Excerpt from Mineral Productions, County Maps and Mining Laws of California The climatic conditions are favorable to mining operations throughout the State, and means of transportation have been so improved as to greatly lessen costs of supplies, etc. There are abundant opportunities for the safe and profitable investment of capital in the various branches of the industry, as numerous claims which have been located have never been properly developed or equipped, their owners lacking the necessary means. The State Mining Bureau, maintained by State aid, provides numerous publications in the form of bulletins or reports, giving in detail the conditions existing in gold, copper, quicksilver, petroleum, and all the various branches of mining. It also publishes maps of the counties which Show the location of all mines, roads, streams, etc. The Bureau is in charge of a State Mineralogist. Who has a corps of trained Field Assistants, and an office force as well. There is a fine technical library, and a very large museum Showing specimens of all mineral products, suitably arranged for refer ence. There is also a. Well-equipped laboratory for the determination of minerals. The Bureau publishes. Among other things, an annual Statistical Bulletin showing by counties the output and value of all substances mined or quarried in California. From the latest bulletin of this character, covering the calendar year 1908, figures and tables given in this pamphlet are taken, in the belief that they will give the best idea of what the mines of the State are producing and what the miners are accomplishing. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.