PDF BOOK Hidden Mines, And How To Find Them.

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PREFACE

My object in attempting this work, is to
provide a little practical information, on a subject,
of great interest to many who have little
or no knowledge of the matters treated herein;
and who have neither the time, nor the opportunity,
to undertake the study, necessary to an
understanding of the great number of more
scientific and more comprehensive books, now
in print.

I have endeavoured to give, in as simple
language as possible, an insight into the enticing
business of searching for and exploiting
Mines, carefully avoiding such matters as are
of purely scientific value, and confining myself
to those likely to influence people who are engaged
in prospecting, or interested in Minerals,
from commercial motives only.

The use of scientific terms has been avoided
where possible, and when used, care has been
taken to explain their meaning and application.

In short this work is intended for the benefit
of the business man, the investor, the ranger,
the settler, and those generally, who, if given
a little knowledge of Mines and Mining, might
be induced to turn that knowledge to practical
account.



4 PREFACE.

The first part proper, deals with rocks, giving
a general idea of how they are formed
and altered, and how mineral deposits of value
to commerce occur in them, with the names
and characters of rocks commonly met with in
mining sections.

The third part sketches the means employed
to determine, or identify, the different ores
and minerals, with a list of all known elements
and their symbols.

Part four contains a description of each
of the ores of the metals, of use as such in the arts,
with a knowledge of how they are tested by
simple means, and the methods employed in
their treatment on a commercial scale.

The fifth section describes non-metallic minerals;
or those used for purposes other than the
extraction of their metals ; as at present utilized,
and contains also, a concise description of the
various gems and precious stones, and how
they may be identified.

The last section is a medley of facts, and
hints, on various matters likely to interest any-
one engaged in mining, or desirous of becoming
so, and there follows a very complete glossary
confined to mining terms and phraseology.

W. THOS. NEWMAN
Toronto, December 1894



CONTENTS,



PART I.

INTRODUCTORY.

Importance of exploring for Metals. Prospectors
as a Class. How Mines grow. Where
hidden wealth lies 9-12

PART II.

ROCK FORMATIONS AND ORE DEPOSITS.

Necessity of a knowledge of rocks, not necessarily
a scientific knowledge. How rocks are
made. Stratified rocks. Metamorphic rocks.
Eruptive rocks. Likely formations to contain
Metal. How ores are deposited. Veins and
other ore bodies. The vein that pays. Iron-
bearing rocks. Names and descriptions of rocks,
usually found in metal mining sections !3~23

PART III.
How TO DISTINGUISH ORES.

Trials of Hardness; Streak; Tenacity; Magnetism;
Specific Gravity; Crystallization; Simple
uses of the Blowpipe. Explanatory notes.
List of Elements, with symbols, and atomic
weights 24-34


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