The Romance of Mining

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Excerpt from The Romance of Mining: Containing Interesting Descriptions of the Methods of Mining for Minerals in All Parts of the World The Author gratefully acknowledges the help given him in the compilation and illustration of this book by the Proprietors of Cassur's Magazine, Messrs. Harper & Son, Messrs. A. Constable & Co., Messrs. D. Appleton & Son, Messrs. Geo. Newnes, Ltd., the Ingersoll Sergeant Drill Co., the Brown Hoisting Machinery Co., the Burma Ruby Mines, Ltd., the Bath Stone Firms, Ltd., the Vulcan Ironworks Co., W. R. Lawson, Esq., A. Kirk, Esq., and W. G. Nash, Esq. In addition he acknowledges his indebtedness to the many writers whose works have been laid under contribution in the following accounts of some of the most important branches of mining. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.