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The History of Tunnelling: Underground Workings Through the Ages
by Sandstrom, Gosta E.
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- 1st Edition
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- 1963
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- Hardcover
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NZ$73.91
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London: Barrie and Rockliff, 1963. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Orig. orange cloth. Map endpapers. xii, 427 pp. B&W photos in text. Spine tilted. Light rubbing to extremities. Damp stain to lower corner of text block. Dust jacket is edge worn, some chipping to spine ends and corners, short tear with… Read more about this item Item Price
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Desert Bonanza: The Story of Early Randsburg, Mojave Desert Mining Camp
by Wynn, Marcia Rittenhouse
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Near Fine
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- 1963
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- Hardcover
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
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NZ$92.39
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Glendale, CA: The Arthur H. Clarke Company, 1963. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. Western Lands and Waters Series II. Revised edition. Orig. russet cloth. xvi, 275 pp., 26 pp.] B&W photos, with 33 illustrations and maps. Lightly chafed to spine ends. Dust jacket lightly age toned, some bumping to extremities, light ink staining to rear cover. Item Price
NZ$92.39
Hydraulic Mining in California: A Tarnished Legacy
by Greenland, Powell
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- 1st Edition
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- 2001
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- Hardcover
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NZ$61.60
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Spokane, WA: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 2001. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo. Orig. brown cloth. 320 pp. B&W illustration. Minor chafing to extremities, else fine. Item Price
NZ$61.60
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Gold vs. Grain: The Hydraulic Mining Controversy in California's Sacramento Valley: A Chapter in the Decline of the Concept of Laissez Faire
by Kelley, Robert L.
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- 1st Edition
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- 1959
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NZ$129.35
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Glendale, CA: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1959. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo. Orig. brown cloth. 327 pp. [8] half-tone plates. Spine tilted, light chafing to extremities, small white scuff to top edge of front board. Item Price
NZ$129.35
Gold in the Americas
by Dionne, Helene (editor)
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- Near Fine
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- 1st Edition
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- 2008
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- Hardcover
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
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NZ$80.07
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Sillary, QC: Septentrion, 2008. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 4to. Black paper boards. 206 pp. Colour illustrations throughout. French press release inserted. Dust jacket bumped to extremities, else fine. Item Price
NZ$80.07
Geologic Guidebook Along Highway 49 -- Sierran Gold Belt: The Mother Lode Country
by Jenkins, Olaf P.
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- No Jacket
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- 1st Edition
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- 1948
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- Hardcover
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NZ$49.28
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San Francisco: State of California Department of Natural Resources, Division of Mines, 1948. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 11" x 8.75" Oblong. Orig. tan cloth. 164 pp. Bumping to spine ends, a few scuffs to boards. Bookplate to front pastedown. Age toning to interior. Item Price
NZ$49.28
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Secrets of the Rocks, or The Story of the Hills and the Gulches: A Manual of Hints and Helps for the Prospector and Miner
by Frazier, S.M.
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- No Jacket
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- 2nd Edition
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- 1907
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- Hardcover
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Denver: Hall & Williams, 1907. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Second edition, revised. Orig. green cloth. 491 pp. B&W illustrations. Spine tilted and shaken. Chafing to extremities, white spotting to front boards. Front hinge cracked. Ink ownership inscription. Pencil marginalia. Sporadic staining to interior. Item Price
NZ$80.07
Life in the Mines; or, Crime Avenged. Including Thrilling Adventures Among Miners and Outlaws
by Simpson, Charles
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- 1910
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- Hardcover
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Chicago: Rhodes & McClure Publishing Company, 1910. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. DeLay, H.S.. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Orig. teal cloth, silver lettering and decoration. 343 pp., publisher's ads. Copiously illustrated. Spine tilted. Chafing to extremities, wear to corners, chipping and wear to spine foot, cloth damp stained to rear board. Damp staining to top and tail… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Story of Anthracite
by The Hudson Coal Company
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- 1st Edition
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- 1932
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- Hardcover
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NZ$98.55
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New York: The Hudson Coal Company, 1932. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo. Presentation copy, presentation slip tipped in. Orig. red cloth, black stamped lettering. xv, 425 pp. Scuff to front board, rubbing to extremities. Yellow staining to tail edge of text block. Edge toning to interior. Item Price
NZ$98.55
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Christmas Greetings
by H.M. Carruthers & Company
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- 1936
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- Hardcover
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Toronto: H.M. Carruthers & Company, 1936. Hardcover. Near Fine. 7" x 10" Issue of December 19, 1936. Orig. printed paper wrappers, staple bound. 16 pp. Pamphlet is age toned, creased to corners, small chip to head of front cover. Item Price
NZ$123.19
Blasters' Handbook: A Manual Describing Explosives and Practical Methods of Using Them
by The Technical Service Section of the Explosives Department
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- 1958
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- Hardcover
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
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NZ$92.39
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Wilmington, DE: E.I. Du Pont de Nemours & Company, 1958. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Fourteenth edition. Orig. green cloth boards. 516 pp. B&W illustrations in text, one full-page colour illustration. Dupont Explosives Department presentation bookplate to front pastedown. Light rubbing to corners, else fine. Item Price
NZ$92.39
Mining Explained: A Layman's Guide
by Whyte, James and Thomas Brockelbank (editors)
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- 1st Edition
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- 1996
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- Soft cover
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Whitby, Ontario, CAN
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NZ$43.12
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Don Mills, ON: The Northern Miner, 1996. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo. Soft cover. 132 pp. [4] pp. colour photos. B&W photos in text. Spine tilted, creasing to joints and spine, rubbing to covers. This respected reference on exploration, mining and metallurgy has been thoroughly revised and updated to explain in layman's terms how minerals are… Read more about this item Item Price
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Eldorado: Canada's National Uranium Company 1926-1960
by Bothwell, Robert
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- Fine
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- 1st Edition
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- 1984
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- Hardcover
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NZ$153.99
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Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1984. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Full mustard yellow cloth. xiii, 470 pp. [28] pp. B&W photos. A few spots of foxing to top and tail edges of text block. Dust jacket sunned to flaps. Else fine. Robert Bothwell, a professor of history at the University of Toronto, and one of Canada's foremost… Read more about this item Item Price
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Useful Knowledge: or a Familiar Account of the Various Productions of Nature, Mineral, Vegetable, and Animal, which are chiefly employed for the use of Man. Illustrated with numerous Figures, and intended as a Work both of Instruction and Reference...In Three Volumes, Volume I: Minerals [one vol]
by Bingley, William
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- 4th Edition
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- 1825
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- Hardcover
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London: Printed for Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy; Harvey and Darton; and C. and J. Rivington, 1825. 4th Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo. Volume I only, of three. Fourth edition. Full contemporary marbled calf. viii, 279 pp. [4] engraved plates. Professionally rebacked, with cloth joint repairs and original spine laid down w/ new spine label. Rubbing and cracking… Read more about this item Item Price
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Prospector's Guide: New South Wales
by Department of Mines
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- 1970
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Sydney, N.S.W.: V.C.N. Blight, 1970. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Tenth edition. Orig. tan cloth, unlettered spine. 270 pp. Colour fold-out map in envelope at rear is lightly foxed. Spine cocked. Boards are edge worn and soiled. Some light sporadic foxing. Very good overall. Item Price
NZ$73.91
Gold: The California Story
by Hill, Mary
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- 1st Edition
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- 1999
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- Soft cover
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NZ$51.74
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Berkeley: University of California Press, 1999. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Fine. 8vo. Soft cover. xi, 306 pp. B&W illustrations. Fine. "A lively and engaging book on the ecology and human history of California gold." - Rachel D. Shaw, Journal of the West (from rear cover). Item Price
NZ$51.74
Petroleum Exploration Handbook: A Practical Manual Summarizing the Application of the Earth Sciences to Petroleum Exploration
by Moody, Graham B. (editor)
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- Near Fine
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- 1st Edition
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- 1961
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- Hardcover
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New York: McGraw Hill Book Company, 1961. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. Full navy leatherette. xiii, (734), 83 [bibliography], 12 pp [index]. Chapters are separately paginated. Dust jacket worn to extremities, a few short tears, sunning to spine, staining to rear. Item Price
NZ$61.60
Gold: Legal Regulations for The Standard of Gold & Silver Wares in Different Countries of the World
by Von Studnitz, Arthur; Streeter, Edwin W. (notes and additions)
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- 1877
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London: Chapman & Hall, 1877. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 12mo. Second edition, revised and enlarged. Translated and abridged from "Die Gesetzliche Regelung des Feingehaltes von Gold-und-Silber-Warren," by Mrs Brewer. Full dark red stamped publisher's cloth. xii, 13-140 pp., [16 pp. ads]. Folding map frontis. One chromolithographic plate with tissue guard showing samples of platinum, gold, silver, cinnabar, and… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Sulphuric Acid Process of Treating Lixiviation Sulphides
by Dewey, Frederic P.
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- 1896
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- Soft cover
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Washington, D. C.: The Author, 1896. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo. Author's edition. Orig. brown paper wraps. 22 pp. Shor tears to head and lower corner of front cover, small chip to rear fore edge. Library stamps to cover and first page. A paper read before the American Institute of Mining Engineers, at the Colorado meeting, September 1896.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Money and the World Crisis, No. 2 (A Continuation of Questions and Answers Contained in Bulletin No. 80)
by Denny, H.S.
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- 1934
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- Soft cover
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NZ$36.96
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Toronto: Herbert H. Ball, 1934. Soft cover. Fine. 8vo. Province of Ontario Department of Mines Bulletin No. 93. Orig. blue wraps,staple bound. 27 pp. Small perforation to rear cover, minor creasing to corners, else fine. Item Price
NZ$36.96