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Page 70
The gold - mines of Santo Domingo are in veins or lodes of auriferous quartz that
run parallel to each other , and are so numerous that across a band more than a
mile in width one may be found every fifty yards . All that have been worked vary
...
The gold - mines of Santo Domingo are in veins or lodes of auriferous quartz that
run parallel to each other , and are so numerous that across a band more than a
mile in width one may be found every fifty yards . All that have been worked vary
...
Page 77
Origin of Mineral Veins 77 plete gradation from veins of perfectly crystallised
granite , through others abounding in quartz at the expense of the other
constituents , up to veins filled with pure quartz , as at Porth Just , near Cape
Cornwall ; and ...
Origin of Mineral Veins 77 plete gradation from veins of perfectly crystallised
granite , through others abounding in quartz at the expense of the other
constituents , up to veins filled with pure quartz , as at Porth Just , near Cape
Cornwall ; and ...
Page 78
Quartz veins extend sometimes for miles , and it is necessary to suppose on the
hydro - thermal theory that the fissures ... filled entirely with quartz and mineral
ores , without any included fragments of fallen rocks , and nowhere showing any
...
Quartz veins extend sometimes for miles , and it is necessary to suppose on the
hydro - thermal theory that the fissures ... filled entirely with quartz and mineral
ores , without any included fragments of fallen rocks , and nowhere showing any
...
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Contents
CHAPTER I | 3 |
Commence journey up San Juan riverPalms and wild canes | 13 |
CHAPTER III | 27 |
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| Title | The Naturalist in Nicaragua |
| Author | Thomas Belt |
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