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These images have been scanned at 300dpi resolution, and are available on CD-ROM at this resolution (see below),
but all can be downloaded free of charge from this web-site as JPEG files at a lower resolution.
Book (chapter) headings are missing in the original, and the headings included below are supplied by kind permission
of John Park, whose website
includes also a full set of captions for these illustrations.
- Book 1 (no images) The Social Impact of Mining
- Book 2 - 1 image Mine Management, Exploration, and Prospecting
- Book 3 - 34 images The Theory of Ore Deposits
- Book 4 (no images) Mining Law
- Book 5 - 14 images Shaft Sinking, Drifting, and Surveying
- Book 6 - 49 images Mining Equipment, Haulage, Dewatering, Ventilation, and Hazards
- Book 7 - 14 images Assaying
- Book 8 - 65 images Beneficiation
- Book 9 - 34 images Smelting
- Book 10 - 17 images Separation of Gold from Silver and Silver Refining
- Book 11 - 18 images Separation of Gold and Silver from Copper and Iron and Copper Refining
- Book 12 - 26 images Industrial Mineral, Chemical, and Glass Production
- de re Metallica - full 1912 Hoover translation online
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The WWW Virtual Library
History of earth sciences and gemology library
de re Metallica - full 1912 Hoover translation online
Agricola - de Natura Fossilium (textbook of mineralogy) - full text
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