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A Manual of American Engineers & Surveyors Instruments

By: W. & L.E. Gurley

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Mendham, New Jersey, Astragal Press: 1983

Seller ID: 000099

ISBN: 1879335344

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Near Fine

Reprint of the 24th Edition, published in 1874. a manual and catalog of surveying and scientific instruments and supplies manufactured by the Gurley company. This company was in existence for 115 years before it was purchased by Telledyne and became known as Teledyne Gurley. Many drawings of scientific instruments.217 pages plus errata and index.
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Blasting Cap Tin Catalog

By: Andy Martin

Price: $150.00

Publisher: Tucson, AZ, Old Adit Press: 1991

Seller ID: 000084

ISBN: 0962876208

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Pictorial cover. Some scratches on lower left corner of front cover, contents fine. Unique publication describing blasting cap tins, with more than 200 illustrations of blasting cap tins. Descriptions and brief histories of explosives companies worldwide that manufactured blasting caps included. as well as some contemporary advertisements. 88 pages.
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Character and Distribution of Nonclastic Minerals in the Searles Lake Evaporite Deposit, California

By: George I. Smith and David V. Haines

Price: $9.00

Publisher: Washington, D.C., U. S. Government Printing Office: 1964

Seller ID: 000174

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Near Fine

USGS Bulletin 1181-P. Ex-library, call numbers and library stamp on front cover. Paper wraps, spine sunned. Wonderful report on the formation of evaporite minerals in the brines underlying Searles Dry Lake. Good summary of stratigraphic layers and chemistry, and summaries of the minerals found. May be the best report written on the minerals of Searles Lake. Useful report for studying the mineralogy and chemistry of the brines from other arid dry lakes. 58 pages, including 16 figures (9 of which are B&W photographs).
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Chat Dumps of the Missouri Lead Belt, St. Francois County: With an Illustrated History of the Lead Companies That Built Them

By: Robert E. McHenry

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Adrian, Michigan, Robert E. McHenry: 2006

Seller ID: 000015

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

The title of this obscure book is a bit of a misnomer, as it is a wonderful history of the towns, people and companies in the (Old) Missouri Lead Belt. The author wrote the book as an outgrowth of photographing the mine waste dumps (chat dumps) which are very imposing features of the local landscape. The scope of the project grew to include the history of the mines, companies and towns of the region. Very well researched with lots of interesting facts and photos. A worthwhile read and addition to the library of any mining history buff. 400 pages, with numerous B&W photographs.
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Conceptual Models in Exploration Geochemistry: The Canadian Cordillera and Canadian Shield

By: P. M. D. Bradshaw, Editor

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Amsterdam, Netherlands, Elsevier Scientific Publishing Company: 1975

Seller ID: 000278

ISBN: 0444413146

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Association of Exploration Geologists Special Publication No. 3, reprinted from the Journal of Geochemistry Exploration, Volume 4, Number 1. Ex-library with library stamps on front fly leaf and rear end paper blacked out. Mustard yellow cloth with black lettering on front cover and spine. 223 pages with 120 illustrations and 30 tables.
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Crystals and the Polarising Microscope, Fourth Edition

By: N. H. Hartshorne and A Stuart

Price: $60.00

Publisher: New York, New York, American ElsevierPublishing Company: 1970

Seller ID: 000274

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Fourth Edition. Red cloth cover with gold lettering on spine. Corners of cover show some signs of shelf-wear, otherwise in near-fine condition. 614 pages, with numerous photographs, charts and figures.
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Cycloptic: World's Most Modern Versatile and Complete Line of Stereoscopic Microscopes

By: American Optical Company

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Buffalo, NY, American Optical Company: 1963

Seller ID: 000136

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Photographic cover, slight scuffing and soiling, else fine. Sales brochure for line of scientific/industrial microscopes. 31 pages plus several additional loose sales sheets including a price list, photographic tube adapter and microscope series price list.
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Economic Geology of the Bingham Mining District, Utah

By: John Mason Boutwell

Price: $150.00

Publisher: Washington, D.C., U. S. Government Printing Office: 1905

Seller ID: 000209

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

USGS Professional Paper 38. Professionally rebound in maroon buckram. New flyleafs and endpapers. Original title page missing, xerographic copy of title page used. Contents page has some chipping. Last original page creased and has a 2.5" tear (not repaired. EX-LIBRIS, from the library of Dr. Eugene E. Foord, author and pegmatite mineralogist for the USGS. His stamp is on the front endpaper. A comprehensive report on the geology and mines of the Bingham Mining District. Extensive geological interpretation of stratigraphy, structure, rock types and mineralogy, as well as mining history, mining...
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Electron Microscopy in Mineralogy

By: H. R. Wenk

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Berlin, Germany, Springer-Verlag: 1976

Seller ID: 000064

ISBN: 354007371X

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Ex-library, library catalog number taped to lower spine, library stamp (Edgemont Laboratory) on inside front cover, library checkout pocket pasted to inside rear cover. Interior in fine condition. 564 pages, 224 figures.
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Exploring, Mining, Leaching and Concentrating of Copper Ores as Related to the Development of Ajo, Arizona (to mid-Year 1942)

By: Forrest R. Rickard

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Ajo, Arizona, Forrest R. Rickard: 1996

Seller ID: 000089

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Near Fine

Pictorial cover. Minor scuffing to front cover, some creasing in lower left portion of rear cover. This book chronicles the development of the copper mines of Ajo, Arizona from the 1700's to 1942, and focuses on the exploits of General John Campbell Greenway, who is widely credited as the driving force behind modern copper mining in Ajo. Well researched, with many B&W photos, maps and line drawings of the mines, district and town. 348 pages.
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Geochemistry and the Environment

By: National Academy of Sciences

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Washington D.C., National Academy of Sciences: 1974

Seller ID: 000292

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Good

Volume 1: The Relation of Selected Trace Elements to Health and Disease. A Report of the Workshop at the Asilomar Conference Grounds, Pacific Grove, California, February 7-12, 1972. Ex-library (Kennecott Exploration, Inc.) with bookplate and sticker on upper front cover, and card holder on rear endpaper. Some rubbing to cover and edges. Contents very good. Geographic distribution, geochemistry and health effects of elements known to deleterious to human health.113 pages, with 34 tables and excellent bibliographic information.
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Guidebook of Northern Mexico Sonoran Desert Region

By: Committee on Arid Lands (AAAS)

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Tucson, AZ, Committee on Arid Lands (AAAS): 1969

Seller ID: 000195

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Field guide for the International Conference on Arid Lands in a Changing World. Printed wraps with plastic comb binding. Minor soiling on cover, abrasion along upper front cover edge, small library sticker and small stamp of company on front cover. Small stamp of company also on title page. Conference field trip road logs for in the Mexican Sonoran Desert, featuring natural history, agriculture, geology, mining and climate. 53 pages with field trip itinerary map in map pocket on rear inside cover.
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Health Effects of Chrysotile Asbestos: Contribution of Science to Risk-Management Decisions

By: R. P. Nolan, A.M. Langer, et. al.

Price: $85.00

Publisher: Ottawa, Canada, Mineralogical Association of Canada: 2001

Seller ID: 000012

ISBN: 0921294417

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: New

NEW, in original shrink wrap. This volume presents the proceeding of the International workshop, The Health Effects of Chrysotile Asbestos... "This collection of papers summarizes the state of knowledge about chrysotile and amphibole-group asbestos minerals like tremolite, riebechite and grunerite from a histoical and modern perspective: anlysis of historical and modern controlled exposures; incidence of cancer, epidemiology;mineralogy; metamorphic petrology; and statistical assessment of risk." (From the publisher). 304 pages.
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Landscape and Surface Mining: Ecological Guidelines for Reclamation

By: Gerhard Darmer

Price: $20.00

Publisher: New York, NY, Van Nostrand Reinhold: 1992

Seller ID: 000036

ISBN: 0442009437

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

English translation of the German book "Landshaft and Tagebau, first published in 1979. Edited by Norman L. Dietrich. Slight bumping to cover, otherwise near fine condition.
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Libro del Cobre

By: Braden Copper Company

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Santiago, Chile, Braden Copper Company: 1960

Seller ID: 000096

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

In Spanish. Library-bound in red buckram. Library markings crossed out on spine, inside back cover and along the page edges. Account of the geology, mineralogy and mining at the El Cobre copper mine in Chile. Braden Copper Company was a subsidiary of Kennecott Copper Corporation. 81 pages, including many tables of statistics and information.
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Manganese Nodules: Research Data and Methods of Investigation

By: Ronald K. Sorem and Ronald H. Fewkes

Price: $35.00

Publisher: New York, New York, IFI/Plenum Data Company: 1979

Seller ID: 000293

ISBN: 0306651866

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Blue cloth hardcover in very good condition. Dust jacket is lightly scuffed with wear along the edges. A great resource on manganese nodules, based on the Hewett manganese nodule collection at Washington State University. Part 1 covers the preparation and study of manganese nodules, structures and textures, mineralogy and electron microprobe analysis. part 2 is a catalog of the WSU manganese nodule collection, with detailed analysis and numerous photos of the nodules in cross-section. 723 pages.
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Mine Hill in Franklin and Sterling Hill in Odgensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey: Mining History, 1765 - 1900

By: Pete J. Dunn

Price: $350.00

Publisher: Alexandria, Virginia, Pete J. Dunn: 2002

Seller ID: 000083

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: As New

Like new condition. cardboard wraps. Final Report: Part One, Volumes 1-7, covering the history of the mines in Franklin and Sterling Hill, New Jersey, world famous for the production of rare and fluorescent minerals. Expertly researched, covering many topics in the history of the mines. 1102 pages.
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Miner's Candlestick Patents

By: Wendell E. Wilson

Price: $250.00

Publisher: Tucson, AZ, Mineralogical Record, Inc.: 1983

Seller ID: 000069

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Top right corner cover and pages bumped, else fine. Rare. Unique book on 98 miner's candlestick designs and patent information from 1872 to 1917. Beautifully illustrated with line drawings of the candlesticks. 81 pages.
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Mineral Processing Flowsheets, Second Edition

By: Denver Equipment Company

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Denver, Colorado, Denver Equipment Company: 1962

Seller ID: 000297

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Ex-library, with "DISCARD" stamp on bottom of book (across the pages). Black printed buckram cover. Minor scuffing on cover. Pages somewhat yellowed, but otherwise contents in very good condition. Detailed flowsheets for mineral processing of most industrial minerals and metals including aluminum, barite, calcite, coal, diamonds, fluorite, gold, hematite, molybdenum, pegmatites and tungsten. Also useful information on conveying, concentration, flotation, crushing, milling and other types of mineral processing. A useful reference for small mining operations. 315 pages including numerous pho...
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Mineralogical and Geochemical Changes of Copper Flotation Tailings in Relation to Their Original Composition and Climatic Setting - Implications for Acid Mine Drainage and Element Mpbility

By: Bernhard Dold

Price: $80.00

Publisher: Geneva, Switzerland, University of Geneva: 1999

Seller ID: 000260

ISBN: 2940153175

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Doctoral dissertation, Volume 18 of Terre & Environnement. Minor scuffing of cover, contents in fine condition. 230 pages.
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Minerals Transportation, Volume 2

By: Noel W. Kirshenbaum and George O. Argall, Jr.

Price: $30.00

Publisher: San Francisco, California, Miller Freeman Publications, Inc.: 1974

Seller ID: 000285

ISBN: 0879300256

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Transport and handling of Minerals, Rottersam, Netherlands, October 1-5, 1973. Dust jacket has minor tears and scuffing, overall intact. Brown buckram cover, with gold lettering on spine. Minor shelfwear on cover. Proceedings papers cover topics in Transporting Specific Commodities; Factors in Marine Minerals Transport; Problems with Physical/Chemical Factors; Commercial and Contractual Elements; and Innovation to Solve Problems. 448 pages, with numerous tables, charts, maps and B&W photographs.
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Mines and Minerals of the Great American Rift (Colorado-New Mexico)

By: Richard Walker Holmes and Marianna B. Kennedy

Price: $35.00

Publisher: New York, New York, Van Nostrand Reinhold Company: 1983

Seller ID: 000300

ISBN: 0442280386

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Blue buckram with gold lettering, in very good condition. Dusk jacket has some edgewear and several small tears along top and bottom of spine. An excellent book on the mineral localities of Colorado and New Mexico, described in terms of the geologic forces which created them. The geology of the mid-continent rift system has spawned a myriad of mineral localities (ore deposits) which stretch from Mexico to Alaska. All of the major mining districts in these two states are discussed, as well as the mineral speciemns that are produced in these localities. 332 pages, with numerous maps, tables and...
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Mining in South Australia: A Pictiorial History

By: J. F. Drexel

Price: $35.00

Publisher: South Australia, Australia, Department of Mines and Energy: 1982

Seller ID: 000062

ISBN: 0724360948

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

New, still in original shrink wrap. Excellent history of over 100 years of mining in South Australia. Covers all major and minor commodities, as well as major mining districts and history. Well illustrated with historic photos and has a nice section on opal mining. Printed to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the South Australia Department of Mines and Energy. 303 pages.
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Mixed Solvent Reactive Recrystallization of Sodium Carbonate

By: Robert S. Gartner

Price: $85.00

Publisher: Enschede, Netherlands, Technische Universiteit Delft: 2005

Seller ID: 000289

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Doctoral Dissertation. Pictorial cover, some scuffing and shelf wear.See photographs for Table of Contents. 344 pages, with many figures, diagrams, and a few B&W photographs.
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Nuclear Methods in Mineral Exploration and Production

By: Jerome G. Morse, Editor

Price: $55.00

Publisher: Amsterdam, Netherlands, Elsevier Scientific Publishing Company: 1977

Seller ID: 000287

ISBN: 044441567X

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Ex-library (Resource Associates of Alaska, Kennecott) with catalog number sticker on lower spine; corporate stamps on front free flyleaf, title page and bottom of book. Multi-colored buckram hardcover with black lettering on front and spine. Cover shows some scuffing and shelf wear. Contents very good. 280 pages with numerous tables, charts and B&W photographs.
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