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The History of Tunnelling: Underground Workings Through the Ages

The History of Tunnelling: Underground Workings Through the Ages

by Sandstrom, Gosta E.

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1963
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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
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Desert Bonanza: The Story of Early Randsburg, Mojave Desert Mining Camp

Desert Bonanza: The Story of Early Randsburg, Mojave Desert Mining Camp

by Wynn, Marcia Rittenhouse

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1963
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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.
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Hydraulic Mining in California: A Tarnished Legacy

Hydraulic Mining in California: A Tarnished Legacy

by Greenland, Powell

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2001
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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.
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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
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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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1959
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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.
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Gold in the Americas

Gold in the Americas

by Dionne, Helene (editor)

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1st Edition
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2008
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Hardcover
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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.
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Geologic Guidebook Along Highway 49 -- Sierran Gold Belt: The Mother Lode Country

Geologic Guidebook Along Highway 49 -- Sierran Gold Belt: The Mother Lode Country

by Jenkins, Olaf P.

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Published
1948
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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.
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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
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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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2nd Edition
Published
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.
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Life in the Mines; or, Crime Avenged. Including Thrilling Adventures Among Miners and Outlaws

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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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
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The Story of Anthracite

The Story of Anthracite

by The Hudson Coal Company

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Published
1932
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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.
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Christmas Greetings
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Christmas Greetings

by H.M. Carruthers & Company

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1936
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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.
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Blasters' Handbook: A Manual Describing Explosives and Practical Methods of Using Them

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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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.
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Mining Explained: A Layman's Guide

Mining Explained: A Layman's Guide

by Whyte, James and Thomas Brockelbank (editors)

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1st Edition
Published
1996
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Soft cover
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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
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Eldorado: Canada's National Uranium Company 1926-1960

Eldorado: Canada's National Uranium Company 1926-1960

by Bothwell, Robert

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1st Edition
Published
1984
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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
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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]
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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
Published
1825
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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
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Prospector's Guide: New South Wales
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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.
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Gold: The California Story

Gold: The California Story

by Hill, Mary

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1st Edition
Published
1999
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Soft cover
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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).
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Petroleum Exploration Handbook: A Practical Manual Summarizing the Application of the Earth Sciences to Petroleum Exploration

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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1961
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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.
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Gold: Legal Regulations for The Standard of Gold & Silver Wares in Different Countries of the World

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
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The Sulphuric Acid Process of Treating Lixiviation Sulphides

The Sulphuric Acid Process of Treating Lixiviation Sulphides

by Dewey, Frederic P.

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1896
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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
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Money and the World Crisis, No. 2 (A Continuation of Questions and Answers Contained in Bulletin No. 80)

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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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.
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