Getting Gold: A Practical Treatise for Prospectors, Miners and Students
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Chapters (29)
- GETTING GOLD:
- A PRACTICAL TREATISE FOR PROSPECTORS, MINERS, AND STUDENTS. By J. C. F. Johnson, F. G. S., MEMBER OF THE AUST. INST. OF MINING ENGINEERS;
- AUTHOR OF "PRACTICAL MINING," "THE GENESIOLOGY OF GOLD," ETC.
- PREFACE
- GETTING GOLD
- CHAPTER I
- INTRODUCTORY
- CHAPTER II
- GOLD PROSPECTING—ALLUVIAL AND GENERAL
- CHAPTER III
- LODE OR REEF PROSPECTING
- CHAPTER IV
- THE GENESIOLOGY OF GOLD—AURIFEROUS LODES
- CHAPTER V
- THE GENESIOLOGY OF GOLD—AURIFEROUS DRIFTS
- CHAPTER VI
- GOLD EXTRACTION
- CHAPTER VII
- GOLD EXTRACTION—SECONDARY PROCESSES AND LIXIVIATION
- CHAPTER VIII
- CALCINATION OR ROASTING OF ORES
- CHAPTER IX
- MOTOR POWER AND ITS TRANSMISSION
- CHAPTER X
- COMPANY FORMATION AND OPERATIONS
- CHAPTER XI
- RULES OF THUMB
- CHAPTER XII
- RULES OF THUMB
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