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The Romance of Mining Discovery at Seattle Convention
Editor T A Rickard surveys mining legends from ancient to modern times, tracing how chance encounters and simple observations sparked major ore finds. From El Rosario in Mexico to Mount Morgan in Australia and Colorado's Camp Bird, he links early instincts to scientific method and notes the enduring romance and risks of prospecting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. A. Rickard
Mining and Scientific Press
Seattle
Javan
Japhet
Cyprus
Juan Bautista
Sinaloa
el Tajo
Juan
Rosary
el Rosario
Lucretius
Diodorus Siculus
Iberian Peninsula
Spain
Pyrenees
Forest Service
Rammelsberg
Harz
Otho
Freibeng
Agricola
Bohemia
Saxony
Goslar
Freiberg
Wience
Huxley
South America
Cerro de Potosi
Bolivia
Cerro de Pasco
Donald Gordon
Sandy
Burns & Twiss
Rockhampton
Mount Morgan
Sandy Gordon
Ned
Tom
Donald
Mundie Creek
Morgans
Dee
Pathet
Brunton Stevens
Austral
Broken Hill
Mount Gipps Station
Sheep Range
New South Wales
Black Ridge
Symdicate
McCulloch
Euchre
Cox
Melbourne
Adelaide
Fortune
Colorado
Independence
W. S. Stratton
Silverton
Colorado Springs
Cripple Creek
Battle Mountain
Stratton
Camp Bird
Imogen
Ouray
Thomas F. Walsh
Leadville
Sllvertor
Tted Mountain
Imogen Basin
Deer Horn
Walsh
Andy Richardson
Lendsville
Gertrude
Niger
Tom Walsh
Colorado School of Mines
Porphyry
Parphyry