On-line Historic Mining Reports and Documents
Here are some gems I have found so far. I'm constantly adding more. Be sure you check out more links on my Mojave Desert: Mining History Sources page too. If you find more send me the links. My email address is at the bottom of this page. - Larry M. Vredenburgh.
I have been uploading a variety of difficult to find publications to my library at archive.org. Check them out!
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
US Bureau of Mines archive.org collection
US Geological Survey
National Park Service
Death Valley 1981. A History of Mining in Death Valley National Monument.
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Resources of the States and Territories West of the Rocky Mountains,
J. Ross Browne / Rossiter Raymond. Archive.org collection
Mining leaders criticized Brown's reports for their errors and lack of substance. So, in March of 1868 he resigned, becoming ambassador to China in early 1868. Rossiter Raymond was subsequently appointed to be Commissioner of Mining Statistics.
Bureau of the Mint
Report of the Director of the Mint archive.org collection
California Geologic Survey Downloads
California Mines Geological Collection (from archive.org)
California Geology Magazine (from the California Geological Survey)
California Mining Bureau Collection (Hathi Trust)
California Division of Mines Collection (Hathi Trust)
Geological Survey of California
California Mining Bureau (Links to http://books.google.com)
Report of the State Mineralogist
Report of the State Geologist
Bulletins
California Division of Mines and Geology
The Mining American also see Mining Reporter and Mining Science
The Copper Handbook /
Engineering and Mining Journal (Links to http://books.google.com and http://archive.org)
Mining (Journal of the Northwest Mining Association)
Mining and Engineering World (The Mining World - Chicago) (Links to http://archive.org and http://books.google.com)
Mining and Metallurgical Journal
Mining and Scientific Press (Links to http://archive.org )
Mining Investor
Mining Journal (Phoenix)
Mining Reporter Also see The Mining American
Mining Science (Denver - The Mining Science Publishing Company) Also see The Mining American
The Mining World
Los Angeles Mining Review
Mining and Oil Bulletin (Los Angeles)
Pacific Coast Annual Mining Review
Pacific Coast Miner / Mining Magazine
State Mining Journal (San Francisco)
The Salt Lake Mining Review (1899-1929)
Historic Newspaper Accounts of Coarse Gold and Silver in the West (by Vern Nord)