Author: CAMP, CHARLES L.
Title: Desert Rats
Description: Berkeley, CA: The Friends of the Bancroft Library / University of California, 1966. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. SIGNED EDITION. This copy has been signed by the author, with an inscription, on the member page / half title page. This book is in Near Fine condition. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some beginning toning / darkening to the spine and spine joints of the book cover. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. "The traditional methods of prospecting involved combing through the countryside, often through creek beds and along ridgelines and hilltops, often on hands and knees looking for signs of mineralisation in the outcrop. In the case of gold, all streams in an area would be panned at the appropriate trap sites looking for a show of 'colour' or gold in the river trail. Once a small occurrence or show was found, it was then necessary to intensively work the area with pick and shovel, and often via the addition of some simple machinery such as a sluice box, races and winnows, to work the loose soil and rock looking for the appropriate materials (in this case, gold). For most base metal shows, the rock would have been mined by hand and crushed on site, the ore separated from the gangue by hand. " (from Wikipedia) ; Signed by Author. Near Fine .
Keywords: Californiana Charles L. Camp Prospectors Prospecting Signed Editions Coachella Valley Death Valley Gold Mining
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Title: Desert Rats
Description: Berkeley, CA: The Friends of the Bancroft Library / University of California, 1966. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. SIGNED EDITION. This copy has been signed by the author, with an inscription, on the member page / half title page. This book is in Near Fine condition. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some beginning toning / darkening to the spine and spine joints of the book cover. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. "The traditional methods of prospecting involved combing through the countryside, often through creek beds and along ridgelines and hilltops, often on hands and knees looking for signs of mineralisation in the outcrop. In the case of gold, all streams in an area would be panned at the appropriate trap sites looking for a show of 'colour' or gold in the river trail. Once a small occurrence or show was found, it was then necessary to intensively work the area with pick and shovel, and often via the addition of some simple machinery such as a sluice box, races and winnows, to work the loose soil and rock looking for the appropriate materials (in this case, gold). For most base metal shows, the rock would have been mined by hand and crushed on site, the ore separated from the gangue by hand. " (from Wikipedia) ; Signed by Author. Near Fine .
Keywords: Californiana Charles L. Camp Prospectors Prospecting Signed Editions Coachella Valley Death Valley Gold Mining
Price: US$ 20.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 42148
- Book number: 42148
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