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Mining & Geology
Minerals, mines, oil, geology, and the industries that draw from the earth. 28 books currently available.
Open the book ↗Paperback · 1978
The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Rocks and Minerals
Open the book ↗Wrappers · 1962
I Paint the Ghost Towns
Open the book ↗Paperback · 1990
Mountains of Fire: San Luis Obispo County's Famous Nine Sisters, A Chain of Ancient Volcanic Peaks
Open the book ↗Paperback · 2001
Dark Side of Fortune: Triumph and Scandal in the Life of Oil Tycoon Edward L. Doheny
Open the book ↗Paperback · 1977
The geology of Bryce Canyon National Park
Open the book ↗Pamphlet · 1985
Dry Gold Recovery Machine Coolgardie Special [Drywasher Manual]
Open the book ↗Paperback · 1997
The History of the El Segundo Refinery Fire Department
Open the book ↗Paperback · 1981
How We Get Gold in California
Open the book ↗Hardcover · 1898
The A B C of Mining: A Handbook for Prospectors
Open the book ↗Paperback · 1994
Rhyolite: The Boom Years
Open the book ↗Paperback · 1987
Coulterville Historical Narrative
Open the book ↗Paperback · 1974
My Grandfather Was a "49er"
Open the book ↗Paperback · 1981
A History of the North Star Mines, Grass Valley, California, 1851-1929
Open the book ↗Paperback · 1992
Lester Pelton and His Water Wheel
Open the book ↗Paperback · 1991
The Stamp Mill for Recovery of Gold from Hard Rock
Open the book ↗Single Issue Journal · 1990
California Geology, Volume 43, Number 12, December 1990
Open the book ↗Single Issue Journal · 1989
California Geology, Volume 42, Number 12, December 1989)
Open the book ↗Single Issue Journal · 1990
California Geology, Volume 43, Number 11, November 1990 : Loma Prieta Earthquake
Open the book ↗hardcover · 1995
The Cornish Miner in America: The contribution to the mining history of the United States by emigrant Cornish miners - the men called Cousin Jacks (Volume 6) (Western Lands and Waters Series)
Open the book ↗pamphlet · 1964
Mineral Information Service State of California, Division of Mines and Geology Volume 17 Number 5, May 1964
Open the book ↗paperback · 1954
Barite Deposits Near Barstow San Bernardino California : Special Report 39
Open the book ↗Paperback · 1980
Geomorphology and quaternary history of the Sand Hills, San Bernadino Valley, California (Quarterly / San Bernardino County Museum Association)
Open the book ↗pamphlet · 1955
California Journal of Mines and Geology, Volume 51, Number 1, January 1955
Open the book ↗pamphlet · 1970
Submarine Geography Off Southern California
Open the book ↗Paperback · 1905
Mineral resources of the Elders ridge quadrangle, Pennsylvania
Single Issue Magazine · 1923
Engineering & Mining Journal-Press Volume 115, Number 26, June 30, 1923
Single Issue Magazine · 1995
International California Mining Journal (ICJM) , Volume 65, Number 3, November 1995
Single Issue Magazine · 1979