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The A B C of Mining: A Handbook for Prospectors

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The A B C of Mining: A Handbook for Prospectors

Charles A. Bramble

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How do you test a rock for its hidden metals, run a blowpipe assay, and know an economic ore when you see it? Charles Bramble's handbook takes the prospector from camp life to surveying to floating a company. A practical primer for the fortune-hunter with a pick. For the would-be miner, everything needed to read the ground.

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17 chapters

  1. 1THE A B C OF MINING A Handbook for Prospectors
  2. 2PREFACE.
  3. 3PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION.
  4. 4CONTENTS. THE A B C OF MINING.
  5. 5CHAPTER I. PROSPECTING.
  6. 6CHAPTER II. HOW TO TEST FOR MINERALS.
  7. 7CHAPTER III. BLOW-PIPE TESTS.
  8. 8CHAPTER IV. ECONOMIC ORES AND MINERALS.
  9. 9CHAPTER V. MINING.
  10. 10CHAPTER VI. CAMP LIFE.
  11. 11CHAPTER VII. SURVEYING.
  12. 12CHAPTER VIII. FLOATING A COMPANY.
  13. 13CHAPTER IX. MEDICAL HINTS.
  14. 14CHAPTER X. DYNAMITE.
  15. 15CHAPTER XI. ATOMIC WEIGHTS.
  16. 16CHAPTER XII. ODDS AND ENDS.
  17. 17GLOSSARY.
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