated, and is also used in the manufacture of soda water andother flavored, soft drinks. Temperature 60° F. A3 electricmotor runs the pump and bottling machines. Bibl.: U. S. G. S., Water Sup. Pap. 338, p. 307. NATURAL GAS. An inflammable gas escapes from the reef at Duxbury Point, nearBolinas. It can be observed only at extreme low tide. It is statedthat natural gas has also been found near Nicasio. Bibl.: R. VII, p. 184; XIII, p. 567. PETROLEUM. (See under Asphaltum). SALT. Salt was first made from the bay water by evaporation at San Rafaelin 1867. More recently the Golden Gate Salt Company reported anoutput for a time but there has been no plant in operation since 1909. Bibl.: Bull. 24, p. 106. STONE INDUSTRY. Angel Island Quarry (see Fort McDowell). Dayiiel Contracting Company (Bull Quarry, also McNear). Homeoffice, 503 Market street, San Francisco. John H. Hopps, consulting MARIN COUNTY. 251. 252 MINES AND MINERAI. RESOURCES. engineer. This company is operating under lease one of the quarrieson land owned by the McNear Company, Inc., at Point San Pedro, 6miles east of San Rafael. It was known as the Bull quarry at one time,and for several years was operated by Wetmore Bros. The presentoperators have contracts aggregating approximately 1,000,000 tons ofi^^^bble—600,000 tons to the Key Route mole, Emeryville, and400,000 tons to the San Francisco seawall. They Iiave opened up aquarry face of 1200 feet in width (see photo No. 125B), and are ship-ping (June, 1914) an average of 2500 tons per day.
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