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 FormsE. Bumpus, 1888 - 403 pages |
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Page 86
... lodes , no alluvial deposits having been found that will pay for working . The lodes run east and west , and are nearly perpendicular , some- times dipping a little to the north , sometimes a little to the south , and near the surface ...
... lodes , no alluvial deposits having been found that will pay for working . The lodes run east and west , and are nearly perpendicular , some- times dipping a little to the north , sometimes a little to the south , and near the surface ...
Page 87
... greatly in thickness ; sometimes within a hundred yards a lode will thicken out from one to seventeen feet . Their auriferous contents vary still more than their width . The richest ore , worth from Ch . VI . ] 87 QUARTZ LODES .
... greatly in thickness ; sometimes within a hundred yards a lode will thicken out from one to seventeen feet . Their auriferous contents vary still more than their width . The richest ore , worth from Ch . VI . ] 87 QUARTZ LODES .
Page 88
... one of the latter . Besides this metallic alloy ( to which , for brevity , I shall , in the remarks I have to make , give its common designa- tion of gold ) , the quartz lodes contain sulphide. 888 [ Ch . VI . THE NATURALIST IN NICARAGUA .
... one of the latter . Besides this metallic alloy ( to which , for brevity , I shall , in the remarks I have to make , give its common designa- tion of gold ) , the quartz lodes contain sulphide. 888 [ Ch . VI . THE NATURALIST IN NICARAGUA .
Page 89
... lodes of Santo Domingo led to a most exaggerated opinion of their value when they were first mined by English companies . On the hills , near the outcrops of the lodes , the ore was in some places exceedingly rich . One thousand ounces ...
... lodes of Santo Domingo led to a most exaggerated opinion of their value when they were first mined by English companies . On the hills , near the outcrops of the lodes , the ore was in some places exceedingly rich . One thousand ounces ...
Page 90
... lode below that worn away . We have seen that in the de- composed parts of the lode , the gold exists in loose fine grains . During the wet season water percolates freely from the surface down through the lodes , and the gold set free ...
... lode below that worn away . We have seen that in the de- composed parts of the lode , the gold exists in loose fine grains . During the wet season water percolates freely from the surface down through the lodes , and the gold set free ...
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