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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 200
Going down the valley of the Depilto the massive beds of quartz and gneiss are
soon succeeded by overlying , highly inclined , and contorted schists , and as far
as where the road from Ocotal to Totagalpa crosses the river , the exposures of ...
Going down the valley of the Depilto the massive beds of quartz and gneiss are
soon succeeded by overlying , highly inclined , and contorted schists , and as far
as where the road from Ocotal to Totagalpa crosses the river , the exposures of ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Naturalist in Nicaragua 561. number of Everyman's library 561. number of Everyman's library, ed. by Ernest Thys. Travel & topography 561. number of Everyman's library: Travel and topography |
| Author | Thomas Belt |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | J.M. Dent, 1928 |
| Original from | University of Texas |
| Digitized | 6 veeb. 2008 |
| Length | 306 pages |
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