Identifier: appendixtojourna19177cali (find matches)
Title: Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the ... session of the Legislature of the State of California
Year: 1853 (1850s)
Authors: California. Legislature
Subjects: Legislative journals
Publisher: Sacramento : State Printing
Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: San Francisco Public Library

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l. 38, p. 351. STONE INDUSTRY. The only mineral product on the active list in Glenn County for thepast three years is gravel. Besides the beds of the present creeks, thereis an extensive, old gravel deposit running in an irregular line fromWyo southerly through the county, passing to the east of Willows.It extends to near Maxwell in Colusa County. As distinguished fromthe fresher gravels in the creek beds, this material has more or less clay 2(h: minp:s anh mixkhai. resources. mixed with it. The clay acts as a binder, and improves the value ofthe gravel for road material. However, the same feature makes wash-ing necessary when it is used for concrete Avork. Besides those noted below there are several small, privately ownedpits, which sell gravel at 40 to 75 cents per yard at the pit. County Pit (knoAvn locally as Forney Glen Pit). The county owns40 acres in Sec. 24. T. 19 N., R. 3 W., 4 miles southeast of Willows,from which gravel is taken for use on the county roads in that vicinity.
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Photo No. 87. Southern Pacific Companys Ballast Loader at Wyo Gravel Pit, Glenn County, California. It also has a pit in Sec. 17. T. 20 X.. R. 3 AV. The grave) is loadedby Fresno scrapers and hand shoveling. During the past five yearsGlenn County has been using $20,000 value of gravel from variousparts of the county on road repairs. Under a highway bond issue anadditional $40,000 per year was spent for gravel for new constructionin 1912 and 1913. In September, 1913, a reinforced concrete bridge,1300 feet long, was being built (contract price $120,000) across StonyCreek at Wyo. California cement was employed and gravel from thecreek bed utilized (photo No. 90.) Stony Creek Gravel Pit (Wyo Pit). Southern Pacific Railroad Com-pany, Flood Building, San Francisco, ow^ner. It is 1^ miles north ofOrland. The company has 163 acres, extending from Wyo Junctiondown Stony Creek for over a mile. Operations began here sometimeprevious to 1882, since whicli time their lioldings have been increasedt

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