Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Economic Mineral Resources and Production of California: A Survey With Reference to Postwar Employment
Mineral production in California was first comprehensively recorded in 1887. At the close of 1943 the mineral deposits of the State had yielded 653. The wide distribution of mineral resources is evidenced by the fact that each Of the State's 58 counties has contributed to this production and in only two has the value been less than one million dollars. Los Angeles County has been the leader, with output in excess of 2 billion 800 million dollars, followed by Kern County with over one billion 900 million dollars. Orange County with over 800 million dollars and Fresno County exceeding 500 million dollars, occupy third and fourth rank respectively. Ventura has fifth position with'a record of 466 mil lion dollars. 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.
