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A shelf of mechanisms, materials, tools, workshops, vehicles, and the people who make them work.

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Mining & Geology

Minerals, mines, oil, geology, and the industries that draw from the earth. 28 books currently available.

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Paperback · 1978

The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Rocks and Minerals

Charles W. Chesterman$15
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Wrappers · 1962

I Paint the Ghost Towns

Evelyne Boynton Grierson$17
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Paperback · 1990

Mountains of Fire: San Luis Obispo County's Famous Nine Sisters, A Chain of Ancient Volcanic Peaks

Sharon Lewis Dickerson$18
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Paperback · 2001

Dark Side of Fortune: Triumph and Scandal in the Life of Oil Tycoon Edward L. Doheny

Margaret Leslie Davis$18
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Paperback · 1977

The geology of Bryce Canyon National Park

Robert C. Lindquist$18
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Pamphlet · 1985

Dry Gold Recovery Machine Coolgardie Special [Drywasher Manual]

Unknown$22
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Paperback · 1997

The History of the El Segundo Refinery Fire Department

Marc J. Lawrence$60
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Paperback · 1981

How We Get Gold in California

William V. Wells$14
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Hardcover · 1898

The A B C of Mining: A Handbook for Prospectors

Charles A. Bramble$42
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Paperback · 1994

Rhyolite: The Boom Years

Alan H. Patera$18
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Paperback · 1987

Coulterville Historical Narrative

David E. Devey; Ann S. Peak & Associates$24
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Paperback · 1974

My Grandfather Was a "49er"

Eleanor Woodward Vandeburgh$30
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Paperback · 1981

A History of the North Star Mines, Grass Valley, California, 1851-1929

Marian F. Conway$25
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Paperback · 1992

Lester Pelton and His Water Wheel

Roger P. Lescohier$10
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Paperback · 1991

The Stamp Mill for Recovery of Gold from Hard Rock

Roger P. Lescohier$12
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Single Issue Journal · 1990

California Geology, Volume 43, Number 12, December 1990

Don Dupras (Ed.)$10
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Single Issue Journal · 1989

California Geology, Volume 42, Number 12, December 1989)

Don Dupras (Ed)$12
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Single Issue Journal · 1990

California Geology, Volume 43, Number 11, November 1990 : Loma Prieta Earthquake

Don Dupras (Ed)$15
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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)

Todd, Arthur Cecil$25
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pamphlet · 1964

Mineral Information Service State of California, Division of Mines and Geology Volume 17 Number 5, May 1964

Mary R. Hill$8
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paperback · 1954

Barite Deposits Near Barstow San Bernardino California : Special Report 39

Cordell Durrell$15
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Paperback · 1980

Geomorphology and quaternary history of the Sand Hills, San Bernadino Valley, California (Quarterly / San Bernardino County Museum Association)

Clarke, Anthony Orr$20
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pamphlet · 1955

California Journal of Mines and Geology, Volume 51, Number 1, January 1955

Author not stated$15
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pamphlet · 1970

Submarine Geography Off Southern California

Palmer, Harold D.$10
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Paperback · 1905

Mineral resources of the Elders ridge quadrangle, Pennsylvania

Stone, Ralph W$18
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Single Issue Magazine · 1923

Engineering & Mining Journal-Press Volume 115, Number 26, June 30, 1923

J. E. Spurr, Editor$20
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Single Issue Magazine · 1995

International California Mining Journal (ICJM) , Volume 65, Number 3, November 1995

Kenneth L. Harn, Editor$13
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Single Issue Magazine · 1979

California Mining Journal, Volume 48, Number 12, August 1979

Herbert L. Reid, Editor$10