San Francisco / Tucson / Vermillion / Juneau / Virginia City / Austin / Nevada City / Portland / Washington / Olympia / Denver / Carlin / Charlottesville / Washington / D. C. / Raleigh / Atlanta / Elk City / Laramie / Socorro / Fairbanks / San Juan / Butte / /
Company
Allegheny / Black Hills / /
Country
United States / Columbia / /
Currency
USD / cent / /
Facility
Civil Engineering Building / Denver Federal Center / University of South Dakota / University of Utah / State Office Building / Homestake mine / University of Arizona / Ferry Building / University of Texas / University of Wyoming / University of Idaho / General Administration Building / University of Nevada / Carlin mine / State Capitol Building / Montana College of Mineral Science / Natural Resources Building / New Mexico Institute of Mining / /
IndustryTerm
placer mining / gold mining districts / important mining regions / gold mining / base-metal ores / gold mining industry / placer-mining region / gold mining regions / lode mining / precious-metal mining / individual producer / costly and sophisticated machinery / gold mining activity / placer-mining districts / metal-bearing deposits / mining / placer-mining / /
NaturalFeature
Clearwater River / American river / Feather river / French Creek / Cripple Creek / Blue mountain / Trinity River / Snake River / Burnt River / John Day River valley / Rogue River / Klamath Mountains / Wallowa mountain / Yuba river / Yukon River / Powder River / Copper River / Columbia River / Calaveras river / Seward Peninsula / Mokelumne river / Cosumnes river / Kuskokwim River / Missouri River / /
OperatingSystem
Fork / /
Organization
Alaska Division of Mines and Minerals / Texas Bureau of Economic Geology / University of Utah / Salt Lake City / Colorado Mining Industrial Development Board / University of South Dakota / Montana Bureau / Virginia Department / Idaho Bureau / State Division of Conservation / University of Wyoming / Department of Conservation and Development / Montana College of Mineral Science and Technology / Denver Federal Center / Department of Conservation / University of Texas / Nevada Bureau / Science Center / UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Prospecting / Arizona Bureau / New Mexico State Bureau / State Development Board / New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology / Georgia Department of Mines / Mining and Geology / Oregon State Department / South Carolina Division of Geology / California Division of Mines and Geology / University of Idaho / Moscow / America's Department of Natural Resources / University of Nevada / Reno / North Carolina Division of Mineral Resources / University of Arizona / Department of the Interior / Washington Division of Mines and Geology / /
Position
small individual producer / Hunter / /
ProvinceOrState
Madison County / Virginia / Alabama / Alaska / Fairbanks / Lemhi / Summit County / Hawaii / Washington / Missouri / New Mexico / Utah / Montana / South Carolina / Applegate / California / Georgia / Arizona / Colorado / Idaho / Texas / Wyoming / Juneau / Maryland / Nevada / Jackson County / Oregon / Breckenridge / Park County / South Dakota / Nome / Cripple Creek / Fairplay / Greenback / Josephine County / North Carolina / /
Region
New England / southern California / southern Idaho / northern California / central Alaska / /
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