[USED] On Gold and Silver
Description
Robert Hunt A4 PB 98pp
An account of the mines and refining methods of the 1870's written by Robert Hunt who was keeper of Mining Records at the time and originally published in Ure's Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines of 1878. This is a facsimile reprint although the text has been enlarged by 30% for improved clarity (Includes 40 illustrations). It is an account of the mining of precious metals, describing the mining fields of the world, (including a lengthy account of the gold mines of North Wales) and the techniques of assaying and refining.