This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subtitle: A Practical Treatise for the Use of Prospectors Investors and Mining Men Generally: With an Account of the Principal Minerals and Country Rocks, and Deposits, Locations and Patents, the Early Development of Mines, Earthly Mineral Products, Coal, Gold Gravels and Gravel Mining, Measurement of Water and Artesian Wells; Original Published by: Scientific Publishing Co. in 1899 in 427 pages; Subjects: Prospecting; Mines and mineral resources; Science / Earth Sciences / Geology; Science / Geophysics; Technology & Engineering / Mining;