The Naturalist in NicaraguaJ.M. Dent & Sons, Limited, 1911 - 306 pages |
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Page 74
... stones . Four large stones of quartz are dragged round and round in this trough , and grind the coarse sand to fine powder . The gold liberated sinks into the crevices in the stone pavement , a little mercury being put into the trough ...
... stones . Four large stones of quartz are dragged round and round in this trough , and grind the coarse sand to fine powder . The gold liberated sinks into the crevices in the stone pavement , a little mercury being put into the trough ...
Page 131
... stones were lying . We found them to be broken fragments of statues , one larger , better worked , and in much fairer preservation than the others . They had all been much battered and broken . The greater size and solidity of this one ...
... stones were lying . We found them to be broken fragments of statues , one larger , better worked , and in much fairer preservation than the others . They had all been much battered and broken . The greater size and solidity of this one ...
Page 132
... stones ; and , pushing in amongst the bushes , found it was full of old Indian graves , marked by heaps of stones , in the centres of some of which still stood the pedestals on which the statues had been placed . Most of the heaps were ...
... stones ; and , pushing in amongst the bushes , found it was full of old Indian graves , marked by heaps of stones , in the centres of some of which still stood the pedestals on which the statues had been placed . Most of the heaps were ...
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The Naturalist in Nicaragua: A Narrative of a Residence at the Gold Mines of ... Thomas Belt No preview available - 2018 |
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