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    By Rossiter W Raymond
    Washington   Government Printing Office
    9" by 6" [5], 6-585pp
    An uncommon government report on mining west of the Rocky Mountains in the late nineteenth century.
    By Rossiter W Raymond

    1874 Statistics of Mines and Mining In the States and Territories West of the Rocky Mountains

    Washington   Government Printing Office
    9" by 6" [5], 6-585pp
    An uncommon government report on mining west of the Rocky Mountains in the late nineteenth century.
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    First Edition, Folding Plates

    The first edition of this work. This is the sixth annual report on the mining undertaken in this location. With two folding plates. Collated, complete. Written by Rossiter W Raymond, the United States Commissioner of mining statistics. This work is split into three parts, 'Condition of the Mining Industry', 'Metallurgical Processes' and 'Miscellaneous'. There are sub-sections on California, Nevada, Idaho, Oregon, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Montana and Alaska. In addition to this there are sections on sinking shafts with the diamond drill, and the defects of mining law. An informative work on this engineering process and industry during its peak in the nineteenth century.

    Condition

    In the publisher's original cloth binding. Rebacked, with the original boards and spine preserved. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with just the odd spot.

    Very Good

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