Reports of explorations and surveys, to ascertain the most practicable and economical route for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean: Vol. 5, Pt. 2

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Valleys of erosion in slate o —-------------- 278
Vaohcouver's Island coal -287
Variegated marls and clays ----------------------— 150
Vegetables at San Bernardino 2 —-------------------- 2
Vegetation of the slope of the Great Basin r —-------— 63
of the valley of the Mojave ------------— 2647
of Johnsonis River 6 —------------------— 65
of the Great Basin and valley of San Fer na ndo compared o ---------------------- 8
of the C,,jon Pass at the Hot Spring --— 95
absence of, on the Desert - ------— 95
eart ner's ---------------------------— 106
along the bottom land of the Four'Creeks — 27
Vein of copper ore 66 ---------------------------
Williamson's Pass - - ------- 69
of granite ---------------------------------- 22
of quartz. ---------------------------------- 1
Venerupis cycladiformis ------------— 186
Vermillion Sea ----------------— 237
View of the Desert from the Point of Rocks - ---— 100
Vineyards at Los Angeles - - ------------ 77
at San Gabriel -------------- 79
Voloanoville -- ------------------ 274
Volcanic ashes ----------------— 173
breccia - - --------------- 55, 56
rocks, near the summit of the Canada de laws
Uvas ---------------— 48
sand at Fort Miller - - ---------- 22
Volcano Ridge, Tertiary of - ----------— 174
Volcanoes, extinct, probable presence of, in the Great
Basin ----- ----------- I - - --- 218
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Tourmalines of gigantic size ----------------— 124, 304
Tradition of a former sheet of water ---------------- 98
Transverse chain of mountains —---------- 51, 54, 55, 133
Trap rock on the Isthmus -------------------------— 2
Trap dyke, Williamson's Pass --------------------— 69
near San Elego - - ----------- 128
Trap rocks between Auburn and Coloma -----------— 271
Trappean rocks near Moore's Creek -------------— 29, 30
on the shores of the Golden Gate -— 156
Trappean or erupted rock near San Fernando -------— 75
Travertin of San Felipe Creek -------------------— 124
of the shores of the Ancient Lake ---— 239
of San Felipe Creek --------------- - - --- 240
of Pilot Knob - -----------— 240
Trees bent by the wind ---------------------------— 8
Trend of the Sierra Nevada ---------------------— 134
Trigonia in the strata of Volcano Ridge -----------— 174
Trochus ---------------------------------— 152,154
Trochita Diegoana. 176 —------------------------------- 7
Tropical vegetation ------------------------------- 2
Trowbridge, Lieut. W. P., section of the coal strata of
Bellingham Bay - - --------------- 286
Tulares of the San Joaquin -----------------------— 10
Tulare lakes ----------------------------------— 191
rivers flowing into ---------— 144
Tulare Valley ------------------------------— 33,143
general appearance of - ------— 190
near the San Joaqulin River - ----— 24
former submergence of - ------- 193
rapidity of evaporation fromn the surface
of the lakes in - --------— 193
resemblance between, and the valley of
Colorado Desert -----------------— 195
Tulare plains and the Colorado Desert compared ----— 144 W
Tule ------------------------------------------- 191
River, metamorphic rocks near - ------— 28
Tuna, or Indian fig ------------------------- 74, 76, 79
Tuolumne River -------------------------------— 11
Quartz Company ------------------------ 254
Turritella ----------------- l73,152, 154
Ocoyana - - --------------- 170
Warner's Pass ------------------------------------- 105
Warner's Valley ----------------------— 2 —------- 106
Warm springs at Warndr's ---------------------— 106
at the Mojave ----------------------- 185
Washington Tunn'el Compalny - ---------— 273
Water of D eep Well, Colorado Desert ----------— 97
absence of, on the Desert ---------------------- 103
odor of, a t a distance --------— 103
evaporation of ----------------------------- 1 195
sources of, on the Colorado Desert ------------ 246
quality of 2 —------------------------------- 26
artesian wells ----------------------------— 248
oWater-line on the rocks --------------------------- 297
on the rocks of the Desert, elevation of -— 238
Waterfall near the grove of mammoth trees - - 259
Waterfalls, former existence of, along the San Joaquin- 24
Weaver's Valley ---------------— 89
rancio ---------------------------------- 90
Well dug by Indians --------------— 96
at Alamo Mocho -------------— 109
Wells of the Desert --------------— 245
White granite ----------------— 57
White limestone --------------------------------- 88
Wh ite limestone at the entrance of the Can1ada de las
Uvas - - ------------------ 41, 46
Union Water Company, aqueduct of --------------— 257
Uplifted sandstone ------------------------------- 86
Vallecito ---------------— 105,107, 123
Valley of the Colorado 11 3 —---------------------------
of Lake Elizabeth --------------------------- 57
of San Bernardino ------------— 80
agricultural land of - ----------— 80, 81
of Santa Isabel -------------— 126
of San Jose' ----------------- 141
of San Pasqual -. ------------ 127
Valleys of California --------------— 142
of the Coast Mountains - - --------- 141
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