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
... quartz lodes , no alluvial deposits having been found that will pay for working . The lodes run east and west , and ... quartz veins now form the crests of many of the ranges , but are everywhere cut through by the lateral valleys . The ...
... quartz lodes , no alluvial deposits having been found that will pay for working . The lodes run east and west , and ... quartz veins now form the crests of many of the ranges , but are everywhere cut through by the lateral valleys . The ...
Page 87
... 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 greatly in thickness ; sometimes within a hundred yards a lode ...
... 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 greatly in thickness ; sometimes within a hundred yards a lode ...
Page 88
... . 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 .
... . 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
... quartz . Pieces as large as a pin's head are rare , and specimens of quartz show- ing the gold in it are seldom met with , even in the richest portions of a lode . The fine gold - dust can , how- ever , easily be detected by washing ...
... quartz . Pieces as large as a pin's head are rare , and specimens of quartz show- ing the gold in it are seldom met with , even in the richest portions of a lode . The fine gold - dust can , how- ever , easily be detected by washing ...
Page 90
... quartz veins ; that is , the parts next the existing surface , and has , also , perhaps , originated the belief that auriferous lodes de- teriorate in value in depth . I at one time 00 [ Ch . VI . 90 THE NATURALIST IN NICARAGUA .
... quartz veins ; that is , the parts next the existing surface , and has , also , perhaps , originated the belief that auriferous lodes de- teriorate in value in depth . I at one time 00 [ Ch . VI . 90 THE NATURALIST IN NICARAGUA .
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