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1880 Playbook of Metals GOLD Mining Illustrated Lead: 1880 Playbook of Metals GOLD Mining Illustrated Lead Mines ALCHEMY Experiments John Pepper’s ‘The Playbook of Metals’ is a fascinating history of geology, mines and mining, metals, and coal with

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1867 Colorado 1st edition Denver GOLD Mining Idaho: 1867 Colorado 1st edition Denver GOLD Mining Idaho Travel Rocky Mountains Bayard Taylor was a 19th-century travel writer whose abundant notes and reports have been referenced for decades since the mid

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[MINING, QUEENSLAND] The Mount Morgan Gold Mining Company: Reports and Statements of Account, 1913: The Mount Morgan Gold Mining Company, Limited Reports and Statements of Account For Year ended 31st May, 1913. 28th Annual Report. Mount Morgan: The Mount Morgan Gold Mining Company, 1913.26cm x 20cm.

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1890 New Mexico In the Wilds George Fenn Americana GOLD: 1890 New Mexico In the Wilds George Fenn Americana GOLD Mining INDIANS Bears George Fenn’s ‘In the Wilds of New Mexico’ is a late 19th-century historical story of American adventure. Throughout

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1858 1st ed California Life Illustrated Golden Gate: 1858 1st ed California Life Illustrated Golden Gate Gold Mining San Francisco We do not find another example of this 1st edition for sale anywhere else! Item: #6194 Price: $350 Main author: Willia

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1897 1ed Marvels of Metals Metallurgy Silver & GOLD: 1897 1ed Marvels of Metals Metallurgy Silver & GOLD Jewelry Mining Illustrated ‘The Marvels of Metals’ is a rare, late 19th-century book on the history of making and using metal. Frederic Holmes d

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GOLD AND SILVER MINING with RECENT CALIFORNIA DISCOVERY 1849: HISTORY OF PRECIOUS METALS - TESTING FOR PURITY - ANGLO MEXICAN MINING AND RECENT DISCOVERIES IN CALIFORNIA. by J.L.Comstock, 1849, Belknap & Hammersly Publisher, 222pp with last chapter being the cos

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Placer Mining for Gold in California. Bulletin 135.: Placer Mining for Gold in California. Bulletin 135. Averill, Charles. Division of Mines. First edition. Octavo. Illustrated. Please note that this lot has a confidential reserve. When you leave a bid

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1872 1ed Mountaineering in Serra Nevada Geology Califor: 1872 1ed Mountaineering in Serra Nevada Geology California MINING Clarence King Clarence King was the best-recognized American geologist during the 19th-century, much of the recognition of which came

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Bodies Gold Tall Tales & True History California Mining: Bodies' Gold. Tall Tales & True History from a California Mining Town. First edition. Full number line. Sprague, Margerite. University of Nevada Press. 4to. Illustrated. Important reference work. Plea

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[MINING] Bonwick: Notes of a Gold Digger and Gold DIgger's Guide: James Bonwick Notes of a Gold Digger and Gold Digger's Guide Melbourne: The Hawthorn Press, 1942.Facsimile Edition.25.5cm x 17cm. [iv], 48 pages. Quarter leather, brown cloth, gilt lettering. Introduc

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Gold & Silver or Sweat & Tears Signed by author History: Gold & Silver or Sweat & Tears. Signed by the author. The History of the Bald Mountain, Ruby Basin and Garden City Mining District. Black Hills of South Dakota. First edition. Waterland, Joel K. Self

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Shelf lot of 34 volumes on gold, mining, metallurgy, and geology. Several scarce practical gold mining and prospecting booklets including Follow the Drywashers Volume 3: The Nuggetshooter's Bible. Good to Very Good Condition.

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