Comstock Mine Maps. Number II. / Becker, George F. / 1882

Comstock Mine Maps. Number II. Becker, George F. 1882

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Full Title: Comstock Mine Maps. Number II. United States Geological Survey. Geology of the Comstock Lode, &c. Atlas Sheet XIV. Mapping by the Official Surveyors. G.F. Becker, Geologist in Charge. Julius Bien & Co. Lith. N.Y.

Author: Becker, George F.

Date: 1882

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Author: Becker, George F.

Date: 1882

Short Title: Comstock Mine Maps. Number II.

Publisher: N.Y.: Julius Bien & Co.

Type: Atlas Map

Object Height cm: 76

Object Width cm: 37

Scale 1: 1,920

Note: Map showing the shafts and tunnels in color. The explanation states that separate colors are used to indicate each separate hundred feet of depth down to the 1500-foot level. The colors repeat between the 1500-foot and 3000-foot level.

State / Province: Nevada

County: Washoe

Subject: Geology ; Mining

List No: 1566.012

Page No: 14

Series No: 15

Published In: Department Of The Interior, United States Geological Survey, Clarence King Director. Atlas To Accompany The Monograph On The Geology Of The Comstock Lode And The Washoe District By George F. Becker. Washington 1882. Julius Bien & Co. Lith. New York.

Publication Author: Becker, George F.

Publication Date: 1882

Publication Note: An important atlas of the mining activity in the Comstock Lode. With printed color. Bound in brown cloth covered boards with "United States Geological Survey, Clarence King, Director. Atlas To Accompany The Geology Of The Comstock Lode And The Washoe District. Becker" stamped in gilt.

Publication List No: 1566.000

Publication Type: Geologic Atlas

Publication Maps: 19

Publication Height cm: 52

Publication Width cm: 46

Image No: 1566012

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