PDF Book PROSPECTING FOR GOLD AND SILVER

PROSPECTING FOR GOLD AND SILVER

If you want to down load the book click the below link then click the PDF indicator to download. Cheers

PREFACE.

In preparing this little work the author has felt the
difficulty which arises in a theoretical dissertation on so eminently
practical a subject as prospecting. It seems like
giving rules and prescriptions for hunting or fishing or any
other natural or practical pursuit. Though theory and
practice are not at variance when happily combined, yet
either without the other proves very unsatisfactory. Thus the
reader of this book, should he start out armed only with
its theory, will find himself for some time pretty much
“at sea “ when he comes to actual practice in the field. As
however, he gradually obtains some practical experience, he
may find this little work of use to him. So, also, the
seasoned prospector, who has hitherto trusted to luck, keenness
of observation, intuition and experience, may find himself
in the future much better equipped by acquiring a little
of the theory.
Whilst we have endeavored to give the prospector all
assistance in our power, as to the best means of educating
himself, describing his outfit, etc., we have devoted special
attention to the description of such geological and other phenomena
as he is likely to meet with in connection with his
work, so that he may have an intelligent idea of them when
he encounters them.
We have selected just as much material as we think would
be most interesting and useful to him, saving him the time
and trouble of wading through heavy tomes and laboriously
picking out from a vast amount of, for his purpose, superfluous
matter, that which he will most require.
The work is intended to be a popular one, addressed to the
average student, prospector and miner and to the
general public. The illustrations are largely drawn by the
author from Colorado mines and Rocky Mountain subjects
which are most familiar to him.

ARTHUR LAKES,

State School of Mines,
Golden City, Colorado.
JANUARY 1895.


CONTENTS. CHAPTER PAGE

I. On Prospecting Preparation and Outfit for Work 7
II. The Prospector's Historical Geology 24
III. The Prospector's Paleontology or Study of Fossils 36
IV. The Prospector's Lithology or Study of Rocks 47
V. The Prospector's Mineralogy 59
VI. Ore Deposits Theories Regarding the Origin of Ore
Deposits 67
VII. Various Forms of Ore Deposits 83
VIII. Relation of Veins to Eruptive Forces 93
IX. Gold Placers 104
X. Deep Leads
XI. Mining Regions Showing Examples of Ore Deposits .- 117
XII. Ore Deposits in Sedimentary Rocks 151
XIII. Examining and Sampling Mining Properties, Prospects
or Mines _ _. 174
XIV. Salting Mines 185
XV. Prospectors' Tools, and How to Sharpen and Temper
Them 192
XVI. Some Elements of Mining Law Relating to Prospecting. 200

LINK

http://www.archive.org/details/prospectingforgo00lakeuoft