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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Configuration of the Ground at Santo Domingo - Excavation of Valleys - Geology
of the District - Decomposition of the Rocks - Goldmining - Aurifervus Quartz
Veins - Mode of occurrence of the Gold - Lodes richer next the surface than at
lower ...
Configuration of the Ground at Santo Domingo - Excavation of Valleys - Geology
of the District - Decomposition of the Rocks - Goldmining - Aurifervus Quartz
Veins - Mode of occurrence of the Gold - Lodes richer next the surface than at
lower ...
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92 QUARTZ - STAMPING MACHINERY . . . . . . 93 SECTION OF SAN ANTONIO
Lode . . . . . . 94 HUMMING - BIRDS ( Florisuga mellivora , Linn . ) . . . 111
Tongues or HUMMING - BIRD AND WOODPECKER . 113 , 114 PITCHER -
FLOWER ...
92 QUARTZ - STAMPING MACHINERY . . . . . . 93 SECTION OF SAN ANTONIO
Lode . . . . . . 94 HUMMING - BIRDS ( Florisuga mellivora , Linn . ) . . . 111
Tongues or HUMMING - BIRD AND WOODPECKER . 113 , 114 PITCHER -
FLOWER ...
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Configuration of the Ground at Santo Domingo - Excavation of Valleys – Geology
of the District - Decomposition of the RocksGold mining - Auriferous Quartz Veins
- Mode of occurrence of the Gold - Lodes richer next the surface than at lower ...
Configuration of the Ground at Santo Domingo - Excavation of Valleys – Geology
of the District - Decomposition of the RocksGold mining - Auriferous Quartz Veins
- Mode of occurrence of the Gold - Lodes richer next the surface than at lower ...
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... with a little acid from the decomposing vegetation . If this be so , the great depth
to which it has reached tells of the immense antiquity of the forests . Gold - mining
at Santo Domingo is confined almost entirely to auriferous quartz lodes ...
... with a little acid from the decomposing vegetation . If this be so , the great depth
to which it has reached tells of the immense antiquity of the forests . Gold - mining
at Santo Domingo is confined almost entirely to auriferous quartz lodes ...
Page 87
QUARTZ LODES . 87 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 . 87 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
...
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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 |
| Publisher | John Murray, 1874 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 28 aug. 2008 |
| Length | 403 pages |
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