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The A B C of Mining is subtitled A Handbook for Prospectors, and is by Charles A. Bramble. The book describes itself as treating fully of Exploratory and Preparatory Work of the Physical Properties of Ores, Field Geology, the Occurrence and Associations of Minerals, Methods of Chemical Analysis and Assay and Blow-pipe Tests, among other subjects. The preface says that, owing to recent rich discoveries in more than one mining field, hundreds of shrewd, intelligent men without experience in prospecting are turning their attention to that arduous pursuit.
As to where gold may be found, the text says the best reply is in the words of an old miner, who said “Where it be’s; there it be’s”. The text says quicksilver usually occurs in the form of cinnabar, though occasional deposits of pure metal are found in drops and small pockets, in limestone and the softer secondary rocks, including shales and slates. The text says powder should be thawed by placing it in a water-tight vessel with the vessel set in hot water, and never placed on or under a stove, or in an oven, or on a boiler wall to thaw out.
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- Author
- Charles A. Bramble
- Reading time
- About 3 hours
- Pages
- 113
- Language
- English
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- Engineering
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