The Naturalist in Nicaragua: A Narrative of a Residence at the Gold Mines of Chontales; Journeys in the Savannahs and Forests; with Observations on Animals and Plants in Reference to the Theory of Evolution of Living Forms |
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Page xxvi
Configuration of the ground at Santo Domingo - Excavation of valleys – Geology
of the district - Decomposition of the rocks - Gold - mining - Auriferous quartz
veins — Mode of occurrence CONTENTS . xxvii PAGE of the gold - Lodes richer
xxvi ...
Configuration of the ground at Santo Domingo - Excavation of valleys – Geology
of the district - Decomposition of the rocks - Gold - mining - Auriferous quartz
veins — Mode of occurrence CONTENTS . xxvii PAGE of the gold - Lodes richer
xxvi ...
Page xxvii
CONTENTS . xxvii PAGE of the gold - Lodes richer next the surface than at lower
depths - Excavation and reduction of the ore - Extraction of the gold — “ Mantos ”
— Origin of mineral veins : their connection with intrusions of plutonic rocks .
CONTENTS . xxvii PAGE of the gold - Lodes richer next the surface than at lower
depths - Excavation and reduction of the ore - Extraction of the gold — “ Mantos ”
— Origin of mineral veins : their connection with intrusions of plutonic rocks .
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The lodes run east and west , and are nearly perpendicular , sometimes dipping
a little to the north , sometimes a little to the south , and near the surface ,
generally turning over towards the face of the hill through which they cut . The
trend of ...
The lodes run east and west , and are nearly perpendicular , sometimes dipping
a little to the north , sometimes a little to the south , and near the surface ,
generally turning over towards the face of the hill through which they cut . The
trend of ...
Page 87
QUARTZ LODES . nearly vertically . Excepting that they are very irregular in
thickness , and often branch and send thin offshoots into the enclosing rocks ,
they resemble coal seams that have been turned up on edge , so as to be vertical
...
QUARTZ LODES . nearly vertically . Excepting that they are very irregular in
thickness , and often branch and send thin offshoots into the enclosing rocks ,
they resemble coal seams that have been turned up on edge , so as to be vertical
...
Page 88
... alloy ( to which , for brevity , I shall , in the remarks I have to make , give its
common designaCh . VI . ] QUARTZ LODES . tion of gold. MACHINERY OF
CHONTALES GOLD - MINING COMPANY . SECTION ACROSS SAN ANTONIO
LODE .
... alloy ( to which , for brevity , I shall , in the remarks I have to make , give its
common designaCh . VI . ] QUARTZ LODES . tion of gold. MACHINERY OF
CHONTALES GOLD - MINING COMPANY . SECTION ACROSS SAN ANTONIO
LODE .
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| Title | The Naturalist in Nicaragua: A Narrative of a Residence at the Gold Mines of Chontales; Journeys in the Savannahs and Forests; with Observations on Animals and Plants in Reference to the Theory of Evolution of Living Forms |
| Author | Thomas Belt |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | E. Bumpus, 1888 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 26 nov. 2008 |
| Length | 403 pages |
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