Excerpt from The Commercial Minerals of California: With Notes on Their Uses, Distribution, Properties, Ores, Field Tests, and Preparation for Market The headquarters of the California State Mining Bureau are located on the third floor of the Ferry Building, San Francisco, and consist of the administrative offices of the State Mineralogist. State Supervisor of Petroleum and Gas, Library, Mineral Museum, and other offices necessary for carrying on the work of the bureau. Field branches have been established at the following points: Los Angeles (512 Union League Building), Santa Paula, Santa Maria, Bakersfield, Taft, Coalinga, East Auburn, and Redding. The institution is supported by legislative appropriation, and is under the direction of Fletcher Hamilton, State Mineralogist. Its purpose is to promote the interests of the mineral industry in California in every possible way. This object is accomplished by various means, briefly outlined as follows: Publications. Bulletins, reports, and maps, covering all phases of the mining industry of the state, compiled as a result of the work of mining engineers and geologists in the field, are available for reference and distribution upon application at this office. It is possible to distribute some of these publications free of charge, but for those more elaborate and detailed a nominal price is asked. (See list of publications, page 117.) General Information Bureau. An information desk is maintained at the main office of the Bureau in the Ferry Building, and the entire staff of assistants is at the service of the public at all times in this regard. All personal and written inquiries relative to any phase of mining or the occurrence of mineral substances in California, are given careful and immediate attention. Library. The Bureau Library contains over 5000 volumes of selected works including government, state and individual reports on mines and mining and allied technical subjects, as well as files of the leading technical magazines of the world, together with the current copies of the local papers from the majority of the mining camps of California. Here may also be found for reference county maps, topographical sheets, geological folios, etc. A reading room is maintained in conjunction with the Library, and both are open to the public daily from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m., except Sundays and holidays; and from 9 a.m. to 12 m. Saturdays. Laboratory. Samples limited to three at one time, of any mineral found in the state, may be sent to the Bureau for identification, and the same will be classified free of charge. 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.

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The Baja California Plant Field Guide is a manual to native and naturalized plants of the Baja California peninsula, Mexico. It is a useful guide for the entire Sonoran Desert and for Southern California, as over 50% of the species covered also occur in these regions. Over 715 different plants in 111 plant families are identified (most in both English and Spanish), with both scientific and common names and detailed descriptions. Many species are illustrated with color photographs. Descriptions entail plant habit and height; stem, leaf, flower, and fruit morphology; range; elevation; pollination biology; ethnobotanical uses; and discriminating comparisons with close relatives. This book is intended for everyone from the interested novice to the professional botanist.