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CHAPTER VI Configuration of the ground at Santo Domingo Excavation of
valleys -Geology of the district - Decomposition of the rocks - Goldmining -
Auriferous quartz veins -- Mode of occurrence of the gold --Lodes richer next the
surface than ...
CHAPTER VI Configuration of the ground at Santo Domingo Excavation of
valleys -Geology of the district - Decomposition of the rocks - Goldmining -
Auriferous quartz veins -- Mode of occurrence of the gold --Lodes richer next the
surface than ...
Page 69
One thousand ounces of gold were obtained from a mall patch of ore near the
surface of the Consuelo lode , and at Santo Domingo , San Benito , San Antonio ,
and Javali lodes , very rich ore was also discovered within a few fathoms of the ...
One thousand ounces of gold were obtained from a mall patch of ore near the
surface of the Consuelo lode , and at Santo Domingo , San Benito , San Antonio ,
and Javali lodes , very rich ore was also discovered within a few fathoms of the ...
Page 70
During the wet season water percolates freely from the surface down through the
lodes , and the gold set free by the decomposition of the ore at the surface must
be carried down into it , so that in the course of ages , during the gradual ...
During the wet season water percolates freely from the surface down through the
lodes , and the gold set free by the decomposition of the ore at the surface must
be carried down into it , so that in the course of ages , during the gradual ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Naturalist in Nicaragua 651. number of Everyman's Library 651. number of Everyman's library: Science |
| Author | Thomas Belt |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | J. M. Dent, 1911 |
| Original from | UC Southern Regional Library Facility |
| Digitized | 16 dets. 2014 |
| Length | 306 pages |
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