Title: Reports Upon Mineral Resources of the United States. Author: Browne, J. Ross & James W. Taylor Place: Washington Publisher: Government Printing Office Date: 1867 Description: 360 pp. 8½x5½, original cloth, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition. Inscribed by J. Ross Browne to A[dolph] Sutro on front pastedown. Includes significant analyses of the evolution of gold mining in the West, as individual placer claims dried up and large mining concerns hired wage laborers for deep quartz and hydraulic mining. Lot Amendments Condition: Ex-library from the California Academy of Sciences with bookplate, rubberstamp and embossed markings on title page. Spine and top portion of rear cover faded, minor edge wear, else very good. Item number: 180118
Title: Reports Upon Mineral Resources of the United States. Author: Browne, J. Ross & James W. Taylor Place: Washington Publisher: Government Printing Office Date: 1867 Description: 360 pp. 8½x5½, original cloth, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition. Inscribed by J. Ross Browne to A[dolph] Sutro on front pastedown. Includes significant analyses of the evolution of gold mining in the West, as individual placer claims dried up and large mining concerns hired wage laborers for deep quartz and hydraulic mining. Lot Amendments Condition: Ex-library from the California Academy of Sciences with bookplate, rubberstamp and embossed markings on title page. Spine and top portion of rear cover faded, minor edge wear, else very good. Item number: 180118
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