Hydraulic Mining: Classification, Test and Valuation of Alluvials- Water Supply- Methods of Working Alluvials, Etc. With Supplements on Roads for Mining Purposes and Motor Traction
by Longridge, Cecil Clement
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Hygiene, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
London, England: The Mining Journal, 1910. Classic comprehensive text presents a detailed treatise on techniques, applications, and mechanics of hydraulic mining including coverage of placer formation and classification; reservoirs and water supply; evaporation and seepage; hydraulic pipes; tunnels; alluvial mining appliances; hydraulicing; elevators; hydraulic sluices and sluicing; gravel pumping; rotary hydraulic plants; disposal of tailings; mechanical excavators; etc. 376 pgs. Illustrated with numerous photgraphs, drawings, charts, and diagrams. Gilt spine and front cover. Nameplate pastedown on front endpaper; stamped on front endpaper, title page, and lower margin of pg.33. Inner front hinge repaired and taped. Average shelfwear and rubbing to corners and edges. Gilt cover clean and crisp. Very minor moisture damage/wrinkling to predominantly rear text edges and upper spine edge. Covers and text generally undamaged.. First Edition. Original Cloth. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Professional Library.
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- Bookseller
- GlobalAcademics
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- MI-31
- Title
- Hydraulic Mining: Classification, Test and Valuation of Alluvials- Water Supply- Methods of Working Alluvials, Etc. With Supplements on Roads for Mining Purposes and Motor Traction
- Author
- Longridge, Cecil Clement
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Mining Journal
- Place of Publication
- London, England
- Date Published
- 1910
- Keywords
- Geology, Engineering, Mineralogy, Transportation, Tunneling, Pipelines, Ditches, Reservoirs, Hydrology, Electrodynamics, Prospecting, Placers, Drilling, Slopes, Gold, Geophysics, Sluice, Instrumentation, Mechanics, Tectonics, Elevators, Electromechanics,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Mining;
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