Name/Title
GEOLOGICAL MAP OF PT. ARENA DISTRICTEntry/Object ID
95.20.2.2Description
Color: White
A map of the Pt. Arena mining district of northern California, issued by the California State Mining Bureau and compiled by Lawrence Vander Leck and Fletcher Hamilton, 1920. The plate has the district laid out in township grids with two townships identified and the sections numbered. Physical features identified include the type of shle and geographic period; lines for creeks and rivers and place names, such as towns of Pt. Arena and Manchester, Pt. Arena and its lighthouse, the port of Pt. Arena, and the O'Neal ranch house. Also identified, with a bo;ld line running from top left to lower right is the San Andreas Fault. The Pacific Ocean is at the left with the legend at the lower left. In good condition, the artifact has creases from being folded, as Plate III, into item .10, Petroleum Resources of California, Bulletin 89 (Sacramento: California State Mining Bureau), 1921, as well as a tear at the upper left corner, which is also dog-eared and very slight discoloration.Lexicon
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Two-dimensional, Maps, California State Mining Bureau, Oil fields--California, Petroleum--Prospecting--California, Petroleum industry and trade--California