Creator
J. D. McGilliway
Recipient
John Muir
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Transcription
ESTABLISHED 1860.ISSUED WEEKLY, 03 A YEAR.MINNING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS.THE OLDEST MINING PAPER ON THE AMERICAN CONTINENT.J. F. HALLORAN, General Manager.OFFICE, 220 MARKET STREET. ELEVATOR, 12 FRONT STREET.ENGINEERING AND MlNING.[American Newspaper Directory for 1896.]Among the engineering and mining papers in California, none has credit for so large a regular issue as is accorded to the " Mining and Scientific Press," published weekly at San Francisco. In fact, It fully equals five times the combined Issue accorded to all the others, and the publishers of the American Newspaper Directory will guarantee the accuracy of the circulation rating accorded to this paper by a reward of one hundred dollars payable to the first person who successfully assails It.—Printers' Ink, April 22, 1898.In all the States of the Far West and the Pacific Slope, consisting of California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah, the largest circulation credited to any publication devoted to engineering and mining is accorded to the "Mining and Scientific Press," a weekly, published at San Francisco, Cal.; and the publishers of the American Newspaper Directory will guarantee the accuracy of the circulation rating accorded to this paper by a reward of one hundred dollars, payable to the first person who successfully assails it.—Printers' Ink, April 29,1896.ELECTRICITY.[American Newspaper Directory for 1896.]Among the electrical papers in California, none has credit for so large a regular Issue as is accorded to the "Mining and Scientific Press," published weekly at San Francisco; and the publishers of the American Newspaper Directory will guarantee the accuracy of the circulation rating accorded to this paper by a reward of one hundred dollars, payable to the first person who successfully assails it.—Printers' Ink, Ap. 22,1896.San Francisco, Sept. 2nd, '96Mr. John Muir.Martinez, Cal.My dear Mr. Muir, -I am now editor of the Mining and Scientific Press. I see by a telegram from Ashland, Oregon in one of the daily papers, that you are going to accompany an expedition to the Crater Lake Cascade Reserve. I should like very much to get some-thing from you about the district, and when you return I shall esteem it a favor if you will let me know where and when I can seeyou in town. You know that the columns of the Mining and Scientfic Press are always open and at your disposal. In ease you are passing at any time, and care to, I should like to have you dropin.Yours very sincerely,
Location
San Francisco
Date Original
1896-09-02T00:00:00
Source
Original letter dimensions: 28 x 21.5 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir09_0382-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 09, Image 0382
Copyright Status
Copyright status unknown
Copyright Statement
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Owning Institution
University of the Pacific Library Holt-Atherton Special Collections. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Page Number
Page 1
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
