Western mining : an informal account of precious-metals prospecting, placering, lode mining, and milling on the American frontier from Spanish times to 1893
Print Book, English, 1978, ©1970
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University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, 1978, ©1970
History
xv, [1], 342, [2] pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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Mineral lodes and prospecting methods
Assaying and the art of salting
Spanish tradition
California placering
The growth of placering
Colorado mining days
The western miner and his methods
Developments sacred and profane
The Comstock Lode
Gold, silver and cyanide