. Our western empire, or, The new West beyond the Mississippi : the latest and most comprehensive work on the states and territories west of the Mississippi : containing the fullest and most complete description, from official and other authentic sources, of the geography, geology and natural history (with abundant incidents and adventures), the climates, soil, agriculture, the mineral and mining products, the crops, and herds and flocks, the social condition, educational and religious progress, and future prospects of the whole region lying between the Mississippi and Pacific Ocean : to which
. Our western empire, or, The new West beyond the Mississippi : the latest and most comprehensive work on the states and territories west of the Mississippi : containing the fullest and most complete description, from official and other authentic sources, of the geography, geology and natural history (with abundant incidents and adventures), the climates, soil, agriculture, the mineral and mining products, the crops, and herds and flocks, the social condition, educational and religious progress, and future prospects of the whole region lying between the Mississippi and Pacific Ocean : to which is added the various routines, and prices of passage and transportation for emigrants thither, the laws, regulations and provisions for obtaining lands from the national or state government of railroads, counsel as to locations and procuring lands, crops most profitable for culture, mining operations, and the lastest processes for the reduction of gold and silver, the exercise of trades or professions, and detailed descriptions of each state ad territory, with full information concerning Manitoba, British Columbia, and those regions in the Atlantic States adapted to settlement, by those who do not wish to go west, and statistics of crops, areas, rainfall, etc. . e awayearth, gravel and boulders; if the pipe was directed on a pointsome distance below the surface of the hill, the crust above itsoon fell, and one, two or three hundred cubic yards of earthwere washed into the sluice in a single day. Bars were placedacross the sluice to arrest and turn off the larger stones andboulders, and four or five men could accomplish more and gainlarger returns than four or five hundred by the old processes. This process of washing down the hills has been continued, andis still in progress in many portions of the gold-bearing regionsof the Great West. Sometimes the clay which binds togetherthe gold-bearing gravel and sand is too tough and compact tobe broken down even by the force of the hyd
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