The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 30, July 1926 - April, 1927 Page: 55
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The Mineral Land Question in California, 1848-1866 55
mines by people from all parts of the globe.65 It was due to the
exhaustion of the placer mines, and the heavy cost of the Civil
War, that the government finally adopted a policy to derive some
revenue from the mines.
The passage of the several mining acts marked the end of the
policy of reserving the gold and silver mines to the government.
Thus came to a close another chapter in the history of the rela-
tions of California with the national government. The contro-
versy about the control and disposition of the gold and silver
mines on the Pacific coast demonstrates the influence and effect
of public opinion in a state or particular section of the country
upon the policies of the Federal government.
"In his report of 1866, Browne estimated the total production of gold in
California up to 1865 at about $900,000,000. The gold exportation from
San Francisco during these years was as follows: 1849, $4,921,250; 1850,
$27,676,346; 1851, $42,582,695; 1852, $46,588,434; 1853, $57,330,034; 1854,
$51,328,653; 1855, $45,182,631; 1856, $48,880,543; 1857, $48,976,697; 1858,
$47,548,025; 1859, $47,649,462; 1860, $42,203,345; 1861, $40,639,080; 1862,
$42,561,761; 1863, $46,071,920; 1864, $55,707,201; 1865, $44,984,546. To-
tal, $740,832,623. To this he added $200,000,000, the amount carried away
during this sixteen years unmanifested. Report Upon the Resources of
the States and Territories West of the Rocky Mountains, H. Ex. Doc.,
29, 39 Cong., 2 Sess., 50 (1289).
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