Geological Survey Of Hokkaido

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This detailed report provides a thorough analysis of the geology and mineral resources of the Hokkaido region of Japan, with a particular focus on the gold fields of Yesso. It offers valuable insight for anyone interested in the history of mining and mineral exploration in Asia. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Excerpt from Geological Survey of Hokkaido: Report of Progress of the Yesso Geological Surveys for 1875, and Seven Coal Survey Reports Although Shiogama is but four or five ri distant from Sendai, which our boatmen thought to be a town of inhabitants, we found it impossible to hire two jinrikishas there were in the village to take two of us there in the evening and back in the early morning, owing it was said to a previous engagement, One of our boat men had assured us that the trip could be easily made, and that two rio would be ample compensation to the four coo lies that would pull us, Some doubts however were raised as to the possibility of my going so far outside of treaty limits without molestation from officials. At Shiogama nevertheless the inhabitants seemed to somewhat accus tomed to the presence of foreigners, and one landlady of an hotel or teahouse even came to me in the street and by mistake accosted me as an old acquaintance and invited us to patronise her house. A public notice close by, forbid ding entrance into the adjoining Shinto temple grounds on horseback or in a carriage, was written in English and French as well as Japanese. 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.