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Show Ijl ains, about 7 miles from the village of TemescaL They may be reached III most easily from the railway at Anaheim, or from Golton, a station on the II Southern Pacific Railroad. A good road leads from the village up to the | U mines. n As the mines were abandoned, it was difficult to obtain information | concerning them. Three shafts were found. As they were partially I filled with water, their depths could not be ascertained. In one of these the water was 90 feet below the surface, and in the other two, 40 feet The latter were closely boarded; the walls of the former were unprotected, but no tin- ore was visible near the top of the ground. The ore j had been raised by windlasses worked by hand or by horse- power. One shaft is vertical, the others are inclined at angles of 65° and 75° to the J horizontal. jl The vein extends a considerable distance, and is said to appear in the I range on the south side of the valley. Last winter one of the shafts was clewed of water, and five tons of ore were extracted and shipped to ; England. The ore is reported to contain 18 per cent, of tin. I Two houses and a blacksmith- shop had been built at the mines. In an adjacent valley water and a small patch of grass were found. || Economic Botany and Agriculture.- Dr. J. T. Rothcock, acting assist- I ant surgeon, United States Army, submits a report on this subject, including portion of Galifornia, and the islands of Santa Barbara and Santa Cruz, which will be found interesting and instructive, especially to II those who have not an intimate knowledge of the varied resources and II productions of that region. ( See Appendix H, 5.) ||: The report of Dr. Loew on the physical and and agricultural features of Southern Galifornia, the coast counties, island of Santa Gruz, and the Mohave Desert* valleys, oases, and soils, will add not a little to the interest attaching to the Pacific Ooast. ( See Appendix H, 6.) To the I botanist, especially, will his notes on the geographical distribution of I vegetation in the great Mohave Desert be of value. ( See Appendix H, 7.) I Zoology.- Mr. H. W. Henshaw, who has been connected with the sur- II vey for several years, presents a report upon the results of his observations and collections. ( See Appendix H, 8.) Mr. S. H. Scudder, of II Cambridge, Mass., kindly consented to examine the specimens of ortbop- II teia collected during the season, and his report thereon is herewith. I ( See Appendix H, 9.) Dr. John L. Le Gonte cordially consented to examine the collection of coleoptera, and his classified report is appended. ( See Appendix H, 10.) Lieut W. L. Carpenter submits a report on the Alpine insect fauna of the Rocky Mountains. ( See Appendix H, 11.) Mr. Henshaw presents some notes npon the mammals taken and ob- I served in Galifornia during the season. ( See Appendix H, 12.) I Ethnology.- Dr. H. O. Yarrow, acting assistant surgeon, United States || Army, was placed in immediate charge of a special party for the purpose J of making ethnological researches in the vicinity of Santa Barbara, Gal., I and his report, prefaced by an historical account, as given by Oabrillo, II a Portuguese, who visited this coast in 1542, is appended. ( See Appen- II dix H, 13.) The collection obtained by this party by excavating in II mounds and graves is of varied interest, and the examination of and II report upon the same by Prof. F. W. Putnam, curator of the Peabody II Museum of Archaeology, will, when it appears in Volume YII of the I survey reports, it is believed, prove a considerable addition to the early II history of this section. I Dr. Loew also submits a report of an ethnological character, regarding AP. J J- 5 |
