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| Contents PAGE INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 1 My CALL To OPHir. IE EARLY TIT. AMONG THE iv. SPRING ON THE...THE ON THE SABI BIG GAME GOLD THE ne OF OPHIR ERYTHREAN WoRLD BEFORE SOLOMON THE An XV. ... GOAL OF THE ANCIENT GOAL OF THE OPHIR VOYAGES ELDORADO VOYAGES v TO PUNT 269423 THE TIME...ANCIENT OF THE RAILwAys, WHITE AND EGyPT. OPHIR RACE : 355 . Ä . 398 ; : 415 HARBOURS...VALLEY, AS SEEN 5 TENJE STATION ; NATIVE FISHING STATION STATION COLE HIPPOPOTAMUS FROM THE |
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| Mashonaland. COMPRISING The Ancient History Land of Ophir of Ethiopia Coast ; ; with ; the of Africa...AND PLANS OF THE UTMOST INTEREST. 16, MONUMENT STATION BUILDINGS, E.G. , Sardini ^ 5tra4sht* rbmtr...our knowledge is derived. J. 16, Monument Station Buildings, E.G. M. 8TUAET, THE ANCIENT GOLD...has done It has acquired large extents of territory in THE ANCIENT GOLD FIELDS OF 6 AFllICA....Massi-Kesse gold mines have been opened, and gold quartz assaying from 3 100 oz. has been again found |
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| Districts By The people who lived and made the region s history. 19h Century Books I EL DORADO...amazing black and white photos that bring early Northern California to life. Sidebars on each page give...spend hours read- Iam a lifelong resident of Northern California, and I learned from ing the writings...Nevada's Silver Heritage Includes the Lake Tahoe Region: Truckee, Tahoe City, Reno, Carson City, Virginia...in Nevada, and known originally as the Mormon Station. Photo 1868. Introduction Trappers, adventurers |
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| \ Xe THE STORY ot THE MINE | 7 : As Flastrated by — the Great Comstock. ae Beye (= ofNevada THE... THE STORY OF THE MINE Tie js LORY O) Beedeo 244555 MAN, E AS ILLUSTRATED BY THE GREAT COMSTOCK...NEVADA PRESS Reno, Nevada 1980 The Story of the Mine was first published and copyrighted in 1896 by the...Shinn, Charles Howard, 1852-1924. The story of the mine. (Vintage Nevada series) Reprint of the 1910 ed... FOREWORD TO THE NEW EDITION When The Story of the Mine was written, the Comstock’s glory days had ended |
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| accessible. https://books.google.com STORY OF THE MINE CHARLES HOWARD SHINN usloo21.15.2.2 Harvard...EDITED BY RIPLEY HITCHCOCK THE STORY OF THE MINE : Che Story of the West Series . EDITED BY RIPLEY...Grin nell's. " -- Now York Sun. The Story of the mine. Illustrated by the Great Comstock Lode of Nevada...Shinn has told inhistory ' The are Story of the Mine." than that Mr. Shinn has drawn his pictures skillfully...Mouth of a Tunnel , Sierra Nevada Mine. THE OF STORY THE MINE AS ILLUSTRATED BY THE GREAT COMSTOCK |
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| 1963, 1969, 1978, 1993 National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication entry Blainey, Geoffrey...Mines and mineral resources—Australia—History. 2. Mineral industries—Australia—History. I. Title. 622’.0994...gas on the North-West Shelf, the emergence of Australia as the world’s largest producer of diamonds, pic...the finding of the huge Olym- field in South Australia, the swift revival of gold downs of uranium...March 1993 Preface For more than a century Australia has been one of the world’s important mining countries |
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| Prospectors' Cuide to· in Australia A Prospectors' ·G uide to in Australia N. 8 R._Perry BY THE SAME...Gemstones in Australia Practical Gemcutting Prospectors' Guide to Gemstones in Australia AH&AW REED PTY...Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication Data Perry, Ron Prospectors' guide to gold in Australia. Includes...50328 6. I. Prospecting - Australia. 2. Gold mines and mining - Australia. I. Perry, Nance. II. Title...deposits: recovery from. Reef deposits: lode, vein, quartz reef. Gold nuggets: reef 'caps', native metal, |
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| (eC Kalgoo Se . \2 eee eer) Bas oR Kambalda area Uc le a CaO Phi A, ees o Scale of sili aU...mining, but that definition has become too narrow. Australia in the 1960s found oil and natural gas and phosphate...September 1968 PREFACE For more than a century Australia has been one of the world’s important mining countries...and base metals that were mined vigorously in Australia. It also touches on iron because Australia’s steel...industry was nursed and nourished by a silver-lead mine. It omits coal, for that industry is and was radically |
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| silver lode & mines, Nevada and the great basin region. Reprint of the 1889 ed. 1. Comstock Lode, Nev...GOMSTOCK SILVER LODE MINES NEVADA AND THE GREAT BASIN REGION; LAKE TAHOE AND THE HIGH SIERRAS, THE MOUNTAINS...Gongress, at Washington. INTRODUCTORY. The central idea in the preparation of this book little ...characteristic Great the Although Ow.ens River, Independence Basin region. Mono and Owens Valleys, Owens Lake...California, yet they are essentially parts of that region the known whole of which is as the Great Basin |
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| Bullock Nature displays her most common mineral, quartz, in this beautiful crystal cluster. CONTENTS...mineral localities, with the minerals found at each mine or locality. Most mining districts and mineral localities...whole, along with those for which the specific area (mine, for instance) is not known. Other minerals,...district or locality, are listed only under the area specified. BEAVER COUNTY Chapter III consists...(Newfoundland Mountains). Park Valley District (Raft River Mountains). Promontory District (Promontory Mountains) |
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| org/details/geologyunderfoot0000ornd GEOLOGY UNDERFOOT IN CENTRAL NEVADA Richard L. Orndorff ~ Robert W. Wieder...Data Orndorff, Richard L. Geology underfoot in central Nevada / Richard L. Orndorff, Robert W. Wieder... Caliente CONTENTS Preface vii Geology of Central Nevada _ 1 1. Tahoe’s Recycled Sandbox Sand Harbor...Greatest Lake Lake Lahontan 83 9. Varnished Rock in a Desert Gallery Grimes Point 97 10. Deciphering Time’s...Message from the Mantle Black Rock Lava Flow 185 . Desert Gemstones Garnet Hill 193 . Open Pits and Altered |
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| . . . . . . . . . 30 South Utah 1. Central: Agate . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... 53-55 56 41 46 15 6 63 191 50 64 Green River 62 65 66 49 Richfield 50 28-30 24 14 69... . . . . . . . . . . 102 35.Yellow Cat Mine Road: Agatized Barite. . . . . . . . . ...Coral. . . . . . . . . . . . . 42. Ophir: Pyrite. . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . 115 117 120 122 124 Central Utah 45. Birdseye: Birdseye Rhyolite. . . . |
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| .... . ...... _. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ophir formation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...Springs, Dugway, Silver Islet, Grouse Creek, Raft River, Promontory, and Oquirrh ranges and, together with...G. F. Loughlin, of the Cottonwood-American Fork area. In order to gai~ a personal knowledge of the geology...of the geology and ore deposits in the Plateau region. The junior author, G. F. Loughlin, began work...was carried on in the Cottonwood-American Fork region. This work was interrupted by the war, but some |
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| ..... CHAPTER Diamonds. II. THE TRADITIONAL OPHIR LAND The . . . The Queen Search for an All-sea... The Mines sail .32 . . Voyage. The of Ophir. Encounters with Natives. Ruins of Mashonaland... The van Riebeeck. ComSearch for the Land of Ophir by the Early Cape Settlers. Stel. Discovery of Copper...of the Slaves. Its the Vaal River. Natives as Labourers. at the River Diggings. The Journey to the...Jagersfontein Mine, August, 1870. at .140 . Claims of the South African Repub- the River. and the Orange |
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| he rode on horseback or walked over the entire region from Pyramid Lake to Carson Valley and over the...Powell, the one-armed explorer of the Colorado River, defended the Geological Survey from the attacks...other historians of a few years of perspective, as mine produc¬ tion had been on the downgrade for four...became the loadstone which drew a swarm of men to a desert avoided even by beasts, and how from this clue...THE DISCOVERY OF THE COMSTOCK LODE. The Columbia Quartz Mining District—33 The First Location—34 The Virginia |
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| became the loadstone which drew a swarm of men to a desert avoided even by beasts, and how from this clue...THE DISCOVERY OF THE COMSTOCK LODE. The Columbia Quartz Mining District—33 The First Location—34 The Virginia...Town—77 A Speculative Mania—77 Development of the Quartz Milling Industry—80 The Treatment of Silver Ores—8l...Invention of the Waslioe Pan Proeess—82 The Pioneer Quartz Mill—84 Development of the Lode—88 Unforeseen Difliculties—89...Difliculties—89 Square Set Timber'ing—90 Unsystematic Mine Working—91 Virginia Mining District Laws—91 Life |
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| GOLD-PLACER DISTRICT ALASKA WITH ACCOUNTS OF THE CENTRAL KUSKOKWIM YALLEY AND THE RUBY CREEK AND GOLD HILL...................... Location and extent of the region....................................... General............. Central part.................................................. Kuskokwim River below Kolmakof........ Yukon River...................................................... Kuskok-wim River..................... Geologic sketch of the Innoko-Kuskokwim region............................ Introduction...... |
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| gold in the streams around Dawson City, Yukon Territory. Surely his back and legs will be sore by evening...Town in Buena Park offers this panorama of a Calico mine with workers digging and loading ore. CONTENTS...Virginia: Gold ore was found on the Rappahannock River. This was described by Thomas Jefferson. pede of...in Mexico and Peru. Marshall discovered gold River in Arizona. 1850 Washington: Promising placers...gold were located in the tributaries of the Snake River. 1863: Montana: Discovery in Alder Gulch. Nevada: |
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| U lit 28 IJeaA* This month marks two important DESERT events. One, we have moved into our new home (see...28-year-old history. A few months after purchasing DESERT MAGAZINE two years ago I made a survey of our readers...Numbers 7 & August / September, 1965 4 New Books for Desert Readers 6 Lunar Crater BY DORIS CERVERI 8 Where...Director Lois Dougan Subscriptions Desert Magazine. Palm Desert. Calif. 92260 Telephone 346-8144 18...Executive Secretary DESERT is published monthly by Desert Magazine, Palm Desert, Calif. Second Class |
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| helped locate and recover Gold Rush era steamship Central America. amazing accomplishment. JUDY DOYLE ...well-President Lincoln will also die from 1869 The Central Pacific Railroad is completed linking the Atlantic...Empire, California's most productive underground mine, closes due to high production costs. 1968 The...hunters locate a lost Gold Rush era steamship the Central America off South Carolina's Atlantic coast. It...natural hollow of purity cut through by the Merced River eventually supported thick meadows scenery in |
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| postage. A history of the early alluvial rush to the Ophir goldfield. Detection Perfection - $4-99 plus 100...understand their responses. REPRINTED 1999 BY CENTRAL COMMERCIAL PRINTERS 43-47 KEPPEL STREET, BATHURST...1980 R. R. and F. J. Taylor. National Library of Australia Card Number and ISBN 0-9595902-2-6. Contents...fiction, ‘‘Detective’’ Hargraves returned to Australia and was now heading west to try and locate MacGregor’s...MacGregor’s golden cache. Noticing some bottled quartz samples at Lister’s Guyong Inn, the “‘gold-seeker’”’ |
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| Pegmatite dikes Quartz veins Deposits in limestone and other Paleozoic or Mesozoic sediments Quartz veins —...Replacement deposits Contact veins Tertiary deposits Quartz veins Gold and copper ores along contacts Sedimentary...Production Antelope Valley Region Character of rocks Minerals Bodqi and Masonic Region ( leology Bodie District...Dredging Drift Mines Hydraulic Mines Placer Mines Quartz Mines Manganese Bibliography Chapter II, Lassen...Geology of "Mother Lode" in El Dorado County Gold 2 Quartz Mines Placer Mines Lime and Limestone Marble |
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| the Geology and Mineralogy of the silver region of the Territory of Nevada, or “Washoe.” 1861. (Addressed...(Addressed to the Governor of the Territory.) Inedited. Memoir on the Geology of the Coast of California. United...1855. — Observations on the extent of the gold region of California and Oregon, with notices of mineral...Mariposa County.—In the drift of the Chowchillas River, near the old road to Fort Miller, there is a great...doubtless in place in the slates a little higher up the river. Smaller and less perfect “macles” occur in the |
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| sixteen years in the heart of the silver-mining region, as one of the editors of the principal daily newspaper...Savage, Hale, and Noeceobs Mines. 171 The Buening Mine 180 Oppice of the Consolidated Vieginia Mines 190...Silvee Oee, Consolidated Vieginia Mines Fiest Quaetz Mine in Nevada Quaetz Mill—Amalgamating Room Hoisting...OPERATIONS. In the Heart of the Bonanza—Inside the Mine—Extraordinary Experi ments—" Process Peddlers "...Away 143 CHAPTER XIX. THE SOCIAL ASPECT OF THE TERRITORY. Footpads on the "Divide"—Attacking a Dutchman—Mysterious |
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| -Agatized Barite ais c0. 1 so eee ee 128 Yellow Cat Mine Road: Agatized Barite sii. csi, tsetse. 129 Go...important to understand that all sites, and particularly mine sites, are subject both to fluctuations in mineral...prices and the whims of their owners. One day a mine may look as though no one had been near it in a...even those whose interest is in the geology of the area and who don't care if the native rock does look...Road i Mine Shaft Park Boundary/ State Line Rockhound Site Fence Mountain Sign River / Stream |
