(Colorado). 
QUARTERLY OF THE COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES: TUNGSTEN IN COLORADO.
Price: $ 15.00
Keywords: COLORADO GEOLOGY MINING
Vol 3 no 4. April, 1909. Wraps. 36pg. VG.
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(Equia, Jose Joaquin) 
MEMORIA SOBRE LA UTILIDAD E INFLUJO DE LA MINERIA EN EL REINO:
NECESIDAD DE SU FOMENTO, Y ARBITRIOS DE VERIFICARLO.
Price: $ 600.00
Keywords: MEXICO GEOLOGY MINING
Mexico 1819 Juan Bautista. 99pg. Full leather. Text G-VG; cover worn with
inside hinges cracked but fairly good. Ex-library. 
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ANDERSON, ALEX D
SILVER COUNTRY OR THE GREAT SOUTHWEST., THE
Pub: G. P. Putnam's Son in 1877 at New York
Price: $ 140.00
Keywords: USA SOUTHWESTERN AMERICANA GOLD SILVER MINING
(1ST ED.) Spine and boards worn at head, heel and corners. Map with tears
repaired with archival tape. Text very good. Green cloth 8vo., pictoral
map boards, folding map of 'New Spain', 221 pp.
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ARMITAGE, MERLE 
STELLA DYSART OF AMBROSIA LAKE
Pub: Duell Sloan & Pear in 1959 at New York
Price: $ 35.00
Keywords: USA NEW MEXICO HISTORY MINING 20TH CENTURY
1st Edition, Signed. Very good in dj
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BALLANTYNE, R. [M] 
DEEP DOWN; A TALE OF THE CORNISH MINES
Pub: Lippincott in 1869 at Philadel
Price: $ 15.00
Keywords: ENGLAND MINING
Blue cloth;gilt lettering spine;edge/spine wear;some staining;chip ffl;verso
frontis owner name
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BEEBE, LUCIUS [& CHARLES CLEGG] 
LEGENDS OF THE COMSTOCK LODE
Pub: Grahame H. Hardy in 1950 at Oakland, CA
Price: $ 30.00
Keywords: NEVADA HISTORY COMSTOCK LODE 19TH CENTURY
(SILVER MINING) 1st Edition, Very good, Illus. Bibliography. Signed by both
authors
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BELL, P 
MEXICAN WEST COAST AND LOWER CALIFORNIA. A COMMERCIAL AND
INDUSTRIAL SURVEY
Pub: Government Printin in 1923 at Washington D. C.
Price: $ 45.00
Keywords: USA MEXICO MINING COMMERCE
Corners are bumped; two small spots on spine; else very good. Tan cloth 8vo. 
Department of Commerce Special Agents Series No.
220. xvi, 340 pp.; map of western Mexico. 16 photos. Mining,
manufacturing, fishing, agriculture, transportation, banks.
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BLAINEY, GEOFFREY- 
MINES IN THE SPINIFEX: THE STORY OF MOUNT ISA MINES.
Price: $ 25.00
Keywords: BUSINESS MINING 
Angus & Robertson (1965), rev. ed., 250 pp. + ills. OP
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BOLOTIN, NORMAN 
KLONDIKE SCRAPBOOK., A
Pub: Chronicle Books. in 1987 at San Francisco
Price: $ 20.00
Keywords: ALASKA KLONDIKE ARCTIC MINING PHOTOGRAPHY
(1ST. EDITION,) New. Softcover 9.5 x 10 inches on slick paper. 112 pp.,
reproductions of black/white photographs by Kinsey and Kinsey - many
previously unpublished. The Klondike and Grand Forks region of Alaska.
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BRANNER, J. [C.] 
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ARKANSAS
Pub: 1894 
Price: $ 75.00
Keywords: GEOLOGY FOSSILS NATURAL HISTORY MINING
(full title): Annual Report
of the Geological Survey of ARKANSAS for 1892 Vol II,Tertiary of Southern
Ark, VG, fold out map,index
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BROOKS, ALFRED [H] 
MINERAL RESOURCES OF ALASKA. REPORT ON PROGRESS OF INVESTIGATIONS
IN 1919
Pub: Government Printin in 1921 at Washington D. C.
Price: $ 32.50
Keywords: USA ALASKA POLAR REGIONS ARCTIC MINING
Rubber stamp on cover; spine a bit chipped; map
pocket is split; else very good. Original printed wraps. 8vo. 244 pp. + xv
list of recent publications. Seven plates (including folding map in
pocket); two figures. Articles on the future of mining, lode mining in
Juneau, notes on the Salmon-Unuk region, Chitina Valley, Matanuska, Willow
Creek, Goodnews Bay region, Seward Peninsula.
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BUFFUM, E. [GOULD] 
SIX MONTHS IN THE GOLD MINES. FROM A JOURNAL OF THREE YEARS'
RESIDENCE IN UPPER AND LOWER CALIFORNIA 1847-8-9
Pub: The Ward Ritchie P 1959 
Price: $ 40.00
Keywords: USA CALIFORNIA GOLD MINING
Very good. Plain black
cloth spine with gilt titles and a rather startling black/yellow checkered
paper over boards. xxiii, 145 pp.
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BURNS, ARTHUR [ROBERT] 
COMPARATIVE ECONOMIC ORGANIZATION
Keywords: ECONOMICS MINING FARMING CAPITALISM LABOR MOVEMENT
766 pp. 8vo, cloth. New York: 1955.
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California State MIning Bureau 
SUMMARY OF OPERATIONS CALIFORNIA OIL FIELDS
Price: $ 25.00
Keywords: CALIFORNIA GEOLOGY MINING OIL
Vol 5 #9. San Francisco 1920. Wraps. 48p. Map, charts. VG.
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CAMPBELL, JOHN [L.-] 
SIX MONTHS IN THE NEW GOLD-DIGGINGS: PLACER GOLD MINING IN IDAHO
TERRITORY IN 1863.
Price: $ 20.00
Keywords: WESTERN US MINING 
Ye Galleon Press 1979, rpt. of 1864 ed., 85 pp. ills., 
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Canada 
REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MINES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING
MARCH 31, 1921-22
Price: $ 75.00
Keywords: CANADA GEOLOGY MINING
Ottawa 1921-32 but lacks vols for 1927 and 1931. Wraps.
Roy8vo. Lot of 10 vols:
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CAPPS, S 
GEOLOGY OF THE ALASKA RAILROAD REGION.
Pub: U. S. Gov't Ptg. O in 1940 at Washington
Price: $ 60.00
Keywords: ALASKA POLAR REGIONS ARCTIC MINING
Fine; with fine maps. USGS Bulletin 907, in 9 x 6 inch printed wrap; 201 pp. , 7 photo
plates, 3 very large, colored geological maps in pocket, and 1 figure. Describing the geology
of a wide belt from Seward to the Yukon, with deposits of gold, coal &
sulfide. Arctic Biblio. 2834.
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CARTWRIGHT, A. [P.] 
GOLD MINERS., THE
Keywords: AFRICA GOLD ECONOMICS MINING
Illus. by Benny Gruzin. 340pp. 4to,
buckram, d.w. (d.w. has tear on top). Capetown, Johannesburg, n.d.
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COBLENTZ, STANTON
VILLAINS & VIGILANTES,STORY JAMES KING OF WILLIAM & PIONEER
JUSTICE OF CALIFORNIA
Pub: Wilson Pub in 1936
Price: $ 45.00
Keywords: CALIFORNIA WESTERN US HISTORY MINING LEGAL
Prints & Portraits 1st ed, Fine Condition, Index,San
Francisco & Gold Rush
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COHEN, SAM [L] 
GOLD RUSH DE LUXE, THE EARLY CRIPPLE CREEK GOLD BOOM AND THE
FUTURE OF GOLD
Price: $ 55.00
Keywords: USA COLORADO GOLD MINING
1940-lst Cohen. Sm8vo. 131p. Signed and inscribed to
Supreme Court Justice Lee Parson Davis. Author's personal experiences mining
for gold in 1896 in Colorado. G-VG.
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CONLIN, JOSEPH [R] 
BACON, BEANS, AND GALANTINES : FOOD AND FOODWAYS ON THE WESTERN
MINING FRONTIER,
Pub: Univ. of Nevada Pr in 1986 at Reno
Price: $ 20.00
Keywords: HISTORY ANTHROPOLOGY MINING FOOD
About fine in dj, Illus. Notes. Index, 8vo
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COOLIDGE, L. [A] 
KLONDIKE AND THE YUKON COUNTRY
Price: $ 110.00
Keywords: CANADA YUKON GOLD MINING
Phila 1897-lst Altemus. 'A description of our Alaskan Land of Gold from the
latest official and scientific sources and personal observation.' With a
chapter by John Pratt, chief of the Alaskan boundary expeidtion of 1894.
Maps. Photo illus. Sm8vo. 251p. Text fine; cover Good-a bit worn and soiled,
gilt lettering faded.
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COPP, HENRY [N] 
MANUAL FOR THE USE OF PROSPECTORS ON THE MINERAL LANDS OF THE
UNITED STATES
Price: $ 20.00
Keywords: USA GEOLOGY MINING
1979 reprint by Arno Press of 1897-5th ed. 180p. Index.
Fine.
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DAVIS, MARK [W. ET AL] 
GOLD OCCURRENCES OF COLORADO.
Price: $ 17.50
Keywords: WESTERN US MINING 
Colorado Geological Surv. 1990, 101 pp. maps in pocket, wraps, OP
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DE QUILLE, DAN [(WILLIAM WRIGHT)] 
HISTORY OF THE COMSTOCK SILVER LODE AND MINES, A
Price: $ 20.00
Keywords: USA CALIFORNIA MINING
1974 Promontory reprint of 1889 lst ed. 158p. Fine DJ Fine except for blind
stamp of previous owner.
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DENISON, MERRILL 
KLONDIKE MIKE
Pub: William Morrow in 1943 at New York
Price: $ 35.00
Keywords: ALASKA POLAR REGIONS ARCTIC GOLD MINING
Very Good; dust jacket chipped and soiled. Inscribed by the subject on
half-title. Grey cloth 8vo., xiv, 393 pp.; photos. Story of Gold Rush days
told within the framework of a biography of one of Alaska's best known
sourdoughs. Ricks p. 82. Arctic Biblio. 3858
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DENISON, MERRILL 
KLONDIKE MIKE: AN ALASKAN ODYSSEY
Pub: Johnson in 1948 at Seattle, WA
Price: $ 22.50
Keywords: USA ALASKA HISTORY MINING
Very good in slightly chipped dj, Illus
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DIETZ, ARTHUR [ARNOLD] 
MAD RUSH FOR GOLD IN FROZEN NORTH.
Pub: Times-Mirror. in 1914 at Los Angles
Price: $ 70.00
Keywords: ALASKA POLAR REGIONS ARCTIC GOLD MINING
A well-used copy; binding showing wear; bookplate removed. 19.8 cm. blue
decorated cloth, 281 pp., two photo plates. 27 illustrations (drawings)
from photographs by W. A. Sharp. Only four survivors of a group of 18 who
tried to reach Dawson over the Glaciers of Disenchantment Bay. Arctic
Biblio. 3962, Ricks p. 84, Wickersham 4310.
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DuPONT EXPLOSIVES Dept 
BLASTERS' HANDBOOK,A MANUAL DESCRIBING EXPLOSIVES
Pub: in 1942 at
Price: $ 20.00
Keywords: MINING EXPLOSIVES DYNAMITE TUNNELS
Photos,drawings  11th ed, VG Cond, Black
Powder,Dynamite,Much how to
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ECONOMIC MINERALS LAKES CHIBOUGAMAU & DORE: INCLUDING
ANNOTATED ABSTRACTS OF THE THIRTY-ONE REPORTS, SPECIAL ARTICLES,
PAPERS AND LECTURES THEREON,
Price: $ 25.00
Keywords: CANADA MINING
1904-1928. (Mining in Quebec) Westmount 1928, 188 pp. ills., folding map, OP
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ELLISON, William  
SELF-GOVERNING DOMINION..CALIFORNIA, 1849-1860, A
Pub: UCal in 1950 at
Price: $ 10.00
Keywords: CALIFORNIA HISTORY GOLD MINING
[Full date: 1950,1978] reprint, VG, index
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FAIRBANKS, HELEN [R. ET AL-] 
LIFE AND LETTERS OF R.A.F. PENROSE, JR.
Price: $ 35.00
Keywords: WESTERN US NATURAL HISTORY MINING 
Geo. Soc. of Amer. 1952, 765 pp. 
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FLOREN, LAMBERT 
OREGON GHOST TOWNS
Pub: Sperior in 1970 at
Price: $ 4.00
Keywords: OREGON WESTERN US MINING
Many Photos VG Cond
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FLOREN, LAMBERT 
ARIZONA GHOST TOWNS
Pub: SperiorPub in 1971 at
Price: $ 4.00
Keywords: ARIZONA WESTERN US MINING
Many Photos Vg Cond, op
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GIBBENS, BYRD 
THIS IS A STRANGE COUNTRY. LETTERS OF A WESTERING FAMILY. 1880-1906.
Pub: University of New in 1988 at Albuquerque
Price: $ 29.95
Keywords: USA MEXICO MINING 1ST EDITION
(MEDICINE) (PHYSICIAN) (COLORADO) (NEW) New in dustjacket. Brown cloth
8vo.; gilt spine lettering. ix, 438 pp. Index, bibliography, notes. Edited
and annotated by Gibbens. Dr. Charles Brown, a young physician, goes west
to get rich. He visits the mining camps in Colorado and in New Mexico.
Photographs.
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GILFILLAN, LAUREN
I WENT TO PIT COLLEGE.
Price: $ 10.50
Keywords: MINING
(covers and end-pages spotted) 
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HAGEDORN, HERMANN 
MAGNATE: WILLIAM BOYCE THOMPSON AND HIS TIME, 1869-1930., THE
Keywords: RUSSIA BIOGRAPHY ECONOMICS MINING
Illus. Thick 8vo, cloth. N.Y., (1935).
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HAMMOND, JOHN [HAYS] 
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF..., THE
Price: $ 35.00
Keywords: BIOGRAPHY GEOLOGY MINING
In two volumes. Illus. 8vo,
green cloth. NY, (1935).
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HARRIS, A 
ALASKA AND THE KLONDIKE GOLD FIELDS CONTAINING A FULL ACCOUNT OF
THE 
Pub: in 1897 at np
Price: $ 65.00
Keywords: ALASKA KLONDIKE POLAR REGIONS ARCTIC MINING
A bit of spotting to cover, generally nicer than this is usually found. xi, 17-566 pp., 8vo. in
very decorated gold cloth; frontis, text illustrations, plates and folding maps. Arctic Biblio.
6683 gives a 528 pp. version; Wickersham 3927 cites Philadelphia and Cincinnati
editions. Ricks p. 116 calls for 556 pp. and a Chicago printing. An interesting book of
uncertain parentage.
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HARRISSON, TOM [& O'CONNOR, STANLEY J. 
EXCAVATIONS OF THE PREHISTORIC IRON INDUSTRY IN WEST BORNEO.
Keywords: BORNEO ARCHAEOLOGY ANTHROPOLOGY IRON MINING
With tables & line illus. In two volumes. 4to, pr.
wrs. Ithaca, N.Y.: Southeast Asia Program, Department of Asian Studies,
Cornell University, 1969. Data Paper: Number 72
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HATCH, F. [H] 
INTRO TO THE STUDY OF ORE DEPOSITS
Pub: UChiPr in 1929 at
Price: $ 15.00
Keywords:MINING
ilust 1st ed, gd ex-lib cond some underlining, Ore Formations
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HAVIGHURST, WALTER 
VEIN OF IRON, THE PICKANDS MATHER STORY.
Keywords: USA HISTORY ECONOMICS BUSINESS IRON MINING
Illus. Tall 8vo, cloth, d.w. Cleveland, (1958).
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HELMS, ANTHONY [ZACHARIAH] 
TRAVELS FROM BUENOS AYRES, BY POTOSI, TO LIMA. WITH NOTES BY THE
TRANSLATOR
Pub: Richard Phillips. in 1807 at London
Price: $ 250.00
Keywords: USA SOUTHEASTERN AMERICANA GOLD SILVER MINING
(SECOND EDITION OF THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF 1806,)
near fine copy. 8vo. Half leather and marbled boards. viii, 9-92pp. Helms
was director and chief assayer of the mines and mint at Cracow, Poland. He
was recruited into the Spanish service to help restore the American gold and
silver mines to their former productive states. This account of his
efforts has an added appendix which gives an account of Spanish America
with extracts from Alcedo, Ulloa and others. Sabin 31265.
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HODGES, FRANK 
NATIONALIZATION OF THE MINES.
Keywords: ECONOMICS MINING
Wood pulp paper.
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HOFFMAN, ARNOLD 
FREE GOLD: THE STORY OF CANADIAN MINING.
Price: $ 20.00
Keywords: CANADA MINING 
Rinehart 1947,
422 pp. OP
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HOFFMAN, ARNOLD 
FREE GOLD,STORY OF CANADIAN MINING
Pub: AsBkServ in 1947 at
Price: $ 15.00
Keywords: CANADA HISTORY GEOLOGY GOLD MINING
vg cond, Index,history & investing tips
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HOLLIDAY, J. [S] 
WORLD RUSHED IN, THE
Pub: Simon & Schuster in 1981 at New York
Price: $ 25.00
Keywords: USA CALIFORNIA GOLD MINING
As new in similar dust jacket; Half cloth; map endpapers; 559 pp; index;
illustrations. 'The California Gold Rush Experience; An Eyewitness Account
of a Nation Heading West'
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HOOVER, HERBERT [C] 
PRINCIPLES OF MINING,VALUATION,ORGANIZATION,& ADMINISTRATION
Pub: McGrawPub in 1909 at
Price: $ 25.00
Keywords:  GOLD MINING
line ilust 
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HULBERT, ARCHER [BUTLER] 
FORTY-NINERS THE CHRONICLE OF THE CALIFORNIA TRAIL
Price: $ 45.00
Keywords: CALIFORNIA WESTERN US GOLD MINING
Boston 1931 Little Brown. Illus. Index. 340p. G-VG cover rubbed. Gold mining
in California.
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JOHNSON, KENNETH [M.]
NEW ALMADEN QUICKSILVER MINE: WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE LAND CLAIMS
Price: $ 55.00
Keywords: WESTERN US MINING 
1963, 115 pp. limited ed. of 750 copies, w.d.j., OP
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KINGSLEY, NELSON 
DIARY OF NELSON KINGSLEY, A CALIFORNIA ARGONAUT OF 1849
Pub: University of Cali in 1914 at Berkeley
Price: $ 150.00
Keywords: USA CALIFORNIA GOLD OCEANOGRAPHY MINING
A fine, unopened copy. Publications of the Academy of Pacific
Coast History. Vol. 3 No. 3. Issued December, 1914. Original printed wraps.
24.5 cm. 179 pp. Edited by Frederick J. Teggart. First publication of a
diary of young man who set off to seek his fortune in the goldfields.
Covers the period Feb 8, 1849 to March 4, 1851. Mr. Kingsley returned to
Connecticut in 1851, married and died in 1852. Cowan p. 331
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KIP, LEONARD 
CALIFORNIA SKETCHES WITH RECOLLECTIONS OF THE GOLD MINES.
Pub: N.A.Kovach. in 1946 at Los Angeles
Price: $ 25.00
Keywords: USA CALIFORNIA GOLD MINING
(REPRINT OF 1850 ALBANY EDITION,) Bookplate partially removed leaving
abrasion on front pastedown; else very good in very good dustjacket. Rust
color cloth 8vo. with gilt spine titles and cover decoration. xi, 2l., 58
pp. Illustrations. Classic gold rush narrative. See Howes K174.
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KUSTEL, GUIDO 
PROCESSES OF SILVER AND GOLD EXTRACTION FOR...MINING PUBLIC OF
CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA.
Price: $ 400.00
Keywords: CALIFORNIA GEOLOGY MINING
San Francisco 1863-lst Carlton. 327p. Index. 7
plates. Original blind-stampd green cloth with gilt spine lettering. Cover
very worn but intact. Hinges tight; book is shaken. Text clean.
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LE BOURDAIS, D. [M.] 
SUDBURY BASIN: THE STORY OF NICKEL.
Price: $ 20.00
Keywords: CANADA BUSINESS MINING 
Ryerson 1953, 210 pp.
ills., OP
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LEWIS, MARVIN, [ED.]
MINING FRONTIER; CONTEMPORARY ACCOUNTS FROM THE NINETEENTH
CENTURY, THE
Price: $ 35.00
Keywords: USA WESTERN US MINING
illus. 8vo, cloth, d.w. Norman: Univ. of Oklahoma Press,
(1967).
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LIEBER, OSCAR [M] 
ASSAYER'S GUIDE,THE;PRACTICAL DIRECTIONS TO ASSAYERS,MINERS...
Pub: Henry Carey Baird in 1902 at Philadel
Price: $ 15.00
Keywords: SCIENCE MINING
Green cloth;gilt design/lettering spine;rep to hinge
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LILLARD, RICHARD [G] 
DESERT CHALLENGE - AN INTERPRETATION OF NEVADA.
Pub: Alfred A. Knopf. in 1942 at New York
Price: $ 65.00
Keywords: USA WESTERN US DESERTS MINING 1ST EDITION
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LISSIGNOL, E. 
NAVIRES EN FER A VOILES: ETUDE COMMERCIALE.
Keywords: SCIENCE GEOLOGY MINING MARITIME TECHNOLOGY
LISSIGNOL, E. Navires en Fer A Voiles: Etude Commerciale. Arthus Bertrand,
editeur. Folding Illus. 207pp. 8vo, half leather, (binding rubbed, interior
foxing). Paris: Librairie Maritime et Scientifique. 1866. (Text in French).
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LOKKE, CARL [L] 
KLONDIKE SAGA: THE CHRONICLE OF MINNESOTA GOLD MINING COMPANY
Pub: Norwegian-American in 1965 at Minneapolis
Price: $ 25.00
Keywords: KLONDIKE CANADA HISTORY GOLD MINING
Very good in dj, Maps. Appends. Illus. Index, 22.5cm
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LUCAS, REX [A] 
MEN IN CRISIS: A STUDY OF A MINE DISASTER.
Price: $ 27.50
Keywords: PSYCHOLOGY SOCIOLOGY MINING
335pp. 8vo, cloth,
d.w. New York, (1969).
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LUNG, EDWARD [B. AS TOLD TO ELLA LUNG 
BLACK SAND AND GOLD
Price: $ 40.00
Keywords: CANADA GEOLOGY GOLD MINING
NY 1956-lst Vantage. 419p. Some photo illus. Gold miners in Klondike in 
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One of the best descriptions of `The Trail' I have come across.' 
(dj) Fair DJ. VG-Fine.Signed pres copy.
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LYMAN, GEORGE [D.] 
SAGA OF THE COMSTOCK LODE; BOOM DAYS IN VIRGINIA CITY, THE
Price: $ 30.00
Keywords: USA NEVADA WESTERN US MINING
illus. 399pp. 8vo, cloth. New York, 1934.
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MACGOWAN, MICHAEL
HARD ROAD TO KLONDIKE, THE
Pub: Routledge and Kegan Paul in 1962 at London
Price: $ 40.00
Keywords: ALASKA ARCTIC MINING
Very good in faded and worn
dustjacket. 8vo. xiii, 150 pp. Black/white photos. Sketch maps of Alaska
and part of Ireland. Life in Ireland, Scotland, America. Poor boy digs
enough gold to buy a big farm. Translated from the Irish by Valentin
Iremonger
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BIG BEND COUNTRY OF TEXAS. /THE
Price: $ 22.50
Keywords: TEXAS WESTERN US MINING
October House Inc. 1968
rev. ed., 283 pp. ills., OP
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MARCOSSON, ISAAC 
ANACONDA
Pub: DoddMeadCo in 1957 at
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Keywords: COPPER NATURAL HISTORY BUSINESS MINING
Photos VG Cond,Yellowing, Business Copper
Mining Biography
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MARCOSSON, ISAAC [F.] 
ANACONDA.
Keywords: HISTORY METALLURGY ECONOMICS BUSINESS MINING
(COMPANY HIST) MARCOSSON, Isaac F. Anaconda. Illus. Thick 8vo, cloth.
N.Y., (1957).
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ANACONDA
Pub: DoddMeadCo in 0 at 1957
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Photos VG
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MAWE, JOHN 
TRAVELS IN THE INTERIOR OF BRAZIL, PARTICULARLY IN THE GOLD AND
DIAMOND
Pub: Longman, Hurst, Re in 1812 at London
Price: $ 1750.00
Keywords: USA BRAZIL MINERALOGY MINING
A very nice copy in full leather with a modern
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plates), (2l) with 8 plates and map. One of the mineralogy plates is
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allowed a foreigner to acquire respecting the mineral treasures of the
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MCCONNELL, ROBERT [EARL]
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF..., THE
Price: $ 25.00
Keywords: BIOGRAPHY GEOLOGY MINING
MCCONNELL, Robert Earl. The Autobiography of...Illus., 8vo, cloth, d.w.,
N.Y., 1966.
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MONAGHAN, JAY 
CHILE, PERU, AND THE CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH OF 1849.
Pub: University of Cali in 1973 at Berkeley
Price: $ 27.50
Keywords: USA MINING
Small mark on heel else as new in dust jacket. Tan cloth 8vo., viii, 312
pp., illustrated, notes, sources, index. A different view of the gold
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MUNDY, GODFREY [CHARLES] 
OUR ANTIPODES: OR, RESIDENCE AND RAMBLES IN THE AUSTRALASIAN
COLONIES
Pub: Richard Bentley. in 1852 at London
Price: $ 700.00
Keywords: OCEANIA AUSTRALIA NEW ZEALAND GOLD MINING
(SECOND EDITION,) Full Title: OUR ANTIPODES: or, Residence and Rambles in
the Australasian Colonies with a. Good with wear to all edges, spotting
and soil. Three volumes. Original gilt decorated blue cloth. 8vo. xii,
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period of five years residence in Sydney with 'rambles' into the interior
of New South Wales, the adjacent colonies of New Zealand, Van Diemen's Land
and Victoria and the gold fields of Bathurst district.
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MURDOCH, JOS 
MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA-BULLETIN #136
Pub: CaDivMines in 1948 
Price: $ 12.00
Keywords: CALIFORNIA GEOLOGY MINING
3 glossy photos VGd Cond, Descriptions of
CA Minerals.large Bibliography
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NADEAU, REMI 
GHOST TOWNS AND MINING CAMPS OF CALIFORNIA
Price: $ 35.00
Keywords: CALIFORNIA WESTERN US MINING
Los Angeles 1970-5th Ritchie. Photo illus. 278p. Index. VG DJ.Fine but owner
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PARSONS, A. [B.] 
CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING,
METALLURGICAL< AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS
Price: $ 20.00
Keywords: SCIENCE METALLURGY MINING OIL
AIME 1971, 215 pp. ills., OP
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PAUL, RODMAN [W] 
CALIFORNIA GOLD- THE BEGINNING OF MINING IN THE FAR WEST
Pub: U. Nebraska Press in 1965 at Lincoln
Price: $ 10.00
Keywords: WESTERN US HISTORY MINING
4th prtg, VG-/PB
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PEHRSIN, ELMER [W.] 
MINERAL POSITION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE OUTLOOK FOR THE
FUTURE.,
Pub: U. S. Government P in 1945 at Washington D. C.:
Price: $ 8.50
Keywords: USA MINING
Very good, removed from the Smithsonian
Annual Report 8vo., pp. 175 - 199, 10 charts. 
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PERRY, STUART [H] 
METALLOGRAPHY OF METEORIC IRON., THE
Price: $ 25.00
Keywords: IRON MINING
1944. 206 pp. With 77
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PETERS, DR. [CARL] 
KING SOLOMON'S GOLDEN OPHIR. A RESEARCH INTO THE MOST ANCIENT
GOLD PRODUCTION
Pub: Negro Universities in 1969 at New York:
Price: $ 12.50
Keywords: AFRICA EXPLORATIONS GOLD MINING
REPRINT OF 1899 EDITION, As new. Issued without
dustjacket. Brown cloth 8vo. 117 pp. Frontis.
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POWELL, ADDISON [M] 
TRAILING AND CAMPING IN ALASKA.
Pub: A. Wessels. in 1909 at New York
Price: $ 150.00
Keywords: ALASKA POLAR REGIONS ARCTIC MINING INDIANS
Near fine with light wear to corners. Totem
decorated brown cloth 8vo., 8 x 5.5 inches. 30 photo illustrations.
Arctic Biblio. 13913, Ricks p. 174, Wickersham 6457. Copper river region.
Hunting and prospecting. An account of the Ahtna Indians and of Skagway
and Sitka.
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RAGSDALE, KENNETH [BAXTER-] 
QUICKSILVER: TERLINGUA AND THE CHISOS MINING COMPANY.
Price: $ 27.50
Keywords: TEXAS WESTERN US BUSINESS MINING 
Texas A&M U. (1976), 327 pp. ills., 1st ed., OP
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RAMSEY, ROBERT [H] 
MEN AND MINES OF NEWMONT: A FIFTY-YEAR HISTORY
Pub: Octagon in 1973 at NY
Price: $ 18.00
Keywords: MINING 1ST EDITION
Near mint in fine dw.
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RAMSEY, ROBERT [H] 
MEN AND MINES OF NEWMONT
Pub: Farrar, Straus Gir in 1973 at NY
Price: $ 15.00
Keywords: MINING
1st Ed, F/F-dj, 
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RANSOME, F. [L] 
QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS OF THE MAZATZAL RANGE,ARIZONA
Pub: USGPO in 1915 at
Price: $ 5.00
Keywords: MINERALS MINING
ilust paper covs, vg, Bulletin 620-F
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RAYMOND, ROSSITER [W] 
STATISTICS OF MINES AND MINING IN THE STATES AND TERRITORIES WEST
Pub: Government Printin in 1873 at Washington D. C.
Price: $ 95.00
Keywords: USA WESTERN US SCIENCE METALLURGY MINING
Spine is faded; some edgewear; blindstamp on
title page, else very good. Black cloth 8vo. 550 pp. House of
Representatives; 42d Congress, 3d Session. Ex. Doc. No. 210. Conditions of
the mining industry in California, Nevada, Idaho, Oregon, Montana, Utah,
Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico, Arizona. Second section deals with
metallurgical processes, the third on mining machinery. Many illustrations.
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ROBERTS< LESLIE
NORANDA
Pub: Clarke, Irwin in (1956) at Toronto
Price: $ 20.00
Keywords: MINING 1ST EDITION
Near fine.
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ROWE, FRANK [H] 
HISTORY OF THE IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY IN SCIOTO COUNTY, OHIO.
Price: $ 30.00
Keywords: OHIO IRON MINING STEEL TECHNOLOGY
Columbus: Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Societym,1938.
Photo ills. Cl. Fine.[
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SALES, RENO [H.] 
UNDERGROUND WARFARE AT BUTTE.
Price: $ 25.00
Keywords: WESTERN US MINING 1ST EDITION 
(1964), 77 pp. 1st ed.w.d.j., OP
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SLOANE, HOWARD 
PICTORIAL HISTORY OF AMERICAN MINING,PRE COLUMBIAN
Pub: Crown in 1970 at
Price: $ 10.00
Keywords: WESTERN US HISTORY GOLD COPPER MINING
1000 b/w photos (full title): Pictorial History of American Mining,Pre
Columbian to Present, Very worn condition.Ex-lib, Index,covers Michigan
Copper,East & of course the West OP.
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SMITH, PHILIP- 
HARVEST FROM THE ROCK: A HISTORY OF MINING IN ONTARIO.
Price: $ 25.00
Keywords: CANADA BUSINESS MINING 
Macmillan (1986), 346 pp. ills., OP
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STARR, WALTER [A] 
MY ADVENTURES IN THE KLONDIKE AND ALASKA 1898-1900 WRITTEN FOR MY
GRANDCHILDREN IN 1960
Price: $ 65.00
Keywords: USA ALASKA GOLD MINING
1960 Author. 68p. Photo illus frontis. Square
8vo. Foldout map. VG-Fine.
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STOCES, BOHUSLAV 
INTRODUCTION TO MINING.
Price: $ 45.00
Keywords: SCIENCE GEOLOGY MINING
STOCES, Bohuslav. Introduction to Mining. 2 volumes, 1078pp. Volume I -
Text Volume II - Illustrations. 8vo, cloth, d.w.(d.w. worn around edges -
both volumes). London, (1954).
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TAYLOR, BRUCE [W.-] 
STEEP ROCK: THE MEN AND THE MINES.
Price: $ 20.00
Keywords: CANADA BUSINESS MINING 
TAYLOR, BRUCE W.-. Steep Rock: The Men and the Mines. Quetico Pub. (1978),
144 pp. ills., OP
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THOMAS, SEWELL 
SILHOUETTES OF CHARLES S. THOMAS: COLORADO GOVERNOR AND UNITED
STATES
Price: $ 45.00
Keywords: WESTERN US MINING 
(Much on mining, I.W.W., etc.) Caxton 1959, 228 pp.
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THOMES, WILLIAM [H] 
GOLD HUNTER'S ADVENTURES OR, LIFE IN AUSTRALIA., THE
Pub: Donnelley, Loyd & in 1883 at Chicago
Price: $ 55.00
Keywords: SOUTHEASTERN AMERICANA AUSTRALIA GOLD OCEANOGRAPHY
MINING
Shelfwear; spine is splitting; front hinge is weak. Original embossed green
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MINERS, THE
Pub: Time Life in 1977 at NY
Price: $ 20.00
Keywords: WESTERN US HISTORY MINING TIME/LIFE
F/ leather, The Old West series-large,leather, illustrated book
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TRUSCOTT, S. [J] 
WITWATERSRAND GOLDFIELDS BANKET AND MINING PRACTICE.
Price: $ 145.00
Keywords: SOUTH AFRICA GEOLOGY GOLD MINING
London 1898-lst. Macmillan. sm4to. 495pg. Bw photo illus; many plans; large
foldout maps and charts. Hinges cracked. Text VG. Cover worn. Overall Good.
'Richest gold fields in the world' located in South Africa.
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UNDERWOOD, JOHN [JASPER] 
ALASKA, AN EMPIRE IN THE MAKING.
Pub: Dodd, Mead and Co. in 1913 at New York
Price: $ 50.00
Keywords: ALASKA POLAR REGIONS ARCTIC YUKON MINING
(HUNTING) (FIRST,) Except for some very minor wear to head and heel of
spine, a near fine copy. Cover decoration is bright, interior clean and
tight. Folding color map at p. 90 has a 2' tear at crease. Contains
description of Yukon valley, routs to the gold fields, mining,
hunting....48 plates. Arctic Biblio. 18189, Wickersham 4135, Ricks p. 223.
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VEATCH, A. [C] 
REPORTS ON MINING LAWS OF AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND.
Price: $ 25.00
Keywords: AUSTRALIA NEW ZEALAND GEOLOGY MINING LEGAL
cloth. Washington, 1910.
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WALDEN, ARTHUR [TREADWELL] 
DOG-PUNCHER IN THE YUKON, A
Price: $ 30.00
Keywords: ALASKA YUKON GOLD MINING
Intro by W. O'Kane. Boston, NY 1928-lst Houghton, Mifflin. 289p.
Good-ex-library; ocassioal foxing in text. Gold mining in Alaska near end of
19thc.
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WATKINS, T. [H] 
GOLD AND SILVER IN THE WEST. THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF AN
AMERICAN DREAM
Pub: Bonanza Books in 1971 at New York
Price: $ 35.00
Keywords: USA CALIFORNIA NEVADA UTAH MINING
(ARIZONA) (SILVER) (GOLD) (COLORADO) 
dustjacket. Half cloth 4to. Map endpapers. 287 pp. Glossary, chronology of
gold and silver, a note on sources, picture credits and index. Many
illustrations, some reproductions of early materials, others modern
photographs
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WATT, FREDERICK 
GREAT BEAR (LAKE): A JOURNEY REMEMBERED. FOREWORD BY
Keywords: PROSPECTING
(GEOLOGY & MINING) [Full date: ]
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WENTWORTH, FRANK [L] 
ASPEN ON THE ROARING FORK.
Price: $ 20.00
Keywords: COLORADO ASPEN, CO MINING
(HIST MINING) 
Sundance (1976). 1/5000. Third Ed. Profusely ills. with col. and b/w plts.
and ills. Cl. Very good.[
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WHITE, STEWART [EDWARD] 
FORTY-NINERS,CHRONICLE OF CALIF TRAIL & ELDORA, THE
Pub: YaleUnPr in 1917 at
Price: $ 12.00
Keywords: CALIFORNIA WESTERN US HISTORY MINING
gd cond, Indexed
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WICKENDEN, JAMES 
CLAIM IN THE HILLS, A
Pub: Rinehart & Company in 1957 at New York
Price: $ 20.00
Keywords: USA SOUTHEASTERN AMERICANA DIAMONDS MINING INDIANS
Some wear; overall very good. Half cloth 8vo. 275 pp. Illustrated by Ralph
Thompson. A diamond prospector in the area where the borders of Brazil,
Venezuela and British Guiana meet
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WICKENDEN, JAMES 
CLAIM IN THE HILLS
Pub: Rinehart in (1957) at NY
Price: $ 14.50
Keywords: SOUTH AMERICA DIAMONDS MINING ABORIGINES
(DIAMOND PROSPECTING) Illus. Price-clipped dw.
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WILKINS, JAMES [H.] 
GREAT DIAMOND HOAX AND OTHER STIRRING INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF
ASBURY HARPENDING
Price: $ 50.00
Keywords: WESTERN US MINING
(Much on mining industry) James
H. Barry Co. 1913, 283 pp. cvr lettering dull, OP
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WILLIAMS, ALPHEUS [F.-] 
SOME DREAMS COME TRUE: BEING A SHEAF OF STORIES LEADING UP TO THE
DISCOVERY OF COPPER, DIAMONDS AND GOLD IN SOUTHERN AFRICA,
Price: $ 40.00
Keywords: BUSINESS MINING 
Howard Timmins n.d. (1948?), 589 pp.ills., OP
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WILSON, NEILL [C] 
SILVER STAMPEDE
Pub: Macmillan Co in 1937 at Ny
Price: $ 50.00
Keywords: CALIFORNIA MINING SILVER
1st ED, VG/no dj, The career of Death Valley's Hell-Camp,
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WILSON, ELDRED 
MANGANESE ORE DEPOSITS IN ARIZONA
Pub: UofAz in 1930 at
Price: $ 8.00
Keywords: ARIZONA WESTERN US MINERALS MINING
paper covs, Good,Covers chipped, index
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WILSON, ELDRED [D] 
GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE COURTLAND-GLEESON REGION,
ARIZONA.
Price: $ 20.00
Keywords: ARIZONA GEOLOGY MINING
Arizona Bureau of Mines, Bulletin No.123.
 Tuscon: U.of Arizona, 1927. With 3 folding maps and 17 figs. Wrs. Very
good.
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Winchester, Capt 
CAPT. J. D. WINCHESTER'S EXPERIENCE ON A VOYAGE..FROM LYNN
MASSACHUSET
Pub: Newcomb & Gauss. in 1900 at Salem
Price: $ 200.00
Keywords: ALASKA POLAR REGIONS ARCTIC YUKON MINING
Some wear and bumping
to covers, overall very good. Dark blue 8vo., gilt titles, 251 pp.,
frontis, 25 plates. Includes a narrative of a trip by sea to St. Michael;
Thence up the Yukon and Kayukuk Rivers to The Arctic Circle. Tells of the
Gold fields, prospecting and wintering. Howes 556, Wickersham 80, Arctic
Biblio. 19606, Ricks p. 259.
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WOLFF, ERNEST 
HANDBOOK FOR THE ALASKAN PROSPECTOR
Pub: University of Alas in 1980 at Fairbanks
Price: $ 20.00
Keywords: ALASKA GEOLOGY MINING PROSPECTING
3rd prtg., VG/VG dj, subtitle: mineral industry research laboratory.
Geology, etc.
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WOLLE, MURIEL 
BONANZA TRAIL,GHOST TOWNS & MINING CAMPS OF THE WEST
Pub: IndUnPr in 195 at
Price: $ 20.00
Keywords: WESTERN US MINING
1st Ed, Good Ex-Lib Cond, 11 Western States.Index.
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WORGER, WILLIAM [H] 
SOUTH AFRICA'S CITY OF DIAMONDS; MINE WORKERS AND MONOPOLY
CAPITALISM IN KIMBERLY, 1867-1895
Pub: Yale UP in 1987 at New Haven, CT
Price: $ 20.00
Keywords: SOUTH AFRICA HISTORY ECONOMICS MINING LABOR MOVEMENT
1st Edition, About
fine in dj, Illus. Bibliography. Index
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Phone: (909) 336-1457
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WRIGHT, CHARLES [W] 
PORCUPINE PLACER DISTRICT, ALASKA., THE
Pub: Government Printin in 1904 at Washington D. C.
Price: $ 25.00
Keywords: ALASKA POLAR REGIONS ARCTIC GEOLOGY MINING
Ex-library copy; bound in green buckram; original front wrap bound in.
8.75'; 35 pp., 10 plates including two maps, + advertisements. U.S.
Geological Survey Bulletin No. 236. Report of discovery and location of
claims, etc. Arctic Biblio 19703.
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WU, YUAN-LI 
RAW MATERIAL SUPPLY IN A MULTIPOLAR WORLD
Keywords: COPPER ECONOMICS IRON MINING OIL COMMODITIES TRADING
WU, Yuan-Li. Raw Material Supply in a Multipolar World. 55 pp. Maps. 8vo,
cloth. New York: (1973).
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YOUNG, OTIS E. JR.-. 
Black Powder and Hand Steel: Miners and Machines on the Old Western Frontier.
Price: $ 15.00
Keywords: WESTERN US MINING 
U. Okla. (1976), 196 pp. x-lib., OP
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