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An Appreciation of Two Great Workers in Hydraulics

By: Walter G. Kent

Price: $35.00

Publisher: London, England, Blades Easy & Blades: 1912

Seller ID: 000145

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Privately published. Pictorial cloth cover. Decorative linen pages sewn to binding. Rear cover shows minor scuffing, very minor dampstaining on several pages. Paper tipped in to front flyleaf states, "With the Author's Compliments." A concise summary of the achievements of two notable hydraulic engineers (Venturi and Herschel) and importance of their contributions to the field. An very interesting read. 34 pages, including B&W photographs and drawings. Ex-libris, John Sinkankas with his bookplate on inside front cover. This publication was acquired as part of a large purchase of ephemera tha...
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Block Settlement Along the East Shore of the Ohio River Valley North of Wheeling, West Virginia

By: L. Baskin

Price: $40.00

Publisher: 1967

Seller ID: 000215

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good

Softcover with plastic spiral binding. Minor sunning of cover, minor creasing along edge of front cover A talk presented at the Association of Engineering Geologists National Meeting in Dallas Texas, October 1967. A study done to assess the risks of widening of WV Highway No. 2 in the Ohio River Valley near Warwood, WV, in regard to slope stability and potential landslides. Contents include surface and subsurface geology of the area. 11 pages plus 8 fold-out maps.
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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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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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Fodinae Regales. or the History, Laws and Places of the Chief Mines and Minerals

By: John Pettus

Price: $50.00

Publisher: London, England, institute of Mining and Metallurgy: 1982

Seller ID: 000265

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Facsimile reprint of first edition of 1670 . Limited edition of 600 copies. With b/w frontis and illustrations. Quarter blue cloth, grey paper boards, with gilt lettering. In a black slip case, which is lightly scuffed and has a 2' x 2' sticker . 116 pages, illustrated, index. A reprint of the scarce early work on mining in Great Britain, including the Clavis (glossary) of mining words. With pictorial plans of the Darrein (Daren) Hills and Comsumlock (Cwmsymlog) Hill silver mines, both in Ceredigion; and plates of the Arms of the Society of the Mines Royal and of the Society for the Mineral ...
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Methods of Geological Engineering in Discontinuous Rocks

By: Richard E. Goodman

Price: $20.00

Publisher: St. Paul, Minnesota, West Publishing Co.: 1976

Seller ID: 000296

ISBN: 0829900667

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Embossed red leatherette cover with gold lettering on front and spine. Covers shows minor soiling and a little weer along edges. End papers and flyleafs are somewhat yellowed, content pages better.An excellent treatise on geological engineering, designed as a supplement to engineering textbooks, or as an advanced textbook on geological engineering analysis. 472 pages, with numerous figures and tables, as well as an excellent bibliography.
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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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Rock Mechanics, Second Edition

By: Alfreds R. Jumikis

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Houston, Texas, Gulf Publishing Company: 1983

Seller ID: 000304

ISBN: 0872017850

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

White buckram with red and black letters on cover and spine. Minor soiling on cover. Some small dings on bottom of cover. Contents near fine. A very useful reference. 613 pages, with numerous maps, diagrams, photos and tables. 7 appendices including a glossary of terms.
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