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 Forms |
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Page 95
The band of auriferous quartz veins worked at Santo Domingo continues
westward for eight miles , as far as the savannahs near Libertad , and has been
largely mined in the neighbourhood of that town , and between that point and
Santo ...
The band of auriferous quartz veins worked at Santo Domingo continues
westward for eight miles , as far as the savannahs near Libertad , and has been
largely mined in the neighbourhood of that town , and between that point and
Santo ...
Page 96
Peru and Bolivia , has advanced the opinion that auriferous quartz veins belong
to two different systems , one occurring in connection with Granitic , the other with
Diorytic intrusive rocks . In later papers he has shown that this occurrence of ...
Peru and Bolivia , has advanced the opinion that auriferous quartz veins belong
to two different systems , one occurring in connection with Granitic , the other with
Diorytic intrusive rocks . In later papers he has shown that this occurrence of ...
Page 97
ORIGIN OF MINERAL VEINS . 97 rocks that has been thoroughly explored , a
similar succession of events , culminating in the production of mineral veins , has
been proved to have taken place , * and it appears that the origin of such veins is
...
ORIGIN OF MINERAL VEINS . 97 rocks that has been thoroughly explored , a
similar succession of events , culminating in the production of mineral veins , has
been proved to have taken place , * and it appears that the origin of such veins is
...
Page 98
Quartz veins extend sometimes for miles , and it is necessary to suppose on the
hydro - thermal theory that the fissures remained open sufficiently long for the
gradual deposition of the veinstones , without the soft and shattered rocks at their
...
Quartz veins extend sometimes for miles , and it is necessary to suppose on the
hydro - thermal theory that the fissures remained open sufficiently long for the
gradual deposition of the veinstones , without the soft and shattered rocks at their
...
Page 99
ORIGIN OF MINERAL VEINS . ferous lodes is never pure , but forms various
alloys of gold , silver , copper , lead , iron , and bismuth ; and no way is known of
producing these alloys except by fusion . It is true that mineral veins contain many
...
ORIGIN OF MINERAL VEINS . ferous lodes is never pure , but forms various
alloys of gold , silver , copper , lead , iron , and bismuth ; and no way is known of
producing these alloys except by fusion . It is true that mineral veins contain many
...
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| Title | 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 Forms |
| Author | Thomas Belt |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | E. Bumpus, 1888 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 26 nov. 2008 |
| Length | 403 pages |
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